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Matthew T. McLeay v. Coke Morgan Stewart, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2023-2338 · judgment February 18, 2025
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Question presented
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Counsel of record
For petitioner
Bartholomew L. McLeay
Kutak Rock, LLP
For respondent
D. John Sauer
Solicitor General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jun 30 2025Petition DENIED.
- Jun 10 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
- Jun 03 2025Waiver of right of respondent Coke Morgan Stewart, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office to respond filed.
- May 20 2025Letter from counsel for petitioner received.
- May 15 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 18, 2025)