Atlanta Gas Light Co. v. Bennett Regulator Guards Inc.
Petition for certiorari are granted, judgment vacated and case remanded to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for further
consideration in light of Thryv Inc. v. Click-to-Call
Technologies, LP, on April 27, 2020
Issues: (1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred in concluding that it had jurisdiction to review the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s decision to institute inter partes review of respondent’s patent over respondent’s objection that it was time-barred; and (2) whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred when it rejected the longstanding principle that a dismissal without prejudice leaves the parties as if a suit had never been brought, splitting the circuits.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Dec 17 2018 | Application (18A637) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 27, 2018 to January 28, 2019, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Dec 18 2018 | Application (18A637) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until January 28, 2019. |
| Jan 28 2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2019) |
| Feb 06 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 4, 2019 to April 1, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Feb 12 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 1, 2019. |
| Mar 04 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Intel Corporation filed. |
| Mar 26 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 1, 2019 to May 8, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Mar 29 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 8, 2019. |
| May 08 2019 | Brief of respondent Bennett Regulator Guards, Inc. in opposition filed. |
| May 28 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019. |
| May 28 2019 | Reply of petitioner Atlanta Gas Light Company filed. (Distributed) |
| Jun 17 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019. |
| Apr 20 2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2020. |
| Apr 27 2020 | Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Thryv, Inc. v. Click-to-Call Technologies, LP, 590 U. S. ___ (2020). |
| May 29 2020 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
