Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 2017

SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu

Decided April 24, 2018. Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 16-969 · 584 U.S. 357 · Cited 339 times

Holding

When the United States Patent and Trademark Office institutes an inter partes review to reconsider an already-issued patent claim, see 35 U. S. C. §§311–319, it must decide the patentability of all of the claims the petitioner has challenged.

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