( November 2, 2026, 12:06 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. government has told the U.S. Supreme Court that it should deny Federal Express Corp.’s petition for a writ of certiorari, arguing that the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals was correct to hold that it was barred from reviewing whether Qualcomm Inc. identified all real parties in interest in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB); while the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) now agrees that it should resolve such disputes before considering an IPR petition, the government says that change does not permit judicial review of the agency’s earlier handling of this case....