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PTAB Director Review Decisions

Director Review lets a party ask the USPTO Director to review a PTAB decision, and the Director may also review a decision without a request. These posts summarize Director Review decisions and the Director’s notices of decisions on institution.

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  1. PTAB Director Review · Oct. 8, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-10-08Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-10-08): 7 proceedings. 4 Trial Instituted (IPR2026-00364, IPR2026-00325, PGR2026-00034, IPR2026-00339); 2 Discretionary Denial (IPR2026-00373, PGR2026-00055); 1 Institution Denied…
  2. PTAB Director Review · Sept. 24, 2026Biocon Biologics Limited et al. v. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.The Director denied institution of Biocon’s PGR challenging claims 1–38 of Regeneron’s biologics/pharmaceutical Patent No. 12,168,036 because the petition was filed more than nine months after patent issuance and therefore was barred by…
  3. PTAB Director Review · Sept. 23, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-09-23Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-09-23): 11 proceedings. 5 Trial Instituted (PGR2026-00042, IPR2026-00363, PGR2026-00043, IPR2026-00336, PGR2026-00037); 3 Discretionary Denial (IPR2026-00351, IPR2026-00371,…
  4. PTAB Director Review · Sept. 23, 2026Nearmap US, Inc. v. Eagle View Technologies, Inc.On sua sponte Director Review, the Director vacated the Board's Final Written Decision and its institution decision and denied institution, exercising discretion to de-institute the IPR. The Director reasoned that, given a prior IPR on…
  5. PTAB Director Review · Sept. 9, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-09-09Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-09-09): 10 proceedings. 10 Trial Instituted (IPR2026-00334, IPR2026-00313, IPR2026-00312, IPR2026-00327, IPR2026-00258, IPR2026-00256, PGR2026-00044, IPR2026-00257, IPR2026-00259,…
  6. PTAB Director Review · Sept. 9, 2026Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. v. Maxell, Ltd.The Director granted Patent Owner's requests for Director Review and reversed the Final Written Decisions as to claim 15 of the '241 patent and claim 21 of the '590 patent. Agreeing with the panel dissent, the Director found that…
  7. PTAB Director Review · Sept. 2, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-09-02Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-09-02): 9 proceedings. 8 Trial Instituted (PGR2026-00032, PGR2026-00033, IPR2026-00274, IPR2026-00326, IPR2026-00275, IPR2026-00271, IPR2026-00273, IPR2026-00272); 1 Institution Denied…
  8. PTAB Director Review · Aug. 25, 2026Aesthetic Management Partners, LLC and Aesthetic Management Partners, Inc. v. HydraFacial LLCThe Director concluded the sua sponte Director Review initiated to decide whether these instituted IPRs should be de-instituted and terminated in light of the ITC's findings on closely related claims. The Federal Circuit had since…
  9. PTAB Director Review · Aug. 25, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-08-25Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-08-25): 11 proceedings. 6 Trial Instituted (IPR2026-00289, IPR2026-00287, IPR2026-00286, IPR2026-00288, IPR2026-00291, IPR2026-00303); 2 Discretionary Denial (IPR2026-00342,…
  10. PTAB Director Review · Aug. 19, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-08-19Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-08-19): 2 proceedings. 2 Trial Instituted (IPR2026-00278, IPR2026-00262).
  11. PTAB Director Review · Aug. 19, 2026Viance, LLC v. Koppers Performance Chemicals, Inc.The Director denied institution of PGR2026-00023 challenging Koppers’ U.S. Patent No. 12,370,716 B2 in the wood-treatment/performance-chemicals field because Viance failed to identify all real parties in interest, specifically majority…
  12. PTAB Director Review · Aug. 17, 2026Viance, LLC v. Koppers Performance Chemicals, Inc.The Director denied institution of Viance’s PGR challenging Koppers’ U.S. Patent No. 12,370,716 B2 in the chemical/wood-treatment technology area on discretionary grounds, applying NHK-Fintiv under § 314(a) and also invoking § 325(d). The…
  13. PTAB Director Review · Aug. 13, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-08-13Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-08-13): 4 proceedings. 1 Trial Instituted (PGR2026-00031); 2 Discretionary Denial (IPR2026-00268, IPR2026-00338); 1 Institution Denied (PGR2026-00036).
  14. PTAB Director Review · Aug. 6, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-08-06Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-08-06): 10 proceedings. 4 Trial Instituted (IPR2026-00213, PGR2026-00035, IPR2026-00214, IPR2026-00266); 6 Discretionary Denial (IPR2026-00297, IPR2026-00330, PGR2026-00039,…
  15. PTAB Director Review · July 29, 2026Genius Sports Ltd. v. SportsCastr Inc. (d/b/a PANDA Interactive)The Director granted Patent Owner's request, vacated the Final Written Decision in part, and remanded. The Board did not address Patent Owner's webserver-limitation arguments for claim 1 when deciding Ground 1B, even though it understood…
  16. PTAB Director Review · July 29, 2026Biofrontera Inc., Biofrontera Bioscience GmbH, Biofrontera Pharma GmbH, and Biofrontera AG v. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.The Director granted Patent Owner's request for review, vacated the Final Written Decision, and dismissed the Petition. The ITC had already decided, on the same claims, prior art and obviousness grounds, that the claims were not shown…
  17. PTAB Director Review · July 28, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-07-28Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-07-28): 10 proceedings. 6 Trial Instituted (IPR2026-00265, PGR2026-00026, PGR2026-00030, IPR2026-00285, IPR2026-00280, IPR2026-00298); 3 Discretionary Denial (IPR2026-00320,…
  18. PTAB Director Review · July 21, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-07-21Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-07-21): 6 proceedings. 4 Trial Instituted (IPR2026-00232, IPR2026-00231, IPR2026-00253, IPR2026-00234); 2 Institution Denied (PGR2026-00027, IPR2026-00270).
  19. PTAB guidance · July 20, 2026SOP 1 (rev. 17): Assignment of judges to panelsSOP 1 (Revision 17) sets out how the Chief Judge's designee(s) assign three-judge panels (APJ1, APJ2, APJ3) in all PTAB jurisdictions, including appeals and AIA proceedings. It prescribes paneling by conflicts, jurisdiction, technology,…
  20. PTAB Director Review · July 15, 2026Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Lionra Technologies Ltd.The Director granted Patent Owner's request, reversed the Final Written Decision finding claims 1-3, 5-10, 12-15, and 17-21 unpatentable as obvious, and held that Petitioner failed to prove unpatentability. The Board abused its discretion…
  21. PTAB Director Review · July 14, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-07-14Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-07-14): 24 proceedings. 10 Trial Instituted (PGR2026-00025, IPR2026-00235, IPR2026-00233, IPR2026-00138, IPR2026-00228, IPR2026-00222, IPR2026-00276, IPR2026-00137, IPR2026-00244,…
  22. PTAB Director Review · July 14, 2026ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and ASUS Computer International v. Nokia Technologies OyThe Director concluded the sua sponte review of the institution notice (Paper 24) without reaching the merits. The review had been opened to consider whether Petitioners violated their Sotera stipulation. The parties then reported a…
  23. PTAB Director Review · July 6, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-07-06Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-07-06): 2 proceedings. 2 Discretionary Denial (IPR2026-00246, IPR2026-00254).
  24. PTAB Director Review · July 2, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-07-02Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-07-02): 9 proceedings. 9 Trial Instituted (IPR2026-00140, IPR2026-00219, IPR2026-00215, IPR2026-00205, IPR2026-00204, IPR2026-00227, IPR2026-00203, IPR2026-00217, IPR2026-00229).
  25. PTAB guidance · June 29, 2026Director Review processThe USPTO's Director Review process page explains how parties may seek Director review of Board decisions in part 42 proceedings under 37 C.F.R. § 42.75 (effective October 31, 2024). It sets out who may request review, the permitted…
  26. PTAB Director Review · June 24, 2026Apple Inc. v. WeCrevention, Inc.The Director denied institution of Apple’s IPR petition against the ’098 patent in the high-speed memory-module technology area under § 314(a) discretionary authority. The denial turned on Apple’s unexplained inconsistent…
  27. PTAB Director Review · June 24, 2026Apple Inc. v. WeCrevention, Inc.The Director denied institution under § 314(a) discretion for Apple’s IPR against WeCrevention’s memory-related Patent No. 10,998,017, finding Apple’s PTAB claim-construction position on “input/output unit” irreconcilable with its…
  28. PTAB Director Review · June 24, 2026Apple Inc. v. WeCrevention, Inc.The Director denied institution of Apple’s IPR petitions against WeCrevention’s high-speed memory chip module patents under discretionary § 314(a), applying Revvo and Infineon rather than reaching the prior-art merits. The denial rested…
  29. PTAB Director Review · June 24, 2026Apple Inc. v. WeCrevention, Inc.The Director denied institution of IPR2026-00243 challenging WeCrevention’s U.S. Patent No. 12,154,652 in the computer-memory module technology area under discretionary authority, effectively § 314(a), based on Apple’s inconsistent…
  30. PTAB Director Review · June 24, 2026Apple Inc. v. WeCrevention, Inc.The Director denied institution under § 314(a) discretion in Apple’s IPRs against WeCrevention’s high-speed memory module patents, including IPR2026-00240 challenging U.S. Patent No. 9,201,834. The core reason was claim-construction…
  31. PTAB Director Review · June 23, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-06-23Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-06-23): 4 proceedings. 3 Trial Instituted (IPR2026-00216, IPR2026-00194, IPR2026-00220); 1 Institution Denied (PGR2026-00022).
  32. PTAB Director Review · June 22, 2026Samsung Display Co., Ltd. v. Pictiva Displays International Ltd.The Director granted Patent Owner's request, vacated the Final Written Decision as to claims 2 and 17, and remanded. A jury in parallel E.D. Tex. litigation had found claim 2 infringed and not invalid, yet the Board's decision found it…
  33. PTAB Director Review · June 12, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-06-12Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-06-12): 12 proceedings. 5 Trial Instituted (IPR2026-00180, PGR2026-00020, IPR2026-00184, PGR2026-00017, IPR2026-00195); 5 Discretionary Denial (IPR2026-00240, IPR2026-00241,…
  34. PTAB Director Review · June 2, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-06-02Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-06-02): 6 proceedings. 3 Trial Instituted (IPR2026-00193, IPR2026-00191, IPR2026-00169); 2 Discretionary Denial (IPR2026-00212, IPR2026-00252); 1 Institution Denied (IPR2026-00192).
  35. PTAB Director Review · May 26, 2026Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. v. Biofrontera Inc.The Director denied institution of the PGR challenging Biofrontera’s Patent 12,280,146 B2 in the pharmaceutical/biotech space because Sun failed to establish that it identified all real parties in interest. Applying Corning Optical,…
  36. PTAB Director Review · May 26, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-05-26Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-05-26): 5 proceedings. 3 Trial Instituted (IPR2026-00189, IPR2025-01582, IPR2026-00182); 1 Discretionary Denial (IPR2026-00181); 1 Institution Denied (IPR2026-00174).
  37. PTAB Director Review · May 26, 2026PacifiCorp et al. v. MES, Inc.The Board denied institution under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a) in IPR2025-00425 challenging claims of U.S. Patent No. 10,589,225, which concerns mercury-emissions control technology for power-plant flue gas. The denial was not based on evaluation…
  38. PTAB Director Review · May 20, 2026Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company et al. v. MES, Inc.The Board denied institution under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a) for IPR2025-00423, a second-ranked parallel petition challenging claims 1–4 and 6–29 of the ’430 patent in chemical/process technology (TC 1700). The denial was not based on prior-art…
  39. PTAB Director Review · May 19, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-05-19Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-05-19): 12 proceedings. 5 Trial Instituted (PGR2026-00012, IPR2026-00162, IPR2026-00160, IPR2026-00159, IPR2026-00163); 6 Discretionary Denial (IPR2026-00201, PGR2026-00021,…
  40. PTAB Director Review · May 18, 2026Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company et al. v. MES, Inc.The Board denied institution of IPR2025-00278 against U.S. Patent No. 10,343,114 B2 (a chemical/environmental technology patent) not on the merits of the prior art grounds, but as a matter of docket management: because the Board…
  41. PTAB Director Review · May 18, 2026Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company et al. v. MES, Inc.The Board denied institution of IPR2025-00281 challenging U.S. Patent No. 10,596,517 (pollution/chemical treatment technology, Tech Center 1700) after separately instituting review in the companion proceeding IPR2025-00280 on the same…
  42. PTAB Director Review · May 15, 2026Microsoft Corporation v. Sandpiper CDN, LLCThe Director denied institution of IPR2026-00190 (Microsoft v. Sandpiper CDN, U.S. Patent 9,456,053, a content delivery network technology) on discretionary grounds under 35 U.S.C. § 325(d), finding that Petitioner's challenges relied on…
  43. PTAB Director Review · May 15, 2026Notice of Decisions on Institution — 2026-05-15Director's Notice of Decisions on Institution (2026-05-15): 10 proceedings. 6 Trial Instituted (IPR2026-00131, IPR2026-00061, IPR2026-00067, IPR2026-00158, IPR2026-00066, IPR2026-00143); 1 Discretionary Denial (PGR2025-00087); 3…
  44. PTAB Director Review · May 15, 2026Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation et al. v. Railware, Inc. et al.The Director denied institution in IPR2026-00133, IPR2026-00134, and IPR2026-00135 (covering Patents 9,517,782, RE47,835, and RE49,115, directed to railroad technology) on discretionary grounds under 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(b)(3) because…
  45. PTAB Director Review · May 15, 2026Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation et al. v. Railware, Inc. et al.The Director denied institution in IPR2026-00133, -00134, and -00135 (covering Patents 9,517,782 B2, RE47,835 E, and RE49,115 E, directed to railroad technology) because Petitioner Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies failed to present its…
  46. PTAB Director Review · May 15, 2026Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation et al. v. Railware, Inc. et al.The Director denied institution in IPR2026-00133, -00134, and -00135 (covering Patents 9,517,782, RE47,835, and RE49,115, directed to railroad technology) on discretionary grounds because Petitioner Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies…
  47. PTAB Director Review · May 15, 2026Google LLC v. Secure Communication Technologies, LLCThe Director denied institution of IPR2026-00099 (Google LLC v. Secure Communication Technologies, LLC, U.S. Patent 8,116,749, directed to wireless communication technology) on discretionary grounds under § 314(a), finding that Google had…
  48. PTAB Director Review · May 14, 2026Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc. v. Kurin, Inc.The Director denied institution of IPR2026-00097 (Magnolia Medical Technologies v. Kurin, Inc., U.S. Patent 12,138,052, medical device technology in Tech Center 3700) on discretionary grounds under § 314(a), concluding that the totality…
  49. PTAB Director Review · May 14, 2026SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. et al. v. OMNI MEDSCI, INC.The Director vacated the prior institution of IPR2025-01253 and denied the petition challenging claim 7 of U.S. Patent No. 12,193,790 (a wearable health-monitoring technology patent) because the '790 patent was determined to be an AIA…
  50. PTAB Director Review · May 13, 2026Ford Motor Company v. AutoConnect Holdings LLCThe Director denied institution of IPR2026-00171 (and companion cases -00172 and -00173) under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a) because Ford Motor Company maintained inconsistent claim construction positions between its IPR petitions and the parallel…
  51. PTAB Director Review · May 13, 2026Ford Motor Company v. AutoConnect Holdings LLCThe Director denied institution of IPR2026-00172 (and companion cases IPR2026-00171 and IPR2026-00173) under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a) because Ford Motor Company maintained inconsistent claim construction positions between its IPR petitions and…
  52. PTAB Director Review · May 13, 2026Ford Motor Company v. AutoConnect Holdings LLCThe Director denied institution of IPR2026-00173 (and companion cases IPR2026-00171 and IPR2026-00172) under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a) because Ford Motor Company maintained claim construction positions in parallel district court litigation that…
  53. PTAB Director Review · May 12, 2026Ford Motor Company v. AutoConnect Holdings LLCThe Director granted Director Review, vacated the notices granting institution, and denied institution in three related IPRs (IPR2025-01342, IPR2025-01383, IPR2025-01524) involving automotive connectivity patents owned by AutoConnect…
  54. PTAB Director Review · May 12, 2026Terumo BCT, Inc. v. Haemonetics CorporationThe Director granted Patent Owner Haemonetics's request for Director Review, vacated the Board's institution notices, and denied institution of IPR2025-01374 (U.S. Patent 11,738,124) and IPR2025-01391 (U.S. Patent 10,758,652), both…
  55. PTAB Director Review · May 12, 2026FreightCar America, Inc. v. National Steel Car LimitedThe Director granted Patent Owner's request for Director Review, vacated the decision granting institution, and denied institution. After institution, Patent Owner disclaimed claim 24 and dependent claims 25-31, the only claims for which…
  56. PTAB Director Review · May 12, 2026Ford Motor Company v. AutoConnect Holdings LLCThe Director granted Patent Owner AutoConnect Holdings LLC's request for Director Review, vacated the previously granted institution notices, and denied institution in all three IPRs (IPR2025-01342, IPR2025-01383, IPR2025-01524)…
  57. PTAB Director Review · May 12, 2026Terumo BCT, Inc. v. Haemonetics CorporationThe Director granted Patent Owner Haemonetics's request for Director Review, vacated the Board's institution notices, and denied institution of IPR2025-01374 (U.S. Patent 11,738,124) and IPR2025-01391 (U.S. Patent 10,758,652), both…
  58. PTAB Director Review · May 12, 2026Ford Motor Company v. AutoConnect Holdings LLCThe Director reversed the Board's institution decisions in IPR2025-01342, IPR2025-01383, and IPR2025-01524 (Ford Motor Co. v. AutoConnect Holdings LLC, covering automotive connectivity patents), vacating the notices granting institution…
  59. PTAB Director Review · May 7, 2026Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Damaka, Inc.Institution of IPR2026-00211 was denied under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a) based on discretionary and non-merits considerations, without reaching the merits of the petition filed by Cisco Systems against Damaka's U.S. Patent No. 12,279,116.
  60. PTAB guidance · Oct. 28, 2025Precedential designation of Corning Optical Communications RF, LLC v. PPC Broadband, Inc., IPR2014-00440, Paper 68 (except § II.E.1)The memorandum designates Corning Optical Communications RF, LLC v. PPC Broadband Inc., IPR2014-00440, Paper 68 (PTAB Aug. 18, 2015), as precedential, except for § II.E.1. It restores the Office's pre-SharkNinja practice of requiring…
  61. PTAB guidance · Oct. 17, 2025Director Institution of AIA Trial ProceedingsEffective October 20, 2025, the Director, in consultation with at least three PTAB judges, determines whether to institute trial in all IPR and PGR proceedings, considering discretionary considerations, the merits, and non-discretionary…
  62. PTAB guidance · Oct. 8, 2025Appeals Review PanelThe page describes the Appeals Review Panel (ARP), established July 24, 2023, which the Director may convene sua sponte, at her or his sole discretion, to review Board decisions in ex parte, reexamination and reissue appeals. It sets the…
  63. PTAB guidance · Oct. 8, 2025Delegated Rehearing PanelThe page explains how the Director, within the Director Review process, may delegate review of a PTAB decision in an AIA proceeding to a Delegated Rehearing Panel (DRP) of three Board members drawn from the Chief Judge, Deputy Chief Judge…
  64. PTAB guidance · Oct. 3, 2025Interim Director Discretionary ProcessThe webpage sets out the Interim Director Discretionary Process, a bifurcated approach under the March 26, 2025 Process Memorandum in which the Director decides discretionary denial of IPR and PGR petitions before a Board panel addresses…
  65. PTAB guidance · Aug. 12, 2025SOP 2 (rev. 11) AddendumThe Addendum amends Section II.B.1 of PTAB Standard Operating Procedure 2 (Rev. 11) so that the Advisory Committee has five members, one from each of five listed USPTO business units, with stated exclusions for certain individuals. It…
  66. PTAB guidance · July 29, 2025Final Written Decision Procedures for AIA Trial ProceedingsThe memorandum directs that, effective immediately and absent extraordinary circumstances, Board panels assigned to an inter partes review or post-grant review where an oral hearing has not yet occurred will address all grounds raised in…
  67. PTAB guidance · Apr. 25, 2025FAQs for Interim Processes for PTAB Workload ManagementSuperseded by Interim Director Discretionary Process (webpage). The FAQs explain how the bifurcated process under the March 26, 2025 Process Memorandum works for IPR and PGR institution. A patent owner may file a discretionary denial…
  68. PTAB guidance · Mar. 26, 2025Interim Processes for PTAB Workload ManagementThe memorandum sets up a temporary, bifurcated institution process for IPRs and PGRs. The Director, in consultation with at least three PTAB judges, first decides discretionary denial, and only if denial is not appropriate is the petition…
  69. PTAB guidance · Mar. 24, 2025Guidance on USPTO’s rescission of “Interim Procedure for Discretionary Denials in AIA Post-Grant Proceedings with Parallel District Court Litigation”The memorandum explains that the USPTO rescinded the June 21, 2022 "Interim Procedure for Discretionary Denials in AIA Post-Grant Proceedings with Parallel District Court Litigation" on February 28, 2025, restoring the guidance in place…
  70. PTAB guidance · Oct. 5, 2023SOP 4 (rev. 1): Procedure for Pre-Issuance Optional Decision Review and Post-Issuance Decision ReviewSOP 4 (rev. 1) sets internal Board procedures for optional pre-issuance review of draft PTAB decisions, through a Circulation Judge Pool of non-management peer judges and a PTAB Management Pre-Issuance Optional Review team, and for…
  71. PTAB guidance · July 24, 2023SOP 2 (rev. 11): Designation or de-designation of decisions as precedential or informativeSOP 2 (Revision 11) sets the Board's procedure for nominating, reviewing and designating issued PTAB decisions as precedential or informative, and for de-designating them. Nominations go to an Advisory Committee and to PTAB Executive…
  72. PTAB guidance · July 13, 2023Guidance Memorandum for the Ex Parte Appeals ProcessThe memorandum consolidates into a single source the PTAB's existing internal practice for writing ex parte appeal opinions and handling related procedures, and states that earlier Board memoranda on the topic are no longer in effect. It…
  73. PTAB guidance · June 9, 2022Updated applicant admitted prior art (AAPA) memorandumSuperseded on July 31, 2025 by Enforcement and Non-waiver of 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(b)(4) and Permissible Uses of General Knowledge in Inter Partes Reviews (July 31, 2025). The memorandum sets out the USPTO's reading of 35 U.S.C. § 311(b) on…

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