Mealey's (December 13, 2018, 1:02 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A patent holder that received an unfavorable ruling in a patent lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), argues in a Dec. 10 merits brief to the U.S. Supreme Court that the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in finding that the government qualifies as a “person” and is, therefore, able to initiate covered business method (CBM) review of a patent under the Leahy Smith America Invents Act (AIA) (Return Mail Inc. v. U.S. Postal Service, et al., No. 17-1594, U.S. Sup.)....