The petitions of the day are:
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. v. Covidien LP
16-366
Issue: Whether the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act permits the Patent Trial and Appeal Board instead of the Director to make inter partes review institution decisions.
LifeScan Scotland, Ltd. v. Pharmatech Solutions, Inc.
16-377
Issue: Whether the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act permits the Patent Trial and Appeal Board instead of the Director to make inter partes review institution decisions.
Recommended Citation: Kate Howard, Petitions of the day, SCOTUSblog (Oct. 25, 2016, 12:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/10/petitions-of-the-day-32/