On High Court Remand, Panel Tells Patent Board To Dismiss Petition

Mealey's (August 12, 2019, 12:26 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a per curiam order issued Aug. 9, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals directed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to dismiss a petition for covered business method (CBM) review by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) of a mail processing patent (Return Mail Inc. v. U.S. Postal Service, No. 16-1502, Fed. Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 23755)....