PTAB 325(d)

PTAB Adds to 325(d) Precedent

By Scott McKeown on March 25, 2020

PTAB Designates New Precedential & Informative Decisions on Discretionary Institution Practices

Advanced Bionics, LLC v. MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH, IPR2019-01469 (PTAB Feb. 13, 2020) (Paper 6) (precedential)

This decision denies institution of an inter partes review based on 35 U.S.C. § 325(d), explaining that the Board uses a two-part framework for exercising…

New PTAB Precedent: 314(a) Not Just for Follow-On Petitions

By Scott McKeown on May 8, 2019

PTAB Cements Institutional Discretion

Back in January, I identified the Board’s expanding view of 314(a) discretion as the most significant development of 2018. In that earlier post, I predicted that one such 314(a)/325(d) case, NHK Spring Co., Ltd. v. Intri-Plex Techs., Inc., would be designated precedential in 2019.

Yesterday, the PTAB delivered on my prediction.
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