No. 18-801
Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office v. NantKwest, Inc.
Tags: 35-usc-145 administrative-law civil-action civil-procedure due-process federal-circuit judicial-review patent patent-act patent-application patent-law personnel-expenses standing statutory-interpretation uspto USPTO-litigation
Latest Conference:
2019-03-01
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the phrase "[a]ll the expenses of the proceedings" in 35 U.S.C. 145 encompasses the personnel expenses the USPTO incurs when its employees, including attorneys, defend the agency in Section 145 litigation.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the phrase '[a]ll the expenses of the proceedings' in 35 U.S.C. 145 encompasses the personnel expenses the USPTO incurs when its employees, including attorneys, defend the agency in Section 145 litigation
Docket Entries
2020-01-13
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2019-12-11
Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Sotomayor, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
2019-10-07
Argued. For petitioner: Malcolm L. Stewart, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Mr. Morgan Chu, Los Angeles, Cal.
2019-08-27
Complete record located on PACER (U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit and U.S.D.C. Eastern Dist, VA).
2019-08-16
Record requested from the U.S.C.A. Federal Circuit.
2019-08-14
Reply of petitioner Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-01
CIRCULATED
2019-07-22
Brief amicus curiae of Association of the Bar of the City of New York filed.
2019-07-22
Brief amicus curiae of The American Bar Association filed.
2019-07-22
Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed.
2019-07-22
Brief amicus curiae of The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago filed.
2019-07-22
Brief amici curiae of The Association of Amicus Counsel, et al. filed.
2019-07-22
Brief amicus curiae of The International Trademark Association filed.
2019-07-22
Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed.
2019-07-22
Brief amicus curiae of IEEE-USA filed.
2019-07-15
Brief of respondent NantKwest, Inc. filed.
2019-07-01
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, October 7, 2019.
2019-06-25
Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed.
2019-05-24
Brief amicus curiae of Federal Circuit Bar Association in support of neither party filed.
2019-05-23
Brief amicus curiae of R Street Institute filed.
2019-05-17
Joint appendix filed.
2019-05-17
Brief of petitioner Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office, filed.
2019-05-08
Letter of substitution of petitioner received.
2019-04-03
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.
2019-03-26
Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
2019-03-04
Petition GRANTED.
2019-02-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2019.
2019-02-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/22/2019.
2019-02-04
Reply of petitioner Andrei Iancu filed.
2019-01-22
Brief of respondent NantKwest, Inc. in opposition filed.
2018-12-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 22, 2019)
2018-11-14
Application (18A369) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until December 21, 2018.
2018-11-13
Application (18A369) to extend further the time from November 23, 2018 to December 21, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.
2018-10-05
Application (18A369) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until November 23, 2018.
2018-10-04
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.
Attorneys
American Bar Association
Robert M. Carlson — American Bar Association, Amicus
American Intellectual Property Law Assoc.
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Federal Circuit Bar Association
IEEE-USA
Richard Alan Neifeld — Neifeld IP Law, PC, Amicus
Intellectual Property Owners Association
Gregory Andrew Castanias — Jones Day, Amicus
Laura Peter, Deputy Director, Patent and Trademark Office
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Petitioner
NantKwest, Inc.
Morgan Chu — Irell & Manella, Respondent
New York Intellectual Property Law Association
R Street Institute
Charles Duan — R Street Institute, Amicus
The American Bar Association
The Association of Amicus Counsel, InfoTech Law Offices, Isshiki & Co., and Law Offices of Hiraide & Takahashi
The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago
Margaret M. Duncan — McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Amicus
The International Trademark Association
Lawrence K. Nodine — Ballard Spahr, LLP, Amicus