Case: 25-1607 Document: 25 Page: 1 Filed: 09/30/2025

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ In Re VELCRO IP HOLDINGS LLC, Appellant ______________________ 2025-1607 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 17/567,188. ______________________ ON MOTION ______________________ Before REYNA, HUGHES, and STOLL, Circuit Judges.

STOLL, Circuit Judge.

ORDER Velcro IP Holdings LLC appeals from a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board affirming the examiner’s rejection of certain patent application claims as obvious.

Conceding that the Board erred in its analysis, ECF No. 23 at 3, the Acting Director of the United States Patent and Case: 25-1607 Document: 25 Page: 2 Filed: 09/30/2025

2 IN RE VELCRO IP HOLDINGS LLC

Trademark Office (“USPTO”) moves without opposition for remand for further proceedings before the Board.1 Upon consideration thereof, IT IS ORDERED THAT: (1) The motion is granted. The case is remanded to the USPTO for further consideration consistent with the mo- tion and this order. (2) Each side shall bear its own costs.

FOR THE COURT

September 30, 2025 Date

ISSUED AS A MANDATE: September 30, 2025

1 After the motion was filed, the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office was substi- tuted as the appellee in this case.