Patent Office Issues Proposed Rule For Rarely Successful Director Review Requests

A new proposed rule describes when and how parties can request Director Reviews of the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings, as well as when the PTO Director may initiate a review, but still highlights the rareness of success using the process.

PTO has received 328 complaint requests for Director Review under an interim process as of 1 April. Of the 316 completed requests, just 18, less than 6%, were granted