The head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Kathi Vidal, has exercised her Arthrex powers to address what she deemed to be “an obvious typographical error” in a patent. This action comes as part of a directive for patent board judges to revisit a ruling connected to a patent used by a Chinese company. The patent in question is implicated in litigation involving real-time “camera-like” mapping technology. For further details, the original article provides a comprehensive overview and can be accessed here.