Mealey's (January 3, 2023, 10:52 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five days after Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc. filed a reply brief supporting their petition for certiorari, the U.S. Supreme Court set a conference date of Jan. 13 to decide whether to consider the companies’ presented question about whether the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals correctly interpreted when estoppel applies in inter partes review (IPR)....