Abbvie Biotechnology, Ltd. v. United States, Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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ABBVIE BIOTECHNOLOGY, LTD.,
Appellant

v.

UNITED STATES, ANDREI IANCU, UNDER
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF
THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK
OFFICE,
Intervenors
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2017-2304, 2017-2305, 2017-2306, 2017-2362, 2017-2363
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Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2016-
00172, IPR2016-00188, IPR2016-00189, IPR2016-00408,
IPR2016-00409.

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JUDGMENT
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T
HOMAS SAUNDERS, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and
Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also rep-
resented by W
ILLIAM G. MCELWAIN, AMY K. WIGMORE,
DAVID P. YIN; WILLIAM F. LEE, Boston, MA; WILLIAM

BARRETT RAICH, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett
& Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC; CHARLES E. LIPSEY,
STEVEN O'CONNOR, Reston, VA.

NICHOLAS THEODORE MATICH, IV, Office of the Solicitor,
United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria,
VA,
argued for intervenors. Also represented by THOMAS
W. KRAUSE, JOSEPH MATAL, MEREDITH HOPE SCHOENFELD,
KAKOLI CAPRIHAN; DENNIS FAN, JOSEPH H. HUNT, SCOTT R.
MCINTOSH, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States
Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
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T
HIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

P
ER CURIAM (DYK, O’MALLEY, and CHEN, Circuit
Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 7, 2020 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Date Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court