The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) on Thursday designated as informative a Director Review decision in which Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart said the Board abused its discretion by instituting two petitions for inter partes review (IPR) challenging the same claims. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), informative decisions provide the Board “norms on recurring issues, guidance on issues of first impression to the Board, guidance on Board rules and practices, and guidance on issues that may develop through analysis of recurring issues in many cases .”
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