(February 9, 2017, 1:01 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Feb. 9 holding, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that a party seeking re-examination of two can coating patents did have standing to appeal a final decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board because there was an Article III case or controversy between the parties at the time the appeal was filed (PPG Industries Inc. v. Valspar Sourcing Inc., Nos. 16-1406, -1409, Fed. Cir.)....