boehringer, stencel

custom search

Reversed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1635 Ancestry.com DNA. LLC 14649796 LEBOVITZ 101 Ancestry/Fenwick SKIBINSKY, ANNA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1716 Lam Research Corporation 14598943 TIMM 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Lam) KLUNK, MARGARET D

1727 Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC 14224963 BEST 112(1)/112(2)/103 K&L Gates LLP ĄV Pittsburgh Teledyne WEI, ZHONGQING

1767 General Electric Company 15420428 PRAISS 103 Dority & Manning, PA and General Electric Company HEINCER, LIAM J

1796 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15559117 DENNETT 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY EDWARDS, LYDIA E

1797 Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 15395875 BEST 103 PARC c/o Yao Legal Services, Inc. EOM, ROBERT J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2159 Ocient Holdings LLC 16720481 ENGLE 103 GARLICK & MARKISON (Ocient) MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO

2191 QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 16294566 SILVERMAN 103 Nixon Peabody LLP HUDA, MOHAMMED NURUL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2425 Vid Scale, Inc. 16330334 HUME 102(a)(1) Invention Mine IDC VO, TUNG T

2426 FOX DIGITAL ENTERPRISES, INC. 14828249 SHIANG Concurring CYGAN 103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.C/O FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP TELAN, MICHAEL R

2443 Apple Inc. 15803444 ARPIN 102(a)(1)/103 Baker & Hostetler LLP (Apple) WON, MICHAEL YOUNG

2448 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. 14982616 FRAHM 103 VERIZON - HHLEGAL DEPT ĄV PATENTS MAI, KEVIN S

2449 Nicira, Inc. 15343139 FRAHM 103 Ren-Sheng International(VMWARE-NICIRA) ABEDIN, NORMIN

2451 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15711433 THOMAS 102/103 Barta, Jones & Foley, P.C.(Patent Group - Microsoft Corporation) JAHNIGE, CAROLINE H

2459 International Business Machines Corporation 15834134 SCHNEIDER 103 DUKE W. YEE ĄV IBM YEE AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. RASHID, ISHRAT

2468 ALCATEL LUCENT 15127523 CUTITTA Dissenting BAUMEISTER 103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA BELETE, BERHANU D

2474 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 16300429 NAPPI 103 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson ZHANG, ZHENSHENG

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2664 DeepMind Technologies Limited 16403278 BAUMEISTER 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. LEE, JOHN W

2833 Shinya Yudate et al. 13579403 HASTINGS 103 WHDA, LLP FIGUEROA, FELIX O

2837 TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. 15649228 INGLESE 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP HINSON, RONALD

2846 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 16029908 CASHION 112(2)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford TRUNEH, ZEMENAY T

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

3664 Universal Electronics Inc. 16146741 BUI 103 41.50 112(1)/112(2) Greenberg Traurig, LLP KARWAN, SIHAR A

3676 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 15527293 SHAH 103 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. C/O PARKER JUSTISS, P.C. PATEL, NEEL G

3685 Hart Intercivic, Inc. 13967054 CALVE 103 Egan, Enders & Huston LLP QAYYUM, ZESHAN

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

3794 Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. 14808679 WIEDER 103 NEW RIVER VALLEY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, PC CLARK, RYAN T

Affirmed-in-Part 

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1779 HYDAC FLUIDCARECENTER GMBH 15123698 TIMM 112(2)/103 112(2) WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. ANDERSON, DENISE R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2138 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 16138708 COURTENAY 103 103 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. c/o Davidson Sheehan LLP NGUYEN, THAN VINH

We initially conclude the “for a kernel” language recited in limitation L1 above is a statement of intended use or purpose. However, “[a]n intended use or purpose usually will not limit the scope of the claim because such statements usually do no more than define a context in which the invention operates.” Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. v. Schering-Plough Corp., 320 F.3d 1339, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2003). Although “[s]uch statements often . . . appear in the claim’s preamble,” In re Stencel, 828 F.2d 751, 754 (Fed. Cir. 1987), a statement of intended use or purpose can appear elsewhere in a claim. Id.

Stencel, In re, 828 F.2d 751, 4 USPQ2d 1071 (Fed. Cir. 1987) 2111.02

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2482 WaveOne Inc. 15439893 SILVERMAN 103 112(1) FENWICK & WEST LLP NIRJHAR, NASIM NAZRUL

Affirmed 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1612 Ruprecht Keller 16780365 NEW 103 OTDP K&L Gates LLP-Chicago MILLIGAN, ADAM C

1616 Huntsman Corporation Australia Pty Limited 14115362 TOWNSEND 103 Indorama Ventures Oxides Australia Pty Limited HIRT, ERIN E

1627 Rauno Joks et al. 14130995 TOWNSEND 112(1)/112(2)/102(b)/103 SCULLY SCOTT MURPHY & PRESSER, PC CHONG, YONG SOO

1631 Nantomics, LLC 15555290 KATZ 101 Umberg Zipser, LLP WOITACH, JOSEPH T

1654 THE MEDICINES COMPANY 14914792 LEBOVITZ 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. BRADLEY, CHRISTINA

1654 NOVALIQ GMBH 16109127 FREDMAN 103 HOXIE & ASSOCIATES LLC AUDET, MAURY A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1734 BAE SYSTEMS plc 15545570 Per curiam 103 BAE-UK / Finch & Maloney FELTON, AILEEN BAKER

1735 Joachim Antonissen et al. 13637461 ROBERTSON 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. HILL, STEPHANI A

1761 Milliken & Company 15970304 INGLESE 103 Legal Department (M-495) KHAN, AMINA S

1761 Milliken & Company 15785772 INGLESE 103 Legal Department (M-495) KHAN, AMINA S

1764 Dow Global Technologies LLC et al. 16301613 CASHION 103 The Dow Chemical Company/Cantor Colburn LLP REDDY, KARUNA P

1771 SHELL OIL COMPANY 15681563 HOUSEL 103 SHELL USA, INC. BOYER, RANDY

1774 Zenex International, Inc. 16101606 PRAISS 103 Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C

1783 Material Sciences Corporation 15729100 GUPTA 103 QUINN IP Law DILLON, DANIEL P

1791 Matthew Beeson 15851063 HASTINGS 103 Edel Patents LLC CHAWLA, JYOTI

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2119 PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V. 15755540 KUMAR 103 Signify Holding B.V. KABIR, SAAD M

2128 International Business Machines Corporation 15349041 HORVATH 112(1) 101 Walder Intellectual Property Law PC LEE, TSU-CHANG

2145 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 14672772 SHIANG 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL JIANG, HAIMEI

2154 SAP SE 16117478 DEJMEK 103 Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. MCGHEE, TRACY M

2173 VMware, Inc. 15995535 DIXON 103/OTDP Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP (VMW) CHUNG, ANDREW

2193 SI BIN FAN et al. 13468128 THOMAS 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC WHEATON, BRADFORD F

2195 ATI Technologies ULC et al. 15348175 EASTHOM 103 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. c/o Davidson Sheehan LLP AYERS, MICHAEL W

2195 Schneider Electric Industries SAS 15700443 COURTENAY 112(1) 103 Locke Lord LLP TEETS, BRADLEY A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2446 COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 14331968 KUMAR 103 Comcast c/o Ballard Spahr LLP GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D

2446 Universal Electronics Inc. 14618365 SILVERMAN 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP DUONG, THAO DUC

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2689 CK MATERIALS LAB CO., LTD. 16229270 PYONIN 103 MAYER & WILLIAMS PC GIRMA, FEKADESELASS

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2836 Edwin Irons 16984825 HASTINGS 103 United IP Counselors, LLC THOMAS, LUCY M

2841 RAYTHEON COMPANY 15988296 RANGE 103 LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP Raytheon CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D

2853 HEIDELBERGER DRUCKMASCHINEN AG 16512989 GAUDETTE 102(a)(1)/102(a)(2)/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D

2875 FORD MOTOR COMPANY 16117193 RANGE 103 MACMILLAN, SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC ĄV FORDONE CHIANG, MICHAEL

2899 TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED 15039803 HASTINGS 103 Tokyo Electron Limited/Fenwick LEE, JAE

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

3612 John Rhymer 15932444 DEFRANCO 112(b)/102(a)(2)/103 Ryan M. Fountain, Esq. PEDDER, DENNIS H

3619 HAWTHORNE EFFECT, INC. 15312702 HUTCHINGS 101 Blue Filament Law DURANT, JONATHAN W

3621 HULU, LLC 14855985 SILVERMAN 101 41.50 101 Brian N. Young, Esq. Kwan & Olynick LLP c/o HULU, LLC MPAMUGO, CHINYERE

3624 The Boeing Company 14511901 SILVERMAN 101 Boeing and Alston & Bird, LLP PRASAD, NANCY N

3629 TRACELINK, INC. 15911160 FETTING 101 CRGO Global ATTN: STEVEN M. GREENBERG, ESQ. OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P

3643 Warren Martin 15978572 STAICOVICI 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC JORDAN, MORGAN T

3652 Volvo Construction Equipment AB 16327121 WIEDER 103 Sage Patent Group/Volvo Construction Equipment AB SNELTING, JONATHAN D

3686 Sorna Corporation 14091806 CALVE 103 112(b)/101 Billion & Armitage PATEL, JAY M

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

3715 BehaVR, LLC 15912200 SCHOPFER 103 41.50 112(b) Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER

3723 Bernard Fryshman 16109040 STAICOVICI 102(a)(1)/103 Bell & Manning, LLC QUANN, ABBIE E

3753 FEIBIAO ZHANG 16231691 BROWN 103 112(b) Kan HOOK, JAMES F

3763 Phononic, Inc. 14817319 SHAH 103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. TEITELBAUM, DAVID J

3785 ResMed Pty Ltd 14889034 MARTIN 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG

3791 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 16277474 FITZPATRICK 112(1)/103 Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C. SHAH, JAY B

Rehearing

Granted 

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2483 ARRIS Enterprises LLC 15135500 CRAIG 103 41.50 103 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP (Arris/Commscope) ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

Denied 

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2125 William Starrett 15299124 MACDONALD 112(1)/112(2)/101/103 William H. Starrett, Jr. BALDWIN, RANDALL KERN

2147 Kiran MUNDY et al. 12503472 KUMAR 103 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) GORNEY, BORIS

2181 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 15384164 ARPIN 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP MODO, RONALD T

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

3731 Robert Bosch GmbH 16062090 WOOD 112(2) Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP FRY, PATRICK B

3745 Bo Vigholm et al. 14111569 STAICOVICI 103 WRB-IP LLP NGUYEN, DUSTIN T

Reexamination

Reversed

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

3751 STORK FOOD & DAIRY SYSTEMS BV (OWNER) et al. 95000686 6,481,468 09/781,636  MARTIN 103 Steuben Foods, Inc.Third Party Requester: The Law Office of Marc R. Labgold, P.C. ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN

3721 STEUBEN FOODS INC. (OWNER) et al. 95001452 6,945,013 09/871,078 MARTIN 103 Steuben Foods, Inc. Third Party Requester:GIBBONS P.C. ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN

Affirmed

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2821 Simon Nicholas Richmond ( ASSIGNEE) et al. 90014306 7,429,827 11/102,229 HOFF 103 Shiells Law Firm P.C. For Third Party Requester: BARNES & THORNBURG LLP BANANKHAH, MAJID A

Rehearing

Denied

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2153 CISCO SYSTEMS INC. Requester v. Patent of VIRNETX INC. 95001851 7,418,504 09/504,783 ROBERTSON 102/103 PAUL HASTINGS LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: David L. McCombs HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP, FOSTER, ROLAND G

stencel, C.R. Bard

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 Ex Parte Muller et al 12373649 - (D) RANGE 103 41.50 102/103 Evoqua Water Technologies LLC ZALASKY, KATHERINE M

Whether or not a statement of "intended purpose constitutes a limitation to the claims is, as has been long established, a matter to be determined on the facts of each case in view of the claimed invention as a whole." In re Stencel, 828 F.2d 751, 754-55 (Fed. Cir. 1987); see also C.R. Bard, Inc. v. M3 Sys., Inc., 157 F.3d 1340, 1350 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (holding that preamble did not limit claim scope where it merely stated intended use or purpose of the invention).

Stencel, In re, 828 F.2d 751, 4 USPQ2d 1071 (Fed. Cir. 1987) 2111.02

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2694 Ex Parte HOTELLING et al 12549229 - (D) WINSOR 103 APPLE c/o MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP LA HORNER, JONATHAN R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Fashchik et al 12164446 - (D) MEDLOCK 101/112(2)/102/103 ZILKA-KOTAB, PC- IBM ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINAE

3646 Ex Parte Sejvar 12715420 - (D) CALVE 102/103 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, LLC BURKE, SEAN P

3651 Ex Parte Wunsch 12742860 - (D) CALVE 102/103 LAITRAM, L.L. C. SINGH, KAVEL
REVERSED 3742 Ex Parte Chen et al 11475750 - (D) BROWNE 103 Charles E Leahy JENNISON, BRIAN W

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte King et al 12200513 - (D) MORGAN 102 102 MILES & STOCKBRIDGE P.C. Oracle International Corporation BULLOCK, JOSHUA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Cote 12834350 - (D) HOSKINS 103 103 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP HARMON, CHRISTOPHER R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Fromovich et al 13566893 - (D) SHAH 103 112(2) KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP MAI, HAO D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Ziser et al 11301704 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 LANXESS CORPORATION MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2441 Ex Parte Garza et al 13275638 - (D) KUMAR 103 Greg Goshorn, P,C, MUNDUR, PADMAVATHI V

2445 Ex Parte Adams et al 11457303 - (D) McNEILL 103 RIDOUT & MAYBEE LLP JAKOVAC, RYAN J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3673 Ex Parte Navarro 13374971 - (D) HOSKINS 103 Gary Honeycutt CUOMO, PETER M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Perschbacher et al 12277101 - (D) BROWNE 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/BSC LEVICKY, WILLIAM J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 CERRO WIRE, INC. Requester and Respondent v. SOUTHWIRE COMPANY Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7411129 et al 10/952,294 95000403 - (D) CHEN 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: DLA PIPER US LLP NGUYEN, TUAN H original MAYO III, WILLIAM H

boehringer, stencel

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Pilgaard et al 10/490,278 McCOLLUM 103(a) COLOPLAST A/S EXAMINER GHALI, ISIS A D

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte Trossman et al 10/947,768 DILLON 103(a)/101 LEE LAW, PLLC IBM CUSTOMER NUMBER EXAMINER BENGZON, GREG C

2448 Ex Parte Brownholtz et al 10/894,526 DROESCH 102(b)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102(e) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O''KEEFE, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER WHIPPLE, BRIAN P

2478 Ex Parte Barda 10/836,520 CHEN 102(b) KENYON & KENYON LLP EXAMINER ALI, FARHAD

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2857 Ex Parte Coss et al 10/094,550 KRIVAK 102(b) HAMILTON & TERRILE, LLP EXAMINER NGHIEM, MICHAEL P
AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Wong et al 10/794,334 WALSH 103(a) nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting VISTA IP LAW GROUP LLP EXAMINER WHALEY, PABLO S

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 Ex Parte Asaro et al 10/074,064 SMITH 103(a) 103(a) VEDDER PRICE P.C. EXAMINER MYERS, PAUL R

2185 Ex Parte Challener et al 11/068,322 DESHPANDE 112(2)/103(a) 103(a) ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES EXAMINER THAI, TUAN V

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2491 Ex Parte Huynh et al 10/457,908 FRAHM 103(a) 101 STEVENS & SHOWALTER, L.L.P. BOX IBM EXAMINER POPHAM, JEFFREY D

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3612 Ex Parte Balzer et al 11/480,618 BAHR 103(a) 103(a) MILLER LAW GROUP, PLLC AND FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. EXAMINER CHENEVERT, PAUL A
AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Weers et al 10/751,342 WALSH 103(a)/nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting NOVARTIS EXAMINER CARTER, KENDRA D

1644 Ex Parte Peritt et al 11/018,240 McCOLLUM 103(a) PHILIP S. JOHNSON JOHNSON & JOHNSON EXAMINER SKELDING, ZACHARY S

1645 Ex Parte Chu 11/325,556 FRANKLIN 103(a) WYETH LLC EXAMINER GANGLE, BRIAN J

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1742 Ex Parte Breese 10/774,161 GARRIS 103(a) LyondellBasell Industries EXAMINER VARGOT, MATHIEU D

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2112 Ex Parte Raith et al 11/098,292 DESHPANDE 102(b)/103(a) COATS & BENNETT, PLLC EXAMINER TORRES, JOSEPH D

2172 Ex Parte Schmitt 10/854,170 COURTENAY 103(a) SAP / FINNEGAN, HENDERSON LLP EXAMINER SONG, DAEHO D

Appellant’s argued limitation of “performing a query on a database for determining names of one or more predefined parameter sets for the customization object” (claim 1) does not positively recite that any parameter set names are actually determined. Our reviewing court guides that “[a]n intended use or purpose usually will not limit the scope of the claim because such statements usually do no more than define a context in which the invention operates.” Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. v. Schering-Plough Corp., 320 F.3d 1339, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2003). Although “[s]uch statements often . . . appear in the claim’s preamble,” In re Stencel, 828 F.2d 751, 754 (Fed. Cir. 1987), a statement of intended use or purpose can appear elsewhere in a claim. Id.

Stencel, In re, 828 F.2d 751, 4 USPQ2d 1071 (Fed. Cir. 1987) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2111.02

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Willins et al 11/137,003 HAHN 103(a) MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. EXAMINER LAI, DANIEL

2618 Ex Parte Perlman 10/395,749 GONSALVES 102(e)/103(a) THE LAW OFFICES OF BRADLEY J. BEREZNAK EXAMINER NGUYEN, TU X

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Hirotsu 10/719,321 GRIMES 103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER CRAIG, PAULA L

3788 Ex Parte Ryan et al 11/132,964 ASTORINO 102(b)/103(a) THE WEINTRAUB GROUP, P.L.C. EXAMINER PICKETT, JOHN G
REHEARING

GRANTED-IN-PART

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1656 Ex Parte Wei et al 12/283,347 ADAMS 112(1) HUGH MCTAVISH MCTAVISH PATENT FIRM EXAMINER MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM

boehringer, stencel, Jung, tiffin, joy technologies, huang, cable, standish, ariad, reiffin, lockwood, barker, vas-cath

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Thastrup et al 10/072,036 GREEN 102(b)/103(a)/112(1) Workman Nydegger EXAMINER BURKHART, MICHAEL D
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1798 Ex Parte Desai et al 10/288,126 TIMM 112(1)/102(e)/102(b)/103(a)/112(1) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER COLE, ELIZABETH M
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2183 Ex Parte Cabillic et al 11/186,036 JEFFERY 112(1)/102(b)/103(a) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED EXAMINER FAHERTY, COREY S
2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Kim 10/216,875 BAUMEISTER 102(b)/112(1) 112(2) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) SUGHRUE MION, PLLC EXAMINER SHANG, ANNAN Q

2451 Ex Parte McDougall et al 10/284,966 MacDONALD 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER DIVECHA, KAMAL B

2600 Communications
2629 Ex Parte Lilleness et al 10/287,337 KRIVAK 102(b)/103(a) GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (CHI) EXAMINER PHAM, TAMMY T

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2876 Ex Parte Robinson et al 11/265,364 MANTIS MERCADER 102(e)/102(b)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER SHARIFZADA, ALI R

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1654 Ex Parte Krafft et al 11/100,212 GRIMES 102(b) Jane Massey Licata, Esquire Licata & Tyrrell P.C. EXAMINER GUPTA, ANISH
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Muller et al 11/040,270 COURTENAY 102(b) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & PAUL, LLP EXAMINER TANK, ANDREW L

We also broadly but reasonably construe the “configured to render an arrangement . . . .” language of claim 1 as a statement of intended use or purpose. (emphasis added) “An intended use or purpose usually will not limit the scope of the claim because such statements usually do no more than define a context in which the invention operates.” Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. v. Schering-Plough Corp., 320 F.3d 1339, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2003). Although “[s]uch statements often . . . appear in the claim's preamble,” In re Stencel, 828 F.2d 751, 754 (Fed. Cir. 1987), a statement of intended use or purpose can appear elsewhere in a claim. Id.

Stencel, In re, 828 F.2d 751, 4 USPQ2d 1071 (Fed. Cir. 1987) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2111.02
...
See In re Jung, No. 2010-1019, 2011 WL 1235093 at 7 (Fed. Cir. 2011)(“Jung argues that the Board gave improper deference to the examiner’s rejection by requiring Jung to‘identif[y] a reversible error’ by the examiner, which improperly shifted the burden of proving patentability onto Jung. Decision at 11. This is a hollow argument, because, as discussed above, the examiner established a prima facie case of anticipation and the burden was properly shifted to Jung to rebut it. . . . ‘[R]eversible error’ means that the applicant must identify to the Board what the examiner did wrong . . . .”).

2192 Ex Parte Bagley et al 10/852,908 BARRY 103(a) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & PAUL, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER BUI, HANH THI MINH
2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2432 Ex Parte Wang et al 10/026,043 MacDONALD 103(a) MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. EXAMINER KIM, JUNG W
2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Lindskog 10/502,018 SAADAT 103(a) Mark P. Stone EXAMINER NGUYEN, NAM V
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Bodine et al 10/943,795 O’NEILL 103(a) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. EXAMINER DURAND, PAUL R

Objective evidence of non-obviousness, including commercial success, must be commensurate in scope with the claims. In re Tiffin, 448 F.2d 791 (CCPA 197 1) (evidence showing commercial success of thermoplastic foam “cups” used in vending machines was not commensurate in scope with claims directed to thermoplastic foam “containers” broadly). In order to be commensurate in scope with the claims, the commercial success must be due to claimed features, and not due to unclaimed features. Joy Technologies Inc. v. Manbeck, 751 F. Supp. 225, 229 (D.D.C. 1990), aff’d, 959 F.2d 226, 228 (Fed. Cir. 1992) (Features responsible for commercial success were recited only in allowed dependent claims, and therefore the evidence of commercial success was not commensurate in scope with the broad claims at issue.). An inventor’s opinion as to the purchaser’s reason for buying the product is insufficient to demonstrate a nexus between the sales and the claimed invention. In re Huang, 100 F.3d 135, 140 (Fed. Cir. 1996). Further, gross sales figures do not show commercial success absent evidence as to market share, Cable Electric Products, Inc. v. Genmark, Inc., 770 F.2d 1015, 1026-27 (Fed. Cir. 1985), or as to the time period during which the product was sold, or as to what sales would normally be expected in the market, Ex parte Standish, 10 USPQ2d 1454, 1458 (BPAI 1988).

Tiffin, In re, 443 F.2d 394, 170 USPQ 88 (CCPA 1971). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.04, 2142

Joy Technologies Inc. v. Manbeck, 751 F. Supp 225, 17 USPQ2d 1257 (D.D.C. 1990). . . . . . . . . . . . .716.03(a)

Huang, In re, 100 F.3d 135, 40 USPQ2d 1685 (Fed. Cir. 1996) . . . . 716.03, 716.03(b), 2145

Cable Electric Products, Inc. v. Genmark, Inc., 770 F.2d 1015, 226 USPQ 881 (Fed. Cir. 1985) . . . . 716.03(b), 716.06, 1504.03

Standish, Ex parte, 10 USPQ2d 1454 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1988) .716.03(a), 716.03(b), 2138.01
3738 Ex Parte Calandruccio et al 10/842,030 BAHR 103(a) WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. EXAMINER PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D

3772 Ex Parte Masini 10/872,717 O’NEILL 112(1)/102(e)/102(b)/103(a) GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE, ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C EXAMINER PATEL, TARLA R

[T]he test for sufficiency is whether the disclosure of the application relied upon reasonably conveys to those skilled in the art that the inventor had possession of the claimed subject matter as of the filing date. . . . [T]he test requires an objective inquiry into the four corners of the specification from the perspective of a person of ordinary skill in the art. Based on that inquiry, the specification must describe an invention understandable to that skilled artisan and show that the inventor actually invented the invention claimed. . . . This inquiry . . . is a question of fact.

Ariad Pharm., Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Co., 598 F.3d 1336, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2010)(en banc) (citing Vas-Cath, Inc. v. Mahurkar, 935 F.2d 1555, 1562-63 (Fed. Cir. 1991)). See also Vas-Cath at 1563-64.

New or amended claims which introduce elements or limitations which are not supported by the as-filed disclosure violate the written description requirement. Written description support can be either express or inherent, and is determined from the disclosure considered as a whole. Reiffin v. Microsoft, 214 F.3d 1342, 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2000). That one of ordinary skill in the art might see the scenario asserted by Appellant as possible within the context of the description in Appellant’s Specification is insufficient to satisfy the written description requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph. See, e.g., Lockwood v. Am. Airlines, Inc., 107 F.3d 1565, 1571-72 (Fed. Cir. 1997) and In re Wohnsiedler, 315 F.2d 934, 937 (CCPA 1963). See also In re Barker, 559 F.2d 588, 593 (CCPA 1977):

That a person skilled in the art might realize from reading the disclosure that such a step is possible is not a sufficient indication to that person that [the] step is part of appellants’ invention. Such an indication is the least that is required for a description of the invention under the first paragraph of § 112.

Precisely how close the original description must come to comply with the description requirement must be determined on a case-by-case basis. The primary consideration is factual and depends on the nature of the invention and the amount of knowledge imparted to those skilled in the art by the disclosure. See Vas-Cath at 1561-63.

Vas-Cath, Inc. v. Mahurkar, 935 F.2d 1555, 19 USPQ2d 1111 (Fed. Cir. 1991). . .1504.20, 2161, 2163, 2163.02, 2164, 2181

Lockwood v. American Airlines, Inc., 107 F.3d 1505, 41 USPQ2d 1961 (Fed. Cir. 1997) . . . . . . . 2133.03(a), 2163, 2163.02

Barker, In re, 559 F.2d 588, 194 USPQ 470 (CCPA 1977) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2161, 2163