| No. 18-801 | |
| Title: | Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office, Petitioner v. NantKwest, Inc. |
| Docketed: | December 21, 2018 |
| Linked with 18A369 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (2016-1794) |
| Decision Date: | July 27, 2018 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Oct 04 2018 | Application (18A369) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 25, 2018 to November 23, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
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| Oct 05 2018 | Application (18A369) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 23, 2018. |
| Nov 13 2018 | Application (18A369) to extend further the time from November 23, 2018 to December 21, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Proof of ServiceWritten Request | |
| Nov 14 2018 | Application (18A369) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 21, 2018. |
| Dec 21 2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 22, 2019) |
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| Jan 22 2019 | Brief of respondent NantKwest, Inc. in opposition filed. |
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| Feb 04 2019 | Reply of petitioner Andrei Iancu filed. |
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| Feb 06 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019. |
| Feb 25 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019. |
| Mar 04 2019 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Mar 26 2019 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Apr 03 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits is granted. The time to file joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including May 17, 2019. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 15, 2019. |
| May 08 2019 | Letter of substitution of petitioner received. |
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| May 17 2019 | Brief of petitioner Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office, filed. |
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| May 17 2019 | Joint appendix filed. |
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| May 23 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of R Street Institute filed. |
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| May 24 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Federal Circuit Bar Association in support of neither party filed. |
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| Jun 25 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. |
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| Jul 01 2019 | SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, October 7, 2019. |
| Jul 15 2019 | Brief of respondent NantKwest, Inc. filed. |
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| Jul 22 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of The American Bar Association filed. |
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| Jul 22 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed. |
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| Jul 22 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago filed. |
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| Jul 22 2019 | Brief amici curiae of The Association of Amicus Counsel, et al. filed. |
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| Jul 22 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of The International Trademark Association filed. |
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| Jul 22 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed. |
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| Jul 22 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Association of the Bar of the City of New York filed. |
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| Jul 22 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of IEEE-USA filed. |
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| Aug 01 2019 | CIRCULATED |
| Aug 14 2019 | Reply of petitioner Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 16 2019 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit. |
| Aug 27 2019 | Complete record located on PACER (U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit and U.S.D.C. Eastern Dist, VA). |
| Oct 07 2019 | Argued. For petitioner: Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Mr. Morgan Chu, Los Angeles, Cal. |
| Dec 11 2019 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Jan 13 2020 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Noel J. Francisco Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Morgan Chu Counsel of Record | Irell & Manella 1800 Avenue of the Stars Suite 900 Los Angeles, CA 90067-4276 MChu@Irell.com | 3102771010 |
| Party name: NantKwest, Inc. | ||
| Other | ||
| William Paul Atkins Counsel of Record | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 1650 Tysons Boulevard 14th Floor Mclean, VA 22102 william.atkins@pillsburylaw.com | 703-770-7900 |
| Party name: Federal Circuit Bar Association | ||
| Robert M. Carlson Counsel of Record | American Bar Association 321 N. Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654 abapresident@americanbar.org | 312-988-5000 |
| Party name: American Bar Association | ||
| Gregory Andrew Castanias Counsel of Record | Jones Day 51 Louisiana Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 gcastanias@jonesday.com | 2028793639 |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association | ||
| Theodore H. Davis Jr. | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP 1100 Peachtree Street Suite 2800 Atlanta, GA 30309-4530 tdavis@kilpatricktownsend.com | 4048156534 |
| Party name: The American Bar Association | ||
| Charles Duan Counsel of Record | R Street Institute 1212 New York Ave NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005 cduan@rstreet.org | (202) 525-5717 |
| Party name: R Street Institute | ||
| Margaret M. Duncan Counsel of Record | McDermott Will & Emery LLP 444 W. Lake Street Suite 4000 Chicago, IL 60606 mduncan@mwe.com | (312) 372-2000 |
| Party name: The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago | ||
| Philip Laurence Hirschhorn Counsel of Record | Buchanan lngersoll & Rooney PC 640 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10019 philip.hirschhorn@bipc.com | 212-440-4400 |
| Party name: Association of the Bar of the City of New York | ||
| Jeffrey I. D. Lewis Counsel of Record | Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP 1301 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 jeffrey.lewis@nortonrosefulbright.com | 1-212-318-3363 |
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Assoc. | ||
| Charles Robert Macedo Counsel of Record | Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP 90 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016 cmacedo@arelaw.com | 212-336-8000 |
| Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association | ||
| Charles E. Miller Counsel of Record | The Association of Amicus Counsel 228 East 45th Street, Suite 605 New York, NY 10017 charles.miller@cmilleriplaw.com | 212-419-5210 |
| Party name: The Association of Amicus Counsel, InfoTech Law Offices, Isshiki & Co., and Law Offices of Hiraide & Takahashi | ||
| Richard Alan Neifeld Counsel of Record | Neifeld IP Law, PC 5400 Shawnee Road Alexandria, VA 22312 rneifeld@neifeld.com | 7034150012 |
| Party name: IEEE-USA | ||
| Lawrence K. Nodine Counsel of Record | Ballard Spahr, LLP 999 Peachtree St., NE Suite 1000 Atlanta, GA 30309 nodinel@ballardspahr.com | (678) 420-9422 |
| Party name: The International Trademark Association | ||