(April 24, 2017, 12:13 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 21 vacated certain aspects of a final decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, agreeing that the underlying request for inter partes re-examination should not have been granted pursuant to Section 317(b) of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) (Fairchild [Taiwan] Corporation v. Power Integrations Inc., No. 17-1002, Fed. Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 6998)....