ParkerVision, Inc. has filed a petition for writ of certiorari, docketed on Thursday, November 7,  with the United States Supreme Court, presenting the question of whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s (CAFC’s) habit of issuing one-word affirmances under Rule 36(a) is prohibited under 35 U.S.C. § 144. The underlying cases stem from appeals of two Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decisions in which the Board invalidated all challenged claims of ParkerVision’s U.S. Patent Nos. 7,292,835 and 7,110,444, geared generally to advanced wireless solutions for communications networks.

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