35-usc-318

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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
20-675 Lone Star Silicon Innovations LLC v. Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-311-312 35-usc-314 35-usc-318 administrative-law inter-partes-review judicial-review patent-invalidation patent-procedure patent-review patent-trial-and-appeal-board Whether the Patent Trial and Appeal Board may invalidate patent claims based on a ground not asserted by the petitioner