REXNORD INDUSTRIES, LLC v. KAPPOS

No. 2011-1434.

705 F.3d 1347 (2013)

REXNORD INDUSTRIES, LLC, Appellant, v. David J. KAPPOS, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Appellee, and Habasit Belting, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

January 23, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Cross , Quarles & Brady, LLP, of Milwaukee, WI, argued for appellant. With him on the brief was Johanna Wilbert .

Mary L. Kelly , Associate Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, VA. With her on the brief were Raymond T. Chen , Solicitor, and William LaMarca , Associate Solicitor.

Matthew T. Bailey , McKeena Long & Aldridge, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for appellee. With him on the brief was Randall C. Pyles .

Before NEWMAN, LOURIE, and PROST, Circuit Judges.


NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Rexnord Industries requested inter partes reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 6,523,680 (the '680 patent), owned by Habasit Belting, Inc. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (Board) confirmed claims 1-14 of the '680 patent. Rexnord appeals. We affirm that the claims are not anticipated, and reverse the Board's determination that the claimed invention is not obvious in view of certain...

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