JD Supra

USPTO elevates precedential and informative decisions on discretionary institution in IPR/PGR

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) designated four decisions as precedential and nine decisions as ...
IPWatchdog

CAFC Affirms Rule 12(b)(6) 101 Dismissal for Google in Precedential Ruling on Software Claims

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Thursday, January 22, issued a precedential decision affirming a ...
JD Supra

USPTO Designates New Precedents on PTAB Discretionary Denial

On January 9, 2026, USPTO Director John A. Squires designated four recent discretionary-denial rulings as precedential and ...
IPWatchdog

PTAB Precedential Designations Highlight Discretionary Considerations on PGR Petitions, Joinder Requests

On Friday, the USPTO designated a series of decisions on discretionary denial requests as either precedential or informative, ...
The National Law Review

How to Get a PTAB Decision Designated Precedential

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Managingip.com

PTAB designates five decisions as precedential

At Managing IP’s PTAB Forum 2016, acting PTAB chief judge Nathan Kelley said that precedential decisions help bring consistency both within the Board and for practitioners before the Board. "That’s ...