Opinion
2013-1426 2014-1133
04-23-2014
IN RE RAMBUS INC. IN RE RAMBUS, INC.
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Reexamination Nos. 95/000,250 and 95/001,124.
Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. 95/001,026 and 95/001,128.
ON MOTION
Before LOURIE, DYK, and REYNA, Circuit Judges. LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
ORDER
Rambus Inc. and the Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") jointly move to remand these cases to conduct further proceedings in light of Rambus Inc. v. Rea, 731 F.3d 1248 (Fed. Cir. 2013).
In Rambus, this court vacated the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's obviousness rejection of claims of a related patent based on a combination of the same prior art references at issue here.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The motions are granted. The cases are remanded to the Board to conduct further proceedings consistent with this order.
(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.
FOR THE COURT
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Daniel E. O'Toole
Clerk of Court
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