As the reporter states, despite differing policy approaches across administrations, bipartisan concern has centered on whether that authority is being exercised beyond its intended limits.
Norton Law Firm partner Esther Chang, a registered patent attorney admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, is quoted in the article: “I think both of them are coming into this with somewhat of a void or ambiguity in their roles,” she said. “It isn’t clear how much of a role the director is supposed to have in leading the PTAB. They’re both using that void or that ambiguity to advance their agendas, and they’ve both been accused of overstepping their bounds as directors.”
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