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Friday, January 8, 2021

graver tank






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Reversed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1632 Pachmann, Ulrich et al. 14419149 FREDMAN 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP KIM, TAEYOON

1711 WESCO Distribution, Inc. 14736505 SQUIRE 103 Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber Co., LPA MARKOFF, ALEXANDER

1727 Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft 14696879 INGLESE 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. MCDERMOTT, HELEN M

1734 Zhiyue Xu et al. 14641948 INGLESE 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC WANG, NICHOLAS A

1734 SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. 14251691 DELMENDO 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION YANG, JIE

2132 Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux ene alt et al. 14394982 CUTITTA 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. AHMED, ZUBAIR

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2415 Unify Patente GmbH & Co. KG 15854983 HOMERE 103 Unify c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (SEN) KWOH, JASPER C

2618 XYZPRINTING, INC. et al. 14566937 DIXON 103 HDLS IPR Services PATEL, SHIVANG I

2622 Gravino, Douglas David. 12828858 AMUNDSON 103 Merchant & Gould - Cox PATEL, SANJIV D

2642 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15087321 DIXON 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION KASRAIAN, ALLAHYAR

2647 Sony Corporation 15664748 MORGAN 102/103 XSENSUS LLP BILGRAMI, ASGHAR H

2651 Iron Bow Technologies, LLC 15439168 SILVERMAN 103 WILEY ZENATI, AMAL S

2847 Frank Schmidt et al. 11827654 SQUIRE 103 SOFER & HAROUN LLP. NGUYEN, CHAU N

2884 Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC 14661624 INGLESE 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. RIDDICK, BLAKE CUTLER

see also Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Prods. Co., 339 U.S. 605, 609 (1950) (“In determining equivalents, things equal to the same thing may not be equal to each other . . . . Consideration must be given to the purpose for which an ingredient is used in a patent . . . and the function which it is intended to perform.”);

Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products, 339 U.S. 605, 85 USPQ 328 (1950) 2183 2184 2186

3629 Edward Ott et al. 11347624 MEDLOCK 103 VERIZON MEDIA INC. C/O GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP JASMIN, LYNDA C

3659 James Downs et al. 15213602 SCHOPFER 102/103 BURRIS LAW, PLLC (AAM) LE, HUAN G

3664 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15263529 STAICOVICI 112(2)/102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL KISWANTO, NICHOLAS

3691 HAREXINFOTECH INC. 14776079 LEBOVITZ 101 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC ALI, HATEM M

3731 CPI Card Group - Colorado, Inc. 14704067 SCHNEIDER Dissenting FREDMAN 103 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - Denver STINSON, CHELSEA E.

3741 THE BOEING COMPANY 15342694 SCHOPFER 103 Patterson & Sheridan - The Boeing Company c/o Patterson & Sheridan, LLP SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M

3785 Stefanie Lattner 13978298 PLENZLER 103 GORDON & REES LLP LOUIS, LATOYA M

3792 Tufts Medical Center, Inc. 15948625 CALVE Concurring CAPP 103 MORALES, JON ERIC C MORALES, JON ERIC C

3992 KONG INC 15641835 9,077,773 JEFFERY 102/103 PERKINS COIE LLP - PAO General KE, PENG

Affirmed-in-Part 
1721 The Boeing Company 14627386 TIMM 112(1)/103 103 41.50 112(2) MH2 TECHNOLOGY LAW GROUP, LLP (Boeing) DAM, DUSTIN Q

1733 JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY 14344840 HEANEY Dissenting HOUSEL 102/103 112(1) MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) WU, JENNY R

1782 BASF SE 14780569 INGLESE 103 103 41.50 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP HOCK, ELLEN SUZANNE

1791 Nahum JEANNOT 14959240 SQUIRE 103 103 DITTHAVONG & STEINER, P.C. Keth Ditthavong LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 Oxy Systems, Inc. 14714629 THOMAS 102 102 Blueshift IP LLC HARRELL, ROBERT B

2469 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) 15035641 MORGAN 112(2)/103 112(2) Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson NGUYEN, THAI

2621 Misapplied Sciences, Inc. 15002164 HOWARD 102/103 103 Kaplan Breyer Schwarz, LLP MIDKIFF, AARON

2831 Michael Gzybowski 15888805 INGLESE 103 103 Michael S. Gzybowski PATEL, HARSHAD C

2853 SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 15119484 RANGE 103 103 Ostrolenk Faber LLP ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P

3624 NICE LTD. 15274267 SILVERMAN 103 112(2) MINOR, AYANNA YVETTE MINOR, AYANNA YVETTE

3741 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 15244025 BAHR 112(1)/103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY NG, HENRY

3752 Firebird Sprinkler Company LLC 16589283 OSINSKI 103 103 Endurance Law Group, PLC BOECKMANN, JASON J

3791 Cochlear Limited 14543327 BROWNE 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 112(2)/102/103 Pilloff Passino & Cosenza LLP KUHLMAN, CATHERINE BURK

3799 KHS GmbH 14418597 CALVE 103 103 OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP STCLAIR, ANDREW D


Affirmed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC. 14763973 VALEK 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC BERRIOS, JENNIFER A

1615 Brigham Young University 15270876 FREDMAN 112(1)/103 Workman Nydegger HELM, CARALYNNE E

1615 Yoriko KAWARATANI et al. 13729631 LEBOVITZ 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. HELM, CARALYNNE E

1623 Covidien LP 15255263 NEW 103 Covidien LP WHITE, EVERETT

1635 Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 15407037 LEBOVITZ 101/103 McNeill Baur PLLC/Ionis Pharmaceuticals SHIN, DANA H

1644 Case Western Reserve University 14605729 KATZ 101 112(1) TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO, LLP GAMBEL, PHILLIP

1729 Jonathan David Sharman et al. 13390821 RANGE 103 BakerHostetler / Johnson Matthey CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG

1734 Lockheed Martin Corporation 14597949 SQUIRE 103 Reising Ethington P.C. WANG, NICHOLAS A

1735 Helm, Dietmar et al. 14237929 COLAIANNI 103 Abel Schillinger, LLP HEVEY, JOHN A

1744 Xerox Corporation 15296755 INGLESE 112(2) 103 MARYLOU J. LAVOIE, ESQ. LLC ROBINSON, MICHAEL

1761 ARKEMA FRANCE 15297569 BEST 112(1)/103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC HARDEE, JOHN R

1788 THE BOEING COMPANY 13859236 REN 103 DUKE W. YEE YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. MANGOHIG, THOMAS A

1795 Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC 15212713 HOUSEL 103 ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LLC c/o DUPONT SPECIALTY PRODUCTS USA, LLC WONG, EDNA

1796 Lam Research Corporation 15046959 OBERMANN 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Lam) RODEE, CHRISTOPHER D

2159 Ahmed, Zahid et al. 11647973 JEFFERY 103 DLA PIPER LLP (US ) SINGH, AMRESH

2175 AIRWATCH LLC 14691598 STRAUSS 102 103 Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP (VMW) PARKER, JEANETTE J

2175 David Fleischman et al. 11850020 SAADAT 103 DENTONS US LLP - Apple CHOWDHURY, RAYEEZ R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Sony Europe Limited 15427091 MacDONALD 103 41.50 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. SHEPARD, JUSTIN E

2425 MTU Aero Engines AG 14707419 FRAHM 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP VO, TUNG T

2611 Google Inc. 15145362 KOHUT 103 Google LLC c/o Davidson Sheehan LLP SHENG, XIN

2611 Arbouzov, Ivan 14693348 STRAUSS 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DA) WU, SING-WAI

2625 Magic Leap, Inc. 15062104 MORGAN 103 Vista IP Law Group, LLP (Magic Leap, Inc.) EARLES, BRYAN E

2813 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. 15263997 HOMERE 103 Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, P.C. KING, SUN MI KIM

2815 KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO(KOBE STEEL, LTD.) 15327296 RANGE 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. DIAZ, JOSE R

2832 Matthew Lewis 15269004 HEANEY 112(1)/112(2) 112(2) Matthew LEWIS MIKAILOFF, STEFAN

2837 Ahila Krishnamoorthy et al. 14146973 DELMENDO 103/OTDP Armstrong Teasdale LLP (16463) NGUYEN, TUYEN T

2851 Tesla Motors, Inc. 15381259 KUMAR 103 KNOBBE MARTENS (TSLA) 2040 MAIN STREET, 14TH FL ROSSOSHEK, YELENA

2856 CAMFIL USA, INC. 14869249 INGLESE 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - CAMFIL KOLB, NATHANIEL J

2872 NANOHMICS, INC. 14266361 CASHION 103 GEORGE L MURPHY MURPHY STRATEGIC IP ALLEN, STEPHONE B

3623 THE BOEING COMPANY 14500196 MEDLOCK 101 Patterson & Sheridan - The Boeing Company c/o Patterson & Sheridan, LLP KASSIM, HAFIZ A

3624 William White 11951555 MEDLOCK 103 BakerHostetler TURNER, SHELBY AUBURN

3624 Brett Lester et al. 11933249 FREDMAN 103 Hovey Williams LLP CHOY, PAN G

3628 CLOUDPARC, INC. 14943025 NAPPI 103 BakerHostetler TALLMAN, BRIAN A

3647 Joseph Bertagnolli 14097237 CAPP 103 C. Allen Black Law Office EVANS, EBONY E

3652 Brooks Automation, Inc. 14469260 WIEDER 103 112(1)/112(2) Perman & Green, LLP JARRETT, RONALD P

3663 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15609804 PLENZLER 112(1) Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (For Client: Ford Global Technologies LLC) EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A

3678 Boudewijn Casper Jung et al. 14128200 SHAH 103 N.V. Nederlandsch Octrooibureau LAWSON, STACY N

3681 Facebook, Inc. 14446176 CAPP 101/103 Facebook/Fenwick SCHMUCKER, MICHAEL W

3681 Jason Carter et al. 13551599 SHAH 101 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP/Adobe Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD

3683 Jiri Pechanec et al. 13407872 SHAW 103 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP / Red Hat GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE

3683 International Business Machines Corporation 14229155 FINAMORE 112(1)/101 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

3683 International Business Machines Corporation 16000973 FINAMORE 112(1)/101 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

3684 buyr, Inc. 14058588 ADAMS 112(2)/101 HolzerIPLaw, PC dba Holzer Patel Drennan MILLER, BRITTNEY N

3685 PAYPAL, INC. 14256844 MEYERS 112(1) 112(2)/101 41.50 101 Haynes & Boone, LLP (70481) KERITSIS, DENNIS G

3686 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. 14853418 SHIANG 101 VERIZON - HH VERIZON PATENTING GROUP TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL

3686 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15126643 MEDLOCK 103 101 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY MUQUEETH, MOHMAD GHOUSE MOHIUDDIN

3687 CNH Industrial America LLC et al. 15145361 SHAW 101 CNH Industrial America LLC MOORE, REVA R

3688 Adobe Inc. 14526250 SHAW 101/103 SBMC PATEL, DIPEN M

3688 Adobe Inc. 14945265 MEDLOCK 103 101 SBMC RETTA, YEHDEGA

3692 Mishez Avari et al. 13569249 DEJMEK 101 Johnson, Marcou, Isaacs & Nix, LLC MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B

3694 Capital One Services, LLC 16119040 MEDLOCK 101 Harrity & Harrity, LLP SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z

3694 Adobe Inc. 14548684 DIXON 101 SBMC ANDERSON, SCOTT C

3745 United Technologies Corporation 14706045 PLENZLER 112(2)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BEEBE, JOSHUA R

3752 Rohlik, Michael Lawrence. et al. 14312299 HILL 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP BARRERA, JUAN C

3761 RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. 15061529 WOODS 102/103 41.50 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP CAMPBELL, THOR S

3763 Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation 14552121 FITZPATRICK 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Hamilton Sundstrand KING, BRIAN M

3763 Carrier Corporation 15787539 WOOD 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier TRPISOVSKY, JOSEPH F

3774 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 15237147 HOELTER 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP PREBILIC, PAUL B

3792 Valencell, Inc. 14617234 STAICOVICI 103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. STEINBERG, AMANDA L

3992 Apple Inc. 15789079 9,165,302 JEFFERY 112(1) 103 Polsinelli -- Apple Inc. c/o Polsinelli PC BASEHOAR, ADAM L

3992 Nokia Corporation 14630337 7,627,533 MacDONALD 112(1)/112(2)/251/102/103 Mintz Levin/Nokia Technologies Oy CARLSON, JEFFREY D

3993 Waymo LLC 15847064 9,216,737 OSINSKI 112(1)/102/103 WAYMO LLC BOTOS CHURCHILL IP LAW LILLIS, EILEEN DUNN

3993 Waymo LLC 15847390 9,216,737 OSINSKI 112(2)/103 112(1)/102/103 WAYMO LLC BOTOS CHURCHILL IP LAW LILLIS, EILEEN DUNN

Rehearing

Denied 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1642 Persimmune, Inc. 14594757 CHANG 103 SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. (Main) HALVORSON, MARK

1761 LH Taylor Associates, Inc. 14971878 HASTINGS 102/103 LAWNIE HENDERSON TAYLOR BOYER, CHARLES I

3715 SparxTeq Inc. 16127190 SHAH 101 Phillips Winchester GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER

3783 Peter Troesch 13918641 OSINSKI 112(2)/101/102/103 ROBERT E MALM VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG


Friday, March 22, 2019

mayne, christensen, graver tank

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1746 Ex Parte Yamazaki et al 14366055 - (D) TIMM 103 Chris Mizumoto LEE, JAEYUN

1777 Ex Parte Wilson et al 13480053 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 TraskBritt / Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC PEO, KARA M

The Examiner correctly indicates that the substitution of one known element for a known equivalent is prima facie obvious (see Ans. 14 ). See In re Mayne, 104 F.3d 1339, 1340 (Fed. Cir. 1997). However, the Examiner fails to appreciate that the burden is on the Examiner to first provide evidence establishing that compounds are well-known equivalents/or a specific purpose. See In re 
Christensen, 82 F.2d 715, 716 (CCPA 1936); see also Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Prods. Co., 339 U.S. 605, 609 (1950) ("In determining equivalents, things equal to the same thing may not be equal to each other .... Consideration must be given to the purpose for which an ingredient is used in a patent ... and the function which it is intended to perform."). 

Mayne, In re, 104 F.3d 1339, 41 USPQ2d 1451 (Fed. Cir. 1977) 2144.09 2145

Graver Tank & Mfg. Co. v. Linde Air Products, 339 U.S. 605, 85 USPQ 328 (1950) 2183 2184 2186

1779 Ex Parte Rothman 14364439 - (D) TIMM 103 WARE, FRESSOLA, MAGUIRE & BARBER LLP ORME, PATRICK JAMES

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Taylor et al 14062503 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD SHEPARD, JUSTINE

2482 Ex Parte Kaye 13276581 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 Brokaw Patent Law, PC MESSMORE, JONATHAN R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3612 Ex Parte Nedelman 14701786 - (D) MURPHY 103 Ford Global Technologies, LLC/ King & Schickli, PLLC GUTMAN, HILARY L

3626 Ex Parte Fung et al 14039125 - (D) THOMAS 101 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (Cerner Corporation) HOLCOMB, MARK

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3794 Ex Parte Bhatt et al 14535403 - (D) SONG 102 102 Covidien LP FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1641 Ex Parte Yamazaki et al 11968078 - (D) COTTA 112(1) McDermott Will & Emery LLP FOSTER, CHRISTINE E

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte OKAZAKI et al 14892251 - (D) DELMENDO 102/103 SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA C/0 KEA TING & BENNETT, LLP FIORITO, JAMES A

1733 Ex Parte PECK et al 14478258 - (D) INGLESE 103 McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC WYSZOMIERSKI, GEORGE P

1776 Ex Parte Martin et al 14490744 - (D) HASTINGS 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L HOBSON, STEPHEN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2183 Ex Parte WILSON et al 14667229 - (D) DIXON 102/103 NXP USA, Inc. HUISMAN, DAVID J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2684 Ex Parte BELLOWS 14064119 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 Zebra Technologies Corporation FOXX, CHICO A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Yoo 13465402 - (D) KIM 101/103 MatterLight IP WILDER, ANDREW H

3691 Ex Parte Greim 13112845 - (D) HOFF 103 101/103 Johnson, Marcou & Isaacs, LLC SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K

3691 Ex Parte Bruno 13412758 - (D) KIM 112(1)/101 MAIER & MAIER, PLLC VYAS, ABHISHEK

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Ex Parte Rao et al 12966852 - (D) JENKS 112(1)/103 Foley & Lardner LLP TON, MARTIN TRUYEN