IN RE CREE, INC.

No. 2015-1365.

818 F.3d 694 (2016)

In re CREE, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

March 21, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Lee , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, argued for appellant. Also represented by Sydenham B. Alexander, III , Peter M. Dichiara , Mark Christopher Fleming , Cynthia D. Vreeland ; Brittany Blueitt Amadi , Heather M. Petruzzi , Washington, DC.

Philip J. Warrick , Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for appellee Michelle K. Lee . Also represented by Thomas W. Krause , Stacy Beth Margolies , Robert J. McManus .

Before CHEN, CLEVENGER, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges.


This is an appeal from a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in an ex parte reexamination proceeding. The Board held various claims of a patent owned by Cree, Inc., to be unpatentable as obvious. We affirm.

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The patent in suit, Cree's U.S. Patent No. 6,600,175 ("the '175 patent"), filed...

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