from OD
dndodd: Tell my3sons that if if there is no en banc/rehearing filing the CAFC is required to issue the mandate in seven days.
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
“Rule 41. Mandate: Contents; Issuance and
Effective Date; Stay
(a) Contents. Unless the court directs that a formal mandate
issue, the mandate consists of a certifi ed copy of
the judgment, a copy of the court’s opinion, if any, and
any direction about costs.
(b) When Issued. The court’s mandate must issue 7 days
after the time to fi le a petition for rehearing expires, or
7 days after entry of an order denying a timely petition
for panel rehearing, petition for rehearing en banc, or
motion for stay of mandate, whichever is later. The
court may shorten or extend the time.”
If Nokia files a certiorari request for Supreme Court review , the mandate can be stayed ; however the request for stay “must show that the certiorari petition would present a substantial question and that there is good cause for a stay.”