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   United States Court of Appeals
       for the Federal Circuit
                 ______________________

           MYLAN LABORATORIES LTD.,
                   Appellant

                           v.

         JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA, N.V.,
                   Appellee

   ANDREW HIRSHFELD, PERFORMING THE
    FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE UNDER
       SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR
 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF
 THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK
                   OFFICE,
                   Intervenor
             ______________________

                       2021-1071
                 ______________________

     Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
 Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2020-
 00440.
                  ______________________

                     ON MOTION
                 ______________________

    DEEPRO MUKERJEE, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP,
 New York, NY, argued for appellant. Also represented by
 LANCE SODERSTROM; JOHNJERICA HODGE, ERIC THOMAS
 WERLINGER, Washington, DC; JITENDRA MALIK, Charlotte,
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 NC.

    PRATIK A. SHAH, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
 LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellee. Also repre-
 sented by Z.W. JULIUS CHEN; RUBEN H. MUNOZ, Philadel-
 phia, PA; ANDREW D. COHEN, BARBARA MULLIN, Patterson
 Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY.

     MELISSA N. PATTERSON, Appellate Staff, Civil Division,
 United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, ar-
 gued for intervenor. Also represented by WEILI J. SHAW;
 MICHAEL S. FORMAN, MARY L. KELLY, THOMAS W. KRAUSE,
 FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED, MOLLY R. SILFEN, Office of
 the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office,
 Alexandria, VA.
                   ______________________

     Before NEWMAN, MOORE, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.
 MOORE, Circuit Judge.
                         ORDER
     Mylan Laboratories Ltd. appeals a Patent Trial and
 Appeal Board (Board) decision that denied institution of in-
 ter partes review (IPR) for U.S. Patent No. 9,439,906.
 Mylan Labs. Ltd. v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V., No.
 IPR2020-00440, 2020 WL 5580472 (P.T.A.B. Sept. 16,
 2020) (Board Decision). It also seeks mandamus relief. 1
 Janssen, the patent owner, moves to dismiss Mylan’s

     1   Mylan cited the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, in
 its Notice of Appeal and requested mandamus at argu-
 ment. See Notice of Appeal at 1. We hold that sufficient to
 seek mandamus relief in the circumstances of this case.
 GTNX, Inc. v. INTTRA, Inc., 789 F.3d 1309, 1312 (Fed. Cir.
 2015) (interpreting notice of appeal that cited § 1651 as
 seeking mandamus).
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 appeal for lack of jurisdiction. The United States Patent
 and Trademark Office (Patent Office) intervened and sup-
 ports Janssen’s motion. Because we lack jurisdiction over
 appeals from decisions denying institution, we grant
 Janssen’s motion to dismiss. Although we have jurisdic-
 tion over mandamus petitions challenging such decisions,
 Mylan has not shown it is entitled to such an extraordinary
 remedy. Thus, we dismiss Mylan’s appeal and deny its re-
 quest for mandamus.
                         BACKGROUND
     In 2019, Janssen sued Mylan in district court for in-
 fringing certain claims in the ’906 patent. Less than six
 months later, Mylan petitioned for IPR of that patent. It
 raised four grounds for the unpatentability of certain
 claims, all based on 35 U.S.C. § 103. Opposing institution,
 Janssen claimed IPR would be an inefficient use of Board
 resources because of two co-pending district court actions:
 the suit against Mylan and another suit against Teva Phar-
 maceuticals USA, Inc. It argued the validity issues in
 those co-pending actions overlapped with Mylan’s petition
 and that both actions would likely reach final judgment be-
 fore any IPR final written decision.
      The Board agreed with Janssen and denied institution.
 Board Decision at *1–11. In exercising its discretion, the
 Board applied its six-factor standard for evaluating
 whether to deny institution in view of an earlier trial date
 in a co-pending district court proceeding. See Apple v. Fin-
 tiv, IPR2020-00019, 2020 WL 2126495 (P.T.A.B. Mar. 20,
 2020) (precedential) (the Fintiv factors 2).      It found

     2   The factors are: “(1) whether the [district] court
 granted a stay or evidence exists that one may be granted
 if a proceeding is instituted; (2) proximity of the [district]
 court’s trial date to the Board’s projected statutory dead-
 line for a final written decision; (3) investment in the
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 substantial overlap between the issues raised in Mylan’s
 IPR petition and the co-pending district court actions. It
 also found both district court actions would likely reach fi-
 nal judgement before any final written decision. The
 Board, in part, relied on the Teva trial date, which was only
 a few weeks away. Thus, the Board concluded it would be
 an inefficient use of resources to institute IPR.
     Mylan appeals. It claims “(1) that the Board’s determi-
 nation to deny institution . . . based on the timing of a sep-
 arate district-court litigation to which Petitioner is not a
 party, undermines Petitioner’s constitutional and other
 due process rights; and (2) the Board’s continued adoption
 and application of non-statutory institution standards
 through ad hoc proceedings lie in contrast to congressional
 intent.” Notice of Appeal at 1. It also requests mandamus
 relief on the same grounds.
                         DISCUSSION
     Janssen’s motion implicates two distinct jurisdictional
 questions: first, whether we have jurisdiction over Mylan’s
 direct appeal, and second, whether we have jurisdiction
 over Mylan’s request for mandamus. We address each
 question in turn.
                                I
     The jurisdiction of federal courts is limited to those
 cases and controversies delineated in Article III of the Con-
 stitution. And the “[j]urisdiction of the lower federal courts

 parallel proceeding by the [district] court and the parties;
 (4) overlap between issues raised in the petition and in the
 parallel proceeding; (5) whether the petitioner and the de-
 fendant in the parallel proceeding are the same party; and
 (6) other circumstances that impact the Board’s exercise of
 discretion, including the merits.” Apple v. Fintiv, IPR2020-
 00019, 2020 WL 2126495, at *2 (P.T.A.B. Mar. 20, 2020).
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 is further limited to those subjects encompassed within a
 statutory grant of jurisdiction.” Ins. Corp. of Ireland v.
 Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee, 456 U.S. 694, 701
 (1982). Because no statute grants us jurisdiction over ap-
 peals from decisions denying institution, we must dismiss
 Mylan’s direct appeal.
     Our general grant of jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C.
 § 1295(a)(4), and the appeal bar, 35 U.S.C. § 314(d), are
 most relevant here. Read together, those statutes preclude
 direct appeal from a decision denying institution:
     •   § 1295(a)(4): [We] shall have exclusive jurisdic-
         tion . . . of an appeal from a decision of [Board]
         with respect to . . . inter partes review . . . .
     •   § 314(d): No Appeal. The determination by the
         Director whether to institute an inter partes re-
         view under this section shall be final and non-
         appealable.
 (emphases added). At a first glance, the “appeal from a de-
 cision” language in § 1295(a)(4) seems broad, perhaps
 broad enough to reach an appeal from a decision denying
 institution. But § 314(d), the more specific statute, dispels
 any such notion. See, e.g., Morales v. Trans World Airlines,
 Inc., 504 U.S. 374, 384 (1992) (“[I]t is a commonplace of
 statutory construction that the specific governs the gen-
 eral.”). Section 314(d) prevents “appeal” from a decision
 denying institution. Without the ability to “appeal,” par-
 ties cannot make use of § 1295(a)(4)’s jurisdictional grant.
     Our decision in St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division,
 Inc. v. Volcano Corp., 749 F.3d 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2014) recog-
 nized the limits § 314(d) places on our § 1295 jurisdiction.
 There, we held “that we may not hear [an] appeal from the
 Director’s denial of [a] petition for inter partes review.” Id.
 at 1375. We relied “on the structure of the [IPR] provisions,
 on the language of section 314(d) within that structure,
 and on our jurisdictional statute read in light of those
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 provisions.” Id. Specifically, we determined that § 314(d)
 barred “an appeal of the non-institution decision” at issue.
 Id. at 1376. 3
      Mylan argues the Supreme Court has undermined St.
 Jude, but that is not so. Every relevant Supreme Court
 case involved an appeal from a final written decision—not
 an institution decision. In that posture, 35 U.S.C. § 319
 provided jurisdiction: “a party dissatisfied with the final
 written decision of the [Board] . . . may appeal . . . .” So
 there was no reason to consider how § 314(d) affects
 § 1295(a)(4). When the Supreme Court discussed decisions
 denying institution, however, it suggested such decisions
 are unreviewable. In Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v.
 Lee, 136 S. Ct. 2131, 2140 (2016), the Court noted that de-
 cisions denying institution are “committed to agency dis-
 cretion.” Id. (citing 5 U.S.C. §§ 701(a)(2) and 35 U.S.C.
 § 314(a)). That suggests that, consistent with St. Jude, de-
 cisions denying institution are not subject to review on di-
 rect appeal.
     To be sure, the Supreme Court has recognized and re-
 lied upon the “strong ‘presumption in favor of judicial re-
 view.’” SAS Inst. Inc. v. Iancu, 138 S. Ct. 1348, 1359 (2018)
 (quoting Cuozzo, 136 S. Ct. at 2140). But that does not un-
 dermine St. Jude or our reasoning here. Section 314 bars
 direct appeal from a decision denying institution.
      No other statute provides jurisdiction over Mylan’s ap-
 peal. First, 35 U.S.C. § 319 is limited to “final written de-
 cisions under section 318(a).” It does cross reference other

     3   We see no conflict between our decisions in St. Jude
 and Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., 880 F.3d 1345,
 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2018). Arthrex’s holding that an adverse
 judgment under 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b) is appealable pursu-
 ant to § 1295 does not conflict with St. Jude’s holding that
 non-institution decisions are nonappealable.
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 statutes, 35 U.S.C. § 141–44, but nothing in the cross-ref-
 erenced statutes broadens § 319’s plain language. See id.
 § 141(c) (allowing appeal of “final written decision . . . un-
 der section 318(a)”). This is not a final written decision.
 Second, the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 701–
 706, cannot confer jurisdiction over decisions denying insti-
 tution. GTNX, Inc., 789 F.3d at 1313 (holding the APA “is
 not a jurisdiction-conferring statute” (internal quotation
 omitted)). Nor could it overcome § 314(d)’s specific bar on
 appeals from institution decisions. Morales, 504 U.S. at
 384 (holding “the specific governs the general”).
     Therefore, no statute confers jurisdiction over appeals
 from decisions denying institution. Without such a statute,
 we lack jurisdiction over those appeals. See Ins. Corp. of
 Ireland, 456 U.S. at 701. Accordingly, we grant Janssen’s
 motion and dismiss Mylan’s direct appeal.
                               II
     While there is no avenue for direct appeal of decisions
 denying institution, we conclude that judicial review is
 available in extraordinary circumstances by petition for
 mandamus. Mandamus is not a remedy unique to our
 Court. The All Writs Act provides that “the Supreme Court
 and all courts established by an Act of Congress may issue
 all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective
 jurisdictions . . . .” 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a). We have long
 known the All Writs Act “does not expand a court’s juris-
 diction.” See, e.g., Cox v. West, 149 F.3d 1360, 1363 (Fed.
 Cir. 1998). It is, however, “well settled that ‘the authority
 of the appellate court is not confined to the issuance of
 writs in aid of jurisdiction already acquired by appeal but
 extends to those cases which are within its appellate juris-
 diction although no appeal has been perfected.’” Tele-
 comms. Rsch. & Action Ctr. v. F.C.C., 750 F.2d 70, 76 (D.C.
 Cir. 1984) (TRAC) (quoting F.T.C. v. Dean Foods Co., 384
 U.S. 597, 603–04 (1966)). “In other words, section 1651(a)
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 empowers a federal court to issue writs of mandamus nec-
 essary to protect its prospective jurisdiction.” Id.
      We must be careful not to read “prospective” jurisdic-
 tion too broadly, however. If every event that “might lead
 to a filing before an agency or lower court, which might lead
 to an appeal to this court” fell within that category, our pro-
 spective jurisdiction would be boundless. In re Tennant,
 359 F.3d 523, 529 (D.C. Cir. 2004); accord In re Donohoe,
 311 F. App’x 357, 358 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (non-precedential)
 (citing Tennant). “[I]t is easy enough to spin out ‘for want
 of a nail’ scenarios from any set of facts that could eventu-
 ally lead to this court.” Tennant, 359 F.3d at 529. But
 when a party has “at least [taken] the first preliminary
 step that might lead to appellate jurisdiction in this court
 in the future,” prospective jurisdiction has been triggered.
 Id. The preliminary step of an IPR is the filing of a petition,
 and the Director has the discretion to grant or deny such
 petition. 35 U.S.C. § 314(a); Cuozzo, 136 S. Ct. at 2140.
 From beginning to end, the “petition . . . guide[s] the life of
 [IPR] litigation.” SAS, 138 S. Ct. at 1356.
     And we have exclusive jurisdiction over any permissi-
 ble appeal from a final decision of the Board in an IPR. In
 general, 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(4) provides us “exclusive juris-
 diction” over Board decisions to the extent they are appeal-
 able. Likewise, 35 U.S.C. § 141(c) allows “a party to an
 inter partes review . . . who is dissatisfied with the final
 written decision” to “appeal the Board’s decision only to”
 this Court. “The structure of th[is] statutory scheme . . .
 reveals congressional intent to preclude district court re-
 view of IPR decisions.” Sec. People, Inc. v. Iancu, 971 F.3d
 1355, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2020). And we are aware of no other
 potential forum for review of IPR decisions. See generally
 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a) (“No State court shall have jurisdiction
 over any claim for relief arising under any Act of Congress
 relating to patents . . . .”). Thus, this Court alone has pro-
 spective jurisdiction once a petitioner seeks IPR.
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     When institution is denied, the appeal bar in § 314(d)
 prevents any direct appeal. But that statute is silent with
 respect to mandamus. There is no reason, therefore, to
 think § 314(d) also divests us of mandamus jurisdiction. In
 fact, when the Board denies institution, our mandamus ju-
 risdiction is especially important. Like unreasonable delay
 of agency action, a decision denying institution “defeats
 [our] prospective jurisdiction.” Cf. Int’l Union, United Mine
 Workers of Am. v. U.S. Dep’t of Labor, 358 F.3d 40, 43 (D.C.
 Cir. 2004) (holding mandamus review is available when an
 agency withdraws a proposed rule and the court had exclu-
 sive jurisdiction to review any promulgated rule). A deci-
 sion denying institution prevents the Board from issuing
 any final decision that falls within our direct appellate ju-
 risdiction. We must, therefore, be able to protect our pro-
 spective jurisdiction through mandamus. 4 We conclude
 that challenges to the denial of institution fall within the
 TRAC rubric. To protect our future jurisdiction, we have
 jurisdiction to review any petition for a writ of mandamus
 denying institution of an IPR.
     Though not explicitly, precedent confirms the existence
 of our mandamus jurisdiction. Several petitioners have
 sought mandamus relief from some aspect of an institution

     4    We note that the government agrees that this court
 has jurisdiction to review a petition for writ of mandamus
 challenging the denial of institution in order to protect its
 jurisdiction. Oral Arg. at 29:12–29:44 (government: “I
 don’t think there is some sort of jurisdictional limit” for
 seeking mandamus), 31:25–32:20 (government: The Fed-
 eral Circuit can “act in aid of its jurisdiction . . . by enter-
 taining petitions for writs of mandamus,” applying TRAC),
 http://oralarguments.cafc.uscourts.gov/default.aspx?fl=21-
 1071_02122021.mp3; cf. id. at 01:05:36–06:14 (Janssen: “I
 agree with everything [the government] said about manda-
 mus.”).
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 decision. See, e.g., In re Power Integrations, Inc., 899 F.3d
 1316, 1318 (Fed. Cir. 2018); GTNX, Inc., 789 F.3d at 1313;
 In re Dominion Dealer, 749 F.3d 1379, 1381 (Fed. Cir.
 2014); see also, e.g., Apple Inc. v. Optis Cellular Tech., LLC,
 No. 2021-1043, 2020 WL 7753630, at *1 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 21,
 2020) (non-precedential); In re Cisco Sys. Inc., 834 F. App’x
 571, 573 (Fed. Cir. 2020) (non-precedential). Each time, we
 held the petitioner had failed to show a clear right to relief
 and denied mandamus rather than dismissed the petition.
 Though the opinions are silent as to jurisdiction, to reach
 that question, we must have had jurisdiction. In other
 cases, we have explicitly suggested the possibility of man-
 damus relief: “mandamus may be available to challenge
 the PTO’s decision to grant a petition to institute IPR after
 the Board’s final decision in situations where the PTO has
 clearly and indisputably exceeded its authority.” In re
 Cuozzo Speed Techs., LLC, 793 F.3d 1268, 1274 (Fed. Cir.
 2015), aff’d on other grounds sub nom., Cuozzo, 136 S. Ct.
 2131.
     Ultimately, Mylan triggered our exclusive jurisdiction
 by petitioning for IPR. It set the administrative machinery
 into motion and opened an avenue for appellate jurisdic-
 tion, no matter how “prospective or potential that jurisdic-
 tion might be.” Tennant, 359 F.3d at 529. And we may
 consider any petition for a writ of mandamus in order to
 protect that jurisdiction. Accordingly, we have jurisdiction
 to consider Mylan’s request for mandamus on the merits.
                                III
     Mylan believes it is entitled to mandamus relief based
 on two statutory challenges and one constitutional chal-
 lenge. First, it faults the Patent Office for adopting the
 Fintiv standard through a precedential Board decision, ra-
 ther than notice-and-comment rulemaking. By doing so,
 Mylan claims, the Board exceeded the scope of its statutory
 authority. See 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(2). Second, Mylan argues
 the Fintiv standard unlawfully shortens the limitations
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 period for filing an IPR. Id. § 315(b). Finally, Mylan con-
 tends the Fintiv standard is unconstitutional as applied
 here. It claims that its due process rights were violated
 when the Board relied on the Teva litigation to deny insti-
 tution.
      Mandamus is a “drastic and extraordinary remedy re-
 served for really extraordinary causes.” Cheney v. U.S.
 Dist. Court for D.C., 542 U.S. 367, 380 (2004). “[O]nly ex-
 ceptional circumstances amounting to a judicial usurpation
 of power, or a clear abuse of discretion will justify” such
 relief. Id. (internal citations and quotation omitted). “As
 the writ is one of the most potent weapons in the judicial
 arsenal, three conditions must be satisfied before it may
 issue.” Id. (internal quotation and citation omitted). The
 petitioner must: (1) show that it has a clear and indisputa-
 ble legal right; (2) show it does not have any other adequate
 method of obtaining relief; and (3) convince the court that
 the writ is appropriate under the circumstances. Id. at
 380–81 (citation omitted).
      When a mandamus petition challenges a decision deny-
 ing institution, the mandamus standard will be especially
 difficult to satisfy. The scope of our review of a mandamus
 petition over a denial of institution is very narrow. As the
 Supreme Court has explained, “the [Patent Office]’s deci-
 sion to deny a petition is a matter committed to the Patent
 Office’s discretion. See [5 U.S.C.] § 701(a)(2); 35 U.S.C.
 § 314(a) (no mandate to institute review).” Cuozzo, 136
 S. Ct. at 2140. The Director is permitted, but never com-
 pelled, to institute an IPR. And no petitioner has a right
 to such institution. For example, the Director is free, as in
 this case, to determine that for reasons of administrative
 efficiency an IPR will not be instituted, as agencies gener-
 ally are free, for similar reasons, to choose not to initiate
 enforcement proceedings. Heckler v. Chaney, 470 U.S. 821,
 830–32 (1985). And the Supreme Court has determined
 that such a decision is committed to agency discretion by
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 law. Cuozzo, 136 S. Ct. at 2140. Given this determination
 and the statute’s bestowal of discretion on the Director
 combined with its prohibition on appeal of such decisions,
 we conclude that there is no reviewability of the Director’s
 exercise of his discretion to deny institution except for col-
 orable constitutional claims. Cf., e.g., Webster v. Doe, 486
 U.S. 592, 603–04 (1988) (holding that a “colorable” consti-
 tutional claim was reviewable in district court even where
 the substance of the underlying termination decision was
 not); Woodward v. United States, 871 F.2d 1068, 1072 (Fed.
 Cir. 1989) (“While the statute and cited authorities indicate
 that the Secretary’s discretion is generally unfettered, em-
 ployment actions claimed to be based on constitutionally
 infirm grounds are nevertheless subject to judicial re-
 view.”). 5

      5  We need not decide whether any petition for writ of
 mandamus challenging the Patent Office’s grant of institu-
 tion could ever be meritorious. Decisions granting institu-
 tion involve a fundamentally different calculus. See
 Cuozzo, 136 S. Ct. at 2153 n.6 (Alito, J., concurring-in-part
 and dissenting-in-part) (“A patent challenger does not have
 nearly as much to lose from an erroneous denial of inter
 partes review as a patent owner stands to lose from an er-
 roneous grant of inter partes review.”). The majority in
 Cuozzo cited the dissent’s footnote 6 with approval. Id. at
 2140.
     We note that the Supreme Court has suggested deci-
 sions granting institution may be reviewable (to a limited
 extent) on direct appeal from a final written decision. See
 Cuozzo, 136 S. Ct. at 2141–42; see also SAS, 138 S. Ct. at
 1359 (reviewing “exactly the sort of question” Cuozzo left
 open). The availability of review on direct appeal may pre-
 clude mandamus, which requires that no other adequate
 avenue for relief be possible. See Cheney, 542 U.S. at 380.
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      While we need not explore the outer contours of possi-
 bility, it is difficult to imagine a mandamus petition that
 challenges a denial of institution and identifies a clear and
 indisputable right to relief. Certainly, this is not such a
 petition. Mylan lacks a clear and indisputable right to re-
 view of the Patent Office’s determination to apply the Fin-
 tiv factors or the Patent Office’s choice to apply them in this
 case through adjudication rather than notice-and-comment
 rulemaking. Given the limits on our reviewability, Mylan’s
 ultra vires argument cannot be a basis for granting the pe-
 tition for mandamus. Mylan’s time bar argument under
 § 315(b) fails for the same reason.
     Finally, Mylan fails to state a colorable claim for con-
 stitutional relief. It does not identify a deprivation of “life,
 liberty, [or] property,” so any procedural due process chal-
 lenge is foreclosed. Stone v. F.D.I.C., 179 F.3d 1368, 1375
 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (“Procedural due process requires that cer-
 tain substantive rights—life, liberty, and property—cannot
 be deprived except pursuant to constitutionally adequate
 procedures.”); see also Oral Arg. at 44:38–46:15 (question-
 ing whether deprivation of a property right is required for
 a due process claim, but not identifying any property right).
 To be sure, we have held that a judgment must not bind a
 person “who was not party or privy and therefore has never
 had an opportunity to be heard.” See, e.g., In re Trans Tex.
 Holdings Corp., 498 F.3d 1290, 1297 (Fed. Cir. 2007). But
 that rule is inapposite here. Mylan will not be bound by
 the Teva litigation; it is free to litigate the ’906 patent
 claims’ validity in its own district court case.
     Likewise, we are aware of no “history [or] tradition”
 that supports a fundamental right to have the Board con-
 sider whether to institute one’s IPR petition based only
 upon co-pending litigation to which you are a party. Wash-
 ington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702, 720–21 (1997). That is,
 Mylan had no right for its petition to be considered without
 reference to the Teva litigation and no right to an IPR.
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 Thus, Mylan has also failed to state a colorable claim under
 substantive due process.
                             *     *     *
      For the foregoing reasons, we lack jurisdiction over
 Mylan’s direct appeal. Though we have jurisdiction over
 its request for mandamus, Mylan has failed to show a clear
 right to relief. Accordingly,
       IT IS ORDERED THAT:
       (1) Janssen’s motion is granted;
       (2) Mylan’s petition for a writ of mandamus is denied;
 and
       (3) Costs are awarded to Janssen.

                                         FOR THE COURT

  March 12, 2021                         /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
      Date                               Peter R. Marksteiner
                                         Clerk of Court