Since Acting USPTO Director Coke Morgan Stewart took office in 2025, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has overhauled ...

Lestin L. Kenton, Kristina Caggiano Kelly and David H. Holman of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC discuss a change in ...

The first four decisions on discretionary denial of institution under the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) ...

In sum, the USPTO’s interim guidance establishes a more structured approach to addressing discretionary-denial considerations at the PTAB. The bifurcated process gives patent owners a dedicated ...

In January 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential ruling in Lynk Labs, Inc. v.

A government audit examining tradeoffs between the quality and quantity of issued patents underscored a tension the US Patent ...

Advances in nanotechnology lead to an investigation of how the structures engineered with nanomaterials interact with ...

The Trump administration was quick to file an appeal following the USCIT's ruling on Wednesday, and the federal appeals circuit is allowing Trump's "Worldwide Retaliatory Tariff Orders” to remain in ...

Opinion: Former Solicitor General Donald Verrilli says recent warnings that patent judges may lose their jobs are misguided ...

Research Triangle Park, largest sprawling development of its kind across 7,000 acres with more than 300 companies and 65,000 workers, would stand to benefit greatly from the newest bicameral ...

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board is within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Congressional supporters say the process has evolved into a “forum where patent claims are consistently ...