Case: 12-1663 Document: 16 Page: 1 Filed: 10/05/2012
NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
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IN RE GERALD M. BENSON
2012-1663
(Serial No. 09/515,978)
Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
IN RE KENNETH L. SMITH
2012-1664
(Serial No. 11/061,327)
Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
ON MOTION
ORDER
Case: 12-1663 Document: 16 Page: 2 Filed: 10/05/2012
IN RE GERALD BENSON 2
Upon consideration of Gerald M. Benson and Kenneth
L. Smith's unopposed motion to consolidate appeal 2012-
1663 with appeal 2012-1664,
IT Is ORDERED THAT:
(1) The motion to consolidate the appeals is granted
to the extent that consolidated briefs shall be filed. The
cases will be treated as companion cases to be argued
consecutively before the same merits panel.
(2) The revised official caption is reflected above.
FOR THE COURT
/s/ Jan Horbaly
Jan Horbaly
Clerk
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