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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Lichtenberger 12883873 - (D) FREDMAN 103 FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP KISHORE, GOLLAMUDI S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1742 Ex Parte Ishaque et al 12438296 - (D) SMITH 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP TENTONI, LEO B

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3673 Ex Parte FANTL et al 12835056 - (D) GERSTENBLYTH 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3768 Ex Parte van der Kouwe et al 11977153 - (D) MILLS 102 QUARLES & BRADY LLP EVOY, NICHOLAS LANE

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte Wroblewski 11417764 - (D) PAULRAJ 102 102 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC OSMAN, RAMY M

We do not find the Examiner's interpretation of the claim language to be reasonable.  "[A]s a general rule the claim is not limited to performance of the steps in the order recited, unless the claim explicitly or implicitly requires a specific order."  Baldwin Graphic Sys. Inc. v. Siebert, Inc., 512 F. 3d 1338, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (citing Interactive Gift Express, Inc. v. Compuserve Inc., 256 F.3d 1323, 1342-43 (Fed. Cir 2001)); see also In re Gleizer, 356 Fed. Appx. 415, 419 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 15, 2009) (non-precedential) (Even where claims are given their broadest reasonable interpretation before the PTO, method claims may implicitly necessitate the performance of steps in a particular order).

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1756 Ex Parte Reiter 10810638 - (D) TIMM 103 Tabarrock & Zahrt (10/11 Seagate) MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN

1792 Ex Parte KAMPER et al 12212149 - (D) OWENS 103 John A. O'Toole WILLIAMS, LELA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte Baek et al 11387866 - (D) STRAUSS 103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. KEATON, SHERROD L

2166 Ex Parte Knittel et al 11417560 - (D) DANG 102 WALL & TONG, LLP/ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. PHAM, KHANH B

2178 Ex Parte Chakra et al 11845176 - (D) JENKS 103 Jordan IP Law (IBM-RSW) TSUI, WILSON W

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Kuether et al 11931450 - (D) FISHMAN 103 THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. ALAM, MUSHFIKH I

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Landschaft et al 11530239 - (D) BOUDREAU 103 HITT GAINES, PC HUA, QUAN M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2811 Ex Parte Furukawa et al 10767065 - (D) KATZ 103 IBM CORPORATION NADAV, ORI

2878 Ex Parte Aufranc et al 11640041 - (D) DELMENDO 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY LE, BAO-LUAN Q

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3772 Ex Parte Eckstein 12223531 - (D) WORTH 103 DREISS, FUHLENDORF, STEIMLE & BECKER HICKS, VICTORIA J

REHEARING

DENIED 
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3672 Ex Parte FREYER 12624282 - (D) HOELTER 103 SMITH IP SERVICES, P.C. ANDREWS, DAVID L

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2413 Ex parte CIAN IP LLC Patent Owner Ex Parte 5659680 et al 08/491,341 90012410 - (D) DANG 103 Ascenda Law Group, PC Third Party Requester: MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN KOWERT & GOETZEL, PC STEELMAN, MARY J original PALYS, JOSEPH E

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2626 Ex parte HYBRID AUDIO, LLC Patent Owner Ex Parte RE40,281 E et al 10/994,925 90012364 - (D) DANG 102/103 Sheridan Ross, PC Third Party Requester: PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP (CV) SORRELL, ERON J original KNEPPER, DAVID D

baldwin graphic, interactive gift, mulder, gould, bey

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Sawhney et al 10795132 - (D) SCHEINER 103 DARDI & HERBERT, PLLC MAEWALL, SNIGDHA

1615 Ex Parte Wu et al 10663568 - (D) SCHEINER 112(1)/112(2)/103 SQUIRE SANDERS (US) LLP WORSHAM, JESSICA N

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Ding et al 11166659 - (D) HOFF 103 Synopsys/Fenwick LO, SUZANNE

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2422 Ex Parte Butterworth 11796076 - (D) JENKS Concurring McCOLLUM 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY YENKE, BRIAN P

2437 Ex Parte Nyberg 10256256 - (D) KRIVAK 112(1) Harrington & Smith, Attorneys At Law, LLC WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L

2446 Ex Parte Korzinov et al 10854532 - (D) EVANS 101/103 Harrington & Smith, Attorneys At Law, LLC GILLIS, BRIAN J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2679 Ex Parte Visser 10512721 - (D) CHEN 112(1)/103 Philips Electronics North America Corporation BROOME, SAID A

2695 Ex Parte Musto 11042893 - (D) KRIVAK 103 COOPER & DUNHAM, LLP LAMB, CHRISTOPHER RAY

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2898 Ex Parte Rulke et al 10987484 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. c/o Williams, Morgan & Amerson MALDONADO, JULIO J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3645 Ex Parte Leach et al 11699638 - (D) KERINS 103 LLNS / John P. Wooldridge LOBO, IAN J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Saito et al 10532586 - (D) ASTORINO 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. SCRUGGS, ROBERT J

3745 Ex Parte Chen 10552376 - (D) BROWNE 102/103 HONEYWELL/GRIECCI VERDIER, CHRISTOPHER M

3767 Ex Parte Chew 12227342 - (D) WALSH 103 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/Ann Arbor PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP

3767 Ex Parte Trovato et al 12306017 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 Harter Secrest & Emery LLP PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP

3769 Ex Parte Rioux et al 11879537 - (D) McCOLLUM 102/103 Mayer & Williams CRANDALL, LYNSEY P

3775 Ex Parte Colquhoun et al 11754925 - (D) GREEN 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON WAGGLE, JR, LARRY E

3777 Ex Parte Schroder et al 11775915 - (D) JENKS Concurring McCOLLUM 103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP GUPTA, VANI

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1648 Ex Parte Lyons et al 10732862 - (D) JENKS 112(1) 103/obvious-type double patenting Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz LUCAS, ZACHARIAH

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte BABITZ 12636626 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1) 102/103 Albemarle Netherlands B.V. WOOD, JARED M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Wisniewski et al 10724845 - (D) CURCURI 102 102/103 HARRINGTON & SMITH WALSH, JOHN B

2478 Ex Parte Parry et al 10615764 - (D) FRAHM 103 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SMARTH, GERALD A

“[A]lthough a method claim necessarily recites the steps of the method in a particular order, as a general rule the claim is not limited to performance of the steps in the order recited, unless the claim explicitly or implicitly requires a specific order.” Baldwin Graphics Systems, Inc. v. Siebert, Inc., 512 F.3d 1338, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2008); see also Interactive Gift Express, Inc. v. Compuserve Inc., 256 F.3d 1323, 1342-43 (Fed. Cir. 2001).

2494 Ex Parte Boemker et al 11623606 - (D) JEFFERY 103 102/103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP ABRISHAMKAR, KAVEH

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2643 Ex Parte Abraham 11771831 - (D) MOORE 103 obvious-type double patenting STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. D AGOSTA, STEPHEN M

2657 Ex Parte BROSTROM 11456517 - (D) McKONE 103 103 MOORE AND VAN ALLEN PLLC FOR SEMC KAZEMINEZHAD, FARZAD

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2879 Ex Parte Vardeny et al 11404646 - (D) EVANS 103 103 GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE,ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C BOWMAN, MARY ELLEN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Whitney 11245648 - (D) KERINS 103 103 MCGUIREWOODS, LLP KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K

3664 Ex Parte Valen et al 10491295 - (D) MORRISON 102/103 102/103 VENABLE LLP AMIN, BHAVESH V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 Ex Parte Mathys 11222468 - (D) McCARTHY 102/103 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC LEWIS, JUSTIN V

3741 Ex Parte Vinson et al 10783162 - (D) RICE 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY DWIVEDI, VIKANSHA S

3752 Ex Parte Carey et al 11809290 - (D) POWELL 102 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102 BUCKNAM AND ARCHER HWU, DAVIS D

3767 Ex Parte Guo et al 11967219 - (D) SCHEINER 103 obviousness-type double patenting SJM/AFD-WILEY Kite & Key, LLC OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES

3782 Ex Parte Littlejohn et al 10963686 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 103 103 Georgia-Pacific LLC DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1648 Ex Parte Lyons et al 11508655 - (D) JENKS 112(1)/103/obvious-type double patenting Edward P.Gamson LUCAS, ZACHARIAH

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Macor et al 10566741 - (D) METZ 103 BASF Corporation HORNING, JOEL G

1746 Ex Parte Kannankeril et al 10522473 - (D) TIMM 103 Sealed Air Corporation SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T

1746 Ex Parte Kannankeril et al 10858803 - (D) TIMM 103 SEALED AIR CORPORATION GOFF II, JOHN L

1781 Ex Parte Hayes et al 12262883 - (D) COLAIANNI 103/obviousness-type double patenting E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY KHAN, TAHSEEN

1788 Ex Parte LANDRY et al 11680344 - (D) PRAISS 103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC LE, HOA T

1789 Ex Parte Angadjivand et al 11693186 - (D) FRANKLIN 102/103/obvious-type double patenting 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY STEELE, JENNIFER A

1791 Ex Parte Owoc 11703307 - (D) NAGUMO 103 SALIWANCHIK, LLOYD & EISENSCHENK DEGUIRE, KATHERINE E

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Guillen et al 10488984 - (D) MOORE 103 Thomson Multimedia Licensing Inc LY, CHEYNE D

2191 Ex Parte Herle 10600223 - (D) KRIVAK 103 Docket Clerk RAMPURIA, SATISH

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Ex Parte Dow et al 10396230 - (D) JEFFERSON 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP LIN, JASON K

2442 Ex Parte Eisen 10464335 - (D) MOORE 103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN

2444 Ex Parte Cai 10210989 - (D) RUGGIERO 103/Obviousness-type Double Patenting Rejection Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt IBRAHIM, MOHAMED

2444 Ex Parte Hubis 10714031 - (D) THOMAS 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP BENGZON, GREG C

2453 Ex Parte Molnar 09934738 - (D) NEW 103 MOORE & VAN ALLEN PLLC CHOUDHURY, AZIZUL Q

2485 Ex Parte Sorebo 11028085 - (D) DANG 112(1)/103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. TORRENTE, RICHARD T

2641 Ex Parte Kikuchi 10574664 - (D) JEFFERSON 103 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP MEHRPOUR, NAGHMEH

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Haidar 10416807 - (D) McKONE 103 BREINER & BREINER, L.L.C. PHAM, TUAN

2649 Ex Parte Niemi et al 10517533 - (D) DIXON 101/112(1)/103 Nokia Corporation Squire Sanders (US) LLP ALAM, FAYYAZ

2651 Ex Parte Erhart et al 10900560 - (D) HOFF 102/103 Cochran Freund & Young/ AVAYA, Inc. BLAIR, KILE O

2662 Ex Parte Singh 11164641 - (D) HUGHES 103 SCENERA RESEARCH, LLC OSINSKI, MICHAEL S

2664 Ex Parte Robsarve 11753833 - (D) DANG 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP WARREN A. SKLAR (SOER) DAGNEW, MEKONNEN D

2828 Ex Parte Pezeshki et al 10794785 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2857 Ex Parte Moran 11556860 - (D) MOORE 103 OSHA, LIANG LLP / SMITH SCHECHTER, ANDREW M

2885 Ex Parte Scannell 11801016 - (D) McKONE 103 Robert F. Scannell. Jr. TSIDULKO, MARK

2889 Ex Parte Choi et al 10788153 - (D) MOORE 103 F. CHAU & ASSOCIATES, LLC MAI, ANH T

2891 Ex Parte Chen et al 11543638 - (D) FRAHM 102/103 FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP WRIGHT, TUCKER J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3644 Ex Parte Smith 10701146 - (D) CRAWFORD 112(1)/103 Sue Z. Shaper DINH, TIEN QUANG

3644 Ex Parte Lynch 11402099 - (D) POWELL 103 James Ray & Associates Intellectual Property, LLC BERONA, KIMBERLY SUE

3654 Ex Parte Fast et al 11899260 - (D) SAINDON 103 JOHNS MANVILLE CAMPOS, JR, JUAN J

3657 Ex Parte Noguchi et al 11822671 - (D) POWELL 103 OLIFF & BERRIDGE, PLC WILLIAMS, THOMAS J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Johnson et al 10876215 - (D) SAINDON 101/103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA PAGE, EVAN RANDALL

3716 Ex Parte Frenkel 11183247 - (D) JUNG 102/103 GTC Law Group LLP & Affiliates c/o CPA Global RADA, ALEX P

To satisfy the due diligence showing requirement of 37 C.F.R. § 1.131, Appellant must present proof of diligence, no matter how short the period to be covered. In re Mulder, 716 F.2d 1542, 1545 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (noting that focusing on the shortness of the period to be covered—two days—is misleading where there is no evidence of record showing diligence). Moreover, to establish diligence, the inventor must provide specific details as to what was done and when it was done during the critical period. See Gould v. Schawlow, 363 F.2d 908, 918 (CCPA 1966).

Mulder, In re, 716 F.2d 1542, 219 USPQ 189 (Fed. Cir. 1983) 2138.06, 2183, 2184

Gould v. Schawlow, 363 F.2d 908, 150 USPQ 634 (CCPA 1966) 2138.06

To establish diligence for constructive reduction to practice, the attorney’s diligence must be shown. “[R]easonable diligence can be shown if it is established that the attorney worked reasonably hard on the particular application in question during the continuous critical period.” Cf. Bey v. Kollonitsch, 806 F.2d 1024, 1027 (Fed. Cir. 1986) (interference). “[The inventor’s] records did not show the exact days when activity specific to this application occurred. Thus, we cannot say that the board clearly erred in finding that ‘the documented activities with regard to [the present application] are insufficient by themselves to prove diligence.’” Id. at 1028 (second brackets in original). “[I]t may not be possible for a patent attorney to begin working on an application at the moment the inventor makes the disclosure, because the attorney may already have a backlog of other cases demanding his attention” so that “the courts have recognized that reasonable diligence is all that is required of the attorney.” Id. “Generally, the patent attorney must show that unrelated cases are taken up in chronological order, thus, the attorney has the burden of keeping good records of the dates when cases are docketed as well as the dates when specific work is done on the applications.” Id.

Bey v. Kollonitsch, 806 F.2d 1024, 231 USPQ 967 (Fed. Cir. 1986) 2138.06

3721 Ex Parte Cadieux et al 10447063 - (D) WOOD 103 ROBERTS MLOTKOWSKI SAFRAN & COLE, P.C. GERRITY, STEPHEN FRANCIS

3724 Ex Parte Lisec 10787744 - (D) BROWN 102/103 YOUNG & THOMPSON MICHALSKI, SEAN M

3738 Ex Parte Altmann 11935506 - (D) GREEN 103 Bausch & Lomb Incorporated SHIPMON, TIFFANY P

3742 Ex Parte Musial 11524563 - (D) GREENHUT 103 EDWARDS WILDMAN PALMER LLP PASCHALL, MARK H

3763 Ex Parte Beckham 11551339 - (D) GREEN 103 Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. FLICK, JASON E

3766 Ex Parte Korzinov et al 11894310 - (D) PRATS 102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (SD) BERTRAM, ERIC D

3774 Ex Parte Chandrasekaran 11590107 - (D) TIMM 102 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE

3779 Ex Parte Marsella et al 11230147 - (D) GREEN 103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP HENDERSON, RYAN N

REHEARING  

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Dimitrova et al 10014179 - (R) HUGHES 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS BAIG, SAHAR A

2487 Ex Parte Knighton et al 10947465 - (R) DANG 103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN CZEKAJ, DAVID J

interactive gift, medichem, winner int'l, mannesmann

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Murthy 11/400,384 GRIMES 103(a) HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP EXAMINER KARPINSKI, LUKE E

1653 Ex Parte Metters et al 11/034,437 GREEN 112(2)/102(b)/103(a) DORITY & MANNING, P.A. EXAMINER SINGH, SATYENDRA K

In addition, “[u]nless the steps of a method actually recite an order, the steps are not ordinarily construed to require one.” Interactive Gift Exp., Inc. v. Compuserve Inc., 256 F.3d 1323, 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2001).

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Hasegawa et al 11/221,853 TIMM 103(a) CLARK & BRODY EXAMINER LUK, VANESSA TIBAY

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3729 Ex Parte Wolfe et al 10/662,683 McCARTHY 103(a) MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP EXAMINER PHAN, THIEM D

3734 Ex Parte Szabo 10/985,800 SAINDON 103(a) ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC EXAMINER BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE
AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Malik et al 10/264,393 PAK 102(b)/103(a) 102(b)/103(a) KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP EXAMINER SONG, MATTHEW J

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Woltman et al 11/408,324 SAINDON 103(a) 103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER KIDWELL, MICHELE M

see also Medichem, S.A. v. Rolabo, S.L., 437 F.3d 1157, 1165 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (“a given course of action often has simultaneous advantages and disadvantages, and this does not necessarily obviate motivation to combine.”); Winner Int'l Royalty Corp. v. Wang, 202 F.3d 1340, 1349 n.8 (Fed. Cir. 2000) (“The fact that the motivating benefit comes at the expense of another benefit, however, should not nullify its use as a basis to modify the disclosure of one reference with the teachings of another. Instead, the benefits, both lost and gained, should be weighed against one another.”).

3788 Ex Parte Goodrich et al 11/027,066 SILVERBERG dissenting-in-part BARRETT 102(a)/103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN
REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3742 Ex Parte 6,501,906 et al 95/000,372 09/994,032 ZOBELE ESPANA, S.A. Requester and Respondent v. Patent of C.T.R. CONSULTORIA TECNICA E REPRESENTACOES LDA Patent Owner and Appellant LEBOVITZ 103(a) MCCRACKEN & FRANK LLC EXAMINER WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE original EXAMINER PAIK, SANG YEOP

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3747 Ex Parte 6511509 et al 90/009,348 09/073,877 Ex parte DEPUY MOTECH ACROMED, INC. and LIFENET HEALTH Appellants, Patent Owners SONG 102(b)/102(e)/103(a) 102(b)/102(e) For Patent Owner: Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP For Third Party Requester: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto EXAMINER REIP, DAVID OWEN original EXAMINER HIRSCH, PAUL J
AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Weeks et al 11/557,037 PAK 103(a) Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP EXAMINER DHINGRA, RAKESH KUMAR

1746 Ex Parte Broberg et al 10/722,575 KRATZ dissenting-in-part NAGUMO 103(a)/obviousness-type double patenting NOVAK, DRUCE + QUIGG L.L.P. - PERGO EXAMINER GOFF II, JOHN L

When the phrase “consisting of” occurs in the body of the claim, it limits only the element set forth in that
clause. Mannesmann DeMag Corp. v. Engineered Metal Products Co., Inc., 793 F.2d 1279, 1282 (Fed. Cir. 1986).

Mannesmann Demag Corp. v. Engineered Metal Products Co., 793 F.2d 1279, 230 USPQ 45 (Fed. Cir. 1986). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2111.03

1762 Ex Parte Drzal et al 11/435,471 GAUDETTE concurring NAGUMO 112(1)/102(b)/103(a) DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC EXAMINER NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS

1777 Ex Parte Antwiler 11/769,579 SMITH 103(a) CaridianBCT, Inc. EXAMINER MENON, KRISHNAN S

1798 Ex Parte Wang et al 11/287,788 OWENS dissenting NAGUMO 103(a) JOHNS MANVILLE EXAMINER PIZIALI, ANDREW T

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2191 Ex Parte Schaefer 10/806,868 SMITH 103(a) General Motors Corporation c/o REISING ETHINGTON P.C. EXAMINER VO, TED T

2600 Communications
2628 Ex Parte Walls et al 11/135,815 RUGGIERO 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER CHAUHAN, ULKA J

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Park et al 10/872,495 KRIVAK 102(e)/103(a) H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC EXAMINER SNOW, COLLEEN ERIN

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Ex Parte Kempe 10/682,083 SAINDON 103(a) OYEN, WIGGS, GREEN & MUTALA LLP EXAMINER MATTER, KRISTEN CLARETTE
REHEARING

GRANTED

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte Izdepski et al 11/086,501 HOFF obviousness-type double patenting obviousness-type double patenting SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION EXAMINER LEE, PHILIP C