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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Wayne State University et al. 15277877 SCHNEIDER 112(1)/103 National Institutes of Health c/o Pabst Patent Group LLP WESTERBERG, NISSA M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 15200492 DENNETT 103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP SMITH, CATHERINE P

1773 Markus Storr et al. 13578161 FRANKLIN 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (IN) GORDON II, BRADLEY R

1797 Spectronics Corporation 15624224 COLAIANNI 103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Phili) SIEFKE, SAMUEL P

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2117 Johnson Controls Technology Company 16283532 HUGHES 103 Foley & Lardner LLP MASINICK, MICHAEL D

2145 Tinder, Inc. 14927789 PYONIN 103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. KLICOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE

2162 SAP SE 15369543 CURCURI 103 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. (SAP) BOCCIO, VINCENT F

2178 Apple Inc. 15274924 JEFFERSON 103 APPLE INC. - Fletcher c/o Fletcher Yoder, PC ROY, SANCHITA

2183 ARM LIMITED 14938285 ENGLE 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 15666712 CURCURI 102/103 The Small Patent Law Group LLC ANDRAMUNO, FRANKLIN S

2444 ABB AG 15983144 CRAIG 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) CHOUDHURY, RAQIUL A

2465 Kyocera Corporation 16079275 CYGAN Dissenting BUSCH 102(a)/(2) KYOCERA INTERNATIONAL INC. COSME, NATASHA W

2467 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) 15473785 MANTIS MERCADER 103 ERICSSON INC. JONES, PRENELL P

2477 SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC. 15877026 THOMAS 103 Law Office of Patrick D. Benedicto ESMAEILIAN, MAJID

2482 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 13723891 DIXON 103 Moore IP/Qualcomm KWAN, MATTHEW K

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2641 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) 15117702 EVANS 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. VU, MICHAEL T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 15951003 FRANKLIN 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED SAYADIAN, HRAYR

2815 Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. 16147424 MORGAN 112(2)/102/103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP KIM, JAY C

Moreover, “[f]eatures described as preferred or illustrative in the specification are not critical or essential.” MPEP § 2172.01 (citing In re Goffe, 542 F.2d 564, 567 (CCPA 1976)).

Goffe, In re, 542 F.2d 564, 191 USPQ 429 (CCPA 1976) 2164.08 , 2164.08(c) , 2172.01

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Black Diamond Xtreme Engineering, Inc. 16430936 DEFRANCO 103 WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KOEHLER, P.A. WILLIAMS, MAURICE L

3624 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 16020720 CRAWFORD 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER / LINKEDIN/MICROSFT PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE

3632 Cambria County Association for the Blind and Handicapped 15953548 HUTCHINGS 103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT LLC MARSH, STEVEN M

3669 General Electric Company 16170741 KHAN 103 The Small Patent Law Group, LLC WHITTINGTON, JESS G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Robert Bosch GmbH 16583323 MARTIN 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP DONG, LIANG

3794 CRYOSA, INC 15510879 PLENZLER 103 SHAY GLENN LLP PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C

Affirmed-in-Part

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1747 Altria Client Services LLC 14686431 ROBERTSON 103 103 41.50 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce-Altria WILL, KATHERINE A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2181 Johnson Controls Technology Company 16546076 HUGHES 102/103 OTDP Foley & Lardner LLP WONG, TITUS

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2626 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 15406927 KHAN 112(a)/112(b)103 112(a)/103 F. CHAU & ASSOCIATES, LLC NGUYEN, JIMMY H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3771 Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC 15418129 KERINS 103 103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner / Zimmer BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE

3785 Loewenstein Medical Technology S.A. 16008266 GREENHUT 102(a)(1) 112(b) Abel Schillinger, LLP LOUIS, LATOYA M

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1615 The Procter & Gamble Company 14973765 CHANG 112(a)/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY PARK, HAEJIN S

1616 L'OREAL 14409066 SCHNEIDER 103 POLSINELLI PC\n(DC OFFICE) SHIN, MONICA A

1619 S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. 15094542 CHANG 103 S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc/Breiner & Breiner, LLC PROSSER, ALISSA J

1628 Syngenta Participations AG 15571575 ADAMS 103 BakerHostetler RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B

1662 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC 15015968 VALEK 103 DENTONS US LLP KUBELIK, ANNE R

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1726 Genia Technologies, Inc. 15487825 DENNETT 103 Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.- Sequencing DINH, BACH T

1763 SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 15562251 FRANKLIN 103 Ostrolenk Faber LLP USELDING, JOHN E

1763 HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBH 16031504 HANLON 103 Henkel Corporation MILLER, DAVID L

1792 Jos Van der Veen et al. 13281121 COLAIANNI 112(2)/112(4)/103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP THAKUR, VIREN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2119 Johnson Controls Technology Company 16379652 EVANS 103 Foley & Lardner LLP OGG, DAVID EARL

2145 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 15901463 MANTIS MERCADER 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C HUYNH, LINDA TANG

2163 Roovy, Inc. 14804320 THOMAS 102/103 Sanders IP Law VY, HUNG T

2176 Johnson Controls Technology Company 16379666 EVANS 102(a)(1)/103 Foley & Lardner LLP WONG, WILLIAM

2179 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 14696802 HOFF 112(b) 112(a)/103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP STANLEY, JEREMY L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2436 Apple Inc. 15275203 HOMERE 103 Baker & Hostetler LLP (Apple) LIN, AMIE CHINYU

2438 FELICA NETWORKS, INC. 15122268 BEAMER 103 Paratus Law Group, PLLC LANE, GREGORY A

2482 Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ) 14391092 BUSCH 103 Sage Patent Group/Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson PICON-FELICIANO, ANA J

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2611 Yazaki Corporation 16110087 MORGAN 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC LI, GRACE Q

2612 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 13944454 SILVERMAN 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC RICKS, DONNA J

2657 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) 15573866 CHUNG 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. KAZEMINEZHAD, FARZAD

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2865 CGG SERVICES SA 15111011 HOUSEL 102(a)(1) 41.50 101 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT

2892 Infineon Technologies AG 16235550 REN 103 MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES SWAN, GARDNER W.S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3624 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC 15879406 CRAWFORD 101 Newport IP, LLC SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N

3626 International Business Machines Corporation 16120658 MOHANTY 101 IBM Corporation ¡V Patent Center JACKSON, JORDAN L

3647 Bird-B-Gone, Inc. 15266608 GREENHUT 103 103 FISH IP LAW, LLP ARK, DARREN W

3675 Bal Seal Engineering, LLC 15923892 GREENHUT 102(a)(1) Klein, O\'Neill & Singh, LLP FOSTER, NICHOLAS L

3683 Promontory Financial Group LLC 15841690 MEDLOCK 112(a)/103 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC WAESCO, JOSEPH M

3686 International Business Machines Corporation 15615983 CRAWFORD 103 101 Walder Intellectual Property Law PC HOLCOMB, MARK

3691 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. 15002627 CRAWFORD 101 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/CME KAZIMI, HANI M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3715 T. Bender 13472166 GUIJT 101/102 T. Gregory Bender Message Logix, Inc. GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A

3715 Phillip Flaherty et al. 13591615 BROWN 112(1)/101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. GARNER, WERNER G

3735 COOL GEAR INTERNATIONAL, LLC 14768950 WOOD 103 King & Spalding, LLP (Houston) NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA

3745 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 13679093 MARTIN 112(b)/103 FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP PRAGER, JESSE M

3746 Deere & Company 16007489 PLENZLER 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (JOHN DEERE) AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY

3763 BSH Home Appliances Corporation et al. 15727654 HUTCHINGS 102(a)(1) 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation SULLENS, TAVIA L

3785 ResMed Limited 15313788 CAPP 103 Botos Churchill IP Law LLP ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D

OPQA Amazon Technologies, Inc. 15916616 MacDONALD Concurring BAUMEISTER 103 Client 170101 c/o THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP LUO, KATE H

Rehearing

Granted 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1627 Gruenenthal GmbH 15245855 LEBOVITZ 103 103 41.50 101 Briscoe, Kurt G. Norris McLaughlin, PA CRUZ, KATHRIEN ANN

Denied 

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2485 GOOGLE INC. 15671595 DEJMEK 102/103 Google LLC c/o Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C HAGHANI, SHADAN E

Reexamination

Affirmed

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2839 SOUTHWIRE COMPANY et al. 95000695 8,043,119 12/787,877 CHEN 102(b) ALSTON & BIRD LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER:SMITHAMUDSEN LLC HUGHES, DEANDRA original JEAN F DUVERNE

goffe, skoll, gardner, comaper, bilstad, brookhill-wilk, texas digital

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Prosise 11/168,163 WALSH 103(a) William J. Davis, Esq. INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS EXAMINER WEBB, WALTER E

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Farkas et al 10/614,856 LORIN 112(2)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER ALMATRAHI, FARIS S

The Examiner has not made the case that the claims are insolubly ambiguous. By the Examiner’s own construction of the claims, they cover a number of different possible embodiments. “The mere fact that the claims cover a large number of possible process steps and imaging member materials does not in and of itself make the claims indefinite.” In re Goffe, 188 USPQ 131 (C.C.P.A. 1975), citing In re Skoll, 523 F.2d 1392 (CCPA 1975). “Breadth is not indefiniteness.” In re Gardner, 427 F.2d 786, 788 (1970).

Goffe, In re, 542 F.2d 564, 191 USPQ 429 (CCPA 1976) . . . . . . . . . . 2164.08, 2164.08(c)
AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex Parte Albornoz et al 11/016,221 BARRY 102(b)/103(a) IBM CORPORATION, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW EXAMINER HILLERY, NATHAN

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3767 Ex Parte Hauri et al 10/665,514 COCKS 103(a) LOUIS WOO LAW OFFICE OF LOUIS WOO EXAMINER WITCZAK, CATHERINE
AFFIRMED

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Sezan et al 10/894,620 SAADAT 101/102(b)/103(a) KEVIN L. RUSSELL CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL LLP EXAMINER PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L

2427 Ex Parte Augenbraun et al 11/071,426 DILLON 102(e)/103(a) Merchant & Gould - Cox EXAMINER KURIEN, CHRISTEN A

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte Rijn 11/145,503 FISCHETTI 103(a) CARR & FERRELL LLP EXAMINER BORISSOV, IGOR N

3635 Ex Parte Hageman 10/864,225 HORNER 102(b)/103(a) OSTROLENK FABER LLP EXAMINER WENDELL, MARK R

If the specification does not assign or suggest a particular definition to a claim term, it is appropriate to consult a general dictionary definition of the word for guidance in determining the ordinary and customary meaning of the claim term as viewed by a person of ordinary skill in the art. Comaper Corp. v. Antec, Inc., 596 F.3d 1343, 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2010). In Bilstad v. Wakalopulos, 386 F.3d 1116, 1122 (Fed. Cir. 2004), the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reviewed a Board decision construing the term “plurality” for purposes of reviewing a written description rejection. The Board noted that the term “plurality” had a plurality of dictionary definitions consistent with the disclosure in the specification and construed the term as used in the claim so as to encompass all of the dictionary definitions. The Court held that, “[i]f more than one dictionary definition is consistent with the use of the words in the intrinsic record, the claim terms may be construed to encompass all consistent meanings.” Id. Implicit in this holding is approval to the Board’s decision to give the term “plurality” its broadest reasonable interpretation despite dueling dictionary definitions. See also Brookhill-Wilk 1, LLC v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc., 334 F.3d 1294, 1300 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (citing Tex. Digital Sys. Inc. v. Telegenix, Inc., 308 F.3d 1193, 1203 (Fed. Cir. 2002)) (“If more than one dictionary definition is consistent with the use of the words in the intrinsic record, the claim terms may be construed to encompass all consistent meanings”).

Brookhill-Wilk 1, LLC v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc., 334 F.3d 1294, 67 USPQ2d 1132 (Fed. Cir. 2003) . . 2106, 2111.01
Texas Digital Sys., Inc. v. Telegenix, Inc., 308 F.3d 1193, 64 USPQ2d 1812 (Fed. Cir. 2002).. . . . . 2173.05(a)

REHEARING

DENIED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Brooks et al 11/498,620 McCOLLUM 103(a) Olson & Cepuritis, LTD. EXAMINER FETTEROLF, BRANDON J