USPTO Rejects Inter Partes Review Under AIA For 1st Time

By Ryan Davis ( March 4, 2013, 5:53 PM EST) -- A U.S. Patent and Trademark Office panel recently decided not to institute an inter partes review of a Mentor Graphics Corp. patent requested by Synopsys Inc., marking the first denial of an inter partes review petition since the new proceeding became available....

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