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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte Kroll et al 11737919 - (D) FINK 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP LIN, SHERMAN L

2456 Ex Parte Shen 11382189 - (D) HORVATH 103 BGL/ CHANG, TOM Y

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Ex Parte Home 13480567 - (D) HUME 102/103 ERICSSON INC VIANA DI PRISCO, GERMAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Ex Parte Na et al 13187380 - (D) OWENS 102/103 CARR & FERRELL LLP GRAYBILL, DAVIDE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3684 Ex Parte Patterson et al 13089154 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 Google/Fenwick ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E

3693 Ex Parte Weinflash et al 13213975 - (D) MOHANTY 112(2)/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP BARTLEY, KENNETH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte ODONNELL et al 11327736 - (D) HORNER 103/double patenting HAHN LOESER I LINCOLN MAYE, AYUBA

3743 Ex Parte Johnson et al 13452678 - (D) LANEY 103 REED SMITH LLP LAUX, DAVID J

"Where a claim lists elements separately, the clear implication of the claim language is that those elements are distinct components of the patented invention." Becton, Dickinson & Co. v. Tyco Healthcare Group, LP, 616 F.3d 1249, 1254 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (citations omitted). 

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Livingston 12473957 - (D) HILL 103 102/103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO LLP, BURKE, SEAN P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3772 Ex Parte Nordt et al 13241865 - (D) WORTH 102 102 TILLMAN WRIGHT, PLLC JACKSON, BRANDON LEE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Hwang et al 11568016 - (D) MAJORS 103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner I Coty KARPINSKI, LUKE E

1657 Ex Parte Rabovsky et al 12854944 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (TC) CONSTANTINE, CHARLES Z

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1782 Ex Parte JEONG et al 13683436 - (D) RANGE 103 H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC STRAH, ELI D

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte JETHA et al 13107346 - (D) SHIANG 103/double patenting PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS NICHOLAS, WENDY K

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Murphy et al 12780912 - (D) HUME 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P,C, MCCULLEY, RYAN D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2875 Ex Parte GETTEMY et al 13665701 - (D) RANGE 103 APPLE c/o MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP LA BOWMAN, MARY ELLEN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Albayrak et al 12086463 - (D) MURPHY 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC RUSSELL, DEVON L

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1778 Ex Parte Tomita et al 12730494 - (R) TIMM 103 BURR & BROWN, PLLC FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON GIONTA

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2481 Ex Parte Schwarz et al 12428154 - (D) KOHUT 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP PEREZ FUENTES, LUIS M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Reichenbach 12500390 - (D) MELVIN 102 BGL RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Woltering et al 12308737 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 103 LUCAS & MERCANTI, LLP STONER, KILEY SHAWN

Where a claim lists elements separately, the clear implication of the claim language is that those elements are distinct components of the patented invention. Becton Dickinson & Co. v. Tyco Healthcare Group, 616 F.3d 1249, 1254 (Fed. Cir. 2010). 

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Gervais et al 12892466 - (D) FREDMAN 103 GOODWIN PROCTER LLP TRAN, SUSAN T

1615 Ex Parte Kolbe et al 12402985 - (D) ADAMS 103 Abel Law Group, LLP WAX, ROBERT A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1746 Ex Parte Whitworth et al 13433106 - (D) HASTINGS 103 KLEMCHUK LLP LEE, JAEYUN

1767 Ex Parte Stowell et al 12312594 - (D) SQUIRE 103 DILWORTH & BARRESE, LLP RIOJA, MELISSA A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Metzner 11399035 - (D) FRAHM 103 Baker Botts LLP SHMATOV, ALEXEY

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte KOH 11733038 - (D) MARGOLIES 102 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC SHANG, ANNAN Q

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Arik et al 12984488 - (D) GARRIS 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY WU, JAMES

2859 Ex Parte Shoytush et al 12708477 - (D) GARRIS 103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA

bush, becton, CAE

REVERSED

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Berenstein et al 10/063,315 SCHEINER 103(a) VISTA IP LAW GROUP LLP EXAMINER SEVERSON, RYAN J

3735 Ex Parte Shuros et al 11/616,073 WALSH 103(a) PAULY, DEVRIES SMITH & DEFFNER, L.L.C. EXAMINER TOTH, KAREN E

3739 Ex Parte Plaza 10/820,480 WALSH 103(a) CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP EXAMINER PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F

3761 Ex Parte Hutson et al 10/308,703 SAINDON 103(a) Tessari Patent Law Group, PLLC EXAMINER STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F

3761 Ex Parte Tabor et al 11/024,954 SAINDON 102(b) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F
AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Kolter et al 11/406,320 FREDMAN 112(2)/103(a) CONNOLLY BOVE LODGE & HUTZ LLP EXAMINER DICKINSON, PAUL W

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Bulleit et al 10/858,366 DESHPANDE 103(a) 103(a) AT&T Legal Department - MB EXAMINER SORKOWITZ, DANIEL M

The ordering of references in the rejection is insignificant in the Examiner's obviousness determination. See In re Bush, 296 F.2d 491, 496 (CCPA 1961) (“[W]e deem it to be of no significance, but merely a matter of exposition, that the rejection is stated to be on A in view of B instead of B in view of A, or to term one reference primary and the other secondary.”).
AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1638 Ex Parte Eubanks 10/614,255 WALSH 103(a) Mary Wilkes Eubanks EXAMINER ROBINSON, KEITH O NEAL

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Lewis et al 10/299,284 NAPPI 103(a) AT&T Legal Department - Moazzam EXAMINER RAMPURIA, SHARAD K

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3777 Ex Parte Abernathie 11/258,697 FREDMAN 102(b)/103(a) NEXXT Spine, LLC EXAMINER LUONG, PETER

“Where a claim lists elements separately, ‘the clear implication of the claim language’ is that those elements are ‘distinct component[s]’ of the patented invention”. Becton, Dickinson and Co. v. Tyco Healthcare Group, LP, 616 F.3d 1249, 1254 (Fed. Cir. 2010).
...
While we appreciate the Examiner’s point, it is disfavored to interpret a single element as satisfying two different limitations in a claim. See CAE Screenplates, Inc. v. Heinrich Fiedler GmbH & Co., 224 F.3d 1308, 1317 (Fed.Cir.2000) (“In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, we must presume that the use of... different terms in the claims connotes different meanings.”).
REHEARING

DENIED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1636 Ex Parte Gellman et al 11/482,638 PRATS 102(b) Intellectual Property Dept./Dewitt Ross & Stevens Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation EXAMINER GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M