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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1798 Ex Parte Okubo et al 12748768 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 BGL WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R

1798 Ex Parte Colella et al 13959007 - (D) SQUIRE 102/103 COOLEY LLP KWAK, DEAN P

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2169 Ex Parte Lin et al 13456084 - (D) DIXON 103 Barta, Jones & Foley, P.C. (Patent Group - Microsoft Corporation) KIM, PAUL

2173 Ex Parte Lindberg et al 13866455 - (D) THOMAS 103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP c/o Alston & Bird LLP HAILU, TADESSE

2175 Ex Parte Xu et al 12491688 - (D) EVANS 101/112(1)/102/103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP HO, RUAY L

2184 Ex Parte Miller 14032382 - (D) STRAUSS 102 Hall Estill Attorneys at Law (Seagate Technology LLC) BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A

2197 Ex Parte Tsaur et al 14247410 - (D) CURCURI 103 ORACLE (Oracle formerly d/b/a Sun Microsystems) WHEATON, BRADFORD F

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2463 Ex Parte Qi et al 13948634 - (D) STRAUSS 103 41.50 102 Spectrum IP Law Group LLC CROMPTON, CHRISTOPHER R

2468 Ex Parte WANG et al 13963962 - (D) REPKO 103 McDermott Will & Emery LLP (Broadcom) WAQAS, SAAD A

2483 Ex Parte Wahl et al 14401417 - (D) HOFF 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP AN, SHAWN S

2485 Ex Parte Bally et al 13800697 - (D) HUGHES 103 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP/Magna MATT, MARNIE A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Gruber et al 13421523 - (D) CHEN 103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A. MAZUMDER, SAPTARSHI

2651 Ex Parte LI 14770948 - (D) SAADAT 103 Brooks Kushman P.C./Harman EASON, MATTHEW A

2656 Ex Parte Ramsay 12580630 - (D) HUGHES 103 Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton/Immersion FLANDERS, ANDREW C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Ward et al 12833059 - (D) SILVERMAN 101/103 Otterstedt, Ellenbogen & Kammer, LLP MANDEL, MONICA A

3638 Ex Parte McLoughlin et al 14563248 - (D) JESCHKE 112(1)/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP KATCHEVES, BASIL S

3642 Ex Parte Pantalone et al 14049535 - (D) MARSCHALL 102/103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. BONZELL, PHILIP J

3652 Ex Parte Rohou 13187799 - (D) BROWN 103 DEERE & COMPANY JARRETT, RONALD P

3691 Ex Parte McIver et al 13717482 - (D) HUME 101 Ascenda Law Group, PC AKINTOLA, OLABODE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Vahala 14391183 - (D) CHANG 101/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC

3744 Ex Parte Arik et al 13074700 - (D) REIMERS 112(1) GE GLOBAL PATENT OPERATION SCHERMERHORN, JON

3746 Ex Parte James et al 13741425 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY HAMO, PATRICK

3754 Ex Parte Schreiber 14521560 - (D) GREENHUT 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. CHIANG, JENNIFER C

What the skilled artisan would "recognize" or have considered "obvious" is not necessarily determinative of "inheren[cy]." Schering Corp. v. Geneva Pharmaceuticals, 339 F. 3d 1373, 1377 (Fed. Cir. 2003). The Examiner appears to be conflating certain standards for demonstrating inherency with those for demonstrating obviousness. In relying upon the theory of inherency, the examiner must provide a basis in fact and/or technical reasoning to reasonably support the determination that the allegedly inherent characteristic necessarily flows from the teachings of the applied prior art. Ex parte Levy, 17 USPQ2d 1461, 1464 (BPAI 1990); MPEP § 2112.

Schering Corp. v. Geneva Pharm. Inc., 339 F.3d 1373, 67 USPQ2d 1664 (Fed. Cir. 2003) 2112 , 2152.02(b)

Levy, Ex parte, 17 USPQ2d 1461 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1990) 2112 

3761 Ex Parte Kassem 13848295 - (D) REIMERS 103 Mintz Levin/Cadman & Shurtleff ZIMBOUSKI, ARIANA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
1616 Ex Parte Passlick-Deetjen et al 11596181 - (D) GRIMES 103 103 Kilyk & Bowersox, P.L.L.C. CHOI, FRANK I

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2181 Ex Parte Quan et al 14199449 - (D) Per Curiam 103 103 41.50 103 Invoke YU, HENRY W

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2422 Ex Parte Stallings et al 13281943 - (D) MORGAN 101/103 OTDP VERIZON KARWAN, SIHAR A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Boyd 14744383 - (D) BEAMER 103 103 Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Ondersma LLP SHAH, TANMAY K

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1621 Ex Parte Nagarkatti et al 13562750 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. MATOS NEGRON, TAINA DELMAR

1674 Ex Parte COLLARD et al 14629768 - (D) NEW 102/103 OPKO Health, Inc. CHONG, KIMBERLY

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Brown 13632477 - (D) PRAISS 103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP (TOKYO ELECTRON) WHATLEY, KATELYN B

1718 Ex Parte Maeda et al 14043379 - (D) HOUSEL 103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP JAVED, MIRZA ISRAR

1734 Ex Parte NARUMI et al 14599721 - (D) GUPTA 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. WANG, NICHOLAS A

1784 Ex Parte Mauro et al 13684632 - (D) HANLON 112(1) CORNING INCORPORATED SAMPLE, DAVID R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2144 Ex Parte Estroff et al 13961430 - (D) CHEN 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC GOLDEN, STEVE PETER

2158 Ex Parte Huang et al 13017335 - (D) CRAIG 103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. PENG, HUAWEN A

2163 Ex Parte EL DAHER et al 12788808 - (D) ENGLE 102/103 101 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC) BLACK, LIN H

2165 Ex Parte Dixon 12474497 - (D) McCARTNEY 101/103 CRGO LAW SYED, FARHAN M

2193 Ex Parte Malyshev et al 13974026 - (D) BUI 103/OTDP CRGO LAW VU, TUAN A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Alsina et al 14186764 - (D) HAMANN 103 Polsinelli -- Apple Inc. c/o Polsinelli PC CASTRO, ALFONSO

2491 Ex Parte GARCIA MORCHON et al 14416353 - (D) McKEOWN 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS SHAW, BRIAN F

2498 Ex Parte Chang et al 14161818 - (D) REPKO 103 Greg Goshorn, P.C. AN, WAYNE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Vigneras et al 14540814 - (D) FRAHM 103 FOLEY HOAG, LLP (General) SHENG, XIN
2644 Ex Parte Hua et al 14132748 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 Tong, Rea, Bentley & Kim, LLC Nokia HANNAN, B M M

2647 Ex Parte Partee 14186373 - (D) HAMANN 103 MCGUIREWOODS, LLP YANG, JIANXUN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Krueger et al 14136968 - (D) BENNETT 103 101 DUBOIS, BRYANT, & CAMPBELL, LLP OBAID, FATEH M

3636 Ex Parte Lara sandoval et al 14458570 - (D) GREENHUT 103 41.50 103 Ford Global Technologies, LLC/ King & Schickli, PLLC WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT

3641 Ex Parte Kray et al 13492130 - (D) MARTIN 103 General Electric Company SEMICK, JOSHUA T

3643 Ex Parte Blizzard 14557028 - (D) REIMERS 103 MOORE & VAN ALLEN PLLC ALKER, KATHLEEN IWASAKI

3646 Ex Parte Jensen et al 14114619 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 DAUGHERTY & DEL ZOPPO CO., LP.A. NOLAN, JOHN T

3656 Ex Parte Freeman et al 13832213 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation YABUT, DANIEL D

3685 Ex Parte Singer et al 10686955 - (D) BARRY 101/112(2) 112(2)/103 Procopio - SPE OBEID, MAMON A

3686 Ex Parte NAEYMI-RAD et al 13622934 - (D) HUTCHINGS 101 BEEM PATENT LAW FIRM TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL

3686 Ex Parte Wagner et al 13798081 - (D) SAADAT 112(2)/101 DLA PIPER LLP (US ) KANAAN, MAROUN P

3686 Ex Parte Perkins et al 13798138 - (D) SAADAT 101/102 DLA PIPER LLP (US ) KANAAN, MAROUN P

3686 Ex Parte Perkins 14253833 - (D) SAADAT 101/103 DLA PIPER LLP (US ) KANAAN, MAROUN P

3688 Ex Parte Patel et al 14053889 - (D) COURTENAY 101 Hickman Palermo Becker Bingham/ Quotient ANDERSON, SCOTT C

3694 Ex Parte Noviello 14280119 - (D) FINAMORE OTDP 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. NGUYEN, TIEN C

3697 Ex Parte Crum et al 13955838 - (D) HUTCHINGS 102 101/103 MasterCard c/o Ballard Spahr LLP GREGG, MARY M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Englman et al 12161849 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 101 NIXON PEABODY LLP MOSSER, ROBERT E

3723 Ex Parte Monroe 13495593 - (D) MARTIN 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY MORGAN, EILEEN P

3723 Ex Parte Zick et al 13624391 - (D) MARTIN 103 MICHAEL, BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (MT) MULLER, BRYAN R

3728 Ex Parte Nobile 13566558 - (D) MARTIN 103 J.M. Robertson, LLC CHEUNG, CHUN HO!

3737 Ex Parte Gleich 13392576 - (D) KATZ 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS SUNWOO, NATE S

3753 Ex Parte Morris 12956502 - (D) WOOD 103 Legal Department (M-495) HOOK, JAMES F

3754 Ex Parte COURTNEY et al 13474315 - (D) STEPHENS 103 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP ROS, NICHOLAS A

3762 Ex Parte Viola 14257086 - (D) KERINS 103 Covidien LP JENNESS, NATHAN JAY

3781 Ex Parte I et al 13559642 - (D) MARTIN 102 Locke Lord LLP ANDERSON, DON M

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3671 Ex parte RICHARD GRAMM Appellant, Patent Owner Ex Parte 6202395 et al 09223921 90013868 - (D) SONG 103 LARKIN HOFFMAN DALY & LINDGREN, LTD. KAUFMAN, JOSEPH A original MAMMEN, NATHAN SCOTT

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 AIRBUS S.A.S. Requester and Respondent v. FIREPASS CORPORATION Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6418752 et al 09750801 95001555 - (D) SONG 103 The Law Office of Roger S. Thompson Patent Owner:Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP GRAHAM, MATTHEW C original CAPOSSELA, RONALD C

levy

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1779 Ex Parte Markowitz et al 12246573 - (D) GAUDETTE 101/112(2)/103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY JARRETT, LORE RAMILLANO

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

3641 Ex Parte Fisher 12808804 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 RENNER OTTO BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP JOHNSON, STEPHEN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Gelber et al 11664773 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 NIXON PEABODY LLP MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H

“In relying upon the theory of inherency, the examiner must provide a basis in fact and/or technical reasoning to reasonably support the determination that the allegedly inherent characteristic necessarily flows from the teachings of the applied prior art.” Ex parte Levy, 17 USPQ2d 1461, 1464 (BPAI 1990).

Levy, Ex parte, 17 USPQ2d 1461 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1990) 2112

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Bieniosek 11707447 - (D) GAUDETTE 112(1)/112(2)/103 FAY SHARPE LLP TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2452 Ex Parte Barsness et al 11955067 - (D) ANDERSON 101/103 MARTIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC NGUYEN, THU V

2493 Ex Parte Diez et al 10562488 - (D) SHIANG dissenting DROESCH 101 103 IBM CORPORATION SHAW, PETER C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Simonutti et al 12220994 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Wilson Sporting Goods Co. GORDEN, RAEANN

3736 Ex Parte Pompei et al 11728956 - (D) BONILLA 103 HAMILTON, BROOK, SMITH & REYNOLDS, P.C. DANEGA, RENEE A

3725 Ex Parte Weber et al 11897645 - (D) BAHR 112(2) 101/102 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2615 Ex parte NISSIM CORPORATION Appellant 90011459 6304715 08/988,172 CHEN 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. Third Party Requester: MORRISON & FOERSTER, LLP GAGLIARDI, ALBERT J original TRAN, THAI Q

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 IBORMEITH IP, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC, AND DAIMLER AG, Defendants-Appellees. 2013-1007 6,313,749 09/341,093 TARANTO 112(2) Niro, Haller & Niro; Shearman & Sterling, LLP MULLEN, THOMAS J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3722 VICTOR MANUEL CELORIO GARRIDO, Appellant, v. BOB HOLT, Appellee. 2013-1194 95/000,393 6,213,703 09/559,500 PER CURIAM misconduct 102(a)/102(b) VICTOR MANUEL CELORIO GARRIDO, pro se; Sonnabend Law HENDERSON, MARK T

levy, angstadt, vaeck, ariad

REVERSED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte Hwang et al 11/580,713 BARRY 103(a) ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES EXAMINER PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3644 Ex Parte McCrory et al 11/033,024 GREENHUT 102(b) BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP EXAMINER PALO, FRANCIS T

What is lacking from the Examiner’s determinations of inherency is evidence or reasoning to show that the allegedly inherent feature or property must necessarily result from Mimura’s process or structure, respectively. See Ex parte Levy, 17 USPQ2d 1461, 1464 (BPAI 1990).

Levy, Ex parte, 17 USPQ2d 1461 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2112

3662 Ex Parte Martin et al 10/529,192 HORNER 102(b)/103(a) WesternGeco L.L.C. EXAMINER LOBO, IAN J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte Zhuang et al 11/390,696 OWENS 102(b) 103(a) SLATER & MATSIL, L.L.P. EXAMINER JELSMA, JONATHAN G
2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Jerding et al 10/957,849 NAPPI 103(a) 103(a) MERCHANT & GOULD SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY EXAMINER STANLEY, MARK P
2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Mottier et al 10/815,724 STEPHENS 103(a) 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER LAM, KENNETH T

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1655 Ex Parte Emery et al 10/749,602 PRATS 103(a) MUETING, RAASCH & GEBHARDT, P.A. EXAMINER LEITH, PATRICIA A

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Stux et al 11/307,367 PAK 112(1)/103(a) 103(a) NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY EXAMINER DOVE, TRACY MAE

It is well established that the Examiner has the “burden of giving reasons, supported by the record as a whole, why the [S]pecification is not enabling . . . Showing that the disclosure entails undue experimentation is part of the PTO’s initial burden.” In re Angstadt, 537 F.2d 498, 504 (CCPA 1976). In determining whether any given disclosure would require undue experimentation to practice the claimed subject matter, the Examiner must consider not only the breadth of the claims, the amount of direction or guidance presented and the presence or absence of working examples, but also the nature of the invention, the state of the prior art, the relative skill of those in the art and the predictability or unpredictability of the art. In re Vaeck, 947 F.2d 488, 495 (Fed. Cir. 1991). This enablement requirement found in the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 is separate and distinct from the written description requirement of that provision. See, e.g., Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Co., 598 F.3d 1336, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2010)(en banc) (“Since its inception, this court has consistently held that § 112, first paragraph, contains a written description requirement separate from enablement.”)

Angstadt, In re, 537 F.2d 498, 190 USPQ 214 (CCPA 1976) . . . 2164.01, 2164.06, 2164.08(b)

Vaeck, In re, 947 F.2d 448, 20 USPQ2d 1438 (Fed. Cir. 1991) . . 2107.01, 2144.08, 2164.01, 2164.01(c), 2164.03, 2164.06(b), 2164.08

1727 Ex Parte MATSUI et al 11/979,403 HASTINGS 103(a) MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP EXAMINER ARCIERO, ADAM A

1781 Ex Parte Nelson et al 11/370,137 KATZ 103(a) 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY EXAMINER AMAKWE, TAMRA L

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Rigoutsos 10/305,582 DIXON 101/102(b)/103(a) RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP EXAMINER LY, CHEYNE D

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte Ruiz et al 10/408,037 SIU 103(a) Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC EXAMINER NGUYEN, PHUOC H

2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Felbach 10/838,234 RUGGIERO 103(a) GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. EXAMINER NEFF, MICHAEL R

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Theel 10/668,049 KIM 103(a) LAW OFFICES OF CLEMENT CHENG EXAMINER HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE

3711 Ex Parte Turnpaugh et al 11/619,744 PER CURIAM 103(a) MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC, P. A. EXAMINER BLAU, STEPHEN LUTHER

3737 Ex Parte Ritter et al 09/842,417 HORNER 102(b) Bryan K. Wheelock Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. EXAMINER CASLER, BRIAN L