Mealey's (April 13, 2023, 2:12 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. government on April 12 filed a combined respondent brief opposing certiorari in two cases in which petitioner patent holders ask the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether the commissioner for patents was properly vested temporarily with the authority of the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) at the time that they received adverse rulings on petitions for rehearing of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings....