PTAB Podcast: Recent USPTO Update on Fintiv Factors and Discretionary Denials

In the first episode of our podcast series focusing on issues relating to practice in the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), Steph Schonewald, Sophie Wang and Emily Miller discuss the recent memo issued by USPTO Director Vidal concerning an interim procedure for discretionary denials in AIA post-grant proceedings with parallel proceedings, which focuses on the PTAB’s application of the Fintiv factors in AIA post-grant proceedings.