Case: 13-1426 Document: 42 Page: 1 Filed: 04/23/2014
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
IN RE RAMBUS INC.
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2013-1426
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Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Reexamination
Nos. 95/000,250 and 95/001,124.
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IN RE RAMBUS, INC.
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2014-1133
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Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. 95/001,026
and 95/001,128.
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ON MOTION
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Before LOURIE, DYK, and REYNA, Circuit Judges.
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Case: 13-1426 Document: 42 Page: 2 Filed: 04/23/2014
2 IN RE RAMBUS INC.
ORDER
Rambus Inc. and the Deputy Director of the U.S. Pa-
tent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) jointly move to re-
mand 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
/s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
Daniel E. O’Toole
Clerk of Court
ISSUED AS A MANDATE: April 23, 2014
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