NOTE: This order is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
IN RE RAMBUS INC.
2013-1426
Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Reexamination Nos. 95/000,250 and 95/001,124.
IN RE RAMBUS, INC.
2014-1133
Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. 95/001,026 and 95/001,128.
ON MOTION
Before LOURIE, DYK, and REYNA, Circuit Judges.
22 IN RE RAMBUS INC.
O R D E R
Rambus Inc. and the Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) jointly move to remand these cases to conduct further proceedings in light of Rambus Inc. v. Rea, 731 F.3d 1248 (Fed. Cir. 2013).
In Rambus, this court vacated the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s obviousness rejection of claims of a related patent based on a combination of the same prior art references at issue here.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The motions are granted. The cases are remanded to the Board to conduct further proceedings consistent with this order.
(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.
FOR THE COURT
/s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
Daniel E. O’Toole
Clerk of Court
ISSUED AS A MANDATE: April 23, 2014 s30