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USPTO director’s discretionary denial decisions show shift in rationale

By Nick Robertson ( May 19, 2025, 15:57 GMT | Insight) -- The first Patent Trial and Appeal Board discretionary denial decisions from US Patent and Trademark Office Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart show increased emphasis on estimated district court trial dates and less stock in promises by patent challengers that they won't raise prior art and arguments that overlap with parallel district court litigation.US Patent and Trademark Office Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart published her first group of Patent Trial and Appeal Board discretionary denial decisions on Friday, marking the first time the director herself took the lead in the process pursuant to reforms announced in March....

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