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`NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
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`United States Court of Appeals
`for the Federal Circuit
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`VIRNETX INC.,
`Appellant
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`v.
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`KATHERINE K. VIDAL, Under Secretary of Com-
`merce for Intellectual Property and Director of the
`United States Patent and Trademark Office,
`Intervenor
`______________________
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`2017-2593
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`Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
`Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2016-
`00693.
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`VIRNETX INC.,
`Appellant
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`v.
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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
`Appellee
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`KATHERINE K. VIDAL, Under Secretary of Com-
`merce for Intellectual Property and Director of the
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`Case: 17-2593 Document: 98 Page: 2 Filed: 06/01/2023
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`VIRNETX INC. v. VIDAL
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`United States Patent and Trademark Office,
`Intervenor
`______________________
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`2019-1671
`______________________
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`Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
`Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 95/001,679.
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`VIRNETX INC.,
`Appellant
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`v.
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`APPLE INC.,
`Appellee
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`KATHERINE K. VIDAL, Under Secretary of Com-
`merce for Intellectual Property and Director of the
`United States Patent and Trademark Office,
`Intervenor
`______________________
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`2022-1523
`______________________
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`Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
`Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 95/001,682.
`______________________
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`ON MOTION
`______________________
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`Before REYNA, Circuit Judge.
`O R D E R
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`Case: 17-2593 Document: 98 Page: 3 Filed: 06/01/2023
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`VIRNETX INC. v. VIDAL
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`VirnetX Inc. moves to hold these calendar-ready ap-
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`peals in abeyance pending (1) the disposition of any peti-
`tion for rehearing in VirnetX Inc. v. Mangrove Partners
`Master Fund, Ltd., Appeal Nos. 2020-2271, 2020-2272; and
`(2) the Supreme Court’s disposition of the petition for a writ
`of certiorari in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., No.
`22-639, stating that the Director of the United States Pa-
`tent and Trademark Office takes no position on the mo-
`tions. Cisco Systems, Inc. and Apple Inc. oppose.
`Upon consideration thereof,
`IT IS ORDERED THAT:
`The motions are denied.
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` FOR THE COURT
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` /s/ Jarrett B. Perlow
` Jarrett B. Perlow
` Acting Clerk of Court
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`June 1, 2023
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