American Honda Motor Co., Inc.v.American Vehicular Sciences LLCDownload PDFPatent Trial and Appeal BoardFeb 11, 201511836274 (P.T.A.B. Feb. 11, 2015) Copy Citation Trials@uspto.gov Paper 23 571.272.7822 Entered: February 11, 2015 1 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD ____________ HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Petitioners, v. AMERICAN VEHICULAR SCIENCES LLC, Patent Owner. ____________ Case IPR2014-00629 Case IPR2015-00176 Patent 8,036,788 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) IPR2014-00629 and IPR2015-00176 Patent 8,036,788 B2 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 22. 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 22. 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, 13 and 20 of U.S. Patent No. 8,036,788. IPR2014-00629 and IPR2015-00176 Patent 8,036,788 B2 For PETITIONER: Joseph Melnik Joseph Beauchamp Beauchamp Liou JONES DAY jmelnik@jonesday.com jbeauchamp@jonesday.com aliou@jonesday.com For 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