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REVERSED 
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3675 Ex Parte Berger 11804303 - (D) STEPINA 103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB LUGO, CARLOS

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Henry 11594415 - (D) LaVIER 103 BRINKS GILSON & LIONE HUNTLEY, DANIEL CARROLL

Although claims directed to an apparatus must be distinguished from the prior art in terms of structure rather than function, to satisfy the functional limitations in an apparatus claim, the prior art apparatus must be capable of performing the claimed function. See In re Schreiber, 128 F.3d 1473, 1478 (Fed. Cir. 1997). In addition, the mere capability of performing the claimed function is not the complete inquiry; the Examiner should additionally determine whether it would have been obvious to modify the prior art system to arrive at the claimed system. See In re Giannelli, 739 F.3d 1375, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2014). As “[p]hysical capability alone does not render obvious that which is contraindicated,” id., the Examiner’s assessment that Moehring is “capable of” the functions recited in claim 1, (Ans. 11), is insufficient in view of our conclusion that Moehring teaches away from those very functions.

Schreiber, In re, 128 F.3d 1473, 44 USPQ2d 1429 (Fed. Cir. 1997) 2111.02 , 2112 , 2114

3771 Ex Parte Burbank et al 12396358 - (D) REIMERS 103 CROCKETT & CROCKETT, P.C. LOUIS, LATOYA M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte COPPOLA et al 12204193 - (D) SHAW 102/103 IBM CORPORATION HWA, SHYUE JIUNN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Sridhar et al 12061525 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 CAPITOL PATENT & TRADEMARK LAW FIRM, PLLC BROWN, RUEBEN M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2829 Ex Parte Egitto et al 11976629 - (D) TIMM 103 HINMAN, HOWARD & KATTELL, LLP ARROYO, TERESA M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Berridge 11978883 - (D) REIMERS 103 LAW OFFICES OF CHRISTOPHER L. MAKAY ADAMOS, THEODORE V

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 Ex Parte Srinivasan et al 12692954 - (D) GARRIS 103 ADVANCED LIQUID LOGIC, INC. C/O WARD AND SMITH, P.A. SODERQUIST, ARLEN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex Parte Sukach et al 10988942 - (D) PAULRAJ 103 Baker Botts LLP FABER, DAVID

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Ex Parte Jung et al 11041861 - (D) ASTORINO 103 IV - SUITER SWANTZ PC LLO DONAGHUE, LARRY D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte FEBONIO et al 11566358 - (D) ASTORINO 103 IBM CORP (YA) C/O YEE & ASSOCIATES PC MARCUS, LELAND R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Tjelmeland 11762862 - (D) GRIMES 103 DUBOIS, BRYANT, CAMPBELL & SCHWARTZ, LLP MILES, JONATHAN WADE

3738 Ex Parte Stevens 10047581 - (D) GRIMES 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex Parte Bangor 10267068 - (D) MacDONALD 103 103 AT&T Legal Department - JW TRAN, QUOC A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3644 Ex Parte Cloft 12016234 - (D) HOELTER 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global SANDERSON, JOSEPH W

Marche is silent regarding any teaching of a pivotal support and we have recently been instructed that
indicating that a prior device could perform as claimed without also indicating “whether it was obvious to modify” the prior device to do so, is indicative that the Examiner has not “met his initial burden of establishing a case of prima facie obviousness.” In re Giannelli, 739 F.3d 1375, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2014).

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Wu et al 11849815 - (D) BROWN 103 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (PCPI) C/O FLETCHER YODER HEINRICH, SAMUEL M

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2644 Ex Parte Kueh 11730481 - (D) STEPHENS 102 SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL PATEL, AJIT

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3686 Ex Parte Jung et al 11728025 - (D) CHERRY 103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC PAULS, JOHN A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte Murdock 12152790 - (D) ASTORINO 112(2)/102 Southeast IP Group, LLC VOLZ, ELIZABETH J