USPTO publishes Final Rule to allocate the burdens of persuasion on motions to amend in AIA trial proceedings [[VIEW_THIS]] Patent Trial and Appeal Board USPTO publishes Final Rule to allocate the burdens of persuasion on motions to amend in AIA trial proceedings The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today published a Final Rule concerning the rules of practice to allocate the burdens of persuasion on motions to amend in AIA trial proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board), consistent with the Board’s current practice. In Aqua Products, Inc. v. Matal (872 F.3d 1290 (Fed. Cir. 2017)), the