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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Armstrong 12834198 - (D) GRIMES 103 MOORE & VAN AT .TEN PLLC SOROUSH, LAYLA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte Kaupp et al 12594667 - (D) KRATZ 103 OSTROLENK FABER LLP PARVINI, PEGAH

1788 Ex Parte MEDLEY 13194844 - (D) OGDEN 103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP CHANG, VICTOR S

2442 Ex Parte MCLAUGHLIN et al 13754990 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP MOORAD, IMRAN

2466 Ex Parte Baldemair et al 13766111 - (D) HAAPALA 102/103 PanOptis Patent Management, LLC LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Aughey et al 13039284 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP/BOEING MA, TIZE

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2853 Ex Parte Veis 13806502 - (D) SMITH 103 HP Inc. THIES, BRADLEY W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Cone 12940878 - (D) HOSKINS 102/103 Artegis Law Group, LLP MORGAN, EILEEN P

3732 Ex Parte Golden 12789732 - (D) HORNER 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL, LLP MAI, HAO D

See also Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Marchon Eyewear, Inc., 672 F.3d 1335, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (holding that “adapted to” in the claim at issue had the narrower “configured to” meaning, which required elements to be “designed or configured to accomplish the specified objective, not simply that they can be made to serve that purpose”).

3742 Ex Parte Timans et al 12776845 - (D) WARNER 112(1)/102/103 PRITZKAU PATENT GROUP, LLC DUNIVER, DIALLO IGWE

3743 Ex Parte Chiu et al 12468290 - (D) BROWNE 103 General Electric Technology GmbH LAUX, DAVID J

3753 Ex Parte Jurena 13227628 - (D) KINDER 103 Chamberlain, Hrdicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, P.C. VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR

3762 Ex Parte Moffitt et al 12204114 - (D) ASTORINO 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/BSC DIETRICH, JOSEPH M

3777 Ex Parte Caplan et al 12062188 - (D) CHERRY 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 Ex Parte Wallach et al 11969792 - (D) PINKERTON 112(1)/103 112(2) Micron/Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP TSAI, SHENG JEN

2163 Ex Parte Bruich et al 13677885 - (D) HUME 103 103 Facebook/Fenwick HO, BINH VAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Ex Parte Yajima 13823924 - (D) HOELTER 112(2) 112(2) MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Bosch) FRISBY, KEITH J

3657 Ex Parte Linke et al 12161325 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 102/103 CROWELL & MORING LLP NGUYEN, VU Q

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Bulan et al 13307059 - (D) SMITH 112(4) 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) LEWIS, BEN

1733 Ex Parte Brent et al 12952426 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Aerojet Rocketdyne ZHU, WEIPING

1773 Ex Parte Stouffer et al 12741623 - (D) RANGE 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY SAVAGE, MATTHEW O

1783 Ex Parte Rivett et al 13038797 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 SEALED AIR CORPORATION KHATRI, PRASHANT J

1793 Ex Parte Bendixen et al 11913799 - (D) SMITH 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC MOORE, WALTER A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2179 Ex Parte Park et al 13156323 - (D) McNEILL 103 MPG, LLP and SONY THERIAULT, STEVEN B

2181 Ex Parte Vierling 14112599 - (D) HUME 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP MODO, RONALD T

2414 Ex Parte STERMAN et al 13628999 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. / Vonage SHAH, SAUMIT

2483 Ex Parte SAID 13109814 - (D) STEPHENS 103 HP Inc. MAHMUD, FARHAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 Ex Parte Harrison et al 11789326 - (D) STEPHENS 103 HONEYWELL/CONLEY ROSE BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD

2649 Ex Parte Beale 10537195 - (D) KRIVAK 102/103 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./Nvidia TRAN, PABLO N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2817 Ex Parte Aleksov et al 12830547 - (D) KRATZ 103 Winkle, PLLC GOODWIN, DAVID J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Burwell 12919167 - (D) DOUGAL 112(2)/103 BARLOW, JOSEPHS & HOLMES, LTD. VALENTI, ANDREA M

3675 Ex Parte Fischer et al 12444217 - (D) HILL 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC FOSTER, NICHOLAS L

3675 Ex Parte Gonia et al 13331564 - (D) HILL 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC FOSTER, NICHOLAS L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Brenner et al 12785225 - (D) PLENZLER 103 41.50 103 Law Office of Joseph L. Felber FISHER, MICHAEL NAPOLEON

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2131 Ex parte TECSEC, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6,694,433 B1 et al 09/421,293 96000014 - (D) POTHIER 103 IP Strategies RALIS, STEPHEN J original LEE, CHI CHUNG

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Naeemi et al 12610322 - (D) ROSS 103 OLYMPIC PATENT WORKS PLLC SLIFKA, COLIN W

1745 Ex Parte Carre et al 12548685 - (D) HOUSEL 103 CORNING INCORPORATED WU, VICKI H

1783 Ex Parte UCHIDA et al 12956063 - (D) BEST 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, PLC HANDVILLE, BRIAN

1786 Ex Parte Ponsolle et al 13307383 - (D) ROSS 103 CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC CHOI, PETER Y

1797 Ex Parte Schwarzkopf et al 12780157 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 Olympic Patent Works PLLC GERIDO, DWAN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2124 Ex Parte Christie et al 13467287 - (D) STEPHENS 102 41.50 103 Tillman Wright, PLLC TRAN, MAI T

2199 Ex Parte Davis et al 13590467 - (D) WINSOR 101 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC WU, QING YUAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2456 Ex Parte Iwata et al 11976247 - (D) COURTENAY 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI

2463 Ex Parte Apte et al 13551539 - (D) MacDONALD 103 41.50 112(2)/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY PASCUAL PEGUERO, NATALI

2466 Ex Parte Hu et al 13042797 - (D) EVANS 103 Davidson Sheehan LLP Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS

2481 Ex Parte MATSUDO 13482471 - (D) NAPPI 103 Paratus Law Group, PLLC JONES, HEATHER RAE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Bose et al 12826663 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Alston & Bird LLP Nokia Corporation SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D

2654 Ex Parte Seefeldt 12668789 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 Barcelo, Harrison & Walker, LLP MEI, XU

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte LOVE 13659769 - (D) OSINSKI 103 Mark A, Litman & Associates, P,A, ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK

3658 Ex Parte Siller et al 12966964 - (D) CAPP 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P,C, KELLEHER, WILLIAM J

3682 Ex Parte Angell et al 11862279 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 YEE AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. BROWN, ALVIN L

3685 Ex Parte Etchegoyen 13239260 - (D) KIM 103 Uniloc USA Inc. HUANG, TSAN-YU J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte James et al 12738471 - (D) OGDEN 103 double patenting MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. YOUNG, WILLIAM D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte JAGADEV et al 13592256 - (D) DIXON 103 103 Dority & Manning P.A. and Google Inc. HOANG, PHI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Ferren et al 12004107 - (D) OSINSKI 102 102 Constellation Law Group, PLLC MEHTA, BHISMA

At the outset, we note that the phrase “configured to” is narrower than “capable of’ and has a meaning more akin to “designed to.” See Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Marchon Eyewear, Inc., 672 F.3d 1335, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2012).

3771 Ex Parte GLAW 12101287 - (D) MEYERS 112(1)/103 112(2) 41.50 112(2) MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC LOUIS, LATOYA M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Koenig et al 13269922 - (D) PRATS 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. CABRAL, ROBERT S

1619 Ex Parte DATTA et al 13790592 - (D) NEWMAN 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY GOTFREDSON, GAREN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Bockmeyer et al 12459643 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perie, L.L.P. SHAH, SAMIR

1788 Ex Parte Medley 10579786 - (D) OGDEN 103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP CHANG, VICTOR S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte Duggan et al 14059675 - (D) McCARTNEY 103/double patenting CRGO LAW BRYAN, JASON B

2114 Ex Parte Duggan et al 13784579 - (D) McCARTNEY 103/double patenting CRGO LAW BRYAN, JASON B

2129 Ex Parte SCHINDLER 13923630 - (D) YAP 112(1)/103 112(1)/112(2) Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP SMITH, PAULINHO E

2141 Ex Parte Tevanian et al 12112613 - (D) KUMAR 112(1)/112(2) 102/103 Law Office of J. Nicholas Gross, Prof. Corp WONG, WILLIAM

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Dougherty et al 13331449 - (D) YAP 103 GARLICK & MARKISON (BRCM) TESFAYE, AKLIL M

2456 Ex Parte ALLEN et al 11843620 - (D) STEPHENS 103 KONRAD RAYNES DAVDA & VICTOR, LLP MAI, KEVIN S

2463 Ex Parte Overby et al 11354360 - (D) DIXON 103 CRGO LAW CROMPTON, CHRISTOPHER R

2466 Ex Parte Bosch et al 13793174 - (D) DEJMEK 103 MENDELSOHN DUNLEAVY, P.C. DECKER, CASSANDRA L

2471 Ex Parte Sampath et al 13494057 - (D) CRAIG 103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED ADHAMI, MOHAMMAD SAJID

2498 Ex Parte KOMORI et al 13474333 - (D) McNEILL 103 Paratus Law Group, PLLC PATEL, NIRAV B

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Wilkinson 13174642 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Fox Entertainment Group ELBINGER, STEVEN Z

2651 Ex Parte Nicholson et al 13076544 - (D) YAP 103 Bose Corporation PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G

2688 Ex Parte Khruschchev et al 12737885 - (D) DIXON 102/103 TUTUNJIAN & BITETTO, P,C ALUNKAL, THOMAS D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3679 Ex Parte Hale 13622237 - (D) BROWN 103 SIMPSON & SIMPSON, PLLC FERGUSON, MICHAEL P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Hoffa et al 10831564 - (D) HILL 103 Buchanan Nipper LLC OU, JING RUI

3779 Ex Parte Temple 12471895 - (D) BROWN 103 41.50 103 Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C. KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN

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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