Mealey's (January 25, 2022, 9:30 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A fracking technology firm that received an adverse ruling in a patent litigation lawsuit filed a petition for certiorari on Jan. 12, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify whether a determination of a case’s exceptionality for the purposes of awarding attorney fees, per Section 285 of the Patent Act, must include consideration of whether any litigation misconduct occurred....