Sirona Dental Sys., Inc. v. Kappos

Full title: SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS, INC., Appellant, v. DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR…

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Date published: Aug 20, 2012

475 F. App'x 765 (Fed. Cir. 2012)

Opinion

2012-1097

08-20-2012

SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS, INC., Appellant, v. DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Appellee, and 3M ESPE AG, Appellee.

JOHN D. CARPENTER, Law Office of John D. Carpenter, of Pasadena, California, argued for the appellant. Of counsel on the brief was DAVID A. DILLARD, Christie, Parker & Hale LLP, of Glendale, California. LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia argued for appellee United States Patent and Trademark Office. With her on the brief were RAYMOND T. CHEN, Solicitor, and FARHEENA Y. RASHEED, Associate Solicitor. Of counsel was BENJAMIN D.M. WOOD. PAMELA STEWART, 3M Innovative Properties Company, of St. Paul, Minnesota, argued for the appellee 3M ESPE AG. Of counsel on the brief was JOHN C. ADKISSON, Fish & Richardson, P.C., of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

PER CURIAM

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

(Reexamination No. 95/000,390)

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.

JUDGMENT

JOHN D. CARPENTER, Law Office of John D. Carpenter, of Pasadena, California, argued for the appellant. Of counsel on the brief was DAVID A. DILLARD, Christie, Parker & Hale LLP, of Glendale, California.

LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia argued for appellee United States Patent and Trademark Office. With her on the brief were

RAYMOND T. CHEN, Solicitor, and FARHEENA Y. RASHEED, Associate Solicitor. Of counsel was BENJAMIN D.M. WOOD.

PAMELA STEWART, 3M Innovative Properties Company, of St. Paul, Minnesota, argued for the appellee 3M ESPE AG. Of counsel on the brief was JOHN C. ADKISSON, Fish & Richardson, P.C., of Minneapolis, Minnesota. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, PROST, and MOORE, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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Jan Horbaly

Clerk