HYATT v. KAPPOS

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron M. Panner , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant on rehearing en banc. Of counsel on the brief were Michael L. Martinez , Crowell & Moring LLP, of Washington, DC, and Gregory L. Roth , Law Offices of Gregory L. Roth, of La Palma, CA. On the initial brief were Michael L. Martinez and Michael I. Coe , Crowell & Moring LLP, of Washington, DC. Of counsel on the brief was Gregory L. Roth , Law Offices of Gregory L. Roth, of La Palma, CA. Of counsel was Kenneth C. Bass, III , Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C., of Washington, DC, and J. Robert Chambers , Wood Herron & Evans, LLP, of Cincinnati, OH.

Beth S. Brinkmann , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee on rehearing en banc. With her on the brief were Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, and Scott R. McIntosh and Mark R. Freeman , Attorneys. Of counsel on the brief were Raymond T. Chen , Solicitor, and Robert J. McManus and Thomas W. Krause , Associate Solicitors, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Arlington, VA. On initial brief were Stephen Walsh , Acting Solicitor, and Robert J. McManus and William G. Jenks , Associate Solicitors, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Arlington, VA. Of counsel were Raymond T. Chen , Acting Solicitor, and Thomas W. Krause , Associate Solicitor.

Maxim H. Waldbaum , Schiff Hardin LLP, of New York, NY, for amicus curiae Federation Internationale Des Conseils en Propriete Industrielle on rehearing en banc.

Mark J. Abate , New York Intellectual Property Law Association, of New York, NY, for amicus curiae New York Intellectual Property Law Association on rehearing en banc.

Daniel B. Ravicher , Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, of New York, NY, for amicus curiae Public Patent Foundation on rehearing en banc.

Herbert C. Wamsley , Intellectual Property Owners Association, of Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Intellectual Property Owners Association on rehearing en banc. On the brief were Douglas K. Norman and Kevin H. Rhodes , Intellectual Property Owners Association, of Washington, DC; and Robert M. Isackson , Nicholas H. Lam , and Jacob A. Snow , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, of New York, NY.

Lauren A. Degnan , Fish & Richardson, P.C., of Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Intel Corporation on rehearing en banc. With her on the brief was John A. Dragseth , of Minneapolis, MN. Of counsel on the brief was Harry F. Manbeck, Jr. , Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck P.C., of Washington, DC.

Ann M. McCrackin , Franklin Pierce Law Center, of Concord, NH, for amicus curiae Franklin Pierce Law Center on rehearing en banc. With her on the brief was J. Jeffrey Hawley .

Vernon M. Winters , Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, of Redwood Shores, CA for amicus curiae American Intellectual Property Law Association on rehearing en banc. With him on the brief was Alan J. Kasper , American Intellectual Property Law Association, of Arlington, VA.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge DYK, in which Circuit Judge GAJARSA joins.