It allows challenges to PTAB.
Chaikovsky et al. ’24 [Yar R. Chaikovsky is a leading intellectual property lawyer and Chair of the White & Case Global Intellectual Property group; Mark Davies; Ethan Plail; Edred Richardson; White & Case; “Chevron is Done — What Does Loper mean for the PTAB and ITC?” https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/chevron-done-what-does-loper-mean-ptab-and-itc]//LASA-AB
In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Supreme Court expressly overruled Chevron USA Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. This landmark 6-3 ruling ends nearly 40-years of Chevron deference, the doctrine of deferring to an agency's interpretation of allegedly ambiguous statutory language. Instead, courts will now exercise independent judgment over statutory interpretation traditionally under the purview of agencies. This ruling will increase the opportunities for regulated companies to challenge agency rules, including in proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the International Trade Commission (ITC). The ruling also calls into question the powers courts will have to make judgments in the fields of science and tech (including A.I.).