Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. v. Kappos, No. 12-1097 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 20, 2012)

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS, INC.,

Appellant,

v.

DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR,

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK

OFFICE,

Appellee,

and

3M ESPE AG,

Appellee.

2012-1097

(Reexamination No. 95/000,390)

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.

JUDGMENT

JOHN D. CARPENTER, Law Office of John D. Carpenter, of Pasadena, California, argued for the appellant. Of counsel on the brief was DAVID A. DILLARD, Christie, Parker & Hale LLP, of Glendale, California.

LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia argued for appellee United States Patent and Trademark Office. With her on the brief were

2RAYMOND T. CHEN, Solicitor, and FARHEENA Y. RASHEED, Associate Solicitor. Of counsel was BENJAMIN D.M. WOOD.

PAMELA STEWART, 3M Innovative Properties Company, of St. Paul, Minnesota, argued for the appellee 3M ESPE AG. Of counsel on the brief was JOHN C. ADKISSON, Fish & Richardson, P.C., of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: