Noah P. Healy v. John A. Squires, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Whether an Article III court may affirm an administrative agency decision while dismissing unrebutted record evidence as “unpersuasive,” without providing any explanation sufficient to permit meaningful judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act. Whether an Article III court may affirm an administrative agency decision that rests on contradictory statutory determinations, without reconciling those inconsistencies or providing an explanation sufficient to permit meaningful judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act.