On October 31, 2019 a panel of Federal Circuit Judges issued the Arthrex Inc. v. Smith and Nephew, Inc. opinion finding the appointment of PTAB judges unconstitutional by violating the Appointments Clause. The panel’s remedy...more
In April 2018, the United States Supreme Court held that the PTAB must issue a final written decision addressing every patent claim challenged in an IPR petition. See SAS Inst., Inc. v. Iancu, 138 S. Ct. 1348 (2018). In the...more