On September 22, 2025, John Squires was sworn in as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Prior to Squires taking over, previously Acting Director Coke Stewart issued 180 Director Review decisions, and established new discretionary denial procedures for PTAB proceeding.
Since Director Squires' formal appointment, he has taken over responsibility for director review and delegated the discretionary review to Deputy Director Stewart.
In this month's PTAB Committee Meeting, we will continue our monthly update on Director Review Decisions and Discretionary Denial Decisions since our August PTAB Committee including:
New Director Review Decisions by Director Squires;
New Discretionary Review Decisions by Deputy Director Stewart
There will be a Q&A session afterward. This event is free to all NYIPLA members and PTAB Committee members. 1.0 NY/NJ CLE credit will be available for attendees.
Please remember to re-register for the NYIPLA and PTAB Committee if you have not yet done so in the new year to continue to participate at no additional cost in the PTAB Committee CLE program on the third Tuesday of every month, at 4:00 p.m. ET.