No. 08-964
Title:
Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw, Petitioners
v.
David J. Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office
Docketed:January 30, 2009
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  Case Nos.:(2007-1130)
  Decision Date:October 30, 2008
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aug 3 2008 Brief amicus curiae of Conejo Valley Bar Association in support of Neither Party filed.
Jan 28 2009 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 2, 2009)
Feb 4 2009 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.
Feb 25 2009 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including April 1, 2009.
Feb 25 2009 Brief amicus curiae of John P. Sutton filed.
Feb 27 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Medistem, Inc. filed.
Mar 2 2009 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed.
Mar 2 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Anne E. Barschall filed.
Mar 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of Accenture and Pitney Bowes Inc. filed.
Mar 2 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Franklin Pierce Law Center filed.
Mar 2 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Boston Patent Law Association filed.
Mar 2 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. filed.
Mar 2 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Borland Software Corporation filed.
Mar 27 2009 Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including May 1, 2009.
May 1 2009 Brief of respondent John J. Doll, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director, Patent and Trademark Office in opposition filed.
May 8 2009 Reply of petitioners Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw filed.
May 12 2009 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 28, 2009.
Jun 1 2009 Petition GRANTED.
Jun 9 2009 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners
Jun 25 2009 The time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 30, 2009.
Jun 25 2009 The time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 25, 2009.
Jul 21 2009 Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent.
Jul 22 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Timothy F. McDonough, Ph.D. filed.
Jul 24 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Telecommunications Systems, Inc. in support of neither party filed.
Jul 24 2009 Brief amici curiae of Gary W. Odom and Jordan M. Kuhn in support of neither party filed.
Jul 30 2009 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs received)
Jul 30 2009 Brief of petitioners Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw filed.
Aug 3 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Conejo Valley Bar Association in support of neither party filed.
Aug 4 2009 Brief amicus curiae of On Time Systems, Inc., in support of neither party filed.
Aug 5 2009 Brief amici curiae of Monogram Biosciences, Inc., et al in support of neither party filed.
Aug 5 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association in support of neither party filed.
Aug 5 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party filed.
Aug 5 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Caris Diagnostics, Inc. filed.
Aug 5 2009 Brief amici curiae of Association Internationale Pour la Protection de la Propriete Intellectuelle, et al. filed.
Aug 5 2009 Brief amici curiae of Accenture and Pitney Bowes Inc. filed.
Aug 5 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Boston Patent Law Association filed.
Aug 5 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Georgia Biomedical Partnership, Inc. filed.
Aug 5 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Washington State Patent Law Association filed.
Aug 5 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Raymond C. Meiers in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amici curiae of Entrepreneurial Software Companies in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Yahoo! Inc. in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Austin Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amici curiae of Biotechnology Industry Organization, et al. in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of International Business Machines Corporation in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Prometheus Laboratories Inc. in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Business Software Alliance in support of affirmance filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amici curiae of 20 Law and Business Professors in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Federal Circuit Bar Association in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Teles AG in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Medtronic, Inc. in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amici curiae of Robert R. Sachs and Daniel R. Brownstone in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Legal OnRamp in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amici curiae of Regulatory Datacorp., et al. in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of University of South Florida filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of AwakenIP, LLC filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amici curiae of Double Rock Corporation, et al. filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Federation Internationale Des Conseils En Propriete Industrielle in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Borland Software Corporation filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Novartis Corporation filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Houston Intellectual Property Law Association filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Franklin Pierce Law Center filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Law Professor Kevin Emerson Collins in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Dr. Ananda Chakrabarty filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amici curiae of Dolby Laboratories, Inc., et al. in support of neither party filed.
Aug 6 2009 Brief amicus curiae of John Sutton filed.
Aug 17 2009 SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Monday, November 9, 2009
Aug 17 2009 Record received from U.S.C.A. for Federal Circuit. (1 Box)
Aug 18 2009 CIRCULATED.
Sep 1 2009 Brief amici curiae of Profesor Lee A. Hollaar, and IEEE-USA filed. (Distributed)
Sep 25 2009 Brief of respondent David J. Kappos, Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office filed. (Distributed)
Sep 25 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Section of the Nevada State Bar filed. (Distributed)
Oct 1 2009 Brief amici curiae of Center for Advanced Study and Research in Intellectual Property, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 1 2009 Brief amici curiae of Internet Retailers filed. (Distributed)
Oct 1 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Red Hat, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Software Freedom Law Center filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of Eleven Law Professors filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of Microsoft Corporation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Software & Information Industry Association filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Tethys Bioscience, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amicus curiae of William Mitchell College of Law Intellectual Property Institute filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of Bank of America Corporation, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of Professors Peter S. Menell and Michael J. Meurer filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of Entrepreneurial and Consumer Advocates filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of American Insurance Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of American Medical Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of Computer and Communications Industry Association filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amici curiae of Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Bloomberg L.P. filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Knowledge Ecology International filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Free Software Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Oct 2 2009 Brief amicus curiae of Mark Landesmann filed. (Distributed)
Oct 26 2009 Reply of petitioners Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw filed. (Distributed)
Nov 9 2009 Argued. For petitioners: J. Michael Jakes, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Jun 28 2010 Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, except for Parts II-B-2 and II-C-2. Roberts, C. J., and Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined the opinion in full, and Scalia, J., joined except for Parts II-B-2 and II-C-2. Stevens, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Scalia, J., joined as to Part II.
Jul 30 2010 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Aug 13 2010 Record returned to U.S.C.A. for Federal Circuit.


~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioners:
J. Michael Jakes Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP(202) 408-4000
    Counsel of Record901 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20001-4413
mike.jakes@finnegan.com
Party name: Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw
Attorneys for Respondent:
Elena Kagan Solicitor General(202) 514-2217
    Counsel of Record United States Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Party name: David J. Kappos, Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office
 
Malcolm L. Stewart Deputy Solicitor General(202) 514-2201
Department of Justice
Washington, DC  20530
malcolm.l.stewart@usdoj.gov
Party name: David J. Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office
Other:
Meredith Martin Addy Steptoe & Johnson, LLP(312) 577-1300
115 South LaSalle St., Suite 3100
Chicago, IL  60603
maddy@steptoe.com
Party name: Accenture and Pitney Bowes Inc.
 
Scott E. Bain Software & Information Industry Association(202) 289-7442
1090 Vermont Avenue, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC  20005
sbain@siia.net
Party name: Software & Infomation Industry Association
 
Narinder S. Banait Fenwick & West LLP(650)-335-7818
801 California Street
Mountain View, CA  94041
nbanait@fenwick.com
Party name: Monogram Biosciences, Inc., et al in support of neither party
 
Anne E. Barschall 80 Benedict Avenue (914)-332-1019
Tarrytown, NY  10591
aebarschall@yahoo.com
Party name: Anne E. Barschall
 
David M. Bennion Parsons Behle & Latimer(801) 532-1234
201 South Main Street
Salt Lake City, UT  84111
dbennion@parsonsbehle.com
Party name: Profesor Lee A. Hollaar, and IEEE-USA
 
Thomas S. Biemer Dilworth Paxson LLP(215) 575-7000
1500 Market Street
Suite 3500E
Philadelphia, PA  19102
Party name: Teles AG in support of neither party
 
Karen I. Boyd Turner Boyd LLP(650)-533-7572
2625 Middlefield Rd. #675
Palo Alto, CA  94306
Party name: Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Tethys Bioscience, Inc.
 
Peter J. Brann Brann & Issacson(207) 786-3566
184 Main Street, P.O. Box 3070
Lewiston, ME  04243-3070
pbrann@brannlaw.com
Party name: Internet Retailers
 
Richard P. Bress Latham & Watkins LLP(202) 637-2200
555 11th Street, N.W.
Suite 1000
Washington, DC  20004
rick.bress@lw.com
Party name: Prometheus Laboratories Inc. in support of neither party
 
Jerry Cohen Burns & Levinson LLP(617) 345-3000
125 Summer Street
Boston, MA  02110
Party name: Free Software Foundation
 
Catriona M. Collins 100 Park Avenue(646) 321-8443
Suite 1600
New York, NY  10017
Party name: Legal OnRamp in support of neither party
 
Kevin Emerson Collins Indiana University(812)-856-1841
Maurer School of Law Bloomington
211 S. Indiana Avenue
Bloomington, IN  47405
kevcolli@indiana.edu
Party name: Law Professor Kevin Emerson Collins in support of neither party
 
John L. Cooper Farella Braun + Martel LLP(415) 954-4400
235 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA  94105
Party name: Dolby Laboratories, Inc., et al. in support of neither party
 
Michael H. Davis 50 Avenue A(917) 771-0235
Suite 3A
New York, NY  1000-7364
Party name: Knowledge Ecology International
 
John F. Duffy Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP(202) 639-7000
1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20004
Party name: Regulatory Datacorp., et al. in support of neither party
 
Gregg William Emch MacMillan Sobanski & Todd LLC(419)-255-5900
One Maritime Plaza, Fifth Floor
720 Water Street
Toledo, OH  43604
Party name: Raymond C. Meiers in support of neither party
 
Thomas G. Field Jr. Professor of Law(603) 513-5147
Franklin Pierce Law Center
2 White Street
Concord, NH  03301
Party name: Franklin Pierce Law Center
 
Edward Anthony Figg 425 K Street, NW(202) 783-6040
Suite 800
Washington, DC  20004
Party name: Biotechnology Industry Organization, et al. in support of neither party
 
George L. Graff 112 Holly Place(914) 762-3706
Briarcliff Manor, NY  10510
glgraff@graffadr.com
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association in support of neither party
 
Robert P. Greenspoon Flachsbart & Greenspoon, LLC(312) 551-9500
333 N. Michigan Ave., 27th Floor
Chicago, IL  60601
rpg@fg-law.com
Party name: Telecommunications Systems, Inc. in support of neither party
 
Jack E. Haken Philips Intellectual Property & Standards(914) 945-6000
345 Scarborough Road
Briarcliff Manor, NY  10510
Party name: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
 
R. Mark Halligan Nixon Peabody LLP(312) 425-8657
300 S. Riverside Plaza
Chicago, IL  60606
Party name: Association Internationale Pour la Protection de la Propriete Intellectuelle, et al.
 
F. Scott Kieff 1111 23rd Street NW(202) 558-6667
Apt. 3d
Washington, DC  20037
Party name: Dr.Ananda Chakrabarty
 
William H. Kitchens Arnall golden Gregory LLP(404) 873-8500
171 17th Street, NW
Atlanta, GA  30363
Party name: Georgia Biomedical Partnership, Inc.
 
Peter J. Knudsen Woodcock Washburn, LLP(206)-332-1380
999 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA  98104
pknudsen@woodcock.com
Party name: Washington State Patent Law Association
 
Scott S. Kokka Kokka & Backus, PC(650) 566-9912
703 High Street
Palo Alto, CA  94301-2447
Party name: Borland Software Corporation
 
Jennifer Claire Kuhn 5003 Timberline Dr. (512)-731-1847
Austin, TX  78746
jenkuhn@austin.rr.com
Party name: Austin Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party
 
Jeffrey A. Lamken MoloLamken LLP(202) 556-2000
The Watergate, Suite 660
600 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20037
jlamken@mololamken.com
Party name: Novartis Corporation
 
Carolyn B. Lamm President(312) 988-5000
American Bar Association
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60654-7598
clamm@whitecase.com
Party name: American Bar Association
 
William Morris Lamoreaux 900 Jackson Street, Suite 180(214) 747-2012
Dallas, TX  75202
Party name: Timothy F. McDonough, Ph.D.
 
Robert C. Laurenson 4 Park Plaza, Suite 1000(949) 759-5269
Irvine, CA  92614
Party name: San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association
 
Joel R. Leeman Bromberg and Sunstein LLP(617) 443-9292
125 Summer Street
Boston, MA  02210-1618
Party name: Boston Patent Law Association
 
Mark A. Lemley William H. Neuman Professor(650) 723-4605
Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA  94305-
mlemley@law.stanford.edu
Party name: 20 Law and Business Professors in support of neither party
 
Allonn E. Levy Hopkins & Carley(408) 286-9800
70 South First Street
San Jose, CA  95113
Party name: Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, et al.
 
Jeff Lloyd Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik(352)-375-8100
A Professional Association
P.O. Box 142950
Gainesville, FL  32614-2950
JL@slspatents.com
Party name: University of South Florida
 
Charles R. Macedo Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP(212)-336-8000
90 Park Avenue
New York, NY  10016
cmacedo@arelaw.com
Party name: Double Rock Corporation, et al.
 
Glenn B. Manishin Duane Morris LLP(202) 776-7800
505 9th Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC  20004
gbmanishin@duanemorris.com
Party name: Computer and Communications Industry Association
 
Johnathan E. Mansfield Pacwest Center(503)-222-9981
1211 S.W. 5th Avenue
Suite 1900
Portland, OR  97204
jmansfield@schwabe.com
Party name: Gary W. Odom and Jordan M. Kuhn
 
Edward D. Manzo Cook Alex Ltd.(312) 236-8500
200 West Adams
Suite 2850
Chicago, IL  60606
Party name: Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago in support of neither party
 
Robert Allison Matthews Jr. Latimer Mayberry & Matthews IP Law, LLP(434)-525-1141
1750 Kraft Drive, Suite 1190
Blacksburg, VA  24060
Party name: Medistem, Inc.
 
Ann Marie McCrackin University of New Hampshire School of Law(603) 228-1541
Two White Street
Concord, NH  03301
mccrackin@law.unh.edu
Party name: Franklin Pierce Law Center
 
James F. McKeown Crowell & Moring202624
1001 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC  20004
Party name: Federal Circuit Bar Association in support of neither party
 
Peter S. Menell Koret Professor of Law and Director(510) 642-5489
Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
UC Berkeley School of Law
Boalt Hall
Berkeley, CA  94720
pmenell@law.berkeley.edu
Party name: Professors Peter S. Menell and Michael J. Meurer
 
Stuart Philip Meyer Fenwick & Wick LLP(650)-988-8500
801 California Street
Mountainview, CA  94041
smeyer@fenwick.com
Party name: On Time Systems, Inc., in support of neither party
 
Eben Moglen Software Freedom Law Center(212) 461-1900
1995 Broadway, 17th Floor
New York, NY  10023
moglen@softwarefreedom.org
Party name: Software Freedom Law Center
 
R. Carl Moy William Mitchell College of Law(651) 290-6344
Intellectual Property Institute
875 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN  55105
Party name: William Mitchell College of Law Intellectual Property Institute
 
James R. Myers Ropes & Gray LLP(202) 508-4600
One Metro Center
700 12th Street, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC  20005
Party name: American Insurance Association, et al.
 
Kelsey I. Nix Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP(212) 728-8000
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY  10019
Party name: Bloomberg L.P.
 
Mark A. Perry Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP(202) 955-8500
1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
mperry@gibsondunn.com
Party name: Microsoft Corporation, et al.
 
Andrew J. Pincus Mayer Brown LLP(202) 263-3000
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC  20006-1101
apincus@mayerbrown.com
Party name: Business Software Alliance
 
Harry J. Roper Jenner & Block LLP(312) 222-9350
353 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL  60611
HRoper@jenner.com
Party name: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America in support of neither party
 
Robert C. Ryan Holland & Hart LLP(775) 327-3000
5441 Kietzke Lane, 2nd Fl.
Reno, NV  89511
Party name: Intellectual Property Section of the Nevada State Bar
 
Robert R. Sachs Fenwick & West LLP(415) 875-2300
555 California Street
12th Floor
San Francisco, CA  94105
rsachs@fenwick.com
Party name: Robert R. Sachs and Daniel R. Brownstone in support of neither party
 
Joshua D. Sarnoff DePaul University College of Law(312) 362-6326
25 E. Jackson
Chicago, IL  60604
jsarnoff@depaul.edu
Party name: Eleven Law Professors
 
Andrew L. Schlafly 939 Old Chester Road(908) 719-8608
Far Hills, NJ  07931
aschlafly@aol.com
Party name: Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense
 
Gideon A. Schor 1301 Avenue of the Americas(212) 999-5800
40th Floor
New York, NY  10019
Party name: Caris Diagnostics, Inc.
 
Jason M. Schultz UC Berkeley School of Law(510) 642-1957
Berkeley, CA  94720-7200
Party name: Entrepreneurial and Consumer Advocates
 
Steven C. Sereboff SoCal IP Law Group LLP(805)-230-1350
310 N. Westlake Blvd., Suite 120
Westlake Village, CA  91362
ssereboff@socalip.com
Party name: Conejo Valley Bar Association
 
Shaun R. Snader Foley & Lardner(202) 672-5300
3000 K Street, NW
Suite 500
Washington, DC  20007-5143
Party name: Mark Landesmann
 
Howard Lyman Speight 1 Shell Plaza 910 Louisiana Street(713) 881-9600
Houston, TX  77002
Party name: Houston Intellectual Property Law Association
 
Richard H Stern Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel PLLC(202) 326-7900
1615 M Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC  20036
Party name: Center for Advanced Study and Research in Intellectual Property, et al.
 
Robert Greene Sterne Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox PLLC(202) 772-8555
1100 NY Ave, NW
Washington, DC  20005
Party name: Entrepreneurial Software Companies in support of neither party
 
Catherine E. Stetson Hogan Lovells US LLP(202) 637-5491
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
cate.stetson@hoganlovells.com
Party name: International Business Machines Corporation in support of neithr party
 
Katherine J. Strandburg New York University School of Law(212) 998-6269
40 Washington Square South
New York, NY  10012
katherine.strandburg@nyu.edu
Party name: American Medical Association, et al.
 
Lawrence M. Sung Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP(202) 346-8000
1101 New Ork Avenue NW
Washington, DC  20005
Party name: Medtronic, Inc. in support of neither party
 
John P Sutton 125 Race Street (530) 477-8538
Grass Valley, CA  95945
johnpsutton@earthlink.net
Party name: John Sutton
 
John P. Sutton 2421 Pierce Street(415) 929-7408
San Francisco, CA  94115-1131
Party name: John P. Sutton
 
Joel H. Thornton The Thornton Firm(706) 266-6836
P.O. Box 129
Rome, GA  30162
Party name: AwakenIP, LLC
 
Robert H. Tiller Red Hat, Inc.(919) 754232
100 East Davie Street
Raleigh, NC  27601
rtiller@redhat.com
Party name: Red Hat, Inc.
 
Maxim H. Waldbaum Eaton & Van Winkle(212) 779-9910
3 Park Ave.
New York, NY  10016
mwaldbaum@evw.com
Party name: Federation International Des Conseils En Propriete Industrielle in support of neither party
 
Seth P. Waxman Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP(202) 663-6000
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com
Party name: Bank of America Corporation, et al.
 
William K. West Jr. Howrey LLP(202) 783-0800
1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20004
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association
 
Christopher J. Wright Wiltshire & Grannis LLP(202) 730-1300
1200 Eighteenth St., N.W.
Suite 1200
Washington, DC  20036
cwright@wiltshiregrannis.com
Party name: Yahoo. Inc. in support of neither party