Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice for Briefing Discretionary Denial Issues, and Rules for 325(d) Considerations, Instituting Parallel and Serial Petitions, and Termination Due to Settlement Agreement

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) is withdrawing the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published in the Federal Register on April 19, 2024, to revise the rules of practice for inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that the Director and, by delegation, the PTAB use in exercising discretion to institute IPRs and PGRs.