United States Federal Circuit

In a patent reexamination proceeding involving a patent dealing with multiplexers, a type of electrical circuit, a decision upholding an examiner's rejection of a patent in a reexamination proceeding is affirmed as the patent at issue would have been obvious at the time of invention.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/12/2007
• Published 10/12/2007

Judges

• RADER, Circuit Judge., Before MAYER, RADER, and PROST, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey S. Love, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, of Portland, OR, argued for appellant.   With him on the brief were Jared S. Goff and John D. Vandenberg., William LaMarca, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Arlington, VA, argued for the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.   With him on the brief was Thomas W. Krause, Associate Solicitor., James G. Gilliland, Jr., Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, of Palo Alto, CA, argued for intervenors Hitachi Ltd., et al.   With him on the brief were Madison C. Jellins and D. Stuart Bartow.   Of counsel on the brief were Nathan Lane III and David S. Elkins, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., of Palo Alto, CA;  David Axelrod, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C., of Portland, OR;  and Alan R. Loudermilk, Loudermilk & Associates, of Cupertino, CA.