Originally appeared in PTAB Monitor: Developments in Inter Partes Review Practice

Originally published in IP Watchdog on December 4, 2016.

On December 9, 2016, the en banc Federal Circuit will hear argument in In re Aqua Products, Inc. on an issue that has long been troubling patent owners involved in inter partes reviews (IPR)—the difficulty of amending patent claims before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

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