Paul Henkelmann

Paul Henkelmann

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

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Commissioner of Patents Had Authority to Review IPRs While Moonlighting as USPTO Director

On May 27, in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., the Federal Circuit agreed that the Commissioner for Patents, performing the duties of the Director of the USPTO, had the authority to decide a request for rehearing of a...more

6/3/2022  /  Administrative Patent Judges , Appeals , Appointments Clause , Federal Vacancies Reform Act , Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patents , SCOTUS , Separation of Powers , USPTO
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