Nantkwest, Inc. v. Matal [Order rehearing en banc] (No. 2016-1794, 8/31/17) (Prost, Newman, Lourie, Dyk, Moore, O'Malley, Reyna, Wallach, Taranto, Hughes, Stoll) -

Per Curiam. Sua sponte vacating panel opinion, ordering hearing en banc, and ordering briefing on this issue: “Did the panel in NantKwest, Inc. v. Matel 860 F.3d 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2017) correctly determine that 35 U.S.C. § 145's '[all] expenses of the proceedings' provision authorizes an award of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's attorneys' fees?”