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562 F. App'x 983

In re Apple Inc.

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided June 4, 2014

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2014-06-04

Decided 2014-06-04

¶1ON MOTION

¶2ORDER

NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

¶3The parties jointly move to remand to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to reconsider its rejection of claims 13 and 15-31 of U.S. Patent No. 5,946,647 (the '647 patent) in light of this court’s decision in Apple Inc. v. Motorola Inc., Appeal Nos.2012-1548, -1549.

¶4In Apple, this court affirmed the district court’s construction of “linking actions to the detected structures” in the '647 patent. *984We agree with the parties that the case should be remanded to the Board to reconsider its decision in light of this construction.

¶5Accordingly,

¶6It Is Ordered That:

¶7(1) The motion to remand is granted. This appeal is remanded for further proceedings consistent with this order.

¶8(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.

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