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Monday, May 6, 2019

greenliant

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1626 Ex Parte Yang et al 14002809 - (D) FLAX 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP YOO, SUN JAE

1646 Ex Parte Gallagher et al 13065878 - (D) GRIMES 103 Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, LLC JIANG, DONG

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Miura et al 14116103 - (D) McMANUS 103 Studebaker & Brackett PC LAW, NGA LEUNG V

1781 Ex Parte CHAN et al 13766181 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 GREER, BURNS & CRAIN, LTD. YANG, ZHEREN J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte James et al 14620365 - (D) CYGAN 102/103 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. c/o Davidson Sheehan LLP JOSHI, SURAJ M

2489 Ex Parte Robert 14263624 - (D) EVANS 103 GATES & COOPER LLP - Autodesk HASAN, MAINUL

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte Haase et al 14272073 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP/Google LLC LE, MICHAEL

2687 Ex Parte Klein et al 15058911 - (D) CYGAN 112(2)/102/103 Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C. WANG, JACK K

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Lee et al 14264208 - (D) FRANKLIN 102/103 ZIOLKOWSKI PATENT SOLUTIONS GROUP, SC (EATON) FIGUEROA, FELIX 0

2872 Ex Parte Hettler et al 14597340 - (D) ROSS 103 OHLANDT, GREELEY, RUGGIERO & PERLE, LLP PATEL, VIPIN

If, however, the process steps of the product-by-process claim result in a product that is structurally or functionally different from that disclosed in the prior art, then the claims are not unpatentable. Greenliant Systems, Inc. v. Xicor LLC, 692 F.3d 1261, 1268 (Fed. Cir. 2012).

Greenliant Systems, Inc. v. Xicor LLC, 692 F.3d 1261, 103 USPQ2d 1951 (Fed. Cir. 2012) 1412.02

2898 Ex Parte Gaynor et al 14199146 - (D) COURTENAY 103 41.50 102/103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION BACHNER, ROBERT G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte FUJISAWA et al 14257066 - (D) MURPHY 101 LEX IP MEISTER, PLLC COBURN, CORBETT B

3731 Ex Parte Lelie et al 14907373 - (D) MURPHY 112(1)/103 OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP WEEKS, GLORIA R

3732 Ex Parte Peyton et al 14179956 - (D) KOHUT 112(2)/103 Quinn IP Law/NIKE, Inc. HUYNH, KHOA D

3733 Ex Parte Wurster et al 13016380 - (D) KERINS 102 STRADLEY RONON STEVENS & YOUNG, LLP MATHEW, FENN C

3733 Ex Parte Habibi-Naini et al 14119268 - (D) MURPHY 102/103 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP VOLZ, ELIZABETH J

3741 Ex Parte Kunihiro 13774409 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP GOYAL, ARUN

3771 Ex Parte Slazas et al 13802114 - (D) OSINSKI 103 TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP MENDOZA, MICHAEL G

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 Ex Parte Jairazbhoy et al 14189123 - (D) OGDEN 103 112(2)/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2135 Ex Parte Hoayun 13960940 - (D) KRIVAK 103 103 Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP/Qualcomm WADDY JR, EDWARD

2177 Ex Parte Ivory et al 13911953 - (D) FRAHM 101/102/103 102/103 IBM CORP. (WSM) c/o WINSTEAD P.C. NGUYEN, CHAU T

2177 Ex Parte Ivory et al 13913585 - (D) FRAHM 101/102/103 102/103 IBM CORP. (WSM) c/o WINSTEAD P.C. NGUYEN, CHAU T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte YEN et al 14039024 - (D) SNAY 102/103 103 Hauptman Ham, LLP (TSMC) HINSON, RONALD

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte CROSS 11422907 - (D) HUME 101/103 103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (Cerner Corporation) COLEMAN, CHARLES P.

3659 Ex Parte Rake et al 14411867 - (D) STEPHENS 102/103 102/103 BGL WRIGHT, DIRK

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Podgorski et al 13621376 - (D) BROWNE 112(2)/103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. BURKE, THOMAS P

3746 Ex Parte Farrugia et al 13713902 - (D) STEPINA 103 103 Botos Churchill IP Law LLP COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT

3793 Ex Parte Gencheff 14531482 - (D) CHANG 102/103 112(1)/112(4) WOOD, PHILLIPS, KATZ, CLARK & MORTIMER LUONG, PETER

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Fassih et al 14150038 - (D) WISZ 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON PROSSER, ALISSA J

1643 Ex Parte Imran 14152647 - (D) FREDMAN 112(1) Alston & Bird LLP/ InCube Labs, LLC CANELLA, KAREN A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Kabasawa et al 13989605 - (D) BEST 103 OLIFF PLC CAMPBELL, NATASHA N.

1717 Ex Parte Swarup et al 13780628 - (D) OGDEN 103 PPG Industries, Inc. WALTERS JR, ROBERTS

1723 Ex Parte Yu et al 14559180 - (D) CASHION 103 LGCHEM Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP ZHANG, HAIXIA

1725 Ex Parte FLECKENSTEIN et al 13898837 - (D) SNAY 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP CONLEY, OI K

1732 Ex Parte Bull et al 12612142 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP DAVIS, SHENG HAN

1733 Ex Parte Dorward et al 13867682 - (D) BEST 103 Yancy IP Law, PLLC MORILLO, JANELL COMBS

1766 Ex Parte Wardius et al 13190648 - (D) RANGE 103 Covestro LLC DOLLINGER, MICHAEL M

1767 Ex Parte YANG et al 14441233 - (D) TIMM 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) HEINCER, LIAM J

1777 Ex Parte Smith et al 14205654 - (D) HOUSEL 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC ALI, WAQAAS A

1783 Ex Parte Ban et al 13129217 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Foley & Lardner LLP GUO, TONG

1792 Ex Parte Solorio 13390875 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Solae, LLC YOO, HONG THI

1793 Ex Parte Timm et al 14056439 - (D) SMITH 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA MOORE, WALTER A

1795 Ex Parte Limback et al 14529233 - (D) KENNEDY 103 McKee, Voorhees & Sease P.L.C. ATTN: Ecolab Inc JAIN, SAUL

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2153 Ex Parte Meyer et al 14078459 - (D) NAPPI 103 Facebook/Fenwick VO, CECILE H

2169 Ex Parte Lewis 13957849 - (D) KOHUT 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY ALLEN, BRITTANY N

2173 Ex Parte Moore et al 13596666 - (D) BEAMER 103 DENTONS US LLP - Apple ULRICH, NICHOLAS S

2181 Ex Parte NAGASAKA et al 13339853 - (D) BENNETT 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LEE, CHUN KUAN

2191 Ex Parte Elzein 15147947 - (D) SAADAT 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L WU, DAXIN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Arling et al 14483647 - (D) MacDONALD 103/OTDP Greenberg Traurig, LLP SALTARELLI, DOMINIC D

2489 Ex Parte Forland et al 13336607 - (D) RAEVSKY 103 Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Intellectual Property Group, Fluke Patents KIR, ALBERT

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Lombardi et al 14615519 - (D) KUMAR 112(1) 103 Motorola/ Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP KHAN, MEHMOOD B

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte Tan et al 15187439 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Advent/Maxim VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS

2842 Ex Parte RYU et al 14536821 - (D) RANGE 103 112(1) Jefferson IP Law, LLP WELLS, KENNETH B

2857 Ex Parte Gail et al 13951608 - (D) SNAY 101 The Ollila Law Group LLC SCHECHTER, ANDREW M

2881 Ex Parte Brown et al 14768376 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Kacvinsky Daisak Bluni PLLC (8185) SMYTH, ANDREW P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte GALINOS 14554956 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 101 41.50 101 COOPER & DUNHAM, LLP HOAR, COLLEEN A

3673 Ex Parte Dixon et al 13941179 - (D) HOELTER 102/103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP POLITO, NICHOLAS F

3684 Ex Parte Urdang 13599416 - (D) DIXON 101/103 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E

3685 Ex Parte Priebatsch et al 13797287 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 112(2)/101 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (BO) CHOO, JOHANN Y

3686 Ex Parte HAMILTON et al 14048365 - (D) DEJMEK 101 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (Cerner Corporation) NGUYEN, TRAN N

3688 Ex Parte ALTBERG et al 11738300 - (D) MORGAN 101 GREENSFELDER HEMKER & GALE PC ALVAREZ, RAQUEL

3691 Ex Parte Smith et al 13360537 - (D) DEJMEK 101 DANIEL M. FITZGERALD (21652) KAZIMI, HANI M

3696 Ex Parte Blythe 11964859 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 Budzyn IP Law, LLC CHANG, EDWARD

3696 Ex Parte WOODMANSEY et al 12948119 - (D) MOHANTY 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. BOVEJA, NAMRATA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Milder 14207507 - (D) CAPP 101/103 LEWIS, BRISBOIS, BISGAARD & SMITH LLP COLLINS, DOLORES R

3715 Ex Parte Spiridonov et al 13655201 - (D) HOFFMANN 101 VAN PELT, YI & JAMES LLP AND FACEBOOK, INC. UTAMA, ROBERT J

3732 Ex Parte Hurlock et al 14139794 - (D) DOUGAL 103 Intellectual Property Venture Group LYNCH, MEGAN E

3763 Ex Parte Johnson 14086835 - (D) FINAMORE 103 Hovey Williams LLP ALVARE, PAUL
AFFIRMED 3791 Ex Parte Reavy 13844681 - (D) CAPP 101 Neymeyer-Tynkov LLC CERIONI, DANIEL LEE

3791 Ex Parte Tanaka et al 13879135 - (D) HOFFMANN 101 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY

Monday, February 6, 2017

amgen3, greenliant

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Singhal 13421620 - (D) KINDER 102/103 TARA CHAND SINGHAL SZPIRA, JULIE ANN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1639 Ex Parte Beckers et al 13148070 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS SMITH, JONAH

We do not find this argument persuasive because claim 15 is drawn to an apparatus, not a method for forming a substrate, and because claim 15 does not require a “uniform” material as in claim 1. “In determining validity of a product-by-process claim, the focus is on the product and not the process of making it.” Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 1369 (Fed.Cir. 2009). The process of making is only relevant “if the process by which a product is made imparts ‘structural and functional differences’ distinguishing the claimed product from the prior art” Greenliant Systems, Inc. v. Xicor LLC, 692 F.3d 1261, 1268 (Fed. Cir.2012).

Here, Appellants do not identify any structural or functional differences that result from the process of injection molding relative to the microfluidic device with microchannels rendered obvious by Huang and Sibarani (FF 5—10).

Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 92 USPQ2d 1289 (Fed. Cir. 2009) 2113

Greenliant Systems, Inc. v. Xicor LLC, 692 F.3d 1261, 103 USPQ2d 1951 (Fed. Cir. 2012) 1412.02

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Aylor et al 13507607 - (D) McCOLLUM 102/103 Robert B. Aylor HEYER, DENNIS

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Jiang et al 13113264 - (D) PRAISS 112(1) 103 Matheson Keys Daffer & Kordzik PLLC LUK, VANESSA TIBAY

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2656 Ex Parte Binder 12358551 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 112(1) 112(1)/102/103 May Patents Ltd. c/o Dorit Shem-Tov WOO, STELLA L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Cohen et al 11942188 - (D) FETTING 103 Walder Intellectual Property Law (END) OFORI-AWUAH, MAAME

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

greenliant

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte Ludwig et al 13089431 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 41.50 103 HONEYWELL/FOGG KIM, EUNHEE

2161 Ex Parte Gold 12906108 - (D) NAPPI 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise BIBBEE, JARED M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2477 Ex Parte Fenart et al 11270319 - (D) EVANS 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (CH) PERSAUD, AMARNAUTH G

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Lu 13117887 - (D) MOORE 103 41.50 102 HONEYWELL/LKGlobal LU, WILLIAM

2697 Ex Parte HAUKE et al 12795267 - (D) EVANS 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P,C, PATEL, SANJIV D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Knipfer et al 12191170 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 Yee & Associates, P.C. SHEIKH, ASFAND M

3629 Ex Parte Petersen 12764148 - (D) HUTCHINGS 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 Concert Technology Corporation SENSENIG, SHAUN D

3646 Ex Parte MacDonald et al 12945828 - (D) BROWNE 103 NXP-LARSON NEWMAN, LLP MCGUE, FRANK J

3687 Ex Parte Bonanni et al 11998103 - (D) WORTH 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY REFAI, RAMSEY

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Ex Parte Rivera et al 13221193 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 112(2)/103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Karamuk 11558096 - (D) WORTH 103 103 Pearne & Gordon LLP DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY

Appellant asserts that Brander is a monolithic structure and argues  that this claim limitation requires that the mounting enclosure be formed  from a plurality of pieces (id.). However, we agree with the Examiner that  as a product claim, even as a product-by-process claim, the structure is not limited by the method of manufacture (Ans. 8). See Greenliant Sys., Inc. v.  Xicor LLC, 692 F.3d 1261, 1268 (Fed. Cir. 2012) ("'[i]n determining  validity of a product-by-process claim, the focus is on the product and not the process of making it."). Further, nothing in the claim language, or Specification, limits the meaning of "portions" to pre-assembly portions. 

Greenliant Systems, Inc. v. Xicor LLC, 692 F.3d 1261, 103 USPQ2d 1951 (Fed. Cir. 2012) 1412.02

3693 Ex Parte Bhosle et al 13411113 - (D) MEYERS 103 103 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP ALLADIN, AMBREEN A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte SHARMA et al 13349029 - (D) KRATZ 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC MELLOTT, JAMES M

1715 Ex Parte Horner et al 12770387 - (D) HEANEY 103 Covidien LP SELLMAN, CACHET I

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte Nanson et al 13033708 - (D) BAER 102 Siemens Corporation PIERRE LOUIS, ANDRE

2175 Ex Parte Flynn et al 12608694 - (D) MOORE 103 PAULEY ERICKSON & KOTTIS ORR, HENRY W

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 Ex Parte Ludden et al 12770415 - (D) KHAN 103 SYNAPTICS C/O WAGNER BLECHER LLP GE, JIN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 Ex Parte Wanner et al 13138602 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP NGUYEN, VIET P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 Ex Parte Hartl et al 12985575 - (D) CAPP 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P,CJFG1L KAN, YURI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte Smith et al 13272416 - (D) KERINS 101 41.50 101 Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. LIDDLE, JAY TRENT

3735 Ex Parte Ferren et al 12228151 - (D) REIMERS 112(2) 112(1)/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC WEARE, MEREDITH H

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Hallowell et al 13050622 - (D) DANG 103 Blank Rome LLP JUSTUS, RALPH H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte BURAGOHAIN et al 12838627 - (D) BROWNE 101 Blank Rome LLP Brocade MANSFIELD, THOMAS L

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

kim, greenliant, ergo, katz interactive, NTP, american academy, baxter intern.2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Hikata 10590011 - (D) GARRIS 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP HORNING, JOEL G

1721 Ex Parte Goebel et al 10973043 - (D) HANLON 103 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY VAJDA, PETER L

1782 Ex Parte Fearing et al 11143372 - (D) HOUSEL 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 102 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP FROST, ANTHONY J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Eytchison et al 10763701 - (D) HOFF 103 HAVERSTOCK & OWENS LLP LONG, ANDREA NATAE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte PILKINGTON 12041904 - (D) SCANLON 102 Krieg DeVault LLP SWINNEY, JENNIFER B

3766 Ex Parte Moffitt 11752898 - (D) ASTORINO 103 Vista IP Law Group LLP LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2189 Ex Parte Moyer 11619294 - (D) THOMAS Concurring BOALICK 103 103 LARSON NEWMAN, LLP SADLER, NATHAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Ex Parte Sohn 11732192 - (D) COURTENAY 103 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. SCHWARTZ, JOSHUA L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2800 Ex Parte Kashihara et al 10560244 - (D) THOMAS 103 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC TAMAI, KARL I

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Ihle 11919917 - (D) PLENZLER 103 112(2)/103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION TYLER, CHERYL JACKSON

3781 Ex Parte Schessl et al 10575297 - (D) SAINDON 103 112(1)/102/103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 Ex Parte Karl 12159991 - (D) SMITH 112(2)/103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN

1786 Ex Parte Burrow et al 11958871 - (D) PRAISS Concurring WARREN 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON CHOI, PETER Y

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Watanabe 10716622 - (D) BRANCH 103 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP HOTELLING, HAROLD A

2166 Ex Parte Dettinger et al 10365098 - (D) COURTENAY 103 IBM Corporation, Dept. 917 William J. McGinnis, Jr AHLUWALIA, NAVNEET K

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte Chouanard et al 11209290 - (D) BENOIT 101/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. /Oracle America/ SUN / STK MEANS, JAREN M

2448 Ex Parte Fung et al 11272603 - (D) BRANCH 103 IBM CORPORATION C/O: VanCott Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy STRANGE, AARON N

2471 Ex Parte Izumi 12858009 - (D) GARRIS 251 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. HYUN, SOON D

To decide whether a patentee surrendered certain subject matter, we must determine "whether an objective observer viewing the prosecution history would conclude that the purpose of the patentee's amendment or argument" concerning a particular claim was for reasons of patentability, that is, "to overcome prior art and secure the patent." Kim v. ConAgra Foods, Inc., 465 F.3d 1312, 1323 (Fed. Cir.2006).

Greenliant Systems, Inc. v. XICOR LLC, 692 F. 3d 1261, 1267 (Fed. Cir. 2012)

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Suzuki et al 11062807 - (D) BENOIT 102 MYERS WOLIN, LLC ZEWARI, SAYED T

2648 Ex Parte Nagy 10755814 - (D) GONSALVES 101/103 DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. HUANG, WEN WU

2649 Ex Parte Won et al 11219884 - (D) DIXON 103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. CHEN, JUNPENG

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Courtney et al 11220162 - (D) PETRAVICK 112(2) 103 Patient Practitioners, LLC KANAAN, MAROUN P

“[A] general purpose computer is sufficient structure if the function of a term such as ‘means for processing’ requires no more than merely ‘processing,’ which any general-purpose computer may do without any special programming.” Ergo Licensing, LLC v. CareFusion 303, Inc., 673 F.3d 1361, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (citing In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Patent Litigation 639 F.3d 1303, 1316-17 (Fed.Cir.2011)).

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3773 Ex Parte Gray et al 10791345 - (D) PRATS 102/obviousness-type double patenting JOHNSON & JOHNSON BUI, VY Q

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2687 Ex Parte Becker et al 10564607 - (D) WINSOR 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP SHERWIN, RYAN W

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 APPLE, INC. Requester v. ZAPMEDIA SERVICES, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 95001144 7020704 09/679,688 WEINBERG 102/103 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: TRACY W. DRUCE NOVAK DRUCE + QUIGG LLP FERRIS III, FRED O original PRIETO, BEATRIZ

Our reviewing court, however, has held that “[i]n reexamination, ‘claims . . . are to be given their broadest reasonable interpretation consistent with the specification, and . . . claim language should be read in light of the specification as it would be interpreted by one of ordinary skill in the art.’” In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1268, 1274 (Fed. Cir. 2011), quoting In re American Academy of Science Tech Center, 367 F.3d 1359, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2004); see also In re Baxter Intern., Inc., 678 F.3d 1357, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (holding that because District Court proceedings and reexamination proceedings in the PTO apply different burdens of proof and rely on different records, the PTO did not err by failing to provide a detailed explanation as to why the PTO came to a different determination than did the court system). We will follow the Federal Circuit’s holding.

American Academy of Science Tech. Center, In re, 367 F.3d 1359, 70 USPQ2d 1827 (Fed. Cir. 2004)  2111,  2111.01


2161 GOOGLE, INC., APPLE, INC., and NAPSTER, INC. Requesters, Respondents v. INTERTAINER, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant 95000313 6925469 09/947,592 MOHANTY 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 MARTIN & FERRARO, LLP Third Party Requester: Fish & Richardson, PC FERRIS III, FRED O original COBY, FRANTZ