Whether the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals may retroactively expand the scope of its appellate jurisdiction to invalidate patent claims under 35 U.S.C. § 101 when those claims were not raised in the petitioner's appeal or necessary for its judgment

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals may retroactively expand the scope of its appellate jurisdiction to invalidate patent claims under 35 U.S.C. § 101 when those claims were not raised in the petitioner’s appeal or necessary for its judgment? Whether a district court may disregard a mandate from the Federal Circuit for entry of judgment, and ignore this Court’s precedent, by retroactively applying the collateral estoppel doctrine based on a ruling in a subsequent action where there is no mutuality of claims or defenses?