This issue of The PTAB Review begins with a brief summary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent pronouncement about America Invents Act (AIA) reviews. It then provides an update on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB's) institution rates in cases where the same patent also is involved in a parallel proceeding. Next, it explores a recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit analysis of standing to appeal an AIA trial. It then examines admissibility pitfalls for unpublished documents and third-party declarations. Finally, it summarizes a recent Federal Circuit decision reversing a PTAB judgment of non-obviousness.

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