NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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.