IPXL, lyell

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte Hutton et al 12794240 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 41.50 112(2) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY BOYER, CHARLES I

Claiming two statutory classes within a single claim renders the claim indefinite.  IPXL Holdings, L.L.C. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.3d 1377, 1384 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (noting that "as a result of the combination of two separate statutory classes of invention, a manufacturer or seller of the claimed apparatus would not know from the claim whether it might also be liable for contribitory infringement because a buyer or user of the apparatus later performs the claimed method of using the apparatus"); Ex parte Lyell, 17 USPQ2d 1548, 1551 (1990) (holding that including a method of use in an apparatus claim renders a claim indefinite under 35 U.S.C. 112).

IPXL Holdings v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.2d 1377, 77 USPQ2d 1140 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2173.05(p)

Lyell, Ex parte, 17 USPQ2d 1548 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1990) 2173.05(p)

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Hallberg et al 11367939 - (D) FISHMAN 103 CHERNOFF VILHAUER MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP BANTAMOI, ANTHONY

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2462 Ex Parte Gordon et al 11961010 - (D) HUDALLA 103 103 GARLICK & MARKISON RUSSELL, WANDA Z

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3631 Ex Parte MCCOY 12341042 - (D) JESCHKE 103 103 WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION - MD 3601 CHAN, KO HUNG

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2158 Ex Parte Clarke et al 12354741 - (D) KUMAR 103 GRIFFITHS & SEATON PLLC (IBM) SMITH, BRANNON W

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2494 Ex Parte Hicks 12550025 - (D) ENGELS 102/103 PEPPER HAMILTON LLP ALATA, AYOUB

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Greb et al 12414736 - (D) SMEGAL 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC GARFT, CHRISTOPHER

3674 Ex Parte Slay et al 11682697 - (D) WARNER 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. DITRANI, ANGELA M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 Ex Parte Coltri-Johnson 11729375 - (D) HORNER 112(1) 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, LLP PAGAN, JENINE MARIE

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte Posa et al 12197635 - (R) SHAW 103 GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE,ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C HARRISON, CHANTE E

2631 Ex Parte Sedarat 11377114 - (R) THOMAS 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. YU, LIHONG

IPXL, H-W, katz interactive

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1756 Ex Parte Cramer et al 10552618 - (D) OWENS 102/103 KENYON & KENYON LLP DINH, BACH T

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Cheng et al 12105759 - (D) HUGHES 103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP LIAO, JASON G

2158 Ex Parte RAJARAM et al 12487254 - (D) NAPPI 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY WILLIS, AMANDA LYNN

2196 Ex Parte Rathi 11930603 - (D) MacDONALD 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/NOVELL HUARACHA, WILLY W

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2441 Ex Parte Shorty et al 11737717 - (D) PINKERTON 103 GTC Law Group LLP & Affiliates c/o CPA Global PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R

2462 Ex Parte Han 11849837 - (D) STEPHENS 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. DANIEL JR, WILLIE J

2466 Ex Parte Wu et al 10400882 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 Apple Inc. -- FKM PATEL, JAY P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2875 Ex Parte Fink 11371496 - (D) OWENS 103 Matheson Keys & Kordzik PLLC BREVAL, ELMITO

2875 Ex Parte Jung et al 12291022 - (D) DERRICK 103 INTELLECTUAL VENTURES - ISF TSIDULKO, MARK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Rubsamen 11329376 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP NAJARIAN, LENA

3643 Ex Parte Norgaard et al 12287051 - (D) BAHR 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 112(1)/112(2) PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. NGUYEN, SON T

Moreover, regarding the aforementioned third plausible construction, although the recitation in the last paragraph of claim 31 is expressed in the passive rather than active voice, one can only determine whether the limitation is satisfied once someone or something matches a crop variety to the one or more soil management categories. We again emphasize that claim 31 does not set forth structure for performing a matching step. In IPXL Holdings, L.L.C. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.3d 1377 (Fed. Cir. 2005), a patent holder sought to enforce a claim reciting a “system . . . wherein the predicted transaction information comprises both a transaction type and transaction parameters associated with that transaction type, and the user uses the input means to either change the predicted transaction information or accept the displayed transaction type and transaction parameters.” IPXL Holdings at 1384 (italics in original). On appeal, our reviewing court interpreted this claim as reciting both a system and a method step to be carried out by a user. Our reviewing court held that:

it is unclear whether infringement . . . occurs when one creates a system that allows the user to change the predicted transaction information or accept the displayed transaction, or whether infringement occurs when the user actually uses the input means to change transaction information or uses the input means to accept a displayed transaction. Because [the claim] recites both a system and the method for using that system, it does not apprise a person of ordinary skill in the art of its scope. Id.

In H-W Tech., L.C. v. Overstock.com, Inc., 758 F.3d 1329 (Fed. Cir. Jul. 11, 2014), a patent holder sought to enforce a claim reciting:

A tangible computer readable medium encoded with computer program for performing contextual searches on an Internet Phone (IP) phone comprising the steps of:
receiving a command to perform a contextual search; receiving search criteria from a user of said IP phone;
submitting said search criteria to a server coupled to said IP phone; and
receiving from said server a list of merchants matching said search criteria and information regarding each of said merchants in said list;
wherein said user completes a transaction with at least one of said merchants listed without the need to generate a voice call; 
wherein said information received by said user comprises a variety of offers, wherein said user selects one of said variety of offers associated with said one of said merchants listed, wherein said selected offer is transmitted to said one of said merchants listed electronically; and
wherein said user’s contact and payment information is not transmitted to said one of said merchants listed, wherein said user’s contact and payment information is available to said one of said merchants listed.

Id. at 1335 (italics in original).

On appeal from a district court decision holding the claim invalid as indefinite, our reviewing court agreed that the italicized limitations were method steps recited in an apparatus claim. Citing the reasoning of IPXL Holdings and In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Patent Litigation, 639 F.3d 1303, 1318 (Fed. Cir. 2011), our reviewing court held that the claim was indefinite because “it is unclear here when infringement would occur.” Id. at 1336.

Like the claims in IPXL Holdings and H-W Technology, a maker or seller of a system for matching crop varieties of a crop to soil type comprising a plurality of crop varieties and a digitized map depicting soil management categories of a region cannot determine whether the system will infringe, directly or contributorily, at the time of manufacture or sale. Thus, claim 31 is indefinite for this additional reason.

IPXL Holdings v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.2d 1377, 77 USPQ2d 1140 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2173.05(p)

3677 Ex Parte Lubchansky et al 11459998 - (D) WOODS 103 HUGH P. GORTLER DELISLE, ROBERTA S

3681 Ex Parte Muthugopalakrishnan et al 13043238 - (D) MOHANTY 103 Hickman Palermo Becker Bingham / Coupons SORKOWITZ, DANIEL M

3687 Ex Parte Manucha et al 12327555 - (D) MOHANTY 103 WONG, CABELLO, LUTSCH, RUTHERFORD & BRUCCULERI, L.L.P. HAYLES, ASHFORD S

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Sundaresan et al 12263396 - (D) STEPHENS 102/103 102 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY NGUYEN, KIM T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Pino et al 12127602 - (D) HORVATH 103 103 MANELLI SELTER PLLC BANTAMOI, ANTHONY

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2688 Ex Parte Coker et al 12653862 - (D) FRAHM 103 103 MARLIN KNIGHT MERCEDES, DISMERY E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3656 Ex Parte Hindle et al 11939336 - (D) BAHR 103 102/103 HONEYWELL/IFL YABUT, DANIEL D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Haedicke et al 10529002 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 102 BSH Home Appliances Corporation ROST, ANDREW J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Wagner et al 10558560 - (D) BRADEN 102/103 RATNERPRESTIA WEBB, WALTER E

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte Owens 13106319 - (D) OWENS 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY HARDEE, JOHN R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte PAEK 12638191 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP CHU, GABRIEL L

2163 Ex Parte Leonard et al 12253194 - (D) FRAHM 103 HUGH P. GORTLER HWA, SHYUE JIUNN

2164 Ex Parte Morris 11086923 - (D) BEAMER 112(1) 103 Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP / ptomail KUDDUS, DANIEL A

2194 Ex Parte Daherkar et al 11549609 - (D) WINSOR 103 KONRAD RAYNES DAVDA & VICTOR, LLP IBM54 YUN, CARINA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2445 Ex Parte Greggs et al 12327877 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP LENOVO COMPANY (LENOVO-BKLS) JAKOVAC, RYAN J

2452 Ex Parte Kurylo 11731077 - (D) FRAHM 112(2)/103 Deirdra M Meagher WIDHALM, ANGELA M

2471 Ex Parte Kashima et al 12532085 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. ADHAMI, MOHAMMAD SAJID

2497 Ex Parte Borden et al 11783271 - (D) ZADO 102/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. ARMOUCHE, HADI S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Ex Parte Peeters et al 12117580 - (D) TROCK 103 BEVER, HOFFMAN & HARMS, LLP TRUONG, NGUYEN H

2671 Ex Parte Liccini et al 11328885 - (D) HARLOW 103 Prass LLP RILEY, MARCUS T

2688 Ex Parte Mathur et al 12716408 - (D) SHAW 102 HolzerIPLaw, P.C. WONG, KIN C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Canora et al 12036176 - (D) FISCHETTI 101/103 Ference & Associates LLC DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. BAHL, SANGEETA

3651 Ex Parte Alexander et al 13186215 - (D) MURPHY 103 ZARLEY LAW FIRM P.L.C. SINGH, KAVEL

3683 Ex Parte Pullman 10159344 - (D) FISCHETTI 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

3684 Ex Parte Cue et al 11650858 - (D) MAYBERRY 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 103 Fletcher Yoder, PC APPLE INC. CASEY, ALEXIS M

3685 Ex Parte Aydar et al 11314752 - (D) FISCHETTI 112(2) 101/103 Gates & Cooper LLP - Specific Media/Myspace KIM, STEVEN S

3687 Ex Parte Wade et al 12332887 - (D) BAYAT 102/103 VERIZON ZARE, SCOTT A

3687 Ex Parte Carlegren et al 13163235 - (D) FISCHETTI 103 Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corp. LUDWIG, PETER L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Okuniewicz 11057499 - (D) GOODSON 102/103 BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP SHAH, MILAP

3766 Ex Parte Edwards 12139359 - (D) MOHANTY 103 MARGER JOHNSON & MCCOLLOM, P.C. -PHYSIO -CONTROL, INC. HELLER, TAMMIE K

3782 Ex Parte Moore 11404712 - (D) MOHANTY 103 James Ray & Associates Intellectual Property, LLC HELVEY, PETER N.

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Chen et al 11230446 - (D) FRAHM 101/102 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG LO, ANN J

REEXAMINATION

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 ALIEN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION Third Party Requestor and Appellant v. INTERMEC CORP., INTERMEC TECHNOLOGIES CORP. and INTERMEC IP CORP. Patent Owners and Respondents Ex Parte 6812841 et al 10/056,398 95001265 - (D) HOFF 103 NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOUROUGH LLP Third Party Requester: VAN PELT YI & JAMES LLP LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y original MULLEN, THOMAS J

IPXL, lyell

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1789 Ex Parte Duffy 12338091 - (D) SMITH 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY COLE, ELIZABETH M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Smith et al 11023318 - (D) HUGHES 102/103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG PHANTANA ANGKOOL, DAVID

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2448 Ex Parte Stephens 11790037 - (D) CHUNG 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. EDWARDS, JAMES A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Ex Parte Zou et al 10954755 - (D) HUGHES 103 FLETCHER YODER (LUCENT) PEREZ GUTIERREZ, RAFAEL

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte RAMRATTAN 12625766 - (D) ABRAHAM 102/103 Bereskin and Parr LLP WU, JAMES

2882 Ex Parte Conner 12777551 - (D) BEST 102 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY DOWLING, WILLIAM C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Friedman et al 10340784 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP PRASAD, NANCY N

3632 Ex Parte De Roest et al 11665573 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP WUJCIAK, ALFRED J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Osgood et al 11225495 - (D) SMEGAL 103 BALLY GAMING INC. PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL

3725 Ex Parte Nagasawa et al 12234860 - (D) GREENHUT 103 James W. Judge KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON

3731 Ex Parte Quinn et al 11607638 - (D) LaVIER 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC EASTWOOD, DAVID C

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Imachi 12058316 - (D) COLAIANNI 102 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP BUCHANAN, JACOB

1775 Ex Parte Vanderspurt et al 12302615 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 112(2)/obviousness-type double patenting Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier JOYNER, KEVIN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2474 Ex Parte Zi 12411844 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 103 Staas & Halsey LLP MENSAH, PRINCE AKWASI

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Brown et al 11750568 - (D) BARRETT 103 103 Bereskin and Parr LLP NGUYEN, DINH

2646 Ex Parte Delegue et al 11747894 - (D) PYONIN 103 103 CAPITOL PATENT & TRADEMARK LAW FIRM, PLLC IQBAL, KHAWAR

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Chen et al 12712482 - (D) BEST 103 102/103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 103 FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP WU, JERRY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Powers 11721549 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS BERTRAM, ERIC D

3788 Ex Parte Ruman et al 11983840 - (D) GREENHUT 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2)/101 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. CHU, KING M

The mixed statutory classes of invention make it so that “a manufacturer or seller of the claimed apparatus would not know from the claim whether it might also be liable for contributory infringement because a buyer or user of the apparatus later performs the claimed method of using the apparatus.” IPXL Holdings, L.L.C. v Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.3d 1377, 1384 (Fed. Cir. 2005)(citing Ex parte Lyell, 17 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1548 (1990) and MPEP § 2173.05(p)(II) (1999)).

IPXL Holdings v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.2d 1377, 77 USPQ2d 1140 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2173.05(p)

Lyell, Ex parte, 17 USPQ2d 1548 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1990) 2173.05(p)

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte PARSAPOUR 12251228 - (D) WARREN 112(2) 103 FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG EMPIE, NATHAN H

1772 Ex Parte Forsythe et al 10719929 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 TRASKBRITT, P.C. HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA

1783 Ex Parte Locke et al 12634616 - (D) GARRIS 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. VAN SELL, NATHAN L

1791 Ex Parte Noordam et al 12667980 - (D) HANLON 103 MILES & STOCKBRIDGE, PC BADR, HAMID R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2169 Ex Parte Iyengar et al 12142886 - (D) BARRETT 102/103/obviousness-type double patenting TUTUNJIAN & BITETTO, P.C. UDDIN, MD I

2177 Ex Parte Schubert et al 11398041 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 SCHWARTZ LAW FIRM, P.C. BLACKWELL, JAMES H

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2452 Ex Parte Daniels et al 11186358 - (D) PER CURIUM 103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG DOAN, DUYEN MY

2495 Ex Parte Alt et al 11323513 - (D) Per Curiam 103 VERIZON SHOLEMAN, ABU S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2641 Ex Parte Herve et al 11364879 - (D) MORGAN 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Alcatel-Lucent SABOURI, MAZDA

2641 Ex Parte Riveiro et al 11536539 - (D) BARRETT 112(2) 102/103 GARLICK & MARKISON SHAHEED, KHALID W

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2811 Ex Parte YANG et al 12626925 - (D) McGRAW 112(2)/103 LanWay IPR Services NADAV, ORI

2812 Ex Parte Do et al 11307317 - (D) LEBOVITZ 112(2)/103 ISHIMARU & ASSOCIATES LLP GHYKA, ALEXANDER G

2814 Ex Parte Burleson et al 12725169 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 LSI CORPORATION HA, NATHAN W

2822 Ex Parte Maruyama et al 10821927 - (D) HOUSEL 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DC) NIESZ, JAMIE C

2826 Ex Parte Pendse et al 10960893 - (D) McGRAW 103 STATS ChipPAC/PATENT LAW GROUP: Atkins and Associates, P.C. WILLIAMS, ALEXANDER O

2892 Ex Parte Ranade 11523105 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102/103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN MALSAWMA, LARINFAMKIMA HMAR

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Phillips 12695418 - (D) FISCHETTI 103 BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC MAHONE, KRISTIE A

3679 Ex Parte Frost et al 11848736 - (D) BROWNE 103 MILLER & MARTIN RIPLEY, JAY R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Grabowski et al 12042361 - (D) BROWNE 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY MCDOWELL, LIAM J

3766 Ex Parte Denison et al 11789438 - (D) ADAMS 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT , P.A MORALES, JON ERIC C

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3695 Ex Parte Nathans et al 11847853 - (R) CRAWFORD 103 Pay Rent, Build Credit, Inc. LIU, CHIA-YI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte Ruden et al 11865358 - (R) SMEGAL 103 Hall Estill Attorneys at Law (Seagate Technology LLC) NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA

DENIED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2895 Ex Parte Fitzgerald et al 12573589 - (D) HOUSEL 103 SLATER & MATSIL, L.L.P. WOJCIECHOWICZ, EDWARD JOSEPH

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2684 Ex parte MobileMedia Ideas, LLC Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 6253075 et al 09/212,757 90012638 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102/103 PROSKAUER ROSE LLP BANANKHAH, MAJID A original TRAN, PABLO N

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 GENESIS ATTACHMENTS, LLC Requester, Respondent v. ALLIED ERECTING AND DISMANTLING CO., INC., et al. Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 7,121,489 et al 11/240,914 95001352 - (D) SONG 103 THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C. Third Party Requestor: HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. ENGLISH, PETER C original SELF, SHELLEY M

IPXL

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Massa et al 11870710 - (D) SMITH 103 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY PENNY, TABATHA L

1743 Ex Parte Wang et al 12589123 - (D) BEST 103 HAVERSTOCK & OWENS LLP HEITBRINK, JILL LYNNE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Conroy et al 11895410 - (D) POLLOCK 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC BASHORE, WILLIAM L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Lundberg et al 11061312 - (D) HILL 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) CPA Global North America LLC c/o CPA GLOBAL MAUNG, ZARNI

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 Ex Parte Constable et al 11940267 - (D) FRAHM 103 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. GOOD JOHNSON, MOTILEWA

2621 Ex Parte Boll 10557597 - (D) FRAHM 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC SHERMAN, STEPHEN G

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte McNally 11190633 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES CAMPBELL, SHANNON S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Quincy et al 11639867 - (D) KERINS 102/103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. ABDUR RAHIM, AZIM

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Zombo 11481721 - (D) BEST 103 102/103 Siemens Corporation PADGETT, MARIANNE L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte GINDENTULLER et al 12192261 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. NDIAYE, CHEIKH T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2666 Ex Parte Chang et al 11845755 - (D) FISHMAN 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP FUJITA, KATRINA R

2696 Ex Parte Armstrong 11240327 - (D) FISHMAN 103 103 Fogarty, LLC CHENG, JOE H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Milne et al 12277469 - (D) SMEGAL 102/103 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES GISHNOCK, NIKOLAI A

Thus claims 1 and 9 do not apprise a person of ordinary skill in the art of their scope, and thus, fail to comply with 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph. See IPXL Holdings, L.L.C. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.3d 1377, 1384 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (noting that when a claim recites both a system and a method for using that system, it is unclear whether infringement occurs when (1) one creates a system that allows a user to perform the recited method, or (2) the recited method actually occurs).

IPXL Holdings v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.2d 1377, 77 USPQ2d 1140 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2173.05(p)

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Ugaji et al 12439280 - (D) HOUSEL 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 BGL SIDDIQUEE, MUHAMMAD S

1763 Ex Parte Rodgers et al 12345154 - (D) HASTINGS 103 EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY CAI, WENWEN

1792 Ex Parte Moore et al 11693952 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102/103 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP LEFF, STEVEN N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Du Breuil et al 11608488 - (D) STRAUSS 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. TESFAYE, AKLIL M

2479 Ex Parte Picher-Dempsey 11850862 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 101 103 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC NGUYEN, HANH N

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Ex Parte Zadesky et al 11477469 - (D) KRIVAK 103 APPLE c/o MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP NOVA SIM, YONG H

2665 Ex Parte Giering 10574665 - (D) BUI 103 Workman Nydegger CARTER, AARON W

2689 Ex Parte Lupoli et al 13595947 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 KASHA LAW LLC MORTELL, JOHN F

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte BLANKE 12855389 - (D) ROESEL 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. LIAN, MANG TIN BIK

2851 Ex Parte Elfadel et al 12267599 - (D) KRATZ 102/103 MICHAEL J. CHANG, LLC LIN, SUN J

2865 Ex Parte Sankaran 12131563 - (D) KALAN 102 PARK, HYUN D

2874 Ex Parte Prosyk et al 12638372 - (D) OWENS 102 Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.C. SMITH, CHAD

2875 Ex Parte Mienko et al 12444389 - (D) WARREN 103 KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP LEE, JONG SUK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Pellenc et al 12199732 - (D) WARNER 103 EGBERT LAW OFFICES BUTLER, MICHAEL E

3657 Ex Parte Kirchner et al 12221222 - (D) REIMERS 103 Cozen O'Connor WILLIAMS, THOMAS J

3663 Ex Parte Richards 11859276 - (D) HILL 102/103 Robert E. Richards CHEN, SHELLEY

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3724 Ex Parte Lamprecht et al 11909995 - (D) BROWN 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) MICHAEL J. STRIKER MICHALSKI, SEAN M

3744 Ex Parte Sommer et al 11848297 - (D) WARNER 102/103 MCNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC COMINGS, DANIEL C

3762 Ex Parte Bradley et al 12476951 - (D) LaVIER 103 VISTA IP LAW GROUP LLP/BSC - NEUROMODULATION GETZOW, SCOTT M

3781 Ex Parte Schutz 11316226 - (D) REIMERS 103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC SMALLEY, JAMES N

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
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2851 Inter partes BRITNEY SPEARS, SPEARS KING POLE INC., JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, AND TENNMAN PRODUCTIONS, LLC., Requesters and Cross Appellants v. LARGE AUDIENCE DISPLAY SYSTEMS, LLC, Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6669346 et al 09/853,915 95001817 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL, P.C. FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: Pryor Cashman, LLP WHITTINGTON, KENNETH original KOVAL, MELISSA J

katz interactive, IPXL, rembrandt

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REVERSED
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2163 Ex Parte Gutjahr et al 12018514 - (D) CURCURI concurring JEFFERY 102 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY NGUYEN, KIM T

And to the extent that independent claim 10 improperly recites active method steps as part of an apparatus (i.e., "a first computer that provides ...." "a second computer  ... retrieves," " the second computer ... retrieves," "the second computer generates ...") to render the claim indefinite under 112(b) is likewise a question that the Examiner should consider following this opinion.  See In re Katz Interactive Call Proc. Pat. Litig., 639 F.3d 1303, 1318 (Fed. Cir. 2011)  (citing IPXL Holdings, L.L.C. v. Amazon.con, Inc. 430 F.3d 1377, 1384 (Fed. Cir. 2005)); see also Rembrandt Data Technologies, LP v. AOL, LLC, 641 F.3d 1331, 1339 (Fed. Cir 2011) (data transmitting device held indefinite for reciting transmitting method step). 

katz HARMON 5: 6, 7; MV5: 319; 6: 1-3, 13, 14; MV6: 191, 432
rembrandt MV5: 319; 6: 16; 9: 11, 22

IPXL Holdings v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.2d 1377, 77 USPQ2d 1140 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2173.05(p)

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2615 Ex Parte Setnes et al 12135946 - (D) SPAHN 112(2)/102/103 ZILKA-KOTAB, PC- IBM NEURAUTER, GEORGE C

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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2497 Ex Parte Boss et al 11549728 - (D) MORGAN 102/103 102/103 IBM CORPORATION C/O DARCELL WALKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW HOLMES, ANGELA R

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2882 Ex Parte Van Kampen et al 12020811 - (D) KOKOSKI 102/103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. SANEI, MONA M

AFFIRMED
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2156 Ex Parte Harvey et al 11270795 - (D) KUMAR 103 Baker Botts LLP MITIKU, BERHANU

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2829 Ex Parte Hudgens 12283113 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 Ovonyx, Inc QUINTO, KEVIN V

2862 Ex Parte Popp 12152409 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 SMP Logic Systems NGHIEM, MICHAEL P

REHEARING

DENIED
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2193 Ex Parte Mourra 10906592 - (D) SMITH 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP VU, TUAN A

IPXL, katz interactive, rembrandt, ekchian

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REVERSED
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2156 Ex Parte Arends et al 11740355 - (D) ZECHER 103 IBM CORPORATION ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S

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2464 Ex Parte Moore et al 11517020 - (D) MORGAN 102/103 37 C.F.R. 41.50(b) 103 VERIZON GIDADO, RASHEED

2485 Ex Parte Fukuhara et al 10835582 - (D) JEFFERY 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP LEE, Y YOUNG

2486 Ex Parte Jeon 10337611 - (D) WHITE 102/103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. HALLENBECK-HUBER, JEREMIAH CHARLES

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2828 Ex Parte Sukhman et al 11021904 - (D) CLEMENTS 103 PERKINS COIE LLP - SEA General STAFFORD, PATRICK

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3683 Ex Parte Vu et al 10484498 - (D) PETRAVICK 103 37 C.F.R. 41.50(b) 102 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. MISIASZEK, MICHAEL

3686 Ex Parte Koster 10702253 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP PHONGSVIRAJATI, POONSIN

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3716 Ex Parte Harris et al 11415881 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 Lewis and Roca LLP - Sony D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY

3767 Ex Parte Moberg et al 11224416 - (D) ADAMS 103 VIDAS, ARRETT & STEINKRAUS, P.A. HALL, DEANNA K

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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2884 Ex Parte Kito et al 12179803 - (D) McKONE 102 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) SUGHRUE MION, PLLC BRYANT, MICHAEL C

A claim that recites a combination of two separate statutory classes of invention (under 35 U.S.C. § 101) “‘is not sufficiently precise to provide competitors with an accurate determination of the ‘metes and bounds’ of protection involved’ and is ‘ambiguous and properly rejected’ under section 112, paragraph 2.’” IPXL Holdings, L.L.C. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.3d 1377, 1384 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (quoting Ex parte Lyell, 17 USPQ2d 1548, 1550-51 (BPAI 1990)).

IPXL Holdings v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.2d 1377, 77 USPQ2d 1140 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2173.05(p)
...
We conclude that claim 17, although couched in terms of a conditional statement, is directed to the actions performed by the system, rather than the capabilities of the system. Thus, claim 17 recites both a statutory machine and a statutory process. See In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Patent Litig., 639 F.3d 1303, 1318 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (“Like the language used in the claim at issue in IPXL (‘wherein . . . the user uses’), the language used in Katz’s claims (‘wherein . . . callers digitally enter data’ and ‘wherein . . . callers provide . . . data’) is directed to user actions, not system capabilities.”); Rembrandt Data Techs., LP v. AOL, LLC, 641 F.3d 1331, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (data transmitting device held indefinite for reciting transmitting method step). Accordingly, claim 17 is indefinite. See IPXL, 430 F.3d at 1384.

AFFIRMED
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2162 Ex Parte Semerdzhiev et al 10856247 - (D) STEPHENS 103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN SAP/BSTZ GOFMAN, ALEX N

2176 Ex Parte Mewherter et al 10685192 - (D) HOMERE 101/112(1)/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP DEBROW, JAMES J

2179 Ex Parte Michelitsch et al 10726298 - (D) BENOIT 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LO, WEILUN

2194 Ex Parte Facemire et al 11268326 - (D) POTHIER 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP JORDAN, KIMBERLY L

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2445 Ex Parte Shah 10670550 - (D) NEW 103 MHKKG/Oracle (Sun) JOO, JOSHUA

2445 Ex Parte Hind et al 10643601 - (D) PARVIS 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP JOO, JOSHUA

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2637 Ex Parte Valley et al 11854449 - (D) BRANCH 103 THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. LI, SHI K

2643 Ex Parte Nandagopal 11345695 - (D) CURCURI 103 ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. WALL & TONG, LLP D AGOSTA, STEPHEN M

2659 Ex Parte Beiermeister et al 11948480 - (D) HOMERE 103 General Motors Corporation c/o REISING ETHINGTON P.C. SHAH, PARAS D

2678 Ex Parte Vandenbrande et al 11421413 - (D) KRIVAK 103 YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. HOANG, PHI

2689 Ex Parte Huang 11607842 - (D) KRIVAK 112(2)/103 Paul M. Denk MORTELL, JOHN F

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2872 Ex Parte JENNINGS et al 11831830 - (D) DESHPANDE 102/103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX WILKES, ZACHARY W

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3629 Ex Parte Nagda et al 10000121 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED C/O WAGNER BLECHER CASLER, TRACI

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3717 Ex Parte Weil et al 10994505 - (D) TARTAL 103 Dority & Manning P.A. PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL  

REHEARING  

DENIED
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2453 Ex Parte Achtermann et al 11456225 - (R) HOMERE 103 IBM CORP (YA) C/O YEE & ASSOCIATES PC ESKANDARNIA, ARVIN  

FEDERAL CIRCUIT  

AFFIRMED
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2856 2761 USHIP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee, AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Third Party Defendant-Appellee. 2012-5077 5,831,220 08/845,012 6,105,014 09/162,874 MOORE summary judgment of noninfringement Cooper & Kirk, PLLC; Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice; Desmarais, LLP original DATTEN MUCHIN ZAVIS ROSENMAN GIBSON, RANDY W; COSIMANO, EDWARD R

Thus, statements giving rise to a disclaimer may be made in response to a rejection over the prior art, but they may also take place in other contexts. For example, an applicant’s remarks submitted with an Information Disclosure Statement can be the basis for limiting claim scope. See Ekchian v. Home Depot, Inc., 104 F.3d 1299, 1304 (Fed. Cir. 1997). We hold that a patent applicant’s response to a restriction requirement may be used to interpret patent claim terms or as a source of disclaimer.