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Perspective

Aug. 26, 2015

Joinder in patent processes: same facts, different results

Since the inception of the inter-partes review and covered business method processes in 2011, the Patent Trial and Appeals Board has seen a wave of petitions regarding the same patent. By Harper Batts


By Harper Batts


Since the inception of the inter-partes review (IPR) and covered business method (CBM)
processes in 2011, the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) has seen a considerable
growth in the number of petitions regarding the same patent. This has occurred when
multiple IPRs have been filed by the same petitioner, or with multiple petitioners
filing IPRs on the same patent. When petitions for t...

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