Navigate the shifting PTAB landscape with expert strategies for 2026. Master data-driven tactics to overcome plummeting institution rates and evolving discretionary standards.
Over the last 13 years, the PTAB has been an important venue for patent disputes. Due to recent, dramatic changes at the PTAB, potential PTAB litigants need to rethink traditional strategies and analyze carefully if and how best to proceed at the PTAB. Heading into 2026, knowing the current state of the PTAB is essential for business leaders.
Join Erin M. Dunston and Stephen E. Murray, Partners at Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP, for this CLE patent law webinar offering a strategic, practice-oriented session on navigating PTAB proceedings during these changing times. Drawing on extensive experience in inter partes reviews, post-grant reviews, and complex patent litigation, they will provide actionable guidance to help attendees anticipate risks, optimize strategies, and maximize chances of success in PTAB matters.
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Partner at Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
Over the course of her career, Erin M. Dunston’s practice has been a purposeful mix of patent prosecution and litigation. Having handled many patent litigations, Erin recognizes how every word in prosecution may ultimately be analyzed by the fact-finder and thus strives for efficient, law-and science driven, prosecution. To date, Erin has handled more than 20 district court litigations and more than 25 inter partes reviews (IPRs) and more than 40 interferences before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Erin is the current Co-Chair of the firm’s Post-Grant Group. Her deep experience in patent law has been recognized by several leading IP organizations and awards programs. Erin has been selected for inclusion among The Best Lawyers in America each year since 2018.
Partner at Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP
Stephen E. Murray’s practice is all about protecting and defending ideas – whether on behalf of individual inventors or international businesses. In practice for nearly twenty years, Steve has prepared and/or prosecuted hundreds of patent applications at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to protect client innovation. Steve is currently the chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Committee, which oversees the firm’s practices and procedures related to intellectual property procurement. Steve has frequently approved before at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in post-grant proceedings, having successfully represented both petitioners and patent owners. Steve is the current Co-Chair of the firm’s Post-Grant Group. Steve also has broad litigation experience, having represented clients in numerous matters (including several jury trials) before U.S. District Courts, and before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
