Mealey's (December 23, 2019, 12:52 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Responding to a Dec. 6 amicus curiae brief filed by the U.S. government, HP Inc. filed a supplemental brief on Dec. 20 in the U.S. Supreme Court, asserting that its petition for certiorari regarding patent eligibility under Section 101 of the Patent Act is warranted because it pertains to “important and recurring questions” in patent law (HP Inc. v. Steven E. Berkheimer, No. 18-415, U.S. Sup.)....