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Timestamp: 2020-08-11 07:05:30
Document Index: 17051092

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 325', '§ 314', '§ 311', '§ 317', '§ 312', '§ 42', '§ 42', '§ 42']

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How to Avoid Redundancy Rejections: If the petitioner includes multiple challenges to the same claim, the PTAB may reject the challenges as duplicative or cumulative. In order to "secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive resolution of every proceeding,"5 the PTAB generally will not consider multiple grounds for rejection of the same claim. If the petitioner does choose to include multiple challenges to the same claim, the petitioner should "provide a meaningful distinction between the different, redundant rejections."6 Similarly, a possibility that the patent owner might amend the claim to get around a reference, or swear behind one reference, is also insufficient to meaningfully distinguish the challenges.7 In addition, a petitioner cannot avoid redundancy issues merely by filing multiple petitions in order to present multiple challenges to the same claims. Under 35 U.S.C. § 325(d), the PTAB may "reject the petition or request because the same or substantially the same prior art or arguments previously were presented" in another post-grant proceeding.8 Therefore, a petitioner should present only the best grounds for rejection, not all possible grounds, and provide an explanation for any possible redundancies.
1 35 U.S.C. § 314(a).
2 35 U.S.C. § 311(c).
3 35 U.S.C. § 317(b).
4 35 U.S.C. § 312(a).
5 37 C.F.R. § 42.1.
9 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b); see also Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756, 48766 (Aug. 14, 2012) (Claim Construction).
11 37 C.F.R. § 42.106.