Mealey's (January 7, 2022, 8:26 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Becton, Dickinson and Company on Dec. 29 waived its right to respond to a petition for certiorari in which a patentee asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has engaged in erroneous precedent by allowing the use of evidence when deciding patent eligibility in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings....