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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHARPER IMAGE CORPORATION, a

Delaware corporation, and ZENION

INDUSTRIES, INC., a California

corporation,

 Plaintiffs,

 v.

HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC., a

Delaware corporation, and KAZ, INC.,

a New York corporation,

 Defendants.

 /

No. C 02-4860 CW

(Lead Case)

No. C 04-0529 CW

(Consolidated

Case)

ORDER GRANTING

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION

FOR A PARTIAL STAY

Plaintiffs Sharper Image Corporation and Zenion Industries,

Inc. move for a partial stay of this action pending the Patent

and Trademark Office’s (PTO) consideration of the application

for reissuance of U.S. Patent No. 6,713,026 ('026 patent). 

Specifically, Plaintiffs move to stay only those claims relating

to the ‘026 patent. Defendant Kaz, Inc. has filed a statement

of non-opposition to the motion. The matter was taken under

submission on the papers. Having considered the moving papers,

the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' motion to stay all claims relating

to the '026 patent.

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On January 21, 2005, Sharper Image filed with the PTO an

application for reissuance of the '026 patent. As part of that

application, Sharper Image intends to add five new claims to the

'026 patent. 

On April 18, 2005, in Sharper Image v. Ionic Pro, 04-0824

CW, this Court granted a similar motion, filed by Sharper Image,

to stay all claims relating to the '026 patent pending

completion of the PTO's reexamination process. The Court stayed

the '026 patent claims because, inter alia, doing so facilitated

the resolution of that lawsuit. The Court ruled that the

relevant claims of the '026 patent would likely change as a

result of the reexamination process; thus, it was not efficient

to continue litigating the '026 patent pending the PTO's

reexamination. The Court adopts that same reasoning here.

For the foregoing reasons, and in light of Kaz's statement

of non-opposition, Plaintiffs' motion for a partial stay (Docket

No. 322) is GRANTED. All claims in this action relating to the

'026 patent shall be stayed pending the PTO's reissue

proceedings.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 6/2/05 /s/ CLAUDIA WILKEN 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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