INSTITUT PASTEUR V. KAPPOS , No. 12-1484 (Fed. Cir. 2012)

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Case: 12-1484 Document: 22 Page: 1 Filed: 11/27/2012 NOTE: This order is nonprecedential. muiteb ~tate~ qcourt of §ppeaI~ for tbe jfeberaI qcircuit INSTITUT PASTEUR & UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE, Appellant, v. DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Appellee, AND PRECISION BIOSCIENCES, INC., Appellee. 2012-1484 (Reexamination No. 95/000,427) Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. INSTITUT PASTEUR & UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE, Case: 12-1484 Document: 22 Page: 2 Filed: 11/27/2012 INSTITUT PASTEUR & UNIVERSITE V. KAPPOS 2 Appellant, v. DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Appellee, AND PRECISION BIOSCIENCES, INC., Appellee. 2012-1485 (Reexamination No. 95/000,443) Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. INSTITUT PASTEUR & UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE, Appellant, v. DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Appellee, AND PRECISION BIOSCIENCES, INC., Case: 12-1484 3 Document: 22 Page: 3 Filed: 11/27/2012 INSTITUT PASTEUR & UNIVERSITE V. KAPPOS Appellee. 2012-1486 (Reexamination No. 95/000,490) Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. INSTITUT PASTEUR & UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE, Appellant, v. DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Appellee, AND PRECISION BIOSCIENCES, INC., Appellee. 2012-1487 (Reexamination No. 95/000,491) Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Case: 12-1484 Document: 22 Page: 4 Filed: 11/27/2012 INSTITUT PASTEUR & UNIVERSITE V. KAPPOS 4 ON MOTION Before RADER, Chief Judge, LOURIE and SCHALL, Circuit Judges. SCHALL, Circuit Judge. ORDER The Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) moves without opposition to dismiss appeal no. 2012-1484, to dismiss certain claims from the patent at issue in appeal no. 2012-1487, and to dismiss appeal no. 2012-1486 on the ground of mootness. Institut Pasteur & Universite Pierre et Marie Curie opposes with regard to appeal nos. 2012-1486-87. We deem it the better course for the parties to address these issues in the briefs Upon consideration thereof, IT Is ORDERED THAT: (1) The motion to dismiss is granted only to the extent that appeal no. 2012-1484 is dismissed. (2) All other motions are denied. (3) Appellant's brief is due within 21 days of the date of this order. FOR THE COURT /s/ Jan Horbaly Jan Horbaly Clerk s26 Case: 12-1484 5 Document: 22 Page: 5 Filed: 11/27/2012 INSTITUT PASTEUR & UNIVERSITE V. KAPPOS Issued As A Mandate (as to 12-1484 only): NOV 2? 2012

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