(July 30, 2024, 8:40 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) panel erred in denying institution of inter partes review of patent claims describing an optical system for collecting distance information because the panel focused too heavily on a typographical erred in a cited prior patent that had no bearing on the claims at issue, the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office found in vacating the panel’s decision under director review....