Case: 12-1297 Document: 31 Page: 1 Filed: 12/10/2012

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit __________________________

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., Appellant, v. DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, Appellee, v. TELES AG INFORMATIONSTECHNOLOGIEN, Cross Appellant. __________________________

2012-1513, -1514 (Reexamination No. 95/001,001) __________________________

Appeals from the United States Patent and Trade- mark Office, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

IN RE TELES AG INFORMATIONSTECHNOLOGIEN AND SIGRAM SCHINDLER BETEILIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH Case: 12-1297 Document: 31 Page: 2 Filed: 12/10/2012

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. v. KAPPOS 2

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2012-1297 (Reexamination No. 90/010,017) __________________________

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

ON MOTION __________________________

ORDER Cisco Systems, Inc. moves without opposition to treat appeal no. 2012-1513, -1514 and appeal no. 2012-1297 as companion cases. Upon consideration thereof, IT IS ORDERED THAT:

The motion is granted. The above-captioned cases will be treated as companion cases and will be assigned to the same merits panel.

FOR THE COURT

/s/ Jan Horbaly Jan Horbaly Clerk

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