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Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Whistleblower Ruling Stirs USPTO Transparency Concerns - Law360

Patent Trial and Appeal Board judge from hearing patent challenges after he blew the whistle on the office's practice of "stacking" panels — which has since been abandoned — with some attorneys saying the decision highlights the agency's long-standing issues with transparency since the passage of the America Invents Act in 2011. . . .

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