Based on my professional judgment, I believe the panel decision is contrary
to the following decision(s) of the Supreme Court of the United States or the
precedent(s) of this court: (i) Nelson v. Adams USA, Inc., 529 U.S. 460 (2000); (ii)
Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co., 649 F.3d 1276 (Fed. Cir. 2011); (iii)
Plumtree Software, Inc. v. Datamize, LLC, 473 F.3d 1152 (Fed. Cir. 2006); (iv)
Cross Med. Prod., Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., 424 F.3d 1293 (Fed. Cir.
2005); (v) TriMed, Inc. v. Stryker Corp., 608 F.3d 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2010); (vi) Star
Sci., Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 537 F.3d 1357 (Fed. Cir. 2008).
III. CONCLUSION
To prevent injustice, comply with controlling authority, and avoid creating
dangerous new precedent, the panel’s decision should be reheard en banc. Upon such rehearing, the Judgment of this Court should be lifted, and this Court should enter
an order: (i) reversing the summary judgment of on-sale bar; and (ii) vacating the
finding of inequitable conduct. This Court should then review, either en banc or in
panel, the remaining issues raised in Appellants’ appeal, which the panel did not
reach. Upon such review, for the reasons stated in Appellants’ Briefs, the judgment
of the district court should be vacated, and this case should be remanded for trial.
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Thursday, April 16, 2020
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Thanks SkunK for continuing to follow and post the developments here.
Unfortunately I am pretty sure we are going to lose again. Same attorneys, same arguments, same panel of judges.
And even if we win it means we get to go back to trial. This is a never ending.
Allegedly "Misled" Examiner Concluded She Was Not Misled...
The summary judgment’s incorrectness was recently confirmed by the
USPTO. On 2/25/2020, the USPTO allowed Application 14/661,369, a continuation of the ‘858 family.
The application was examined by the same Examiner who examined the ‘858 family, Deborah Carr.
On 4/17/2019, Examiner Carr issued an office action, rejecting the claims due to the “on-sale bar” raised by the Letter. 4/17/2019 Office Action, 3-5. Examiner Carr cited the district court’s inequitable conduct ruling to support the rejection.
On 7/24/2019, Appellants held an interview with Examiner Carr. They explained why they did not originally submit the Letter (i.e., because they did not believe it was material to patentability), and why the Letter did not invoke an on-sale bar (i.e., because of Plumtree, because the Letter had an experimental purpose, and because the invention was not ready for patenting).
Examiner Carr was persuaded: she withdrew the rejection, and allowed the claims. See 2/25/2020 Notice of Allowance.
Thus, the very Examiner who was allegedly “misled” by Appellants concluded that she was not misled, and that the Letter did not raise an on-sale bar.
USPTO Status Update: Issuance Payment Verified 4-16-2020...
Application Number:
14/661,369
Correspondence Address Customer Number:
26817
Filing or 371 (c) Date:
03-18-2015
Status:
Publications -- Issue Fee Payment Verified
Application Type:
Utility
Status Date:
04-16-2020
Examiner Name:
CARR, DEBORAH D
Good Luck To All!$!$
Issue Notification Mailed Today!
Under "Transaction History"
04-29-2020
Patent Title: Method Of Processing Ethanol Byproducts And Related Subsystems
The very Examiner who was allegedly “misled” by Appellants concluded that she was not misled, and that the Letter did not raise an on-sale bar.
Good Luck To All!$!$
Slash, what’s the patent number.
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