This morning the Federal Circuit released three nonprecedential opinions and four nonprecedential orders. The first opinion affirms a judgment of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the second affirms a dismissal by the Court of Federal Claims for lack of jurisdiction, and the third affirms a judgment of the Office of Personnel Management. The first order transfers an appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and all the other orders are dismissals. Here are the introductions to the opinions and the first order and links to the dismissals.
Juniper Networks, Inc. v. Correct Transmission, Inc. (Nonprecedential)
Juniper Networks, Inc. (“Juniper”), appeals the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (the “Board”) decisions in two inter partes review proceedings in which the Board declined to find claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,283,465 (the “’465 patent”) (IPR-2021-00682) and U.S. Patent No. 7,983,150 (the “’150 patent”) (IPR-2021-00469) unpatentable as obvious. We affirm.
Noll v. United States (Nonprecedential)
Appellant Clifford L. Noll appeals the United States Court of Federal Claims’ dismissal of his complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Because Mr. Noll has not alleged any claim that falls within the limited jurisdiction of the trial court, we affirm.
Bowden v. Office of Personnel Management (Nonprecedential)
Petitioner Anthony Bowden, Sr. appeals a decision by the Merit Systems Protection Board, affirming a final decision of the Office of Personnel Management to reduce Mr. Bowden’s annuity when he became eligible to receive social security old-age benefits. Because the Board correctly determined that Mr. Bowden was not eligible for enrollment in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), but was instead properly enrolled in CSRS Offset and his annuity offset was therefore appropriate, we affirm.
Sakon v. Johnson (Nonprecedential Order)
John Alan Sakon sued local and state officials in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut alleging various civil rights violations. The district court dismissed the complaint, and Mr. Sakon filed a notice of appeal directed to this court. In response to this court’s show cause order, appellees argue that this court lacks jurisdiction, while Mr. Sakon asks for transfer to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.