( January 22, 2025, 10:08 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 21 rejected a processor patent holder’s request for certiorari based on the argument that the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is barred by the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) from both instituting and deciding on inter partes review (IPR) proceedings, leaving in place a judgment by the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirming PTAB’s finding of unpatentability....