Petition DENIED.

Brief amici curiae of US Inventor, Inc. and Eleven Affected Inventors filed.

Waiver of right of respondents Lumentum Holdings Inc., Lumentum Inc., and Lumentum Operations LLC to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondent Ciena Corporation to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondent Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondent Cisco Systems, Inc. to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 11, 2018)

Application (18A6) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 6, 2018.

Application (18A6) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 8, 2018 to September 6, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Capella Photonics, Inc., Petitioner, represented by Robert Greene Sterne

Ciena Corporation, Respondent, represented by Matthew J. Moore

Cisco Systems, Inc., Respondent, represented by Aaron Michael Streett

Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., Respondent, represented by Nathaniel Thomas Browand

Lumentum Holdings Inc., Lumentum Inc., and Lumentum Operations LLC, Respondent, represented by Joel David Sayres

US Inventor, Inc. and Eleven Affected Inventors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert P. Greenspoon