Mealey's (March 26, 2018, 2:30 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A dispute over the availability of attorney fees for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) upon a successful defense of a rejected patent application is now before the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals following en banc oral arguments on March 8 (NantKwest Inc. v. Joseph A. Matal, Acting Director U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, No. 16-1794, Fed. Cir.)....