- 9 January 2013 16:11
Riverbed vs. Silver Peak update: USPTO re-examines Riverbed patents
SYDNEY, January 9. Silver Peak Systems, Inc. today announced the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Silver Peak’s requests to re-examine two Riverbed Technology (Nasdaq: RVBD) patents (7,428,573 & 7,849,134) and has issued Office Actions rejecting all of the claims in each patent that Riverbed has accused Silver Peak of infringing.
Silver Peak filed documents with the USPTO in September requesting Inter Partes Re-examinations of the Riverbed patents that Riverbed alleges are infringed by Silver Peak.
The full text of the USPTO’s communications on these matters can be found at: http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair (Select “Control Number” and enter 95/002,308 for the 7,428,573 patent and 95/002,310 for the 7,849,134 patent. Then click the “Image File Wrapper” tab to access the documents.)
Alternatively, the communications can be downloaded here: http://blog.silver-peak.com/riverbed-patent-reexamination-7849134.pdf http://blog.silver-peak.com/riverbed-patent-reexamination-7428573.pdf
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About Silver Peak Systems
Silver Peak software accelerates data between data centers, branch offices and the cloud. The company’s software-defined acceleration solves network quality, capacity and distance challenges to provide fast and reliable access to data anywhere in the world. Leveraging its leadership in data center class wide area network (WAN) optimization, Silver Peak is a key enabler for strategic IT projects like virtualization, big data and disaster recovery. Download Silver Peak software today at www.silver-peak.com/marketplace. Note: Silver Peak Systems and the Silver Peak logo are trademarks of Silver Peak Systems, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, or registered service marks are the property of their respective owners.
Contacts
Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Tony Thompson, +1-408-935-1846 tthompson@silver-peak.com
David Frost PR Deadlines, for Silver Peak +61.2.4341 5021 davidf@prdeadlines.com.au
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