Opinion
2012-1484 Reexamination No. 95/000,427 2012-1485 Reexamination No. 95/000,443 2012-1486 Reexamination No. 95/000,490 2012-1487 Reexamination No. 95/000,491
11-27-2012
INSTITUT PASTEUR & UNTVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE, Appellant, v. DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Appellee, AND PRECISION BIOSCIENCES, INC., Appellee. INSTITUT PASTEUR & UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE, Appellant, v. DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Appellee, AND PRECISION BIOSCIENCES, INC., Appellee. INSTITUT PASTEUR & UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE, Appellant, v. DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Appellee, AND PRECISION BIOSCIENCES, INC., Appellee. INSTITUT PASTEUR & UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE, Appellant, v. DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Appellee, AND PRECISION BIOSCIENCES, INC., Appellee.
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
ON MOTION
Before RADER, Chief Judge, LOURIE and SCHALL, Circuit
Judges.
SCHALL, Circuit Judge.
ORDER
The Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) moves without opposition to dismiss appeal no. 2012-1484, to dismiss certain claims from the patent at issue in appeal no. 2012-1487, and to dismiss appeal no. 2012-1486 on the ground of mootness. Institut Pasteur & Universite Pierre et Marie Curie opposes with regard to appeal nos. 2012-1486-87.
We deem it the better course for the parties to address these issues in the briefs
Upon consideration thereof,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The motion to dismiss is granted only to the extent that appeal no. 2012-1484 is dismissed.
(2) All other motions are denied.
(3) Appellant's brief is due within 21 days of the date of this order.
FOR THE COURT
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Jan Horbaly
Clerk
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