| 22-639 |
Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2023-01-10 |
Denied |
acting-official agency-delegation director-review-authority federal-vacancies-reform-act inter-partes-review patent-and-trademark-office standing succession-plan |
Whether the Commissioner for Patents' exercise of the Director's authority pursuant to an internal agency delegation violated the Federal Vacancies Re… |
| 22A359 |
Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-10-28 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-1036 |
Gamon Plus, Inc. v. Campbell Soup Company, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-01-24 |
Denied |
administrative-law appointments-clause arthrex-precedent federal-circuit judicial-remand patent-law patent-review rehearing-petition remand separation-of-powers |
Whether the Court should vacate the judgment below and remand for further proceedings in light of Arthrex |
| 21-350 |
Infineum USA L.P. v. Chevron Oronite Company LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-09-07 |
GVR |
administrative-review appointments-clause certiorari-review federal-circuit federal-rule-of-appellate-procedure-41 final-written-decision judicial-mandate mandate patent-proceedings united-states-v-arthrex |
Whether this Court should vacate the judgment below in view of its recent decision in United States v. Arthrex, Inc., and remand so that the United St… |
| 20-1285 |
Immunex Corporation v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-03-16 |
Denied |
35-usc-318 administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause inferior-officers patent-and-trademark-office principal-officers |
Whether administrative patent judges are principal officers under the Appointments Clause |
| 20-424 |
IYM Technologies LLC v. RPX Corporation, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-10-02 |
Denied |
appointments-clause arthrex constitutional-claim federal-circuit forfeiture inter-partes-review patent patent-law standing |
Whether a court of appeals can invoke forfeiture to refuse to address a constitutional claim in a pending appeal despite an intervening change in law |
| 20-414 |
Rovi Guides, Inc. v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-09-30 |
Denied |
administrative-law administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause civil-procedure constitutional-interpretation due-process executive-officers patent separation-of-powers tenure-protections |
Whether administrative patent judges are principal or inferior officers under the Appointments Clause |
| 20-131 |
Essity Hygiene and Health AB v. Cascades Canada ULC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-08-07 |
Denied |
appointments-clause constitutional-interpretation discretion federal-circuit forfeiture judicial-discretion pending-cases precedential-decision scalia |
Whether courts have discretion to apply a precedential Appointments Clause decision in pending cases where the issue was not raised in the opening app… |
| 20-135 |
Customedia Technologies, LLC v. Dish Network Corporation, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-08-07 |
Denied |
35-USC-101 Administrative-Procedure-Act Appointments-Clause Due-Process Leahy-Smith-America-Invents-Act patent-eligibility Patent-Eligible-Subject-Matter patent-trial-and-appeals-board ultra-vires |
Whether a court of appeals can invoke forfeiture to refuse to address an Appointments-Clause-violation |
| 19-1475 |
Duke University v. Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-07-08 |
Denied |
35-usc-314 administrative-law administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause due-process forfeiture inter-partes-review patent patent-law standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether a court of appeals can invoke forfeiture to refuse to address an Appointments Clause violation in a pending appeal despite an intervening chan… |
| 19-1458 |
Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-07-06 |
Judgment Issued |
administrative-judges administrative-law administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause congress due-process executive-review independence judicial-remedy patent separation-of-powers severance tenure tenure-protection |
Whether the court of appeals' severance remedy is consistent with congressional intent, where Congress has long considered tenure protections essentia… |
| 19-1452 |
Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. v. Arthrex, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-07-02 |
Judgment Issued |
administrative-adjudicators administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause constitutional-interpretation federal-circuit inferior-officers lucia-v-sec patent-trial-and-appeal-board principal-officers |
Whether administrative patent judges are 'principal' or 'inferior' Officers of the United States within the meaning of the Appointments Clause |
| 19-1451 |
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-07-02 |
Denied |
administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-challenge federal-circuit forfeiture ksr-international-co-v-teleflex-inc obviousness patent-act patent-law patent-trial-and-appeal-board pending-case separation-of-powers |
Whether a court can refuse to entertain a constitutional, separation-of-powers challenge based on an intervening change of law on the grounds of forfe… |
| 19-8860 |
In Re Lakshmi Arunachalam |
|
2020-06-30 |
Dismissed |
appointments-clause aqua-products arthrex constitutional-redress equal-protection fletcher-v-peck patent-prosecution patent-prosecution-history patent-review supreme-court-precedent virnetx |
Whether this Court must Order the Circuit Court to apply Arthrex, Virnetx, Aqua Products, consider Patent Prosecution History, and enforce Fletcher, i… |
| 19-1434 |
United States v. Arthrex, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-06-29 |
Judgment Issued |
administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause constitutional-law inferior-officer inferior-officers patent patent-and-trademark-office principal-officer principal-officers standing uspto |
Whether administrative patent judges are principal officers under the Appointments Clause |
| 19-1204 |
Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-04-09 |
Denied |
administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-challenge due-process fifth-amendment inter-partes-review patent-law patent-law-retroactivity patent-office retroactive-application retroactivity takings |
Whether the retroactive application of inter partes review to patents that were applied for before the America Invents Act violates the Fifth Amendmen… |
| 19A817 |
Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-01-23 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
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