Overview
Law360 quoted Vishal Gupta throughout a June 15 article titled “Four Things to Know About PGRs After First-Ever Final Decisions.” The article discusses the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) first-ever post-grant review decisions, which put the spotlight on the relatively new America Invents Act procedure. Some say it will take time before PGRs become widespread, but PTAB’s decisions illustrate the ways they can be used and what litigants need to know about them.
In this decision, the petitioner achieved a result that would not have been possible in the more common inter partes review.
Mr. Gupta says, “It really highlights the value that PGR brings to petitioners.”
The full article can be read at Law360 (subscription required).