No. 21-757
Title:Amgen Inc., et al., Petitioners
v.
Sanofi, et al.
Docketed:November 22, 2021
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
   Case Numbers:(2020-1074)
   Decision Date:February 11, 2021
   Rehearing Denied:June 21, 2021
  Discretionary Court Decision Date:
Questions Presented

DateProceedings and Orders
Nov 18 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 22, 2021)
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Dec 22 2021Brief amici curiae of Association of University Technology Managers, Inc., et al.
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Dec 22 2021Brief amicus curiae of GlaxoSmithKline plc filed.
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Dec 22 2021Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Professors filed.
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Jan 05 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/21/2022.
Jan 11 2022Response Requested. (Due February 10, 2022)
Jan 12 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 10, 2022 to March 14, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
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Jan 14 2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 14, 2022.
Mar 14 2022Brief of respondents Sanofi, et al. in opposition filed.
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Mar 28 2022Reply of petitioners Amgen Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 29 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
Apr 18 2022The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
Sep 21 2022Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
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Oct 04 2022Supplemental brief of petitioners Amgen Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Oct 05 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/28/2022.
Oct 31 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/4/2022.
Nov 04 2022Petition GRANTED limited to Question 2 presented by the petition.
Nov 29 2022Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Sanofi, et al.
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Dec 01 2022Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Amgen Inc., et al.
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Dec 13 2022Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
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Dec 15 2022Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including December 27, 2022. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including February 3, 2023.
Dec 22 2022Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Amgen Inc., et al.
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Dec 27 2022Brief of petitioners Amgen Inc., et al. filed.
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Jan 03 2023Brief amicus curiae of Chemistry and the Law Division of the American Chemical Society filed.
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Jan 03 2023Brief amici curiae of Diversified Researchers and Innovators filed.
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Jan 03 2023Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Patent Practitioners, Inc. filed.
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Jan 03 2023Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Professors filed.
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Jan 03 2023Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
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Jan 03 2023Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party filed.
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Jan 03 2023Brief amicus curiae of The Fynder Group, Inc. d/b/a Nature’s Fynd filed.
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Jan 03 2023Brief amici curiae of REGENXBIO Inc., et al. in support of neither party filed.
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Jan 03 2023Brief amicus curiae of Instil Bio, Inc. filed.
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Jan 03 2023Brief amicus curiae of GlaxoSmithKline plc filed.
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Jan 03 2023Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association in support of neither party filed.
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Jan 03 2023Brief amicus curiae of AbbVie Inc. filed.
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Jan 03 2023Brief amici curiae of High Tech Inventors Alliance, et al. in support of neither party filed.
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Jan 03 2023Motion of Chemistry and the Law Division of the American Chemical Society for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed.
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Jan 03 2023Brief amici curiae of Alliance of U.S. Startups and Inventors for Jobs (USIJ), et al. (1/5/2023) filed.
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Jan 05 2023Response to motion from petitioners Amgen Inc., et al. filed.
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Jan 17 2023Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioner GRANTED.
Jan 31 2023SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 27, 2023.
Feb 03 2023Record requested from the U.S.C.A. for the Federal Circuit.
Feb 03 2023Brief of respondents Sanofi, et al. filed.
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Feb 09 2023Brief amicus curiae of Professor Robin Feldman filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 10 2023Brief amicus curiae of Association for Accessible Medicines filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 10 2023Brief amicus curiae of Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 10 2023Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 10 2023Brief amici curiae of Small and Medium Biotechnology Companies filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 10 2023Brief amici curiae of Arnold Ventures, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 10 2023Brief amicus curiae of Unified Patents, LLC filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 10 2023Brief amici curiae of Genentech, Inc., AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bayer AG, Gilead Sciences, Inc., and Johnson & Johnson filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 10 2023Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Joshua D. Sarnoff, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 10 2023Brief amicus curiae of Pfizer Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 10 2023Brief amici curiae of Eli Lilly and Company, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 10 2023Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Law Professors and Scholars filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 10 2023Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed.
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Feb 10 2023Brief amicus curiae of Public Interest Patent Law Institute filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 10 2023Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 10 2023Brief amicus curiae of Viatris Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Feb 10 2023Brief amici curiae of Sir Gregory Paul Winter, et al. filed. (Feb. 15, 2023 - updated hard copies with page insert of enlarged Figures 1, 2 & 3). (Distributed)
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Feb 13 2023CIRCULATED
Feb 21 2023Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED.
Feb 21 2023Motion of Chemistry and the Law Division of the American Chemical Society for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument DENIED.
Feb 21 2023Record received from the U.S.C.A.-Federal Circuit. The record is available on PACER, except for confidential materials which were transmitted electronically.
Feb 27 2023Sealed records received electronically from the U.S.D.C.-Delaware. The remaining record is available on PACER.
Mar 06 2023Reply of petitioners Amgen Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 16 2023Two copies of model exhibits from the record on appeal received from counsel for petitioners.
Mar 27 2023Argued. For petitioners: Jeffrey A. Lamken, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Paul D. Clement, Alexandria, Va.; and Colleen R. Sinzdak, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
May 18 2023Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
Jun 20 2023Judgment issued.
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NAMEADDRESSPHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
Jeffrey Alan Lamken
    Counsel of Record
MoloLamken LLP
The Watergate, Suite 500
600 New Hampshire Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20037

jlamken@mololamken.com
2025562010
Party name: Amgen Inc., et al.
Attorneys for Respondents
Paul D. Clement
    Counsel of Record
Clement & Murphy, PLLC
706 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

paul.clement@clementmurphy.com
(202) 742-8900
Party name: Sanofi, et al.
Other
Melanie Lynn Bostwick
    Counsel of Record
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
1152 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005

MBOSTWICK@ORRICK.COM
202-339-8483
Party name: Genentech, Inc., AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bayer AG, Gilead Sciences, Inc., and Johnson & Johnson
James D. Crowne
    Counsel of Record
[Self employed]
12102 Lerner Place
Bowie, MD 20715

JDCROWNE@OUTLOOK.COM
301-602-4934
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association
Lauren A. Degnan
    Counsel of Record
Fish & Richardson, P.C.
1000 Maine Ave.
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20024

LAD@FR.COM
2027835070
Party name: Arnold Ventures, The National Center for Health Research, Dr. Aaron S. Kesselheim, Dr. Eliot A. Brinton, Dr. Michael S. Doyle, and Dr. Jerry Avorn
John M. Desmarais
    Counsel of Record
Desmarais LLP
230 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10169

jdesmarais@desmaraisllp.com
212-351-3400
Party name: GSK PLC
Matthew James Dowd
    Counsel of Record
Dowd Scheffel PLLC
1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 1025
Washington, DC 20006

mdowd@dowdscheffel.com
202-559-9175
Party name: The Fynder Group, Inc. d/b/a Nature’s Fynd
Lisa Marie Ferri
    Counsel of Record
Mayer Brown LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americias
New York, NY 10020

LFERRI@MAYERBROWN.COM
212-506-2500
Party name: Unified Patents, LLC
Melvin C. Garner
    Counsel of Record
Leason Ellis LLP
One Barker Avenue
Fifth Floor
White Plains, NY 10601

Garner@Leasonellis.com
(914) 288-0022
Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association
Justin James Hasford
    Counsel of Record
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett and Dunner, LLP
901 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

justin.hasford@finnegan.com
202-408-4175
Party name: Chemistry and the Law Division of the American Chemical Society
Edgar H. Haug
    Counsel of Record
Haug Partners, LLP
745 Fifth Avenue
10th Floor
New York, NY 10151

EHAUG@HAUGPARTNERS.COM
2125880800
Party name: Intellectual Property Law Professors and Scholars
Matthew S. Hellman
    Counsel of Record
Jenner & Block LLP
1099 New York Ave., NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001

MHELLMAN@JENNER.COM
202-639-6000
Party name: Association for Accessible Medicines
Katherine Ann Helm
    Counsel of Record
Dechert LLP
Three Bryant Park
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036

KHELM@DECHERT.COM
212-698-3559
Party name: Eli Lilly and Company, Ipsen Bioscience, Inc. and Innovent Biologics, Inc.
Louis James Hoffman
    Counsel of Record
Hoffman Patent Firm
7689 East Paradise Lane
Suite 2
Scottsdale, AZ 85260-1691

louis@valuablepatents.com
4809483295
Party name: National Association of Patent Practitioners, Inc.
William G. Jenks
    Counsel of Record
Jenks IP Law
1610 Allen St
Reno, NV 89509

wjenks@jenksiplaw.com
2024127964
Party name: Regenxbio Inc., IGM Biosciences, Inc., Adaptive Phage Therapeutics, Inc.
Steffen Nathanael Johnson
    Counsel of Record
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
1700 K Street, NW, Fifth Floor
Washington, DC 20006

SJOHNSON@WSGR.COM
(202) 973-8888
Party name: Viatris Inc.
Jeffrey P. Kushan
    Counsel of Record
Sidley Austin LLP
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005

jkushan@sidley.com
(202) 736-8000
Party name: diversified researchers and innovators
John Randolph Labbe
    Counsel of Record
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
233 S. Wacker Drive, 6300 Willis Tower
Chicago, IL 60606-6357

jlabbe@marshallip.com
312-474-9579
Party name: Instil Bio, Inc.
Mark A. Lemley
    Counsel of Record
Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305

mlemley@law.stanford.edu
650-723-4605
Party name: Intellectual Property Professors
Michael Neil Lloyd
    Counsel of Record
Schiff, Hardin, & Waite
6600 Sears Tower
233 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606-6473

nlloyd@afslaw.com
312.258.5628
Party name: Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC
Jonathan S. Massey
    Counsel of Record
Massey & Gail LLP
1000 Maine Avenue SW
Suite 450
Washington, DC 20024

jmassey@masseygail.com
202-652-4511
Party name: AbbVie Inc.
Jeremy P. Oczek
    Counsel of Record
Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
200 Delaware Avenue
Suite 900
Buffalo, NY 14202

OCZEKJP@BSK.COM
716-416-7037
Party name: Law Professors Joshua D. Sarnoff, Sharon K. Sandeen, and Ana Santos Rutschman
Mark Andrew Perry
    Counsel of Record
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP
2001 M Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

MARK.PERRY@WEIL.COM
(202) 682-7105
Party name: Small and Medium Biotechnology Companies
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General
United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

SUPREMECTBRIEFS@USDOJ.GOV
202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Gideon Alexander Schor
    Counsel of Record
Center for Innovation, UC Law San Francisco
200 McAllister Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

schorgideon@uchastings.edu
415-565-4661
Party name: Professor Robin Feldman
Charles W. Shifley
    Counsel of Record
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
71 S. Wacker Drive, 36th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606

cshifley@bannerwitcoff.com
312-463-5000
Party name: Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago
Nina Kosana Srejovic
    Counsel of Record
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001

NS1258@GEORGETOWN.EDU
4152545754
Party name: Public Interest Patent Law Institute
Robert P. Taylor
    Counsel of Record
RPT Legal Strategies PC
2443 Fillmore Street, Suite 332
San Francisco, CA 94115

robert.taylor@rptstrategies.com
(650) 400-6995
Party name: Alliance of U.S. Startups and Inventors for Jobs and and Innovation Alliance
Amit Hasit Thakore
    Counsel of Record
White & Case LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020

ATHAKORE@WHITECASE.COM
(212) 819-2692
Party name: Pfizer Inc.
John D. Vandenberg
    Counsel of Record
Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
121 S.W. Salmon Street
Suite 1000
Portland, OR 97204

john.vandenberg@klarquist.com
503-595-5300
Party name: High Tech Inventors Alliance and The Computer & Communications Industry Association
Sophie Feifei Wang
    Counsel of Record
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110

SWANG@CHOATE.COM
6172485000
Party name: Sir Gregory Paul Winter and Interested Scientists
Vanessa Y. Yen
    Counsel of Record
King & Spalding LLP
1185 Avenue of the Americas, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10036

vyen@kslaw.com
2122182212
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association