No. 15-1182
Title:
Sequenom, Inc., Petitioner
v.
Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc., et al.
Docketed:March 21, 2016
Linked with 15A871
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  Case Nos.:(2014-1139, 2014-1144)
  Decision Date:June 12, 2015
  Rehearing Denied:December 2, 2015

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Feb 18 2016 Application (15A871) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 1, 2016 to April 1, 2016, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Feb 22 2016 Application (15A871) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until April 1, 2016.
Mar 21 2016 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 20, 2016)
Mar 28 2016 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for petitioner.
Mar 28 2016 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. ("Ariosa").
Mar 30 2016 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent DNA Diagnostics Center, Inc.("DDC").
Mar 31 2016 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondent Natera, Inc..
Mar 31 2016 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 20, 2016, for all respondents.
Apr 1 2016 Brief amici curiae of Eli Lilly and Company, et al. filed.
Apr 15 2016 Brief amicus curiae of The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys filed.
Apr 18 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed.
Apr 19 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Dr. Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty filed.
Apr 19 2016 Brief amici curiae of BioIndustry Association, et al. filed.
Apr 19 2016 Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Metabolon, Inc. filed.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Coalition for 21st Century Medicine filed.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Novartis AG filed.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Microsoft Corporation filed.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amici curiae of Professor Jeffrey A. Lefstin, et al. filed.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Murgitroyd & Company filed.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amici curiae of Biotechnology Innovation Organization, et al. filed.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amici curiae of Amarantus Bioscience Holdings, Inc., et al. filed.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amici curiae of Population Diagnostics, Inc., et al. filed.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amicus curiae of JYANT Technologies, Inc. filed.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amici curiae of 19 Law Professors filed.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amici curiae of Professor Timo Minssen, et al. filed.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office filed.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Federal Circuit Bar Association filed.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, et al. filed.
Apr 20 2016 Brief amicus curiae of Boston Patent Law Association filed.
May 20 2016 Brief of respondents Natera, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
May 20 2016 Brief of respondent Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. in opposition filed.
Jun 6 2016 Reply of petitioner Sequenom, Inc. filed.
Jun 7 2016 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 23, 2016.
Jun 27 2016 Petition DENIED.


~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Thomas C. Goldstein Goldstein & Russell, P.C.(202) 362-0636
    Counsel of Record7475 Wisconsin Ave.
Suite 850
Bethesda, MD  20814
tg@goldsteinrussell.com
Party name: Sequenom, Inc.
Attorneys for Respondents:
David Isaac Gindler Irell & Manella, LLP(310) 277-1010
    Counsel of Record1800 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA  90067
dgindler@irell.com
Party name: Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc.
 
Mark A. Perry Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP(202) 955-8500
    Counsel of Record1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20036-5306
mperry@gibsondunn.com
Party name: Natera, Inc., et al.
Other:
Frank A. Angileri Brooks Kushman PC(248) 358-4400
1000 Town Center
Twenty Second Floor
Southfield, MI  48075
fangiler@brookskushman.com
Party name: Federal Circuit Bar Association
 
Robert A. Armitage 320 Seaview Court(703) 801-6334
Marco Island, FL  34145
raarmitage@aol.com
Party name: Eli Lilly and Company, et al.
 
Daniel A. Boehnen McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP(312) 913-0001
300 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL  60606
boehnen@mbhb.com
Party name: The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
 
William Alan Carroll Brinks Gilson & Lione(312) 321-4200
455 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL  60611-5599
wcarroll@brinksgilson.com
Party name: Metabolon, Inc.
 
Andrew John Dhuey 456 Boynton Avenue (510) 528-8200
Berkeley, CA  94707
ajdhuey@comcast.net
Party name: Professor Timo Minssen, et al.
 
Matthew James Dowd Andrews Kurth LLP(202) 662-2700
1350 I Street NW
Washington, DC  20005
matthewdowd@andrewkurth.com
Party name: JYANT Technologies, Inc.
 
David Alan Gass Marshall, Gerstein & Borun, LLP(312) 474-6300
233 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL  60606
dgass@marshallip.com
Party name: Biotechnology Innovation Organization, et al.
 
Benjamin G. Jackson Myriad Genetics, Inc.(801) 584-3600
320 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City, UT  84108
bjackson@myriad.com
Party name: Coalition for 21st Century Medicine
 
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: Microsoft Corporation
 
Roy I. Liebman 460 West 34th Street, 4th Floor(212) 685-9800
New York, NY  10001
rliebman@counselpress.com
Party name: Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office
 
Konstantin M. Linnik Nutter McClennen & Fish, LLP617-439-2000
155 Seaport Blvd
Boston, MA  02210
linnik@nutter.com
Party name: BioIndustry Association, et al.
 
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: Professor Jeffrey A. Lefstin, et al.
 
Kevin Edward Noonan McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff, LLP(312) 913-0001
300 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL  60606
noonan@mbhb.com
Party name: 19 Law Professors
 
Goutam Patnaik Pepper Hamilton LLP(202) 220-1237
Hamilton Square
600 Fourteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005-2004
patnaikg@pepperlaw.com
Party name: Murgitroyd & Company
 
Irena Royzman Paterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, LLP(212) 336-2000
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY  10036
iroyzman@pbwt.com
Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association
 
Corey A. Salsberg Novartis International AG+41 61 324-4320
Novartis Campus
CH-4002 Basel, XX
corey.salsberg@novartis.com
Party name: Novartis AG
 
Gideon A. Schor Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.(212) 497-7753
1301 6th Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, NY  10019
gschor@wsgr.com
Party name: Amarantus Bioscience Holdings, Inc., et al. Population Diagnostics, Inc., et al.
 
Robert M. Schulman Arent Fox, LLP(202) 857-6000
1717 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006
robert.schulman@arentfox.com
Party name: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, et al.
 
Timothy Robert Shannon Verrill Dana, LLP(207) 253-4622
One Portland Square
Portland, ME  04101
tshannon@verrilldana.com
Party name: Boston Patent Law Association
 
Teige Patrick Sheehan Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti, P.C.0518-452-5600
5 Columbia Circle
Albany, NY  12203
tps@hrfmlaw.com
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association