Appeal No. 2005-2512
Reexamination Control No. 90/006,431
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. §§ 134 and 305 from the examiner's final
rejection of claims 1-18, which are all of the claims subject to reexamination, under 35
U.S.C. §§ 112 (first paragraph), 102, and 103. The examiner has withdrawn the § 112
rejection, Ans. 3,3 leaving only the art rejections for our consideration.
We affirm in part and reverse in part.
A. The real party in interest
The real party in interest is the current patent owner, Synopsys, Inc., of Mt. View,
California (“Synopsys”). In 1997, Synopsys acquired the original assignee, i.e., EPIC
Design Technology, Inc. of Santa Clara, California (hereinafter “Epic”), and the ‘876
application, which matured into the ‘952 patent. Br. 11; PTO assignment records.
This reexamination proceeding was initiated at the request of Nassda
Corporation (“Nassda”).
B. Related reexamination proceeding
3 The final Office action (Paper No. 31), brief, answer, and reply brief are
hereinafter abbreviated “Fin.Act.,” “Br.,” “Ans.,” and “R.Br.”
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