NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

mtniteb ~tate~ <!Court of ~eaI~ for tbe jfeberaI <!Circuit K-TEC, INC., Plaintiff·Appellee, v. VITA-MIX CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

2011-1244, -1484, -1512

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Utah in case no. 06-CV-0108, Judge Tena Campbell.

VITA-MIX CORPORATION, Appellant, v. DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Appellee, AND K-TEC, INC., Appellee.

K-TEC v. VITA-MIX CORP 2

2012-1024 (Reexamination No. 95/000,339)

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.

ON MOTION

ORDER Vita-Mix Corporation moves for leave to treat the above-captioned cases as companion cases for purposes of oral argument. K-Tec, Inc. moves for an extension of time in 2012-1024, until December 27, 2011 for Vita-Mix Corporation to file its opening brief and for an extension of time, until February 22, 2012, for David J. Kappos and K-Tec, Inc. to file their responsive briefs.

Accordingly, IT Is ORDERED THAT: (1) The motions are granted to the following extent: the cases will be treated as companion cases, the appel- lant's opening brief in 2012-1024 is due December 27, 2011, and the responsive briefs of Kappos and K-Tec in 2012-1024 are due February 22,2012. Further extensions should not be anticipated. (2) A copy of this order shall be transmitted to the merits panel assigned to hear this case. (3) The revised official caption in 2012-1024 is re- flected above.

3 K-TEC v. VITA-MIX CORP FOR THE COURT

DEC 152011 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk cc: Alan L. Briggs, Esq.

Brett L. Foster, Esq.

L. Grant Foster, Esq. u.s. couJlk~PEALS FOR TilE FEOERAl CIRCUIT Raymond T. Chen, Esq. s21 GEe 152011 JAN HORBAlY CLERK