NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION v. LONE STAR SILICON INNOVATIONS LLC (2020)

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Nanya Technology Corporation Delaware, Nanya Technology Corporation U.S.A., Appellants v. LONE STAR SILICON INNOVATIONS, LLC, Appellee

2019-2030

Decided: March 27, 2020

Before Lourie, Schall, and Chen, Circuit Judges. Vincent K. Yip, Attorney, Peter James Wied, Nixon Peabody LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Appellants Timothy P. Maloney, Esq., David Allen Gosse, Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP, Chicago, IL, for Appellee

ORDER

Nanya Technology Corporation, Nanya Technology Corporation Delaware, and Nanya Technology Corporation U.S.A. (collectively, “Nanya”) petitioned for inter partes review of claims 1, 2, 5-7, and 10 of U.S. Patent 6,388,330 (the “’330 patent”) owned by Lone Star Silicon Innovations, LLC. After that review, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) held that claims 1, 5-6, and 10 are unpatentable but that Nanya failed to meet its burden to show that claims 2 and 7 are unpatentable. Nanya Tech. Corp. v. Lone Star Silicon Innovations, LLC, No. IPR2018-00062, 2019 WL 1373693 (PTAB March 25, 2019). Nanya appeals the Board’s decision with respect to claims 2 and 7.

In a separate appeal, we recently affirmed a decision of the Board holding claims 2 and 7 of the same ’330 patent unpatentable. Lone Star Silicon Innovations, LLC v. Iancu, No. 19-1669, ––– Fed.Appx. ––––, 2020 WL 1487265 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 25, 2020).

It Is Ordered That:

Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed as moot in light of our affirmance in Lone Star Silicon Innovations, LLC v. Iancu, No. 19-1669, ––– Fed.Appx. ––––, 2020 WL 1487265 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 25, 2020), which invalidated all of the claims at issue in this appeal.

Each party shall bear its own costs.

Per Curiam.