wertheim, general hospital

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Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 CIDAT, S.A. DE C.V. 16469277 HARDMAN 112(1)/103 Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP BADIO, BARBARA P

For example, in Wertheim, the appellants’ parent application disclosed a range of “25 to 60% solid matter,” together with examples showing solid contents of 36% and 50%. See In re Wertheim, 541 F.2d 257, 262 (CCPA 1976). The court found that the specification adequately supported a later claim to a solids content of “between 35% and 60%.” See id. at 264. In making its finding, the Wertheim court observed that “the question is whether, on the facts, the PTO has presented sufficient reason to doubt that the broader described range also describes the somewhat narrower claimed range.” Wertheim, 541 F.2d at 264. ...

cf. Gen. Hosp. Corp. v. Sienna Biopharms., Inc., 888 F.3d 1368, 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2018) (“[t]he disclosure of a broad range of values does not by itself provide written description support for a particular value within that range.”).

Wertheim, In re, 541 F.2d 257, 191 USPQ 90 (CCPA 1976) 706.03(o) ,   1302.01 ,   2144.05 ,   2163 ,   2163.03 ,   2163.04 ,   2163.05

1633 Jose Gomes et al. 12107533 CHANG 103 Haley Guiliano LLP POPA, ILEANA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1784 United Technologies Corporation 16744583 GUPTA 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2136 SAP SE 15213754 HOFF 103 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. (SAP) TSAI, SHENG JEN

2176 Adobe Inc. 16152947 CRAIG 103 Adobe / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP BURKE, TIONNA M

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2648 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 17241126 HOFF 103 MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. C/O KEATING & BENNETT, LLP TSVEY, GENNADIY

2657 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 16814019 SAADAT 102/103 BakerHostetler / Comcast JACKSON, JAKIEDA R

2687 TRW AUTOMOTIVE US LLC 15312690 Pyonin 102/103 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. C/O PARKER JUSTISS, P.C. BALSECA, FRANKLIN D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2824 Micron Technology, Inc. 16752551 FRANKLIN 112(1)/112(2)/102 PERKINS COIE LLP - Micron NGUYEN, VAN THU T

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

3626 INTEL CORPORATION 15456362 BENNETT 102/103 LEWIS RICE LLC LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE

3637 RPG ACOUSTICAL SYSTEMS LLC 17557188 MARTIN 103 41.50 112(1) H. JAY SPIEGEL & ASSOCIATES AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL

3651 JB MEDICAL, INC. 15756036 MARTIN 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L

3698 Agfa HealthCare NV 15436180 FISCHETTI 103 Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP APPLE, KIRSTEN SACHWITZ

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

3794 CSA MEDICAL, INC. 14012320 SCHOPFER 103 GOODWIN PROCTER LLP OUYANG, BO

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 16204533 CRAIG 103 112(2) 41.50 101 Calderon Safran & Cole P.C. ALGIBHAH, MAHER N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2466 Sony Corporation 16795580 JEFFERY 102 102/OTDP Xsensus VOLTAIRE, JEAN F

2482 FNV IP B.V. 16963767 MCKEOWN 103 103 HOUSTON OFFICE OF POLSINELLI PC WALSH, KATHLEEN M.

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2839 Infineon Technologies Austria AG 16682830 ROBERTSON 103 103 MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL

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

3683 ENTIT SOFTWARE LLC 16079752 HUGHES 103 103 MICRO FOCUS LLC GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN

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

3762 CFA Properties, Inc. 16722671 BROWN 103 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP JONES, LOGAN P

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1611 L'OREAL 15908646 HARDMAN 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP/L'Oreal GHALI, ISIS A D

1612 Texas Instruments Incorporated 15619048 MARTIN 102/103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY MILLIGAN, ADAM C

1627 University of Cincinnati 16633242 ADAMS 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP WANG, SHENGJUN

1644 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University 16035187 CHANG 103 STANFORD UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY LICENSING BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A

1655 Colgate-Palmolive Company 15548468 SCHNEIDER 103 Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP MELLER, MICHAEL V

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1716 Applied Materials, Inc. 15828112 HOUSEL 112(2)/103 AMAT / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP CROWELL, ANNA M

1718 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 16173873 COLAIANNI 103 Studebaker & Brackett PC MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D

1781 TRINSEO EUROPE GMBH 14236100 HASTINGS 103 RATNERPRESTIA WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE

1786 TESA SE 16087866 GUPTA 102/103 Briscoe, Kurt G. Norris McLaughlin, PA TATESURE, VINCENT

1792 General Mills, Inc. 17011564 WILSON 103 DIEDERIKS & WHITELAW, PLC THAKUR, VIREN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2136 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 15310811 DIXON 112(2)/103 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. (SAP) TSAI, SHENG JEN

2143 Avaya Management L.P. 16815934 MCKEOWN 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. HOANG, AMY P

2191 UiPath, Inc. 16774077 MCKEOWN 103 Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC LYONS, ANDREW M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2412 GOJO Industries, Inc. 15476099 SCHNEIDER 103 KDW Firm PLLC MILLER, SHAWN D

2452 Xuezhi Zhang 16660841 CHUNG 103 41.50 101 Xuezhi Zhang DAILEY, THOMAS J

2463 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) 16937749 MORGAN 103/OTDP ERICSSON INC. ANWAR, MOHAMMAD S

2486 Sharegain Ltd. 15347807 MOHANTY 103 101 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. DEMOSKY, PATRICK E

2496 HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP 16254521 MCKEOWN 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2611 Citrix Systems, Inc. 16752993 BALTATZIS 103 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. WU, YANNA

2612 Universal City Studios LLC 15786359 STRAUSS 103 Universal City Studios LLC c/o Fletcher Yoder, PC MAZUMDER, SAPTARSHI

2613 Surgical Theater, Inc. 16930222 PYONIN 103 Edward Gecovich HE, YINGCHUN

2632 Robert Bosch GmbH 17135290 KENNY 103 Dickinson Wright PLLC, Robert Bosch GmbH DSOUZA, JOSEPH FRANCIS A

2664 NVIDIA Corporation 16540717 BENNETT 102/103 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP/NVIDIA OSINSKI, MICHAEL S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2815 Intel Corporation 13893143 HOUSEL 112(1)/112(2) Studebaker & Brackett PC KIM, JAY C

2833 Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG 16283915 CHEN 103 David P. Dickerson FIGUEROA, FELIX O

2835 SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG 16979015 WILSON 102 CARTER, DELUCA & FARRELL LLP DRAVININKAS, ADAM B

2846 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 16552579 REN 103 Rockwell Automation, Inc./FY CHAN, KAWING

2857 FANUC CORPORATION 17025159 McGRAW 101/103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. DINH, LYNDA

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

3624 InMoment, Inc. 14922013 ARPIN 103 101 THORPE NORTH & WESTERN, LLP. CHOY, PAN G

3645 The Boeing Company 15722610 WIEDER 101 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES

3683 Promontory Financial Group LLC 15823170 LORIN 112(1) 112(2)/101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC WAESCO, JOSEPH M

3683 ADP, Inc. 16543321 FISCHETTI 101 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

3686 Theranos, Inc. 15159568 FISCHETTI 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. HOLCOMB, MARK

3695 VeChain Global Technology, S.AR.L 15733359 SILVERMAN 101 DOWNS RACHLIN MARTIN PLLC POLLOCK, GREGORY A

3697 MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED 16696726 BAUMEISTER 101 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP OYEBISI, OJO O

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

3715 KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD. 15822224 MARTIN 101 HEA Law DOSHI, ANKIT B

3715 MEP Tech, Inc. 16385828 OSINSKI 103/OTDP Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar CUFF, MICHAEL A

3791 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. 16224020 SCHOPFER 101/103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (Hill-Rom) ROBERTS, ANNA L

Rehearing

Denied 

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2426 Paul Arling et al. 13043848 HOFF 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP ALAM, MUSHFIKH I

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

3711 Haihui Qi et al. 16102699 MARTIN 102/103 41.50 112(2) Intergral Patent BALDORI, JOSEPH B

Reexamination

Affirmed 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1613 NEOGENIS LABS, INC. (PATENT OWNER) et al. 90015001 9,241,999 13588211 LEBOVITZ 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: BOOTH UDALL FULLER, PLC DIAMOND, ALAN D

wertheim, nett

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1632 Ex Parte Kinsella 13825542 - (D) MILLS 103 41.50 103 Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CHEN, SHIN LIN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1756 Ex Parte ZHOU 13310311 - (D) SMITH 103 KOPPEL, PATRICK, HEYBL & PHILPOTT WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S

1791 Ex Parte Johal et al 13370802 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP DICUS, TAMRA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3688 Ex Parte McElfresh et al 13614947 - (D) CRAWFORD 101/102/103 BGL/Yahoo Holdings STIBLEY, MICHAEL R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Bookbinder et al 12346088 - (D) KRATZ 103 112(1) CORNING INCORPORATED MARKOFF, ALEXANDER

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2477 Ex Parte BAILLARGEON 13442196 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC REDDIVALAM, SRINIVASA R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte Thogersen et al 13420444 - (D) PESLAK 103 102/103 MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK, LLP CAMPOS, JR, JUAN J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1744 Ex Parte Praller et al 13328295 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(1)/103 The Linde Group SHAFI, LEITH S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Sundaresan et al 12398950 - (D) SHAW 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY BUCHANAN, CHRISTOPHER R

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1656 Ex parte BILLION KING INTERNATIONAL LTD., Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7989593 et al 13/083,639 90013510 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer DIAMOND, ALAN D original DESAI, ANAND U

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3683 Ex parte SIGNATURE SYSTEMS LLC, Patent Owner Ex Parte 8600807 et al 13/783,588 96000132 - (R) SIU 101 BARKUME & ASSOCIATES, P.C. WASSUM, LUKE S original MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

Upon careful consideration of this issue, we agree with the Examiner that “[p]atentability decisions made during previous proceedings before the Office concerning the claims of any given patent have no bearing on patentability decisions made with respect to future proceedings concerning different patents having different claims.”  Ans. 5.  The Office, including the Board, must decide each case on its own merits, and the similarity of claims found patentable by another Examiner is not material to this proceeding.  See In re Wertheim, 541 F.2d 257, 264 (CCPA) (“it is immaterial in ex parte prosecution whether the same or similar claims have been allowed to others”); see also In re Nett Designs, 236 F.3d 1339, 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (“The Board must decide each case on its own merits [and] the PTO’s allowance of prior registrations does not bind the Board or this court”).

Wertheim, In re, 541 F.2d 257, 191 USPQ 90 (CCPA 1976) 706.03(o) ,   1302.01 ,   2144.05 ,   2163 ,   2163.03 ,   2163.04 ,   2163.05

wertheim

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 Ex Parte Fulton 13431976 - (D) HAMANN 103 Nelson and Nelson VERBRUGGE, KEVIN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3633 Ex Parte Sareyka 13694393 - (D) MURPHY 102 JACKSON AND CHOVANES A, PHI DIEU TRAN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Ohta 11514935 - (D) GUIJT 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC RENWICK, REGINALD A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Thomas 12929424 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC MILLISER, THERON S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Lutnick et al 11459254 - (D) HOFFMANN 112(1) 103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. PIERCE, WILLIAM M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1764 Ex Parte Tang et al 11368755 - (D) DELMENDO 112(1)/102/103 NATH, GOLDBERG & MEYER HUHN, RICHARD A

We agree with the Examiner's finding (Ans. 6) that m < n encompasses any values of m and n, including values well beyond the originally disclosed numerical values. In re Wertheim, 541 F.2d 257, 263-264 (CCPA 1976) ("By pointing to the fact that claim I reads on embodiments outside the scope of the description, the PTO has satisfied its burden.) ...

In view of the Examiner's specific findings and the Appellants' reliance on "m < n" as a basis for patentability (discussed infra in Rejection III), we find that the Examiner satisfied the initial burden of establishing that the broad ranges for m and n as described in the original disclosure in combination with the exemplified polymers are not sufficiently descriptive of the presently recited "m < n " and thus hold that the claim does not comply with written description requirement as required by 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ l . See Wertheim, 541 F.2d at 265 ("[w]here it is clear, for instance, that the broad described range pertains to a different invention than the narrower (and subsumed) claimed range, then the broader range does not describe the narrower range"). 

Wertheim, In re, 541 F.2d 257, 191 USPQ 90 (CCPA 1976) 706.03(o) ,   1302.01 ,   2144.05 ,   2163 ,   2163.03 ,   2163.04 ,   2163.05

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2448 Ex Parte Murray et al 12292745 - (D) SHIANG 103 Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP STRANGE, AARON N

2491 Ex Parte Choi et al 11545507 - (D) BAER 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC EDWARDS, LINGLAN E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Yilmaz et al 11946892 - (D) KINDER 112(1) 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY GOYAL, ARUN

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Ex Parte Raghavan et al 12454622 - (D) ULLAGADDI 103 FLYNN, THIEL, BOUTELL & TANIS, P.C. MEHMOOD, JENNIFER

minerals, wands, vaeck, wertheim

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Kaijima et al 12254697 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 IBM CORPORATION C/O: VanCott Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy LY, ANH

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2644 Ex Parte Sebire et al 11227923 - (D) LaVIER 103 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Nokia Corporation IRACE, MICHAEL

2656 Ex Parte Green 11365081 - (D) SAADAT 103 Wolfe-SBMC FLANDERS, ANDREW C

2681 Ex Parte Doan et al 12202477 - (D) SHIANG 103 IBM CORP. (DHJ) c/o DAVID H. JUDSON LU, SHIRLEY

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Delafoy et al 11628222 - (D) BROWNE 112(1)/112(2)/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(1)/112(2) Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC O'CONNOR, MARSHALL P

The standard for determining whether the specification meets the enablement requirement was cast in the Supreme Court decision of Minerals Separation v. Hyde, 242 U.S. 261, 270 (1916) which postured the question: is the experimentation needed to practice the invention undue or unreasonable? That standard is still the one to be applied. In re Wands, 858 F.2d 731, 737 (Fed. Cir. 1988).

Determining enablement is a question of law based on underlying factual findings. In re Vaeck, 947 F.2d 488, 495 (Fed. Cir. 1991). The determination that “undue experimentation” would have been needed to make and use the claimed invention is not a single, simple factual determination. Rather, it is a conclusion that may be reached by weighing the following factual considerations: (1) the quantity of experimentation necessary, (2) the amount of direction or guidance presented, (3) the presence or absence of working examples, (4) the nature of the invention, (5) the state of the prior art, (6) the relative skill of those in the art, (7) the predictability or unpredictability of the art, and (8) the breadth of the claims. Wands at 737.

Mineral Separation v. Hyde, 242 U.S. 261 (1916) 2164.01

Wands, In re, 858 F.2d 731, 8 USPQ2d 1400 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 706.03(a) ,   706.03(b) ,   2161.01 ,   2164.01 ,   2164.01(a) ,   2164.06 ,   2164.06(b)

Vaeck, In re, 947 F.2d 448, 20 USPQ2d 1438 (Fed. Cir. 1991) 2107.01 ,   2144.08 ,   2164.01 ,   2164.01(c) ,   2164.03 ,   2164.06(b) ,   2164.08
...
New Grounds of Rejection
Written Description: Claims 43, 47–65, and 67–69 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. ...

As correctly noted by the Examiner, independent claim 43 recites the open ended limitations of “greater than 430 W/cm” and “greater than 180 W/cm.” See Ans. 17. These limitations “do not meet the written description requirement because the phrase ‘at least’ ha[s] no upper limit and cause[s] the claim to read literally on [an] embodiment outside of” the disclosed range of values. In re Wertheim, 541 F.2d 257, 263 (CCPA 1976).

Wertheim, In re, 541 F.2d 257, 191 USPQ 90 (CCPA 1976) 706.03(o) ,   1302.01 ,   2144.05 ,   2163 ,   2163.03 ,   2163.04 ,   2163.05

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte Vargo et al 12785136 - (D) HASTINGS 103 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. C/O Conley Rose, P.C. ABU ALI, SHUANGYI

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2183 Ex Parte Choudhury et al 12134255 - (D) HUME 101/103 IBM CORPORATION- AUSTIN (JVL) C/O LESLIE A. VAN LEEUWEN PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW

2193 Ex Parte Kapoor et al 11420375 - (D) HORVATH 103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG VU, TUAN A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Jensen et al 12084786 - (D) HANLON 103 DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC FIGUEROA, FELIX O

2894 Ex Parte Czubatyj et al 11743459 - (D) HANLON 102/103 HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ & COHN LLP LAURENZI, MARK A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3673 Ex Parte Caminade 12036582 - (D) GREENHUT 103 HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. KELLEHER, WILLIAM J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2614 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. Requester and Respondent v. DENNIS S. FERNANDEZ Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7,221,387 et al 10/444,261 95001958 - (D) BRANCH 103 Law Office of Scott C Harris Inc Third Party Requester: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP IP SECTION  HOTALING, JOHN M original RAMAKRISHNAIAH, MELUR

wertheim, kropa, net moneyin, advanced display, seversky, arkley

REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1744 Ex Parte ASAOKA 12/174,973 PAK 102(b)/103(a)/nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC EXAMINER LEYSON, JOSEPH S

1747 Ex Parte Jiang et al 12/277,883 COLAIANNI 102(b)/103(a) CANTOR COLBURN LLP EXAMINER SHEH, ANTHONY H

1767 Ex Parte Shooshtari et al 11/245,668 COLAIANNI 103(a) JOHNS MANVILLE EXAMINER EASHOO, MARK

1773 Ex Parte Ricci et al 10/581,964 COLAIANNI 102(b)/103(a) MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC EXAMINER SAKELARIS, SALLY A

Based on these facts, we determine that the preamble breathes life and meaning into the claim that provides completeness to the claim and thus must be considered a limitation of the claim. In re Wertheim, 541 F.2d 257, 269 (CCPA 1976) (citing Kropa v. Robie, 187 F.2d 150, 152 (CCPA 1951)).

Wertheim, In re, 541 F.2d 257, 191 USPQ 90(CCPA 1976) . . .706.03(o),1302.01, 2144.05, 2163, 2163.03, 2163.04, 2163.05

Kropa v. Robie, 187 F.2d 150, 88 USPQ 478 (CCPA 1951) . . . . . . . . . . . . 707.07(f), 2111.02

1783 Ex Parte Conner et al 11/891,433 COLAIANNI 103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER KHATRI, PRASHANT J

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Frieder et al 10/926,548 ZECHER 102(e)/103(a) Roland W. Norris Pauley Petersen & Erickson EXAMINER DANG, THANH HA T

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte Gauselmann 10/458,429 ASTORINO 103(a) PATENT LAW GROUP LLP EXAMINER HSU, RYAN

3734 Ex Parte Palmer et al 10/867,498 WALSH 103(a) GORDON & JACOBSON, P.C. EXAMINER YABUT, DIANE D

3737 Ex Parte Fymat et al 11/524,866 GREEN 112(1)/112(2)/103(a) LEON D. ROSEN FREILICH, HORNBAKER & ROSEN EXAMINER HUNTLEY, DANIEL CARROLL

3782 Ex Parte Katchko et al 11/107,340 GREENHUT 103(a) MERCHANT & GOULD PC EXAMINER DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R
AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Nickerson et al 11/135,045 WINSOR 102(b)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103(a) BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. EXAMINER OBISESAN, AUGUSTINE KUNLE

In an anticipation rejection, “it is not enough that the prior art reference . . . includes multiple, distinct teachings that [an ordinary] artisan might somehow combine to achieve the claimed invention.” Net MoneyIN, Inc. v. VeriSign, Inc., 545 F.3d 1359, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2008). Rather, the reference must “‘clearly and unequivocally disclose the claimed [invention] or direct those skilled in the art to the [invention] without any need for picking, choosing, and combining various disclosures not directly related to each other by the teachings of the cited reference.’” Id. (quoting In re Arkley, 455 F.2d 586, 587 (CCPA 1972) (brackets in original)). Thus, while “[s]uch picking and choosing may be entirely proper in the making of a 103, obviousness rejection, . . . it has no place in the making of a 102, anticipation rejection.” Arkley, 455 F.2d at 587-88.
REEXAMINATION

REVERSED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2165 Ex Parte 6192347 et al Ex parte Graff/Ross Holdings LLP, Appellant and Patent Owner 90/009,556 09/134,451 TURNER 101/102(e) BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH EXAMINER RIMELL, SAMUEL G original EXAMINER ROSEN, NICHOLAS D

To incorporate material by reference, the host document must identify with detailed particularity what specific material it incorporates and clearly indicate where that material is found in the various documents.” Advanced Display Sys., Inc. v. Kent State Univ., 212 F.3d 1272, 1283 (Fed.Cir.2000), citing In re Seversky, 474 F.2d 671, 674 (CCPA 1973). A “mere reference to another application, or patent, or publication is not an incorporation of anything.” Id. at 674 (emphasis in original).
AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Chinea et al 11/189,139 McKELVEY 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER SELLMAN, CACHET I

1715 Ex Parte Wojtaszek et al 12/050,709 GARRIS 103(a) ARTHUR G. SCHAIER CARMODY & TORRANCE LLP EXAMINER BAREFORD, KATHERINE A

1716 Ex Parte Hughes et al 10/673,376 COLAIANNI 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER GRAMAGLIA, MAUREEN

1731 Ex Parte Shore et al 11/142,580 COLAIANNI 103(a) ENGELHARD CORPORATION EXAMINER SMITH, JENNIFER A

Citing to In re Arkley, 455 F.2d 586, 587 (CCPA 1972), Appellants’ arguments seem to take issue with the picking and choosing needed to arrive at the claimed invention (Reply Br. 3). However, this line of argument appears to improperly treat the rejection as an anticipation rejection. The rejection on appeal is under § 103 and is based on whether the claimed subject matter would have been obvious at the time the invention was made. The court in Arkley recognized that picking and choosing is entirely proper in an obviousness rejection. Arkley, 455 F.2d at 587-588.

1745 Ex Parte Hansson et al 10/580,219 KRATZ 103(a) NOVAK, DRUCE + QUIGG L.L.P. - PERGO EXAMINER TOLIN, MICHAEL A

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1787 Ex Parte Samanta et al 12/549,780 McKELVEY 112(2)/103(a) W. R. GRACE & CO.-CONN EXAMINER SHAH, SAMIR

1787 Ex Parte Samanta et al 12/549,810 McKELVEY 112(2)/103(a) W. R. GRACE & CO.-CONN EXAMINER HUANG, CHENG YUAN

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2443 Ex Parte Majumdar et al 11/000,695 POTHIER 103(a) MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC EXAMINER ENGLAND, DAVID E

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2617 Ex Parte Chiang et al 10/136,002 Per Curiam 103(a) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. EXAMINER CAI, WAYNE HUU

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3776 Ex Parte Doucette et al 11/275,747 BARRETT 103(a) WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP EXAMINER PATEL, YOGESH P