USPTO Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal PTAB
By Michelle O’Brien, Bob Hansen, and Tom Irving The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking comments on various modifications, under consideration, to the rules of practice for inter partes review (IPR) and post grant review (PGR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board [...]