Pierce Law Faculty Scholarship Series
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Congress enacted the APA in 1946 as a comprehensive statute to regulate the field of federal administrative law. In holding that the PTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“PTO board” or “the board”) is not subject to the standards of judicial review set forth in the APA, the decision below isolates patent law from the rest of administrative law and undermines the APA’s goal of achieving consistency and uniformity in federal administrative law.
Date of Authorship for this Version
December 1998
Recommended Citation
Field, Thomas G. Jr, "Brief Amici Curiae of Intellectual Property Professors in Support of Petitioner" (1998). Pierce Law Faculty Scholarship Series. Paper 18.
http://lsr.nellco.org/piercelaw_facseries/18