Supreme Court Invites Government Views In Dispute Over Prior Art

Mealey's (October 29, 2018, 11:57 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In its Oct. 29 orders list, the U.S. Supreme Court called on the U.S. solicitor general to express his views on a two-page ruling by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that concluded that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board did not err in determining that a patent application did not qualify as anticipatory prior art (Ariosa Diagnostics Inc. v. Illumina Inc., No. 18-109, U.S. Sup.)....