Return Mail, Inc. v. U.S. Postal Serv.
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sotomayor
*1858 In the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act of 2011, 35 U.S.C. § 100 et seq. , Congress created the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and established three new types of *1859 administrative proceedings before the Board that allow a "person" other than the patent owner to challenge the validity of a patent post-issuance. The question presented in this case is whether a federal agency is a "person" able to seek such review under the statute. We conclude that it is not.
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