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Power Integrations, Inc. v. Semiconductor Components, No. 18-1705 (Fed. Cir. June 13, 2019)

Vacated & Remanded
IPR / PTAB
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 18-1705
Decided
June 13, 2019
Judge
Per curiam
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
2 pages
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

2018-1705

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2016-01589.

Decided: June 13, 2019

HOWARD G. POLLACK, Fish & Richardson, PC, Redwood City, CA, argued for appellant. Also represented by MICHAEL R. HEADLEY, NEIL WARREN; JOHN WINSTON THORNBURGH, San Diego, CA. MICHAEL HAWES, Baker Botts, LLP, Houston, TX, argued for appellee. Also represented by ROGER FULGHUM;

22 POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. v. SEMICONDUCTOR

COMPONENTS BRETT J. THOMPSEN, Austin, TX; LAUREN J. DREYER, Washington, DC.

Before TARANTO, MAYER, and CHEN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

We vacate the Board’s final written decision in IPR2016-01589, and we remand for dismissal of the inter partes review 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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