Appealability Of Patent Board Time-Bar Rulings Debated At Supreme Court

Mealey's (December 9, 2019, 3:11 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. government on Dec. 9 told the U.S. Supreme Court that a determination of timeliness by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in an inter partes review (IPR) is not judicially reviewable (Thryv Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies L.P., et al., No. 18-916, U.S. Sup.)....