          NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.


  mtniteb ~tate~ <!Court of ~eaI~
       for tbe jfeberaI <!Circuit

                     K-TEC, INC.,
                   Plaintiff·Appellee,
                           v.
             VITA-MIX CORPORATION,
                 Defendant-Appellant.


                2011-1244, -1484, -1512


   Appeals from the United States District Court for the
District of Utah in case no. 06-CV-0108, Judge Tena
Campbell.



             VITA-MIX CORPORATION,
                       Appellant,
                           v.
        DAVID J. KAPPOS, DIRECTOR,
   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK
                  OFFICE,
                       Appellee,
                          AND

                     K-TEC, INC.,
                       Appellee.
K-TEC v. VITA-MIX CORP                                  2



                      2012-1024
             (Reexamination No. 95/000,339)


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


                         ON MOTION


                         ORDER
     Vita-Mix Corporation moves for leave to treat the
above-captioned cases as companion cases for purposes of
oral argument. K-Tec, Inc. moves for an extension of time
in 2012-1024, until December 27, 2011 for Vita-Mix
Corporation to file its opening brief and for an extension
of time, until February 22, 2012, for David J. Kappos and
K-Tec, Inc. to file their responsive briefs.
   Accordingly,
    IT Is ORDERED THAT:

    (1) The motions are granted to the following extent:
the cases will be treated as companion cases, the appel-
lant's opening brief in 2012-1024 is due December 27,
2011, and the responsive briefs of Kappos and K-Tec in
2012-1024 are due February 22,2012. Further extensions
should not be anticipated.
   (2) A copy of this order shall be transmitted to the
merits panel assigned to hear this case.
    (3) The revised official caption in 2012-1024 is re-
flected above.
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                            FOR THE COURT


      DEC 152011             /s/ Jan Horbaly
        Date                Jan Horbaly
                            Clerk
cc: Alan L. Briggs, Esq.
    Brett L. Foster, Esq.
    L. Grant Foster, Esq.         u.s. couJlk~PEALS FOR
                                    TilE FEOERAl CIRCUIT
    Raymond T. Chen, Esq.
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                                        JAN HORBAlY
                                           CLERK
