Under President Trump, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has sought to encourage the issuance of more patents and limit the ability to challenge them in post-grant proceedings; since John Squires ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), led by Director John A. Squires, has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the rules governing inter partes review (IPR) before the ...

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August 22, 2025 - Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently issued a new policy memorandum that limits the types of prior art that may be used to challenge ...

An expert Q&A on the US Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) 2025 guidance memoranda addressing the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB’s) approach to discretionary denials of inter partes review ...

The CAFC on Tuesday issued three orders denying mandamus petitions filed by inter partes review petitioners at the Patent ...

Sheppard Mullin’s Jennifer Ayers reviews modifications to the rules of practice for IPR petitions and considers what practitioners need to know On October 17 2025, the USPTO proposed modifications to ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NeXtGen Biologics is pleased to report that the USPTO declined to initiate Inter Partes Review (“IPR”), following the filing by RegenX Science of ...