IN RE CUOZZO SPEED TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Robert Kasha , Kasha Law LLC, North Potomac, MD, for appellant. Also represented by Timothy M. Salmon , Basking Ridge, NJ.

Nathan K. Kelley , Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, for intervenor Michelle K. Lee. Also represented by Scott Weidenfeller , Robert J. McManus ; Mark R. Freeman , Melissa N. Patterson , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

Barbara A. Fiacco , Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA, for amici curiae 3M Company, Caterpillar Inc., Eli Lilly and Company, General Electric Company, Glaxosmithkline LLC, Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer Inc., Procter & Gamble, Sanofi US. Also represented by Sarah Burg , Donald Ross Ware.

Pratik A. Shah , Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Also represented by Ze-Wen Julius Chen , Emily Curtis Johnson.

David W. Long , Dow Lohnes, PLLC, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Intellectual Property Owners Association. Also represented by Philip Staton Johnson , Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ; Kevin H. Rhodes , 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN; Eley Ogden Thompson , Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago, IL; Herbert Clare Wamsley, Jr. , Intellectual Property Owners Association, Washington, DC.

Eugene M. Gelernter , Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, N.Y., for amicus curiae New York Intellectual Property Law Association. Also represented by Irena Royzman , Scott B. Howard ; Anthony Francis Lo Cicero , Charles R. Macedo , Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP, New York, N.Y.

Opinion dissenting from the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN.