Supreme Court chooses surgical fix for PTAB case, leaving IPR process largely unchanged

The Supreme Court’s decision to make all subsequent Patent Trial and Appeal Board cases subject to review by the USPTO director will change little about the inter partes review system. 

The inter partes review (IPR) program, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that oversees it, was established by Congress in 2011 as part of the America Invents Act to serve as a faster alternative to federal courts for parties seeking to challenge the validity of patent claims. ...