Challenged Director-To-PTAB Instructions Did Not Require Notice-And-Comment Rulemaking
Ari Feinstein & Jacob S. Etling
Challenged instructions that the PTO’s Director gave to the PTAB regarding discretionary denial of inter partes review petitions are general statements of policy and thus not subject to the notice-and-comment rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act.
Presented by Netflix—Grammar Police: An Exercise in Claim Construction
Ari Feinstein & Eric R. Blosser
Common principles of English grammar may be used to identify the presumptively correct interpretation of a disputed claim term.