Legal Opinion
Cooper Technologies Co. v. Dudas
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 19, 2008No. 2008-1130PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINN, Circuit Judge.
In this case, we are called upon to determine which patents are subject to inter partes reexamination. Congress established the inter partes reexamination procedure as part of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999, Pub.L. No. 106-113, §§ 4001-4808, 113 Stat. 1501, 1501A-552 to -591 (“AIPA”). Pursuant to section 4608 of the AIPA, the inter partes reexamination procedure is available for “any patent that issues from an original application filed in the United States on or after” November 29, 1999 — the date of the enactment of the AIPA. Id. § 4608, 113 Stat. at…
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