| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Dec 20 2011 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 23, 2012) |
| Jan 19 2012 | Waiver of right of respondent Monsanto Company to respond filed. |
| Jan 25 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 17, 2012. |
| Jan 26 2012 | Response Requested . (Due February 27, 2012) |
| Feb 27 2012 | Brief of respondents Monsanto Company, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Mar 14 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 30, 2012. |
| Apr 2 2012 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
| Aug 24 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Sep 4 2012 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Vernon Hugh Bowman filed. |
| Sep 5 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012. |
| Oct 1 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 5, 2012. |
| Oct 5 2012 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Nov 8 2012 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 3, 2012. |
| Nov 9 2012 | The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including January 16, 2013. |
| Dec 3 2012 | Joint appendix filed (2 volumes). (Statement of costs filed.) |
| Dec 3 2012 | Brief of petitioner Vernon Hugh Bowman filed. |
| Dec 10 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Knowledge Ecology International filed. |
| Dec 10 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association, et al. filed. |
| Dec 10 2012 | Brief amici curiae of American Antitrust Institute, et al. filed. |
| Dec 10 2012 | Brief amicus curiae of Public Patent Foundation filed. |
| Dec 10 2012 | Brief amici curiae of Center for Food Safety and Save Our Seeds filed. |
| Dec 18 2012 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, February 19, 2013. |
| Jan 4 2013 | CIRCULATED. |
| Jan 4 2013 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either partry or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents. |
| Jan 8 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 9 2013 | Record received form the U.S.C.A. for the Federal Circuit. (1 Box) |
| Jan 11 2013 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| Jan 16 2013 | Brief of respondents Monsanto Company, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 17 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of BayhDole25, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 18 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 22 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of The New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of CropLife America filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of BSA - The Software Alliance filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of American Seed Trade Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Biotechnology Industry Organization filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of CropLife International filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Ecomonists filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of law professor Christopher M. Holman filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of CHS Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Agilent Technologies, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amici curiae of American Soybean Association, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Pioneeer Hi-Bred International, Inc. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jan 23 2013 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed. |
| Jan 24 2013 | Response from counsel for respondents to motion of the Solicitor General for divided argument and for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae. |
| Feb 5 2013 | Record from U.S.D.C. for the Southern District of Indiana is electronic. |
| Feb 11 2013 | Reply of petitioner Vernon Hugh Bowman filed. (Distributed) |
| Feb 15 2013 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED, and the time is to be divided as follows: 30 minutes for petitioner, 10 minutes for the Solicitor General, and 30 minutes for respondents. |
| Feb 19 2013 | Argued. For petitioner: Mark P. Walters, Seattle, Wash. For United States as amicus curiae: Melissa Arbus Sherry, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Seth P. Waxman, Washington, D. C. |
| May 13 2013 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. |
| Jun 7 2013 | Petition for Rehearing filed. |
| Jun 27 2013 | DISTRIBUTED. |
| Jul 22 2013 | Rehearing DENIED. |
| Jul 22 2013 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Jul 24 2013 | Record returned to U.S. Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit. |
