spectrum

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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1613 Medline Industries, Inc. 16157263 SCHNEIDER 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP CHANG, KYUNG SOOK

1618 CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY 16000717 NEW 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO, LLP DONOHUE, SEAN R

1642 Byondis B.V. 16456177 FLAX 103 Buscher Patent PLLC PUTTLITZ, KARL J

1643 The United States of America,as represented by the Secretary,Department of Health and Human Services 16047929 GRIMES OTDP LEYDIG, VOIT & MAYER, LTD. HUFF, SHEELA JITENDRA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1712 Ransburg Industrial Finishing K.K. 15130824 MCGEE 103 Fletcher Yoder PC (CFTI) WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION

1714 Jean-Alex Laffitte et al. 13170688 TIMM 103 SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL, LLP LEE, DOUGLAS

1787 SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 16075618 HOUSEL 112(1) Cheng Law Group, PLLC SHUKLA, KRUPA

1788 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15305863 CASHION 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L

1798 John Eastman 13426831 SMITH 112(1) SHERRILL LAW OFFICES TURK, NEIL N

1799 Robert Almblad 15848193 INGLESE 103 BASCH & NICKERSON LLP HENSEL, BRENDAN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2154 HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP 15182119 DIXON 103 MICRO FOCUS LLC ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S

2169 FACEBOOK, INC. 15432753 COURTENAY 102/103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PA)(Facebook) UDDIN, MD I

2179 Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. 14696306 SAADAT 103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. WENG, PEI YONG

2179 VMware, Inc. 15879408 SZPONDOWSKI 103 Novum Patent Services BADAWI, ANGIE M

2184 Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller SE & Co. KG 16472474 BAUMEISTER 102/103 Brooks Kushman ROCHE, JOHN B

2191 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 15813254 ARPIN 103 The Small Patent Law Group LLC DENG, ANNA CHEN

2193 QUALCOMM Incorporated 16548722 CURCURI 103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP/Qualcomm VU, TUAN A

2199 International Business Machines Corporation 14966561 DEJMEK 103 IBM (AUS-KLS)c/o Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP KABIR, MOHAMMAD H

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2413 Cisco Technology, Inc. 16150947 McNEILL 103 Edell, Shapiro, & Finnan, LLC OHRI, ROMANI

2416 QUALCOMM Incorporated 15789459 SHAW 103 Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm THOMAS, WILFRED

2419 Sony Corporation 15250331 RAEVSKY 102 XSENSUS LLP LEE, Y YOUNG

2432 Veracode, Inc. 16011606 STRAUSS 101 GILLIAM IP PLLC (Veracode) TRAN, TRI MINH

2481 Christopher Kennedy 13617433 BISK 103 BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD TEKLE, DANIEL T

2486 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 15954421 HAGY 103 Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP ¡V AMZ NGUYEN, KATHLEEN V

2497 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15449876 THOMAS 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION OKEKE, IZUNNA

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2625 Apple Inc. 15663588 CRAIG 103 Apple c/o Kubota & Basol LLP ENGLISH, ALECIA DIANE

2637 CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC 16238415 HOWARD 102 Armstrong Teasdale LLP (Cable Television Labs) BELLO, AGUSTIN

2643 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 16023798 McNEILL 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP HU, RUI MENG

2643 Apple Inc. 16454884 BEAMER 103 DENTONS US LLP ¡V Apple YI, ALEXANDER J.

2684 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 15987991 McNEILL 103 MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.C/O KEATING & BENNETT, LLP PHAM, QUANG

2689 HERE GLOBAL B.V. 16126871 SHAW 102/103 DITTHAVONG, STEINER, & MLOTKOWSKI GIRMA, FEKADESELASS

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2835 ABB Schweiz AG 16604476 BAUMEISTER 103 ABB - Whitmyer IP Group LLC MATEY, MICHAEL A

2845 Nokia Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd. 16060545 GAUDETTE 103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA ISLAM, HASAN Z

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

3619 Fuelogics, LLC 15851598 SCHOPFER 103 John J. Bamert, Esq. Bamert Regan GOLDBERG, IVAN R

3619 Jacob Pechenik et al. 12942073 SHAH 103 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) HUANG, JAY

3635 CFM Global LLC 14242905 STEPINA 102/103 41.50 112(2) FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP (DC) SADLON, JOSEPH

3651 GPCP IP Holdings LLC 15479656 HUTCHINGS 103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough-Georgia Pacific IP Department KUMAR, RAKESH

3652 Douglas Machine Inc. 15756111 KAUFFMAN 102/103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA TIGHE, BRENDAN P

However, use of the term “comprising” does not indicate that express limitations of the claim may be overlooked. See, e.g., Spectrum Int’l, Inc. v. Sterilite Corp., 164 F.3d 1372, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (“‘Comprising’ is not a weasel word with which to abrogate claim limitations.”).

3654 Shimano Inc. 15684606 KERINS 103 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP CAMPOS, JR, JUAN J

3688 Apple Inc. 15415679 CALVE 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (Apple) REAGAN, JAMES A

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

3732 Alexander Hernandez 17144636 HILL 112(2)/103 LAW OFFICES OF HOWARD L. HOFFENBERG, ESQ. ZHAO, AIYING

3745 MTU Aero Engines AG 16037056 GREENHUT 103 BARLOW, JOSEPHS & HOLMES, LTD. ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J

3792 Medtronic, Inc. 15964355 FITZPATRICK 102/103 Medtronic, Inc. DINGA, ROLAND

3793 Verve Medical, Inc. 14809058 ASTORINO 112(1)/103 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI IP, JASON M

3799 BRAND GMBH + CO KG 15002757 MURPHY 103 Roberts Calderon Safran & Cole, P.C. STCLAIR, ANDREW D

Affirmed-in-Part

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1644 ANJI PHARMACEUTICALS INC. 14399157 SCHNEIDER 112(1) 103 FOLEY HOAG, LLP (General) WEN, SHARON X

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1725 The Aerospace Corporation 15655972 ROBERTSON 102/103 102/103 The Aerospace Corporation LEE, JAMES

1788 Magotteaux International S.A. 15325888 GUPTA 103 112(1) KOLITCH ROMANO LLP PATEL, RONAK C

1793 CAVIAROLI, S.L. 15577272 INGLESE 103 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP LI, CHANGQING

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2431 Capital One Financial Corporation 15878566 CUTITTA 103 OTDP Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP CHIANG, JASON

2495 TRICE IMAGING, INC. 14884709 HUME 103 103 PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP ULLAH, SHARIF E

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2615 Mohamed Mahfouz 14515483 HUME 102 103 41.50 103 Dorton & Willis LLP BRYAN, JASON B

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

3631 LEAR CORPORATION 14754843 SCHOPFER 103 112(2) BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. / LEAR CORPORATION GUAN, GUANG H

3668 LIPPERT COMPONENTS INC. 15323561 PLENZLER 112(1)/103 103 REISING ETHINGTON P.C. MUSTAFA, IMRAN K

3676 The Charles Machine Works, Inc. 15425103 STAICOVICI 102/103 112(1)/102/103 Tomlinson McKinstry, P.C. YAO, THEODORE N

3679 Cameron International Corporation 16540034 STEPINA 102/103 102/103 Schlumberger Technology Corporation LAMBE, PATRICK F

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

3771 C.R.Bard, Inc. 15061719 SILVERMAN Dissenting BAUMEISTER 102/103 102/103 Andrew D. Dorisio BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE

3791 Tommy BERGS et al. 15336910 HILL 103 103 Pilloff Pa ino & Cosenza LLP DORNA, CARRIE R

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1611 Anka Petkoska et al. 15141542 GRIMES 103 112(2) Rhodes IP PLC FRAZIER, BARBARA S

1612 Henry Smith et al. 16115973 WISZ 103 Camran V Parast RONEY, CELESTE A

1612 CONOPCO, INC., d/b/a UNILEVER 16090692 FREDMAN 103 UNILEVER PATENT GROUP RONEY, CELESTE A

1616 THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY 15304626 ADAMS 103 WITHERS & KEYS, LLC SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W

1619 BASF SE 15751889 SCHNEIDER 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP GREENE, IVAN A

1649 Regenesance B.V. 15673167 FREDMAN 112(1) NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP HAYES, ROBERT CLINTON

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1713 PlasmaNano Corporation 15648198 HASTINGS 103 DLA PIPER LLP (US ) LU, JIONG-PING

1723 Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. 14634353 SMITH OTDP 102/103 FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP ZHANG, HAIXIA

1771 VERO BIOTECH LLC 15967209 DENNETT OTDP OTDP 41.50 OTDP COOLEY LLP BHAT, NINA NMN

1777 Giorgis Isaac et al. 14122140 BEST 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP / Waters PEO, KARA M

1778 EMD Millipore Corporation 14890774 CASHION 103 EMD MILLIPORE CORPORATION PERRIN, CLARE M

1781 NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 16216274 OWENS 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP VONCH, JEFFREY A

1793 Kent Nutrition Group, Inc. 15956380 CASHION 103 FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP LI, CHANGQING

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2119 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 15607252 BUI 103 COZEN O''CONNOR LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L

2132 VMware, Inc. 16048180 THOMAS 103 Patterson + Sheridan, LLP ¡V Vmware MERCADO, RAMON A

2139 ARM Limited 15007529 ANDERSON 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. BRAGDON, REGINALD GLENWOOD

2161 TOMTOM NAVIGATION B.V. 14785370 CRAIG 103 TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL B.V.IP AGHARAHIMI, FARHAD

2175 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 16155893 BUI 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC VU, THANH T

2191 Nutanix, Inc. 15825905 CHEN 103 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP ¡V Seattle CHEN, QING

2192 ICU Medical, Inc. 15435230 FRAHM 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP ST LEGER, GEOFFREY R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2425 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC 15906183 MacDONALD 102/103 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. ANDERSON II, JAMES M

2439 ARM IP LIMITED 15107757 HUME 103 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. SCHMIDT, KARI L

2452 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 15084823 EASTHOM 103 OTDP THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP GREENE, JOSEPH L

2454 AIRWATCH LLC 14854084 CHUNG 103 Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP (VMW) ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N

2457 Jeffrey Berry et al. 15703851 COURTENAY 101 Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard, PC NANO, SARGON N

2459 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15621803 SILVERMAN 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION BOUSTANY, JIHAD KAMAL

2469 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 15827419 JEFFERY 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP JANGBAHADUR, LAKERAM

2496 Ingram Micro Inc. 15393354 FRAHM 103 ICE MILLER LLP AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2612 SAP SE 16295865 COURTENAY 102/103 Fountainhead Law Group P.C. SHIN, ANDREW

2616 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 16219820 HOMERE Concurring BAUMEISTER 103 Volpe KoenigDEPT. AMD HOANG, PETER

2627 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14867597 THOMAS 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC GUPTA, PARUL H

2636 Ciena Corporation 16180127 CHUNG 112(2)/103 Ciena Corporationc/o Clements Bernard Baratta Walker LAMBERT, DAVID W

2646 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 16088182 HUME 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC KELLEY, STEVEN SHAUN

2674 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14633524 CHUNG 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC PHAM, THIERRY L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2829 NGK INSULATORS, LTD. 15223099 SMITH 103 Tomoko Nakajima Cermak Nakajima & McGowan LLP 2 MAI, ANH D

2829 Foster-Miller, Inc. 14745825 DENNETT 102/103 101 41.50 101 Iandiorio Teska & Coleman, LLP SENGDARA, VONGSAVANH

2834 Regal Beloit America, Inc. 15910223 GAUDETTE 103 PATRICK W. RASCHE (23571) ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP ANDREWS, MICHAEL

2871 Saturn Licensing LLC 16142410 TIMM 103/OTDP LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG,KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK LAU, EDMOND C

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

3622 Woo CHOI 16500366 MEDLOCK 101 Innovation Capital Law Group, LLP CIRNU, ALEXANDRU

3624 Alexander Ebel et al. 14864415 SCHOPFER 112(1)/112(2)/103 101 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC ROTARU, OCTAVIAN

3637 BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH 16129048 CAPP 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP TRAN, HANH VAN

3651 GPCP IP Holdings LLC 15041319 GUIJT 103 Georgia-Pacific LLC RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L

3655 DEJONGE ASSOCIATES, INC. 16501745 SILVERMAN 103 Stuart W. Dejonge WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R

3666 THE AMES COMPANIES, INC. 13729071 CALVE 103 Brooks Kushman1000 Town Center BURGESS, MARC R

3685 MasterCard International Incorporated 14543442 CALVE 103 101 Mastercard International Incorporated c/o Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN

3695 Bottomline Technologies Sarl 16680652 MOHANTY 101 Bottomline Technologies, Inc. SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL

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

3715 CFPH, LLC 13924866 CAPP 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. LARSEN, CARL VICTOR

3715 BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT INC. 15936792 PLENZLER 101 OLIFF PLC MOSSER, ROBERT E

3723 MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION 15715318 BROWN 102/103 MICHAEL, BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (MT) KELLER, BRIAN D

3734 Scott Evans 15196201 GUIJT 103 Intellectual Property Consulting BATTISTI, DEREK J

3745 United Technologies Corporation 16122373 HOELTER 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY LAMBERT, WAYNE A

3747 CASTROL LIMITED et al. 14443608 BAHR 102/103 103 MBHB/BP Corporation North America Inc. BACON, ANTHONY L

3774 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation 16230368 BAHR 103 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION SCHILLINGER, ANN M

3791 MATERNA MEDICAL, INC. 15050287 SHAH 103 SHAY GLENN LLP KREMER, MATTHEW

3792 Tran, Bao 15896063 SONG 112(1)/112(2)/103 TRAN & ASSOCIATES ALTER MORSCHAUSE, ALYSSA MARGO

3794 Pinchas Shalev et al. 15422557 SCHOPFER 103 ISUS Intellectual Property PLLC EKRAMI, YASAMIN

3799 iRobot Corporation 16544235 FITZPATRICK 112(2)/103 Fish & Richardson PC (iROBOT) MULLER, BRYAN R

OPET Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 15735493 HARDMAN 103 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) C/O Foley & Lardner LLP PAGONAKIS, ANNA

Rehearing

Denied

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2169 Marc Light et al. 12341926 BUI 112(1)/101 Duncan Galloway Greenwald PLLC KIM, CHRISTY Y

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2698 Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. 16139499 BUI 102/103 McLean IP Global SEGURA, CYNTHIA

Reexamination

Affirmed

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2645 MONILE TECH INC ( PATENT OWNER) et al. 90/014,363 10,026,281 15/826,017 JEFFERY OTDP 103 OLYMPIC PATENT WORKS PLLC For THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC NGUYEN, LINH M original NGUYEN, PHUNG

Reissue

Affirmed

2668 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. et al. 15945333 9,302,621 14/300,569 MacDONALD 103/OTDP Rankin Hill & Clark LLP GE, YUZHEN original LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON

dippin' dots, spectrum

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Reversed
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 SERRE, Pauline et al. 14950639 WILSON 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. TALBOT, BRIAN K

1786 Pietron, Jeremy J. et al. 13723878 COLAIANNI 103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

1789 Jean-Francois Lecostaouec et al. 13412321 DELMENDO 112(2)/103 SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. (UTC) PIZIALI, ANDREW T

1793 Sundar Bala et al. 14766828 DENNETT 112(2)/112(4)/103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (CH) GEORGE, PATRICIA ANN

1798 James Vaughan. Harshman 14932721 NAGUMO 103 Evoqua Water Technologies LLC KRCHA, MATTHEW D

 Dippin’ Dots, Inc. v. Mosey, 476 F.3d 1337, 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (“‘[c]omprising’ is not a weasel word with which to abrogate claim limitations [quoting Spectrum Int’l, Inc. v. Sterilite Corp., 164 F.3d 1372, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 1988)] . . . Those six enumerated steps must, however, all be practiced as recited in the claim for a process to infringe.”).  Both Dippin’ Dots and Spectrum are precedential opinions of the Federal Circuit, and although they rule on patented claims rather than claims in an application, the Examiner has not come forward with a credible explanation why the holdings are not precedential with respect to claims on appeal during examination. 

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2173 Hong Ge et al. 14031453 HUGHES 103 OTDP Facebook/Fenwick WEBER, JOY M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2857 Masayuki Takahama et al. 12679619 COLAIANNI 101 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER

2865 Atsushi Baba et al. 14400160 SNAY 101 Pepper Hamilton LLP/Boston STIFTER JR, TERENCE E

2882 Zelsacher, Rudolf et al. 14304665 HOUSEL 103 SLATER MATSIL, LLP/Infineon RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Precision Pet Products, Inc. 13913625 BROWN 103 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP VALENTI, ANDREA M

3686 Eric Rock 14223815 CHUNG 101 AUGUSTINE, VICTORIA PEARL AUGUSTINE, VICTORIA PEARL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Mark Barthold et al. 13397187 DANIELS 103 41.50 112(2) Edell, Shapiro & Finnan LLC KIM, EUGENE LEE

3732 Lorelei Fay 14746622 SILVERMAN 102/103 SHAVER & SWANSON, LLP BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY

3745 Bo Vigholm et al 14111569 STAICOVICI 112(1)/112(2)/103 WRB-IP LLP NGUYEN, DUSTIN T

3774 Vivek Pawar et al. 12811672 SONG 103 Smith & Nephew, Inc. - KDB SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE

3774 COVIDIEN LP 14758754 HOFFMANN 112(2)/103 MDT_RTGNV/Shumaker & Sieffert P.A. WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Koki Kanehira et al. 14832167 CHANG 103 103 CARRIER BLACKMAN AND ASSOCIATES PC GREENE, IVAN A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1797 Christopher Michael. Jones et al. 15074315 WILSON 103 103 Gilliam IP PLLC (Halliburton) XU, XIAOYUN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Lee, Gregory S. et al. 15008368 WILSON 102/103 112(2)/OTDP Keysight Technologies, Inc. OUTTEN, SAMUEL S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Meckel, Nathan K. 12195994 BROWNE 103 103 Mintz Levin/San Diego Office IRVIN, THOMAS W

3682 John Hayward et al 12751832 DEJMEK 101 103 FENWICK & WEST LLP OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3791 Robert W. Fasciano 11769168 HOFFMANN 103 103 Mintz Levin/Codman & Shurtleff CHEN, TSE W

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Shannon Elizabeth. Klingman 14613420 KATZ 103 JEFFREY DEAN LINDSAY CHANG, KYUNG SOOK

1619 Mark Benn et al. 14243494 COTTA 103 112(2)/103 POLSINELLI PC MATTISON, LORI K

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 Paul J. Berlowitz et al. 14207728 PRAISS 103 ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company THOMAS, BRENT C

1734 Herbert A. Chin et al. 14776190 WILSON 103 O''''Shea Getz P.C. JOHNSON, JONATHAN J

1787 AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC 14500562 DENNETT 103 LKGLOBAL (Axalta) NELSON, MICHAEL B

1792 EDWARDS, Eduard et al. 14446094 SMITH 103 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP AXTELL, ASHLEY

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Robert Kincaid et al. 13918572 DIXON 103 Agilent Technologies, Inc. VALDEZ, PATRICK F

2689 Yudanov, Dmitri 15486080 BELISLE 103 Timothy M. Honeycutt Attorney at Law BARAKAT, MOHAMED

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Mika Silvennoinen et al. 15133391 MCGEE 102/103 ABB Inc. Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3645 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 14992671 CAPP 102/103 The Farrell Law Firm, P.C./SSI RATCLIFFE, LUKE D

3695 Daniel H. Greene 12062823 KOHUT 101 PVF -- PARC c/o PARK, VAUGHAN, FLEMING & DOWLER LLP POLLOCK, GREGORY A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Milan Bozic 14342492 WOOD 112(4)/102/103 112(2) Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP SWINNEY, JENNIFER B

3726 Lennox Industries Inc. 13662700 CAPP 103 Lennox International Inc. c/o Hubbard Johnston, PLLC KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M

3769 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. 15367338 8,900,284 11/761,708 OSINSKI 251 NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP WEHNER, CARY ELLEN

4195 Dinakara Nagalla et al. 12080901 CHERRY 101 KINNEY & LANGE, P.A. AN, IG TAI

Rehearing

Granted
3623 Avadis Tevanian et al. 11753128 WORTH 101 41.50 101 Law Office of J. Nicholas Gross, Prof. Corp. STERRETT, JONATHAN G

Denied
3791 Haines, Robyn Aylor. et al. 12925221 BAHR 112(2) 101/103 Robert B. Aylor WEARE, MEREDITH H

elkay, pall corp2, omega, spectrum, middleton, saunders

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Tewari et al 11540320 - (D) MEDLOCK 102 ANDRUS, SCEALES, STARKE & SAWALL, LLP MANSFIELD, THOMAS L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2825 Ex Parte Nair 11598327 - (D) TORCZON 103 102/103 37 CFR 40.51(b) 103 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP (Broadcom) LEVIN, NAUM B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Cloft et al 11754455 - (D) SPAHN 112(1)/112(2) 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global PRAGER, JESSE M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Ex Parte Long et al 11303283 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. MEHMOOD, JENNIFER

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3693 TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OPEN E CRY, LLC, AND OPTIONSXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC., Defendants-Appellees, AND TRADESTATION SECURITIES, INC., AND TRADESTATION GROUP, INC., Defendants-Appellees, AND IBG, LLC, THINKORSWIM GROUP, INC., TD AMERITRADE, INC., TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORP., AND INTERACTIVE BROKERS, LLC, Defendants Appellees, AND CQG, INC., AND CQGT, LLC, Defendants-Appellees, AND 2 TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTL v. OPEN E CRY, LLC FUTUREPATH TRADING LLC, SUNGARD DATA SYSTEMS, INC., SUNGARD INVESTMENT VENTURES LLC, AND GL TRADE AMERICAS, INC., Defendants-Appellees, AND STELLAR TRADING SYSTEMS, LTD., AND STELLAR TRADING SYSTEMS, INC., Defendants-Appellees, AND ESPEED MARKETS, LP, BGC CAPITAL MARKETS, LP, AND ECCOWARE LTD., Defendants-Appellees, AND ROSENTHAL COLLINS GROUP, LLC, Defendant. 2012-1583 7,676,411 11/585,907 7,693,768 11/585,906 7,904,374 11/585,905 7,685,055 11/417,547 LOURIE 112(2)/prosecution history estoppel Trading Technologies International, Inc. McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP; Salans LLP; Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione; WEISBERGER, RICHARD C

The court ... concluded that when “‘multiple patents derive from the same initial application, the prosecution history regarding a claim limitation in any patent that has issued applies with equal force to subsequently issued patents that contain the same claim limitation.’” ... (quoting Elkay Mfg. Co. v. Ebco Mfg. Co., 192 F.3d 973, 980 (Fed. Cir. 1999)).
...
Prosecution history estoppel applies as part of an infringement analysis to prevent a patentee from using the doctrine of equivalents to recapture subject matter surrendered from the literal scope of a claim during prosecution. Pall Corp. v. Hemasure Inc., 181 F.3d 1305, 1311 (Fed. Cir. 1999). Prosecution disclaimer, on the other hand, affects claim construction and applies where an applicant’s actions during prosecution prospectively narrow the literal scope of an otherwise more expansive claim limitation. Omega Eng’g, Inc. v. Raytek Corp., 334 F.3d 1314, 1323–24 (Fed. Cir. 2003). Though distinct, both doctrines serve to constrain the enforceable scope of patent claims commensurate with any subject matter surrendered during prosecution to obtain the patent, and a single action during prosecution can engender both a prosecution disclaimer and prosecution history estoppel. See, e.g., Elkay, 192 F.3d at 978–79, 981; Spectrum Int’l, Inc. v. Sterilite Corp., 164 F.3d 1372, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 1998).
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See Middleton, Inc. v. Minn. Mining & Mfg. Co., 311 F.3d 1384, 1389 (Fed. Cir. 2002). “When the purported disclaimers are directed to specific claim terms that have been omitted or materially altered in subsequent applications . . . those disclaimers do not apply.” Saunders Grp., Inc. v. Comfortrac, Inc., 492 F.3d 1326, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2007).

AFFIRMED
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