The US Supreme Court's decision in Hyatt v Kappos sends a clear message to the patent system that it is not special, one lawyer told Managing IP
The USPTO has lost its US Supreme Court case over whether new evidence can be submitted in a civil appeal of a USPTO decision
The USPTO today faced aggressive questioning from Supreme Court justices regarding the agency’s request to overturn a Federal Circuit en banc ruling it says will encourage patent applicants to withhold evidence in examination
A full panel of the Federal Circuit ruled last week that patent applicants may present new evidence in civil actions challenging decisions by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
The Hyatt v Kappos decision is particularly significant, as the number of appeals being heard by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) has increased exponentially in recent years
The USPTO has published controversial new rules on filing appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences that will change the way patent practitioners craft appeals briefs
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