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Friday, September 4, 2020

PlaSmart, wagner, mraz, seid



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REVERSED 
1725 Tarkeshwar Chandrakant. Patil 14280341 - (D) WILSON 103 Dr Tarkeshwar Patil DOUYETTE, KENNETH J

1764 Covestro LLC 15588763 - (D) BEST 103 Covestro LLC HUHN, RICHARD A

1764 Novartis AG 14557676 - (D) SMITH 103 ALCON RESEARCH, LLC REDDY, KARUNA P

2425 RENISHAW PLC 14765200 - (D) STRAUSS 102/103 OLIFF PLC HODGES, SUSAN E

2616 Mehmet Ersin. Yumer 15059067 - (D) HOFF 103 SBMC YANG, YI

2628 Sanders, Dewayne E. 15010942 - (D) HUGHES 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. NGUYEN, KEVIN M

2628 Saturn Licensing LLC 15298351 - (D) HUGHES 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. NGUYEN, KEVIN M

2898 Infineon Technologies Austria AG 14570062 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES RAHMAN, MOIN M

3638 Ernest James. Dale et al. 14606643 - (D) REIMERS 112(1)/112(2)/103 41.50 112(1) MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (PH) GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT

3646 Avago Technologies International Sales Pte, Limited 14600961 - (D) REIMERS 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. ISSING, GREGORY C

3651 Horizon Systems, Inc. 14936446 - (D) REIMERS 103 Kutak Rock LLP DILLON JR, JOSEPH A

3656 KIC LLC 15019830 - (D) LANEY 102/103 Miller Nash Graham & Dunn PILKINGTON, JAMES

Federal Circuit “precedent has held that drawings can be used as prior art, without referring to the surrounding description, only if the prior art features are clearly disclosed by the drawing,” but it has also “reject[ed] [the] argument that each drawing in a prior art reference must always be viewed in isolation from the rest of a reference.”  PlaSmart, Inc. v. Kappos, 482 Fed.Appx. 568, 572 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (citing In re Wagner, 63 F.2d 987, 988 (CCPA 1933); In re Mraz, 455 F.2d 1069, 1072 (CCPA 1972); In re Seid, 161 F.2d 229, 231 (CCPA 1947) (emphasis added)).  While it is thus appropriate for an Examiner to rely solely on a prior art drawing to show a particular feature was known, Appellant may rebut this finding with evidence and arguments to establish the drawing does not clearly disclose the claimed feature to a skilled artisan.  Our task, as it is here, is to evaluate all of the evidence and arguments to determine whether a preponderance of the evidence supports the Examiner’s finding.  

Mraz, In re, 455 F.2d 1069, 173 USPQ 25 (CCPA 1972) 2125

Seid, In re, 161 F.2d 229, 73 USPQ 431 (CCPA 1947) 2112.01 2144.04

3665 adidas AG 14088715 - (D) REIMERS 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. NGUYEN, CUONG H

3685 Montgomery, Scott et al. 12889139 - (D) MEYERS 112(4)/101 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP OBEID, MAMON A

3715 Rogers, Timothy A. et al. 11853560 - (D) REIMERS 103 GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates THAI, XUAN MARIAN

3731 COVIDIEN LP 15002701 - (D) REIMERS 102/103 Covidien LP WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M

3745 Boby, Dylan T. et al. 14985770 - (D) KERINS 112(2)/103 Westinghouse Electric Company LLC K&L Gates LLP QUANDT, MICHAEL M

3754 Thomas Spankowski et al. 14205191 - (D) BROWN 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP ROS, NICHOLAS A

3783 Yun, Anthony Joonkyoo. et al. 11592027 - (D) BROWNE 103 EPA - BOZICEVIC FIELD & FRANCIS LLP MEDWAY, SCOTT J

3791 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. et al. 14910008 - (D) BROWN 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS COX, THADDEUS B

3792 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. 15163175 - (D) REIMERS 102 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/BSC KOHARSKI, CHRISTOPHER

3793 Ehud (Udi) Daon 13822358 - (D) MARTIN 101/103 Brannon Sowers & Cracraft PC MEHL, PATRICK M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
1766 The Procter & Gamble Company 15665886 - (D) McMANUS 103 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY BOYLE, KARA BRADY

3622 Kothe, Kyle William. et al. 14199588 - (D) JURGOVAN 112(2)/101/103 112(2) Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE

3646 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC 15013073 - (D) GREENHUT 112(1)/112(2)/103 103 Westinghouse Electric Company LLC GARNER, LILY CRABTREE

3763 Seonil Yu et al. 13501491 - (D) REIMERS 112(2)/103 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DC)
TANENBAUM, TZVI SAMUEL

AFFIRMED 
1615 Bjorn Schurad et al. 14359676 - (D) CHANG 112(1)/112(2) CURATOLO SIDOTI CO., LPA AHMED, HASAN SYED

1722 MERCK PATENT GMBH 15063919 - (D) HOUSEL 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. MALLOY, ANNA E

1749 Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH 14640888 - (D) RANGE 103 Continental Intellectual Property LY, KENDRA

1764 Mark Edward. Harriman et al. 14982057 - (D) SMITH 103 CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC. REDDY, KARUNA P

1781 Corning Incorporated et al. 14750047 - (D) DENNETT 112(1) 103 CORNING INCORPORATED SAWDON, ALICIA JANE

2163 Avaya Inc. 14452472 - (D) BRANCH 103 101 Setter Roche LLP DEWAN, KAMAL K

2191 Crowley, Richard 12213471 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 NATH, GOLDBERG & MEYER HUDA, MOHAMMED NURUL

2425 Jackson, Markus Wayne. 12611650 - (D) KENNY 101 Seed IP Law Group/DISH Technologies (290110) LIN, JASON K

2449 van de Burgt, Stephanus Pieter. et al. 13333038 - (D) BARRY 112(2)/101/103 Baker Botts LLP/CA Technologies CELANI, NICHOLAS P

2449 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 14307404 - (D) BRANCH 101/103 Level 3 Communications, LLC CELANI, NICHOLAS P

2482 Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. 13731155 - (D) HOMERE 102/103 KS - Whitmyer IP Group LLC VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E

2483 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 14357041 - (D) BRANCH 101 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

2485 Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ) 14398283 - (D) AHMED 101 101/102 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. HASAN, MAINUL

2616 Rajeev Jayavant et al. 13191364 - (D) ENGLE 103 BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD

2665 Rami Nachabe et al. 13379668 - (D) ENGELS 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS GORADIA, SHEFALI DINESH

2816 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15537299 - (D) PYONIN 102 Innovation Counsel LLP (former PLG) STEVENSON, ANDRE C

2851 Frank Laske et al. 14795576 - (D) FRANKLIN 101 KLA-Tencor Corporation and Simpson & Simpson PLLC SIEK, VUTHE

3622 Facebook, Inc. 14566693 - (D) McKEOWN 103 101 Mannava & Kang, P. C. TOKARCZYK, CHRISTOPHER B

3623 THE BOEING COMPANY 15421831 - (D) KOHUT 101 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP/BOEING BOYCE, ANDRE D

3625 CFPH, LLC 14968891 - (D) FRAHM 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. ALLEN, WILLIAM J

3627 Timothy J. Throndson et al. 13769717 - (D) CRAWFORD 112(2) 112(1)/101 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. GLASS, RUSSELL S

3638 Bruner, Erwin 15273979 - (D) BAYAT 103 SIMPSON & SIMPSON, PLLC JUNGE, KRISTINA N S

3649 David Owen. Wehmeyer 14593115 - (D) HOSKINS 103 101/103 Kirk Dorius BORISSOV, IGOR N

3664 Hala Farouk. El-Hmayssi et al. 15188308 - (D) HAGY 103 101 Greenberg Traurig, LLP NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI

3666 Tufts University 14242220 - (D) BROWN 103 Sunstein LLP LIN, ABBY YEE

3675 Inteva Products, LLC 14623380 - (D) REIMERS 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP NEUBAUER, THOMAS L

3688 Thomas J. Gilg et al. 14235261 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 101 HP Inc. MACASIANO, MARILYN G

3692 Seshadri Sundaram et al. 13663560 - (D) BRANCH 101/103 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/CME ANDERSON, JOHN A

3693 Serbin, Vitaly et al. 12180129 - (D) BAYAT 101 Prince Lobel Tye LLP BORLINGHAUS, JASON M

3697 Lutnick, Howard W. et al. 11613182 - (D) BENNETT 101/102 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P.
GOTTSCHALK, MARTIN A

3697 MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED 14460601 - (D) MURPHY 101 Harness Dickey (Mastercard) FU, HAO

3697 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. 14795379 - (D) CRAIG 101 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/CME FU, HAO

3715 Chad Friehauf 14296725 - (D) MARTIN 103 101 Sheridan Ross PC UTAMA, ROBERT J

3715 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 14396244 - (D) GREENHUT 101 HULL, JAMES B HULL, JAMES B

3754 Steven A. Sell et al. 12997120 - (D) FINAMORE 103 Silgan Dispensing Systems CHEYNEY, CHARLES

3761 Laurent, Mathilde et al. 13990303 - (D) MARTIN OTDP 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T

3763 Michel Engelhardt et al. 14029256 - (D) MURPHY 103 McGarry Bair PC / General Electric Company SCHERMERHORN, JON

3772 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15034395 - (D) BROWN 103 112(2) 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY FOLGMANN, DREW S

3792 Lumenis Ltd. 14242449 - (D) GUIJT 103 ISUS Intellectual Property PLLC STEINBERG, AMANDA L

REHEARING

DENIED
2126 Elsevier, Inc. 14094682 - (R) CUTITTA 101 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP SITIRICHE, LUIS A


Thursday, December 3, 2015

wagner, mraz,seid


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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1677 Ex Parte Cooper et al 12361413 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 Gates & Cooper LLP - Minimed BROWN, MELANIE YU


Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Aggerholm et al 12964055 - (D) HOELTER 103 Cook Medical Technologies LLC NGUYEN, TUAN VAN

Regarding Appellants’ contentions, our reviewing court has held that drawings can be used as prior art, without referring to the surrounding description, only if the prior art features are clearly disclosed by the drawing. See, e.g., In re Wagner, 63 F.2d 987, 986–87 (CCPA 1933). Here, the filets, which transition between Sirhan’s scoring element (or wing) and balloon wall, are clearly disclosed. See also In re Mraz, 455 F.2d 1069, 1072 (CCPA 1972) (“[W]e did not mean that things patent drawings show clearly are to be disregarded.”); In re Seid, 161 F.2d 229, 231 (CCPA 1947) (“ [A]n accidental disclosure, if clearly made in a drawing, is available as a reference.” ) (citations omitted). Accordingly, we are not persuaded by Appellants’ contentions that the described filet does not exist or is merely the result of artistic license. Instead, the Examiner can properly rely on Sirhan’s disclosure of the curved filet adjacent the scoring element.

Mraz, In re, 455 F.2d 1069, 173 USPQ 25 (CCPA 1972) 2125

Seid, In re, 161 F.2d 229, 73 USPQ 431 (CCPA 1947) 2112.01 2144.04