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Docket for 18-801

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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
Rehearing Denied:
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

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.
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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