SCOTUS: PTAB must assess all challenged claims in IPRs
In a much-awaited judgment, the US Supreme Court has confirmed that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) cannot choose to review only some challenged claims in an inter partes review (IPR)—it must assess them all.
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