donaldson, odetics, agrizap

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte YAMAUTI et al 13086693 - (D) OWENS 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. HA, STEVEN S

1764 Ex Parte Zhao et al 14132547 - (D) INGLESE 103 CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC. BROOKS, KREGGT

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2477 Ex Parte Naito et al 12907351 - (D) McNEILL 103 Paratus Law Group, PLLC ESMAEILIAN, MAJID

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Stovall et al 13460001 - (D) KERINS 103 Hoffman Warniok T T .P MA, KUN KAI

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3782 Ex Parte Ayers 12283629 - (D) PESLAK 103 103 CAROTHERS AND CAROTHERS MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS

 See also In re Donaldson Co., 16 F.3d 1189, 1195 (Fed. Cir. 1994) (“the broadest reasonable interpretation that an examiner may give means-plus-function language is that statutorily mandated in paragraph six.”).  Equivalence under 35 U.S.C. § 112, sixth paragraph requires “[f]unctional identity and either structural identity or equivalence.”  Odetics, Inc. v. Storage Technology Corp., 185 F. 3d 1259, 1267 (Fed. Cir. 1999). 

Donaldson, In re, 16 F.3d 1189, 29 USPQ2d 1845 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2111.01 , 2114 , 2161.01 , 2163.03

Odetics Inc. v. Storage Tech. Corp., 185 F.3d 1259, 51 USPQ2d 1225 (Fed. Cir. 1999) 2183 , 2184

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1757 Ex Parte WEEKLEY 13216144 - (D) HANLON 102/103 112(1)/112(2) THE NOBLITT GROUP, PLLC BARTON, JEFFREY THOMAS

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2197 Ex Parte Ding et al 12815375 - (D) McNEILL 103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG PAULINO, LENIN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte FONSEKA 13902036 - (D) REPKO 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC GARFT, CHRISTOPHER

 Additionally, courts have recognized that it would have been obvious to substitute one known element for another that performs the same function, where the results of the substitution would have been predictable. See, e.g., Agrizap, Inc. v. Woodstream Corp., 520 F.3d 1337, 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (concluding that the claims were obvious, noting that “[t]he asserted claims simply substitute a resistive electrical switch for the mechanical pressure switch”).

3688 Ex Parte Robbins et al 10766517 - (D) MURPHY 101 OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP STIBLEY, MICHAEL R

genetic techs, agrizap

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Iraqi et al 13316591 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 RECHES PATENTS TALBOT, BRIAN K

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte McFarland 13611728 - (D) HOMERE 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION ABRAHAM, AHMED M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Posa et al 13209025 - (D) BUSCH 103 41.50 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP VILLECCO, JOHN M

see also Agrizap, Inc. v. Woodstream Corp., 520 F.3d 1337, 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (“This is a textbook case of when the asserted claims involve a combination of familiar elements according to known methods that does no more than yield predictable results.”)

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Kojima et al 12854454 - (D) CALVE 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC ANDEREGG, ZACHARY R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte McMaster et al 13068727 - (D) POLLOCK 102/103 101 Quine Intellectual Property Law Group P.C. SISSON, BRADLEY L

In sum, the claims before us merely inform the relevant audience of certain laws of nature: specifically, the relationship between the amount of rDNA and the number of cells from which rDNA has been obtained. See Genetic Techs. Ltd. v. Merial L.L.C., 818 F.3d 1369, 1379—80 (Fed. Cir. 2016), cert, denied, (U.S. Oct. 3, 2016) (finding claims unpatentable under § 101 where, “the novelty of looking to non-coding DNA to detect a coding region allele of interest resides in the novelty of the newly discovered natural law of linkage disequilibrium between coding and non-coding regions and adds little more than a restatement of the natural law itself’).

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte Gates et al 12646916 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Polsinelli — Apple Inc. c/o Polsinelli PC SOMERS, MARC S

2174 Ex Parte Fitzmaurice et al 12004432 - (D) MCMILLIN 103 Artegis Law Group, LLP NGUYEN, LE V

2191 Ex Parte Erdmann et al 12600024 - (D) SHIANG 103 PHILIPS LIGHTING B.V. BROPHY, MATTHEW J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2829 Ex Parte Grabau 12086649 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 NATH, GOLDBERG & MEYER DEHNE, AARON A

2842 Ex Parte Pearson et al 13289945 - (D) TIMM 103 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP CHENG, DIANA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Larsen et al 12113128 - (D) CAPP 103 Seed IP Law Group LLP/Scientific Games WEATHERFORD, SYVILA

3717 Ex Parte Larsen et al 12113134 - (D) CAPP 103 Seed IP Law Group LLP/Scientific Games WEATHERFORD, SYVILA

3763 Ex Parte Burton et al 13128066 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY EISENBERG, REBECCA E

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Borchert et al 12363863 - (D) CRAIG 103 MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES TOLENTINO, RODERICK