In Dual Orders, Patent Office Denies Request For Director Review

Mealey's (August 5, 2021, 11:23 AM EDT) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The acting director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) on Aug. 2 denied requests by a patent challenger and a patent owner for review of two separate final written decisions (FWDs) in the first two cases in which such review was requested following a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in June....