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PTAB Issue Joinder Could Live On Despite CAFC Outcome

Agency Discretion May Permit Joinder of New Party Claims Issue joinder practice at the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) has had a storied history to date. As a reminder, the debate at the agency (spawning the now infamous “panel stacking”…

September 24, 2019PTAB3 min read

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PTAB Expanded Panels: Fact Check

PTAB Expanded Panels Impact Less Than 1% of All AIA Trials Last week the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued its decision in Nidec Motor Corp. v. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co. (here) The decision affirmed the USPTO’s Patent Trial…

August 29, 2017PTAB3 min read