United States Patent and Trademark Office

The PTAB has announced the addition of two templates with companion guidance (and a glossary) that will now

In this decision, the Board reversed an Examiner’s rejection of claims for reciting improper Markush groupings.

Appeals Review Panel reinstates Examiner obviousness-type double patenting rejection based on anti-harassment rationale.

PTAB issued Revision 17 of Standard Operating Procedure 1, which sets procedures for assigning judges to panels.