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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte Boden et al 14127853 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY MOORE, ALEXANDRA MARIE

1782 Ex Parte HSU 14100967 - (D) OWENS 103 WPAT, PC ZHANG, RUIYUN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Kraft et al 12580901 - (D) CHUNG 102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. (SAP) ALHIJA, SAIF A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Nield 13347166 - (D) HAMANN 102/103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. SICONOLFI, ROBERT

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Courvoisier 12418728 - (D) DOUGAL 103 POLSINELLI PC EIDE, HEIDI MARIE

3736 Ex Parte Deirmengian et al 13355970 - (D) STEPINA 102/103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP CERIONI, DANIEL LEE

3761 Ex Parte Vaillancourt et al 13709589 - (D) HORNER 103 41.50 102/103 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO TREYGER, ILYA Y

3766 Ex Parte GURSKIS et al 13292889 - (D) COTTA 103 SHAY GLENN LLP PLATESKI, ERIN M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2445 Ex Parte Werjefelt et al 12232058 - (D) HUME 103 double patenting SHLESINGER, ARKWRIGHT & GARVEY LLP COULTER, KENNETH R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Leible et al 12722019 - (D) HAMANN 112(2)/103 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. LANE, NICHOLAS J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Ex Parte Bauer et al 14058413 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 101/103 Tong, Rea, Bentley & Kim, LLC ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. WHIPPLE, BRIAN P

Cf. Apple, Inc. v. Ameranth, Inc., 842 F.3d 1229, 1240-1241 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (“An abstract idea can generally be described at different levels of abstraction. As the Board has done, the claimed abstract idea could be described as generating menus on a computer, or generating a second menu from a first menu and sending the second menu to another location, It could be described in other ways, including, as indicated in the specification, taking orders from restaurant customers on a computer.”) 

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Johnson 13491115 - (D) DIXON 103 THORPE NORTH & WESTERN, LLP. WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE

3649 Ex Parte Zoeckler 13627207 - (D) BAHR 102 103 WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, LLP HARMON, CHRISTOPHER R

3654 Ex Parte Van Der Sluis et al 14130006 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 YOUNG & THOMPSON RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Weir et al 13307048 - (D) SMEGAL 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP MICHALSKI, SEAN M

3775 Ex Parte Lewis et al 12380339 - (D) FLAX 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 DUANE MORRIS LLP - Philadelphia COLEY, ZADE JAMES

3786 Ex Parte Heismann et al 13661246 - (D) SMITH 103 SCHIFF HARDIN, LLP - Chicago KINNARD, LISA M

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2487 Ex Parte ITO 13158939 - (D) SMITH 103 41.50 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. SULLIVAN, TYLER

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AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1782 Ex Parte Petri et al 12661196 - (D) ROSS 103 Legal Department (M-495) LAN, YAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2688 Ex Parte KANBE et al 13764144 - (D) POTHIER 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC PENDLETON, DIONNE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Barrett et al 13748437 - (D) ASTORINO 103 JEFFREY H. RODDY WILLIAMS, MAURICE L

3623 Ex Parte Uthe 11688319 - (D) WIEDER 103 101 MOORE & VAN ALLEN, PLLC For IBM GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN

With regard to the first part of the [Alice] framework, we agree with the Examiner that the claims are directed to a method of organizing human activities and, in particular, to the abstract idea of creating a priority order of a list of rules and presenting a graphic user interface to edit the list. (See Answer 3, see also Claim 1.) “The ‘abstract idea’ step of the inquiry calls upon us to look at the ‘focus of the claimed advance over the prior art’ to determine if the claim’s ‘character as a whole’ is directed to excluded subject matter.” Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. DIRECTV, LLC, 838 F.3d 1253, 1257 (Fed. Cir. 2016). In this case, the Specification discloses that the invention is directed to “processes that may involve user or human interaction, and more particularly to a method and system to automate a user out of a process flow.” (Spec. 11.) And claim 1, as a representative claim, recites “determining ... if a process template . . . exists,” determining ... if a rule exists for automatic completion ... of the process template,” “at least partially completing ... the process template,” and presenting a GUI “for creating, editing, and controlling activation of the list of rules.” (Claim 1.) Courts have treated claims directed to similar subject matter as directed to an abstract idea. See Apple, Inc. v. Ameranth, Inc., 842 F.3d 1229, 1237, 1240-41 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (providing a GUI interface to generate menus, i.e., “list[s] of options available to a user displayable on a computer,” with certain functions); see also Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Capital One Bank (USA), 792 F.3d 1363, 1369—70 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (providing an interactive interface to the user). Additionally, “the claims are not directed to a specific improvement in the way computers operate. Cf. Enfish [LLC v. Microsoft Corp., 822 F.3d 1327, 1335-36 (Fed. Cir. 2016)].” Apple, Inc., 842 F.3d at 1241. Therefore, we are not persuaded that these claims are not directed to an abstract idea.

3649 Ex Parte Sanchez 13750818 - (D) HILL 102/103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM