Opinion
2011-1244 2011-1484 2011-1512 2012-1024 Reexamination No. 95/000,339
12-15-2011
K-TEC, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VITA-MIX CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant. VITA-MIX CORPORATION, Appellant, v. DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Appellee, AND K-TEC, INC., Appellee.
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Utah in case no. 06-CV-0108, Judge Tena Campbell.
Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
ON MOTION
ORDER
Vita-Mix Corporation moves for leave to treat the above-captioned cases as companion cases for purposes of oral argument. K-Tec, Inc. moves for an extension of time in 2012-1024, until December 27, 2011 for Vita-Mix Corporation to file its opening brief and for an extension of time, until February 22, 2012, for David J. Kappos and K-Tec, Inc. to file their responsive briefs.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The motions are granted to the following extent: the cases will be treated as companion cases, the appellant's opening brief in 2012-1024 is due December 27, 2011, and the responsive briefs of Kappos and K-Tec in 2012-1024 are due February 22, 2012. Further extensions should not be anticipated.
(2) A copy of this order shall be transmitted to the merits panel assigned to hear this case.
(3) The revised official caption in 2012-1024 is reflected above.
FOR THE COURT
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Jan Horbaly
Clerk
cc: Alan L. Briggs, Esq.
Brett L. Foster, Esq.
L. Grant Foster, Esq.
Raymond T. Chen, Esq.
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