ARE PTAB Alert: PTAB Puts Halt To Remands Under Arthrex Until Scotus Decides

As previously reported, last October a panel at the Federal Circuit held that Administrative Patent Judges (“APJs”) of the PTAB were principal officers of the U.S. Government, and appointed in violation of the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution.   Arthrex v. Smith & Nephew, No. 2018-2140, slip op. (Fed. Cir. Oct. 31, 2019); see […]