This morning, the Federal Circuit released two precedential opinions. One opinion comes in a veterans case appealed from the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and the other comes in a patent case addressing standing appealed from the Eastern District of Virginia. Here are the introductions to the opinions.
Miller v. Collins (Precedential)
Mr. Karl E. Miller, Jr. appeals a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims affirming the Board of Veterans’ Appeals’ denial of an earlier effective date for his service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder. Mr. Miller argues that the Board’s application of 38 C.F.R. § 3.156(c)(2) (2006) was an impermissible retroactive application of the regulation. We determine that the Board’s application of the regulation was prospective and thus proper. We affirm the judgment of the Veterans Court.
US Inventor, Inc. v. Squires (Precedential)
Inventor-advocacy groups sued the Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”), contending that certain language on the cover of patents issued to inventors is misleading. We decide whether they have standing to bring their claims. They do not.