The US Supreme Court is once again tackling a dispute over the inter partes review process, agreeing to decide whether the administrative patent judges that decide these cases were constitutionally appointed. The outcome could impact the fate of hundreds of decisions by the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) on the patentability of patent claims.
In its 13 October orders, the court granted three certiorari petitions filed by the US government, Arthrex and Smith &...





