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Depomed, Inc. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2016-1378 · judgment February 21, 2017

Certiorari denied · April 30, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Jessica L. Ellsworth

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
16A1098

Proceedings

  1. Apr 30 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 24 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/27/2018.
  3. Oct 04 2017
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/27/2017.
  4. Sep 20 2017
    Brief of respondent Joseph Matal, Interim Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filed.
  5. Aug 16 2017
    Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 20, 2017.
  6. Jul 21 2017
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 21, 2017)
  7. May 16 2017
    Application (16A1098) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until July 21, 2017.
  8. May 09 2017
    Application (16A1098) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 22, 2017 to July 21, 2017, submitted to The Chief Justice.