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USPTO convenes Appeals Review Panel to reconsider rejection of claims for obviousness-type double patenting and authorizes amicus briefing
Ex parte Baurin, Appeal 2024-002920 (PTAB Nov. 8, 2024) (Decision on Appeal); Ex parte Baurin, Appeal 2024-002920 (PTAB Dec. 18, 2025) (Decision Denying Request for Rehearing)
Today, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director John A. Squires entered an Order convening an Appeals Review Panel (ARP) consisting of himself, the Acting Commissioner for Patents, and the Chief Administrative Patent Judge. The ARP will reconsider the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision reversing an examiner’s rejection of claims for obviousness-type double patenting (OTDP). The Order also permits the appellant and any amicus curiae to submit a brief related to the OTDP issues on appeal no later than March 27, 2026.
Learn More about the USPTO’s Appeals Review Panel process.
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