American Honda Motor Co., Inc.v.American Vehicular Sciences LLCDownload PDFPatent Trial and Appeal BoardFeb 11, 201511422240 (P.T.A.B. Feb. 11, 2015) Copy Citation Trials@uspto.gov Paper 24 571.272.7822 Entered: February 11, 2015 1 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD _______________ AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC., HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Petitioners, v. AMERICAN VEHICULAR SCIENCES LLC, Patent Owner. ____________ Case IPR2014-00637 Case IPR2015-00174 Patent 7,630,802 B2 ____________ Before JAMESON LEE, BARBARA A. PARVIS and GREGG I. ANDERSON, Administrative Patent Judges. ANDERSON, Administrative Patent Judge. JUDGMENT Request for Adverse Judgment 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b) IPR2014-00637 and IPR2015-00174 Patent 7,630,802 On February 9, 2015, Patent Owner, American Vehicular Sciences LLC (“AVS”), stated that it is abandoning this contest and requested entry of adverse judgment. Paper 23. Under 35 U.S.C. § 42.73(b), a party may request judgment against itself at any time during a proceeding. Also, under 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b)(4) actions construed as a request for entry of adverse judgment include abandonment of the contest. AVS not only has requested abandonment of this contest, but also expressly requested entry of adverse judgment. Paper 23. Order Accordingly, it is: ORDERED that AVS’s request for entry of adverse judgment is granted; and FURTHER ORDERED that judgment is herein entered against AVS with respect to claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of U.S. Patent No. 7,630,802. IPR2014-00637 and IPR2015-00174 Patent 7,630,802 PETITIONER: Joseph Melnik Joseph Beauchamp Beauchamp Liou JONES DAY jmelnik@jonesday.com jbeauchamp@jonesday.com aliou@jonesday.com PATENT OWNER: Thomas J. Wimbiscus Scott P. McBride Stephanie F. Samz MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD. twimbiscus@mcandrews-ip.com smcbride@mcandrews-ip.com ssamz@mcandrews-ip.com Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation