Alcon Inc. v. Amo Development, LLC

Case: 23-1281 Document: 16 Page: 1 Filed: 03/27/2023

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

______________________

In re: AMO DEVELOPMENT, LLC,

Appellant ______________________ 2023-1470 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2021- 00856.

------------------------------------------------- ALCON INC., ALCON VISION, LLC, ALCON LABORATORIES, INC., ALCON RESEARCH, LLC,

Appellants v. AMO DEVELOPMENT, LLC, Appellee ______________________

2023-1281, 2023-1282, 2023-1284, 2023-1286, 2023-1287, 2023-1288, 2023-1289, 2023-1290, 2023-1291, 2023-1292,

2023-1293, 2023-1294 ______________________

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2021- 00817, IPR2021-00823, IPR2021-00824, IPR2021-00825, Case: 23-1281 Document: 16 Page: 2 Filed: 03/27/2023 2 IN RE: AMO DEVELOPMENT, LLC IPR2021-00835, IPR2021-00839, IPR2021-00840, IPR2021-00841, IPR2021-00853, IPR2021-00856, IPR2021-00858, and IPR2021-00862.

______________________ ON MOTION ______________________

Before WALLACH, Circuit Judge.

ORDER

The court construes the parties’ notice of agreement, ECF No. 15 in Appeal No. 2023-1281, as a joint motion to dismiss Appeal Nos. 2023-1281, -1282, -1284, -1286, -1287, ‑1288, -1289, -1290, -1291, -1292, -1293, and -1294, pursu- ant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 42(b), and for Alcon Inc., Alcon Vision, LLC, Alcon Laboratories, Inc., and Alcon Research, LLC to withdraw from Appeal No. 2023-1470.

Upon consideration thereof, Case: 23-1281 Document: 16 Page: 3 Filed: 03/27/2023 IN RE: AMO DEVELOPMENT, LLC 3

IT IS ORDERED THAT: (1) The motion is granted. The appeals are deconsoli- dated to the extent that Appeal Nos. 2023-1281, -1282, -1284, ‑1286, -1287, -1288, -1289, -1290, -1291, -1292, -1293, and -1294 are dismissed, and the official captions and the short caption for Appeal No. 2023-1470 are revised as reflected above.

(2) Each party shall bear its own costs relative to the dismissed appeals.

(3) The briefing schedule for Appeal No. 2023-1470 is stayed.

(4) Within 30 days from the date of filing of this order, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is directed to inform this court whether it intends to inter- vene in Appeal No. 2023-1470.

(5) If the PTO elects to participate as intervenor in Ap- peal No. 2023-1470, its docketing statement is due within 14 days of the date of filing of its notice of intervention.

FOR THE COURT March 27, 2023 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner

Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court ISSUED AS A MANDATE (as to Appeal Nos. 2023-1281, ‑1282, -1284, -1286, -1287, -1288, -1289, -1290, ‑1291, ‑1292, ‑1293, and -1294 only): March 27, 2023 cc: United States Patent and Trademark Office