USPTO Seeks to Formalize Enhanced and Streamlined Director Review Process Through Rulemaking

Excerpt:  “To advance our goal of ensuring fair, transparent, and efficient procedures throughout the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), today we announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Director Review process for decisions in proceedings under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA proceedings) at the PTAB.  Director Review has been an important way for parties to request rehearing of certain PTAB decisions. Since its inception in 2021, the USPTO has worked with our stakeholders to refine the Director Review process, resulting in enhanced procedures that we are now seeking to formalize.”