Case Name: In re CUOZZO SPEED TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-07-08
Citations: 793 F.3d 1297
Docket Number: No. 2014-1301
Parties: In re CUOZZO SPEED TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Appellant.
Judges: Before PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, LOURIE, DYK, MOORE, O’MALLEY, REYNA, WALLACH, TARANTO, CHEN, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 793
Pages: 1297–1306

Head Matter:
In re CUOZZO SPEED TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Appellant.
No. 2014-1301.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
July 8, 2015.
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, Glaxos-mithkline LLC, Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer Inc., Procter & Gamble, Sanofí 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 Belk-nap 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.
Before PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, LOURIE, DYK, MOORE, O’MALLEY, REYNA, WALLACH, TARANTO, CHEN, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Opinion concurring in the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc filed by Circuit Judge DYK, in which Circuit Judges LOURIE, CHEN, and HUGHES join.
Opinion dissenting from the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc filed by Chief Judge PROST, Circuit Judges NEWMAN, MOORE, O'MALLEY, and REYNA.
Opinion dissenting from the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc filed by ' Circuit Judge NEWMAN.
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Appellant Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC, filed a petition for rehearing en banc. A response to the petition was invited by the court and filed by Intervenor Michelle Lee, Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The petition and response were referred to the panel that heard the appeal, and thereafter the petition and response were referred to the circuit judges who are in regular active service. A poll was requested, taken, and failed.
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The petition for rehearing en banc is denied.
(2) Absent a petition for rehearing, the mandate of the court will issue in fifty-two days.