Whether the regional Federal Reserve Banks — the "operating arms" of the Federal Reserve System, which is the central bank of the United States — are "distinct" from the Federal Government, and qualify as "persons" permitted to seek post-issuance patent review under the America Invents Act, when the Federal Government may not under the Court's holding in Return Mail, Inc. v. United States Postal Serv., 139 S. Ct. 1853 (2019).

Whether the regional Federal Reserve Banks are distinct from the Federal Government and qualify as 'persons' permitted to seek post-issuance patent review under the America Invents Act