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8/2/2012
REVERSED  
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Leitner et al  10348583 - (D)  McCOLLUM 103 RATNERPRESTIA MEHTA, PARIKHA SOLANKI

AFFIRMED  
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3658 Ex Parte LeBlanc et al  11166823 - (D)  HORNER 103 Tabarrok & Zahrt (SEAGATE-10/11) KRAUSE, JUSTIN MITCHELL

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Van Heugten et al  11288745 - (D)  GRIMES 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC SIMPSON, SARAH A

3736 Ex Parte Geiger  10976164 - (D)  WALSH 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P. A. NGUYEN, HUONG Q

3736 Ex Parte Bodecker et al  10579265 - (D)  DEMETRA J. MILLS 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON  STOUT, MICHAEL C

8/3/2012
REVERSED  
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte La Croix  12470176 - (D)  GRIMES 103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP NGUYEN, SON T

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Bettuchi et al  11238497 - (D)  FREDMAN 103 Tyco Healthcare Group LP d/b/a Covidien SEVERSON, RYAN J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART  
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Bangera et al  11729958 - (D)  GREEN 112(1)/obviousness-type double patenting obviousness-type double patenting THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND CLARENCE T. TEGREENE BRUSCA, JOHN S

“‘[T]he enablement requirement is met if the description enables any mode of making and using the invention.’” Johns Hopkins Univ. v. CellPro, Inc., 152 F.3d 1342, 1361 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (quoting Engel Indus., Inc. v. Lockformer Co., 946 F.2d 1528, 1533 (Fed. Cir. 1991)).

AFFIRMED  
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2172 Ex Parte Dobbelaar  10123790 - (D)  DESHPANDE 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS ENGLAND, SARA M

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Cuellar et al  11251044 - (D)  FREDMAN 103 MCCRACKEN & FRANK LLC MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3900 Ex parte ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Appellant 90010867 5670633 07/835,932 LEBOVITZ  103 WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP PONNALURI, PADMASHRI

johns hopkins, engel, dystar, kollman,

REVERSED 

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry 

Ex Parte Christakos et al 11/177,790 ADAMS 112(1)/103(a) LICATA & TYRRELL P.C. EXAMINER LONG, SCOTT 

Ex Parte Liu 10/870,766 GREEN 103(a) DR. GEORGE DACAI LIU EXAMINER YU, MELANIE J 

Ex Parte Marcel et al 10/315,445 PRATS 112(1) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER BUNNER, BRIDGET E 

"The enablement requirement is met if the description enables any mode of making and using the invention." Johns Hopkins Univ. v. Cellpro, Inc., 152 F.3d 1342, 1361 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (quoting Engel Indus., Inc. v. Lockformer Co., 946 F.2d 1528, 1533 (Fed. Cir. 1991)).

Written Description Training Materials (http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/written.pdf)

2100 Computer Architecture and Software 

Ex Parte Iyengar 10/629,284 BLANKENSHIP 103(a) Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP EXAMINER DOAN, DUC T 

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

Ex Parte Moderegger et al 09/944,379 FISCHETTI 102(e)/103(a) BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC EXAMINER ADE, OGER GARCIA 

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 

2100 Computer Architecture and Software 

Ex Parte Fischer et al 10/679,725 WHITEHEAD, JR. 103(a)/obviousness-type double patenting HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER BUTLER, DENNIS 

2600 Communications 

Ex Parte Lochner et al 09/994,520 HAHN 102(b)/103(a) FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. EXAMINER DINH, DUC Q 

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

Ex Parte Apps 11/099,423 LEBOVITZ 102(b)/103(a)/obviousness-type double patenting REHRIG PACIFIC EXAMINER CHEN, JOSE V 

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design 

Ex Parte Clark et al 10/901,884 BAHR 103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN 

REEXAMINATION 

EXAMINER AFFIRMED ex parte 

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) Ex parte FELLOWES, INC. 90/010,137 5,789,051 EASTHOM 103(a) WOOD, PHILLIPS, KATZ, CLARK, & MORTIMER Third Party Requester: SHEWCHUK IP SERVICES EXAMINER STEIN, STEPHEN J

[A]n implicit motivation to combine exists not only when a suggestion may be gleaned from the prior art as a whole, but when the “improvement” is technology-independent and the combination of references results in a product or process that is more desirable, for example because it is stronger, cheaper, cleaner, faster, lighter, smaller, more durable, or more efficient. Because the desire to enhance commercial opportunities by improving a product or process is universal - and even common-sensical - we have held that there exists in these situations a motivation to combine prior art references even absent any hint of suggestion in the references themselves. In such situations, the proper question is whether the ordinary artisan possesses knowledge and skills rendering him capable of combining the prior art references.

Dystar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG v. C.H. Patrick Co., 464 F.3d 1356, 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2006).

Dystar textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG v. C. H. Patrick Co., 464 F.3d 1356, 1360, 80 USPQ2d 1641, 1645 (Fed. Cir. 2006) . . . . . . . . . . . .2143.01, 2144

inter partes 

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) 

FIDIA FARMACEUTICI S.p.A.,Requester and Respondent v. CHEMI S.p.A., Patent Owner and Appellant 95/000,138 6,645,742 ROBERTSON 102(b)/103(a)/obviousness-type double patenting FOR PATENT OWNER: CAESAR, RIVISE, BERNSTEIN, COHEN & POKOTILOW, LTD. FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: BIRCH, STEWART, KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP EXAMINER HUANG, EVELYN MEI

In order for a showing of unexpected results to overcome the teachings of the prior art, the results presented must be commensurate in scope with the claims. See In re Kollman, 595 F.2d 48 (CCPA 1979).

Kollman, In re, 595 F.2d 48, 201 USPQ 193 (CCPA 1979) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716.02(d)