Chris Scharff Quoted in Law360 Article, “Patent Landscape Shifts as Squires Takes on Key PTAB Role”
10.24.25
This Law360 article discusses the recent shift of USPTO director John Squires taking on the sole authority to institute America Invents Act review. Practitioners weigh in on the effects that change will have on PTAB institution rates, PTAB access, costs, and timelines. Chris said, “If review is instituted, a very short order may be appropriate, since the PTAB will make a final decision. But if the director denies review, and the decision doesn’t have enough fulsome analysis, there could be the potential that somebody could challenge that as arbitrary and capricious.”
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