United States: PTAB Refuses To Deny Parallel IPR Petitions Where The Asserted Claims Involve Several Dozen Means-Plus-Function Limitations - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

In a recent decision granting institution of an inter partes review, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ruled that multiple petitions targeting the same patent were warranted even though the patent owner had not asserted a large number of claims ...