o'farrell

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1754 Ex Parte Clark 13169445 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 HP Inc. HORTON, DUJUAN A

1764 Ex Parte Rediger et al 11747343 - (D) OWENS 103 GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC KRYLOVA, IRINA

1788 Ex Parte WEIDINGER et al 13209647 - (D) OGDEN 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P,C ADKINS, CHINESSA T

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte Tran et al 12491324 - (D) CHEN 103 BABCOCK & WILCOX POWER GENERATION GROUP, INC. HASAN, SYED HAROON

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Lilleberg et al 12918996 - (D) SILVERMAN 102/103 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Nokia Technologies Oy KIM, KEVIN

2662 Ex Parte Majewicz et al 13024885 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 HP Inc KAO, YIH-SIEN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2817 Ex Parte Guenther et al 11664304 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Cozen O'Connor TRINH, HOA B

2881 Ex Parte Van Herpen et al 13003137 - (D) DROESCH 102/103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP (NV) IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Almen et al 12250974 - (D) LORIN 103 HP Inc. YOUNG, ASHLEY YA-SHEH

3691 Ex Parte Lee 12129886 - (D) LORIN 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC CAMPBELL, KELLIE L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Wardle 13167644 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 SHAY GLENN LLP KLEIN, BENJAMIN JACOB

The admonition that "obvious to try" is not the standard under § 103 has been directed mainly at two kinds of error. In some cases, what would have been 'obvious to try' would have been to vary all parameters or try each of numerous possible choices until one possibly arrived at a successful result, where the prior art gave either no indication of which parameters were critical or no direction as to which of many possible choices is likely to be successful. In others, what was "obvious to try" was to explore a new technology or general approach that seemed to be a promising field of experimentation, where the prior art gave only general guidance as to the particular form of the claimed invention or how to achieve it.

In re O'Farrell, 853 F.2d 894, 903 (Fed. Cir. 1988) (citations omitted).

O’Farrell, In re, 853 F.2d 894, 7 USPQ2d 1673 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 2143.01 , 2143.02 , 2144.08 , 2145

3781 Ex Parte Kountotsis 13524433 - (D) JESCHKE 102/103 Theodosios Kountotsis CASTILLO, KEVIN CHARLES

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2468 Ex Parte Petillo et al 12971747 - (D) POTHIER concurring BAUMEISTER 102/103 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. / Vonage KASSIM, KHALED M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2662 Ex Parte Cazier 12917222 - (D) NAPPI 112(1)/103 112(2)/103 HP Inc. OSINSKI, MICHAELS

2688 Ex Parte McGuire 13096685 - (D) BEAMER 103 103 THE GRIFFITH LAW FIRM, A P.C. GARCIA, CARLOS E

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2884 Ex Parte Vogtmeier et al 12990814 - (D) NAGUMO 103 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MIDKIFF, ANASTASIA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Morich et al 12598484 - (D) MEYERS 102/103 102 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LONG, FONYA M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Gunderson 12180911 - (D) HOSKINS 103 103 41.50 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) BERTRAM, ERIC D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 Ex Parte Li et al 13674425 - (D) RANGE 103 BASF CORPORATION NEDIALKOV A, LILIA V

1766 Ex Parte Niederst et al 13048051 - (D) SQUIRE 102/103 PPG Industries, Inc. DOLLINGER, MICHAEL M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 Ex Parte KITASE et al 13052568 - (D) KAISER 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P,C BIRKHIMER, CHRISTOPHER D

2163 Ex Parte Hannum et al 12683232 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 BANNER & WITCO FF , LTD NGUYEN, KIM T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2437 Ex Parte McReynolds 12977964 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY CALLAHAN, PAULE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Lundberg 13309080 - (D) STRAUSS 102 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. BROWN, SHEREE N

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Anwar et al 11071006 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 Patent Capital Group OU, JING RUI

REEXAMINATION

REHEARING

GRANTED
2204 Ex parte RDJONES STOP EXPERTS, INC. Ex Parte 8269654 et al 90013007 - (R) CURCURI 103 41.50 103 Schneider Rothman IP Law Group original WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. PEIKARI, BEHZAD original CARROLL, CHRISMAN DION

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1762 PERFORMANCE POLYMER SOLUTIONS, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant, and Cross-Respondent v. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE Requester, Respondent, and Cross-Appellant Ex Parte 7338684 et al 11/057,462 95001935 - (R) JEFFERY 102 Endurance Law Group, PLC Third Party Requester: Thompson Hine LLP Intellectual Property Group TORRES VELAZQUEZ, NORCA LIZ original CHEN, BRET P

1783 PERFORMANCE POLYMER SOLUTIONS, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant, and Cross-Respondent v. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE Requester, Respondent, and Cross-Appellant Ex Parte 7927701 et al 12/016,571 95001936 - (R) JEFFERY 102/103 Endurance Law Group, PLC Third Party Requester: Thompson Hine LLP Intellectual Property Group TORRES VELAZQUEZ, NORCA LIZ original MILLER, DANIEL H

simpson, o'farrell

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Shih et al 12962166 - (D) DERRICK concurring NAGUMO 103 BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC - LAM RESEARCH CORP BARR, MICHAEL E

1778 Ex Parte Lauer et al 12225917 - (D) SMITH 103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G

1784 Ex Parte Chandra et al 12086511 - (D) SMITH 103 Cozen O'Connor SCHLEIS, DANIEL J

1788 Ex Parte David et al 13004257 - (D) DELMENDO 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY ADKINS, CHINESSA T

1791 Ex Parte Given 11846236 - (D) BEST 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. DUBOIS, PHILIP A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Nikolov et al 12314706 - (D) HOELTER 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC LIAO, JASON G

The Examiner cites to the decision in Ex parte Simpson, 218 USPQ 1020 (Bd. App. 1982), for the proposition that “[w]here a trademark or trade name is used in a claim as a limitation to identify or describe a particular material or product, the claim does not comply with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph.” (Id.)

Appellants contend the use of Java in the claims does not render the claims indefinite per se; instead “[a] basic question to be resolved is whether the use of ‘Java’ in the context of these claims and this application [is] indefinite, such that a person of ordinary skill in the art could not discern the metes and bounds of the claimed subject matter.” ...

We agree with Appellants. This case is closely analogous to Ex Parte O’Farrell, Appeal No. 2011-011075, 2014 WL 2112325, at *4 (PTAB May 19, 2014) (non-precedential). The O’Farrell panel held that the recitation of the trademark “Java” was not indefinite because “‘Java’ is a well-known and widely-used term identifying a particular programming language.” Id

Simpson, Ex parte, 218 USPQ 1020 (Bd. App. 1982) 706.03(d) , 2173.05(u)

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Pandit et al 11795346 - (D) KAISER 112(2)/103 THOMSON Licensing LLC MOHAMMADI, FAHIMEH M

2445 Ex Parte El-Damhougy et al 11749172 - (D) McKEOWN 112(1)/103 LAW OFFICE OF CHARLES W. PETERSON, JR. -- BOEING SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Lee et al 11721357 - (D) HUDALLA 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP AU, SCOTT D

2641 Ex Parte PEARCE 12943288 - (D) CHUNG 103 PERRY + CURRIER INC. (BlackBerry) ZEWARI, SAYED T

2649 Ex Parte Walsh et al 11217967 - (D) DIXON 103 PLANTRONICS, INC. HANIDU, GANIYU A

2666 Ex Parte Gritton et al 11700507 - (D) KAISER 102 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC LEFKOWITZ, SUMATI

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Ex Parte Engl et al 11707589 - (D) McGRAW 103 Cozen O'Connor CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M

2875 Ex Parte YUN et al 12605918 - (D) WILSON 103 Innovation Counsel LLP TUMEBO, TSION M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3644 Ex Parte Rajamannan 12496306 - (D) FISHMAN 102/103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA WILLIAMS, MONICA L

3645 Ex Parte Teigen et al 12189145 - (D) STEPINA 103 WesternGeco L.L.C. BREIER, KRYSTINE E

3649 Ex Parte Chang et al 11321680 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 3M Innovative Properties Company KRUER, KEVIN R

3652 Ex Parte Van Mill et al 12192821 - (D) HOELTER 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. MYERS, GLENN F

3692 Ex Parte Rucker 11589661 - (D) HILL 103 Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P. LIU, I JUNG

3694 Ex Parte Loui et al 11962790 - (D) CRAWFORD 101/112(2)/103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY ABDI, KAMBIZ

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3752 Ex Parte Blaney et al 11210039 - (D) BROWN 102/103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC NGUYEN, DINH Q

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2139 Ex Parte Sutardja 12365455 - (D) HOMERE 103 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE P.L.C. (Marvell) SADLER, NATHAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Ex Parte Park 12311137 - (D) BARRETT 103 103 FLYNN THIEL BOUTELL & TANIS, P.C. HERMANN, KIRK W

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Woehler 12626435 - (D) KIM 103 103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN PATS, JUSTIN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Abernathie 10951227 - (D) WIEKER 102 103 MDBeck Filings HOFFMAN, MARY C

3737 Ex Parte Peszynski et al 11912514 - (D) POLLOCK 112(2)/103 102 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MEHTA, PARIKHA SOLANKI

3745 Ex Parte El-Aini et al 13170433 - (D) GUIJT 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Ahmed et al 12168521 - (D) POLLOCK 102/103 PRICE HENEVELD LLP LEVIN, MIRIAM A

1653 Ex Parte Bott et al 11676668 - (D) FREDMAN 103/obviousness--type double patenting DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART

1674 Ex Parte Deutschman et al 11283151 - (D) GRIMES 103 Riverside Law LLP SCHNIZER, RICHARD A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 Ex Parte Saito et al 12499288 - (D) SMITH 103 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP SLIFKA, SARAH A

1735 Ex Parte Shan et al 13161030 - (D) DELMENDO 112(1) 103/obviousness-type double patenting ALIX YALE & RISTAS LLP WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A

1743 Ex Parte Lechtenboehmer et al 12268701 - (D) DELMENDO 103 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY DEL SOLE, JOSEPH S

1745 Ex Parte Boekstegers et al 12732690 - (D) KRATZ 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. BELL, WILLIAM P

1746 Ex Parte Benner et al 12544346 - (D) SMITH 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY RIVERA, JOSHEL

1762 Ex Parte Utterodt et al 12614560 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, PA YOON, TAE H

1764 Ex Parte Lewis et al 11989706 - (D) KAISER 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC NGUYEN, TRI V

1765 Ex Parte Meyer-Ahrens et al 11252149 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP COONEY, JOHN M

1772 Ex Parte Leflaive et al 12374911 - (D) SMITH 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. NGUYEN, TAM M

1773 Ex Parte Gil et al 12503364 - (D) GARRIS 103/obviousness-type double patenting KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. WARDEN, JILL ALICE

1773 Ex Parte Gil et al 12503380 - (D) GARRIS 103/obviousness-type double patenting KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. WARDEN, JILL ALICE

1773 Ex Parte Song et al 12825877 - (D) GARRIS 103/obviousness-type double patenting KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. WARDEN, JILL ALICE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2117 Ex Parte Goyal et al 12495336 - (D) NAPPI 103 WALL & TONG, LLP/ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. NGUYEN, STEVE N

2159 Ex Parte Chen 12432916 - (D) KAISER 102/103 Garg Law Firm, PLLC IBM AUS IPLAW (GLF) PHAM, HUNG Q

2162 Ex Parte Mustonen 12387923 - (D) JURGOVAN 102 HARRINGTON & SMITH FLEURANTIN, JEAN B

2166 Ex Parte Muller et al 12327870 - (D) HOMERE 101 101/103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG GMAHL, NAVNEET K

2166 Ex Parte Oliver et al 11927450 - (D) MAYBERRY 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP AHN, SANGWOO

2169 Ex Parte Heinson et al 11768083 - (D) ENGELS 103 VIERRA MAGEN/MICROSOFT CORPORATION UDDIN, MD I

2174 Ex Parte Muller et al 11949969 - (D) JENKS 102/103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG NGUYEN, LE V

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte Miller et al 12327496 - (D) DANG 103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG LIN, SHERMAN L

2452 Ex Parte Baker 11530686 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 Cochran Freund & Young/ AVAYA, Inc. HUSSAIN, TAUQIR

2453 Ex Parte Moffat et al 12145684 - (D) THOMAS 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. /Oracle America/ SUN / STK VOSTAL, ONDREJ C

2456 Ex Parte Hasson et al 11000270 - (D) THOMAS 112(1) 103 LAW OFFICE OF MARCIA L. DOUBET, P. L. KEEHN, RICHARD G

2463 Ex Parte Del Regno 11627028 - (D) CHUNG 103 VERIZON CROMPTON, CHRISTOPHER R

2476 Ex Parte LAI 12431758 - (D) TROCK 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP HSIUNG, HAI-CHANG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2643 Ex Parte Faccin 11650445 - (D) COURTENAY 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD HTUN, SAN A

2649 Ex Parte Bevan et al 12857197 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 Apple Inc. -- FKM DEAN, RAYMOND S

2649 Ex Parte Rietman et al 11569705 - (D) WINSOR 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS PHAM, TUAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2812 Ex Parte Shero et al 12547911 - (D) TIMM 103 Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP GHYKA, ALEXANDER G

2854 Ex Parte St. Ours et al 12072947 - (D) SMITH 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC CULLER, JILL E

2858 Ex Parte Borghetti et al 12781441 - (D) PAK 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY VALONE, THOMAS F

2859 Ex Parte FARR 12544496 - (D) ANKENBRAND 103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC EATON CORPORATION ISLA RODAS, RICHARD

2859 Ex Parte Gale et al 12423165 - (D) BEST 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J

2865 Ex Parte Day 12393129 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. PARK, HYUN D

2893 Ex Parte Ranish et al 12437257 - (D) McGRAW 103 SERVILLA WHITNEY LLC/AMT REAMES, MATTHEW L

2897 Ex Parte LENSKI et al 12107293 - (D) McGRAW 103 Amerson Law Firm, PLLC GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Ge et al 11427098 - (D) BAYAT 102/103 J. B. Kraft ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E

3623 Ex Parte Sun et al 12055630 - (D) BAYAT 102/103 GIBB & RILEY, LLC DICKERSON, TIPHANY B

3633 Ex Parte Neuschafer et al 11626650 - (D) GREENHUT 103 NILS H. LJUNGMAN & ASSOCIATES CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T

3656 Ex Parte O-Oka et al 11444466 - (D) McKONE 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. DIAZ, THOMAS C

3687 Ex Parte McDonnell et al 11259691 - (D) KIM 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY ZARE, SCOTT A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3754 Ex Parte Pfeiffer et al 10858206 - (D) BROWNE 103 Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP JACYNA, J CASIMER

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte Bell et al 11755490 - (D) HOMERE 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 (SimDesk) WONG, CABELLO, LUTSCH, RUTHERFORD NGUYEN, THUONG

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2191 Ex Parte Krauss 11618214 - (D) KAISER 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC WU, JUNCHUN

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3686 BASIS SCIENCE, INC. Requester v. BODYMEDIA, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7689437 et al 09/595,660 95002371 - (D) CURCURI 102/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP Third Party Requester: Fenwick & West, LLP BANANKHAH, MAJID A original PASS, NATALIE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 ENGINEERED PLASTICS, INC. Requester v. ADA SOLUTIONS, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 8028491 et al 11/822,500 95001775 - (D) SONG 103 NIELDS, LEMACK & FRAME, LLC for Third Party Requester: FOLEY HOAG, LLP original BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP DAWSON, GLENN K original NGUYEN, NINH H

o'farrell, medichem

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3746 Ex Parte Lucas et al 12463457 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 Ingersoll-Rand Company Krieg DeVault LLP HAMO, PATRICK

Generally, for a combination to be obvious to one skilled in the art there must be at least a reasonable expectation that the combination would successfully yield a functioning device. See In re O’Farrell, 853 F.2d 894, 903–04 (Fed. Cir. 1988). Whether there is a reasonable expectation of success is a question of fact. Medichem S.A. v. Rolabo S.L., 437 F.3d 1157, 1165–66 (Fed. Cir. 2006).

O’Farrell, In re, 853 F.2d 894, 7 USPQ2d 1673 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 2143.01 , 2143.02 , 2144.08 , 2145

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Wirth et al 10468708 - (D) FREDMAN 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. BERRIOS, JENNIFER A

1616 Ex Parte Mohammadi et al 11679269 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 THE ESTEE LAUDER COS, INC KARPINSKI, LUKE E

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2811 Ex Parte Li et al 11683655 - (D) TIMM 102/103 ISHIMARU & ASSOCIATES LLP YUSHINA, GALINA G

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3694 Ex Parte Casey 11967672 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 102(e)/103 GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON LLP (OTT) ABDI, KAMBIZ

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Weaver et al 12138797 - (D) STEPINA 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY FERNSTROM, KURT

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Bernstein 12761953 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (CH) ARNOLD, ERNST V

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3633 Ex Parte HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 5771511 et al 08/511,556 90012399 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (Hill-Rom) For THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD. ESCALANTE, OVIDIO original CONLEY, FREDRICK C

o'farrell

custom search

REVERSED 
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2684 Ex Parte Shuart 11944897 - (D) KRIVAK 102 General Motors Corporation c/o REISING ETHINGTON P.C. YACOB, SISAY

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2848 Ex Parte Gass et al 12336058 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Locke Lord LLP GONZALEZ, HIRAM E

2895 Ex Parte KAWAE et al 12504897 - (D) HASTINGS 103 NIXON PEABODY, LLP SUN, YU-HSI DAVID

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Soerensen 11488237 - (D) MURPHY 103 MCCORMICK, PAULDING & HUBER LLP WILLIAMS, MAURICE L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Abboud et al 11476408 - (D) PAULRAJ 103 Christopher & Weisberg, P.A. EVERAGE, KEVIN D

3788 Ex Parte Yakel et al 12647508 - (D) BROWN 103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC COLLINS, RAVEN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2494 Ex Parte Alessio et al 11666618 - (D) WEINBERG  102(e)/103 102(e) FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER ABRISHAMKAR, KAVEH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Haarala et al 12372344 - (D) JENKS 103 103 ANGIODYNAMICS, INC. SCHELL, LAURA C

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Das et al 11324273 - (D) GARRIS 112(1)/103 HINMAN, HOWARD & KATTELL, LLP HEINCER, LIAM J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Acharya et al 11427879 - (D) CHUNG 112(2) 103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP MENDOZA, JUNIOR O

2433 Ex Parte Bhatt et al 10992394 - (D) JEFFERY 103 KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC C/O CPA Global TRAN, ELLEN C

2481 Ex Parte Leung 11151312 - (D) DANG 103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD VAUGHN JR, WILLIAM C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 Ex Parte Simpson 11332048 - (D) KUMAR 112(1)/102(e)/103 Wells St. John P.S. GOOD JOHNSON, MOTILEWA

2663 Ex Parte McMahan et al 12115605 - (D) BEAMER 102/103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP BERHAN, AHMED A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2812 Ex Parte Khan et al 12424270 - (D) TIMM 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. POMPEY, RON EVERETT

“For obviousness under § 103, all that is required is a reasonable expectation of success.” In re O’Farrell, 853 F.2d 894, 903-04 (Fed. Cir. 1988) (citations omitted).

O’Farrell, In re, 853 F.2d 894, 7 USPQ2d 1673 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 2143.01 , 2143.02 , 2144.08 , 2145

2835 Ex Parte Facusse 12488818 - (D) WARREN 102(e)/103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP GANDHI, JAYPRAKASH N

2842 Ex Parte Poenaru et al 11693657 - (D) ABRAHAM concurring NAGUMO 103 BEVER HOFFMAN & HARMS, LLP O TOOLE, COLLEEN J

2876 Ex Parte SCHULTZE et al 12465940 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 HODGSON RUSS LLP CHEDEKEL, TABITHA F

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3722 Ex Parte Brunson 12352104 - (D) MAYBERRY 103 Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Stanley B&D) HOWELL, DANIEL W

droge, kubin, o'farrell

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Naoe et al 10508958 - (D) JENKS 103/obviousness-type double patenting OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. CARTER, KENDRA D

Although we recognize that “[o]bviousness does not require absolute predictability of success ... all that is required is a reasonable expectation of success.” In re Droge, 695 F.3d 1334, 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (quoting In re Kubin, 561 F.3d 1351, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (citing In re O'Farrell, 853 F.2d 894, 903-04 (Fed. Cir. 1988)). In the realm of cancer treatment, however, there is insufficient predictability in the art for there to be a reasonable expectation that administering a compound to an animal that is effective for one type of cancer would reasonably provide an expectation of success for the treatment of kidney cancer as claimed.

Kubin, Ex parte, 83 USPQ2d 1410 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 2007) 2143.01
HARMON 4: 149, 227, 363a, 402a, 403b, 405

O’Farrell, In re, 853 F.2d 894, 7 USPQ2d 1673 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 2143.01, 2143.02, 2144.08, 2145
DONNER 8: 571, 604, 697, 1072

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte Adam et al 10490849 - (D) METZ 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC ANGADI, MAKI A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2169 Ex Parte Bayliss et al 10293475 - (D) THOMAS 103 TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP KIM, PAUL

2171 Ex Parte Zander 10692504 - (D) JEFFERY 103 Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP SALOMON, PHENUEL S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2675 Ex Parte Jacobs et al 11214393 - (D) HOFF 103 XEROX - ROCHESTER FAY SHARPE WASHINGTON, JAMARES

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Ex Parte Dorr et al 11113746 - (D) PLENZLER 112(1)/112(2)/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP MONDT, JOHANNES P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3673 Ex Parte McQuoid 12070215 - (D) ASTORINO 103 RICHARD A. RYAN CONLEY, FREDRICK C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Dal et al 11995540 - (D) ASTORINO 103 YOUNG & THOMPSON TAWFIK, SAMEH

3766 Ex Parte King et al 11810941 - (D) SPAHN 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P. A. LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte MENK et al 11839048 - (D) PAK 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER

1787 Ex Parte OOHIRA et al 11958818 - (D) OWENS 103 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP HUANG, CHENG YUAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Merriam et al 11186674 - (D) PETRAVICK 103 103 Basch & Nickerson LLP JACKSON, ERNEST ADEYEMI

3624 Ex Parte Tebbe et al 11323590 - (D) KIM 103/obviousness-type double patenting 103 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. SANTIAGO, LUIS F

3657 Ex Parte Ispolatova et al 11646198 - (D) GROSSMAN 102 102 ALFRED J MANGELS AUNG, SAN M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Hermansen et al 10495888 - (D) POWELL 103 103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP NGUYEN, PHONG H

3774 Ex Parte Osman 11955684 - (D) SPAHN 102/103 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SHARMA, YASHITA

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Mii et al 12660188 - (D) OBERMANN 112(2)/103 DLA PIPER LLP US SAAD, ERIN BARRY

1745 Ex Parte Horne 12141182 - (D) KIMLIN 103 FAY SHARPE LLP TOLIN, MICHAEL A
AFFIRMED 1763 Ex Parte Maas et al 12237408 - (D) SMITH 103/obviousness-type double patenting CANTOR COLBURN LLP USELDING, JOHN E

1785 Ex Parte Matsumoto et al 11582878 - (D) KIMLIN 103 ZILKA-KOTAB, PC- HIT CHAU, LINDA N

1792 Ex Parte Krebs et al 11047297 - (D) WARREN 112(2)/103 Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP THAKUR, VIREN A

1793 Ex Parte Villagran et al 11184161 - (D) KIMLIN 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC TRAN, LIEN THUY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Weissman et al 11616744 - (D) CLEMENTS 103 SALESFORCE.COM, INC. GIRMA, ANTENEH B

2159 Ex Parte Moore et al 11409427 - (D) EVANS 103 Oracle OSHA LIANG LLP CONYERS, DAWAUNE A

2176 Ex Parte Hintermeister et al 10767044 - (D) DILLON 112(2)/101/102/103 IBM Corporation, Dept. 917 HUTTON JR, WILLIAM D

2177 Ex Parte BODIN et al 11614740 - (D) McCOLLUM 102/103 ROBERTS MLOTKOWSKI SAFRAN & COLE, P.C. FABER, DAVID

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2491 Ex Parte Hu et al 11331558 - (D) EVANS 103 IPCI CONSULTANTS GOLDBERG, ANDREW C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Ex Parte Qi et al 11231005 - (D) KUMAR 103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN Mission/BSTZ BATISTA, MARCOS

2642 Ex Parte Ramer et al 11281902 - (D) CLEMENTS 102 Jumptap, Inc. GONZALEZ, AMANCIO

2672 Ex Parte Hoes et al 10855094 - (D) RUGGIERO 102/103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC DICKER, DENNIS T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Carvalho et al 11551889 - (D) KAUFFMAN 102/103 K.P. CORRELL AND ASSOCIATES, L.L.P. WUJCIAK, ALFRED J

3653 Ex Parte Herden et al 11800498 - (D) SPAHN 112(1)/112(2) 102 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP SUAREZ, ERNESTO A

3687 Ex Parte Killian et al 11964343 - (D) PETRAVICK 102/103 BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC CRAWLEY, TALIA F

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Staebler 11641386 - (D) DeFRANCO 112(1)/102/103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION PAIK, SANG YEOP

3744 Ex Parte Taras et al 11909086 - (D) WEATHERLY 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. KOAGEL, JONATHAN BRYAN

3753 Ex Parte McNerney 11107616 - (D) HORNER 102/103 Masco Corporation Faegre Baker Daniels LLP MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M

3753 Ex Parte Swarts 11557858 - (D) BROWN 112(2)/102/103 HEIMLICH LAW FOX, JOHN C

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2827 SIDENSE CORP. Requester and Appellant v. KILOPASS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Patent Owner and Respondent 95001495 6940751 10/765,802 WEINBERG 102/103 PERKINS COIE LLP - SEA General GE, YUZHEN original AUDUONG, GENE NGHIA

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3713 Ex parte ADC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 90009524 90010666 6193520 09/109,784 MARTIN 103 Whitaker Law Group Third Party Requester KINNEY & LANGE, P.A. WOOD, WILLIAM H original CHENG, JOE H

proctor & gamble, o'farrell, mouttet, bush, cowles

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Conti et al 11836033 - (D) PRATS 103 Hogan Lovells US LLP PERREIRA, MELISSA JEAN

As the Federal Circuit has explained, even post-KSR, “patents are not barred just because it was obvious 'to explore a new technology or general approach that seemed to be a promising field of experimentation, where the prior art gave only general guidance as to the particular form of the claimed invention or how to achieve it.'” Procter & Gamble Co. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., 566 F.3d 989, 997 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (quoting In re O’Farrell, 853 F.2d 894, 903 (Fed. Cir. 1988)).

O’Farrell, In re, 853 F.2d 894, 7 USPQ2d 1673 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 2143.01, 2143.02, 2144.08, 2145

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Luhrs et al 12143398 - (D) LORIN 103 GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE, ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C. PENNY, TABATHA L

1716 Ex Parte Hoffman et al 11046656 - (D) GARRIS 103 LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT M. WALLACE DHINGRA, RAKESH KUMAR

1744 Ex Parte Sheehan et al 11895756 - (D) HASTINGS 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY HINDENLANG, ALISON L

1756 Ex Parte Stachowiak 11254672 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN

1779 Ex Parte Hudson 11755106 - (D) HANLON 102/103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC BASS, DIRK R

1788 Ex Parte Stevens et al 11529181 - (D) Per Curiam 112(1)/103 Siemens Corporation CHANG, VICTOR S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2173 Ex Parte Bryant et al 11130728 - (D) RUGGIERO 103 INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. ULRICH, NICHOLAS S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte Goodman et al 11554052 - (D) RUGGIERO 103 FLEIT, GIBBONS, GUTMAN, BONGINI & BIANCO P.L. PAPPAS, PETER

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2655 Ex Parte Kurzweil et al 10179486 - (D) HOFF 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) LAO, LUNSEE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3672 Ex Parte Lantier 12013840 - (D) ASTORINO 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. FIORELLO, BENJAMIN F

3683 Ex Parte Stolmeier et al 11443914 - (D) CRAWFORD 102 ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. McCarter & English LLP SHAAWAT, MUSSA A

3685 Ex Parte Goldberg 10913140 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG QAYYUM, ZESHAN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Anderson 11685822 - (D) PLENZLER 103 DEERE & COMPANY LOPEZ, FRANK D

3761 Ex Parte Fabo et al 11794942 - (D) GRIMES 103 Ballard Spahr LLP SU, SUSAN SHAN

3767 Ex Parte Carlyon 12409133 - (D) MILLS 102/103 Covidien BOSQUES, EDELMIRA

3767 Ex Parte Weber et al 11068330 - (D) GRIMES 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES

3767 Ex Parte Reynolds et al 12009783 - (D) SCHEINER 103 Eric Fincham BOSWORTH, KAMI A

3773 Ex Parte Stokes et al 11394150 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC EREZO, DARWIN P

3777 Ex Parte Gleich 10552808 - (D) SNEDDEN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS GUPTA, VANI

3781 Ex Parte Young 11640178 - (D) SPAHN 103 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP ALLEN, JEFFREY R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Nordenhake 11428590 - (D) WEINBERG 103 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP WARREN A. SKLAR (SOER) ZAHR, ASHRAF A

Nevertheless, it does not matter which reference is primary and which reference is secondary. “[W]here the relevant factual inquiries underlying an obviousness determination are otherwise clear, characterization by the examiner of prior art as ‘primary’ and ‘secondary’ is merely a matter of presentation with no legal significance.” In re Mouttet, 686. F.3d 1322, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2012). Accord, In re Bush, 296 F.2d 491, 496 (CCPA 1961). In Bush, the Court stated

[W]e deem it to be of no significance, but merely a matter of exposition, that the rejection is stated to be on A in view of B instead of on B in view of A, or to term one reference primary and the other secondary. It would perhaps have saved much argument of the kind we have before us if the Patent Office had stayed with its rejection of the claims as unpatentable over A and B ‘considered together’ and had merely stated its reasons for such rejection without formal alinement [sic] of the references. Fifteen years ago this court pointed out in In re Cowles, 156 F.2d 551, 554, 33 CCPA 1236, that such differing forms of expression did not constitute different grounds of rejection, were of little consequence, and that basing arguments on them was ‘attempting to make a mountain out of a molehill

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2859 Ex Parte Wang et al 11844407 - (D) WARD 102 102 HAMILTON & TERRILE, LLP RAMADAN, RAMY O

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte DiMaggio 10610681 - (D) GREENHUT 103 103 Ostrolenk, Faber, Gerb & Soffen, LLP BUTLER, MICHAEL E

3655 Ex Parte Martin, III et al 11782685 - (D) SCANLON 103 102 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. CHAU, TERRY C

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Krzysik et al 10957506 - (D) PRATS 103 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP Christopher M. Goff (27839) BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA

1655 Ex Parte Decombaz et al 10570185 - (D) SCHEINER 103 K&L Gates LLP HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Witzke et al 11636742 - (D) BEST 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP SNELTING, ERIN LYNN

1761 Ex Parte Korzenski et al 11552808 - (D) SMITH 103 MOORE & VAN ALLEN PLLC DELCOTTO, GREGORY R

1765 Ex Parte Vilato et al 11630772 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. SEIDLECK, JAMES J

1765 Ex Parte Busico et al 11665706 - (D) OWENS concurring NAGUMO 112(2)/103 FINA TECHNOLOGY INC LU, C CAIXIA

1779 Ex Parte Moller et al 10978888 - (D) GARRIS 103 NIXON PEABODY LLP SIEFKE, SAMUEL P

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Bare et al 11205358 - (D) MORGAN 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY ABEL JALIL, NEVEEN

2183 Ex Parte Koch et al 10521881 - (D) CURCURI 103 POTOMAC PATENT GROUP PLLC GIROUX, GEORGE

2184 Ex Parte Katibian et al 11285400 - (D) DANG 102/103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED HASSAN, AURANGZEB

2185 Ex Parte Khan et al 11591010 - (D) JEFFERY 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY YU, JAE UN

2187 Ex Parte Brown 11343698 - (D) WARD 103 Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP BERTRAM, RYAN

2194 Ex Parte Berstis et al 10832036 - (D) ANDERSON 102/103 BIGGERS & OHANIAN (END) HOANG, PHUONG N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2422 Ex Parte Tsai 11680356 - (D) DANG 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY TEITELBAUM, MICHAEL E

2426 Ex Parte Faihe 10262383 - (D) McKONE 102 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS ZHONG, JUN FEI

2442 Ex Parte Graupner et al 11158777 - (D) POTHIER 102 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY NGUYEN, ANGELA

2451 Ex Parte Daniels et al 11085647 - (D) CURCURI 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP WOOLCOCK, MADHU

2455 Ex Parte Stratton et al 11520268 - (D) DANG 102/103 VERIZON LAZARO, DAVID R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Huegle et al 10554419 - (D) KILE 103 Cozen O'Connor SMITH, MATTHEW J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Correia et al 11602137 - (D) GROSSMAN 103 TREGO, HINES & LADENHEIM, PLLC WHITE, DWAYNE J

3767 Ex Parte Albrecht 10943218 - (D) JENKS 103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC HALL, DEANNA K

3773 Ex Parte Dubrul et al 10943121 - (D) MILLS 103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC OU, JING RUI

3782 Ex Parte Nowak et al 11078032 - (D) O’HEARN 103 DUANE MORRIS LLP - Philadelphia PASCUA, JES F