PTAB Permits Substitution of New Claims in Challenged Patent
By EsqSocial Corporation 08/07/14
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. v. The United States - In a move unprecedented in any inter partes review (IPR), the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) allowed the patent owner—the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)—to substitute 18...
By: McDermott Will & Emery