ISSUE:  Whether 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) permits appeal of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision to institute an inter parties review upon finding that 35 U.S.C. § 315(b)’s time bar did not apply.

PIJIP'S SUPREME COURT SERIES: American University Washington College of Law regularly invites counsel of record and counsel for selected amici to offer post-argument reflections in intellectual property (and related) cases heard by the Supreme Court. These events are held on the afternoon of oral argument before the Court.