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Tag: joinder of parties post-petition

Joinder in Patent Office Proceedings Clarified by PTAB

Jun 10, 2013

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Tim Bianchi

in America Invents Act, covered business methods, inter partes review, Joinder of AIA Proceedings, Joinder of Parties Post-petition, Post Grant Review, PTAB, PTAB Patent Trials

Several posts ago we explored how the Board perceived joinder of a subsequent petition filed by a petitioner to an ongoing proceeding. A recent ruling by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) clarifies how the Board views joinder of new parties to pending post-grant proceedings. U.S. Bancorp filed a covered business method petition on March…