The Supreme Court granted certiorari to review the Federal Circuit's decision in SAS Institute Inc. v. Lee, 825 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2016). The question presented is whether the PTAB must issue a final written decision as to every claim challenged by the petitioner in an IPR petition or only as to some of the challenged claims. For more, see our coverage on Finnegan's Federal Circuit IP Blog.

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