December 13, 2016
Argument in Aqua Products Hints that Federal Circuit May Change PTAB Amendment Practice
Originally published in IP Watchdog on December 11, 2016.
—By Paul Margulies
On December 9, 2016, the Federal Circuit sat en banc to hear argument in In re Aqua Products, Inc. on the burden of proof applicable to motions to amend patent claims during an inter partes review (“IPR”).