Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Transport Technologies, LLC

N OTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY,
Appellant
v.
TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
Appellee
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2018-1894
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Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2016-
01633.
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P ER CURIAM .
O R D E R
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Au-
thority (“LA Metro”) petitioned for inter partes review of
claims 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10 of U.S. Patent No. 6,980,101,
owned by Transport Technologies LLC. The Patent Trial
and Appeal Board (“Board”) held that LA Metro did not
show unpatentability. LA Metro appeals.
We recently affirmed a decision by the Board holding
the same claims of the same patent unpatentable as invalid
for obviousness. Transp. Techs., LLC v. L.A. Cty. Metro.

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LA COUNTY METRO v. TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 2
Transp. Auth., No. 18-1412, 748 F. App’x 325 (Fed. Cir.
Jan. 9, 2019).
Accordingly,
I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
(1) Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority is ordered to show cause why the appeal
should not be dismissed as moot. The response
shall be filed no later than seven days after the date
of issuance of this Order.
(2) Any response by Transport Technologies shall be
filed no later than five days after the filing of the
response to this Order.
F OR THE COURT
February 11, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Date Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court

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