A&J Manufacturing, LLC et al v. Ferrellgas, L.P. et al

Filing 81

ORDER re 80 Status Report. The stay imposed in the Court's January 23, 2019 Order to remain in place. (Status Report due by 8/26/2020.) Signed by Magistrate Judge Benjamin W. Cheesbro on 05/28/2020. (MG)

Case 2:15-cv-00028-LGW-BWC Document 81 Filed 05/28/20 Page 1 of 1

FILED
John E. Triplett, Acting Clerk
United States District Court

By MGarcia at 9:04 am, May 28, 2020

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
BRUNSWICK DIVISION
A&J MANUFACTURING, LLC; and A&J
MANUFACTURING, INC.,
Plaintiffs,

CIVIL ACTION NO.: 2:15-cv-28

v.
FERRELLGAS, LP; and BLUE RHINO
GLOBAL SOURCING, INC.,
Defendants.
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ Joint Status Report. Doc. 80. The
Court previously directed the parties to notify the Court within 90 days of its Order or within 30
days of the final resolution of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (“USPTO”)
reexamination proceedings of U.S. Patent Number 8,381,712 (“‘712 Patent”). Doc. 75 at 1. The
parties represent the USPTO has taken no further action in the reexamination proceedings.
Doc. 80.
The Court ORDERS that the stay imposed in its January 23, 2019 Order remain in place.
The parties shall file a joint report describing the status of the ‘712 Patent reexamination
proceedings 90 days from the date of this Order or within 30 days of the USPTO’s final
resolution of the reexamination proceedings, whichever is sooner.
SO ORDERED, this 28th day of May, 2020.

_____________________________________
BENJAMIN W. CHEESBRO
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA