U.S. PTO Sides With Ninestar
December
2007 ZHUHAI, China — Recently, the United States Patent and Trademark
Office has issued an office action, which rejects Seiko Epson’s two
patents, including claims 1-6, 8-14 and 16-22 of U.S Patent
No.6,502,917( the “917” patent) , and claims 1-8,15-17,19-23,26-30,33
and 37-39 of U.S. Patent No. 7,008,053(the” 053” patent), for the
reason that the patents applied some prior art and was lack of novelty
and creativity. This rejection by U.S. PTO is in response to Ninestar’s
request to re-examine the invalidity of the patents in September
2007.According to Ninestar, this initial rejection of the “917” patent
and “053” patent by the U.S.PTO will raise a question of rationality
of the order issued by ITC and create favorable conditions for
Ninestar’s legal cases in the Federal Circuit Court in the future and
for Ninestar to continuously sell its own patented products in the
U.S. market.
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