Mealey's (December 30, 2015, 11:22 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Michelle K. Lee, undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, argues in a Dec. 11 opposition brief that he U.S. Supreme Court should deny review of the claim construction standard used in the proceedings for a review under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) of a patent’s validity (Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office, No. 15-446, U.S. Sup.).

(Respondent’s opposition...