Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 BASF SE 15126706 ADAMS 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP
VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE
1644 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 15487619 FREDMAN 112(1)/102/OTDP Cantor Colburn-WARF WEN, SHARON X
In addition, the claims here are drawn to a product-by-process format. “[I]f an inventor invents a product whose structure is either not fully known or too complex to analyze . . . this court clarifies that the inventor is absolutely free to use process steps to define this product. The patent will issue subject to the ordinary requirements of patentability. The inventor will not be denied protection. Because the inventor chose to claim the product in terms of its process, however, that definition also governs the enforcement of the bounds of the patent right.” Abbott Labs. v. Sandoz, Inc., 566 F.3d 1282, 1294 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (en banc). And “nesting of the product-by-process limitation within a method of treatment claim does not change the proper construction of the product-by-process limitation itself.” Biogen v. EMD Serono, 976 F.3d 1326, 1334 (Fed. Cir. 2020). ...
This type of product-by-process limitation has been “developed in response to the need to enable an applicant to claim an otherwise patentable product that resists definition by other than the process by which it is made.” In re Thorpe, 777 F.2d 695, 697 (Fed. Cir. 1985).
However, “the patentability of a claim to a product does not rest merely on a difference in the method by which that product is made.” In re Pilkington, 411 F.2d 1345, 1348 (CCPA 1969). The product-by-process limitation of claim 1 therefore requires orally administering an antibody preparation that is structurally the same as one produced by the recited method.
Thorpe, In re, 777 F.2d 695, 227 USPQ 964 (Fed. Cir. 1985) 706.02(m) , 2113
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 ZAF ENERGY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED 17087161 COLAIANNI 103 Brooks Kushman
GREENE, PATRICK MARSHALL
GREENE, PATRICK MARSHALL
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2117 Senthil SUNDARAM et al. 13110172 BEAMER 103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD (ABB)
LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN
LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN
2125 Conectric, LLC 15184887 GUPTA 103 41.50 112(2) PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP CHEN, YING YU
2183 Imagination Technologies Limited 14745880 DEJMEK 102/103 Potomac Law Group PLLC (IMGTEC) HUISMAN, DAVID J
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2495 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 15908511 BUSCH 102/103 Comcastc/o Ballard Spahr LLP LE, THANH T
2499 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 16211703 COURTENAY 102/103 Calderon Safran & Cole, P.C. SHEHNI, GHAZAL B
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2688 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 16751297 HUME 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP HAILE, BENYAM
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2824 Shanghai Denglin Technologies Co. Ltd 16025226 REN 103 41.50 112(2) Zhong Law, LLC HUR, JUNG H
2839 Bender Gmbh & Co. KG 16030918 WILSON 102/103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC - WASHINGTON, DC NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL
2839 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. 16616657 HEANEY 102/103 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP (Motorola) (Motorola Solutions, Inc) SREEVATSA, SREEYA
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3663 Robert Bosch GmbH 15718015 STAICOVICI 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP EVANS, GARRETT F
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3711 EPOCH LACROSSE LLC 15352794 PER CURIAM 112(2) 41.50 112(1)/103 H. JAY SPIEGEL - H. JAY SPIEGEL & ASSOCIATES KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE
3735 Stolle Machinery Company, LLC 15382850 BROWN 102/103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT LLC COLLINS, RAVEN
Affirmed-in-Part
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1754 Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH 16010095 KENNEDY 102/103 112(2) Continental Intellectual Property TAUFIQ, FARAH N
1782 Berry Plastics Corporation 15367556 MCGEE 103 103 41.50 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (IN)
HOCK, ELLEN SUZANNE
HOCK, ELLEN SUZANNE
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2419 Cisco Technology, Inc. 16294861 CRAIG 103 103 41.50 112(2) Lee & Hayes PC/Cisco
PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R
PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R
2438 PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V. 16094283 CUTITTA 102 102/103 Signify Holding B.V.
VU, PHY ANH TRAN
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 ARRIS Enterprises LLC 16709581 SAADAT 103 112(2)/101 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP (Arris/Commscope) MALEK, LEILA
Affirmed
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1616 L'OREAL 15582076 GRIMES 103 POLSINELLI PC (L'Oreal USA)
VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE
1616 L'OREAL 15582076 GRIMES 103 POLSINELLI PC (L'Oreal USA)
VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE
1634 Evonik Operations GmbH 15555531 ADAMS 103 Law Office of Michael A. Sanzo, LLC
GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 15786964 MCGEE 103 ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP - New York
WANG, NICHOLAS A
WANG, NICHOLAS A
1749 THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD. 15564710 HOUSEL 112(4)/103 THORPE NORTH & WESTERN/YOKOHAMA BOOTH, ALEXANDER D
1759 NESTEC S.A. 15558344 HASTINGS 103 K&L Gates LLP-Nestec S.A. GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2152 SAP SE 15386969 DEJMEK 101 Fountainhead Law Group P.C. KIM, PAUL
2156 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba et al. 14206819 HOMERE 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP OBISESAN, AUGUSTINE KUNLE
2191 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 14846595 BEAMER 103 WORKMAN NYDEGGER/MICROSOFT BROPHY, MATTHEW J
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2419 The Procter & Gamble Company 16437115 GALLIGAN 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY DENNISON, JERRY
2462 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 16112342 CUTITTA 103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. MILLS, DONALD L
2468 QUALCOMM Incorporated 15905425 SAADAT 112(1) 103 Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm KASSIM, KHALED M\
2498 EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC 16722661 MacDONALD 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP/DELL-VCE WALIULLAH, MOHAMMED
2611 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 16498730 SAADAT 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS WU, YANNA
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2656 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 16131968 HORVATH 103 BakerHostetler / Comcast
KOETH, MICHELLE M
KOETH, MICHELLE M
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 16459033 MCKONE 102 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED TURNER, BRIAN
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3624 Airbus Operations GmbH et al. 15388066 FETTING 101/103 LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK CHOY, PAN G
3628 K.L. HARRING TRANSPORTATION LLC 15290254 FETTING 103 112(1)/112(2) VOLPE KOENIG ELCHANTI, ZEINA
3643 KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 16846613 HILL 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC LARSEN, JEFFREY R
3685 Self Financial, Inc. 17015761 CRAWFORD 112(1)/112(2) 101 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (TC) OBEID, MAMON A
3687 Arnold Chase et al. 16044663 MEDLOCK 103 101 McCormick, Paulding & Huber, PLLC WERONSKI, MATTHEW S
Rehearing
Denied
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3685 Robert Gierkink et al. 13045843 WIEDER 101 Invoke / Oracle AGWUMEZIE, CHINEDU CHARLES
