PTAB Rule to Require Conference Prior to Oral Hearing

//PTAB Rule to Require Conference Prior to Oral Hearing

PTAB Rule to Require Conference Prior to Oral Hearing

PTAB Rule to Require Conference Prior to Oral Hearing

RESOLVED, that IPO supports the USPTO establishing a rule for post grant proceedings requiring the PTAB to hold a conference prior to the oral hearing to narrow the issues to be presented at the oral hearing, and to decide outstanding motions to strike, motions to exclude evidence, and whether proposed demonstratives may be used at the oral hearing, unless the interest of justice require that any such issue be argued at the oral hearing.