(January 18, 2017, 11:15 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked in a Nov. 23 petition filed by a patent owner to decide whether inter partes review (IPR) violates the U.S. Constitution by “extinguishing private property rights through a non-Article III forum without a jury” (Oil States Energy Services LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group LLC, No. 16-712, U.S. Sup.)....