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 (2018) · 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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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Neil M. Gorsuch · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony M. Kennedy
Dissenting · 4
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan
- Stephen G. Breyer · filed a dissenting opinion
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg · filed a dissenting opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
- Civil Aeronautics Board v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · 367 U.S. 316 (1961)
- United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · 489 U.S. 235 (1989)
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · 480 U.S. 421 (1987)
- United States v. Mead Corp. · 533 U.S. 218 (2001)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- Barnhart v. Walton · 535 U.S. 212 (2002)
- Precision Instrument Manufacturing Co. v. Automotive Maintenance MacHinery Co. · 324 U.S. 806 (1945)
- Lexecon Inc. v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach · 523 U.S. 26 (1998)
- Social Security Board v. Nierotko · 327 U.S. 358 (1946)
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Sloan · 436 U.S. 103 (1978)
Cited by
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- Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, LP · 590 U.S. 45 (2020)
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