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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

busche

REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Kruse 11/446,933 SMITH 103(a) LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP EXAMINER RIGGLEMAN, JASON PAUL

1765 Ex Parte Harrower et al 11/183,113 TIMM 102(b)/103(a) CRAIG W. RODDY HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES EXAMINER FIGUEROA, JOHN J

1773 Ex Parte Swanson et al 11/026,678 SMITH 103(a) FOLEY & LARDNER EXAMINER CHORBAJI, MONZER R

1773 Ex Parte Yao et al 10/835,101 NAGUMO 102(b)/obviousness-type double patenting Lin & Associates EXAMINER LEVKOVICH, NATALIA A

1791 Ex Parte Ikari et al 11/515,730 WARREN 103(a) BACON & THOMAS, PLLC EXAMINER OSELE, MARK A

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3664 Ex Parte Myers et al 11/067,181 SAINDON 103(a) HUGH P. GORTLER EXAMINER JEN, MINGJEN

3664 Ex Parte Provost et al 11/407,000 BAHR 112(2)/103(a) HUGH P. GORTLER EXAMINER JEN, MINGJEN

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3767 Ex Parte Lobbins et al 11/562,042 BAHR 112(2)/103(a) MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. EXAMINER CARPENTER, WILLIAM R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Haynes et al 11/588,953 SMITH 103(a)/112(1) BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. c/o CPA GlobalEXAMINER BAREFORD, KATHERINE A

1746 Ex Parte Hayes et al 11/594,522 NAGUMO 103(a) 103(a) Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY EXAMINER SQUALLS, MARGARET

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte Schofield 11/260,062 BARRY 102(b)/103(a) 102(b) IBM CORP. (WSM) c/o WINSTEAD P.C. EXAMINER SOMERS, MARC S

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 Ex Parte Elstone et al 11/103,143 SPAHN 103(a) 103(a) Walter J. Tencza Jr. EXAMINER HICKS, ROBERT J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3762 Ex Parte 7236821 et al INNERPULSE, INC. Requester and Appellant v. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION Patent Owner 95/000,330 10/079,056 COCKS 102(e)/103(a) 102(e)/103(a) PATENT OWNER: AARON L. PARKER, ESQ. FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNLAP, L.L.P. THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: BRAD D. PEDERSEN, ESQ. PATTERSON THUENTE CHRISTENSEN PEDERSEN, P.A. original EXAMINER GETZOW, SCOTT M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART & REVERSED-IN-PART

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)

3765 Ex Parte 7159280 et al PRECISION COMB WORKS, INC. Requester and Appellant v. Patent of MARRINER IMPORT EXPORT & FALLERS INTERNATIONAL LTD. Patent Owner and Respondent 95/000,356 10/969,261 DELMENDO 103(a) 102(b)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103(a) PATENT OWNER: HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: LARRY G. BROWN CUENOT, FORSYTHE & KIMEXAMINER WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE original EXAMINER SUTTON, ANDREW W

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1637 Ex Parte Larder et al 11/803,541 GRIMES 103(a) WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP EXAMINER MUMMERT, STEPHANIE KANE

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Buckanin et al 11/183,004 TIMM 103(a) 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY EXAMINER WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P

1727 Ex Parte Kocha et al 11/172,504 TIMM 103(a) CARY W. BROOKS General Motors Corporation EXAMINER ROE, CLAIRE LOUISE

1729 Ex Parte Meltser et al 10/982,304 SMITH 112(2)/103(a) MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION EXAMINER ECHELMEYER, ALIX ELIZABETH

1763 Ex Parte Fregonese 11/573,695 WARREN 103(a) PARFOMAK, ANDREW N. NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS PA EXAMINER ASDJODI, MOHAMMAD REZA

1763 Ex Parte Yamane et al 10/593,633 SMITH 103(a) SUGHRUE MION, PLLC EXAMINER CANO, MILTON I

1765 Ex Parte Hager et al 11/473,685 SMITH 103(a) BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE LLC EXAMINER COONEY, JOHN M

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Jensen et al 11/190,179 CHEN 102(e)/103(a) INVENSYS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT EXAMINER YEN, SYLING

2179 Ex Parte Darty et al 10/854,132 DILLON 103(a) FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG EXAMINER HUYNH, BA

2167 Ex Parte Deubel et al 11/111,508 JEFFERY 101/102(b) SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP EXAMINER BADAWI, SHERIEF

In short, Appellants’ amendment to the Specification—without a corresponding claim amendment—falls short of overcoming the Examiner’s § 101 rejection of claim 16. See id. (noting that adding the term “non-transitory” to a claim drawn to computer readable medium that covers both transitory and nontransitory embodiments can avoid a rejection under § 101). Accord Ex parte Busche, No. 2009-007718, 2010 WL 5184640, at *5 (BPAI 2010) (nonprecedential).

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Dresti et al 10/749,089 KRIVAK 103(a) GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (CHI) EXAMINER HUYNH, SON P

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2815 Ex Parte Omi et al 10/732,511 JEFFERY 103(a) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC EXAMINER WARREN, MATTHEW E

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3693 Ex Parte Sellers et al 09/909,439 PETRAVICK 103(a) PRIEST & GOLDSTEIN PLLC EXAMINER BORLINGHAUS, JASON M