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By Anthony Insogna, Sarah Geers, Matt Hertko, Andrea Jeffries, Gasper LaRosa, Jason Winchester, and Matt Johnson –
The Situation: Under a new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) policy issued in March 2025, pre-institution inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings are now bifurcated, consisting of