POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. v. SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS [OPINION - NONPRECEDENTIAL] , No. 18-1602 (Fed. Cir. 2019)

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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC., Appellant v. SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, DBA ON SEMICONDUCTOR, Appellee ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Intervenor ______________________ 2018-1602, 2018-1741 ______________________ Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Nos. IPR201600995, IPR2016-01597. ______________________ Decided: June 13, 2019 ______________________ FRANK SCHERKENBACH, Fish & Richardson, PC, Boston, MA, argued for appellant. Also represented by HOWARD G. POLLACK, MICHAEL R. HEADLEY, NEIL WARREN, POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. v. SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS 2 Redwood City, CA; JOHN WINSTON THORNBURGH, San Diego, CA. LAUREN J. DREYER, Baker Botts, LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellee. Also represented by BRETT J. THOMPSEN, Austin, TX; MICHAEL HAWES, ROGER FULGHUM, Houston, TX. KAKOLI CAPRIHAN, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenor. Also represented by THOMAS W. KRAUSE, JOSEPH MATAL, FARHEENA YASMEEN RASHEED, PHILIP J. WARRICK. ______________________ Before TARANTO, MAYER, and CHEN, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. We vacate the Board’s final written decisions in IPR2016-00995 and IPR2016-01597, and we remand for dismissal of those inter partes reviews as time-barred under 35 U.S.C. § 315(b). See Power Integrations, Inc. v. Semiconductor Components Indus., LLC, No. 2018-1607 (Fed. Cir. June 12, 2019). The parties shall bear their own costs. VACATED AND REMANDED

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