50 shades of Edmond

Remember the controversy over whether judges of the service Courts of Criminal Appeals are principal or inferior officers for Appointments Clause purposes? A case that was just argued in the Supreme Court will likely draw on Edmond v. United States, 520 U.S. 651 (1997), but it has to do with administrative patent judges. Here is SCOTUSblog's account of the oral argument in United States v. Arthrex, Inc., No. 19-1434.