CASE NO. 6:13-cv-447-JRG CASE NO. 6:13-cv-448-JRG-KNM CASE NO. 6:14-cv-435-JRG-KNM CASE NO. 6:14-cv-992-JRG-KNM 05-29-2015 SMARTFLASH LLC, et al., Plaintiffs, v. APPLE, INC. et al., Defendants. SMARTFLASH LLC, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS, INC. et al., Defendants. SMARTFLASH LLC, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GOOGLE, INC. et al., Defendants. SMARTFLASH LLC, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMAZON.COM, INC. et al., Defendants. RODNEY GILSTRAP UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE JURY TRIAL DEMANDED MEMORANDUM
Patent Appeal No. 4077. February 27, 1939. Appeal from the Board of Patent Appeals, Interference No. 73,230. Interference proceeding between Fritz Hansgirg and Frank R. Kemmer. From a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming decision of the Examiner of Interferences, the former appeals. Reversed. Brown, Critchlow Flick, of Pittsburgh, Pa. (Jo. Baily Brown and Fulton B. Flick, both of Pittsburgh, Pa., of counsel), for appellant. H.C. Bierman, of New York City,
(a) A covered business method patent review is a trial subject to the procedures set forth in subpart A of this part and is also subject to the post-grant review procedures set forth in subpart C except for §§ 42.200 , 42.201 , 42.202 , and 42.204 . (b) In a covered business method patent review proceeding, a claim of a patent, or a claim proposed in a motion to amend under § 42.221 , shall be construed using the same claim construction standard that would be used to construe the claim in a civil
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(a) When instituting post-grant review, the Board will authorize the review to proceed on all of the challenged claims and on all grounds of unpatentability asserted for each claim. (b) At any time prior to institution of post-grant review, the Board may deny all grounds for unpatentability for all of the challenged claims. Denial of all grounds is a Board decision not to institute post-grant review. (c) Post-grant review shall not be instituted unless the Board decides that the information presented