In a recent development, Samsung has formally requested that the acting director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office review several decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that led to discretionary denials. The company argues these rulings were unjust, as they were issued “the very same day” the patent office altered its criteria for evaluating such decisions. Samsung believes this timing compromised the fairness of the evaluations, with potentially significant implications for its patent strategy.
For further details, the complete account of the situation is available on Law360.