After over a year and a half at the helm of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Director Kathi Vidal has made significant and lasting impacts on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) through a variety of different actions, including Director Reviews, issuing guidance, designating additional cases as precedential, issuing sanctions sua sponte, and returning institution rates to 2016 levels.
Director Vidal's Impact On the PTAB: Big Changes and More On the Way
Perhaps the largest impact that Director Vidal has had upon the PTAB is has been via Director Reviews. The U.S. Supreme Court mandated Director Reviews to correct procedural defects in the way that administrative patent judges are appointed to the PTAB.
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Jennifer Bush
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