Panel: Covered Business Method Patent Determination Not Judicially Reviewable

Mealey's (November 17, 2020, 1:39 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Thryv, Inc. v. Click-to-Call Technologies, LP, a determination by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board that a patent qualifies for covered business method (CBM) review is not itself judicially reviewable, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Nov. 17 (Sipco LLC v. Emerson Electric Co., No. 18-1635, Fed. Cir.)....