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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1621 Ex Parte Strebelle et al 11722598 - (D) GRIMES 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. VALENROD, YEVGENY

1649 Ex Parte Piliponsky et al 11875710 - (D) WALSH 102 BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Grohowski 11450059 - (D) COLAIANNI 102/103 Zitzmann Consulting, LLC ZHU, WEIPING

1754 Ex Parte Thiel 10841986 - (D) OWENS 102/103 PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. BAND, MICHAEL A

1792 Ex Parte van Krieken et al 10739036 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP CHAWLA, JYOTI

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Ex Parte Gupta et al 10954816 - (D) BENOIT 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY OKEKE, ONYEDIKA C

2439 Ex Parte Van Brabant 10748008 - (D) CHEN 112(2)/102/103 NOVAK DRUCE & QUIGG, LLP WANG, HARRIS C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2699 Ex Parte Nurmi 11191152 - (D) FRAHM 103 Harrington & Smith, Attorneys At Law, LLC SHAPIRO, LEONID

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Pai et al 11350276 - (D) KRIVAK 103 Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (GD-AIS) PATEL, ISHWARBHAI B

2883 Ex Parte Farber et al 10398859 - (D) CURCURI 103 NIXON PEABODY, LLP RADKOWSKI, PETER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte SUTLIFF et al 11278927 - (D) POWELL 103 WONG, CABELLO, LUTSCH, RUTHERFORD & BRUCCULERI, L.L.P. BASTIANELLI, JOHN

Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
1754 Ex parte BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, Patent Owner and Appellant 90011112 6,616,909 09/492,246 GUEST 103 BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE JOHNSON, JERRY D original STRICKLAND, JONAS N

In re Wesslau, 353 F.2d 238, 241 (CCPA 1965) (“It is impermissible within the framework of section 103 to pick and choose from any one reference only so much of it as will support a given position, to the exclusion of other parts necessary to the full appreciation of what such reference fairly suggests to one of ordinary skill in the art.”).

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2857 Ex Parte Nanikashvili et al 90010751 7,542,878 12706541 LEBOVITZ 102/103 102/103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE WEST, JEFFREY R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Smythe 11221386 - (D) VANOPHEM concurring-in-part HOELTER 103 obviousness-type double patenting Clifford Kraft PLUMMER, ELIZABETH A

3643 Ex Parte Krouse 11345070 - (D) HORNER 103 103 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP NGUYEN, SON T

3685 Ex Parte Andersson 11340890 - (D) FETTING 103 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP HEWITT II, CALVIN L

3692 Ex Parte Vales 11045937 - (D) PETRAVICK 103 103 KING & SPALDING BAIRD, EDWARD J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Yang et al 11304976 - (D) BONILLA 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Forest Laboratories, Inc. PURDY, KYLE A

1627 Ex Parte Breitenbach et al 11573327 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 Abel Law Group, LLP KAROL, JODY LYNN

1628 Ex Parte Chatlapalli et al 11478400 - (D) SNEDDEN 103 37 C.F.R § 41.50(b) 103 WYETH LLC SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L

1651 Ex Parte Breton et al 11314043 - (D) BONILLA 103 K&L Gates LLP MARX, IRENE

As stated in Tomlinson, after finding admixing of the compounds to be obvious:

As to the introductory language, ‘a process of inhibiting degradation of polypropylene caused by exposure to light,’ again we do not think these words can serve to patentably distinguish the claimed process from the prior art. That language in effect, states the result of admixing the two materials. While the references do not show a specific recognition of that result, its discovery by appellants is tantamount only to finding a property in the old composition, not in the nickel compound for which, it is argued, a new use has been found.

In re Tomlinson, 363 F.2d 928, 934 (CCPA 1966).

Tomlinson, In re, 363 F.2d 928, 150 USPQ 623 (CCPA 1966) 2112.02

1653 Ex Parte Chaudhry 11435204 - (D) JENKS 112(1) Butzel Long DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Jenninger et al 12569533 - (D) McKELVEY 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE & QUIGG LLP GRESO, AARON J

1726 Ex Parte Yoo 11232872 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC LEE, CYNTHIA K

1729 Ex Parte Sennoun et al 10912298 - (D) OWENS 103 BrooksGroup CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG

1734 Ex Parte LaCourse et al 12419162 - (D) TIMM 103 ABEL LAW GROUP, LLP KOSLOW, CAROL M

1771 Ex Parte Chambard et al 10863041 - (D) GARRIS 103 Infineum USA L.P. VASISTH, VISHAL V

1778 Ex Parte Harnack et al 11563463 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP KURTZ, BENJAMIN M

1791 Ex Parte Stokes et al 12051056 - (D) KIMLIN 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE & QUIGG LLP STULII, VERA

1791 Ex Parte Stokes et al 11863823 - (D) KIMLIN 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE & QUIGG LLP STULII, VERA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Dettinger et al 10897353 - (D) THOMAS 102/103 IBM GOFMAN, ALEX N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2449 Ex Parte Werner 10767785 - (D) DROESCH 103 AT & T Legal Department - WS WON, MICHAEL YOUNG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2641 Ex Parte Manchev 11306485 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(1)/102 PETER B. MANCHEV HOLLIDAY, JAIME MICHELE

2642 Ex Parte Han 11545239 - (D) COURTENAY 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. VIANA DI PRISCO, GERMAN

2644 Ex Parte Kim et al 10845001 - (D) BUI 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. EDOUARD, PATRICK NESTOR

2645 Ex Parte Anderson 10401517 - (D) MARTIN 103 HAMILTON, BROOK, SMITH & REYNOLDS, P.C. BRANDT, CHRISTOPHER M

2649 Ex Parte Karaoguz 10314292 - (D) KRIVAK 103 GARLICK & MARKISON DEAN, RAYMOND S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Ex Parte Lin et al 11174189 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 112(2)/103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP CAO, PHAT X

2853 Ex Parte Perez et al 10513052 - (D) SMITH 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SHAH, MANISH S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Chrosny et al 10996275 - (D) FETTING 101/102/103 PITNEY BOWES INC. POUNCIL, DARNELL A

In fact, these claims are ambiguous hybrid claims that the Examiner should review for definiteness. See Rembrandt Data Techs., LP v. AOL, LLC, 641 F.3d 1331, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (“reciting both an apparatus and a method of using that apparatus renders a claim indefinite under section 112, paragraph 2”) (internal citation and quotations omitted).

3665 Ex Parte Herzog et al 10908792 - (D) HORNER 103 HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP BROADHEAD, BRIAN J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Worrick 11602521 - (D) TARTAL 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY CHOI, STEPHEN

3731 Ex Parte Avellanet et al 11452852 - (D) WALSH 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON TANNER, JOCELIN C

3738 Ex Parte Bonitati et al 11859425 - (D) WALSH 103 BARNES & THORNBURG LLP HOBAN, MELISSA A

3772 Ex Parte Patel 12154789 - (D) McCARTHY 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 AMIT V. PATEL JACKSON, BRANDON LEE

3779 Ex Parte Schara et al 11083277 - (D) FREDMAN 103 ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC SMITH, PHILIP ROBERT

Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
1632 THE FOUNDATION FOR TAXPAYER & CONSUMER RIGHTS Requester and Appellant v. Patent of WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION Patent Owner and Respondent 95000154 7029913 09/982,637 LEBOVITZ 102/103 Riverside Law LLP KUNZ, GARY L original WOITACH, JOSEPH T

2857 MEDICOMP, INC. Requester, Respondent, and Cross-Appellant v. Patent of CARD GUARD SCIENTIFIC, LTD. Patent Owner, Appellant, and Cross-Respondent 95001312 7,542,878 11/059,791 LEBOVITZ 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 102/103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE NGUYEN, LINH M original RAYMOND, EDWARD

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3692 Ex Parte Boni et al 11024146 - (D) FETTING 101 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) EBERSMAN, BRUCE I

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