Supreme Court of the United States
Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC, Petitioner v. Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property…
June 20, 2016195 L. Ed. 2d 423
Summary
The Court affirmed the Federal Circuit's judgment, holding that 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) bars judicial review of the Patent Office's decision to institute inter partes review, and that 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(4) authorizes the agency to use the broadest reasonable construction standard. Justice Thomas concurred, suggesting reconsideration of Chevron deference. Justice Alito concurred in part and dissented in part, arguing § 314(d) does not preclude review of institution-related issues at the final decision stage.