Mealey's (January 17, 2019, 3:46 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Several days after the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) filed a merits respondent brief defending its ability as a “person” to initiate covered business method (CBM) review of patents under the Leahy Smith America Invents Act (AIA), three briefs supporting the USPS were filed Jan. 16 by amici curiae arguing that construing a federal agency as a “person” is consistent with patent law and the purposes of the AIA (Return Mail Inc. v. U.S. Postal Service, et al., No. 17-1594, U.S. Sup.)....