Chevron Deference to the USPTO at the Federal Circuit

Authors

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.

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

Field, Thomas G. Jr., "Chevron Deference to the USPTO at the Federal Circuit" (2002). Law Faculty Scholarship. 397.
https://scholars.unh.edu/law_facpub/397

Additional Information

This article was also made available as Paper 11 in the Pierce Law Faculty Scholarship Series by NELLCO (nellco.org).