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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

cybersource

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1648 Ex Parte Charneau et al 11/250,616 PRATS 103(a) LAW OFFICE OF SALVATORE ARRIGO AND SCOTT LEE, LLP EXAMINER BOESEN, AGNIESZKA

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Rudolf et al 10/334,806 BLANKENSHIP 112(2)/103(a) VOLPE AND KOENIG, P.C. EXAMINER DANIEL JR, WILLIE J

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2823 Ex Parte Kao et al 10/661,793 JEFFERY 102(e) DUANE MORRIS LLP - Philadelphia EXAMINER NGUYEN, KHIEM D

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Ex Parte Cook et al 10/942,569 McCARTHY 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103(a) TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. EXAMINER CULBRETH, ERIC D

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3727 Ex Parte Hallman 11/186,649 HORNER 103(a) Floyd B. Carothers CAROTHERS AND CAROTHERS EXAMINER RACHUBA, MAURINA T

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3768 Ex Parte 7734325 et al CALIPER LIFE SCIENCES, INC. Requester, Appellant v. CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC. Patent Owner 95/001,379 SONG 103(a) EXAMINER JASTRZAB, JEFFREY R original EXAMINER GUPTA, VANI

REVERSED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)

2613 Ex Parte 7369772 et al Inter Partes FUJITSU LIMITED Requestor, Appellant v. TELLABS OPERATIONS, INC. Patent Owner, Respondent 95/000,485 EASTHOM 102/103 For Patent Owner: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto For Third Party Requester: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPEXAMINER HUGHES, DEANDRA M original EXAMINER SEDIGHIAN, REZA

AFFIRMED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Faunce et al 10/955,742 SMITH 103(a) Steven W. Roth IBM Corporation, Dept. 917 EXAMINER LE, HUNG D

2166 Ex Parte Turba et al 10/293,780 KOHUT 102(e) UNISYS CORPORATION EXAMINER
PHAM, KHANH B

2177 Ex Parte Wolfston et al 10/890,881 DESHPANDE 103(a) MICHAEL O. SCHEINBERG EXAMINER HUYNH, THU V

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Fano et al 10/826,227 DESHPANDE 102(e)/103(a) Vedder Price PC EXAMINER PENG, FRED H

2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Kaus et al 10/488,433 BAUMEISTER 102(b)/103(a)/101 Daniel J Piotrowski
US Philips Corporation EXAMINER VANCHY JR, MICHAEL J

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3695 Ex Parte Bayne 11/871,992 FISCHETTI 103(a) ANTHONY JEREMIAH BAYNE EXAMINER DASS, HARISH T

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Emori 10/697,157 SAINDON 103(a) RADER FISHMAN & GRAUER PLLC EXAMINER LIM, SENG HENG

REHEARING

GRANTED

2159 Ex Parte Schwartz 09/912,636 MANTIS MERCADER 101/102(e) HEIMLICH LAW EXAMINER VU, THONG H

Furthermore, and separately, in CyberSource our reviewing Court stated that “[r]egardless of what statutory category (‘process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter,’ 35 U.S.C. § 101) a claim’s language is crafted to literally invoke, we look to the underlying invention for patent-eligibility purposes.” See CyberSource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc., 654 F.3d 1366, 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2011).

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