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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1622 Ex Parte Howard et al 12610478 - (D) JENKS obviousness-type double patenting MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mad) KIFLE, BRUCK

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Styles et al 10856305 - (D) MacDONALD 102 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101/112(1) Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. GOFMAN, ALEX N

2173 Ex Parte Zurmuehl 10936776 - (D) DILLON 112(1)/102/103 SAP / FINNEGAN, HENDERSON LLP SHIH, HAOSHIAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Gross 10856220 - (D) LORIN 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 STEVEN VOSEN ROJAS, HAJIME S

3644 Ex Parte Polachek 11487188 - (D) CAPP 112(2)/103 FORREST L. COLLINS LAW OFFICES, LLC BERONA, KIMBERLY SUE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3748 Ex Parte Willeke et al 11569405 - (D) BUNTING 102/103 PAMELA A. KACHUR BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Trosser et al 10399713 - (D) FRANKLIN 102 102/103 NATH, GOLDBERG & MEYER PALENIK, JEFFREY T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2859 Ex Parte Gale et al 11716152 - (D) ANDERSON 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 MACMILLAN, SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC FANTU, YALKEW

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1742 Ex Parte Lipscomb et al 12075604 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 CIBA VISION CORPORATION LIU, XUE H

1755 Ex Parte Yokoyama 11513046 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 SUGHRUE-265550 PILLAY, DEVINA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2184 Ex Parte Chimitt et al 10706345 - (D) SHIANG 112(1)/102/103 UNISYS CORPORATION PARK, ILWOO

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2662 Ex Parte Abraham 11410743 - (D) HUGHES 103 STRIKER, STRIKER & STENBY FOSSELMAN, JOEL W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Menrik et al 10593039 - (D) HOELTER 103 HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP SCRUGGS,ROBERT J

3725 Ex Parte Endres et al 10581655 - (D) OSINSKI 102/103 CROCKETT & CROCKETT, P.C. GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT

3765 Ex Parte Udelhofen et al 11010256 - (D) DeFRANCO 103 Wilson Sporting Goods Co. SUTTON, ANDREW W

3782 Ex Parte Nakaya et al 11286381 - (D) BUNTING 103 ADAMS & WILKS HELVEY, PETER N.

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2181 MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. Requester, Appellant v. RAMBUS INC. Patent Owner, Respondent 95001026 6378020 09/545,648 EASTHOM 102 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP ESCALANTE, OVIDIO original AUVE, GLENN ALLEN

See In re Lister, 583 F.3d 1307, 1316-1317 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (copyright registration date insufficient
evidence of public accessibility. “[I]n this case the government has not identified any evidence of the general practice of the Copyright Office, Westlaw, or Dialog with regard to database updates.”)

HARMON 3: 157a, 164

lister, cronyn, klopfenstein, cordis, wyer, hall

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Zobel et al 11111263 - (D) HOUSEL 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT

1767 Ex Parte Veltman et al 12692158 - (D) BEST 103 S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA

1774 Ex Parte Yows et al 12041713 - (D) BEST concurring KRATZ 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte Schlarb et al 10683138 - (D) FRANKLIN SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY 103 MERCHANT & GOULD PHAM, LINH K

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Kim et al 11471359 - (D) CLEMENTS 102/103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. CHOO, MUNSOON

2679 Ex Parte Yu et al 10039187 - (D) JEFFERSON 103 Baker Botts L.L.P. PRENDERGAST,ROBERTA D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Ex Parte Aleshin et al 11332058 - (D) McCARTHY 103 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, LLC MONDT, JOHANNES P

2897 Ex Parte Wells 11828092 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP NEWTON, VALERIE N

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Benz et al 11290746 - (D) McCARTHY 103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION BRADFORD, CANDACE L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Passoni 11664394 - (D) BROWN 102/103 GERRITY, STEPHEN FRANCIS GERRITY, STEPHEN FRANCIS

3724 Ex Parte Souza et al 12288747 - (D) SCHEINER 103 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP ALIE, GHASSEM

3724 Ex Parte Matthes et al 11485655 - (D) REIMERS 102/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP NGUYEN, PHONG H

3749 Ex Parte Rasmussen et al 11335874 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 103 LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP MILLER, SAMANTHA A

For Rittal Catalogue 31 to “qualify as a printed publication within the meaning of § 102, [it] ‘must have been sufficiently accessible to the public interested in the art.’” In re Lister, 58[2]3 F.3d 1307, 1311 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (quoting In re Cronyn, 890 F.2d 1158, 1160 (Fed. Cir. 1989)). “Whether a reference is publicly accessible is determined on a case-by-case basis based on the ‘facts and circumstances surrounding the reference’s disclosure to members of the public.’” Id. (quoting In re Klopfenstein, 380 F.3d 1345, 1350 (Fed. Cir. 2004)). A reference is considered publicly accessible if “it ‘has been disseminated or otherwise made available to the extent that persons interested and ordinarily skilled in the subject matter or art, exercising reasonable diligence, can locate it.’” Cordis Corp. v. Boston Scientific Corp., 561 F.3d 1319, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (quoting In re Wyer, 655 F.2d 221, 226 (CCPA 1981)). The PTO carries the initial burden of demonstrating public accessibility. See In re Hall, 781 F.2d 897, 899 (Fed. Cir. 1986) (“The proponent of the publication bar must show that prior to the critical date the reference was sufficiently accessible . . . .”); In re Lister, 583 F.3d at 1317 (rejecting the position that the burden shifted from the PTO to the applicant to show inaccessibility where there was a lack of substantial evidence that the reference was publicly accessible as of the critical date).

cordis HARMON 3: 94, 156, 161a; 6: 38, 71, 121, 278; 7: 168b; 8: 62; 10: 40; 13: 181, 184; 20: 161, 175, 184

Cronyn, In re, 890 F.2d 1158, 13 USPQ2d 1070 (Fed. Cir.1989) 2128.01
DONNER 7: 848
HARMON 3: 129, 158

Klopfenstein, In re,380 F.3d 1345, 72 USPQ2d 1117 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2128.01
DONNER 7: 106-21
HARMON 3: 151

Wyer, In re, 655 F.2d 221, 210 USPQ 790 (CCPA 1981) 901.05, 2127, 2128
DONNER 5: 28; 7: 31-33, 56, 57, 71

Hall, In re, 781 F.2d 897, 228 USPQ 453 (Fed. Cir. 1986) 2128, 2128.01, 2128.02
DONNER 7: 38
HARMON 1: 82; 3: 125, 129, 148, 158

3752 Ex Parte MICHELI 11927559 - (D) KERINS 102/103 FLETCHER YODER (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) BOECKMANN, JASON J

3769 Ex Parte Irion et al 11432014 - (D) SCHEINER 103 ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC CRANDALL, LYNSEY P

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3652 Ex Parte Blonigan et al 11176742 - (D) HILL 112(2)/102/103 102/103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX RUDAWITZ, JOSHUA I

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Rasmussen et al 11998532 - (D) SNEDDEN 103 103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE/CHICAGO/COOK SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte McKinney et al 11563618 - (D) EVANS 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP DICKINSON, PAUL W

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Uesugi et al 12137382 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP HUANG, CHENG YUAN

1792 Ex Parte Sagel 12037522 - (D) KRATZ 103 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP SMITH, CHAIM A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte O' Malley et al 10834774 - (D) DANG 103 HAMILTON, BROOK, SMITH & REYNOLDS, P.C. DAY, HERNG DER

2158 Ex Parte Findeisen et al 11032384 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY HASAN, SYED HAROON

2197 Ex Parte Foster et al 10926255 - (D) JEFFERSON 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C ZHEN, LIB

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Phillips et al 10444941 - (D) DANG 103 Qwest Communications International Inc. NEWLIN, TIMOTHY R

2425 Ex Parte Goodwill et al 11556898 - (D) WINSOR 103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. ALCON, FERNANDO

2442 Ex Parte Helm et al 10745328 - (D) THOMAS 101/112(1)/103 Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & G (Apple) SURVILLO, OLEG

2453 Ex Parte Morton et al 11674231 - (D) HOFF 101/103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP NGUYEN, THU HA T

2462 Ex Parte Beming et al 10595312 - (D) FRAHM 103 ERICSSON INC. DUONG, CHRISTINE T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Chang 12074754 - (D) FRAHM 102/103 FOXCONN INTERNATIONAL, INC. WEI TE CHUNG LEON, EDWIN A

2834 Ex Parte Scanlon 11608200 - (D) DANG 112(2) 102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DA) KIM, JOHN K

2834 Ex Parte Theuss 12038275 - (D) DANG 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA LE, DANG D

2892 Ex Parte Zhang et al 11100672 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 Howard IP Law Group KRAIG, WILLIAM F

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3739 Ex Parte Kim et al 11698801 - (D) MILLS 112(1)/112(2) 103 Medtronic CardioVascular HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES

3763 Ex Parte Krivitski et al 11370721 - (D) JENKS 112(1) 102/103 Harter Secrest & Emery LLP EISENBERG, REBECCA E

3767 Ex Parte Hickle 11783342 - (D) REIMERS 103 Dorsey L. Baker SCHELL, LAURA C

3788 Ex Parte Pender et al 11582636 - (D) BUNTING 103 Tod T. Tumey GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 JAMES H. ANDERSEN and TRU-BALANCE, LLC, Patent Owner, Appellant v. ALCOA, INC., Third-Party Requestor, Respondent GREENBURG TRAURIG, LLP 95001677 7,178,880 10/868,687 KERINS 102/103 112(2) COCHRAN FREUND & YOUNG LLC STORMER,RUSSELL D original BELLINGER, JASON R

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

REVERSED IN PART, VACATED IN PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 PLANTRONICS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALIPH, INC. AND ALIPHCOM, INC., Defendants-Appellees. 2012-1355 5,712,453 08/420,241 WALLACH summary judgment of non-infringement and obviousness Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP DANG, KHANH

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Chen et al 11355335 - (D) EVANS 103 Florek & Endres PLLC CHANNAVAJJALA, LAKSHMI SARADA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Self et al 11713440 - (D) HANLON 103 KEAN MILLER LLP MERKLING, MATTHEW J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte Makela 10820442 - (D) JENKS 102 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP TANK, ANDREW L

2171 Ex Parte Connally et al 11740792 - (D) ADAMS 103 Holland & Hart, LLP SALOMON, PHENUEL S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Hunter et al 11361115 - (D) LORIN 103 WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP RAMAN, USHA

2492 Ex Parte Micali 10103541 - (D) WHITE 102/103 Muirhead and Saturnelli, LLC PAN, PEILIANG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2655 Ex Parte Hesdahl 10510782 - (D) FREDMAN 102/103 Phillips Electronics North America Corporation PAUL, DISLER

2692 Ex Parte Cho et al 11475926 - (D) KRIVAK 103 MCKENNA LONG & ALDRIDGE LLP LEE, GENE W

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3677 Ex Parte Lautenschlager 11699193 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 102 Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/Masco Corporation DO, ROWLAND

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 Ex Parte Nitta 11708977 - (D) BAHR 103 HEISLER & ASSOCIATES FRANCIS, FAYE

3767 Ex Parte Jones et al 11724578 - (D) GRIMES 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(a)/112(b) Bard Biopsy Systems C. R. Bard, Inc. SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE

3763 Ex Parte Burnett et al 11552090 - (D) GRIMES 103 SHAY GLENN LLP LEE, WENG WAH

3769 Ex Parte Causey, III et al 11684985 - (D) SCHEINER 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P. A. JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING

3772 Ex Parte Mueller et al 11556684 - (D) COCKS 103 MUELLER SPORTS MEDICINE, INC. NELSON, KERI JESSICA

“Where there are several common meanings for a claim term, the patent disclosure serves to point away from the improper meanings and toward the proper meanings.” Renishaw PLC v. Marposs Societa’ per Azioni, 158 F.3d 1243, 1250 (Fed Cir. 1998).

Renishaw PLC v. Marposs Societa’ per Azioni, 158 F.3d 1243, 48 USPQ2d 1117 (Fed. Cir. 1998) 804
DONNER 1: 316; 2: 371, 372, 387, 388; 9: 454; 10: 80, 81, 96, 108
HARMON 6: 89, 138, 146

3783 Ex Parte Stewart et al 11445949 - (D) SPAHN 102/103 STEVEN L. SCHMID COLEMAN, KEITH A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Malnou et al 10332814 - (D) ADAMS 103 103 YOUNG & THOMPSON MERCIER, MELISSA S

1627 Ex Parte Student et al 11554660 - (D) FREDMAN 103/obviousness-type double patenting obviousness-type double patenting MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC. c/o McDonald Hopkins LLC SOROUSH, LAYLA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte Error 11701289 - (D) SNEDDEN 103 103 Adobe Systems, Inc. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP KEATON, SHERROD L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Wasilewski et al 11385184 - (D) NEW 103 103 MERCHANT & GOULD SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY TILAHUN, ALAZAR

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte DeMattei et al 12097942 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 VIKSNINS HARRIS & PADYS PLLP THOMAS, TIMOTHY P

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Fukuoka et al 10237089 - (D) TIMM 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP WALKER, KEITH D

1765 Ex Parte GRÖPPEL 12511389 - (D) McKELVEY 103 YOUNG & THOMPSON SELLERS, ROBERT E

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2141 Ex Parte Read et al 11611822 - (D) FREDMAN 103 De Klerk & Lundmark ROSWELL, MICHAEL

2156 Ex Parte Belyavsky 11075142 - (D) ZECHER 103 IBM CORP (YA) C/O YEE & ASSOCIATES PC ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S

2166 Ex Parte Gibbs 10987769 - (D) PARVIS 103 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP / GOOGLE CHEEMA, AZAM M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2673 Ex Parte BENEDETTI et al 11457042 - (D) JENKS 103 IBM AUS IPLAW (GLF) c/o Garg Law Firm, PLLC LETT, THOMAS J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3676 Ex Parte Rytlewski et al 11638668 - (D) FITZPATRICK 102/103 SCHLUMBERGER ROSHARON CAMPUS HARCOURT, BRAD

3693 Ex Parte Baron 12196005 - (D) LORIN 103 DENTONS US LLP MERCHANT, SHAHID R

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Ex Parte Walker 10981365 - (D) SNEDDEN 103 WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP YU, JUSTINE ROMANG

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED 
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Ex parte Freedom Scientific Inc., Patent Owner and Appellant 90011981 7,929,013 11/379,327 GREENHUT 103 Gray Robinson ATTN: STEFAN V. STEIN/ IP DEPT. Third Party Requester: Vista IP Law Group LLP HEYMAN, JOHN S original DURNFORD GESZVAIN, DILLON

In order to qualify as a printed publication within the meaning of § 102, a reference must have been sufficiently accessible to the public interested in the art. Because there are many ways in which a reference may be disseminated to the interested public, ‘public accessibility’ has been called the touchstone in determining whether a reference constitutes a ‘printed publication’ . . . . A reference is considered publicly accessible if it was disseminated or otherwise made available to the extent that persons interested and ordinarily skilled in the subject matter or art exercising reasonable diligence, can locate it. 

In re Lister, 583 F. 3d 1307, 1311 (Fed. Cir. 2009)(citations and internal quotations omitted).
HARMON 3: 157a, 164

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1652 NOVOZYMES A/S, AND NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APS (formerly Danisco A/S), GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL WISCONSIN, INC., DANISCO US INC., AND DANISCO USA INC., Defendants-Appellees. 2012-1433 7,713,723 12/645,116 SCHALL Dissenting RADER 112(1) Fenwick & West Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP PROUTY, REBECCA E