February 28, 2023
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal has used the relatively new director review process to order a panel of Patent Trial and Appeal Board judges to further explain a decision that had flat-out rejected a challenge to a patent issued to a Kansas State University foundation covering a new kind of pig vaccine.
August 18, 2022
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal has revived Boehringer's unsuccessful challenge to a Kansas State University pig vaccine patent by announcing she'll review the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's decision not to evaluate the patent's validity.