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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Patent Infringement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

AIRCRAFT TECHNICAL

PUBLISHERS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

AVANTEXT, INC.,

Defendant. 

No. C 07-4154 SBA

ORDER

[Docket No. 12]

And related counter-suits.

 

On January 15, 2008, defendant Avantext, Inc. filed a Motion for Stay of the Proceedings in

this Action Pending the Outcome of Reexaminations of the Patents in Suit (the “Motion”). [Docket

No. 12]. On February 12, 2008, plaintiff Aircraft Technical Publishers, Inc. filed a Statement of

Non-Opposition to the Motion. [Docket No. 23.] On March 5, 2008, the Court held a case

management conference (CMC) to discuss this and other issues. See Docket No. 27. The Court

took the Motion under submission and continued the CMC to April 3, 2008, so the parties could

obtain a time frame for reexamination from the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), and provide

this information in their next CMC statement. See id. On April 2, 2008, plaintiff filed a Status

Report of Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents-in-Suit [Docket No. 28]. According to the report,

plaintiff was unable to obtain any specific information regarding the three patents being reexamined,

save that average examination times suggested an end date one to one-and-a-half years in the future. 

See Docket No. 28. On April 3, 2008, the Court held a CMC, and ruled it would not stay this matter,

pending reexamination by the PTO, and instructed the parties to file a joint CMC statement with

scheduling suggestions, ten days in advance of the next CMC, set for May 28, 2008.

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Therefore, the Court DENIES defendant Avantext, Inc.’s Motion for Stay of the Proceedings

in this Action Pending the Outcome of Reexaminations of the Patents in Suit [Docket No. 12]. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

April 27, 2008 _________________________________

Saundra Brown Armstrong 

United States District Judge

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