( February 25, 2026, 10:29 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a patent holder’s petition for a writ of certiorari, leaving in place an August Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals opinion that affirmed eight inter partes review (IPR) decisions made by the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB); the Federal Circuit found that substantial evidence supported the board’s constructions of disputed claim terms in its consideration of patents describing a system for improving network communication speed....