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ZOLL Lifecore asks Supreme Court to hear case on whether denial of inter partes review can be appealed

( November 24, 2014, 23:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: ZOLL Lifecore has filed a petition asking the US Supreme Court to hear arguments on whether the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred in holding that decisions denying institution of inter partes review are unappealable. The Federal Circuit's holding is contrary to the plain language of the statute and "is also contrary to the strong policy and express goal of facilitating the invalidation of wrongly-issued patents, and poses a dangerous situation of allowing the agency that a petitioner is asserting made a mistake in granting a patent the complete and unfettered discretion to avoid confronting that mistake," ZOLL said.See document below....

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