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511 Petitions
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Case
Subject
Status
Question(s) Presented
Docket No.
22-888
Case
Rudisill v. McDonough
Subject
Veterans16 Amici
Status
Granted
Question(s) Presented
“Whether a veteran who has served two separate and distinct periods of qualifying service under the Montgomery GI Bill, 38 U.S.C. § 3001 et seq., and under the Post-9/11 GI...
Docket No.
22-704
Case
Vidal v. Elster
Subject
Trademark8 Amici
Status
Granted
Question(s) Presented
“Section 1052(c) of Title 15 provides in pertinent part that a trademark shall be refused registration if it “[c]onsists of or comprises a name . . . identifying a particular...
Docket No.
21-757
Case
Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi
Subject
Patent38 AmiciCVSG
Status
Granted
Question(s) Presented
“Section 112 of the Patent Act provides that a patent’s ‘specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it,’...
Docket No.
21-432
Case
Arellano v. McDonough
Subject
Veterans7 Amici
Status
Granted
Question(s) Presented
“Under 38 U.S.C. § 5110(b)(1), ‘[t]he effective date of an award of disability compensation to a veteran shall be the day following the date of the veteran’s discharge or release...
Docket No.
21-350
Case
Infineum USA L.P. v. Chevron Oronite Company LLC
Subject
Patent
Status
Granted
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.
21-234
Case
George v. McDonough
Subject
Veterans9 Amici
Status
Granted
Question(s) Presented
“When the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) denies a veteran’s claim for benefits in reliance on an agency interpretation that is later deemed invalid under the plain text of the...
Docket No.
20-853
Case
Iancu v. Fall Line Patents, LLC
Subject
Patent
Status
Granted
Question(s) Presented
“Whether, for purposes of the Appointments Clause, U.S. Const. Art. II, § 2, Cl. 2, administrative patent judges of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are principal officers who must...
Docket No.
20-440
Case
Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc.
Subject
Patent15 Amici
Status
Granted
Question(s) Presented
“[W]hether a defendant in a patent infringement action who assigned the patent, or is in privity with an assignor of the patent, may have a defense of invalidity heard on...
Docket No.
20-314
Case
RPM International Inc. v. Stuart
Subject
Patent
Status
Granted
Question(s) Presented
1. “Whether the court of appeals erred by vacating and remanding the case based on an Appointments Clause, U.S. Const. Art. II, § 2, Cl. 2, challenge raised for the...
Docket No.
20-1631
Case
Hirshfeld v. Implicit, LLC
Subject
Patent
Status
Granted
Question(s) Presented
“Whether, for purposes of the Appointments Clause, U.S. Const. Art. II, § 2, Cl. 2, administrative patent judges of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are principal officers who must...
Docket No.
19-966
Case
Emerson Electric Co. v. SIPCO, LLC
Subject
Patent
Status
Granted
Question(s) Presented
“Whether 35 U.S.C. 324(e) permits review on appeal of the Director’s threshold determination, as part of the decision to institute [Covered Business Method] review, that the challenged patent qualifies as...
Docket No.
19-1459
Case
Polaris Innovations Ltd. v. Kingston Technology Co.
Subject
Patent4 Amici
Status
Granted
Question(s) Presented
1. “Whether severance of the tenure protections for Administrative Patent Judges (‘APJs’) was unavailable to the Arthrex court to remedy the violation of the Appointments Clause by the IPR statute,...
Docket No.
19-1458
Case
Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Subject
Patent5 Amici
Status
Granted
Question(s) Presented
1. “Whether the court of appeals’ severance remedy is consistent with congressional intent, where Congress has long considered tenure protections essential to secure the independence and impartiality of administrative judges.” 2....
Docket No.
19-1452
Case
Smith & Nephew, Inc. v. Arthrex, Inc.
Subject
Patent4 Amici
Status
Granted
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.
19-1434
Case
United States v. Arthrex, Inc.
Subject
Patent43 Amici
Status
Granted
Question(s) Presented
1. “Whether, for purposes of the Appointments Clause, U.S. Const. Art. II, § 2, Cl. 2, administrative patent judges of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are principal officers who...
Docket No.
18-956
Case
Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.
Subject
Copyright82 AmiciCVSG
Status
Granted
Question(s) Presented
1. “Whether copyright protection extends to a software interface.” 2. “Whether, as the jury found, petitioner’s use of a software interface in the context of creating a new computer program constitutes...
Docket No.
18-1027
Case
Superior Communications, Inc. v. Voltstar Technologies, Inc.
Subject
Patent
Status
Granted
Question(s) Presented
“An interested party can challenge a patent by filing a petition for ‘inter partes review’ (‘IPR’) with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the ‘PTAB’) within the Patent and Trademark...
Docket No.
23-6463
Case
Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board
Subject
Pro Se
Status
Dismissed
Question(s) Presented
1. “Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1680 (DC- 3443-20-0832-1-1) which was about MDA COC’s and MDA’s Aiding And Abetting Employer Discrimination! And whether Employer...
Docket No.
23-6373
Case
Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board
Subject
Pro Se
Status
Dismissed
Question(s) Presented
1. “Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1678 (DC- 3443-18-0288-1-1) which was about DIA’s Admin Judge’s Failure to Postpone Clearance Hearing Long Enough For Me...
Docket No.
23-6372
Case
Adams v. Merit Systems Protection Board
Subject
Pro Se
Status
Dismissed
Question(s) Presented
1. “Whether CAFC made an error in their decision to dismiss CAFC 2023-1698 (DC- 3443-18-0288-1-1) which was about DIA’s Admin Judge’s Failure to Postpone Clearance Hearing Long Enough For Me...