NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS, INC.,
Appellant,
v.
DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR,
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK
OFFICE,
Appellee,
and
3M ESPE AG,
Appellee.
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2012-1097
(Reexamination No. 95/000,390)
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Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
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JUDGMENT
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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.
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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