This report documents widespread US private sector opposition to a policy shift at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), which is now refusing to correct its own patent examination errors, despite a statutory obligation to make such corrections if USPTO finds a “reasonable likelihood” that an issued patent claim is invalid in conjunction with an Inter Partes Review (IPR) petition.

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