Case Name: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G.D. SEARLE & CO., INC., Monsanto Company, Pharmacia Corporation, and Pfizer Inc., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-07-02
Citations: 375 F.3d 1303
Docket Number: No. 03-1304
Parties: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G.D. SEARLE & CO., INC., Monsanto Company, Pharmacia Corporation, and Pfizer Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, dissents in a separate opinion.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 375
Pages: 1303–1327

Head Matter:
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. G.D. SEARLE & CO., INC., Monsanto Company, Pharmacia Corporation, and Pfizer Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 03-1304.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
July 2, 2004.
Gerald P. Dodson, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, of Palo Alto, California, filed a petition for rehearing en banc for plaintiff-appellant. With him on the petition were Emily A. Evans, Erica D. Wilson and Erik J. Olson.
Gerald Sobel, Kaye Scholer LLP, of New York, NY, filed an opposition to the petition for defendants-appellees. With him on the opposition were Richard G. Greco, Sylvia M. Becker and Daniel L. Reisner. Of counsel on the opposition was Robert L. Baechtold, Fitzpatrick, Celia, Harper & Scinto, of New York, NY.
Daniel J. Furniss, Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, of Palo Alto, CA, filed an amici curiae brief for the Regents of the University of California, et al. With him on the brief were Susan M. Spaeth and Madison C. Jellins.

Opinion:
ORDER
LARIMER, Judge.
A petition for rehearing en banc was filed by the Appellant, and a response thereto was invited by the court and filed by the Appellees.
This matter was referred first as a petition for rehearing to the merits panel that heard this appeal. Thereafter, the petition for rehearing en banc, response, and the amici curiae brief were referred to the circuit judges who are authorized to request a poll whether to rehear the appeal en banc. A poll was requested, taken, and failed.
Upon consideration thereof,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The petition for rehearing is denied.
(2) The petition for rehearing en banc is denied.
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, dissents in a separate opinion.
LOURIE, Circuit Judge, concurs in a separate opinion.
RADER, Circuit Judge, with whom GAJARSA and LINN, Circuit Judges, join, dissents in a separate opinion.
LINN, Circuit Judge, with whom RADER and GAJARSA, Circuit Judges, join, dissents in a separate opinion.
DYK, Circuit Judge, concurs in a separate opinion.
The mandate of the court will issue on July 9, 2004.
. The Regents of the University of California, et al. filed an amici curiae brief.