Patent petition disclosures
Federal Express v. Qualcomm
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- FedEx asks the Supreme Court to review whether courts may examine the Patent Office’s refusal to check if a patent-review petition named all parties with a stake, although the Office proceeded and found some FedEx patent claims unpatentable.
- What's at stake
- The case leaves unresolved whether FedEx may challenge in court the Patent Office’s refusal to check who had a stake in the petition.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Federal Circuit said a law barred appeals from decisions to start patent reviews.
The Patent Office found some FedEx patent claims unpatentable, and the Federal Circuit said a law bars appeals from decisions to start patent reviews.
Question presented
Does 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) bar judicial review of the Patent Office’s refusal to determine whether a petition identifies all real parties in interest when § 312(a)(2) authorizes the Office to consider petitions “only if” they identify “all” such parties?
What happens next
The petition was distributed for the justices’ Sept. 28, 2026 conference, where they may consider whether to hear it. The conference does not guarantee an order that day.
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