Intellectual Property Magazine
PTAB time bar decisions can’t be appealed, SCOTUS rules
Ben Wodecki & Catherine White
The US Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Patent Trial andAppeal Board (PTAB) determinations for inter partes reviews (IPR) cannotbe appealed after finding that a one-year time bar does not apply, the SupremeCourt of the US (SCOTUS)
has held.