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511 Petitions
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Case
Subject
Status
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Docket No.
21-118
Case
Apple Inc. v. Optis Cellular Technology, LLC
Subject
Patent6 Amici
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
“Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit may review, by appeal or mandamus, a decision of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office denying a petition for inter...
Docket No.
21-1162
Case
Bailey-Johnson v. United States
Subject
Takings
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
“In relevant part, 28 U.S.C. § 1500 states that ‘The United States Court of Federal Claims shall not have jurisdiction of any claim for or in respect to which the...
Docket No.
21-1150
Case
Finizie v. Department of Veterans Affairs
Subject
MSPB
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
“Did the decisions/opinions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Merit Systems Protection Board constitute erroneous factual findings, misapplications of law, and inappropriate personal...
Docket No.
21-1139
Case
Daikin Industries, Ltd. v. Chemours Company FC, LLC
Subject
Patent
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
“May a federal appellate court, consistent with the Administrative Procedure Act and the principles of separation of powers embedded within that Act, reverse an administrative agency’s decision on a factual...
Docket No.
21-1134
Case
Adams v. Department of Homeland Security
Subject
MSPBAmicus
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
“Federal employees at every GS level serve in the military reserves and National Guard, often at ranks with salaries far below their civilian pay. In the differential pay statute, 5...
Docket No.
21-1106
Case
Gabara v. Facebook, Inc.
Subject
Patent
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
“The Sliding Windows patents cover a novel data structure—a ‘background image of a stationary map’—that allows users to navigate large images on a smartphone by moving the phone itself. This...
Docket No.
21-1093
Case
PersonalWeb Technologies LLC v. Google LLC
Subject
Patent
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
“In Alice Corp. Pty. v. CLS Bank Int’l, 573 U.S. 208 (2014)—a case about the patentability of computer- implemented business methods—this Court confirmed that inventions ‘improv[ing] the functioning of the...
Docket No.
21-1085
Case
Ikorongo Texas LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co.
Subject
Patent
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
“Ikorongo Technology LLC and Ikorongo Texas LLC have separate ownership and geographically divided patent rights that were infringed by Samsung, LG, and Uber. Under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1404(a) and 1400(b),...
Docket No.
21-1067
Case
Bey v. United States
Subject
Pro Se
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
Docket No.
21-1056
Case
Universal Secure Registry LLC v. Apple Inc.
Subject
Patent2 Amici
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
“Section 101 of the Patent Act provides that ‘any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof,’ is eligible for a...
Docket No.
21-1036
Case
Gamon Plus, Inc. v. Campbell Soup Company
Subject
Patent
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
“Whether this Court should vacate the judgment below in view of its recent decision in United States v. Arthrex, Inc., 141 S. Ct. 1970 (2021), and remand so that the...
Docket No.
21-1005
Case
Heat On-The-Fly, LLC v. Energy Heating, LLC
Subject
Patent
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
“Must a district court consider litigation misconduct, or lack thereof, in determining whether a case is exceptional under 35 U.S.C. §...
Docket No.
20-934
Case
Samaranayake v. Iancu
Subject
Procedure
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
1. “Whether, in creating the required evidentiary record de novo rather than merely reviewing the agency Record below, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit exceeded its statutory jurisdiction...
Docket No.
20-92
Case
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC v. Promptu Systems Corp.
Subject
Patent
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
“Whether administrative patent judges are ‘principal’ or ‘inferior’ Officers of the United States within the meaning of the Appointments Clause.”
Docket No.
20-91
Case
Martin v. Department of Homeland Security
Subject
Pro Se
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
“[Whether] the 4th [A]mendment to the [C]onstitution of the United States protects speech in my personally rented hotel room[,] my home for the period of rental time.” “[Whether] the United States...
Docket No.
20-891
Case
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. v. Neapco Holdings, LLC
Subject
Patent12 AmiciCVSG
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
1. “What is the appropriate standard for determining whether a patent claim is ‘directed to’ a patent-ineligible concept under step 1 of the Court’s two-step framework for determining whether an...
Docket No.
20-88
Case
HZNP Finance Ltd. v. Actavis Laboratories UT, Inc.
Subject
Patent
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
“Whether the ‘basic and novel properties’ identified in connection with a patent claim’s transitional phrase ‘consisting essentially of’ must independently satisfy the requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 2,...
Docket No.
20-863
Case
Akeva L.L.C. v. Nike, Inc.
Subject
PatentAmicus
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
“Whether the Federal Circuit’s ‘heavy presumption’ line of cases or its ‘holistic’ line should govern claim construction.”
Docket No.
20-8107
Case
Turner v. Merit Systems Protection Board
Subject
Pro Se
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
1. “Did petitioner seek to get appeal heard by the Veteran’s Employment and Training Service of U.S. Department of Labor.” 2. “Did the U.S. Secretary of [L]abor properly investigate the Veterans...
Docket No.
20-806
Case
Swartzlander v. United States
Subject
Takings
Status
Denied
Question(s) Presented
“When does a taking claim accrue against the government based on erosion caused by government action, where the erosion for many years was present only on a small fraction of...