Case: Patents/Standing (Fed. Cir.)

The Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of the District Court for the District of Columbia dismissing for lack of standing US Inventor Inc. and National Small Business United’s petition for rulemaking to establish criteria to limit the authority of the U.S. PTO to institute inter partes or post-grant review under the America Invents Act. The appeals court said that US Inventor and National Small Business lack associational standing.