Ariosa Diagnostics Inc. v. Illumina Inc.
Petition for certiorari denied on June 24, 2019
Issue: Whether unclaimed disclosures in a published patent application and an earlier application it relies on for priority enter the public domain and thus become prior art as of the earlier application’s filing date, or, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held, does the prior art date of the disclosures depend on whether the published application also claims subject matter from the earlier application. CVSG: 05/21/2019.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Jul 11 2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 23, 2018) |
| Aug 09 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 23, 2018 to September 24, 2018, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Aug 09 2018 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. |
| Aug 15 2018 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 24, 2018. |
| Aug 17 2018 | Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed. |
| Aug 22 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation and R Street Institute filed. |
| Aug 23 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Intellectual Property Law Professors filed. |
| Sep 24 2018 | Brief of respondent Illumina, Inc in opposition filed. |
| Oct 09 2018 | Reply of petitioner Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc filed. |
| Oct 10 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018. |
| Oct 29 2018 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
| May 21 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Jun 04 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019. |
| Jun 04 2019 | Supplemental brief of petitioner Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc filed. (Distributed) |
| Jun 04 2019 | Supplemental brief of respondent Illumina, Inc filed. (Distributed) |
| Jun 24 2019 | Petition DENIED. |
