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New USPTO leadership continues America Invents Act reimagining

By Melissa Ritti ( October 20, 2025, 16:40 GMT | Comment) -- The predilection by a US appellate court for one-sentence dispositions of even the most complex of patent cases has long irked litigants to no avail, with the US Supreme Court consistently turning away petitioners taking issue with the practice. The US Patent and Trademark Office is taking a page from that playbook, as well as other steps that lessen the attractiveness of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board for patent validity challenges.A pair of announcements Friday continued the reimagining of the America Invents Act (AIA) which has played out at the US Patent and Trademark Office since the start of the year....

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