New Filings

Medtronic, Inc.filed IPR2014-00488 against U.S. Patent No. 7,769,605 (assigned to Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Inc.) challenging claims 1-9.  This is just the latest in a complext knot of district court litgation, reexaminations, and inter partes reviews.

Proceedings Termianted

In Commscope, Inc. v. Pangrac and Associates, IPR2013-00461, Paper 12, (March 6, 2013) the Board terminated the proceedings in view of the settlement reached between the parties.  The Board noted that trial was instituted on January 29, 2014, and is in the preliminary; the initial conference call with the Board to discuss the case has not been held; and there is no co-pending district court litigation. The Board concluded that under these circumstances “it is appropriate to terminate the trial without rendering a final written decision.”