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USPTO director reverses Motorola PTAB grant after discretionary denial change

By Nick Robertson ( March 31, 2025, 19:41 GMT | Insight) -- Motorola Solutions inter partes review petitions at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board will not be heard after US Patent and Trademark Office Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart reversed the previous decisions to institute. The move on Friday came days after she announced radical changes to the discretionary denial process, which are expected to lead to fewer institutions.Four petitions for inter partes review filed by Motorola Solutions at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board won’t be heard by the board after the US Patent and Trademark Office Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart exercised her right of director review and denied institution....

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