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Brian Matsui is a partner in Morrison & Foerster’s Appellate and Supreme Court practice. For nearly 20 years, Brian has been a go-to appellate advocate for sophisticated clients in complex appeals nationwide. Clients turn to Brian for his substantial experience in patent appeals in the Federal Circuit. He has argued more than 10 times in that Court, winning appeals from both district courts and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Brian excels at applying significant legal principles to complex technologies in a way that distills them for the Court. He has done so for companies in a myriad of industries, including mobile device manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, medical device companies, memory manufacturers, movie studios, and software companies.

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Seth Lloyd is an associate in Morrison & Foerster’s Appellate and Supreme Court Practice with broad experience briefing and arguing appeals. Seth has particular experience in patent appeals before the Federal Circuit. He has been a primary author of successful briefs on a wide range of technologies, from medical devices to chemistry to computer hardware and software. He also has successfully argued multiple times in that Court, including obtaining reversal of three Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions in a consolidated appeal for a computer memory designer. Before joining Morrison & Foerster, Seth served as a law clerk for Judge Richard G. Taranto of the Federal Circuit. He earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School and also holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

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Sam Goldstein is an associate in Morrison & Foerster’s Appellate and Supreme Court Practice Group in the Washington, D.C. office. Sam’s practice focuses on complex appellate matters, including patent appeals before the Federal Circuit. Before joining Morrison & Foerster, Sam served as a law clerk for Judge Richard G. Taranto of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Sam earned his J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he was an articles editor for the Stanford Law Review, and his A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard University in chemistry and physics.

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Many petitions for rehearing are filed; only the smallest handful are granted. Rather than track every filed petition, we track those that have a chance. Our database tracks petitions for rehearing once the Federal Circuit has called for a response (CFR). A CFR is the first real indication that the Court might have interest in the petition, as it indicates that at least one judge on the Court may be taking a second look. Our En Banc Tracker allows you to see the amount of time it takes for various cases to get a CFR, and you can sift through the data to see what types of cases have captured the potential attention of the Court. Our data goes back to January 2020.<div data-reactroot=""><span class="rich-text-component-embed" data-component-info="{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Federal Circuitry - Rehearing CFRs&quot;,&quot;embed_code&quot;:&quot;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=\&quot;true\&quot; frameborder=\&quot;0\&quot; height=\&quot;2350\&quot; width=\&quot;100%\&quot; src=\&quot;https://public.tableau.com/views/RehearingCFRsandSubstantiveOrders/RehearingCFRs?:language=en&amp;amp;:display_count=y&amp;amp;:origin=viz_share_link&amp;amp;:showVizHome=no&amp;amp;:embed=yes&amp;amp;:showShareOptions=false\&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&quot;,&quot;locale&quot;:&quot;en-us&quot;,&quot;uid&quot;:&quot;blt602374a5cb88119e&quot;,&quot;_version&quot;:7,&quot;heights&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:2350,&quot;_trace&quot;:&quot;nav;array_node;drop_down;array_node;description;heights&quot;,&quot;_key&quot;:&quot;heights&quot;},&quot;publish_details&quot;:{&quot;environment&quot;:&quot;bltf4674cd9142c5020&quot;,&quot;locale&quot;:&quot;en-us&quot;,&quot;time&quot;:&quot;2022-07-24T17:59:31.978Z&quot;,&quot;user&quot;:&quot;bltb12aec4341d41463&quot;,&quot;_trace&quot;:&quot;nav;array_node;drop_down;array_node;description;publish_details&quot;,&quot;_key&quot;:&quot;publish_details&quot;},&quot;_fetched&quot;:true,&quot;_content_type_uid&quot;:&quot;embed_content&quot;,&quot;_trace&quot;:&quot;nav;array_node;drop_down;array_node;description&quot;,&quot;_key&quot;:&quot;key&quot;}" data-component-type="embed_content" data-component-inline="false"></div>

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Many orders from the Federal Circuit are not reported but can affect practice and procedure before the Court. We track and reproduce those orders here, highlighting ones that may be of significant interest to those who have cases before the Federal Circuit.<div data-reactroot=""><span class="rich-text-component-embed" data-component-info="{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Federal Circuitry - Substantive Orders List&quot;,&quot;embed_code&quot;:&quot;&lt;iframe src=\&quot;https://public.tableau.com/views/RehearingCFRsandSubstantiveOrders/SubstantiveOrders?:language=en&amp;amp;:display_count=y&amp;amp;:origin=viz_share_link&amp;amp;:showVizHome=no&amp;amp;:embed=yes&amp;amp;:showShareOptions=false\&quot; width=\&quot;100%\&quot; height=\&quot;3030\&quot; allowfullscreen=\&quot;true\&quot; frameborder=\&quot;0\&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:1042,&quot;height&quot;:3030,&quot;locale&quot;:&quot;en-us&quot;,&quot;uid&quot;:&quot;blt4edb4c3faea45d79&quot;,&quot;_version&quot;:1,&quot;publish_details&quot;:{&quot;environment&quot;:&quot;bltf4674cd9142c5020&quot;,&quot;locale&quot;:&quot;en-us&quot;,&quot;time&quot;:&quot;2022-07-08T18:52:01.845Z&quot;,&quot;user&quot;:&quot;blt36ddfa4ec5e5dbda&quot;,&quot;_trace&quot;:&quot;nav;array_node;drop_down;array_node;description;publish_details&quot;,&quot;_key&quot;:&quot;publish_details&quot;},&quot;_fetched&quot;:true,&quot;_content_type_uid&quot;:&quot;embed_content&quot;,&quot;_trace&quot;:&quot;nav;array_node;drop_down;array_node;description&quot;,&quot;_key&quot;:&quot;key&quot;}" data-component-type="embed_content" data-component-inline="false"></div>

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Last Week In The Federal Circuit (August 8 – August 12): Taking A Round Trip On The Assignor Estoppel Express

Last Week In The Federal Circuit (August 1-5): An (Artificially) Intelligent Decision On Inventorship

Last Week In The Federal Circuit (July 25-29): Following The Letter But Not The Spirit Of The Rules

Last Week In The Federal Circuit (July 18-22): Diagnosing Section 101 Eligibility

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<p style="margin-top: 0in;background-image: initial;background-position-x: initial;background-position-y: initial;background-size: initial;background-repeat-x: initial;background-repeat-y: initial;background-attachment: initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;background-color: white;">Like the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Supreme Court has returned to in-person arguments.  But the Supreme Court has adopted a hybrid of its old free-for-all style of questioning and the more orderly Justice-by-Justice questioning format it used over the phone.  MoFo appellate co-chairs Deanne Maynard and Joe Palmore were recently interviewed by Reuters about what to expect.<p style="margin-top: 0in;background-image: initial;background-position-x: initial;background-position-y: initial;background-size: initial;background-repeat-x: initial;background-repeat-y: initial;background-attachment: initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;background-color: white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom: 1rem;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing: 0px;">Read the <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/mofo-scotus-co-chairs-keep-your-eye-these-two-justices-new-term-begins-2021-10-01/" target="_blank">full article</a>, which includes a video interview with Deanne and Joe.

Seth Lloyd, a member of Morrison & Foerster’s Appellate and Supreme Court practice, has briefed dozens of appeals in federal and state courts nationwide. Seth has presented oral arguments in the U.S. 

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Federal Circuitry is a data-driven Federal Circuit blog. Our <a href="/statistics">Federal Circuit Statistics</a> empirically analyze quantifiable aspects of the Court. Our <a href="/trackers/en-banc-tracker">En Banc Tracker</a> highlights pending and past petitions. Our <a href="/trackers/substantive-orders-tracker">Substantive Order Tracker</a> allows you to search less-discussed orders. Check back weekly for <a href="/topics/?c=1463631">Last Week in the Federal Circuit</a> and monthly for our <a href="/topics/?c=1463521">Oral Argument Recap</a>.Follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Fed_Circuitry" target="_blank">@Fed_Circuitry</a> and check out our sister blog, <a href="https://leftcoast.mofo.com/" target="_blank">Left Coast Appeals</a>, to keep tabs on the Ninth Circuit.

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