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Thursday, January 28, 2021

wertheim2






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Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA 15317831 DENNETT 103 LKGLOBAL MATTISON, LORI K

1627 SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 15019694 DENNETT 103 OLIFF PLC KANTAMNENI, SHOBHA

1628 Donald Poirier et al. 14007577 FLAX 103 Parker Highlander PLLC BADIO, BARBARA P

1653 Johannes Wouterus Van Groenestijn et al. 12444516 GRIMES 103 LUCAS & MERCANTI, LLP PYLA, PAUL D

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Stolle Machinery Company, LLC 15650005 HOUSEL 112(2)/102/103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT LLC THOMAS, BINU

1727 LG CHEM, LTD. 13845829 OWENS 103 LGCHEM Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP MCDERMOTT, HELEN M

1729 SHOWA DENKO K.K. 15312992 OWENS 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC BARROW, AMANDA J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2135 Axxana (Israel) Ltd. 15261952 DANG 103 KLIGLER & ASSOCIATES PATENT ATTORNEYS LTD. GEBRIL, MOHAMED M

2182 SAS Institute Inc. 15849870 McCARTNEY 101 Bell & Manning, LLC CALDWELL, ANDREW T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 VMware, Inc. 15277902 FRAHM 103 Olympic Patent Works PLLC BENGZON, GREG C

2451 OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC 14514690 ENGLE 103 Proactive Patents LLC PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L

2484 Disney Enterprises, Inc. 15202471 SAADAT 102/103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. C/O FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP 26522 LA ALAMEDA AVENUE, SU HASAN, SYED Y

That is, the filing date of the provisional application can only be relied on if, given hypothetical claims encompassing the pertinent subject matter, the provisional application meets the requirements of 35 U.S.C. §112(a) for the pertinent subject matter. Cf. In re Wertheim, 646 F.2d 527, 537 (CCPA 1981) (“if a patent could not theoretically have issued the day the application was filed, it is not entitled to be used against another as ‘secret prior art’”)

2484 Satori Worldwide, LLC 15933094 SAADAT 102/103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP/Satori Worldwide LL ZHAO, DAQUAN

2487 ABB Schweiz AG 15777791 ANDERSON 103 ABB - Whitmyer IP Group LLC FEREJA, SAMUEL D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Geoffry Westphal 12421903 MEYERS 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E

3626 Apple Inc. 15272382 CUTITTA 103 41.50 112(1)/112(2) GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (DC/ORL) c/o: Greenberg Traurig LLP Chicago Office SOREY, ROBERT A

3669 Waymo LLC 15614148 WIEDER 103 McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP/Waymo HUTCHINSON, ALAN D

3671 Kueper GmbH & Co. KG 15762902 KAUFFMAN 103 COLLARD & ROE, P.C. 1077 NORTHERN BOULEV MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE

3679 WELLTEC A/S 15428451 BROWN 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC LAMBE, PATRICK F

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 TNA AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED 13692937 WARNER 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M

3761 Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company 14792807 WARNER 103 Burris Law, PLLC PAIK, SANG YEOP

3761 NCC NANO, LLC 14540639 JESCHKE 103 Russell Ng PLLC TRAN, THIEN S

3763 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC 13843761 HOUSEL 103 LLNL/Zilka-Kotab Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory SHAIKH, MERAJ A

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1629 PIRAMAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED 14904407 FREDMAN 103 112(2) BORI, IBRAHIM D BORI, IBRAHIM D

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 LG CHEM, LTD. 13863623 BAUMEISTER 103 102 LGCHEM Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP HASKE, WOJCIECH

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
3662 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 14800061 HOELTER 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford NGUYEN, CUONG H

Affirmed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1699 Euroimmun Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG 14346262 GRIMES 103 Gruneberg and Myers PLLC FOSTER, CHRISTINE E

2144 Microsoft Corporation 14475463 ENGLE 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION MRABI, HASSAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. 15013861 SMITH 101 103 VERIZON - AK VERIZON PATENTING GROUP MENGESHA, MULUGETA A

2426 Bichot, Guillaume et al. 12087839 ENGLE 103 Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C. PENG, HSIUNGFEI

2467 Holder, Louis et al. 12071005 CHEN 103 JOHN BAIRD JONES, PRENELL P

2651 Sonova AG 14900311 JEFFERY 103 Pearne & Gordon LLP JOSHI, SUNITA

2855 Apple Inc. 15879956 SHAW 103 APPLE INC./BROWNSTEIN c/o Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP TRAN, TRAN M.

3621 Shunock, Michael Stewart. 14129132 MEDLOCK 103 MANDEL, MONICA A MANDEL, MONICA A

3621 Michael Powell 12795181 MEDLOCK 101/103 AKA CHAN LLP Melvin Chan MANDEL, MONICA A

3633 Pat Fore 14492431 CAPP 103 112(1)/112(2) Next IP Law Group LLC IHEZIE, JOSHUA K

3645 NAVICO HOLDING AS 14676272 MOHANTY 103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES

3673 HOMTEX, INC. 13857115 ENGELS 103 ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A

3687 SNAP-ON INCORPORATED 15609722 BAER 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP FRENEL, VANEL

3715 STERN PINBALL, INC. 13796261 MEDLOCK 102 Greenberg Traurig, LLP PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL

3731 ELEKTA AB (PUBL) 14851527 WARNER 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M

3731 Robert Bosch GmbH 14818423 HOELTER 102 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP KOTIS, JOSHUA G

3753 Stanley Paul. Evans et al. 13668633 WARNER 102 WARE, FRESSOLA, MAGUIRE & BARBER LLP CARY, KELSEY E

3799 ELIAZ THERAPEUTICS, INC. 15296267 WIEDER 103/OTDP The Kelber Law Group DEAK, LESLIE R

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

sonix, nautilus, packard







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Reversed 
1712 Michael Eskra et al. 13617162 FRANKLIN 112(1)/103 ZIOLKOWSKI PATENT SOLUTIONS GROUP, SC (ZPS) HORNING, JOEL G

1727 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 14432264 FRANKLIN 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK L.L.P. WEI, ZHONGQING

1795 Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft für Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG 14971063 McMANUS 102/103 Endress+Hauser, Inc. ALLEN, JOSHUA L

1795 The California Institute of Technology 14048163 GAUDETTE 103 Joseph R. Baker, APC Gavrilovich, Dodd & Lindsey LLP FRIDAY, STEVEN A

2139 VMware, Inc. 14528276 HUGHES 103 Barta, Jones & Foley, P.C. (Patent Group - VMware) HO, AARON D

2166 HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP 14532289 HUGHES 102 Hewlett Packard Enterprise PHAM, KHANH B

2176 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 14754496 McNEILL 102/103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (MS) NGUYEN, MAIKHANH

2184 ARM Limited 15241461 PYONIN 103 Leveque Intellectual Property Law, P.C OBERLY, ERIC T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 DISH Network L.L.C. 14875558 HUGHES 103 Wash Park IP Ltd. -- DISH BANTAMOI, ANTHONY

2445 Blumofe, Robert D. et al. 13164102 HOFF 103 Akamai Technologies, Inc. LOUIE, OSCAR A

2481 Imagination Technologies Limited 15176727 AMUNDSON 112(1)/112(2)/103 Potomac Law Group PLLC (IMGTEC) HESS, MICHAEL J

 The definiteness requirement “strikes a ‘delicate balance’ between ‘the inherent limitations of language’ and providing ‘clear notice of what is claimed.’” Sonix Tech. Co. v. Publ’nsInt’l, Ltd., 844 F.3d 1370, 1377 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (quoting Nautilus, Inc. v.Biosig Instruments, Inc., 572 U.S. 898, 909 (2014)). Due to the need for “particular[ity]” and “distinct[ness],” claim language that “is ambiguous, vague, incoherent, opaque, or otherwise unclear in describing and defining the claimed invention” warrants a rejection under § 112(b). In re Packard, 751 F.3d 1307, 1311, 1313 (Fed. Cir. 2014)

Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2120, 110 USPQ2d 1688 (2014) 2173.02

Packard, In re, 751 F.3d 1307, 110 USPQ2d 1785 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2173.02 2173.05(a) 2173.05(e) 2173.06

2484 NXP B.V. 15610060 HOWARD 102 Intellectual Property and Licensing NXP B.V. SHIBRU, HELEN

2611 Farell, James Paul. 15097989 ARPIN 103 Quinn IP Law / Visteon WANG, YI

2627 SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 13783809 MANTIS MERCADER 103 Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, P.C. NOKHAM, JAMES S

2699 Samsung Display Co., Ltd. 15711277 FRAHM 103 H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC MARINELLI, PATRICK

2853 HP SCITEX LTD. 15938128 SMITH 103 HP Inc. ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D

3624 InsightExpress, Inc. 14629261 SHIANG 101/103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP PRASAD, NANCY N

3625 Chang Tang et al. 11830493 LEBOVITZ 103 OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE

3629 Paul Martino et al. 14506116 FRAHM 103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner / LinkedIn/Microsoft SENSENIG, SHAUN D

3664 Robert Bosch GmbH 15543894 SCHOPFER 102 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP KISWANTO, NICHOLAS

3668 Sjoerd Aben et al. 13977790 MOHANTY 103 TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL B.V. IP Creation MUSTAFA, IMRAN K

3669 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 14171413 STAICOVICI 102/103 TUNG & ASSOCIATES ODEH, NADEEM N

3689 International Business Machines Corporation 15349693 FISCHETTI 103 Proactive Patents LLC ARAQUE JR, GERARDO

3715 Yoshio Okano et al. 13266622 WARNER 102/103 41.50 112(2) WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A

3731 KHS CORPOPLAST GMBH 15104235 MARTIN 112(1)/103 RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP FRY, PATRICK B

3735 Lindsay Breidenbach 13964090 BROWN 103 THOMAS SCOTT BREIDENBACH STASHICK, ANTHONY D

3746 WALBRO ENGINE MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 14190629 STAICOVICI 103 REISING ETHINGTON P.C. LETTMAN, BRYAN MATTHEW

3763 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC 13843761 HOUSEL 103 LLNL/Zilka-Kotab Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory SHAIKH, MERAJ A

Affirmed-in-Part 
1711 CARL FREUDENBERG KG 14427338 BEST 112(2)/103 112(2) Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) MARKOFF, ALEXANDER

1764 Detering, Jürgen et al. 13299688 HANLON 103 112(1)/103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) KUMAR, PREETI

1791 James McGuire 12017031 WILSON 112(2)/112(4)/103 103 THE GRIFFITH LAW FIRM, A P.C DICUS, TAMRA

2157 Dropbox, Inc. 14660113 RANGE 103 OTDP Dropbox c/o Polsinelli PC KHOSHNOODI, FARIBORZ

2185 Texas Instruments Incorporated 14530266 PYONIN 103 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED IRADUKUNDA, HERVE

2616 NINTENDO CO., LTD. 15213653 JURGOVAN 102/103 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. NGUYEN, PHU K

2838 Texas Instruments Incorporated 15396031 SMITH 103 112(2) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED FINCH III, FRED E

3624 TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC 14282619 BUSCH 103 103 41.50 103 Armis Intellectual Property Law, LLC EL-BATHY, MOHAMED N

3763 SECURITY, LLC, LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL 13843818 HOUSEL 112(2)/103 103 LLNL/Zilka-Kotab Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory SHAIKH, MERAJ A

3793 SENSUS HEALTHCARE, LLC 13740181 WARNER 103 112(2) Fox Rothschild LLP / G. Nelson COOK, CHRISTOPHER L

Affirmed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 David SANDS et al. 15236897 CHANG 102/103 LKGLOBAL LIU, SUE XU

1631 International Business Machines Corporation 14170373 TOWNSEND 101/103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP - IBM ARC DIVISION HARWARD, SOREN T

1736 Biogenic Reagent Ventures, LLC 14523358 HOUSEL 112(2)/103 Perkins Coie LLP - CHI General HENDRICKSON, STUART L

1745 Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH 15509468 KENNEDY 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP TOLIN, MICHAEL A

1765 MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS JAPAN LLC 14438447 McMANUS 103 FLYNN THIEL, P.C. ZIMMER, MARC S

1773 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC et al. 13666781 COLAIANNI 103 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J

1787 Asako Minamide et al. 13812359 DELMENDO 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LOWREY, DANIEL D

1787 Jason Constantinou et al. 14542108 DENNETT 112(2) 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP ROBINSON, ELIZABETH A

1793 CHR. HANSEN A/S 14649444 KENNEDY 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP MCCLAIN-COLEMAN, TYNESHA L.

2136 International Business Machines Corporation 15245466 PER CURIAM 112(2)/102/103 Roberts Calderon Safran & Cole, P.C. ALSIP, MICHAEL

2142 FLUKE CORPORATION 13837888 SILVERMAN 103 Seed IP Law Group LLP/Fluke-All Except Maint. Fees OLSHANNIKOV, ALEX

2168 Holt, Christopher L. 13336087 CHUNG 101/103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP MENG, JAU SHYA

2176 ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 13803727 McCARTNEY 103 Kraguljac Law Group/Oracle BRAHMACHARI, MANDRITA

2191 Shani, Inbar et al. 14374841 EVANS 103 MICRO FOCUS LLC SOLTANZADEH, AMIR

2191 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15399913 RAEVSKY 102 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL THATCHER, CLINT A

2193 International Business Machines Corporation 14992252 DEJMEK 103 TERRILE, CANNATTI & CHAMBERS, LLP IBM Austin PAN, HANG

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2416 Juniper Networks, Inc. 14515074 CUTITTA 103 Cooley LLP / Juniper Networks, Inc. AUNG, SAI

2426 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 14351419 STEPHENS 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP RABOVIANSKI, JIVKA A

2438 NETSWEEPER (BARBADOS) INC. 15024499 McNEILL 103/OTDP PERRY + CURRIER INC. PEARSON, DAVID J

2451 iControl Networks, Inc. 15630900 JURGOVAN OTDP 102 BakerHostetler / Comcast WALSH, JOHN B

2487 Omer, Thomas et al. 13220535 McCARTNEY 103 NIXON PEABODY, LLP JOISIL, BERTEAU

2611 Koo, Anthony WL. et al. 15338492 MANTIS MERCADER 103 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. c/o Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP VALDEZ, PATRICK F

2618 VIA Alliance Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 15160991 FRANKLIN 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP WANG, YUEHAN

2636 Ciena Corporation 14816573 PYONIN 103 Clements Bernard Walker LAMBERT, DAVID W

2647 SONY CORPORATION 15109765 KUMAR 112(1) 102/103 XSENSUS LLP TORRES, MARCOS L

2652 Avaya Inc. 14983068 CYGAN 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. POPE, KHARYE

2661 RaPID Medical Technologies, LLC 14846880 PYONIN 103/OTDP Brannon Sowers & Cracraft PC SAINI, AMANDEEP SINGH

2684 ENDRESS+HAUSER GMBH+CO. KG 14431568 DIXON 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O

2826 Infineon Technologies AG 15646127 FRANKLIN 103 MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES CARPENTER, ROBERT K

2835 Texas Instruments Incorporated et al. 15162888 ROBERTSON 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED PAPE, ZACHARY

2884 Carestream Health, Inc. 14611298 CASHION 103 Carestream Health, Inc. MIDKIFF, ANASTASIA

2891 SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 14434735 CASHION 103 Schlumberger Princeton Technology Center ASHBAHIAN, ERIC K

3619 PRINCESS SUMAYA UNIVERSITY FOR TECHNOLOGY 15245546 GREENHUT 112(2)/103 112(1)/112(2)/101/103 41.50 112(2) Matheson Keys & Kordzik PLLC SANDERSON, JOSEPH W

3624 APPLIED PREDICTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 14448501 CRAIG 101 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP SADANANDA, ABHIJIT B

3626 Nuance Communications, Inc. 16059967 WHITEHEAD JR. 101 Holland & Knight LLP COLEMAN, CHARLES P.

3628 Jared Miller et al. 12634459 FISCHETTI 101 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP TALLMAN, BRIAN A

3646 James Noel et al. 13366909 SONG 103 BWXT c/o Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP WASIL, DANIEL D

3651 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15320541 WOOD 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L

3683 ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 14628397 CAPP 101 Kraguljac Law Group/Oracle LEAL, HECTOR

3685 AirWatch LLC 14502654 FISCHETTI 112(1) 112(1)/101 Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP (VMW) RAVETTI, DANTE

3688 DOING GOOD BETTER, LLC 14035346 McCARTNEY 101/102/103 CARSTENS & CAHOON, LLP FRUNZI, VICTORIA E.

3688 Bonnie Ray et al. 12824772 STRAUSS 101/103 SCULLY, SCOTT, MURPHY & PRESSER, P.C. VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA

3691 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 14063784 HOMERE 101 Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C. POINVIL, FRANTZY

3692 Gabriel Krajicek et al. 12171289 McCARTNEY 101 Matheson Keys & Kordzik PLLC POE, KEVIN T

3693 Mastercard International Incorporated 15987696 MANTIS MERCADER 112(1)/112(2) 101/103 Hovey Williams LLP ALLADIN, AMBREEN A

3695 Norbert Holl et al. 13821692 SAADAT 101 Workman Nydegger SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

3696 The Toronto-Dominion Bank 15286345 CRAWFORD 101 CPST Intellectual Property Inc. OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA

3711 Frank Camaratta 14819777 ASTORINO 103 SIMPSON & SIMPSON, PLLC MENDIRATTA, VISHU K ART UNIT PAPER N

3774 Dietmar SONNLEITNER 15227384 CAPP 112(2) 102/103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. HOBAN, MELISSA A

3792 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15109488 GREENHUT 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR

3793 SENO MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. 15144478 DEFRANCO 103 The Small Patent Law Group, LLC SIRIPURAPU, RAJEEV P

3793 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 14787279 HOELTER 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MEHL, PATRICK M


Friday, January 22, 2021

anderson2, scripps clinic






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Reversed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 15154499 JENKS 112(1) JONES ROBB, PLLC (w/ Life Technologies Corporation HARWARD, SOREN T

1645 Robinson, Margaret 12758315 GRIMES 102 EVAN LAW GROUP LLC DEVI, SARVAMANGALA J N

1712 Corning Incorporated 15585817 INGLESE 103 CORNING INCORPORATED MELLOTT, JAMES M

1714 OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL CORPORATION 15503780 DELMENDO 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A

1767 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 14356681 HASTINGS 112(1) 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY BUIE-HATCHER, NICOLE M

Appellant contendsthat even though the upper end of the claimed range is open-ended, the Federal Circuit has held that this is not inherently improper, and that such a claim limitation may be supported (Appeal Br. 8, 9 (discussing Anderson Corp. v. Fiber Composites, LLC, 474 F.3d 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2007))). As stated in Anderson

As we have said, “[o]pen-ended claims are not inherently improper, as for all claims their appropriateness depends on the particular facts of the invention, the disclosure, and the prior art. They may be supported if there is an inherent, albeit not precisely known, upper limit and the specification enables one of skill in the art to approach that limit.”

Id. at 1376–77, quoting Scripps Clinic & Research Found. v. Genetech, Inc., 927 F.2d 1565, 1572 (Fed. Cir. 1991).

Scripps Clinic and Res. Found. v. Genentech, Inc., 927 F.2d 1565, 18 USPQ2d 1001 (Fed. Cir. 1991) 2165.04

1774 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 15038297 INGLESE 103 Baker Botts L.L.P. INSLER, ELIZABETH

1783 Tarek Hassan et al. 14452681 EVANS 103 BELZER PC UTT, ETHAN A

1796 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology 15424558 MCGEE 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC WEISS, PAMELA HL

2144 SMUGMUG, INC. 14199712 HUME 103 Polsinelli LLP - SmugMug, Inc. LEVEL, BARBARA M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Kustom Signals, Inc. 14298670 BENNETT 103 Erickson Kernell IP, LLC AN, SHAWN S

2485 QUALCOMM Incorporated 14819306 HUGHES 103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A. HUANG, FRANK F

2600 Apple Inc. 14743115 CRAIG 112(1)/112(2)/103 APPLE INC./BROWNSTEIN c/o Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP WIEDER, KENNETH A

2696 Avaya Inc. 14921652 HUGHES 102 Setter Roche LLP KHAN, USMAN A

2822 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 15091089 TIMM 103 Studebaker & Brackett PC WALL, VINCENT

2841 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14453435 FRANKLIN 112(1)/112(2)/103 LENOVO/PANGRLE Pangrle Patent, Brand & Design Law, P.C. WU, JERRY

2857 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 14781423 INGLESE 101 Gilliam IP PLLC (Halliburton) CORDERO, LINA M

3622 Oracle America, Inc. 13931299 ADAMS 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP/Oracle
CARVALHO, ERROL A

3634 Thomas Power 15361114 ASTORINO 103 41.50 102 BERESKIN & PARR LLP/S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l. SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A

3658 ABB Schweiz AG 16315884 MURPHY 103 ABB - Whitmyer IP Group LLC MACARTHUR, VICTOR L

3674 THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC. 15727030 HILL 103 SMITH IP SERVICES, P.C. NOLD, CHARLES R

3682 Jeung Ho Kim 14362400 CRAWFORD 103 41.50 112(2) DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP ANSARI, AZAM A

3692 BARCLAYS BANK PLC 13668691 KOHUT 101 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP POE, KEVIN T

3711 Francis Pepe 15459586 STAICOVICI 103 SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS DAVISON, LAURA L

3734 Anthony Fernandez 15860752 MOHANTY 103 JOHN V STEWART VANTERPOOL, LESTER L

3735 KAWAMURA, Hideaki et al. 13282884 PLENZLER 112(1)/103 112(2) HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C. NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA

3783 Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. 14818063 FITZPATRICK 103 Jones Robb, PLLC (w/ Intuitive Surgical) LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH

3792 Andersen, Dan E. et al. 11170005 PLENZLER 103 DENTONS US LLP - San Francisco 
KOHARSKI, CHRISTOPHER

Affirmed-in-Part 
1724 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15484630 CASHION 103 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V

2145 ABB Technology AG 14993589 NAPPI 103 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC ORR, HENRY W

2152 Shahane, Dinesh et al. 14645109 FRAHM 103 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP BAKER, IRENE H

2178 The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army 15235469 JEFFERY 103 103 U.S. ARMY CECOM LCMC, LEGAL OFFICE HASTY, NICHOLAS

2194 HU, Yuheng et al. 13370488 THOMAS 103 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. HOANG, PHUONG N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Donoghue, Patrick J. et al. 12414554 KHAN 103 112(1) GAZDZINSKI & ASSOCIATES, PC 
RYAN, PATRICK A

2447 Apple Inc. 15890004 SAADAT 102 102 DENTONS US LLP - Apple WANG, LIANG CHE A

2454 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 14820022 HUGHES 103 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGT
MEKONEN, TESFU N

2486 Fox Sports Productions, Inc. 14207998 EVANS 103 OTDP Cantor Colburn LLP - Fox Entertainment Group LIMA, FABIO S

2625 Allen, Sean D. et al. 11258247 RANGE 103 103 The Webb Law Firm / Visa International AKINTOLA, OLABODE

2647 Otter Products LLC 15408973 SHIANG 103 103 Otter Products IP: Todd Adelmann Otter Products, LLC MANOHARAN, MUTHUSWAMY GANAPATHY

2827 Intel Corporation 15427968 COLAIANNI 102/103/OTDP 102/103 Green, Howard, & Mughal LLP HIDALGO, FERNANDO N

3665 International Business Machines Corporation 15794422 MOHANTY 103 103 IBM CORPORATION (JVM-AUS) C/O LAW OFFICE OF JACK V. MUSGROVE MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A

3691 CardinalCommerce Corporation 14026421 CRAWFORD 103 103 The Webb Law Firm / Visa International AKINTOLA, OLABODE

3746 Carolus Van De Lisdonk et al. 13133167 BAYAT 103 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY NICHOLS, CHARLES W

3763 CARRIER CORPORATION 14376005 STAICOVICI 103 102/103 41.50 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier RUSSELL, DEVON L

3771 Medtronic, Inc. 14962485 HOELTER 102/103 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CVG) RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE

3793 Fritz PIERRE et al. 15182050 KERINS 103 103 ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL

Affirmed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Colgate-Palmolive Company 15597676 JENKS 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
WEBB, WALTER E

1631 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. 14548690 CHANG 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG &
WOESSNER/BSC DEJONG, ERIC S

1633 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University 15447019 FETTING 103 STANFORD UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY LICENSING BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA

1634 Christian Lavedan et al. 12675614 MAJORS 103 GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE

1649 Paul Stamets 16211281 ADAMS 112(1)/101 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) 
HAYES, ROBERT CLINTON

1735 HOGANAS AB (PUBL) 15549878 SQUIRE 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC
GAMINO, CARLOS J

1774 Theranos, Inc. 14598625 SMITH Dissenting OWENS 103 Labrador Diagnostics LLC LIU, SHUYI S

1774 Theranos, Inc. 13945202 SMITH Dissenting OWENS 103 Labrador Diagnostics LLC LIU, SHUYI S

1785 FujiFilm Speciality Ink Systems Limited 15520345 SMITH 103 WOOD, PHILLIPS, KATZ, CLARK & MORTIMER REDDY, SATHAVARAM I

1791 Lhoist North America, Inc. et al. 14359854 DENNETT 103 WHITAKER CHALK SWINDLE & SCHWARTZ PLLC SAYALA, CHHAYA D

1791 Fernando Baeza Ortega et al. 14234444 McMANUS 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. STULII, VERA

1792 Middleby Marshall Holding LLC d/b/a NUVU Food Service Systems 14944364 ANKENBRAND 103 BGL BECKER, DREW E

1793 DSM IP Assets B.V. 14303553 COLAIANNI 103 DSM North America Inc. COX, AMBER M

1796 GUARDIAN GLASS, LLC et al. 14791511 HASTINGS 103 Guardian Glass, LLC (Nixon) c/o KCPS IP Dept./Shannon Gonsalves MEKHLIN, ELI S

2128 PHADKE ASSOCIATES, INC. 14192291 MANTIS MERCADER 112(2)/103 101 Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg & Liao, LLP MAPAR, BIJAN

2153 Facebook, Inc. 14304596 HUME 103 Jordan IP Law, LLC (Facebook) LIN, ALLEN S

2173 SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB 14205619 DIXON 103 XSENSUS LLP ULRICH, NICHOLAS S

2177 Facebook, Inc. 14561766 HOWARD 103 Facebook/Fenwick MUHEBBULLAH, SAJEDA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2416 CommScope Technologies LLC 14456709 COURTENAY 103 Fogg & Powers LLC/Commscope  SCHNELL, RICHARD L

2425 INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS 14913415 MANTIS MERCADER 103 VOLPE KOENIG LIN, JASON K

2454 Zoho Corporation Private Limited 14861160 PUR CURIAM 103 ARTHUR J. BEHIEL Silicon Edge Law Group LLP COBY, FRANTZ

2466 Xpliant, Inc. 13921090 HUME 103 COOLEY LLP OH, ANDREW CHUNG SUK

2482 The Boeing Company 13752811 AMUNDSON 112(2)/103 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP
HOSSAIN, FARZANA E

2612 THE BOEING COMPANY 15635292 MacDONALD 102/103 The Small Patent Law Group LLC
IMPERIAL, JED-JUSTIN

2627 Sony Corporation et al. 15498663 CURCURI 103 XSENSUS LLP ADAMS, CARL

2655 Westermann, Soren Erik. 12277272 AMUNDSON 103 Sughrue/Widex ETESAM, AMIR HOSSEIN

2674 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha 15644912 MORGAN 102 SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA C/O KEATING & BENNETT, LLP TIEU, BENNY QUOC

2853 IDEX Health & Science LLC 14716658 CASHION 102 112(1) KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP OLAMIT, JUSTIN N

2883 CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina 14324269 BUSCH 102/103 M&G CommScope CHIEM, DINH D

3617 Aqua-Leisure Industries, Inc. 15886990 PLENZLER 103 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.
VENNE, DANIEL V

3624 United Parcel Service of America, Inc. 14182066 CALVE 103 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (United Parcel Service, Inc.) DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H

3624 Formula Technologies, Inc. 15373413 BUSCH 101/103 K&L Gates LLP-ADMINRPL EL-BATHY, MOHAMED N

3626 EMOPTI, INC. 15796394 COURTENAY 101 PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP COBANOGLU, DILEK B

3626 International Business Machines Corporation 15268965 FISCHETTI 103 101 Walder Intellectual Property Law PC SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S.

3628 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 14589749 NAPPI 112(2)/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N

3628 Elemica, Inc. 13676661 NAPPI 101 PANITCH SCHWARZE BELISARIO & NADEL LLP
VETTER, DANIEL

3629 Robert BRUCE 16159106 CRAIG 101/103 Saxton & Stump, LLC PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT

3636 Tonia Miller 13218874 SHIANG 103 CESARI AND MCKENNA, LLP BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL

3642 Bryan Kilbey et al. 14866057 OSINSKI 112(2) 103 WILEY HORTON TSANG, LISA L

3683 iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc. 14509861 BROWN 101 Garlick & Markison (IH)  FEACHER, LORENA R

3684 Illinois Tool Works Inc. 14362928 KHAN 103 Burr Forman LLP dba Burr Forman McNai  BARGEON, BRITTANY E

3684 Illinois Tool Works Inc. 14362937 KHAN 101/103 Burr Forman LLP dba Burr Forman McNair BARGEON, BRITTANY E

3687 SmartMart, Inc. 16211490 FREDMAN 112(2)/103 Walk Cook Lakey PLC YU, ARIEL J

3694 Nafeh, John et al. 11893017 PINKERTON 101 CARR & FERRELL LLP MILEF, ELDA G

3695 Dhamodharan, Rajasekaran 12185332 FETTING 101 The Webb Law Firm / Visa International
POLLOCK, GREGORY A

3695 William Johnson 12289674 BEAMER 112(2)/101 CITI CUSTOMER NUMBER FOLEY & LARDNER LLP SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

3731 AMGEN INC. 15047815 OSINSKI Concurring CAPP 103 Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (Amgen) SEIF, DARIUSH

3731 Anders Andersson et al. 14236147 HOFFMANN 103 112(1)/112(2) ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC FRY, PATRICK B

3741 United Technologies Corporation 15009868 PESLAK 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY CHAU, ALAIN

3745 General Electric Company 15290478 PLENZLER 103 Hoffman Warnick LLC CHRISTENSEN, DANIELLE M

3746 Richard Henderson et al. 14294858 BAHR 103 FAY SHARPE LLP JARIWALA, CHIRAG

3753 Fujikin Incorporated 14065078 BAHR 103 MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. CARY, KELSEY E

3761 Milt Mathis 13877892 STEPINA 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P. A. SAMUELS, LAWRENCE H
 
3771 THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION 14377086 BAYAT 112(1) 103 HAUGEN LAW FIRM BOUTSIKARIS, SOCRATES L

Rehearing

Denied 
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 ABB Technology AG 15075577 BUSCH 103 ABB Inc. Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP  GUNDRY, STEPHEN T

2651 SIVANTOS PTE. LTD. 15613325 BRANCH 102/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP JOSHI, SUNITA