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No. 20-440
Title:	Minerva Surgical, Inc., Petitioner v. Hologic, Inc., et al.
Docketed:	October 6, 2020

Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case Numbers:	(2019-2054, 2019-2081)
Decision Date:	April 22, 2020
Rehearing Denied:	July 22, 2020
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Questions Presented

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Sep 30 2020	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2020)
	Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Oct 14 2020	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Minerva Surgical, Inc.
	Blanket Consent Proof of Service
Nov 05 2020	Brief of respondents Hologic, Inc., et al. in opposition filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Nov 05 2020	Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Professors filed.
	Main Document Other Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Nov 05 2020	Brief amicus curiae of Engine Advocacy filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Nov 24 2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020.

Nov 24 2020	Rescheduled.

Nov 24 2020	Reply of petitioner Minerva Surgical, Inc. filed.
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Dec 09 2020	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.

Jan 08 2021	Petition GRANTED.

Feb 22 2021	Brief of petitioner Minerva Surgical, Inc. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 22 2021	Joint appendix volumes 1 and 2 with supplemental appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
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Feb 22 2021	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Minerva Surgical, Inc.
	Blanket Consent Proof of Service
Feb 25 2021	Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association in support of neither party filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Feb 26 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Engine Advocacy filed.
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Mar 01 2021	Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Law Professors filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 01 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed in support of neither party.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 01 2021	Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed in support of neither party.
	Main Document Proof of Service Certificate of Word Count
Mar 01 2021	Brief amicus curiae of United States in support of neither party filed.
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Mar 01 2021	Brief amicus curiae of New York City Bar Association in support of neither party filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 12 2021	SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

Mar 15 2021	Record requested.

Mar 24 2021	Brief of respondents Hologic, Inc., et al. filed.
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 26 2021	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
	Main Document Proof of Service
Mar 30 2021	CIRCULATED

Mar 31 2021	Brief amicus curiae of United Therapeutics Corp. filed. (Distributed)
	Main Document Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Mar 31 2021	Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed. (Distributed)
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Mar 31 2021	Brief amici curiae of Leading Technology Composites, Inc. and Clarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems LLC filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 05 2021	Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Apr 07 2021	Reply of petitioner Minerva Surgical, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
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Apr 21 2021	Argued. For petitioner: Robert N. Hochman, Chicago, Ill. For United States, as amicus curiae: Morgan L. Ratner, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Matthew M. Wolf, Washington, D. C.

Jun 29 2021	Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Barrett, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined.

Aug 02 2021	JUDGMENT ISSUED.

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioner
Robert N. Hochman Counsel of Record	Sidley Austin, LLP One South Dearborn Street Chicago, IL 60603 rhochman@sidley.com	(312) 853-2936
Party name: Minerva Surgical, Inc.
Attorneys for Respondent
Matthew McManus Wolf Counsel of Record	Arnold & Porter LLP 601 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 matthew.wolf@arnoldporter.com	2029425462
Party name: Hologic, Inc., et al.
Other
Christopher Theodore Bavitz Counsel of Record	Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School 1585 Massachusetts, Ave, Suite WCC 5018 Cambridge, MA 02138 cbavitz@law.harvard.edu	6174965155
Party name: Engine Advocacy
Robert M. Isackson Counsel of Record	Leason Ellis LLP One Barker Avenue Fifth Floor White Plains, NY 10601 isackson@leasonellis.com	914-821-1618
Party name: Intellectual Property Owners Association
Mark A. Lemley Counsel of Record	559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 mlemley@durietangri.com	650-723-4605
Party name: Intellectual Property Professors
Phillip Robert Malone Counsel of Record	Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 pmalone@law.stanford.edu	650-725-6369
Party name: Intellectual Property Law Professors
Richard Thomas Matthews Counsel of Record	Williams Mullen 301 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1700 Raleigh, NC 27601 rmatthews@williamsmullen.com	919-981-4000
Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association
Charles Luther McCloud Counsel of Record	Williams & Connolly LLP 725 12th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 lmccloud@wc.com	202-434-5586
Party name: United Therapeutics Corp.
Daniel Roy Ortiz Counsel of Record	580 Massie Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 dortiz@law.virginia.edu	4349243127
Party name: Leading Technology Composites, Inc. and Clarkwestern Dietrich Building Systems LLC
Aaron Ligoury Joseph Pereira Counsel of Record	Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP 2001 Market Street Suite #2800 Philadelphia, NJ 19103 apereira@panitchlaw.com	2159651348
Party name: New York City Bar Association
Elizabeth B. Prelogar	Acting Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov	202-514-2217
Party name: United States
Irena Royzman Counsel of Record	Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 iroyzman@kramerlevin.com	(212) 715-9100
Party name: New York Intellectual Property Law Association.
Thomas Glenn Saunders Counsel of Record	Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 thomas.saunders@wilmerhale.com	202-663-6536
Party name: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America