Article suggestion: What would be the most significant impacts to patent law if Chevron deference is removed by the Supreme Court?

The Supreme Court has granted cert. in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. The issue in that case is:

Whether the court should overruleĀ Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, or at least clarify that statutory silence concerning controversial powers expressly but narrowly granted elsewhere in the statute does not constitute an ambiguity requiring deference to the agency.

An interesting article would be one that considers how overruling of Chevron would impact patent law. Would the current make-up of the Federal Circuit be a better or worse choice in deciding historically Chevron issues, as opposed to deference to administrative officials at the USPTO?

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