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Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Whitacre 13220235 - (D) DELMENDO 103 The Marbury Law Group, PLLC LI, JUN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2158 Ex Parte White et al 12275387 - (D) EVANS 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 MARSH, FISCHMANN & BREYFOGLE LLP HASAN, SYED HAROON

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Karamchedu et al 11625057 - (D) BUI 102/103 Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt HOLDER, BRADLEY W

2441 Ex Parte Chu et al 11444861 - (D) SMEGAL 101/102 Setter Roche LLP TAYLOR, NICHOLAS R

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Moon 11603875 - (D) KRIVAK 102 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C BODDIE, WILLIAM

2675 Ex Parte DiCarlo et al 11054209 - (D) MILLS 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY CRUZ, IRIANA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2827 Ex Parte Bedeschi et al 11906722 - (D) KRATZ 103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. HO, HOAI V

2838 Ex Parte Sickels et al 12030831 - (D) PRAISS 103 FLETCHER YODER (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) MEHARI, YEMANE

2898 Ex Parte Weber et al 12191814 - (D) OWENS 102 Winkle, PLLC c/o CPA Global MCCALL SHEPARD, SONYA D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Chow et al 10552097 - (D) ASTORINO 103 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. MICHENER, JOSHUA J

3673 Ex Parte Wang 11907150 - (D) ABRAMS 102/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Koshiishi et al 11670648 - (D) SPAHN 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. MAYE, AYUB A

3744 Ex Parte Vartiainen 11496425 - (D) SPAHN 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC DUKE, EMMANUEL E

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1736 Ex Parte Becue et al 11491038 - (D) HANLON 103 ANTONELLI, TERRY, STOUT & KRAUS, LLP WALCK, BRIAN D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Billmaier et al 10186210 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 101/103 Arris Group, Inc. PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L

2426 Ex Parte Yoon et al 11709170 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 101 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC HUYNH, AN SON PHI

2448 Ex Parte Moore et al 10404111 - (D) GLENN J. PERRY 101/102 VERIZON LUU, LE HIEN
AFFIRMED 2463 Ex Parte Creigh 11274438 - (D) STRAUSS 103 THOMAS | HORSTEMEYER, LLP (Broadcom) MARCELO, MELVIN C

2497 Ex Parte Reisman 11513329 - (D) KUMAR 102/103 Renaissance IP Law Group LLP ( MCP) RASHID, HARUNUR

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Ex Parte Yamaguchi 11092961 - (D) KUMAR 102/103 RADER FISHMAN & GRAUER PLLC SIM, YONG H

2651 Ex Parte Vo et al 11320023 - (D) MILLS 103 CORNING INCORPORATED NGUYEN, DUC MINH

2673 Ex Parte Boyce 10560499 - (D) HOMERE 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC ZIMMERMAN, MARK K

2686 Ex Parte Yao et al 10206244 - (D) FRAHM 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC BLOUIN, MARK S

2693 Ex Parte Mathiasen et al 11138710 - (D) KOHUT 103 MCCORMICK, PAULDING & HUBER LLP MA, CALVIN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2822 Ex Parte Wang et al 11602857 - (D) TIMM 103 SLATER & MATSIL, L.L.P. GREEN, TELLY D

2829 Ex Parte Wu et al 11773171 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 SLATER & MATSIL, L.L.P. CAMPBELL, SHAUN M

Rolls-Royce, PLC v. United Technologies Corp., 603 F.3d 1325, 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2010)(“If a person of ordinary skill, before the time of invention and without knowledge of that invention, would have found the invention merely an easily predictable and achievable variation or combination of the prior art, then the invention likely would have been obvious.”).
HARMON 3: 6

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3671 Ex Parte Sharp et al 12371735 - (D) BAHR 102/103 TOMLINSON RUST MCKINSTRY GRABLE ADDIE, RAYMOND W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Gutta et al 11719404 - (D) COURTENAY 112(2) 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS REDDY, SUNITA

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2452 Ex Parte Kaminsky et al 11745754 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP NGUYEN, THU V

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte Ludwig 11004746 - (D) JEFFERY 103 PCHS/NRI FLETCHER, MARLON T

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2432 Ex parte BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. 90011769 7774833 10/668,455 MARTIN 102 102 2nd Reexam Group - Novak Druce + Quigg LLP For Third Party Requester: FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRET & DUNNER LLP CAMPBELL, JOSHUA D original HO, VIRGINIA T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2819 GOOGLE, INC. Requester and Appellant v. TIERRAVISION, INC. Patent Owner and Respondent 95001801 RE41,983 12/856,512 CHEN 314(a)/102/103 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP For THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX, P.L.L.C. AHMED, SALMAN original YOUNG, BRIAN K

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2138 XILINX, INC., Third-Party Requester, Appellant, and Respondent v. INTELLECTUAL VENTURES MANAGEMENT, OF WHICH INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC IS AN AFFILIATE, Patent Owner, Appellant, and Respondent 95001579 7080301 11/261,762 MARTIN 102/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. For Third-Party Requester: Haynes and Boone, LLP IP Section SORRELL, ERON J original TON, DAVID

giacomini, kubin, o'farrell, rolls-royce

REVERSED

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2445 Ex Parte Batke et al 09/967,742 MacDONALD 103(a) ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC./BF EXAMINER SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Vayssiere 11/024,094 COURTENAY 102(e) SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP EXAMINER LY, ANH

“[A]n applicant is not entitled to a patent if another’s patent discloses the same invention, which was carried forward from an earlier U.S. provisional application or U.S. non-provisional application. . . . An important limitation is that the provisional application must provide written description support for the claimed invention.” In re Giacomini, 612 F.3d 1380, 1383 (Fed. Cir. 2010).

The 35 U.S.C. 102(e) critical reference date of a U.S. patent or U.S. application publications and certain international application publications entitled to the benefit of the filing date of a provisional application under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) is the filing date of the provisional application with certain exceptions if the provisional application(s) properly supports the subject matter relied upon to make the rejection in compliance with 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph.

MPEP § 2136.03 (III.)(bold in original).

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3655 Ex Parte Benz et al 10/791,432 KAUFFMAN 103(a) Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC EXAMINER LE, DAVID D

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Song 10/638,920 GRIMES 103(a)/obviousness-type double patenting MAYER & WILLIAMS PC EXAMINER VU, JAKE MINH

1633 Ex Parte Blanche et al 11/582,427 FREDMAN 103(a) WILEY REIN LLP EXAMINER KAUSHAL, SUMESH

We are not persuaded. Kubin stated that “[r]esponding to concerns about uncertainty in the prior art influencing the purported success of the claimed combination, this court [in O’Farrell] stated: ‘[o]bviousness does not require absolute predictability of success … all that is required is a reasonable expectation of success.”’ In re Kubin, 561 F.3d 1351, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (citing In re O’Farrell, 853 F.2d 894, 903-904 (Fed. Cir. 1988)).

Kubin, Ex parte, 83 USPQ2d 1410 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2143.01

O’Farrell, In re, 853 F.2d 894, 7 USPQ2d 1673 (Fed. Cir. 1988) . . 2143.01, 2143.02, 2144.08, 2145
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1776 Ex Parte Louis Schupp 11/145,205 NAGUMO 103(a) SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS EXAMINER ORLANDO, AMBER ROSE

1781 Ex Parte Chaudhry et al 11/127,714 GAUDETTE 112(1)/103(a) GENERAL MILLS, INC. EXAMINER BADR, HAMID R

Rolls-Royce, PLC v. United Technologies Corp., 603 F.3d 1325, 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (“If a person of ordinary skill, before the time of invention and without knowledge of that invention, would have found the invention merely an easily predictable and achievable variation or combination of the prior art, then the invention likely would have been obvious.”).

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Dettinger et al 11/191,469 DANG 103(a) IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER CHOI, YUK TING

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2491 Ex Parte Wee et al 10/245,892 GONSALVES 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER POPHAM, JEFFREY D

NEW

AFFIRMED

06/01/2011 1767 Ex Parte Gong et al 10/518,127 GAUDETTE 103(a) EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY EXAMINER PEPITONE, MICHAEL F

06/01/2011 1764 Ex Parte Guenther et al 12/008,740 GAUDETTE 112(2)/103(a) FINA TECHNOLOGY INC EXAMINER HUHN, RICHARD A