Supreme court grants cert in PARTIAL INSTITUTION OF IPR

On May 22, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in SAS Institute v. Lee, 825 F. 3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2016), cert granted, No. 16-969 (June 12, 2017) regarding partial institution of IPR. The Court presented the following question:  Does 35 USC 318(a) require the PTAB to issue a final written decision as to every claim challenged by the petitioner or does it allow the Board to issue a final written decision with respect to patentability of only some of the patent claims challenged by the petitioner.