"According to U.S. Courts and as reported by #IPLaw360 earlier today, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ( #CAFC ) Judge Kathleen #OMalley announced on July 27 that she will retire, leaving a vacancy on the court as of March 11, 2022." The #patent #cartel will try to shoehorn a mole as before (Rader, Michel etc): http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Federal_Circuit_%28CAFC%29