Case: 13-1175          Document: 31          Page: 1       Filed: 05/02/2013




                  NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

    United States Court of Appeals
        for the Federal Circuit
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                            EXELIXIS, INC.,
                            Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                       v.

   Teresa Stanek Rea, ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE
    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK
                      OFFICE,
                 Defendant-Appellant.
                ______________________

                              2013-1175
                        ______________________

     Appeal from the United States District Court for the
 Eastern District of Virginia in No. 12-CV-0096, Judge T.
 S. Ellis, III.
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                           EXELIXIS, INC.,
                           Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                       v.

   Teresa Stanek Rea, ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE
    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK
                      OFFICE,
                 Defendant-Appellee.
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 2                                       EXELIXIS, INC.   v. REA
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                          2013-1198
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    Appeal from the United States District Court for the
 Eastern District of Virginia in No. 12-CV-0574, Judge
 Leonie M. Brinkema.
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                        ON MOTION
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                 Before LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
                          ORDER
     Upon consideration of Tara Chand Singhal’s unop-
 posed motion for leave to file a brief amicus curiae,
       IT IS ORDERED THAT:
       The motion is granted.
                                     FOR THE COURT

                                     /s/ Jan Horbaly
                                     Jan Horbaly
                                     Clerk

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