By Kevin E. Noonan — At least some of the judges on the Federal Circuit have been reported to have voiced some frustration regarding the number of appeals of decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that are on the Court’s docket, particularly Board decisions in inter partes review. There being little evidence that this trend will not continue, the Court recently rendered its decision of Board decisions in two related appeals, in St. Jude Medical, LLC v. Snyders Heart Valve LLC. The matter arose in two inter partes review proceedings, wherein St. Jude challenged the claims of U.S….
