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In SAS Institute v. Iancu, the Supreme Court addressed the question of, "[w]hen the Patent Office initiates an inter partes review, must it resolve all of the claims in the case, or may it choose...
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In SAS Institute v. Iancu, the Supreme Court addressed the
question of, "[w]hen the Patent Office initiates an inter
partes review, must it resolve all of the claims in the case, or
may it choose to limit its review to only some of them?" The
Court found that, contrary to the prior USPTO practice, the Board
may not limit institution to only some of the challenged claims.
Finnegan attorneys Joshua Goldberg, Kevin Rodkey, and Cory Bell
join us now to discuss what happens now.
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