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Chevron Deference to the USPTO at the Federal Circuit
Thomas G. Field Jr, Franklin Pierce Law Center
ABSTRACT: Courts have long deferred to agency views of law, but they have also often refused. The Federal Circuit, too, defers on some occasions but not others. This paper examines the apparent inconsistency in its cases.
SUGGESTED CITATION: Thomas G. Field Jr,
"Chevron Deference to the USPTO at the Federal Circuit"
(January 1, 2002).
Pierce Law .
Pierce Law Faculty Scholarship Series.
Paper 11.
http://lsr.nellco.org/piercelaw/facseries/papers/11
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