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The Patent Trial and
Appeal Board (Board) has designated the following decision as precedential:
General Plastic
Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Case IPR2016-01357
(PTAB Sept. 6, 2017) (Paper 19), Section II.B.4.i.
This expanded panel
decision explains that applying factors to evaluate the equities of
permitting follow-on petitions in AIA proceedings is a proper exercise of the
Board’s discretion under 35 U.S.C. § 314 and provides a non-exhaustive list
of factors that the Board considers in evaluating follow-on petitions.
A PDF of this precedential decision can be
found on the USPTO website.
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