
The USPTO’s recent guidance on discretionary denials has shifted patent practitioners back to the Fintiv and Sotera Wireless framework.
The Prior Framework: Fintiv & Sotera Wireless
In Apple Inc. v. Fintiv, Inc., No. IPR2020-00019 (PTAB Mar. 20, 2020), the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) implemented a holistic view of six factors (the Fintiv