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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1613 CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC 15565983 - (D) KATZ 103 RATNERPRESTIA SONG, JIANFENG

1627 Lieven Baert et al. 12161445 - (D) ADAMS 103 JOSEPH F. SHIRTZ JOHNSON & JOHNSON CHONG, YONG SOO

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1712 LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 14720595 - (D) DIXON 112(2)/103 WEAVER AUSTIN VILLENEUVE & SAMPSON - LAMR/NOVL HORNING, JOEL G

1786 Lakshman Chandrasekaran et al. 11663938 - (D) BEST 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

1786 Ryan McEneany et al. 13370952 - (D) OWENS 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. TATESURE, VINCENT

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2175 Lockheed Martin Corporation 13953886 - (D) EVANS 103 Lockheed Martin and Withrow & Terranova LONG, ANDREA NATAE

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2488 SONY CORPORATION 15024705 - (D) BISK 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LUO, KATE H

2495 Acoustic, L.P. 15372843 - (D) CUTITTA 103 Mauriel Kapouytian Woods LLP SARKER, SANCHIT K

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2613 Imagination Technologies, Ltd. 14202722 - (D) BAUMEISTER 102/103 Imagination Technologies c/o Potomac Law Group PLLC SONNERS, SCOTT E

2636 SAREEN, Jatin et al. 14489838 - (D) PINKERTON 103 Clements Bernard Walker SHALABY, MINA M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3687 Elwha LLC 14263828 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC LUDWIG, PETER L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3726 Carrier Corporation 14890236 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier HOLLY, LEE A

3731 Rudolf Fuchs 13818411 - (D) FITZPATRICK 112(2)/103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP IMAM, TANZIM

3746 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14787013 - (D) WOOD 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Pratt & Whitney EDWARDS, LOREN C

3763 Hussmann Corporation 14599919 - (D) HILL 102/103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) ARANT, HARRY E

AFFIRMED

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1612 Colgate-Palmolive Company 15366327 - (D) GRIMES 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY GULLEDGE, BRIAN M

1617 INCOTEC HOLDING B.V. 15346189 - (D) LEBOVITZ 101/103 RATNERPRESTIA PEEBLES, KATHERINE

1649 QUINCY BIOSCIENCE, LLC 14358274 - (D) EVANS 112(1)/112(2) 102 BOYLE FREDRICKSON S.C. CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N

1699 Corning Incorporated 14663533 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 41.50 103 CORNING INCORPORATED DAVIS, RUTH A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1787 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 14603851 - (D) RANGE 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY SHOSHO, CALLIE E

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2128 Apple Inc. 14826972 - (D) SHAW 112(2)/101/102 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. ALHIJA, SAIF A

2156 Texas Instruments Incorporated 14817020 - (D) NAPPI 112(4) 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED LIAO, JASON G

2158 Facebook, Inc. 14324746 - (D) CYGAN 103 Keller Jolley Preece/Facebook FILIPCZYK, MARCIN R

2199 HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP 15252615 - (D) KUMAR 103 MICRO FOCUS LLC MITCHELL, JASON D

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2675 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14036728 - (D) DEJMEK 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC ZHU, RICHARD Z

Outdry Techs. Corp. v. Geox S.p.A., 859 F.3d 1364, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2017). “[A]ny need or problem known in the field of endeavor at the time of invention and addressed by the patent can provide a reason for combining” references.

2699 Imagination Technologies Limited 14936986 - (D) CASS 112(1)/103 Potomac Law Group PLLC (IMGTEC) BROOME, SAID A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2831 Jack E. Caveney et al. 15288259 - (D) GUEST 102/103 PANDUIT CORP. PATEL, HARSHAD C

2831 Caavo Inc 14945201 - (D) CASHION 102 FIALA & WEAVER P.L.L.C. C/O CPA GLOBAL GILMAN, ALEXANDER

2853 MAN DIESEL & TURBO SE 14649499 - (D) HOUSEL 112(1)/112(2) COZEN O'CONNOR HINZE, LEO T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3624 Sarah Andrews et al. 13337703 - (D) KHAN 112(4)/101/103 Duncan Galloway Egan Greenwald, PLLC SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N

3624 GOOGLE LLC 14010428 - (D) BAYAT 103 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP / Google SADANANDA, ABHIJIT B

3626 QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INVESTMENTS INCORPORATED 14149646 - (D) HOFFMANN 101/103 HAUG PARTNERS LLP PAULS, JOHN A

3626 Michelle Fisher 13218879 - (D) SHIANG 103 Michelle Fisher HOLCOMB, MARK

3656 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 15019015 - (D) GREENHUT 102 CROWELL & MORING LLP JOHNSON, VICKY A

3668 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 15136073 - (D) GREENHUT 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP SHUDY, ANGELINA M

3685 Square, Inc. 15923403 - (D) SHAW 103 Lee & Hayes, P.C./Square NIGH, JAMES D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3741 Veninger, Albert et al. 12742031 - (D) PESLAK 103 Kinney & Lange, P.A. NGUYEN, ANDREW H

3754 Maytex Mills, Inc. 15197213 - (D) CAPP 103 Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl JACYNA, J CASIMER

3761 KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.) 14763651 - (D) CAPP 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PAIK, SANG YEOP

3763 Richard Fennelly 15731262 - (D) FITZPATRICK 103 Richard P. Fennelly HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A

REHEARING

DENIED 

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2175 Seymour RAPAPORT et al. 12854082 - (R) NAPPI 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 Vierra Magen Marcus LLP HO, RUAY L

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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1623 Petermann, Oliver et al. 14420911 VALEK 103 Dow DuPont c/o DUPONT SPECIALTY PRODUCTS USA, LLC OLSON, ERIC

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Robert A. Pyles et al. 15337126 McMANUS 103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP DAVIS, ZACHARY M

1798 Boguslaw A. Swedek et al. 14322686 COLAIANNI 112(2)/102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (APPLIED MATERIALS) TURK, NEIL N

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 Andrey V. Kuzmin et al. 14848273 SZPONDOWSKI 103 Marc P. Schuyler AHMED, ZUBAIR

2143 NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY 14779010 McCARTNEY 102/103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP c/o Alston & Bird LLP MOLINA, HUGO

2153 Zoomdata, Inc. 15382522 McCARTNEY 102/103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP DAVANLOU, SOHEILA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2458 Aaron J. Quirk et al. 14450676 BISK 103 IBM Corp-Rochester Drafting Center RAHMAN, SM AZIZUR

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2847 YAZAKI CORPORATION 14810527 McCARTNEY 103 METROLEX IP LAW GROUP, PLLC TSO, STANLEY

2883 Jeffrey M. Lloyd et al. 14098027 SQUIRE 103 OFFICE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JORDAN, ANDREW

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3664 Thomas Bruce Watson. Adam et al. 14136446 STEPINA 102 TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL B.V. IP Creation HOLWERDA, STEPHEN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC 14751215 LEE 103 Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. c/o Frost Brown Todd LLC RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 DeepWater Desal LLC 14852279 McMANUS 103 103 EPA - BOZICEVIC FIELD & FRANCIS LLP BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS MENON, KRISHNAN S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 14053260 FRAHM 103 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC MCLEOD, MARSHALL M

 Any motivation, “whether articulated in the references themselves or supported by evidence of the knowledge of a skilled artisan, is sufficient.” Outdry Technologies Corp. v. Geox S.p.A., 859 F.3d 1364, 1370–71 (Fed Cir. 2017).  In other words, some motivation to combine is necessary, but it does not have to be the same motivation cited by Appellants.  This, the Examiner has provided. 

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Christopher Cooper et al. 14700910 SHIANG 103 103 Adolph Locklar Michael Locklar MORTELL, JOHN F

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Tenneco Inc. 14286328 HOELTER 103 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC MOUBRY, JAMES G

3791 Romano, Salvatore 13820853 SILVERMAN 112(1)/101 101 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. 15265237 WISZ 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY

1634 Steen H. Matthiesen 13513164 FLAX 103 41.50 102/103/OTDP Agilent Technologies, Inc. CROW, ROBERT THOMAS

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1723 FUHR, Jason D. et al. 14065172 PRAISS 103 41.50 103 Clarios c/o Christopher & Weisberg, P.A. ZHANG, HAIXIA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2113 Eran Glickman et al. 14359932 CHUNG 103 NXP-LARSON NEWMAN, LLP GIBSON, JONATHAN D

2123 Van Lunteren, Jan 12970127 SAADAT 103 101 Cantor Colburn LLP-IBM Europe RIFKIN, BEN M

2128 Andrey M. Ilinich et al. 14305021 McCARTNEY 101/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL BROCK, ROBERT S

2169 Oludare Obasanjo et al. 12721589 CHUNG 103 101 Barta, Jones & Foley, P.C. (Patent Group - Microsoft Corporation) KIM, PAUL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 14319736 RAEVSKY 103 101 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC McCARTNEY

2482 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 13977936 McCARTNEY 103 OTDP Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson JEBARI, MOHAMMED

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Philip J. Agar et al. 14504637 BUI 103 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC./BF FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS

2655 Berg, Richard Steenfeldt. 15078796 EVANS 112(1)/102/103 OTDP Qin Shi, Edgetech Law LLP LE, HUYEN D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Amit Gaur et al. 13470067 BAYAT 112(1)/103 101 Stephen M. De Klerk MatterLight IP POUNCIL, DARNELL A

3626 McLaren, Jeffrey Lee. et al. 12789858 FISCHETTI 101 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. MORGAN, ROBERT W

3651 Horel, Brian Christopher. et al. 13816757 GUIJT 103 GP-Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L

3682 Robinson, Elmer L. et al. 14856346 KATZ 101/103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (IN) DAGNEW, SABA

3692 WHITEHOUSE, Harry T. 13651091 MEYERS 101 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP POE, KEVIN T

3695 James Roskind 14538512 CHEN 112(1)/112(2) 101/103 Bookoff McAndrews LIU, CHIA-YI

3695 Stewart, Curt et al. 13959458 FISCHETTI 101 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP - State Farm SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

3696 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. 15079743 FISCHETTI 101 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/CME NGUYEN, LIZ P

3696 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. 15079266 FISCHETTI 101 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/CME NGUYEN, LIZ P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Daniel P. Lankteee 12705960 BROWN 112(1)/112(2) 101 ANATOLY S. WEISER GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A

3734 Juan Carlos. Tinoco 14928123 STEPINA 112(1)/103 Law Office of Scott C Harris Inc PASCUA, JES F

Rehearing 

Granted
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Picco, Martin R. et al. 14935791 SHAW 102/103 Brokaw Patent Law, PC SAINT CYR, JEAN D

Denied
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2651 David Welner et al. 12101185 FENICK 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC EASON, MATTHEW A

2685 Wai-Lin Maw 12390482 SZPONDOWSKI 103 CUBIC DESIGN STUDIOS LLC BALSECA, FRANKLIN D

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Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Ex Parte Chang 13848836 - (D) STRAUSS 103 CRGO LAW PATEL, CHIRAG R

2454 Ex Parte Chang 13872118 - (D) STRAUSS 103 CRGO LAW PATEL, CHIRAG R

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2677 Ex Parte Subramanian et al 14264923 - (D) EVANS 103 Kramer & Amado, P.C. BATAILLE, FRANTZ

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3778 Ex Parte Yang 13236784 - (D) STEPHENS 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON PHILIPS, BRADLEY H

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte Nissim et al 14563183 - (D) HOWARD 101/112(2) 101/103/double patenting Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC WILLIAMS, CLAYTONR

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Matsuzawa et al 14240529 - (D) GRIMES 103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP PROSSER, ALISSAJ

1619 Ex Parte Schwarz 11813380 - (D) CHANG 103 SandozAG (Austria)- LUEDEKA NEELY GROUP, P.C. GREENE, IVAN A

1627 Ex Parte Sehested et al 12920484 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK IVANOVA, SVETLANA M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte Shinoda et al 13265926 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 GRIFFIN & SZIPL, PC DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P.

1761 Ex Parte KAVCHOK et al 14446681 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC. DELCOTTO, GREGORY R

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Rune et al 14438724 - (D) FRAHM 103 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson MILLER, BRANDON J

Any motivation, “whether articulated in the references themselves or supported by evidence of the knowledge of a skilled artisan, is sufficient.” Outdry Technologies Corp. v. Geox S.p.A., 859 F.3d 1364, 1370-71 (Fed Cir. 2017). 

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Zhang 14024840 - (D) SQUIRE 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED KING, SUN MI KIM

2863 Ex Parte London et al 13733753 - (D) GUPTA 103 Baker & Hostetler LLP (MICROSOFT CORPORATION) HAGOS, EYOB

2868 Ex Parte Kremin et al 13247779 - (D) OGDEN 102/103 CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION ANDREWS, BRENT J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3647 Ex Parte Johnson et al 13855705 - (D) CALVE 103 NovaTech IP Law GICZY, ALEXANDER V

3649 Ex Parte Dixon et al 13773099 - (D) FINAMORE 101/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP BORISSOV, IGORN

3694 Ex Parte Rahman et al 14095806 - (D) HUTCHINGS 101 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DA) MILEF, ELDA G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Ajmera et al 13408547 - (D) LANEY 112(2)/103 101/double patenting FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC HILLERY, NATHAN

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2623 Ex Parte WINGATE 13029333 - (R) STRAUSS 103 HAUPTMAN HAM, LLP MATHEWS, CRYSTAL

REISSUE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3612 Ex Parte Preisler et al 14632238 - (D) 8,690,233 13/453,201 HILL 112(1) BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL