The New PTAB Practice and How it is Being Shaped by Director Review (Preview)

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is undergoing one of its most significant transformations in years, and attorneys practicing before the USPTO must understand how Director Review is reshaping every stage of PTAB practice. In this course, Lissi Mojica of Answers IP, a nationally recognized expert in PTAB proceedings, breaks down the rapid procedural changes now governing institution decisions, evidentiary requirements, and the director’s unprecedented role in reviewing and overturning the Board’s determinations. Mojica explains how recent policy shifts, including the return to Fintiv factors, reconsideration of 325(d) analysis, and the director’s newly centralized control, are fundamentally changing strategy for both petitioners and patent owners.

The program walks attorneys through real PTAB decisions to illustrate emerging trends: stricter scrutiny of claim mapping, heightened expectations for expert testimony, the renewed importance of chain-of-title disputes, and the director’s increasing willingness to vacate, remand, or even terminate proceedings entirely. Mojica also highlights the growing difficulty of achieving institution, the impact of parallel district court litigation, and why both sides must now prepare airtight petitions and responses supported by detailed evidence and precise legal reasoning. This course gives practitioners a timely, practical roadmap for navigating the evolving PTAB landscape—and offers insight into when alternate procedures, such as ex parte reexamination, may become the better strategic path.

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