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USPTO leans on discretion, backlog, in defense of ‘settled expectations’

By Melissa Ritti ( October 24, 2025, 20:52 GMT | Insight) -- In a response brief, the US Patent and Trademark Office suggested — among other things — a federal hiring freeze ordered by President Donald Trump necessitated changes to the process and standards for seeking and securing a discretionary denial of inter partes review.The US Patent and Trademark Office in a Friday court filing offered no shortage of justifications for its recent overhaul of the inter partes review (IPR) procedure, with none more prevalent than that it needs no justification at all....

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