{"id":66185,"date":"2026-06-12T12:43:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xlscout.ai\/?p=66185"},"modified":"2026-07-14T06:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:36:25","slug":"ptab-is-denying-over-60-of-ipr-petitions-what-that-means-if-youre-a-patent-holder-or-a-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xlscout.ai\/ko\/ptab-is-denying-over-60-of-ipr-petitions-what-that-means-if-youre-a-patent-holder-or-a-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"PTAB Is Denying Over 60% of IPR Petitions. What That Means If You&#8217;re a Patent Holder \u2014 or a Challenge-"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"66185\" class=\"elementor elementor-66185\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1838f0ae e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1838f0ae\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dae20c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dae20c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e3f9706 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e3f9706\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The number that changed everything: in late 2025, <strong>USPTO Director John Squires issued 34 consecutive IPR denials<\/strong> \u2014 every single petition he personally reviewed. At that point, the institution rate had effectively hit zero.<\/p><p>That was the inflection point. By early 2026, the overall institution rate had dropped 43% from its 2024 baseline \u2014 from 65% to around 37%. In Q4 2025, the rate against NPEs fell to just 33.6%. For operating companies, 53.2%.<\/p><p>This is the most consequential shift in US patent enforcement strategy in a decade. If your IP strategy was built on the assumption that IPR is a reliable defensive tool \u2014 or that competitor patents are always vulnerable to PTAB challenge \u2014 it needs to be rebuilt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17ef0d8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"17ef0d8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73150e0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"73150e0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c82fd5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c82fd5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">~4%<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b21585 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b21585\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>IPR institution rate at its low point (Dec 2025)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-663d327 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"663d327\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ced2d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ced2d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">43%\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d4b1c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d4b1c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Drop from 2024 baseline (65% \u2192 37%)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e09987 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0e09987\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40117db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40117db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">+66%<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-561c98b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"561c98b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rise in ex parte reexamination requests in 2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9b0f92 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e9b0f92\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7144a14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7144a14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Just Changed at the PTAB - and Why\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6ea7d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6ea7d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The shift began in early 2025 under Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart, who introduced new discretionary denial grounds and expanded Fintiv factors. Institution rates dropped from 75% to 46% in months. Then Director Squires took personal control of all institution decisions in October 2025 \u2014 and the rate collapsed further.<\/p><p>Two doctrines now define the new landscape. First, <strong>Fintiv-based denials<\/strong>: if parallel district court litigation is advanced, the PTAB increasingly defers. Second, and more transformative: the <strong>&#8220;settled expectations&#8221; doctrine<\/strong>. Patents in force for six or more years are now presumed to have established economic expectations that justify denial of IPR institution.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed78593 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ed78593\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/xlscout.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Xxhp48sPxiyQf9vLC4NhFQ-img-1_1781493076000_na1fn_cHRhYl9pbnN0aXR1dGlvbl9yYXRlX2NvbGxhcHNl.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-66200\" alt=\"IPR institution rate by quarter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xlscout.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Xxhp48sPxiyQf9vLC4NhFQ-img-1_1781493076000_na1fn_cHRhYl9pbnN0aXR1dGlvbl9yYXRlX2NvbGxhcHNl.webp 2560w, https:\/\/xlscout.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Xxhp48sPxiyQf9vLC4NhFQ-img-1_1781493076000_na1fn_cHRhYl9pbnN0aXR1dGlvbl9yYXRlX2NvbGxhcHNl-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/xlscout.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Xxhp48sPxiyQf9vLC4NhFQ-img-1_1781493076000_na1fn_cHRhYl9pbnN0aXR1dGlvbl9yYXRlX2NvbGxhcHNl-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/xlscout.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Xxhp48sPxiyQf9vLC4NhFQ-img-1_1781493076000_na1fn_cHRhYl9pbnN0aXR1dGlvbl9yYXRlX2NvbGxhcHNl-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/xlscout.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Xxhp48sPxiyQf9vLC4NhFQ-img-1_1781493076000_na1fn_cHRhYl9pbnN0aXR1dGlvbl9yYXRlX2NvbGxhcHNl-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/xlscout.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Xxhp48sPxiyQf9vLC4NhFQ-img-1_1781493076000_na1fn_cHRhYl9pbnN0aXR1dGlvbl9yYXRlX2NvbGxhcHNl-2048x1152.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58b6e17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58b6e17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>&#8220;One of the most consequential developments was the introduction of a &#8216;settled expectations&#8217; concept for patents older than six years \u2014 an approach with no clear precedent in US patent law.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><p><strong>\u2014 Wolf Greenfield IP outlook, February 2026<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f51defb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f51defb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a7b101 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a7b101\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">If You're a Patent Holder: This Is the Best PTAB Environment in Years<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b30f60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b30f60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For companies on the receiving end of IPR petitions, the shift is unambiguous good news. Patents that would have been instituted and invalidated under the old framework are now surviving. Older patents in force 6+ years carry a presumption of stability that challengers must actively overcome.<\/p><p>Strategic actions for patent holders right now:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Audit your portfolio for &#8216;IPR-hardened&#8217; assets. <\/strong>Identify patents that are now substantially harder to challenge \u2014 these have increased licensing leverage.<\/li><li><strong>Reassess settlement positions. <\/strong>If you were conceding leverage to avoid IPR, recalibrate. Challengers have fewer administrative options.<\/li><li><strong>Review pending licensing negotiations. <\/strong>Patents you considered too risky to assert may now be assertable on stronger footing.<\/li><li><strong>Don&#8217;t wait on enforcement. <\/strong>The settled expectations doctrine rewards patents that have been in force \u2014 not patents that haven&#8217;t been asserted yet.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4c62c8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b4c62c8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0b412d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0b412d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">If You're a Patent Challenger: The IPR Path Just Got Much Harder<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbc42b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbc42b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For defendants and challengers, the calculus is reversed. The default assumption \u2014 that an IPR filing will at least put a patent on the defensive \u2014 no longer holds. This changes litigation economics significantly.<\/p><p>Where challengers are pivoting:<\/p><ol><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ol><li><strong>Ex parte reexamination. <\/strong>Reexam requests hit an all-time high of 726 in 2025 \u2014 a 66% increase over 2024. It&#8217;s not perfect, but it avoids PTAB discretion entirely.<\/li><li><strong>District court invalidity defenses. <\/strong>Expensive and slow, but not subject to discretionary denial. Pre-litigation invalidity preparation has become more critical, not less.<\/li><li><strong>Freedom-to-operate and design-arounds. <\/strong>For companies still in development, designing around risky patents before enforcement is now a more attractive option than challenging post-assertion.<\/li><li><strong>Pre-licensing validity screening. <\/strong>Before agreeing to licensing terms, understand the true validity risk \u2014 not the assumed IPR-discounted version.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-365a8b0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"365a8b0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf709fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bf709fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/xlscout.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ip_team_4_questions-768x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-66201\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xlscout.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ip_team_4_questions-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/xlscout.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ip_team_4_questions-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/xlscout.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ip_team_4_questions-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/xlscout.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ip_team_4_questions-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/xlscout.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ip_team_4_questions.png 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a768c73 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a768c73\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5451da0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5451da0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How XLSCOUT's Invalidator LLM Supports the New PTAB Reality<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-470ca7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"470ca7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With IPR less accessible, pre-litigation invalidity analysis is now the primary defensive tool. Invalidator LLM gives your IP team the analysis that used to take outside counsel weeks \u2014 available before any demand letter changes the timeline.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5784d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-feature-list\" data-id=\"d5784d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-feature-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"-icon-position-left -tablet-icon-position-left -mobile-icon-position-left\">\n\t\t\t<ul id=\"eael-feature-list-d5784d3\" class=\"eael-feature-list-items circle stacked  eael-feature-list-vertical\" data-layout-tablet=\"vertical\" data-layout-mobile=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t                <li class=\"eael-feature-list-item elementor-repeater-item-b51153a\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-feature-list-icon-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-feature-list-icon-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eael-feature-list-icon fl-icon-0\">\n\n\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" fill=\"none\"><g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_52_4)\"><path d=\"M512 256C512 114.615 397.385 0 256 0C114.615 0 0 114.615 0 256C0 397.385 114.615 512 256 512C397.385 512 512 397.385 512 256Z\" fill=\"#BF1718\"><\/path><path d=\"M300.213 144V368H249.013V198.08L209.333 208.96L196.853 165.12L255.413 144H300.213Z\" fill=\"white\"><\/path><\/g><defs><clipPath id=\"clip0_52_4\"><rect width=\"512\" height=\"512\" fill=\"white\"><\/rect><\/clipPath><\/defs><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-feature-list-content-box\">\n                            <h5 class=\"eael-feature-list-title\">600+ prior art results, ranked by claim-element overlap \u2014 in under an hour. <\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-feature-list-content\">~600 prior art results mapped with the target patent's specific claim elements \u2014 in 30\u201340 minutes. Not a general search. A claim-level prior art map with scored relevance for each result.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t                <li class=\"eael-feature-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f231725\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-feature-list-icon-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-feature-list-icon-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eael-feature-list-icon fl-icon-1\">\n\n\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" fill=\"none\"><g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_44_2)\"><path d=\"M512 256C512 114.615 397.385 0 256 0C114.615 0 0 114.615 0 256C0 397.385 114.615 512 256 512C397.385 512 512 397.385 512 256Z\" fill=\"#BF1718\"><\/path><path d=\"M180.959 333.12L256.159 255.04C269.279 241.6 278.879 228.48 278.879 215.36C278.879 201.28 269.919 191.68 254.879 191.68C239.199 191.68 227.999 201.92 221.919 216L178.719 190.72C193.119 157.44 223.199 141.76 254.239 141.76C294.239 141.76 330.079 168 330.079 213.12C330.079 240 315.679 263.04 295.199 283.52L258.132 320.96H333.332V370.24H180.959V333.12Z\" fill=\"white\"><\/path><\/g><defs><clipPath id=\"clip0_44_2\"><rect width=\"512\" height=\"512\" fill=\"white\"><\/rect><\/clipPath><\/defs><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-feature-list-content-box\">\n                            <h5 class=\"eael-feature-list-title\">Claim-element color coding: strongest invalidity arguments surfaced at a glance. <\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eael-feature-list-content\">Color-coded dashboard: green for direct overlap on each claim element, yellow for partial, red for no overlap. 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