Latest developments

Interim Processes for PTAB Workload Management (March 26, 2025)
Expanding Opportunities to Appear Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (October 10, 2024)
Rules Governing Director Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions (October 1, 2024)
Rules Governing Motion to Amend Practice and Procedures in Trial Proceedings under the America Invents Act before the PTAB (September 18, 2024)
Rules Governing Pre-Issuance Internal Circulation and Review of Decisions Within the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (June 12, 2024)
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement (April 19, 2024)
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Rules Governing Director Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decisions (April 16, 2024)
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Motion to Amend Pilot Program and Rules of Practice to allocate the Burdens of Persuasion on Motions to Amend in Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (March 4, 2024)
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Expanding Opportunities to Appear before the PTAB (February 21, 2024)
The Applicability of Existing Regulations as to Party and Practitioner Misconduct Related to the Use of Artificial Intelligence (February 6, 2024)
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Rules Governing Pre-Issuance Circulation and Review of Decisions within PTAB (October 5, 2023)
SOP 4 (rev 1): Procedure for Pre-Issuance Optional Decision Review and Post-Issuance Decision Review (October 5, 2023)
SOP 3 (rev 2, formerly SOP 9): Procedure for Decisions Remanded from the Federal Circuit for Further Proceedings (October 5, 2023)
Guidance on Paneling Cases (September 22, 2023)
USPTO extends Director Review (DR) option to institution decisions, retires the Precedential Opinion Panel (POP), and updates interim DR procedures (July 24, 2023)
SOP 2 (rev. 11): Designation or de-designation of decisions as precedential or informative (July 24, 2023)
Request for comments on Motions to Amend and burden allocation rules (May 23, 2023)
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for AIA Proceedings before the PTAB (April 21, 2023)
Request for comments on director review, POP, and internal decision review (July 20, 2022)
USPTO announces emphasis on transparency as it works to formalize Director review process (April 22, 2022)
COVID fast-track appeals pilot program (April 15, 2021)
Indefiniteness in AIA post-grant proceedings memorandum (Jan. 6, 2021)
Final rule to allocate burdens of persuasion on motions to amend in AIA trials (Dec. 21, 2020)
Final rule: PTAB Rules of Practice for Instituting on All Challenged Patent Claims and All Grounds and Eliminating the Presumption at Institution Favoring Petitioner as to Testimonial Evidence (Dec 9, 2020)
Request for comments on discretion to institute AIA trials (Oct. 20, 2020)
PTAB decision nomination form (Sep. 24, 2020)
AAPA Guidance Memorandum (Aug. 18, 2020)
Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program (July 2, 2020)
Comments on proposed rules on AIA trial institution and responsive briefing (June 29, 2020)
Legal Experience and Advancement Program (LEAP) Launches (April 28, 2020)
FAQs Deadline waivers under the CARES Act (April 6, 2020)
USPTO extends certain patent and trademark deadlines to June 1 (April 28, 2020)
USPTO update on in-person meetings (March 13, 2020)
Comments on Proposed Rules to Allocate the Burden of Persuasion on Motions to Amend (Dec. 31, 2019)
Consolidated Trial Practice Guide, November 2019 (Nov. 20, 2019)
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on allocation of burdens for motion to amend (Oct. 21, 2019)
New Precedential and Informative Decisions (Aug. 6, 2019)
Notice regarding options for amendments through reissues or reexaminations (April 22, 2019)
Archive of PTAB Alerts

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