OIL STATES ENERGY v. GREENE'S ENERGY GROUP

No. 16-712.

138 S.Ct. 1365 (2018)

OIL STATES ENERGY SERVICES, LLC, Petitioner v. GREENE'S ENERGY GROUP, LLC, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 24, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allyson N. Ho , Dallas, TX, for Petitioner.

Christopher M. Kise , Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.

Malcolm L. Stewart , Washington, DC, for Federal Respondent.

C. Erik Hawes , Archis V. "Neil" Ozarkar , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Houston, TX, Allyson N. Ho, Judd E. Stone , James D. Nelson , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner.

Pavan K. Agarwal , David B. Goroff , George E. Quillin , Lawrence J. Dougherty , Bradley D. Roush , Foley & Lardner LLP, Washington, DC, Christopher M. Kise , Joshua M. Hawkes , Foley & Lardner LLP, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent Greene's Energy Group, LLC.

Sarah T. Harris , General Counsel, Nathan K. Kelley , Solicitor, Thomas W. Krause , Deputy Solicitor, Farheena Y. Rasheed , Mary Beth Walker , Associate Solicitors, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General, Chad A. Readier , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Malcolm L. Stewart , Deputy Solicitor General, Rachel P. Kovner , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Douglas N. Letter , Mark R. Freeman , William E. Havemann , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Federal Respondent.


The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, 35 U.S.C. § 100 et seq., establishes a process called "inter partes review." Under that process, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is authorized to reconsider and to cancel an issued patent claim in limited circumstances. In this...

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