NOTE: This order is n0nprecedentiaI. N0. 2008~1352 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR TI~[E FEDERAL CIRCUIT TRIANTAFYLLOS TAFAS, Plaintiff-Appel1ee, and SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION (doing business as G1ax0SmithKline), SMITHKLINE BEECHAM PLC, and GLA_XO GROUP LIMITED (d0ing business as Glax0SmithKline), Plaintiffs-Appel1ees, v. JOHN J. DOLL, Acting Under Secretary of C0mmerce for Inte1lectual Pr0perty and Acting Direct0r of the United States Patent & Trademark Ofi3ce, and UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Defendants-Appe1lants. Appeal from the United States District C0u1't F or the Eastern District of Virginia in C0ns0lidated Case N0s. 1:07-CV-846 and 1:07-CV-1008, Seni0r Judge James C. Cacheris ORDER GRANTING JOINT CONSENT MOTION FOR A STAY ()F EN BANC PROCEEDINGS

Upon consideration of the Joint Consent Moti0n for a Stay of En Banc Proceedings, which is unopposed, and for good cause shown; IT IS SO ORDERED TI-lAT: The Joint Consent Moti0n for a Stay of En Banc Proceedings is GRANTED, and the en banc proceedings shall be stayed until 60 days after the current nominee for Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent & Trademark Office is confirmed by the United States Senate. FoR THE c0uRT Daied;Ju1y ;_8_, 2009 \l0)\J~¢0\b&h.' ‘ l' Jan H0rbaly Clerk cc: Steven J. Moore, Esq. F. Christopher Mizzo, Esq. 4 Fll E Joshua Waldman, Esq. (JS FGHgT 51 gt 5 . . ._,.-i_,`; _; !:`_:j° _»Ll;z» jr §-", TH&rEDERALAXHCUH` .._,éi,fL‘ 2 8 JAN HORBALY CLERK -2-