Mealey's (February 9, 2023, 9:02 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 8 rejected as “meritless” a patent owner’s assertion that the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is required to perform, or have the opportunity to perform, a review of final written decisions (FWDs) and decisions to institute inter partes review (IPR) within the statutorily proscribed deadlines for such decisions....