How Long Does the Federal Circuit Take to Decide En Banc Cases?

The oral arguments in Akamai v. Limelight and McKesson v. Epic took place over 5 1/2 months ago. I was curious how long it normally takes the court to issue its en banc opinions. If the chart below showing recent en banc cases is any indication, the decisions should be issued soon.

Case	Date of Oral Argument	Date of Decision	Interval
1. Marine Polymer v. Hemcon, __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2012)(en banc)	No en banc oral argument	March 15, 2012	Not Applicable
2. Zoltek v. U.S., __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2012)(en banc)	No en banc oral argument	March 14, 2012	Not Applicable
3. Therasense, Inc. et al. v. Becton, Dickinson and Co. et al. 649 F. 3d 1276 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (en banc)	November 9, 2010	May 25, 2011	6 months, 16 days
4. Tivo v. Echostar, 646 F.3d 869 (Fed. Cir. 2011)(en banc)	November 9, 2010	April 20, 2011	5 months, 11 days
5. Slattery v. U.S., 635 F.3d 1298 (Fed. Cir. 2011)(en banc)	July 8, 2010	January 28, 2011	6 months, 20 days
6. Hyatt v. Kappos, 625 F.3d 1320 (Fed. Cir. 2010 (en banc)	July 8, 2010	November 8, 2010	4 months
7. Princo Corp. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 616 F.3d 1318 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (en banc)	March 3, 2010	August 30, 2010	5 months, 27 days
8. Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Co., 598 F.3d 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (en banc)	December 7, 2009	March 22, 2010	3 months, 15 days
9. Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. v. St. Jude Med., Inc., 576 F.3d 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (en banc in part)	May 29, 2009	August 19, 2009	2 months, 21 days
10. Abbott Laboratories v. Sandoz, Inc., 566 F.3d 1282 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (en banc in part)	No en banc oral argument	May 18, 2009	Not applicable
11. In re Bilski, 545 F.3d 943 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (en banc)	May 8, 2008	October 30, 2008	5 months, 22 days
12. Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc., 543 F.3d 665 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (en banc)	June 2, 2008	September 22, 2008	3 months, 20 days
13. In re Seagate Tech., LLC, 497 F. 3d 1360 ( Fed. Cir. 2007) (en banc)	June 7, 2007	August 20, 2007	2 months, 23 days

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June 5, 2012 at 12:30 pm

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