- Ipr2026-00242Institution deniedPTAB · Jun 12, 2026 · IPR2026-00242 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Director review
The Director denied institution of IPR2026-00242 after reviewing discretionary and non-merits considerations.
RulingsDirector review decision- Director reviewDirector review, deniedDenied
“NOTICE Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of discretionary and non- merits considerations, institution of inter partes review is denied in the following proceedings: IPR2026-00239* IPR2026-00241* IPR2026-00243* IPR2026-00240* IPR2026-00242*” slip op. at 1
Discretionary denialPatents in suitUS 11,894,098 - Ipr2026-00241Institution deniedPTAB · Jun 12, 2026 · IPR2026-00241 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Director review
The Director denied institution of IPR2026-00241 after reviewing discretionary and non-merits considerations.
RulingsDirector review decision- Other 314aInstitution denied discretionary otherInstitution denied
“NOTICE Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of discretionary and non- merits considerations, institution of inter partes review is denied in the following proceedings: IPR2026-00239* IPR2026-00241* IPR2026-00243* IPR2026-00240* IPR2026-00242*” slip op. at 1
Discretionary denialPatents in suitUS 10,998,017 - Ipr2026-00240Institution deniedPTAB · Jun 12, 2026 · IPR2026-00240 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Director review
The Director denied institution of IPR2026-00240 after reviewing discretionary and non-merits considerations.
RulingsDirector review decision- Other 314aInstitution denied discretionary otherInstitution denied
“NOTICE Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of discretionary and non- merits considerations, institution of inter partes review is denied in the following proceedings: IPR2026-00239* IPR2026-00241* IPR2026-00243* IPR2026-00240* IPR2026-00242*” slip op. at 1
Discretionary denialPatents in suitUS 9,201,834 - Ipr2026-00239Institution deniedPTAB · Jun 12, 2026 · IPR2026-00239 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Director review
The Director denied institution in IPR2026-00239 after review of discretionary and non-merits considerations.
RulingsDirector review decision- Director reviewDirector review, deniedDenied
“NOTICE Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of discretionary and non- merits considerations, institution of inter partes review is denied in the following proceedings: IPR2026-00239* IPR2026-00241* IPR2026-00243* IPR2026-00240* IPR2026-00242*” slip op. at 1
Discretionary denialPatents in suitUS 9,164,942 - Ipr2026-00192Institution deniedPTAB · Jun 2, 2026 · IPR2026-00192 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Institution
Institution of IPR2026-00192 was denied because the petitioner failed to show a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on at least one challenged claim.
RulingsInstitution decision- PTAB / AIA Trials › Institution threshold (reasonable likelihood / more likely than not)Institution denied meritsInstitution denied
“IPR2026-00253 Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of the merits, the petitioner has failed to show a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to at least one of the claims challenged in the petition. Accordingly, institution of inter partes review is denied in the following proceeding: IPR2026-00192” slip op. at 1
NonePatents in suitUS 12,143,606 - Ipr2026-00212Institution deniedPTAB · Jun 2, 2026 · IPR2026-00212 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Director review
The Director denied institution in IPR2026-00212 after review of discretionary and non-merits considerations.
RulingsDirector review decision- Director reviewDirector review, deniedDenied
“NOTICE Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of discretionary and non- merits considerations, institution of inter partes review is denied in the following proceeding: IPR2026-00212 IPR2026-00252 Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of discretionary” slip op. at 1
Discretionary denialPatents in suitUS 10,931,286 - Ipr2026-00252Institution deniedPTAB · Jun 2, 2026 · IPR2026-00252 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Director review
The notice lists IPR2026-00252 among proceedings denied institution after review of discretionary and non-merits considerations.
RulingsDirector review decision- Director reviewDirector review, deniedInstitution denied
“NOTICE Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of discretionary and non- merits considerations, institution of inter partes review is denied in the following proceeding: IPR2026-00212 IPR2026-00252 Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of discretionary” slip op. at 1
Discretionary denialPatents in suitUS 9,185,268 - Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. v. Biofrontera Inc.Institution deniedPTAB · May 26, 2026 · PGR2026-00021 · APJ John A Squires · PGR · Director review
The Director denied Sun Pharmaceutical Industries’ PGR petition because it failed to show that it had identified all real parties in interest.
RulingsDirector review decision- PTAB / AIA Trials › Real party in interest / privityInstitution denied rpiDecided for patent owner
“As I previously explained, RPIs are not limited to entities that are actually funding and controlling the proceeding, but include entities that have the ability to control the proceeding. See Tianma Microelectronics (Director Mar. 18, 2026) (precedential) (“With its identification of RPIs in dispute, it is Petitioner’s burden to bring forth evidence or arguments demonstrating that it had named all RPIs—and that none were foreign governments or entities a foreign government had the ability to control.”); see also Worlds Inc. v. Bungie, Inc., 903 F.3d 1237, 1244–45 (Fed. Cir. 2018) (remanding to the Board to further consider RPI where the patent owner identified an unnamed party with the “opportunity to control” the proceeding). Petitioner has not provided sufficient evidence that SPI Ltd., the corporate parent and 100% owner of SPI Inc., does not have the ability to control the proceeding. Rather, Petitioner’s declaration evidence is focused on whether SPI Inc. is actually funding or controlling the proceeding. See Ex. 1021 ¶ 4 (“SPI Inc. is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.”). On this record, Petitioner fails to carry its burden to establish that it has identified all RPIs.” slip op. at 2
- PTAB / AIA Trials › Institution threshold (reasonable likelihood / more likely than not)Institution denied
“(Director Mar. 18, 2026) (precedential) (“With its identification of RPIs in dispute, it is Petitioner’s burden to bring forth evidence or arguments demonstrating that it had named all RPIs—and that none were foreign governments or entities a foreign government had the ability to control.”); see also Worlds Inc. v. Bungie, Inc., 903 F.3d 1237, 1244–45 (Fed. Cir. 2018) (remanding to the Board to further consider RPI where the patent owner identified an unnamed party with the “opportunity to control” the proceeding). Petitioner has not provided sufficient evidence that SPI Ltd., the corporate parent and 100% owner of SPI Inc., does not have the ability to control the proceeding. Rather, Petitioner’s declaration evidence is focused on whether SPI Inc. is actually funding or controlling the proceeding. See Ex. 1021 ¶ 4 (“SPI Inc. is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.”). On this record, Petitioner fails to carry its burden to establish that it has identified all RPIs.” slip op. at 3
Discretionary denialPatents in suitUS 12,280,146 - Ipr2026-00174Institution deniedPTAB · May 26, 2026 · IPR2026-00174 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Institution
The Director denied institution of IPR2026-00174 because the petitioner failed to show a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on at least one challenged claim.
RulingsInstitution decision- PTAB / AIA Trials › Institution threshold (reasonable likelihood / more likely than not)Institution denied meritsInstitution denied
“Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 314(a), after review of the merits, the petitioner has failed to show a reasonable likelihood of prevailing with respect to at least one of the claims challenged in the petition. Accordingly, institution of inter partes review is denied in the following proceeding: IPR2026-00174” slip op. at 1
NonePatents in suitUS 9,762,692 - Cybersecure Ips, LLC v. Network Integrity Systems, Inc.Institution deniedPTAB · May 26, 2026 · IPR2025-01441 · APJ John A Squires · IPR · Institution
The Director denied institution of IPR challenging claims 1–5 and 8–16, despite finding two claims met the institution threshold, because a trial would not efficiently use Board resources.
RulingsInstitution decision- PTAB / AIA Trials › Institution threshold (reasonable likelihood / more likely than not)InstitutedInstituted
“Petitioner’s third ground challenging claims 8 and 12 meets the reasonable likelihood threshold for institution, in part because it relies on a reference that expressly discloses detecting movement. See id. at 73–74. Petitioner’s remaining grounds, however, fail to meet the reasonable likelihood standard. Petitioner makes inherency arguments relying on expert testimony, but does not explain sufficiently how the prior art inherently discloses the detecting movement limitation. See id. at 7, 33, 59–60, 92–93; Ex. 1003 ¶ 59.” slip op. at 2
- Other 314aInstitution denied discretionary otherInstitution denied
“At most, the challenges to only two of the fourteen challenged claims meet the reasonable likelihood standard for institution. Under these circumstances, institution of trial would not be an efficient use of Board resources. Factors such as the efficient administration of the Office, coupled with the ability of the Office to timely complete its work, by their nature, center broadly on the Office, the patent system, and the public interest and, thus, inform my exercise of discretion. See, e.g., Chevron Oronite Co v. Infineum USA, IPR2018-00923, Paper 9 at 10–11 (PTAB Nov. 7, 2018) (informative) (determining that instituting a trial was “not an efficient use of the Board’s time and resources” where only two of twenty challenged claims met the reasonable likelihood standard).” slip op. at 2
Discretionary denialPatents in suitUS 7,706,641
Holdings, summaries, rulings, issues, outcomes, winners and claim constructions shown for a decision were generated by a large language model reading the opinion. They are a guide to the decision, not the decision. Confirm every one against the court's own text before relying on it. Outcomes read from the patent owner’s side. Party names are extracted from the decision and are missing on about 900 short Director denials and scans, which carry the trial number instead.