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Federal Circuit: Only Patent Owner May Appeal a PTAB Reexamination Decision <br/>Federal Circuit: Clones Not Patentable Subject Matter<br/>Federal Circuit: PTO's Decision Not to Initiate <i>Inter Partes</i> Review Is Not Appealable

5 minute read June 01, 2014 at 02:14 PM
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Jeffrey S. Ginsberg And Wyatt Delfino
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Federal Circuit: Only Patent Owner May Appeal a PTAB Reexamination Decision

On April 24, 2014, a unanimous panel of the Federal Circuit, comprising Chief Judge Rader and Judges Linn and Taranto, issued an opinion in Vaillancourt v.

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