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USPTO enshrines discretionary denial factors in precedential, informative decisions

By Nick Robertson ( December 19, 2025, 22:55 GMT | Insight) -- The US Patent and Trademark Office designated 14 Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions regarding discretionary denial precedential or informative on Thursday, signaling an effort to cement precedent for settled expectations and other controversial factors used to deny inter partes review petitions.More than a dozen Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions authored by US Patent and Trademark Office Deputy Director Coke Morgan Stewart addressing discretionary denial were designated as precedential or informative on Thursday....

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