Kappos v. Hyatt

Kappos v. Hyatt, 566 U.S. 431 (2012), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that there are no limitations on a plaintiff's ability to introduce new evidence in a §145 proceeding other than those in the Federal Rules of Evidence and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.[1] The petitioner in the case was David Kappos, who was then serving as Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Kappos v. Hyatt
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 9, 2012 Decided April 18, 2012
Full case name	David Kappos, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Gilbert P. Hyatt
Docket no.	10-1219
Citations	566 U.S. 431 (more) 132 S. Ct. 1690; 182 L. Ed. 2d 704; 2012 U.S. LEXIS 3107; 80 U.S.L.W. 4333; 102 U.S.P.Q.2d 1337
Argument	Oral argument
Case history
Prior	Decision against petitioner, unreported (BPAI 2001); summary judgement for defendant sub nom. Hyatt v. Dudas, 2006 WL 4606037 (D.D.C. 2005); affirmed sub nom. Hyatt v. Doll, 576 F.3d 1246 (Fed. Cir. 2009); vacated and remanded on en banc rehearing, 625 F.3d 1320 (Fed. Cir. 2010); certiorari granted, 131 S.Ct. 3064 (2011)
Holding
There are no limitations on a plaintiff's ability to introduce new evidence in a §145 proceeding other than those in the Federal Rules of Evidence and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Thomas, joined by unanimous
Concurrence	Sotomayor, joined by Breyer
Laws applied
35 U.S.C. § 145