High court to rule on whether agency deference should apply to PTO patentability decisions

摘要

Last August, it was reported here that u22the nationu27s dependence on technological innovation has pushed the once-obscure U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit center stage.u22 The article quoted several critics of the court and questioned whether the court serves the purposes for which it was designed. It also noted that the Supreme Court rarely second-guesses the Federal Circuit.