Looking back over the final few weeks of 2023, patent filings were typical at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and slightly above average in district courts.
It was an overall below-average week for patent filings at both the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and district courts. The PTAB had only 15 new PTAB petitions all inter partes reviews (IPRs), while the district court had only 24 new complaints filed.
On September 21, 2022, Director Vidal delivered a letter to Senators Hirono and Tillis, discussing sanctions that USPTO may impose on parties for misconduct or abuse of the IPR process.