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Thursday, May 6, 2021

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Reversed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 University Of Cincinnati 15314414 GRIMES 103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP DONOHUE, SEAN R

1627 THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM 14431534 JENKS 103 HOXIE & ASSOCIATES LLC CHONG, YONG SOO

Appellant contends that in this case the preamble should be treated like a claim limitation because the phrase “to a patient in need thereof” would otherwise not have proper antecedent basis in the body of the claim. See Appeal Br. 8 (citing Jansen v. Rexall Sundown, 342 F.3d 1329, 1333-34 (Fed. Cir. 2003); Rapoport v. Dement, 254 F.3d 1053, 1060-61 (Fed. Cir. 2001)). Our reviewing court in both Rapoport and Jansen considering similarly structured claims determined that these claims should be interpreted to require that the method be practiced with the “intent to achieve the objective stated in the preamble.” Jansen, 342 F.3d 1333. “The preamble is therefore not merely a statement of effect that may or may not be desired or appreciated. Rather, it is a statement of the intentional purpose for which the method must be performed.” Id.

Jansen v. Rexall Sundown, Inc., 342 F.3d 1329, 68 USPQ2d 1154 (Fed. Cir. 2003) 2111.02

1711 USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14655046 SAADAT 103 Studebaker & Brackett PC MARKOFF, ALEXANDER

1781 Medline Industries, Inc. 14159777 REN 103 Guardian Glass, LLC (Nixon) c/o KCPS IP Dept./Shannon Gonsalves ZHANG, MICHAEL N

1793 GUARDIAN GLASS, LLC et al. 15422681 INGLESE 103 CURATOLO SIDOTI CO., LPA TRAN, LIEN THUY

1794 Covestro Deutschland AG et al. 15377255 BEST 103 41.50 112(2) Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM

2164 KENT STATE UNIVERSITY 14519576 DIXON 103 Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber Co., LPA EYERS, DUSTIN D

2173 Melvin Barnes 13331049 SHIANG 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP CALDERON IV, ALVARO R

2198 Kurt Partridge 12622857 PINKERTON 103 PVF -- PARC c/o PARK, VAUGHAN, FLEMING & DOWLER LLP RIFKIN, BEN M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 13888629 HOMERE 112(2)/103 IBM CORP - Fishkill Drafting Center CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA

2442 Givaudan, S.A. 15554172 HOMERE 112(1)/103 IBM CORP - Fishkill Drafting Center CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA

2483 Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. 15803207 CHEN 103 KS - Whitmyer IP Group LLC BAILEY, FREDERICK D

2493 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 15632166 DROESCH 103 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - ATI JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT

2628 Microvision, Inc. 15390891 DEJMEK 102/103 MICROVISION, INC. MISHLER, ROBIN J

2687 Kevin Perry 13395059 ZADO 103 ARENT FOX LLP WANG, JACK K

2853 HP SCITEX LTD. 15938164 SMITH 103 HP Inc. ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D

2886 Rigaku Raman Technologies, Inc. 15003891 SNAY 103 BGL/Chicago AMARA, MOHAMED K

3621 International Business Machines Corporation 14330982 SCHOPFER 103 Laurence & Phillips IP Law BEKERMAN, MICHAEL

3673 Sleep Number Corporation et al. 15159194 SONG 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (TC) THROOP, MYLES A

3734 MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 14446953 CURCURI 103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP THEIS, MATTHEW T

3741 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14895784 O’HANLON 103 Getz Balich LLC BURKE, THOMAS P

3746 VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION et al. 15512560 STAICOVICI 103 41.50 102 WRB-IP LLP FREAY, CHARLES GRANT

3752 MUSASHI ENGINEERING, INC. 15933481 BAHR 112(2) 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP ZHOU, QINGZHANG

Affirmed-in-Part 
1744 Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG 15123454 INGLESE 102/103 103 BAINWOOD HUANG & ASSOCIATES LLC LEYSON, JOSEPH S

1793 LAND O'LAKES, INC. 14011294 GAUDETTE 103 103 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - Minneapolis MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P

2632 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15842412 ENGLE 103 103 Bejin Bieneman PLC Ford Global Technologies, LLC SHAH, TANMAY K

3619 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15600167 STAICOVICI 112(2)/103 103 FGTL/Burgess Law Office, PLLC BOOMER, JEFFREY C

3731 Claude Durand et al. 14373404 STEPINA 103 103 41.50 103 Sealed Air Corporation Patent Department HIBBERT-COPELAND, MARY CATHERINE

3735 YETI Coolers, LLC 15804759 FITZPATRICK 103 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA

3763 Applied Materials, Inc. 14593873 KAUFFMAN 103 103 AMAT / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP ARANT, HARRY E

Affirmed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 The Procter & Gamble Company 14245276 FREDMAN 112(2)/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY BASQUILL, SEAN M

1619 JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER INC. 14858164 HARDMAN 103 JOSEPH F. SHIRTZ JOHNSON & JOHNSON MATTISON, LORI K

1624 Covestro LLC 15793340 FREDMAN 103 Covestro LLC BALASUBRAMANIAN, VENKATARAMAN

1627 HYGIA PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC 13803716 VALEK 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI

1631 Complete Genomics, Inc. 14701248 TOWNSEND 103 101 CGI / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP HARWARD, SOREN T

1644 National Institute of Transplantation Foundation 14134342 FREDMAN 103 112(1) Brian Pangrle Pangrle Patent, Brand & Design Law, P.C. DIBRINO, MARIANNE

1649 ELECTROPHORETICS LIMITED 15577522 PRATS 112(1)/Markush ARENT FOX LLP - New York CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N

1734 BIOTRONIK AG 14395709 HANLON 103 White & Case LLP YANG, JIE

1735 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 15851765 COLAIANNI 112(2) 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY YUEN, JACKY

1744 Xerox Corporation 15078323 INGLESE 103 MARYLOU J. LAVOIE, ESQ. LLC GRUN, ROBERT J

1771 IFP Energies nouvelles 15500843 TIMM 102 41.50 102 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. NGUYEN, TAM M

1783 General Electric Company 15664446 GAUDETTE 103 Dority & Manning, P.A. and GEC-Aviation VAN SELL, NATHAN L

1785 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. 14530600 GUPTA 103 VIERRA MAGEN/WESTERN DIGITAL CHAU, LISA N

1786 The Boeing Company 14837394 SMITH 103 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman (Boeing) MATZEK, MATTHEW D

1788 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 14768248 HASTINGS 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY CHANG, VICTOR S

1796 HP Indigo B.V. 16064858 BEST 103 HP Inc. RODEE, CHRISTOPHER D

2119 SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 14895382 DEJMEK 103 COZEN O''CONNOR KABIR, SAAD M

2142 AUTODESK, INC. 13651317 ENGLE 103 Artegis Law Group, LLP John Carey BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2436 Avaya Inc. 14801340 HUME 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. DOLLY, KENDALL LYNN

2458 Leidos, Inc. 15351722 CHUNG 103 Bey & Cotropia PLLC (LEIDOS CUSTOMER NUMBER) ATTN: DAWN-MARIE BEY KENNEDY, LESA M

2458 VMware, Inc. 15657713 RAEVSKY 103 112(2)/103 Olympic Patent Works PLLC NAOREEN, NAZIA

2465 Lantiq Deutschland GmbH 15124203 CHUNG 103 2SPL Patent Attorneys PATEL, DHARMESH J

2487 MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC. 14989372 STRAUSS 103 HONIGMAN LLP/MAGNA BECK, LERON

2612 Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation 16433228 DEJMEK 102/103/OTDP FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (Dolby) CASCHERA, ANTONIO A

2646 LOON LLC 15350209 MacDONALD 103 LOON LLC Botos Churchill IP Law LLP LAFONTANT, GARY

2652 Binder, Yehuda 12693881 SZPONDOWSKI 112(1)/102/103 112(1)/102/103 May Patents Ltd. c/o Dorit Shem-Tov WOO, STELLA L

2683 Immersion Corporation 15668125 KHAN 103/OTDP Nath, Goldberg & Meyer (Immersion) EUSTAQUIO, CAL J

2844 PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V. 15354616 SNAY 103 Signify Holding B.V. LUONG, HENRY T

2862 CGG SERVICES SA 15212479 SMITH 101/102/103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC RASTOVSKI, CATHERINE T

2875 Jerry Smith 15441870 SMITH 103 KAUFHOLD DIX PATENT LAW HORIKOSHI, STEVEN Y

2875 International Automotive Components Group GmbH 15483504 REN 102/103 GROSSMAN, TUCKER, PERREAULT & PFLEGER, PLLC CATTANACH, COLIN J

2878 Sony Corporation 15464959 HASTINGS 103/OTDP MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (SONY) LEE, JOHN R

2891 Cree, Inc. 15493735 CASHION 103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. HATZILAMBROU, MARK

2894 General Electric Company 15048536 HANLON 103 Dority & Manning, P.A. and GEC-Aviation FAN, SU JYA

3611 Pham, Andrew T. 14580503 BAUMEISTER 112(1)/112(2)/101/102/103 Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC SEOH, MINNAH L

3621 International Business Machines Corporation 15416572 AMUNDSON 103 101 IBM Corporation - Endicott Drafting Center VYAS, ABHISHEK

3623 ZACHRY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY, LLC 15260665 WIEDER 103 101 Pizarro Allen PC STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R

3624 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 15053029 WIEDER 102 COZEN O''CONNOR ESKRIDGE, CORY W

3625 C'EST MOI! LLC 14413889 BRANCH 101 YOUNG BASILE WOOD, ALLISON G

3628 Vacation Finder, LLC 15063760 MEDLOCK 102/103 101 Thrive IP Jeremy Stipkala CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH

3629 Mattersight Corporation 13963646 MURPHY 101/103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP GRIFFIN, TAMARA JEAN

3649 Rick Snow 15439504 WOOD 102/103 112(2) Brooks Kushman HARMON, CHRISTOPHER R

3683 EBAY INC. 13670958 HOELTER 101/103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY YOUNG, ASHLEY YA-SHEH

3687 THE REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS COMPANY 15618567 LEBOVITZ 101 Locklar PLLC Michael Locklar RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM

3688 Oracle International Corporation 14516280 COURTENAY 103 101 Oracle / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP FRUNZI, VICTORIA E.

3694 Adobe Inc. 14623248 TOWNSEND 112(1)/101 FIG. 1 Patents ANDERSON, SCOTT C

3731 STANLEY FASTENING SYSTEMS, L.P. 14175711 STAICOVICI 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP(Stanley B&D) (Stanley Black & Decker) WEEKS, GLORIA R

3761 HOMAG GMBH 15325487 HOELTER 103 Paul D. Strain Strain & Strain PLLC Strain & Strain, PLLC SIMS, ELIZABETH M

3761 VALMET AKTIEBOLAG 15021803 OSINSKI 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP TRAN, THIEN S

3763 Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation 14997216 HILL 103 Locke Lord LLP LEO, LEONARD R

3784 SVENBERG, Tomas 15861069 STAICOVICI 103 WRB-IP LLP GANESAN, SUNDHARA M

3791 FIBROTX OÜ 14655850 KAUFFMAN 103 Leason Ellis LLP PORTILLO, JAIRO H

3793 CARDIOINSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 15171735 STEPINA 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. PENG, BO JOSEPH

3793 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15517287 HILL 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS FARAG, AMAL ALY

3794 Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 14567604 GUIJT 103 MRG/HD - PARC c/o Mueting Raasch Group CLARK, RYAN T

3799 The Procter & Gamble Company 15234540 LEE 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY PHILIPS, BRADLEY H

3992 MOBILE IMAGING IN SWEDEN AB 13856843 CHEN 112(1) 103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP c/o Alston & Bird LLP REICHLE, KARIN M

Rehearing

Denied 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1647 Khallar Alikhanov et al. 12798027 CHANG 101 PATEL & ALUMIT, P.C. BUNNER, BRIDGET E

Thursday, March 15, 2018

rapoport

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2422 Ex Parte Pouw et al 14055452 - (D) HOMERE 103/OTDP Greenberg Traurig, LLP MONSHI, SAMIRA

2488 Ex Parte Kudana et al 13633292 - (D) NAPPI 102 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED WONG, ALLEN C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte YAMANE et al 14631313 - (D) BENNETT 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. WU, YANNA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3671 Ex Parte BUEHLER et al 14596961 - (D) ASTORINO 103 BGL TROUTMAN, MATTHEW D

3681 Ex Parte Bhogal et al 12178896 - (D) CUTITTA II 101 Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C. SORKOWITZ, DANIEL M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Lukes et al 13809122 - (D) HORNER 103 Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter Co., LPA SCRUGGS, ROBERT J

3729 Ex Parte Guo et al 13436150 - (D) STAICOVICI 102/103 Timothy M. Honeycutt PHAN, THIEM D

3731 Ex Parte SHIUEY 12405900 - (D) McCARTHY 103 Goldberg Cohen LLP SIMPSON, SARAH A

3743 Ex Parte KARKOW et al 14741264 - (D) CALVE 102/103 41.50 103 Launchpad IP, Inc. JONES, LOGAN P

3748 Ex Parte URUSHIHATA 13210771 - (D) MARSCHALL 112(1) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC NGUYEN, HOANG M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2893 Ex Parte NEGLEY et al 12017600 - (D) DERRICK 112(2)/102/103 103 41.50 103 BURR & BROWN, PLLC REAMES, MATTHEW L

The Examiner erred reversibly because the anticipation rejection is grounded on a meaning of parallel that is contrary to the plain meaning of the term. See Rapoport v. Dement, 254 F.3d 1053, 1059 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (In determining the meaning of the claims, we turn first to the claim itself.)

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte NGUYEN et al 13448440 - (D) NEWMAN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE

1619 Ex Parte Wood et al 13128055 - (D) CHANG 103/OTDP NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, PA GOTFREDSON, GAREN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1764 Ex Parte Ellul et al 12597515 - (D) HASTINGS 103 EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY HUHN, RICHARD A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Kruglick 13521442 - (D) MORGAN 103 Turk IP Law, LLC c/o Allied Inventors, LLC BROOKS, DAVID T

2169 Ex Parte Blue et al 13303812 - (D) BRANCH 101/103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner/ LinkedIn/Microsoft TRUONG, CAM Y T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2413 Ex Parte Cheng et al 12677487 - (D) BRANCH 102/103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP WONG, XAVIER S

2465 Ex Parte Czink et al 13294555 - (D) BRANCH 103 FIALA & WEAVER P.L.L.C. WYLLIE, CHRISTOPHER T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Gärdenfors et al 13544517 - (D) JEFFERY 103 Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco P.L. LEE, KWANG B

2617 Ex Parte Schillings 13647130 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. WILLS, DIANE M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Killian et al 13777487 - (D) FETTING 101 Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC MasterCard International Incorporated REFAI, RAMSEY

3685 Ex Parte Michelsen et al 10424558 - (D) SAADAT 101/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP WINTER, JOHN M

3686 Ex Parte Prescott et al 11751145 - (D) FETTING 101 QUARLES & BRADY LLP (TUC) WILLIAMS, TERESA S

3687 Ex Parte Schachner et al 13327303 - (D) LORIN 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP LUDWIG, PETER L

3694 Ex Parte Fernandes 14329035 - (D) FETTING 101 THE MUELLER LAW OFFICE, P.C. RANKINS, WILLIAM E

3695 Ex Parte Fischer et al 12474308 - (D) FETTING 101 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. DONLON, RYAN D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte KOTTILINGAM et al 13042625 - (D) JESCHKE 103 McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T

3742 Ex Parte Fennewald et al 13540094 - (D) KNIGHT 102/103 Burris Law, PLLC ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T