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United States Patent Office Orders Re-examination of Frontline’s ‘519’ Patent

On July 8, 2011, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) granted a request to re-examine United States Patent Number 7,430,519 (the ‘519 patent), owned by Frontline Technologies, Inc. for a Substitute Fulfillment System (Aesop®).

In addition, the PTO has preliminarily rejected sixteen claims of the ‘519 patent, casting doubt on the validity of those claims.

The outcome of the ‘519 patent re-examination proceeding could affect the legal proceedings in the ongoing infringement case of Frontline Placement Technologies, Inc. vs. CRS, Inc. in Pennsylvania. Certain of the claims that have been rejected by the PTO are at issue in the Pennsylvania lawsuit. CRS believes that the Pennsylvania Court will ultimately invalidate those claims for reasons similar to those used by the PTO to preliminarily reject those claims.

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