Erik Halverson
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- Aug 13, 2026
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USPTO Appeals Review Panel Reaffirms Broad Reach Of Double Patenting Doctrine (opens the original)
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In a recent sua sponte rehearing decision from the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Appeals Review Panel (ARP), it reversed an earlier Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision and held that obviousness-type double patenting (OTDP) may remain a concern even when a challenged patent would expire before the patent used as the OTDP reference. The application at issue claimed antibody-like binding proteins and claimed priority to a non-provisional filed 28 March 2012. Any resulting patent wo
USPTO’s PTAB Rulemaking Signals A Major Shift In IPR Practice (opens the original)
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The USPTO appears poised to finalize a significant revision to Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) practice. A final rule titled Revision to Rules of Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (90 FR 48335) is currently undergoing Executive Order 12866 review (RIN: 0651-AD89), indicating that agency review has been completed and the rule is nearing publication. The rule focuses on the PTAB’s institution decisions in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. According to the USPTO, the goal
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