{"id":5131,"date":"2012-05-12T18:42:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T00:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/?p=5131"},"modified":"2012-05-12T18:42:38","modified_gmt":"2012-05-13T00:42:38","slug":"how-long-does-the-federal-circuit-take-to-decide-en-banc-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/?p=5131","title":{"rendered":"How Long Does the Federal Circuit Take to Decide En Banc Cases?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The oral arguments in Akamai v. Limelight<\/span> and McKesson v.\u00a0Epic<\/span> took place over 5 1\/2\u00a0months ago.\u00a0 I was curious how long it normally takes the court to issue its en banc<\/em> opinions.\u00a0 If the chart below showing recent en banc<\/em>\u00a0cases\u00a0is any indication, the decisions should be\u00a0issued soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Case<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Date of Oral Argument<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Date of Decision<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Interval<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1.\u00a0 Marine Polymer v. Hemcon, __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2012)(en banc)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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No en banc<\/em> oral argument<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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March 15, 2012<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Not Applicable<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2.\u00a0 Zoltek v. U.S., __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2012)(en banc)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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No en banc<\/em> oral argument<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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March 14, 2012<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Not Applicable<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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3.\u00a0 Therasense, Inc. et al. v. Becton, Dickinson and Co. et al. 649 F. 3d 1276 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (en banc) <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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November 9, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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May 25, 2011<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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6 months, 16 days<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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4.\u00a0 Tivo v. Echostar, 646 F.3d 869 (Fed. Cir. 2011)(en banc)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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November 9, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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April 20, 2011<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5 months, 11 days<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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5.\u00a0 Slattery v. U.S., 635 F.3d 1298 (Fed. Cir. 2011)(en banc)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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July 8, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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January 28, 2011<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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6 months, 20 days<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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6.\u00a0 Hyatt v. Kappos<\/span><\/em>, 625 F.3d 1320 (Fed. Cir. 2010 (en banc<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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July 8, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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November 8, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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4 months<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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7.\u00a0 Princo Corp. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n<\/span><\/em>, 616 F.3d 1318 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (en banc<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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March 3, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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August 30, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5 months, 27 days<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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8.\u00a0 Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Co.<\/span><\/em>, 598 F.3d 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (en banc<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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December 7, 2009<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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March 22, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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3 months, 15 days<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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9.\u00a0 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. v. St. Jude Med., Inc.<\/span><\/em>, 576 F.3d 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (en banc<\/em> in part)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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May 29, 2009<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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August 19, 2009<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2 months, 21 days<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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10.\u00a0 Abbott Laboratories v. Sandoz, Inc.<\/span><\/em>, 566 F.3d 1282 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (en banc<\/em> in part)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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No en banc<\/em> oral argument<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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May 18, 2009<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Not applicable<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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11.\u00a0 In re Bilski<\/span><\/em>, 545 F.3d 943 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (en banc<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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May 8, 2008<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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October 30, 2008<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5 months, 22 days<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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12.\u00a0 Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc.<\/span><\/em>, 543 F.3d 665 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (en banc<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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June 2, 2008<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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September 22, 2008<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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3 months, 20 days<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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13.\u00a0 In re Seagate Tech., LLC<\/span><\/em>, 497 F. 3d 1360 ( Fed. Cir. 2007) (en banc<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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June 7, 2007<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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August 20, 2007<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2 months, 23 days<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The oral arguments in Akamai v. Limelight and McKesson v.\u00a0Epic took place over 5 1\/2\u00a0months ago.\u00a0 I was curious how long it normally takes the court to issue its en banc opinions.\u00a0 If the chart below showing recent en banc\u00a0cases\u00a0is any indication, the decisions should be\u00a0issued soon. Case Date of Oral Argument Date of Decision […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5131"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5171,"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5131\/revisions\/5171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.717madisonplace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}