Appeal No. 2006-2084
Reexamination Control No. 90/006,360
REEXAMINATION PROCEEDINGS AND RELATED APPEAL
Reexamination Control No. 90/006,360 was filed on August 20, 2002, by
third party requester Engineered Tooling Corp., to request reexamination of claims
1-19 (all claims) of U.S. Patent 5,779,400 ('400 patent), entitled "Small-Shank
Tool for Automatic Lathes," issued July 14, 1998, to William R. Fountaine, based
on Application 08/632,347, filed April 10, 1996.
Related Reexamination Control No. 90/006,361 was filed on the same day
by the same requester to request reexamination of claims 1-17 (all claims) of U.S.
Patent 6,033,158 ('158 patent), entitled "Small-Shank Tool for Automatic Lathes,"
issued March 7, 2000, to William R. Fountaine, based on Application 09/036,346,
filed March 6, 1998, which is a continuation-in-part of Application 08/632,347. A
decision on appeal was entered in Reexamination Control No. 90/006,361 on
June 26, 2006, in Appeal No. 2006-1075.
The records of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) show that
the '400 and '158 patents are both assigned to TBKS, LLC, 394 Chase River Road,
Waterbury, CT, 06704 (hereinafter the "patent owner").
- 2 -
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007