Opinion
2017-1797
07-23-2018
DIRTT ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS LTD, Appellant v. ALLSTEEL INC., Appellee
CHAD EDWARD NYDEGGER, Workman Nydegger, Salt Lake City, UT, argued for appellant. Also represented by MICHAEL J. FRODSHAM, DAVID R. TODD. R. TREVOR CARTER, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Indianapolis, IN, argued for appellee. Also represented by NICHOLAS M. ANDERSON, VICTOR P. JONAS, TIMOTHY M. SULLIVAN, Minneapolis, MN; JOEL SAYRES, Denver, CO.
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2015-01691. CHAD EDWARD NYDEGGER, Workman Nydegger, Salt Lake City, UT, argued for appellant. Also represented by MICHAEL J. FRODSHAM, DAVID R. TODD. R. TREVOR CARTER, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Indianapolis, IN, argued for appellee. Also represented by NICHOLAS M. ANDERSON, VICTOR P. JONAS, TIMOTHY M. SULLIVAN, Minneapolis, MN; JOEL SAYRES, Denver, CO. Before O'MALLEY, CLEVENGER, and REYNA, Circuit Judges. O'MALLEY, Circuit Judge.
DIRTT Environmental Solutions, Ltd. appeals from a final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("Board") in an inter-partes review proceeding, finding that Allsteel Inc. ("Allsteel") had shown by a preponderance of the evidence that claims 1, 4-7, 9, 10, 14-20, and 25 of U.S. Patent No. 8,024,901 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103. Allsteel Inc. v. DIRTT Envtl. Sols. Ltd., No. IPR2015-01691, 2017 WL 379367 (P.T.A.B. Jan. 19, 2017). Because the Board's final written decision addresses fewer than all claims challenged in Allsteel's petition to institute inter-partes review, and the parties have not waived their objections to the Board's failure to address the non-instituted claims, we vacate and remand to allow the Board to issue a final written decision consistent with SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu, 138 S. Ct. 1348 (2018).
VACATED AND REMANDED
COSTS
No costs.