Trends begin to emerge in USPTO post grant systems

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Trends begin to emerge in USPTO post grant systems

February 25 2013
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As of February 22, there have been 142 petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and 15 petitions for post grant review of covered business methods (CBM) filed at the USPTO – but how are they being decided? And what effect have they had on litigation? Eileen McDermott investigates

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