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In re Lauffer, No. 12-1537 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 15, 2012)

Granted
IPR / PTAB Invalidity (§ 102/§ 103)
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 12-1537
Decided
October 15, 2012
Judge
Dyk, J.
Document
Order on Motion
Length
2 pages
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IN RE LEANDER LAUFFER, CRAIG A. SMITH,

RAYMOND G. GOODWIN, AND M. PATRICIA

BECKMAN,

Appellants.

2012-1537

(Serial No. 08/478,995)

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

ON MOTION

Before LINN, DYK, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges.

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DYK, Circuit Judge.

ORDER

The Director of the United States Patent and Trade mark Office moves without opposition to remand this matter to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences to consider appellants' evidence of nonobviousness in the first instance.

Accordingly,

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IT Is ORDERED THAT: (1) The motion to remand is granted. (2) Each side shall bear its own costs.

FOR THE COURT

OCT 15 lOll

/s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly

Clerk

cc: Barbara Rudolph, Esq.

Raymond T. Chen, Esq.

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In re Lauffer, No. 12-1537 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 15, 2012).

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