/// Market Impact in an Evolving World
By Donna Kline
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www.DLKIndustries.com
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2012 04 19
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/// Facebook forces reexam order ofLeader
’
s patent through USPTO Director
’
soffice in wake of Instagram controversy
I just received word that Facebook has succeeded in pushing through a rarely-if-ever used USPTO Director Order to have Leader
’
s U.S. Pat. No. 7,139,761remanded for further reexamination
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even though the Reexam Board wasalready processing Facebook
’
s request according to well-used procedures. Theorder was issued
before
a petition requesting such an order was filed!
Order Remanding Appeal to Examiner, Reexam App. No. 90/010,591
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7,139,761
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Apr.17, 2012
Fig. 1
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Big trouble ahead for the Facebook IPO?
Donna Kline reportsfor
Pittsburgh Business Report
and is a former reporter for
Bloomberg
.
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/// Donna Kline is areporter for
Pittsburgh Business Report
and aformer reporter for
Bloomberg
New York.
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s Apr. 17, 2012 order remanding U.S. Pat. No. 7, 139,761 to a secondreexamination. This order inexplicably and without proper petition shortcuts the appeal process alreadyunderway via the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI).
It comes just days after my Instagram-scam blog postraising seriousconcerns about the fiduciary (in)actions of the Facebook directors in Facebook
Facebook lost their first request for reexamination on Jan. 6, 2011(see timeline below). They had re-argued the same prior art that they loston at trial on Jul. 27, 2010, so their arguments have grown stale.3.
TheUSPTO Director David Kappos wasappointed by President Obama on August13, 2009 (click herefor USPTO pressrelease). He appears to be acting sort of based on rule
Facebook had filed an appeal for a secondreexamination on Feb. 4, 2011 to the Boardof Patent Appeals and Interferences(BPAI). That BPAI panel process was
to the Examiner. This is likesomeone filing a generic lawsuit against you without stating any claims
The way this order is formatted is telling.The unusual elements from ALL other similar orders that I have reviewedare:
s Office! Without inherent knowledge of the patent process, these differences wouldlikely go unnoticed. Makes this muppet wonder
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Donna Kline Now! - Facebook Forces Reexam Order of Leader's Patent Through USPTO Directors Office in Wake of Instagram Controversy
Donna Kline investigates a surprise order by US Patent Office Director David Kappos pushing Leader's U.S. Patent No. 7,139,761 into what essentially is a fourth re-examination. Leader won these arguments at trial and in two previous patent reexaminations. A review of the USPTO rules reveal that this order was issued without proper legal foundation.
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