| ~~Date~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Feb 9 2001 | Application (A00-698) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ |
| | of certiorari from February 27, 2001 to March 29, 2001, submitted |
| | to The Chief Justice. |
| Feb 13 2001 | Application (A00-698) granted by the Chief Justice extending the |
| | time to file until March 29, 2001. |
| Mar 16 2001 | Application (A00-698) to extend further the time to file a |
| | petition for a writ of certiorari from March 29, 2001 to April 28, |
| | 2001, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Mar 20 2001 | Application (A00-698) granted by the Chief Justice extending the |
| | time to file until April 9, 2001. |
| Apr 9 2001 | Petition for writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 9, 2001) |
| Apr 9 2001 | Appendix of petitioner Festo Corp. filed. |
| Apr 27 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Association of Patent Law Firms filed. |
| May 8 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Federation Internatl.Des Conseils En Propriete |
| | Industrielle filed. |
| May 8 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Association of |
| | Chicago filed. |
| May 9 2001 | Brief of respondent Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co.,Ltd. in |
| | opposition filed. |
| May 9 2001 | Brief amici curiae of International Business Machines Corporation, et |
| | al. filed. |
| May 9 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Federal Circuit Bar Association filed. |
| May 9 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association |
| | filed. |
| May 9 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Creators filed. |
| May 9 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed. |
| May 9 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, et |
| | al. filed. |
| May 9 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Chiron Corporation, et al. filed. |
| May 9 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, et al. |
| | filed. |
| May 9 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Applera Corporation filed. |
| May 21 2001 | Reply brief of petitioner Festo Corporation filed. |
| May 22 2001 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 7, 2001 |
| Jun 11 2001 | REDISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 14, 2001 |
| Jun 18 2001 | Petition GRANTED. |
| | SET FOR ARGUMENT January 8, 2002. |
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| Jul 5 2001 | Order extending time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's |
| | brief on the merits to and including August 31, 2001. |
| Aug 28 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Vincent P. Tassinari filed. |
| Aug 29 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Sean Patrick Suiter filed. |
| Aug 30 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Federation Internatl.Des Conseils En Propriete |
| | Industrielle filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Litton Systems, Inc. filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief of petitioner Festo Corp. filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Creators, et al. filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Houston Intectual Property Law Association |
| | filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association |
| | filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Federal Circuit Bar Association filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of ASTA Medic Aktiengesellschaft filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, et al. |
| | filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of National Bar Association filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | |
| | Brief amicus curiae of Patent, Trademark, & Copyright Section of Bar |
| | Assoc. of D.C. filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Joint appendix filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Joint appendix filed in two volumes (vol.2 is an 8 1/2 x11 size |
| | booklet). |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of National Intellectual Property Law Institute |
| | filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Institute of Electrical and Electronic |
| | Engineers filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Chiron Corporation filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Bose Corporation filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company, et |
| | al. filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Celltech Group PLC. filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law |
| | Association filed. |
| Aug 31 2001 | LODGING consisting of twenty sets of nine documents submitted by |
| | counsel for amicus ASTA Medica Aktiengesellschaft. |
| Sep 14 2001 | Order extending time to file respondents' brief on the merits to |
| | and including October 31, 2001. |
| Oct 31 2001 | Brief of respondents Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., et al. |
| | filed. |
| Oct 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Consumer Project on Technology filed. |
| Oct 31 2001 | Brief amici curiae of International Business Machines Corporation, et |
| | al. filed. |
| Oct 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Applera Corporation filed. |
| Oct 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Genentech, Inc. filed. |
| Oct 31 2001 | Brief amici curiae of Intel Corporation, et al. filed. |
| Oct 31 2001 | Brief amicus curiae of Medimmune, Inc. filed. |
| Nov 6 2001 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral |
| | argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Nov 8 2001 | CIRCULATED. |
| Nov 30 2001 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral |
| | argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument DISTRIBUTED. |
| Nov 30 2001 | Reply brief of petitioner Festo Corp. filed. |
| Dec 3 2001 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral |
| | argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. |
| Jan 8 2002 | ARGUED. |
| Jan 10 2002 | Record filed. |
| Apr 2 2002 | Letter from counsel for the respondent received and distributed. |
| May 28 2002 | Adjudged to be VACATED and REMANDED Kennedy, J., delivered the |
| | opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Jun 27 2002 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Jul 1 2002 | Record returned to the USDC Dist. of Massachusetts. |
| Jul 1 2002 | Record returned to the USCA for the Federal Circuit. |
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| ~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~~Phone~~~ |
| Attorneys for Petitioner: | | |
| Robert H. Bork | 1150 17th Street, N.W. | 2028625851 |
| Suite 1000 | |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| Party name: Festo Corp. |
| | | |
| Attorneys for Respondent: | | |
| Arthur I. Neustadt | Crystal Square 5, Suite 400 | 7034133000 |
| 1755 Jefferson Davis Highway | |
| Arlington, VA 22202 | |
| Party name: Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co. |
| | | |
| Other Attorneys: | | |
| Scott H. Blackman | Lyon & Lyon | 2023313600 |
| 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: Association of Patent lawyers |
| | | |
| Christopher A. Hughes | Morgan & Finnegan | 2127584800 |
| 345 Park Avenue | |
| New York, NY 10154 | |
| Party name: International Business Machines Coproration, et al. |
| | | |
| Maxim H. Waldbaum | Salans Hertzfeld Heilbronn | 2126325500 |
| 620 Fifh Avenue | |
| New York, NY 10020 | |
| Party name: Federation Internatl.Des Conseils En Propriete Industrielle |
| | | |
| Cynthia A. Homan | NBC Tower, #3600 | 3123214200 |
| 455 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive | |
| Chicago, IL 60611 | |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago |
| | | |
| Claire Laporte | Foley Hoag Eliot | 6178321000 |
| One Post Office Square | |
| Boston, MA 02109 | |
| Party name: Federal Circuit Bar Association |
| | | |
| Janice M. Mueller | John Marshall Law School | 3124272737 |
| 315 S. Plymouth Court | |
| Chicago, IL 60604 | |
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association |
| | | |
| David Roy Pressman | 1070 Green St., #1402 | 4157763960 |
| San Francisco, CA 94133-5418 | |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Creators |
| | | |
| Gerald Sobel | 425 Park Avenue | 2128368000 |
| New York, NY 10022 | |
| Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States |
| | | |
| Gary L. Griswold | Minn. Mining & Mfg. | 6517338904 |
| P.O. Box 33427 | |
| St. Paul, MN 55133-3427 | |
| Party name: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, et al. |
| | | |
| Donald S. Chisum | 755 Page Mill Road | 6508135600 |
| Palo Alto, CA 94304-1018 | |
| Party name: Chiron Corporation, et al. |
| | | |
| James Phillip Chandler | Chandler Law Firm | 2028424800 |
| 1815 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| Party name: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, et al. |
| | | |
| Matthew D. Powers | Weil Gotshal & Manges | 6509266200 |
| 2882 Sand Hill Road, #280 | |
| Menlo Park, CA 94025 | |
| Party name: Applera Corporation |
| | | |
| Vincent P. Tassinari | 3232 N. Halsted St., #D908 | 7734720316 |
| Chicago, IL 60657-3476 | |
| Party name: Vincent P. Tassinari |
| | | |
| John G. Roberts Jr. | Hogan & Hartson | 2026375810 |
| 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. | |
| Washington, DC 20004 | |
| Party name: Litton Systems, Inc. |
| | | |
| Sean P. Suiter | 14301 FNB Parkway | 4024960300 |
| Suite 220 | |
| Omaha, NE 68154 | |
| Party name: Sean Patrick Suiter |
| | | |
| Solicitor General | U.S. Department of Justice | |
| Washington, DC 20530 | |
| Party name: United States |
| | | |
| Steve L. Winter | 250 Joralemon St. | 7187807550 |
| Brooklyn, NY 11201 | |
| Party name: Intellectual Property Creators, et al. |
| | | |
| Sharon A. Israel | 1100 Louisiana St., Ste. 1800 | 7132862035 |
| Houston, TX 77002 | |
| Party name: Houston Intectual Property Law Association |
| | | |
| Lawrence M. Sung | 515 West Lombard St. | 4107061052 |
| Baltimore, MD 21201 | |
| Party name: American Intellectual Property Law Association |
| | | |
| Steven B. Kelber | 1200 Nineteenth St., NW | 2028613900 |
| Washington, DC 20036 | |
| Party name: ASTA Medic Aktiengesellschaft |
| | | |
| Robert E. Hirshon | 750 N. Lake Shore Dr. | 3129885000 |
| Chicago, IL 60611 | |
| Party name: American Bar Association |
| | | |
| Susan G. Braden | 815 Connecticut Ave., NW | 2024527075 |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| Party name: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, et al. |
| | | |
| Edward W. Gray Jr. | 1801 K St., NW | 2024197000 |
| Suite 401L | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| Party name: National Bar Association |
| | | |
| William P. Atkins | 1600 Tysons Blvd. | 7039052000 |
| McLean, VA 22102 | |
| Party name: Patent, Trademark, & Copyright Section of Bar Assoc. of D.C. |
| | | |
| James Phillip Chandler | Suite 300 | 2022968484 |
| 1815 Pennsylvania Ave.,NW | |
| Washington, DC 20006 | |
| Party name: National Intellectual Property Law Institute |
| | | |
| Andrew C. Greenberg | 777 S. Harbour Island Blvd. | 8138217000 |
| Tampa, FL 33602 | |
| Party name: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
| | | |
| Charles Hieken | 225 Franklin St. | 6175425070 |
| Boston, MA 02110-2804 | |
| Party name: Bose Corporation |
| | | |
| Carter G. Phillips | 1501 K St., NW | 2027368000 |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company, et al. |
| | | |
| Manny D. Pokotilow | 1635 Market St. | 2155672010 |
| Philadelphia, PA 19103 | |
| Party name: Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association |
| | | |
| Joshua D. Sarnoff | Washington College of Law AU | 2022744165 |
| 4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW | |
| Washington, DC 20016 | |
| Party name: Consumer Project on Technology |
| | | |
| Christopher A. Hughes | Morgan & Finnegan | 2127584800 |
| 345 Park Avenue | |
| New York, NY 10154 | |
| Party name: International Business Machines Corporation, et al. |
| | | |
| Jeffrey P. Kushan | Sidley Austin Brown & Wood | 2027368226 |
| 1501 K Street, NW | |
| Washington, DC 20005 | |
| Party name: Genentech, Inc. |
| | | |
| Harvey Kurzweil | 1301 Ave. of Americas | 2122598000 |
| New York, NY 10019 | |
| Party name: Medimmune, Inc. |
| | | |
| | | |