In Top Ten No. (3), Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC v. Lee (Top Ten Patent Cases, attached), a subsidiary issue is raised in this challenge against the “broadest reasonable interpretation” rule for post-grant proceedings under theLeahy Smith America Invents Act. Responsive to a government argument thatinter partes review and a challenge under the new procedures may be consolidated, it is apparent that this right is a sham in that the Government has not pointed to a single case of such consolidation. Sham “Consolidated Proceedings”, a Second Issue, id. at pp. 9-10. As explained in Top Ten Patent Cases, the sham policy plays itself out, for example, where one of the proceedings permits a particular challenge but the other does not, where double patenting is used as the prime example. Id.
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Hal