REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
Ex Parte Edelman et al ADAMS 103(a)FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P.

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Hamamoto et al GARRIS 103(a) BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Goodwin et al SIU 102(b) PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN, LLP

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Richard SILVERBERG 102(e) DUANE MORRIS LLP - HOUSTON

Further, Chatterji’s drawings do not show any filter media 74 being forced to flow along the well bore 20. See Continental Can Co. v. Monsanto Co., 948 F.2d 1264, 1268 (Fed. Cir. 1991) (When a reference is silent about an asserted inherent characteristic, it must be clear that the missing descriptive matter is necessarily present in the thing described in the reference, and that it would be so recognized by persons of ordinary skill.)

Continental Can Co. v. Monsanto Co., 948 F.2d 1264, 20 USPQ2d 1746 (Fed. Cir. 1991).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2131.01

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Marriott SILVERBERG 102(b)/103(a) CHRISTOPHER DEVRIES GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

BILSKI - AFFIRMED

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Hemmat HORNER 101/112(2)/103(a) SPRINT

The claim does not involve the use of any machine or apparatus. Further, the claim does not involve the transformation of any physical objects or substances. As the court in Bilski noted, “[p]urported transformations or manipulations simply of public or private legal obligations or relationships, business risks, or other such abstractions cannot meet the test because they are not physical objects or substances, and they are not representative of physical objects or substances.” 545 F.3d at 963.

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Albert et al BOALICK 103(a) DAVID J. COLE E INK CORPORATION