SCOTUS abolishes PTAB practice of partial claim review

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SCOTUS abolishes PTAB practice of partial claim review

April 25, 2018
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The US Supreme Court has decided in SAS Institute v Iancu that the PTAB must review all or none of the challenged claims. Observers say the PTAB petitioners could react to the ruling in a number of ways, and it “may increase the number of issues that bubble up to the Federal Circuit”

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