Lkq Corporation, Keystone Automotive Industries, Inc. v. Gm Global Technology Operations LLC

N OTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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LKQ CORPORATION, KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE
INDUSTRIES, INC.,
Appellants
v.
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC,
Appellee
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2022-1253
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Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. PGR2020-
00055.
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ON MOTION
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Before M OORE, Chief Judge, L OURIE, D YK, P ROST , REYNA,
T ARANTO, CHEN, HUGHES , STOLL , and STARK, Circuit
Judges.*
* Circuit Judge Newman and Circuit Judge Cunning-
ham did not participate. Circuit Judge Clevenger, who was
a member of the original panel, also did not participate.
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P ER CURIAM .
O R D E R
Before the court is a joint motion by Appellants LKQ
Corporation and Keystone Automotive Industries, Inc.
(“LKQ”) and Appellee GM Global Technology Operations
LLC (“GM”) (collectively, the “Parties”). Dkt. 86. The Par-
ties jointly requested that in light of LKQ Corp. v. GM
Global Technology Operations LLC, 102 F.4th 1280
(Fed. Cir. 2024) (“En Banc Decision”), we resolve LKQ’s
pending request for rehearing en banc, Dkt. 50 (Mar. 23,
2023), by: (1) vacating Dkt. 45 (Jan. 20, 2023) (“Panel De-
cision”) as to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s non-ob-
viousness determination in the appealed Final Written
Decision, PGR2020-00055, Dkt. 33 (Oct. 8, 2021) (“FWD”);
(2) vacating the Board’s non-obviousness determination in
the FWD; (3) affirming, consistent with the Panel Decision,
the Board’s finding of no anticipation; and (4) remanding
to the Board for further proceedings consistent with this
court’s En Banc Decision. Dkt. 86 at 1.
Upon consideration thereof,
I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
(1) The Parties’ joint motion to vacate in part and re-
mand (Dkt. 86) is granted as follows;
(2) The Panel Decision (Dkt. 45) affirming the Board’s
FWD is vacated with respect to the panel’s affirmance of
the Board’s holding of non-obviousness under the Rosen-
Durling test;
(3) The Board’s finding of no anticipation in the FWD
is affirmed;
(4) The Board’s non-obviousness determination in the
FWD is vacated;
(5) The case is remanded to the Board for further pro-
ceedings consistent with this court’s En Banc Decision; and
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(6) The pending request for rehearing en banc
(Dkt. 50) is denied as moot.
August 23, 2024
Date
F OR THE COURT
ISSUED AS A MANDATE: August 23, 2024.
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