Since U.S. District Judge Alan Albright took the bench, patent holders have flocked to file their cases in the Waco Division of the Western District of Texas. In a little over two years, the Waco Division has established its place. The Waco Division's growing prominence combines with changes at every level of the federal government—a new president, a new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director yet to be named, a Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property with leaders interested in patent eligibility reform, and a new chief judge for the Federal Circuit. Looking at all these changes and pandemic-related trial delays, here are our observations.