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Power Integrations, Inc. v. Semiconductor Components, No. 18-1602 (Fed. Cir. June 13, 2019)

Vacated & Remanded
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 18-1602
Decided
June 13, 2019
Judge
Per curiam
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
2 pages

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.,

Appellant

v.

SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES,

LLC, DBA ON SEMICONDUCTOR,

Appellee

ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF

COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES

PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE,

Intervenor

2018-1602, 2018-1741

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR2016-00995, IPR2016-01597.

Decided: June 13, 2019

FRANK SCHERKENBACH, Fish & Richardson, PC, Boston, MA, argued for appellant. Also represented by HOWARD G. POLLACK, MICHAEL R. HEADLEY, NEIL WARREN,

22 POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. v. SEMICONDUCTOR

COMPONENTS Redwood City, CA; JOHN WINSTON THORNBURGH, San Diego, CA. LAUREN J. DREYER, Baker Botts, LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellee. Also represented by BRETT J. THOMPSEN, Austin, TX; MICHAEL HAWES, ROGER FULGHUM, Houston, TX. KAKOLI CAPRIHAN, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenor. Also represented by THOMAS W. KRAUSE, JOSEPH MATAL, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED, PHILIP J. WARRICK.

Before TARANTO, MAYER, and CHEN, Circuit Judges.

We vacate the Board’s final written decisions in IPR2016-00995 and IPR2016-01597, and we remand for dismissal of those inter partes reviews as time-barred under 35 U.S.C. § 315(b). See Power Integrations, Inc. v. Semiconductor Components Indus., LLC, No. 2018-1607 (Fed. Cir. June 12, 2019).

The parties shall bear their own costs.

VACATED AND REMANDED

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Power Integrations, Inc. v. Semiconductor Components, No. 18-1602 (Fed. Cir. June 13, 2019).

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CAFC-18-1602-20190613
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