Kara Farnandez Stoll

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit circuit Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic) 32 signed orders read

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

In re Man Machine Interface Technologies LLC
2015-1562 · 2016-04-19
Appeal (appellant) Granted in part

“For the reasons below, we affirm-in-part, reverse-in-part, vacate-in-part, and remand.”

Sport Dimension, Inc. v. The Coleman Company, Inc.
2015-1553 · 2016-04-19
Appeal (appellant) Granted in part

“For the reasons stated below, we vacate the judgment, affirm the court's exclusion of Coleman's expert, and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

Kyocera Solar, Inc. v. United States International Trade Commission
2016-1348 · 2016-12-15
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Because we agree that the plain meaning of the statute forecloses Kyocera's proposed interpretation, we affirm.”

In re CSB-System International, Inc.
2015-1832 · 2016-08-09
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“We conclude, however, that the Board's claim construction was correct even under the Phillips standard, and we affirm its rejection of all claims of the '953 patent as unpatentable over the prior art.”

In re JobDiva, Inc.
2015-1960 · 2016-12-12
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“Because the Board must visit that question in the first instance, we vacate its decision and remand for further consideration.”

Indacon, Inc. v. Facebook, Inc.
2015-1129 · 2016-06-06
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Because the district court correctly construed the claim terms 'alias,' 'custom link,' 'custom linking relationship,' and 'link term,' we affirm.”

Purifoy v. Department of Veterans Affairs
2015-3196 · 2016-10-04
Petition for review (petitioner) Granted

“Because the Board's analysis improperly omitted relevant Douglas factors and discarded the AJ's credibility determinations without an adequate rationale, we vacate the Board's judgment and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

Nutt v. United States
2015-5118 · 2016-09-12
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“For the reasons below, we affirm.”

Sullivan v. McDonald
2015-7076 · 2016-03-08
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“Because the Veterans Court misconstrued 38 C.F.R. Sec. 3.159(c)(3), we reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

Murata Machinery USA v. Daifuku Co.
2015-2094 · 2016-08-01
Appeal (appellant) Granted in part

“Thus, we affirm the district court's order as it pertains to the stay, but vacate the order with respect to the preliminary injunction and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

ClassCo, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.
2015-1853 · 2016-09-22
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“The Board affirmed an examiner's rejection of claims 2-5, 7, 9, 10, 14, 17, 18, 23, 26-30, and 34 as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. Sec. 103. We affirm.”

In re Smith
2015-1664 · 2016-03-10
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Because the claims cover only the abstract idea of rules for playing a wagering game and use conventional steps of shuffling and dealing a standard deck of cards, we affirm.”

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