PTAB releases Aqua Products guidance on motions to amend

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PTAB releases Aqua Products guidance on motions to amend

November 28 2017
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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board confirms that In light of the Aqua Products decision it will not place the burden of persuasion on a patent owner with respect to the patentability of substitute claims presented in a motion to amend

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