Mealey's (October 8, 2021, 10:03 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Although concluding that a request for ex parte reexamination of patented method of controlling remote equipment raised substantial new questions of patentability, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 29 nonetheless disagreed with a determination by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) that it lacks the authority to reconsider institution of reexamination....