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Uptick in PTAB Motions to Amend Demonstrate Increasing Importance of this Strategy

By Spencer J. Johnson on March 11, 2020
Posted in PTAB Decisions

On Monday, February 24, 2020, in Reactive Surfaces LTD., LLP v. LG Chem LTD., IPR2018-01520, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) allowed substitute claims by granting a motion to amend for the fourth time this year, matching the total number of grants for such motions from 2013 through 2017.  This is a growing…

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