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25-779 Bright Data Ltd. v. Code200, UAB, et al. Federal Circuit 2026-01-05 Pending Response Waived claim-construction inter-partes-review patent-claim-scope patent-disclaimer patent-prosecution trademark-office-proceedings When a patentee disclaims subject matter from the scope of its claims by written statements made at any time during U.S. Patent and Trademark Office p…
25-308 Lynk Labs, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit 2025-09-16 Pending Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse Waived inter-partes-review patent-act patent-applications printed-publications prior-art statutory-interpretation Whether patent applications that became publicly accessible only after the challenged patent's critical date are 'prior art * * * printed publications…
25A14 Lynk Labs, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit 2025-07-03 Presumed Complete america-invents-act critical-date inter-partes-review patent-challenge printed-publication prior-art Whether an abandoned patent application that was not publicly accessible before a patent's critical date can nonetheless qualify as 'prior art' under …
24-548 Arbor Global Strategies, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit 2024-11-15 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act agency-decision inter-partes-review patent-trial-and-appeal-board prosecutorial-function separation-of-functions Whether Section 554(d) prohibits the same Patent Trial and Appeal Board panel from instituting and deciding inter partes review because institution is…
24A303 Arbor Global Strategies, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit 2024-09-30 Presumed Complete administrative-procedure-act agency-adjudication inter-partes-review patent-invalidation patent-trial-and-appeal-board separation-of-powers Whether the Administrative Procedure Act prohibits a Patent Trial and Appeal Board panel from both instituting and deciding the merits of an inter par…
24A208 ParkerVision, Inc. v. TCL Industries Holdings Co., et al. Federal Circuit 2024-08-27 Presumed Complete administrative-adjudication inter-partes-review jury-trial patent-validity public-rights seventh-amendment Whether the Seventh Amendment requires patent validity challenges to be adjudicated by a jury rather than an administrative agency under the public ri…
24A207 ParkerVision, Inc. v. TCL Industries Holdings Co., et al. Federal Circuit 2024-08-27 Presumed Complete administrative-adjudication inter-partes-review jury-trial patent-validity public-rights seventh-amendment Whether the Seventh Amendment requires patent validity challenges to be adjudicated by a jury rather than an administrative agency under the public ri…
23-1349 Provisur Technologies, Inc. v. Weber, Inc. Federal Circuit 2024-06-27 Denied Response Waived confidentiality federal-circuit inter-partes-review on-sale-bar patent-law patent-law-35-usc-311-b printed-publication prior-art public-accessibility Did the Federal Circuit err in holding that a product manual distributed with an on-sale product constitutes a printed publication that can be asserte…
23-1298 United Therapeutics Corporation v. Liquidia Technologies, Inc. Federal Circuit 2024-06-12 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law chevron chevron-deference civil-procedure inter-partes-review judicial-review patent patent-review standing statutory-interpretation Whether the IPR statute and SAS require the Federal Circuit to review de novo, or only for an abuse of discretion, the PTO's reliance on new grounds a…
23-1093 Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., et al. v. Zachary Silbersher, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-08 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) false-claims-act federal-administrative-hearing federal-report inter-partes-review public-disclosure-bar qui-tam Whether a relator can avoid the public disclosure bar by stitching together public disclosures
23-804 Liquidia Technologies, Inc. v. United Therapeutics Corporation Federal Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied Response Waived administrative-law federal-circuit induced-infringement inter-partes-review patent-infringement patent-validity preclusion preclusion-doctrine ptab statutory-framework Whether a party may be liable for induced patent infringement when the PTAB has already issued a final written decision determining that the same pate…
23A565 Liquidia Technologies, Inc. v. United Therapeutics Corporation Federal Circuit 2023-12-19 Presumed Complete administrative-preclusion biotechnology-patents inter-partes-review issue-estoppel patent-infringement patent-validity Whether a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision finding patent claims unpatentable can serve as a defense to induced patent infringement befor…
23-315 VirnetX Inc. v. Mangrove Partners Master Fund, Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit 2023-09-27 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) america-invents-act article-iii commissioner-for-patents director-review federal-vacancies-reform-act inter-partes-review patent-trial-and-appeal-board statutory-time-limit Whether the Federal Circuit erred in upholding joinder of a party under 35 U.S.C. §315(c), where the joined party did not 'properly file[ ] a petition…
23-135 Intel Corporation, et al. v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2023-08-15 Denied Amici (3) administrative-procedure-act agency-rulemaking inter-partes-review judicial-review patent patent-and-trademark-office patent-review statutory-interpretation Whether 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) precludes review of PTO rules setting standards governing IPR institution decisions
22-1001 NST Global, LLC, dba SB Tactical v. Sig Sauer Inc. Federal Circuit 2023-04-14 Denied administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act burden-of-proof due-process federal-circuit federal-circuit-rule-36 inter-partes-review patent-construction patent-preamble patent-validity Whether the Federal Circuit's affirmance of the PTAB's decision on preamble construction impermissibly shifts the burden to invalidate a patent from t…
22-927 Nike, Inc. v. Adidas AG, et al. Federal Circuit 2023-03-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-316 america-invents-act claim-construction inter-partes-review patent-holder patent-law patent-trial-and-appeal-board prior-art substitute-claims Whether, in inter partes review, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board may raise sua sponte a new ground of prior art that the petitioner neither cited no…
22-925 Fall Line Patents, LLC v. Unified Patents, LLC, fka Unified Patents, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2023-03-22 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) acting-official acting-officials agency-delegation federal-vacancies-reform-act inter-partes-review patent-and-trademark-office patent-trial-and-appeal-board presidentially-appointed-senate-confirmed succession-plan Whether the Commissioner for Patents' exercise of the Director's authority pursuant to an internal agency delegation violated the Federal Vacancies Re…
22-873 Ingenio, Inc., et al. v. Click-to-Call Technologies LP Federal Circuit 2023-03-13 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) america-invents-act estoppel federal-circuit inter-partes-review patent-law statutory-interpretation Whether 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)'s IPR estoppel provision applies only to claims addressed in the final written decision, even if other claims were or could…
22-639 Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2023-01-10 Denied Amici (3) 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…
22-298 Jump Rope Systems, LLC v. Coulter Ventures, LLC, dba Rogue Fitness Federal Circuit 2022-09-28 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) collateral-estoppel federal-circuit inter-partes-review patent-infringement patent-law patent-validity preclusion-doctrine restatement-of-judgments Whether a PTAB determination of unpatentability has collateral estoppel effect on patent validity in district court
22-203 Apple Inc., et al. v. California Institute of Technology Federal Circuit 2022-09-07 Denied CVSGAmici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) administrative-procedure administrative-process civil-procedure federal-circuit inter-partes-review patent patent-law patent-validity standing statutory-interpretation Whether the Federal Circuit erroneously extended IPR-estoppel under 35-USC-315(e)(2) to all grounds that reasonably-could-have-been-raised in the peti…
21-1527 CustomPlay, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2022-06-06 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure america-invents-act due-process inter-partes-review patent patent-law patent-rights patent-trial-and-appeal-board statutory-interpretation trademark Whether the PTO violated the AIA by delegating the Director's responsibility to the PTAB
21-1327 Apple Inc. v. Qualcomm Incorporated Federal Circuit 2022-04-05 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) article-iii article-three-standing inter-partes-review license-agreement medimmune patent-challenge patent-validity qualcomm-dispute standing Whether a licensee has Article III standing to challenge the validity of a patent covered by a license agreement that covers multiple patents
21-7007 Amador Rodriguez v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2022-01-28 Denied IFP administrative-law administrative-procedure-act fintiv-factors inter-partes-review patent-act patent-office Whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's use of the Fintiv factors to deny institution of inter partes review violates the Administrative Proced…
21-888 Intel Corporation v. VLSI Technology LLC, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-12-15 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived administrative-law agency-rule agency-rulemaking arbitrary-or-capricious federal-circuit inter-partes-review leahy-smith-act leahy-smith-america-invents-act notice-and-comment-rulemaking patent patent-review Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit may review, by appeal or mandamus, a decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office denyin…
21-819 Baxter Corporation Englewood v. Becton, Dickinson and Company Federal Circuit 2021-12-02 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act expert-testimony inter-partes-review ordinary-remand-rule patent patent-challenge prior-art remand-rule statutory-interpretation Whether the Federal Circuit's practice of allowing IPR petitioners to rely on evidence other than patents and printed publications to fill in gaps in …
21-746 Apple Inc. v. Qualcomm Incorporated Federal Circuit 2021-11-19 Denied CVSGAmici (5)Relisted (2) article-iii civil-procedure civil-rights due-process inter-partes-review license-agreement patent patent-challenge patent-validity standing takings Whether a licensee has Article III standing to challenge the validity of a patent covered by a license agreement that covers multiple patents
21-202 Mylan Laboratories Ltd. v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V., et al. Federal Circuit 2021-08-12 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (2) 35-usc-314 35-usc-315 administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction inter-partes-review judicial-review nhk-fintiv-rule patent-trial-and-appeal-board patent-trial-and-appeals-board statutory-interpretation Does 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) categorically preclude appeal of all decisions not to institute inter partes review?
21-118 Apple Inc. v. Optis Cellular Technology, LLC, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-07-28 Denied Amici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law agency-rulemaking federal-circuit inter-partes-review judicial-review leahy-smith-america-invents-act mandamus-petition patent patent-review uspto Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit may review, by appeal or mandamus, a decision of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office denying …
20-1700 Ultratec, Inc. v. CaptionCall, LLC, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-06-08 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 5th-amendment constitutional-challenge due-process federal-circuit federal-circuit-rule-36 inter-partes-review patent patent-review patent-validity retroactivity Does retroactive application of the inter partes review process violate the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitutio…
20-1380 Security People, Inc. v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. Federal Circuit 2021-04-01 Denied Response Waived constitutional-challenge due-process federal-circuit fifth-amendment inter-partes-review jurisdiction patent patent-law retroactive-application vested-property Whether the retroactive application of inter partes review deprived Petitioner of its vested property in violation of the Due Process Clause
20-1003 Christy, Inc. v. United States Federal Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived compensation government-fees inter-partes-review patent patent-exaction patent-invalidation post-grant-review private-property property-rights takings-clause When a duly-issued patent is invalidated through a post-grant review process (such as an IPR), must compensation be paid under the Takings Clause?
20-779 Argentum Pharmaceuticals LLC v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Federal Circuit 2020-12-08 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-proceeding article-iii-standing article-three-standing fda-approval inter-partes-review joint-venture leahy-smith-america-invents-act patent-challenge patent-validity pharmaceutical-industry pharmaceutical-patent Did the Federal Circuit categorically and erroneously preclude redress for injured members of joint ventures in the pharmaceutical industry by only re…
20-737 B/E Aerospace, Inc. v. C&D Zodiac, Inc. Federal Circuit 2020-11-27 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure america-invents-act inter-partes-review obviousness patent-challenge patent-validity printed-publications prior-art statutory-interpretation Whether the Board has authority to consider unpatentability on a ground of obviousness that is not 'only on the basis of prior art consisting of paten…
20-679 Micron Technology, Inc. v. North Star Innovations, Inc. Federal Circuit 2020-11-17 Denied Relisted (2) appointments-clause inferior-officers inter-partes-review patent-and-trademark-office principal-officers standing Whether administrative patent judges are principal or inferior 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
20-424 IYM Technologies LLC v. RPX Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-10-02 Denied Response Waived 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
20-260 Personal Audio, LLC v. CBS Corporation Federal Circuit 2020-09-01 Denied appointments-clause collateral-estoppel inter-partes-review patent-law reexamination-clause seventh-amendment waiver Must the collateral estoppel effect of an inter partes review be raised and litigated in the appeal of the inter partes review, rather than in the cou…
20-228 ESIP Series 2, LLC v. Puzhen Life USA, LLC Federal Circuit 2020-08-28 Denied Response Waived administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause arbitrary-and-capricious art-iii-court due-process inter-partes-review patent statutory-jurisdiction thryv-precedent Whether Board decisions that are arbitrary and capricious, exceed the Board's statutory jurisdiction from the start, and are made by administrative pa…
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…
19-1381 BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. v. Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc., fka MonoSol RX, LLC Federal Circuit 2020-06-16 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) administrative-law administrative-law-review agency-discretion appellate-jurisdiction due-process federal-circuit inter-partes-review judicial-review mandate-implementation patent patent-office sas-institute Does the Judiciary have authority to review a Patent Office decision refusing to implement its mandate and this Court's precedent?
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…
19-1097 Enzo Life Sciences, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Company, et al. Federal Circuit 2020-03-06 Denied Relisted (2) aia burden-of-proof due-process inter-partes-review patent patent-validity retroactive-legislation retroactivity takings vested-rights Does the application of inter partes review to a patent that issued before the enactment of the AIA violate the Due Process Clause because it retroact…
19-1074 Celgene Corporation v. Laura A. Peter, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2020-03-02 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) administrative-review america-invents-act fifth-amendment inter-partes-review lucas-test patent-rights patent-rights-takings patent-trial-and-appeal-board patents penn-central-test property-rights takings takings-clause Whether retroactive application of inter partes review to patents issued before passage of the America Invents Act violates the Takings Clause of the …
19-1012 General Electric Company v. Raytheon Technologies Corporation, fka United Technologies Corporation Federal Circuit 2020-02-14 Denied Amici (2) article-iii article-iii-standing civil-procedure civil-rights competition competitive-harm competitor-standing due-process inter-partes-review judicial-precedent patent patent-infringement patent-law standing Whether competitive harm alone suffices to confer Article III standing to appeal an IPR determination, or whether an appellant must also show concrete…
19-829 Chrimar Systems, Inc. v. Juniper Networks, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure burden-of-proof due-process evidence inter-partes-review patent patent-challenge patent-law reply reply-evidence Did the Patent and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board violate 35-USC-312(a)(3) and 35-USC-316(a)(8)
19-601 Collabo Innovations, Inc. v. Sony Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit 2019-11-07 Denied Relisted (4) 5th-amendment america-invents-act due-process inter-partes-review leahy-smith-america-invents-act patent retroactive-application retroactivity takings-clause Does the retroactive application of inter partes review to a patent that issued before the passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, Pub. L. No.…
19-455 ARRIS International Limited v. ChanBond, LLC, et al. Federal Circuit 2019-10-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) 35-usc-315 35-usc-315(b) administrative-law appellate-jurisdiction due-process estoppel inter-partes-review patent-law patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab time-bar Whether the Federal Circuit has appellate jurisdiction to review a PTAB decision denying inter partes review
19-337 Regents of the University of Minnesota v. LSI Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit 2019-09-12 Denied Amici (3) administrative-proceeding civil-procedure federal-agency federal-circuit inter-partes-review patent patent-validity sovereign-immunity state-university university Whether the inter partes review proceedings brought by private respondents against the University of Minnesota in this case are barred by sovereign im…
18-1075 RPX Corporation v. Applications in Internet Time, LLC Federal Circuit 2019-02-19 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 35-usc-314 35-usc-315 administrative-law inter-partes-review judicial-review patent-office-decision patent-review patent-review-procedure statutory-interpretation timeliness timeliness-objection Whether 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) bars judicial review of the Patent and Trademark Office's decision to institute inter partes review where a patent holder's…
18-1027 Superior Communications, Inc. v. Voltstar Technologies, Inc. Federal Circuit 2019-02-06 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (4) 35-usc-314 35-usc-314d 35-usc-315 35-usc-315b administrative-law appealability inter-partes-review inter-partes-review-ipr patent-infringement patent-review patent-trial-and-appeal-board patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab statutory-interpretation time-bar voluntary-dismissal Whether the PTAB's application of 35 U.S.C. § 315(b)'s time-bar provision in its decision to institute IPR is appealable under 35 U.S.C. § 314(d), and…
18-999 Atlanta Gas Light Company v. Bennett Regulator Guards, Inc. Federal Circuit 2019-01-31 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (3) 35-usc-314 35-usc-315 administrative-procedure administrative-review america-invents-act dismissal-without-prejudice federal-circuit-jurisdiction inter-partes-review jurisdiction patent patent-law patent-review-procedure-35-usc-314-315 patent-trial-and-appeal-board standing time-bar Did the Federal Circuit err in concluding that it had jurisdiction to review the Board's decision to institute inter partes review
18-916 Thryv, Inc., fka Dex Media, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, LP, et al. Federal Circuit 2019-01-15 Judgment Issued Amici (18)Relisted (3) 35-usc-314 35-usc-315 america-invents-act cuozzo inter-partes-review patent-infringement patent-law patent-trial-and-appeal-board ptab section-315b time-bar wi-fi-one Whether 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) permits appeal of the PTAB's decision to institute an inter partes review upon finding that § 315(b)'s time bar did not app…
18-899 Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, et al. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied administrative-law administrative-proceeding federal-circuit indian-tribe inter-partes-review patent-challenge patent-law patent-office patent-trial-and-appeal-board sovereign-immunity tribal-sovereign-immunity Whether inter partes review before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is the type of proceeding in which tribal sovereign immunity may be asserted
18-861 WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corporation Federal Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) agency-procedure discovery due-process inter-partes-review patent-invalidation patent-litigation patent-office patent-office-procedures privy real-party-in-interest standing statutory-interpretation time-bar Whether the court of appeals and agency erred by holding that 'real party in interest, or privy of the petitioner' refers only to others who 'control'…
18-750 JTEKT Corporation v. GKN Automotive Ltd. Federal Circuit 2018-12-12 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) article-iii article-iii-standing estoppel injury-in-fact inter-partes-review patent patent-office-appeal patent-standing standing standing-article-iii-injury-in-fact-patent-office- statutory-interpretation statutory-rights Can the Federal Circuit refuse to hear an appeal by a petitioner from an adverse final decision in a Patent Office inter partes review on the basis of…
18-599 Wi-Fi One, LLC v. Broadcom Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit 2018-11-07 Denied Response Waived 35-usc-315b administrative-law administrative-procedure-act administrative-procedure-act-apa indemnity-agreements inter-partes-review inter-partes-review-ipr judicial-review patent-law patent-trial-and-appeal-board patent-trial-and-appeal-board-ptab standard-of-review time-bar Whether the PTAB panel violated the Administrative Procedure Act by refusing to admit known indemnity agreements into evidence when deciding whether t…
18-468 SSL Services, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. Federal Circuit 2018-10-12 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived 35-usc-325(d) administrative-law administrative-procedure estoppel inter-partes-review judicial-review patent-office patent-review patent-validity predictability prior-art statutory-interpretation Whether courts may review an agency's ruling on the multiple-proceedings rule under 35 U.S.C. § 325(d)
18-222 EMED Technologies Corporation v. Repro-Med Systems, Inc. Federal Circuit 2018-08-21 Denied administrative-procedure claim-construction constitutional-amendment digital-claim due-process inter-partes-review patent patent-claim-construction patent-law-procedure review-procedure standard-of-review takings Whether the PTAB erred in applying the Texas-Digital claim construction standard rather than the Phillips standard
18-190 Queen's University at Kingston v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit 2018-08-13 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure-act burden-of-proof due-process enablement inter-partes-review patent-invalidity prior-art Does the Federal Circuit's requirement that patent owners negate enablement of prior art in the first instance invert the statutory burden of proving …
18-183 Advanced Audio Devices, LLC v. HTC Corporation, et al. Federal Circuit 2018-08-09 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived 5th-amendment aia america-invents-act constitutional-law due-process fifth-amendment inter-partes-review patent patent-law patents takings-clause Whether inter partes review (IPR) of patents filed before enactment of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA") violates the Takings Clause of the …
18-88 Richard Gramm v. Deere & Company Federal Circuit 2018-07-18 GVR certiorari claim-construction claim-institution federal-circuit inter-partes-review patent patent-review patent-trial-and-appeal-board ptab sas-institute-v-iancu supreme-court-procedure Whether the Federal Circuit's decision affirming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's final written decisions of the partially instituted inter partes …