| 20-1631 |
Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Implicit, LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-05-21 |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause constitutional-law inferior-officers judicial-appointment officer-status patent-office principal-officers separation-of-powers us-patent-and-trademark-office |
Whether administrative patent judges are principal or inferior officers under the Appointments Clause |
| 20-853 |
Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Fall Line Patents, LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-12-28 |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (3) |
administrative-law administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause constitutional-interpretation department-head inferior-officers officer-status patent-office principal-officers separation-of-powers us-patent-and-trademark-office |
Whether administrative patent judges are principal officers or inferior officers under the Appointments Clause |
| 20-728 |
adidas AG v. Nike, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-11-25 |
Denied |
|
5-usc-7513 administrative-law appointments-clause constitutional-law inferior-officers judicial-review patent-judges principal-officers severance statutory-interpretation us-patent-and-trademark-office |
Whether administrative patent judges are principal or inferior officers under the Appointments Clause |