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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 Ex Parte FORREST et al 11854019 - (D) NAGUMO 102/103 Foley & Lardner LLP FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte Colven et al 11255452 - (D) GREENHUT 103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. NDIAYE, CHEIKH T

2497 Ex Parte Hall 10981064 - (D) HUGHES 103 IBM CORPORATION ARMOUCHE, HADI S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2829 Ex Parte Wallow et al 11623036 - (D) HANLON 103 FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP CAMPBELL, SHAUN M

2837 Ex Parte Farber 12018145 - (D) WARREN 103 George Farber MUSLEH, MOHAMAD A
REVERSED 3743 Ex Parte Gasteyer et al 11702479 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 PRAXAIR, INC. LU, JIPING

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3774 Ex Parte Imhof 10596752 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(2)/102/103 SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. HOFFMAN, MARCIA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex Parte PALLESCHI et al 11549298 - (D) FRANKLIN 102/103 102/103 ROBERTS MLOTKOWSKI SAFRAN & COLE, P.C. HUYNH, THU V

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2682 Ex Parte Hudson et al 11905624 - (D) HUGHES 103 103 Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, PA LABBEES, EDNY

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2862 Ex Parte Agarwal et al 11961442 - (D) PRAISS 103 102/103 IBM CORPORATION (MH) c/o MITCH HARRIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, L.L.C. NGHIEM, MICHAEL P

2899 Ex Parte Yan et al 12364804 - (D) TIMM 103 103 SLATER & MATSIL, L.L.P. SNOW, COLLEEN ERIN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte Luisi et al 11622025 - (D) BAHR 103 103 WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION - MD 3601 HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3777 Ex Parte Grunwald et al 11431118 - (D) BAHR 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) SHAY GLENN LLP REARDON, ROCHELLE D

Claims 7 and 29 recite “a sensor attachment mechanism” and do not use the term “means.” Typically, when a claim recitation does not include the term “means,” the recitation is presumed not to be in means-plus function format. However, in this case, the claim term “mechanism” is a generic term that fails to recite sufficiently definite structure. Moreover, the remainder of claims 7 and 29 recite functional language without sufficient structure for performing the recited functions. Because the term “mechanism” and the functional language that follows are “essentially . . . devoid of anything that can be construed as structure,” the presumption is overcome. See Flo Healthcare Solutions, LLC v. Kappos, 697 F.3d 1367, 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2012). We thus conclude that claims 7 and 29 are drafted in means-plus-function format.

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Chowdhury 12134445 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC BUCHANAN, JACOB

1742 Ex Parte Clark et al 11655878 - (D) GARRIS 103 MANELLI SELTER PLLC LIU, XUE H
AFFIRMED 1758 Ex Parte Sheng et al 12208478 - (D) KIMLIN 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - Applied Materials GARDNER, SHANNON M

1771 Ex Parte Rappas et al 12342663 - (D) WILSON 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP WEISS, PAMELA HL

1786 Ex Parte Hoyuelos et al 10544343 - (D) KAISER 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

1787 Ex Parte Temchenko et al 11595535 - (D) KIMLIN 103 Madico, Inc. Finch & Maloney HUANG, CHENG YUAN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2199 Ex Parte Davis et al 11214980 - (D) COURTENAY 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP GOORAY, MARK A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2465 Ex Parte WAKUMOTO et al 12032280 - (D) BUI 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY ZHU, BO HUI ALVIN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Baek et al 10608187 - (D) DIXON 112(2)/103 MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (WA) PIZIALI, JEFFREY J

2631 Ex Parte Pan 10977210 - (D) HUME 102/103 Oblon, Spivak/Broadcom Corporation HUANG, DAVID S

2687 Ex Parte Shaffer et al 12034099 - (D) DIXON 103 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. RADER, FISHMAN & GRAUER PLLC WILSON, BRIAN P

2688 Ex Parte Saliba 11347489 - (D) DIXON 102/103 Roeder & Broder LLP DRAVININKAS, ADAM B

2695 Ex Parte HWANG et al 12036488 - (D) MORGAN 103 NSIP LAW LAMB, CHRISTOPHER RAY

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2812 Ex Parte Geefay et al 10985312 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 Avago Technologies Limited POMPEY, RON EVERETT

2856 Ex Parte Lee et al 12234958 - (D) DELMENDO 103 Harris, Shelton, Hanover and Walsh JAGAN, MIRELLYS

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3618 Ex Parte Penrod 12925537 - (D) BAHR 103 Fred Franklin Penrod GURARI, EREZ

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3746 Ex Parte Burns 12228954 - (D) SMEGAL 102/103 ROGERS TOWERS, P.A. KASTURE, DNYANESH G

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2182 XILINX, INC. Requester v. INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC Patent Owner and Appellant 95001550 6272646 08/707,694 BLANKENSHIP 103 102/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. SAGER, MARK ALAN original BUTLER, DENNIS

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2819 SK HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. Requester v. ELBRUS INTERNATIONAL, LIMITED and exclusive licensee: CASCADES COMPUTER INNOVATION, LLC. Patent Owner 95000657 6366130 09/505,656 KOHUT 112(1) 112(1) 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b)
112(1) CLIFFORD H. KRAFT HUGHES, DEANDRA M original TAN, VIBOL

CCS, flo healthcare, greenberg, lighting world, MIT2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1773 Ex Parte Greenstein et al 11133943 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. C/O CARDINAL LAW GROUP, LTD GORDON, BRIAN R

1791 Ex Parte Yu et al 11279722 - (D) BEST 103 Hovey Williams LLP PADEN, CAROLYN A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte SMITH 12579383 - (D) BENOIT 102 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) Reed Smith LLP CLOUD, JOIYA M

When an inventor has not signaled an intent to invoke § 112, sixth paragraph, by using the term “means,” the presumption against its invocation is strong but can be overcome if “the claim term fails to recite sufficiently definite structure or else recites function without reciting sufficient structure for performing that function.” Lighting World, Inc. v. Birchwood Lighting, Inc., 382 F.3d 1354, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (quoting CCS Fitness, Inc. v. Brunswick Corp., 288 F.3d 1359, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2002) (internal quotation marks omitted) (citation omitted)). A claim limitation that “essentially is devoid of anything that can be construed as structure” can overcome the presumption. Flo Healthcare, 697 F.3d at 1374. The presumption may be overcome by a claim limitation that uses a nonstructural term that is “simply a nonce word or a verbal construct that is not recognized as the name of structure” but is merely a substitute for the term “means for” associated with functional language. Lighting World, 382 F.3d at 1360. Claim language that further defines a term that otherwise would be a nonce word can denote sufficient structure to avoid construction under § 112, sixth paragraph, MIT v. Abacus Software, 462 F.3d 1344, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2006), as can a claim limitation that contains a term that “is used in common parlance or by persons of skill in the pertinent art to designate structure,” Lighting World, 382 F.3d at 1359. Nor will claim language invoke a § 112, sixth paragraph, construction if persons of ordinary skill in the art reading the specification understand the term to be the name for a structure that performs the function, even when the term covers a broad class of structures or identifies the structures by their function. Greenberg v. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., 91 F.3d 1580, 1583 (Fed. Cir. 1996) (“Many devices take their names from the functions they perform.”).

Greenberg v. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., 91 F.3d 1580, 39 USPQ2d 1783 (Fed. Cir. 1996) 2181

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3767 Ex Parte Andersen et al 12320348 - (D) ADAMS 103 LAW OFFICE OF LOUIS WOO BOSWORTH, KAMI A

3771 Ex Parte Daly et al 10864869 - (D) GRIMES 103/obviousness-type double patenting NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC YU, JUSTINE ROMANG

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Weber et al 11352643 - (D) BRADEN 102/103 L'Oreal USA VENKAT, JYOTHSNA A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Husemann et al 11917295 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, PA SHAH, SAMIR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Stading et al 11226960 - (D) DIXON 112(2)/102 IBM CORPORATION NGUYEN, LOAN T

2175 Ex Parte Burckart et al 10733658 - (D) FRAHM 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP LONG, ANDREA NATAE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3767 Ex Parte Whittaker et al 12030590 - (D) GREEN 102/103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEHTA, BHISMA

3775 Ex Parte Jackson 11110405 - (D) GREEN 103 LAW OFFICE OF JOHN C. MCMAHON YANG, ANDREW

3775 Ex Parte Jackson 11187417 - (D) GREEN 103 LAW OFFICE OF JOHN C. MCMAHON YANG, ANDREW

Tech Center  4100 Patent Training Academy
4100 Ex Parte TOOMEY et al 11421178 - (D) GRIMES 103 MCKEE, VOORHEES & SEASE, P.L.C. WELCH, GARY L

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Wollborn 10399633 - (D) PETTIGREW 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP PATEL, DHAIRYA A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Wang 10424785 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 Reed Smith LLP ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E

3654 Ex Parte Tonna et al 11397457 - (D) POWELL 103 CARLSON GASKEY & OLDS KRUER, STEFAN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Eftymiades 10181235 - (D) TARTAL 103 Nixon Peabody LLP ELVE, MARIA ALEXANDRA

3738 Ex Parte Nelson 10234070 - (D) GRIMES 103 VIDAS, ARRETT & STEINKRAUS, P.A. PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D

3742 Ex Parte Matthews et al 11735165 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 HAHN LOESER / LINCOLN  JENNISON, BRIAN W

3777 Ex Parte Baumgartner et al 10814830 - (D) FREDMAN 112(1) 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (PCPI) C/O FLETCHER YODER RAMIREZ, JOHN FERNANDO

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3782 Ex Parte Trouilly et al 11461963 - (D) WEATHERLY 103 102 K&L Gates LLP PASCUA, JES F

The Federal Circuit recently reiterated the well-established principle that “it is not proper to import from the patent’s written description limitations that are not found in the claims themselves.” Flo Healthcare Solutions, LLC v. Kappos, 697 F.3d 1367, 1375 (Fed. Cir. 2012).

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte Jarus 12519678 - (D) TIMM 103 POLYONE CORPORATION SZEKELY, PETER A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2185 Ex Parte Williams 10832514 - (D) COURTENAY 112(2)/103 Rogitz & Associates DOAN, DUC T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Fritsch et al 10538152 - (D) HOMERE 103 Siemens Corporation SINGH, HIRDEPAL

2647 Ex Parte Murray 11191108 - (D) COURTENAY 103 COATS & BENNETT/SONY ERICSSON  TRAN, PAUL P

“Combining two embodiments disclosed adjacent to each other in a prior art patent does not require a leap of inventiveness.” Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. v. Cordis Corp., 554 F.3d 982, 991 (Fed. Cir. 2009). 

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2112 Ex Parte Radich 10607967 - (D) HOMERE 103 SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC C/O WESTMAN, CHAMPLIN & KELLY, P.A. CHAUDRY, MUJTABA M