Todd L. Juneau, Juneau Partners Patent & Trademark Firm, PLLC, of Alexandria,
Virginia, for amicus curiae Jason V. Morgan.
James R. Myers, Ropes & Gray LLP, of Washington, DC, for amici curiae Pacific
Life Insurance Company, et al. With him on the brief was Brandon H. Stroy, of New York,
New York.
Robert
H.
Tiller, Red Hat, Inc., of Raleigh, North Carolina, for amicus curiae Red
Hat, Inc. With him on the brief was Richard E. Fontana.
Charles
R.
Macedo, Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP, of New York, New York,
for amici curiae Reserve Management Corporation, et al. With him on the brief were
Anthony F. Lo Cicero and Jung S. Hahm.
Katherine
K.
Lutton, Fish & Richardson P.C., of Redwood City, California, for
amicus curiae SAP America, Inc. With her on the brief were John A. Dragseth, of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Christian A. Chu, of Washington, DC. Of counsel on the brief
were Kevin R. Hamel and Gerard Wissing, SAP America, Inc., of Newtown Square,
Pennsylvania.
Scott E. Bain, Software & Information Industry Association, of Washington, DC, for
amicus curiae Software & Information Industry Association.
Michael J. Swope, Woodcock Washburn LLP, of Seattle, Washington, for amicus
curiae Washington State Patent Law Association. With him on the brief was Grzegorz S.
Plichta. Of counsel on the brief were Peter J. Knudsen, Nastech Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.,
of Bothell, Washington, and Dale C. Barr, Washington State Patent Law Association, of
Seattle, Washington.
R. Carl Moy, William Mitchell College of Law, of St. Paul, Minnesota, for amicus
curiae William Mitchell College of Law Intellectual Property Institute. With him on the brief
was Jay A. Erstling.
Christopher J. Wright, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, of Washington, DC, for amici
curiae Yahoo! Inc., et al. With him on the brief were Timothy J. Simeone and Joseph C.
Cavender.
Gregory
Aharonian, of San Francisco, California, as amicus curiae, pro se.
Kevin
Emerson
Collins, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, of
Bloomington, Indiana, as amicus curiae, pro se.
Roberta J. Morris, of Menlo Park, California, as amicus curiae, pro se.
Appealed from:
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences