2014-1578 03-13-2015 VICOR CORPORATION, Appellant v. SYNQOR, INC., Appellee MATTHEW A. SMITH, Turner Boyd LLP, Redwood City, CA, argued for appellant. CONSTANTINE L. TRELA, JR., Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, argued for appellee. Also represented by JILL BROWNING, ARNOLD TURK, GARY V. HARKCOM, BRUCE HAROLD STONER, JR., Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C., Reston, VA. CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge. NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial

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The time for taking any action by a patent owner in an inter partes reexamination proceeding will be extended only for sufficient cause and for a reasonable time specified. Any request for such extension must be filed on or before the day on which action by the patent owner is due, but in no case will the mere filing of a request effect any extension. Any request for such extension must be accompanied by the petition fee set forth in § 1.17(g) . See § 1.304(a) for extensions of time for filing a