Mealey's (August 1, 2018, 2:33 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Over the objections of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and a patent owner, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 31 remanded an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for consideration of non-instituted claims and grounds, in view of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in SAS Institute, Inc. v. Iancu, 138 S. Ct. 1348 (2018) (BioDelivery Sciences International Inc. v. Aquestive Therapeutics Inc., et al., Nos. 2017-1265, -1266, -1268, Fed. Cir.)....