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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte WANG 12043017 - (D) JEFFERY 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP/IBM SVL REYES, MARIELA D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Lin 12184287 - (D) ASTORINO 103 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC MITCHELL, KATHERINE W

Notably, the Examiner has construed the claimed phrase “configured to” in the aforementioned recitation of claim 1 to mean “capable of.” See Ans. 10. However, the term “capable of” is broader than the phrase “configured to,” which is more akin to “designed to.” See Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Marchon Eyewear, Inc., 672 F.3d 1335, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (citations omitted). In other words, it is possible for a hypothetical structure to be capable of deforming such that the structure has a size and shape sufficient for the structure to pass over a pulley and the structure not be configured to deform such that the structure has a size and shape sufficient for the structure to pass over a pulley.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Williams 12174523 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 HILLERY, NATHAN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Koskey 12366868 - (D) KERINS 102/103 112(2)/103 41.50 103 LAW OFFICES OF DALE B. HALLING WARD, THOMAS JOHN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Podolski 12851417 - (D) McCOLLUM obviousness-type double patenting 103 Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP (CH) KANTAMNENI, SHOBHA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2112 Ex Parte Ramesh et al 12234067 - (D) HOMERE 102 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP CHAUDRY, MUJTABA M

2141 Ex Parte Montgomery et al 11220267 - (D) HOMERE 112(2) 101/103 PERKINS COIE LLP - SEA General SONG, DAEHO D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte Holt et al 11208704 - (D) HUDALLA 103 DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON & GOWDEY LLP NAJEE-ULLAH, TARIQ S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Kuhl et al 10856173 - (D) HOMERE 101/103 BLACKBERRY (Finnegan) SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL

2689 Ex Parte Birman et al 12246679 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. MEHMOOD, JENNIFER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Wang et al 12053921 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - General Electric SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M

REHEARING

DENIED
4122 Ex Parte Shih 12945400 - (D) FREDMAN 103 ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC ROSEN, ERIC J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2614 Ex parte HUNTS POINT VENTURES, INC. Ex Parte 7,574,272 B2 et al 09/975,749 90012284 - (D) CURCURI 103 OLYMPIC PATENT WORKS PLLC THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. CABRERA, ZOILA E original SELLERS, DANIEL R

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Blair et al 09992666 - (D) LORIN 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY REFAI, RAMSEY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3727 Ex Parte Fischer 11532303 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 LEYDIG, VOIT AND MAYER SPISICH, MARK

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Rodriguez et al 11051502 - (D) CHEN 103 102/103 Foley & Lardner LLP PARK, EDWARD

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Koch et al 11568666 - (D) KIMLIN 103 LEYDIG, VOIT AND MAYER KLING, CHARLES

1759 Ex Parte Rowan et al 12253267 - (D) KIMLIN 102/103 CARMODY & TORRANCE LLP WONG, EDNA

1761 Ex Parte Company et al 11795003 - (D) KIMLIN 102/103 AKZO NOBEL INC. MRUK, BRIAN P

1778 Ex Parte Senetar 11696758 - (D) KIMLIN 103 ANDRUS, SCEALES, STARKE & SAWALL, LLP GONZALEZ, MADELINE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3658 Ex Parte Hunt et al 10707019 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 SRAM, LLC BOES, TERENCE

We agree with the Examiner that when given its broadest reasonable interpretation, the phrase in question “an adjustment assembly configured to position the actuator assembly relative to the body in the second position” encompasses any adjustment assembly capable of so positioning the actuator assembly. See e.g., Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Marchon Eyewear, Inc., 672 F. 3d 1335, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2012). Appellants have not apprised us of any reason “configured to” should be construed more narrowly. Appellants chose to define how the adjustment assembly is configured by what it does.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte YONG 11848851 - (D) ELLURU 103 WALTER A. HACKLER, Ph.D. LLOYD, EMILY M

Further, the combination of elements from the asserted prior art is reasonably expected to maintain their respective properties or functions after they are combined. See Sundance, Inc. v. DeMonte Fabricating Ltd., 550 F.3d 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2008).

3777 Ex Parte Sirimanne et al 10114712 - (D) VANOPHEM 102/103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC CHENG, JACQUELINE  

REHEARING  

GRANTED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Choi 11139349 - (R) HANLON 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX CHEN, KEATH T