Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. v. Kappos

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS, INC., Appellant, v. DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Appellee, and 3M ESPE AG, Appellee. ____________________ 2012-1097 (Reexamination No. 95/000,390) ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JOHN D. CARPENTER, Law Office of John D. Carpenter, of Pasadena, California, argued for the appellant. Of counsel on the brief was DAVID A. DILLARD, Christie, Parker & Hale LLP, of Glendale, California. LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia argued for appellee United States Patent and Trademark Office. With her on the brief were RAYMOND T. CHEN, Solicitor, and FARHEENA Y. RASHEED, Associate Solicitor. Of counsel was BENJAMIN D.M. WOOD. PAMELA STEWART, 3M Innovative Properties Company, of St. Paul, Minnesota, argued for the appellee 3M ESPE AG. Of counsel on the brief was JOHN C. ADKISSON, Fish & Richardson, P.C., of Minneapolis, Minnesota. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, PROST, and MOORE, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT August 20, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk