Mealey's (April 27, 2020, 11:33 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two weeks after a respondent waived its right to respond to a petition for certiorari in which a technology company requests clarification about the proper finality standard that should be used in patent litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 23 requested a response from ALE USA Inc., which benefited from an amended judgment in a lawsuit that the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found to still be “pending” because of a subsequent patent invalidity ruling (Chrimar Systems Inc., et al. v. ALE USA Inc., et al., No. 19-1124, U.S. Sup.)....