Case Name: In re PORTOLA PACKAGING, INC.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1997-09-12
Citations: 122 F.3d 1473
Docket Number: No. 96-1376
Parties: In re PORTOLA PACKAGING, INC.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 122
Pages: 1473–1476

Head Matter:
In re PORTOLA PACKAGING, INC.
No. 96-1376.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
Sept. 12, 1997.
Julian Caplan, San Francisco, California, for appellant. Of counsel were C. Michael Zimmerman and Janet E. Muller.
Nancy J. Linek, Solicitor, Patent and Trademark Office, Arlington, Virginia, for appellee. Of counsel were Albin F. Drost, Deputy Solicitor, and Kevin T. Kramer, Associate Solicitor.
Bruce T. Wieder, Washington, D.C., for the amicus curiae. Of counsel were Harold C. Wegner and Teresa Stanek Rea.

Opinion:
ORDER
A combined petition for rehearing and suggestion for rehearing in banc having been filed by the APPELLEE, along with an amicus curiae brief filed by the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, and the petition for rehearing having been referred to the panel that heard the appeal, and thereafter the suggestion for rehearing in banc having been referred to the circuit judges who are in regular active service, and a poll having been requested, taken, and failed,
UPON CONSIDERATION THEREOF, it is
ORDERED that the petition for rehearing be, and the same hereby is, DENIED, and it is further
ORDERED that the suggestion for rehearing in banc be, and the same hereby is, DECLINED.
Circuit Judge Rader dissents in a separate opinion.
The mandate of the court will issue on September 19,1997.