For the second time this year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is proposing some tweaks to its post-grant trial procedures.
The most notable changes respond to fairness concerns raised by patent owners: allowing them to submit expert declarations with their preliminary responses and narrowing the “broadest reasonable interpretation” claim construction standard in a limited number of cases. PTO Director Michelle Lee outlined the proposals on her blog.
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