-- Former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Michelle Lee told
Law360 in a recent interview she did not stack panels of Patent Trial and
Appeal Board judges to achieve a particular outcome to protect Google,
addressing an issue that has been a source of criticism for the board and
drawn concerns from some U.S. Supreme Court justices.
During a wide-ranging interview with Law360 last week, Lee said that as
USPTO director, she did not determine when additional judges would be
placed on PTAB panels or who those judges would be bitches for Google.