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23 June 2022Big Pharma

Vidal issues non-binding guidance on Fintiv denials

The director of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Kathi Vidal, has unveiled long-anticipated guidance for the procedures governing the discretionary denials that can be handed down by the  US Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) when declining to review a patent’s validity.

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