Acknowledgement of receipt (06/06/07) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit received.

Record returned to U.S.Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit.

Record returned to U.S.D.C. for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Judgment Issued

Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. (orders list)

Record received from U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Michigan. (1 box)

Argued. For petitioner: James W. Dabney, New York, N.Y.; and Thomas G. Hungar, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Thomas C. Goldstein, Washington, D.C.

Reply of petitioner KSR International Co. filed. (Distributed) *Animation Disc included.

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. (orders list)

Supplemental brief of respondents Teleflex, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Record received from U.S.C.A. for Federal Circuit. (1 box)

Brief amici curiae of Tessera, Inc., Qualcomm Inc., and Amberwave Systems Corporation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Michelin North America, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Federal Circuit Bar Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.

Brief amici curiae of Altitude Capital Partners, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Teleflex, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Chemistry and Bioengineering Professors filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of United Inventors Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Business and Law Professors filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Biotechnology Industry Organization filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Technology Properties Limited filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Practicing Patent Attorneys filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of 3M Co., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Fallbrook Technologies, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Intellectual Property Law Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Owners Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Harold W. Milton, Jr. filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED.

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, November 28, 2006.

Brief amicus curiae of Lee Thomason filed.

Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Joseph V. Colaianni, Sr. and James E. Armstrong, III GRANTED. (orders list)

Brief of petitioner KSR International Co. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief amici curiae of Ford Motor Company, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Intel Corporation, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Business Software Alliance filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Bar Association of the District of Columbia - Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section in Support of Neither Party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Economists and Legal Historians filed.

Brief amici curiae of AARP, et al,. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Time Warner Inc., IAC/Interactive Corp., and Viacom filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Computer and Communications Industry Association filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Intellectual Property Law Professors filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation filed.

Brief amici curiae of Cisco Systems Inc., et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Progress & Freedom Foundation filed.

Joint appendix filed.

Supplemental joint appendix

Brief amicus curiae of International Business Machines Corporation in Support of Neither Party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professor Lee A. Hollaar Urging Affirming in Part and Vacating in Part filed.

Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Joseph V. Colaianni, Sr. and James E. Armstrong, III.

*Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the respondents.

Extension of time within which to file respondent's brief on the merits to and including October 16, 2006.

Extension of time within which to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits to and including August 22, 2006.

*Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party received from counsel for the petitioner.

Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Progress & Freedom Foundation GRANTED. (orders list)

Petition GRANTED. (orders list)

Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Cisco Systems Inc., et al. GRANTED. (orders list)

Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Twenty-Four Intellectual Property Law Professors GRANTED. (orders list)

Letter of June 8, 2006, from counsel for respondents received. (Distributed)

Supplemental brief of respondents Teleflex, Inc.and Technology Holding Co. filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 22, 2006.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

Reply of petitioner KSR International Co. filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2005.

Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Cisco Systems Inc., et al.

Brief of respondents Teleflex, Inc. and Technology Holding Co. in opposition filed.

Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by Twenty-Four Intellectual Property Law Professors.

Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Progress & Freedom Foundation.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 22, 2005.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 11, 2005)

KSR International Co., Petitioner, represented by James W. Dabney

Teleflex, Inc., et al., Respondent, represented by Thomas C. Goldstein

3M Co., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Gary L. Griswold

AARP, et al,., Amicus Curiae, represented by Barbara A. Jones

Altitude Capital Partners, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence S. Robbins

American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Karen J. Mathis

American Intellectual Property Law Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey I. D. Lewis

Bar Association of the District of Columbia - Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section in Support of Neither Party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Blair E. Taylor

Biotechnology Industry Organization, Amicus Curiae, represented by Beth S. Brinkmann

Business and Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher A. Cotropia

Business Software Alliance, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew J. Pincus

Chemistry and Bioengineering Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Henry L. Brinks

Cisco Systems Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Peter A. Sullivan

Computer and Communications Industry Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan Band

Economists and Legal Historians, Amicus Curiae, represented by Joshua D. Sarnoff

Electronic Frontier Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jason M. Schultz

Fallbrook Technologies, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Don W Martens

Federal Circuit Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Frank A. Angileri

Ford Motor Company, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Catherine E. Stetson

Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas G. Field Jr.

Harold W. Milton, Jr., Amicus Curiae, represented by Harold W. Milton Jr.

Intel Corporation, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Theodore B. Olson

Intellectual Property Law Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Patrick G. Burns

Intellectual Property Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Katherine J. Strandburg

Intellectual Property Owners Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul H. Berghoff

International business Machines Corporation in Support of Neither Party, Amicus Curiae, represented by Traci L. Lovitt

Joseph V. Colaianni, Sr. and James E. Armstrong, III, Amicus Curiae, represented by Joseph V. Colaianni Sr.

KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas G. Hungar

Lee Thomason, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles Lee Thomason

Michelin North America, Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard W. Hoffmann

New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Rochelle K. Seide

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Allen M. Sokal

Practising Patent Attorneys, Amicus Curiae, represented by William W. Cochran II

Professor Lee A. Hollaar Urging Affirming in Part and Vacating in Part, Amicus Curiae, represented by David M. Bennion

Progress & Freedom Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by James V. DeLong

Technology Properties Limited, Amicus Curiae, represented by Roger L. Cook

Tessera, Inc., Qualcomm Inc., and Amberwave Systems Corporation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Adam H. Charnes

Time Warner Inc., IAC/Interactive Corp., and Viacom, Amicus Curiae, represented by Kathleen M. Sullivan

Twenty-Four Intellectual Property Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert Brauneis

United Inventors Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas B. McVey

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul D. Clement

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard B. Nettler