Case Name: In re MAN MACHINE INTERFACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-04-15
Citations: 562 F. App'x 968
Docket Number: No. 2014-114
Parties: In re MAN MACHINE INTERFACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Petitioner.
Judges: Before PROST, O’MALLEY, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 562
Pages: 968–968

Head Matter:
In re MAN MACHINE INTERFACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Petitioner.
No. 2014-114.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
April 15, 2014.
Daniel M. Cislo, Esq., Cislo & Thomas LLP, Santa Monica, CA, Chand Singhal, Torrance, CA, for Petitioner.
Before PROST, O’MALLEY, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ON PETITION
ORDER
TARANTO, Circuit Judge.
Man Machine Interface Technologies, LLC ("MMIT") petitions for a writ extraordinaire, which this court interprets as a writ of mandamus, to direct the Central Reexamination Unit of the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") to confirm the claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,069,614, which are currently subject to ex parte reexamination, and to withdraw the final rejection of those claims. MMIT argues that the PTO's rejection of those claims as anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 represents "gross misconduct" by the PTO and was "mal-intentioned."
The remedy of mandamus is available only in extraordinary situations to correct a clear abuse of discretion or usurpation of judicial power. In re Calmar, Inc., 854 F.2d 461, 464 (Fed.Cir.1988). A party seeking a writ bears the burden of proving that it has no other means of securing the relief desired, Mallard v. United States District Court, 490 U.S. 296, 309, 109 S.Ct. 1814, 104 L.Ed.2d 318 (1989), and that the right to issuance of the writ is "clear and indisputable," Allied Chemical Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc., 449 U.S. 33, 35, 101 S.Ct. 188, 66 L.Ed.2d 193 (1980).
Before filing its petition in this court, MMIT challenged the examiner's final rejection by filing an appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board under 35 U.S.C. § 134. If the Board upholds the examiner's rejections, MMIT can seek further review. See 35 U.S.C. § 141, 145. MMIT thus has other means of obtaining the relief it desires. It is not entitled to the extraordinary remedy of mandamus.
Accordingly,
It Is Ordered That:
The petition is denied.