2020 Pat. App. LEXIS 13004

2020 Pat. App. LEXIS 13004

Opinion

FLAX, Administrative Patent Judge.

  JUDGMENT

  Final Written Decision

  Determining Challenged Claim Unpatentable

  35 U.S.C. § 328(a)  

  I. INTRODUCTION

  Raffel Systems, LLC ("Patent Owner" or "Raffel") is the owner of U.S. Patent No. D821,986 S to Kenneth G. Seidl et al. (Ex. 1001, "the D '986 patent "). Man Wah Holdings Limited ("Petitioner" or "Man Wah") filed a Petition requesting post-grant review of the claim of the D '986 patent . Paper 3 ("Pet."). We instituted trial on July 10, 2019. Paper 9 ("Institution Decision"). Patent Owner filed a Response to the Petition. Paper 15 ("PO Resp."). Petitioner [*2]  responded with a Reply (Paper 20 ("Pet. Reply")), to which Patent Owner responded with a Sur-reply (Paper 21 ("PO Surreply")). A hearing was conducted on April 2, 2020, where the parties presented oral argument. See Paper 30 ("Hr'g Tr.").

  After considering the parties' arguments and supporting evidence, we conclude that Petitioner has proved by a preponderance of the evidence that the claim of the D '986 patent is unpatentable. 35 U.S.C. § 326(e).

  II. BACKGROUND

  A. REAL PARTIES-IN-INTEREST  

  Petitioner states that the Real Party-in-Interest is "Man Wah Holdings Limited." Pet. 1. Patent Owner states that the Real Party-in-Interest is "Raffel Systems, LLC." Paper 4.

  B. RELATED MATTERS  

  Petitioner has disclosed, "[t]he '986 patent is presently at issue in the action titled Raffel Systems, LLC v. Man Wah Holdings LTD Inc et al., Case 2:18-cv-01765 (WIED)." Pet. 1. Patent Owner identifies the same related matter. See Paper 4.

  C. THE D '986 PATENT   

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