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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1638 Ex Parte Reid et al 11/222,712 LEBOVITZ DELMENDO ROBERTSON 103(a) COOPER & DUNHAM, LLP EXAMINER ROBINSON, KEITH O NEAL

1623 Ex Parte Carlino 10/523,657 GREEN PRATS FREDMAN nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting/103(a) KRIEG DEVAULT LLP EXAMINER PESELEV, ELLI

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1734 Ex Parte White et al 10/935,156 TIMM SMITH HASTINGS 103(a) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. EXAMINER ZHU, WEIPING

1742 Ex Parte Fink et al 10/458,636 OWENS FRANKLIN HASTINGS 103(a) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY EXAMINER TENTONI, LEO B

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Santosuosso 11/149,489 BARRY JEFFERY COURTENAY III 103(a) MARTIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC EXAMINER KUDDUS, DANIEL A

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte Harris 10/890,721 BLANKENSHIP LUCAS DANG 103(a)/112(2) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) SCOTT C HARRIS EXAMINER BENGZON, GREG C

2443
Ex Parte Larson et al 10/261,126 HOMERE DIXON BARRY 103(a) WILLIAMS, MORGAN & AMERSON EXAMINER BOUTAH, ALINA A

2484
Ex Parte Proidl et al 10/015,836 BAUMEISTER HAHN WHITEHEAD, JR. 103(a) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EXAMINER SHIBRU, HELEN

2493
Ex Parte Schaeck et al 09/731,509 HOMERE THOMAS BLANKENSHIP 103(a) HESLIN ROTHENBERG FARLEY & MESITI P.C. EXAMINER COLIN, CARL G

2444
Ex Parte Tabatabai et al 10/038,142 KRIVAK HOFF HAHN 112(2)/103(a) BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN LLP EXAMINER BENGZON, GREG C

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Riley et al 10/097,040 SAADAT KRIVAK MANTIS MERCADER 102(b)/103(a) QUALCOMM INCORPORATED EXAMINER DANIEL JR, WILLIE J

2628 Ex Parte Sevastianov et al 10/953,868 KRIVAK RUGGIERO BAUMEISTER 103(a) TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. EXAMINER REPKO, JASON MICHAEL

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3679 Ex Parte Halder 11/392,076 HORNER KERINS McCARTHY 103(a) KF ROSS PC EXAMINER FERGUSON, MICHAEL P

3677 Ex Parte Vosbikian et al 11/425,772 HORNER MCCARTHY SILVERBERG 103(a) ARCHER & GREINER, P.C. John F. Letchford EXAMINER SANDY, ROBERT JOHN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1645 Ex Parte Jira et al 10/228,280 PRATS GRIMES McCOLLUM 102(b) CONNOLLY BOVE LODGE & HUTZ LLP EXAMINER DEVI, SARVAMANGALA J N

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Barsness et al 10/948,774 JEFFERY HUGHES LUCAS 103(a) Leslie J. Payne IBM Corporation, Dept. 917 EXAMINER JAMI, HARES

2161 Ex Parte Drory et al 10/814,579 HOMERE BARRY DIXON 101/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER DAYE, CHELCIE L

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

3622 Ex Parte Gordon et al 09/792,889 LORIN CRAWFORD MOHANTY 103(a) MERCHANT & GOULD - COX EXAMINER DURAN, ARTHUR D

REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) Original Art Unit 3628
Ex parte Earlychildhood LLC, Appellant and Patent Owner 90/009,156 6,345,400 LANE MEDLEY SONG 102(b)/103(a) Haverstock & Owens, LLP Norman E. Lehrer, P.C. EXAMINER WEHNER, CARY ELLEN original EXAMINER HEWITT, JAMES M

See Bruckelmyer v. Gound Heaters, Inc., 445 F.3d 1374, 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (“A given reference is ‘publicly accessible’ ‘upon a satisfactory showing that such document 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 and recognize and comprehend therefrom the essentials of the claimed invention without need of further research or experimentation.’” (quoting I.C.E. Corp. v. Armco Steel Corp., 250 F.Supp. 738, 743 (S.D.N.Y. 1966)).


I.C.E. Corp. v. Armco Steel Corp., 250 F. Supp 738, 148 USPQ 537 (S.D.N.Y. 1966). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2128
EXAMINER AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) Original Art Unit 2603
Ex parte LG ELECTRONICS, INC. 90/008,522 5,077,733 EASTHOM BOALICK TURNER 102(b)/102(e)/103(a) Patent Owner: FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP Third Party Requester: WEN LIU LIU & LIU EXAMINER DEB, ANJAN K

The “fact that a patent asserts that an invention achieves several objectives does not require that each of the claims be construed as limited to structures that are capable of achieving all of the objectives.” Leibel-Flarsheim Co. v. Medrad, Inc., 358 F.3d 898, 908 (Fed. Cir. 2004).

Liebel-Flarsheim Co. v. Medrad Inc., 358 F.3d 898, 69 USPQ2d 1801 (Fed. Cir. 2004). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2111.01


AFFIRMED

1713 Ex Parte Annapragada et al 10/847,695 EXAMINER DAHIMENE, MAHMOUD
3724
Ex Parte Baxivanelis et al 11/290,902 EXAMINER PAYER, HWEI SIU CHOU
1641
Ex Parte Hickok et al 10/774,144 EXAMINER GRUN, JAMES LESLIE
1765
Ex Parte Hyon et al 10/643,673 REISSUE 6,168,626 EXAMINER BERMAN, SUSAN W
1796
Ex Parte Hyon et al 10/643,674 EXAMINER BERMAN, SUSAN W
2471
Ex Parte Karaoguz et al 10/675,903 EXAMINER PHAN, TRI H
1617 Ex Parte Kibler et al 10/522,157 EXAMINER BROWN, COURTNEY A
1655 Ex Parte Lang 10/504,195 EXAMINER LEITH, PATRICIA A
2878
Ex Parte Lerner et al 11/149,605 EXAMINER DOWLING, WILLIAM C
2443 Ex Parte Matz 10/176,908 EXAMINER MIRZA, ADNAN M
1788
Ex Parte Miller 11/405,361 EXAMINER VO, HAI
2617
Ex Parte Mohindra et al 10/780,471 EXAMINER AFSHAR, KAMRAN
2168
Ex Parte Mott et al 10/769,945 EXAMINER AHN, SANGWOO
1648
Ex Parte Page et al 10/312,045 EXAMINER PENG, BO
2186
Ex Parte Parkinson et al 10/938,705 EXAMINER PATEL, KAUSHIKKUMAR M
2816
Ex Parte Rotzoll et al 10/945,775 EXAMINER WELLS, KENNETH B
3625 Ex Parte Stanglmayr 10/304,117 EXAMINER GARG, YOGESH C
1612
Ex Parte Vishnupad et al 11/198,613 EXAMINER WEBB, WALTER E
2812
Ex Parte Wu et al 11/117,152 EXAMINER PATEL, REEMA
3729
Ex Parte Yao et al 10/103,353 EXAMINER KIM, PAUL D

REHEARING

DENIED

3651 Ex Parte Krischer 10/483,129 EXAMINER DEUBLE, MARK A
3766
Ex Parte Libbus 10/962,845 EXAMINER MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE
1746
Ex Parte Monnerie et al 10/142,512 EXAMINER AFTERGUT, JEFF H
2444
Ex Parte O’SULLIVAN 11/300,943 EXAMINER CLOUD, JOIYA M
2444
Ex Parte O’SULLIVAN 11/304,167 EXAMINER CLOUD, JOIYA M
1767
Ex Parte Sophiea et al 11/138,541 EXAMINER EASHOO, MARK

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