Panduit Corp. v. Rea

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Decided: August 12, 2013
• Docket: 12-1437
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

PANDUIT CORPORATION, Appellant,

v.

TERESA STANEK REA, Acting Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Appellee,

AND

ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Cross Appellant. ______________________

2012-1437, -1438 ______________________

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trade- mark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in Reexamination No. 95/000,413. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JESSE O. COLLIER, Oliff & Berridge, PLC, of Alexan- dria, Virginia, argued for appellant. With him on the brief were JAMES A. OLIFF, JOHN W. O’MEARA, and ERIC D. MOREHOUSE.

COKE MORGAN STEWART, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia, argued for appellee. With her on the brief was ROBERT J. MCMANUS, Associate Solicitor. Of counsel were NATHAN K. KELLEY, Solicitor, and SCOTT WEIDENFELLER, Associate Solicitor.

PHILIP P. CASPERS, Carlson Caspers Vandenburgh Lindquist & Schuman, P.A., of Minneapolis, Minnesota, argued for cross appellant. With him on the brief were TIMOTHY A. LINDQUIST, SAMUEL A. HAMER, and JOSEPH W. WINKELS. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, LOURIE, and PROST, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

August 12, 2013 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk