Abbvie Biotechnology, Ltd. v. United States

Full title: ABBVIE BIOTECHNOLOGY, LTD., Appellant v. UNITED STATES, ANDREI IANCU…

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Date published: Jan 7, 2020

2017-2362 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 7, 2020)

Opinion

2017-2304 2017-2305 2017-2306 2017-2362 2017-2363

01-07-2020

ABBVIE BIOTECHNOLOGY, LTD., Appellant v. UNITED STATES, ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Intervenors

THOMAS SAUNDERS, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by WILLIAM G. MCELWAIN, AMY K. WIGMORE, DAVID P. YIN; WILLIAM F. LEE, Boston, MA; WILLIAM BARRETT RAICH, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC; CHARLES E. LIPSEY, STEVEN O'CONNOR, Reston, VA. NICHOLAS THEODORE MATICH, IV, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenors. Also represented by THOMAS W. KRAUSE, JOSEPH MATAL, MEREDITH HOPE SCHOENFELD, KAKOLI CAPRIHAN; DENNIS FAN, JOSEPH H. HUNT, SCOTT R. MCINTOSH, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

PER CURIAM

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2016-00172, IPR2016-00188, IPR2016-00189, IPR2016-00408, IPR2016-00409.

JUDGMENT

THOMAS SAUNDERS, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by WILLIAM G. MCELWAIN, AMY K. WIGMORE, DAVID P. YIN; WILLIAM F. LEE, Boston, MA; WILLIAM BARRETT RAICH, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC; CHARLES E. LIPSEY, STEVEN O'CONNOR, Reston, VA. NICHOLAS THEODORE MATICH, IV, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenors. Also represented by THOMAS W. KRAUSE, JOSEPH MATAL, MEREDITH HOPE SCHOENFELD, KAKOLI CAPRIHAN; DENNIS FAN, JOSEPH H. HUNT, SCOTT R. MCINTOSH, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (DYK, O'MALLEY, and CHEN, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT January 7, 2020

Date

/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner

Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court