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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Kraus et al 13508986 - (D) FLAX 103 Vedder Price P.C. KARPINSKI, LUKE E

1628 Ex Parte Roth et al 13322159 - (D) COTTA 103 Gruneberg and Myers PLLC THOMAS, TIMOTHY P

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Paik et al 12631557 - (D) OWENS 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (APPLIED MATERIALS) MACARTHUR, SYLVIA

1723 Ex Parte Ono et al 13387499 - (D) BEST 102 VIERING, JENTSCHURA & PARTNER mbB - sonstige STUCKEY, PHILIP A

1746 Ex Parte HATANO et al 14220624 - (D) BEST 103 41.50 102 PEARNE & GORDON LLP LEE,JAEYUN

1746 Ex Parte Schneider et al 13839444 - (D) KENNEDY 103 The Small Patent Law Group, LLC BLADES, JOHN A

1777 Ex Parte Pascall et al 13744270 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(2)/103 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC GRABER, KARAM

1779 Ex Parte Andersson et al 13140434 - (D) RANGE 103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. ORME, PATRICK JAMES

1787 Ex Parte Horio 13876952 - (D) DELMENDO 103 HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C. ROBINSON, ELIZABETH A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2473 Ex Parte Knowles 14952462 - (D) CURCURI 103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (ImgTec) LIU, TIJNG-JEN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Goodsell et al 12292855 - (D) NAGUMO 103 Dickinson Wright PLLC - Hubbell LEJA, RONALD W

2838 Ex Parte TICHY et al 14265575 - (D) HASTINGS 102/103 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC (RH) JAMAL!, ISHRAT F

2848 Ex Parte Hamada et al 14343874 - (D) GUPTA 103 YOUNG BASILE LEE, PETE T

2862 Ex Parte DEN BOEF et al 14281346 - (D) GAUDETTE 112(2)/103 Brown & Michaels (END) c/o Brown & Michaels, PC NGHIEM, MICHAEL P

2886 Ex Parte Clementi et al 12576177 - (D) REN 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. GRAY, SUNGHEE Y

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte FAFARA 14613199 - (D) HOMERE 101 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP BURGESS, JOSEPH D

3645 Ex Parte Steinsiek et al 12392487 - (D) WOOD 103 Mossman, Kumar and Tyler, PC LOBO, IAN J

3654 Ex Parte Siev et al 13559810 - (D) HOFFMANN 102 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. KIM, SANG K

3681 Ex Parte Schein 13925138 - (D) BARRY 103 Adobe / Finch & Maloney PLLC CIRNU, ALEXANDRU

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 Ex Parte Sowden et al 14282986 - (D) KERINS 102/103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON WEINERTH, GIDEON R

3742 Ex Parte Baird et al 12957328 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Thompson E. Fehr DUNNER, DIALLO IGWE

3742 Ex Parte Wahl et al 12880390 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) CALVETTI, FREDERICK F

3745 Ex Parte Roberge et al 13352296 - (D) GREENHUT 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BROWN, ADAM WAYNE

3765 Ex Parte Holt 14252242 - (D) BAYAT 103 Kaufhold Dix Patent Law GRACZ, KATHARINE

3774 Ex Parte Richter 11729516 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT LLP PREBILIC, PAUL B

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Li et al 12121260 - (D) SMITH 112(1)/112(2)/103/OTDP 102/103 Matheson Keys Daffer & Kordzik PLLC PADGETT, MARIANNE L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Cuddihy et al 14551583 - (D) HOWARD 102/103 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL SHAH, TANMAY K

2637 Ex Parte FEDER et al 14540064 - (D) FRAHM 112(1)/102 102 RECHES PATENTS BELLO, AGUSTIN

2684 Ex Parte MATTERN 13621742 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 103 41.50 112(2) Porter Hedges LLP NGUYEN, NAM V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte MOSS et al 14642590 - (D) FREDMAN 102 103 LEVINE BAGADE HAN LLP TON, MARTIN TRUYEN

3733 Ex Parte Schuele et al 14075548 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102 102 FROST BROWN TODD LLC MATTHEWS, TESSA M

3745 Ex Parte Jacques et al 13595443 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY WHITE, ALEXANDER A

3754 Ex Parte Peterson et al 14533658 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 103 41.50 103 FISHMAN STEW ART PLLC MELARAGNO, MICHAEL

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Haslacher 14609400 - (D) PRATS 103 LeonardPatel PC PACKARD, BENJAMIN J

1652 Ex Parte Jacobi et al 13212486 - (D) MAJORS 103 BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION SWOPE, SHERIDAN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte KING et al 13555725 - (D) SQUIRE 103 MH2 Technology Law Group (w/Boeing) GARDNER, SHANNON M

1729 Ex Parte KODERA et al 13710096 - (D) HANLON 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP CHMIELECKI, SCOTT J

1731 Ex Parte McLachlan et al 13699479 - (D) OWENS 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGH OFF LLP/ AkzoNobel PARVIN!, PEGAH

1746 Ex Parte Caldas et al 14449824 - (D) PRAISS OTDP/103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. HOOVER, MATTHEW

A variable has been held not a result-effective variable where there was no teaching of the relationship claimed and "no evidence of this relationship in the prior art." In re Applied Materials, Inc., 692 F.3d 1289, 1297 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (quoting In re Yates, 663 F.2d 1054, 1056-57 (CCPA 1981)). However, "the prior art need not provide the exact method of optimization for the variable to be result-effective. A recognition in the prior art that a property is affected by the variable is sufficient to find the variable result-effective." Id. (holding groove dimensions of a polishing pad result-effective variables rendering their optimization within the grasp of one of ordinary skill in the art.). 

1747 Ex Parte Zuber et al 14378466 - (D) TIMM 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. FELTON, MICHAEL J

1764 Ex Parte Van Eetvelde et al 13394208 - (D) DERRICK 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD

1793 Ex Parte Anagnostou et al 13853127 - (D) HOUSEL 103 THOMAS I HORSTEMEYER, LLP TURNER, FELICIA C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2113 Ex Parte Burghard et al 14812659 - (D) BARRY OTDP/102/103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC AMOROSO, ANTHONY J

2123 Ex Parte Fisker et al 13580876 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC HANN, JAY B

2158 Ex Parte Zigler et al 12239473 - (D) MORGAN 103 Garlick & Markison (IH) WILLIS, AMANDA LYNN

2165 Ex Parte Kaplinger et al 14607633 - (D) NAPPI 101/103 IBM CORP. (WSM) c/o WINSTEAD P.C. BOWEN, RICHARD L

2165 Ex Parte Kaplinger et al 14247424 - (D) NAPPI 101/103 IBM CORP. (WSM) c/o WINSTEAD P.C. BOWEN, RICHARD L

2191 Ex Parte Rudelic 13041541 - (D) JEFFERY 103 OTDP Dorsey & Whitney LLP-IP Dept.-MTI VO, TED T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 Ex Parte Hu et al 13520803 - (D) SHIANG 112(1)/112(2) 103 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson BEDNASH, JOSEPH A

2495 Ex Parte ISIDORE et al 14562652 - (D) BAIN 103 ISIDORE PLLC SARKER, SANCHIT K

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2683 Ex Parte CHOI 12703908 - (D) NAPPI 103 Cha & Reiter, LLC EUSTAQUIO, CAL J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Tesch 14038127 - (D) RANGE 103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY

2837 Ex Parte Stark 14127185 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier COOK, CORTEZ M

2852 Ex Parte Nedelin et al 15089976 - (D) INGLESE 103 HP Inc. AYDIN, SEVAN A

2855 Ex Parte Boghun et al 13129862 - (D) HASTINGS 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC JAGAN, MIRELL YS

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Parduhn et al 12573627 - (D) BUSCH 103 101 BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMANN LLP ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINAE

3623 Ex Parte Abe et al 13715169 - (D) HOMERE 101 WHITHAM, CURTIS & COOK, P.C. STERRETT, JONATHAN G

3625 Ex Parte Zhao 13477811 - (D) SAADAT 101 Haynes & Boone, LLP (70481) AIRAPETIAN, MILA

3626 Ex Parte McLaren et al 12789962 - (D) FETTING 101/103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. COLEMAN, CHARLES P.

3626 Ex Parte Waite 12797723 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. PAULSON, SHEETAL R.

3629 Ex Parte Sadhvani et al 13363101 - (D) SAADAT 101 103 VERIZON MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A

3631 Ex Parte McKnight et al 14177351 - (D) CALVE 112(1) DORITY & MANNING, P.A. SAFAVI, MICHAEL

3661 Ex Parte YU 14154606 - (D) MURPHY 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL NOLAN, PETER D

3681 Ex Parte Black et al 11492012 - (D) LORIN 102/103 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC SORKOWITZ, DANIEL M

3681 Ex Parte GUINEY et al 14058548 - (D) KUMAR 101/103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC CIRNU, ALEXANDRU

3683 Ex Parte Bluhm et al 11735874 - (D) PYONIN 101 YEE & ASSOCIA TES, P.C. AUSTIN, JAMIE H

3683 Ex Parte Hanif et al 12777144 - (D) HORNER OTDP 101/103 Maschoff Brennan/ PayPal MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

3686 Ex Parte Cherry et al 13941457 - (D) AMUNDSON 101/112(2)/103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP DURANT, JONATHAN W

3686 Ex Parte GEDEON et al 12351628 - (D) CHUNG 112(2)/101/103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (Cerner Corporation) NGUYEN, TRANG T

3693 Ex Parte ASHER et al 12757456 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 101 AT & T LEGAL DEPARTMENT- GB CHAKRAVART!, ARUNAV A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Asher et al 11968390 - (D) HOFFMANN 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. WILLIAMS, ROSS A

3744 Ex Parte Athanasiou et al 13820753 - (D) CALVE 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP TADESSE, MARTHA

3744 Ex Parte Jassani et al 13700240 - (D) HOELTER 103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP NIEVES, NELSON J

3747 Ex Parte CLAYWELL et al 14015456 - (D) BROWNE 103 Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (GM) KIM, JAMES JAY

3762 Ex Parte Baudino 13749489 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102/103 MEDTRONIC, INC. (NEURO/MRG) PHAM, MINH DUC GIA

3788 Ex Parte Payne 14255024 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 MICHAELE. ZALL LAW FIRM DESAI, KAUSHIKKUMAR A

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1632 Ex Parte Kee et al 13501998 - (D) NEWMAN 112(1) Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing WILSON, MICHAEL C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Tsuda et al 13080835 - (D) THOMAS 102 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP HO, RUAY L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte FENNEY 13720318 - (D) BENNETT 103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (ImgTec) DU, HAIXIA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2847 Ex Parte Kinzl et al 13557402 - (D) GUPTA 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. PAGHADAL, PARESH H

2883 Ex Parte Buff et al 13663975 - (D) OWENS 103 CORNING INCORPORATED RADKOWSKI, PETER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Kugler et al 13470854 - (D) BROWNE 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG

3766 Ex Parte Hill 13086519 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR

3766 Ex Parte Nguyen-Stella et al 12430304 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 Lowe Graham Jones Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. BAYS, PAMELA M

In re Eli Lilly & Co., 902 F.2d 943, 947-A8 (Fed. Cir.1990) (“The uniform application of the law of ‘obviousness’ is essential to the commercial incentive that is the core of the patent system. The obligation of the decisionmaker is to apply the law consistently to the evidence for each new invention. All relevant facts must be considered, while recognizing that it is inappropriate to ‘squeez[e] new factual situations into preestablished pigeonholes.’”) (citing In re Yates, 663 F.2d 1054, 1056 n.4 (CCPA 1981))

Eli Lilly, In re, 902 F.2d 943, 14 USPQ2d 1741 (Fed. Cir. 1990) 716.01(d) , 716.02(b) , 716.02(c) , 2142 , 2144 , 2144.08

3777 Ex Parte OSTROVSKY et al 13608613 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP — BSC NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Spittle 13926114 - (D) PESLAK 103 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. NGUYEN, SON T

3667 Ex Parte Hannukainen et al 13449824 - (D) SHAH 112(2)/103 102/103 41.50 101 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. SWEENEY, BRIAN P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Weismantel et al 12521857 - (D) WIEDER 103 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP CHOI, STEPHEN

3738 Ex Parte Long 11904079 - (D) MAJORS 103 103 MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK, LLP PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM

3786 Ex Parte Halmann et al 14015252 - (D) FREDMAN 103 112(2)/102/103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD BRUTUS, JOEL F

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 Ex Parte Wells et al 13552702 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company HINES, LATOSHAD

1784 Ex Parte Kojima et al 13752816 - (D) INGLESE 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. WANG, XIAOBEI

1799 Ex Parte Maxik et al 14211663 - (D) ROSS 103 Widerman Malek, PL Biological Illumination, LLC SPAMER, DONALD R

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte Hoier et al 12089023 - (D) McGEE 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP OLAMIT, JUSTIN N

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Gordon et al 11465923 - (D) WIEDER 101 HOFFMAN WARNTOK T T C MILLER, ALAN S

3682 Ex Parte Kingsborough et al 11459733 - (D) MEYERS 103 101 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. BOVEJA, NAMRATA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Wong et al 13665806 - (D) WOODS 103 HONEYWELL/LKGlobal GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A

3726 Ex Parte Rose 13492303 - (D) STAICOVICI 112(1)/103 Kinney & Lange, P.A. HOLLY, LEE A

3744 Ex Parte Donnat et al 13002217 - (D) CALVE 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier TEITELBAUM, DAVID J

3762 Ex Parte North 13640616 - (D) FREDMAN 112(2) 103 41.50 103 Haynes and Boone, LLP (46901) EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT

3768 Ex Parte Georgopoulos 13312332 - (D) NEW 101 112(6)/101/103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L

3781 Ex Parte ORGELDINGER 12749713 - (D) OSINSKI 103 KEATING & BENNETT, LLP SCHOPPE, ZIMMERMANN , STOCKELER & ZINKLER ALLEN, JEFFREY R

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2696 Ex Parte Davydov et al 12958326 - (R) HUME 103 Apple c/o MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP SF LANDIS, LISAS

kerkhoven, yates, fessmann

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Helfman et al 11/037,977 McCOLLUM 103(a) RENNER KENNER GREIVE BOBAK TAYLOR & WEBER EXAMINER BARHAM, BETHANY P

1621 Ex Parte Karvinen et al 11/908,780 WALSH 103(a) Novak Druce + Quigg LLP EXAMINER WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A

Although Reinius did not describe using a catalyst complex based on a ligand mixture, the Examiner concluded that “it would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill to combine the individual ligands taught by Reinius et al in an[] effort to obtain a new ligand mixture that would be effective in increasing the selectivity to branched aldehyde products. In re Ker[k]hoven, 626 F.2d 846, 205 USPQ 1069 (CCPA, 1980).”
...

Finally, Appellants contend that factual differences make Kerkhoven inappposite, and “the legal conclusion as to patentability of the claimed process is more properly guided according to the circumstances outlined in In re Yates, 211 USPQ 1149, 1151 [663 F.2d 1054] (CCPA 1981) than Ker[k]hoven.”
...

The rejection also relies on the general rule of the Kerkhoven case, “[i]t is prima facie obvious to combine two compositions each of which is taught by the prior art to be useful for the same purpose, in order to form a third composition which is to be used for the very same purpose.” In re Kerkhoven, 626 F.2d 846, 850 (CCPA 1980). Appellants argue that Kerkhoven is inapposite, and “[h]ere, there is no combination of two compositions, but rather the creation of a catalytic complex from individual reactants (i.e., a rhodium complexed with two (or more) ligand reactants).” (App. Br. 5.)
...

Under these circumstances, we agree with Appellants that the Yates case provides useful guidance. In Yates, claims to a catalytic process had been rejected for obviousness based on idea that controlling the degree of conversion to optimize an acid-aldehyde ratio would have been obvious. In re Yates, 663 F.2d 1054, 1056 (CCPA 1981). The court agreed that the rejection had “the appearance of being founded on both logic and sound scientific principle.” Id. (quotation and citation omitted). Notwithstanding that appearance, the court explained that “obviousness cannot be established without considering the record as a whole,” and reversed after considering Yates’ data that controlling the degree of conversion was not recognized to be a result-effective variable. Id.
Kerkhoven, In re, 626 F.2d 846, 205 USPQ 1069 (CCPA 1980). . . . . . . . . . 2144.06

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Nishino et al 11/473,334 TIMM 103(a) MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP EXAMINER LEE, CYNTHIA K

2600 Communications
2629 Ex Parte Serban 10/553,657 HOMERE 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER STONE, ROBERT M

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3684 Ex Parte ROYYURU 11/874,584 PETRAVICK 103(a) KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP EXAMINER FIELDS, BENJAMIN S

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Keller 11/401,986 BAHR 103(a) GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE,ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C EXAMINER HARMON, CHRISTOPHER R
AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3677 Ex Parte Wood et al 10/674,174 SPAHN 103(a) 103(a) 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY EXAMINER SANDY, ROBERT JOHN

The burden of proof on the PTO in making out a case of prima facie obviousness for product-by-process claims is less than when a product is claimed in the more conventional fashion. In re Fessman, 489 F.2d 742, 744 (CCPA 1974).

Fessmann, In re, 489 F.2d 742, 180 USPQ 324 (CCPA 1974). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2113

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Ullestad et al 10/836,589 WALSH 102(e)/103(a) 102(e)/103(a) IPLM GROUP, P.A. EXAMINER EISENBERG, REBECCA E
REEXAMINATION

REVERSED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3991 Ex Parte 6607695 et al Ex parte Veltek Associates, Inc., Patent Owner and Appellant 90/009,290 ROBERTSON 112(1)/112(2)/103(a) FOR PATENT OWNER: BLANK ROME LLP EXAMINER JASTRZAB, KRISANNE MARIE
AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Hovey et al 11/093,149 GRIMES 103(a) Elan Drug Delivery, Inc. c/o Foley & Lardner EXAMINER KISHORE, GOLLAMUDI S

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2115 Ex Parte Neuman et al 10/326,863 SMITH 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER CONNOLLY, MARK A

2179 Ex Parte Craig et al 11/489,337 BAUMEISTER 102(b)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER HASSAN, RASHEDUL

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Martin et al 12/011,276 POTHIER 103(a) James Ray & Associates Intellectual Property, LLC EXAMINER DOAN, KIET M

2622 Ex Parte Pilu 10/877,676 MacDONALD 102(b) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER MISLEH, JUSTIN P

2624 Ex Parte Paxton et al 10/933,002 DILLON 103(a) Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter Secrest & Emery LLP EXAMINER ENTEZARI, MICHELLE M

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Kobetsky et al 11/067,965 SPAHN 103(a) DAY PITNEY LLP ACCOUNT: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. EXAMINER TAWFIK, SAMEH

3764 Ex Parte Hasse et al 10/902,820 WALSH concurring and dissenting FREDMAN 102(e)/103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER ANDERSON, CATHARINE L

3765 Ex Parte CHO 11/614,685 PER CURIAM 103(a) FELLERS SNIDER BLANKENSHIP BAILEY & TIPPENS EXAMINER CLINE, SALLY COLSON
REHEARING

DENIED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Casion 11/304,026 DANG 102(b) HODGSON RUSS LLP EXAMINER RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD N