PTAB decisions
Other Key PTAB Decisions
These are PTAB decisions that are not formally designated but are often cited on practical questions such as real party in interest, additional discovery, rehearing and panel expansion.
Not every useful Board decision carries a designation. The decisions collected here are routinely cited by parties on recurring procedural questions, and each note explains the rule applied and how later decisions have treated it.
Designations and rules change. Before relying on any decision, confirm its current status on the USPTO PTAB pages.
Decisions in this category
- Accord Healthcare v. Helsinn (PGR2014-00010): An Early Post-Grant Review PetitionPGR2014-00010
- American Simmental Association v. Leachman Cattle (PGR2015-00003): An Early Post-Grant ReviewPGR2015-00003
- AOL v. Coho Licensing (IPR2014-00771, Paper 12): No Party Requests for Expanded Panels, and No New Arguments on RehearingIPR2014-00771
- ARRIS v. C-Cation (IPR2015-00635, Paper 10): Additional Discovery on Privity and the Time BarIPR2015-00635
- Conopco v. Procter & Gamble (IPR2014-00506): Rehearing Denied for a Follow-on PetitionIPR2014-00506
- GEA Process Engineering v. Steuben Foods (IPR2014-00041): An Unnamed Affiliate That Funded the PetitionsIPR2014-00041
- Reflectix v. Promethean Insulation (IPR2015-00039): An Unnamed Parent as Real Party in InterestIPR2015-00039
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