`____________
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`BEFORE THE
`PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
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`GENERAL ORDER IN CASES REMANDED UNDER
`ARTHREX, INC. V. SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.,
`941 F.3D 1320 (FED. CIR. 2019)
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`GENERAL ORDER
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`Before SCOTT R. BOALICK, Chief Administrative Patent Judge.
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`BOALICK, Chief Administrative Patent Judge.
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`The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“Office”) has
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`received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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`(“Federal Circuit”) numerous Orders that rely on the Federal Circuit’s
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`decision in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., 941 F.3d 1320 (Fed. Cir.
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`2019). Those Orders have already vacated more than 100 decisions by the
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”), and more such Orders are
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`expected. The Orders instruct the Board to conduct further proceedings on
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`remand before newly-designated Board panels.
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`Several parties in Board matters that have been subject to such Orders
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`have informed the Office that they intend to seek review of the pertinent
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`Order by the Supreme Court of the United States (“Supreme Court”).
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`Meanwhile, in accordance with the Board’s Standard Operating Procedure 9
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`(“SOP 9”), parties are contacting the Board to schedule teleconferences with
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`the appropriate Board panel in their proceeding. To avoid burdening the
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`General Order Regarding Arthrex-Related Remands
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`Office and the parties until all appellate rights have been exhausted, I
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`exercise my discretion to: (1) suspend the requirements in SOP 9 in cases
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`remanded by the Federal Circuit under Arthrex; and (2) hold all such cases
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`in administrative abeyance until the Supreme Court acts on a petition for
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`certiorari or the time for filing such petitions expires.
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`ORDER
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`It is therefore ORDERED that the following matters are held in
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`abeyance:
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`App. Ser. No. 95/001,679
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`App. Ser. No. 95/001,754
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`App. Ser. No. 95/001,792
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`App. Ser. No. 95/001,851
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`CBM2017-00064
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`CBM2017-00065
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`CBM2017-00066
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`CBM2017-00067
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`CBM2018-00034
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`IPR2014-01235
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`IPR2015-00249
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`IPR2015-01046
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`IPR2015-01047
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`IPR2016-00693
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`IPR2016-00957
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`IPR2016-01542
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`IPR2016-01621
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`IPR2016-01622
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`General Order Regarding Arthrex-Related Remands
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`IPR2016-01756
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`IPR2017-01218
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`IPR2017-00058
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`IPR2017-00116
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`IPR2017-00198
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`IPR2017-00275
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`IPR2017-00350
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`IPR2017-00351
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`IPR2017-00352
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`IPR2017-00353
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`IPR2017-00524
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`IPR2017-00901
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`IPR2017-00950
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`IPR2017-00951
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`IPR2017-00952
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`IPR2017-01048
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`IPR2017-01049
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`IPR2017-01050
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`IPR2017-01256
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`IPR2017-01391
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`IPR2017-01392
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`IPR2017-01393
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`IPR2017-01405
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`IPR2017-01406
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`IPR2017-01409
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`IPR2017-01410
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`IPR2017-01500
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`IPR2017-01707
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`IPR2017-01714
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`IPR2017-01735
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`IPR2017-01736
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`IPR2017-01737
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`IPR2017-01797
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`IPR2017-01798
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`IPR2017-01799
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`IPR2017-01800
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`IPR2017-01801
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`IPR2017-01802
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`IPR2017-01919
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`IPR2017-02131
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`IPR2017-02132
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`IPR2017-02136
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`IPR2017-02138
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`IPR2017-02158
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`IPR2018-00522
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`IPR2018-00864
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`IPR2018-00044
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`IPR2018-00187
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`IPR2018-00208
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`IPR2018-00272
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`IPR2018-00312
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`IPR2018-00329
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`IPR2018-00333
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`IPR2018-00336
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`IPR2018-00338
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`IPR2018-00339
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`IPR2018-00342
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`IPR2018-00343
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`IPR2018-00369
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`IPR2018-00374
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`IPR2018-00375
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`IPR2018-00404
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`IPR2018-00458
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`IPR2018-00486
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`IPR2018-00529
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`IPR2018-00571
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`IPR2018-00599
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`IPR2018-00680
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`IPR2018-00870
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`IPR2018-00871
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`IPR2018-00872
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`IPR2018-00873
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`IPR2018-00874
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`IPR2018-00998
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`IPR2018-00999
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`IPR2018-01205
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`It is further ORDERED that any other matters remanded by the
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`Federal Circuit under Arthrex will be held in abeyance.
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`Scott R. Boalick
`Chief Administrative Patent Judge
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