PTAB Strategies and Insights – February 2020

The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire patent life cycle in a global portfolio.

This month marks the publication of Sterne Kessler’s inaugural ‘ Year in Review’ at the PTAB. Our report, is entitled 2019 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends. This report explores the changes at the PTAB through a series of articles addressing many of the most significant developments that occurred over the past year.

In this newsletter, we feature the following articles from the report:

• IPR Estoppel Questions Answered and Remaining
• Dramatic Changes to Motion to Amend Practice
• Petitioners Beware Discretionary Denial

To view the full report, please click here.

We welcome feedback and suggestions about this newsletter to ensure we are meeting the needs and expectations of our readers. So if you have topics you wish to see explored within an issue of the newsletter, please reach out to me.

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Best,
Jason D. Eisenberg