REVERSED
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1794 SULZER METAPLAS GMBH 14188134 - (D) RANGE 112(1)/112(2)/103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. BAND, MICHAEL A
1798 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Products GmbH 15454868 - (D) CASHION 103 Dugan & Dugan, PC WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN
2176 Eftekhari, Amir et al. 13195298 - (D) KHAN 103 Patterson + Sheridan, LLP - Intuit Inc. NGUYEN, MAIKHANH
2413 Lindoff, Bengt et al. 14116955 - (D) KUMAR 103 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson FAYED, RASHA K
2488 Christophe Chevance et al. 14348107 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102/103 Volpe and Koenig, P.C. and InterDigital EDWARDS, TYLER B
2696 Alexander Schoenen et al. 14818170 - (D) HAGY 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PA)(Google) MONK, MARK T
2698 Imagination Technologies Limited 13721286 - (D) DIXON 103 Imagination Technologies SPINKS, ANTOINETTE T
3619 PRECISION PLANTING LLC 14437995 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 AGCO Corporation, IP Legal
TORRES, ALICIA M
TORRES, ALICIA M
3621 Sundaresan, Neelakantan 11647544 - (D) MURPHY 101/103 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (eBay Inc.) BEKERMAN, MICHAEL
3642 THE BOEING COMPANY 15652433 - (D) SCHOPFER 102/103 The Small Patent Law Group LLC WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H
3691 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 14300117 - (D) BARRY 101/103 Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel (Amazon) AKINTOLA, OLABODE
3771 Medtronic, Inc. 14872770 - (D) HILL 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CVG) ROSEN, ERIC J
3771 National University of Ireland Galway 15008057 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
1736 ArcelorMittal 14615125 - (D) MCGEE Dissenting MCMANUS 103 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC WALCK, BRIAN D
2196 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY, LTD. 14015947 - (D) MORGAN 103 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Samsung PATEL, HIREN P
2663 ORCAM TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 14807321 - (D) BARRY 112(2)/101 112(2)/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP MOYER, ANDREW M
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14912175 - (D) BAYAT 103 112(2)/102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BURKE, THOMAS P
3795 Schaaf, Hansgeorg 12674636 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 112(2) BOYLE FREDRICKSON S.C. BOLER, RYNAE E
3799 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 14863737 -(D) HOSKINS 112(1)/112(2)/112(6) 112(2)/112(6)/103 CROWELL & MORING LLP NGUYEN, NGOC T
3799 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 14863737 -(D) HOSKINS 112(1)/112(2)/112(6) 112(2)/112(6)/103 CROWELL & MORING LLP NGUYEN, NGOC T
“[I]n return for generic claiming ability, the applicant must indicate in the specification what structure constitutes the means,” because if the specification is not clear in this regard, “the patentee has not paid the price [demanded by 35 U.S.C. § 112(f)] but is rather attempting to claim in functional terms unbounded by any reference to structure in the specification.” Biomedino, LLC v. Waters Techs. Corp., 490 F.3d 946, 948 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (quoting, in part, Medical Instrumentation & Diagnostics Corp. v. Elekta AB, 344 F.3d 1205, 1211 (Fed. Cir. 2003)). In short: “The duty of a patentee to clearly link or associate structure with the claimed function is the quid pro quo for allowing the patentee to express the claim in terms of function under” 35 U.S.C. § 112(f). Medical Instrumentation, 344 F.3d at 1211.
Biomedino, LLC v. Waters Technologies Corp., 490 F.3d 946, 83 USPQ2d 1118 (Fed. Cir. 2007) 2163 , 2181
Medical Instrumentation and Diagnostics Corp. v. Elekta AB, 344 F.3d 1205, 68 USPQ2d 1263 (Fed. Cir. 2003) 2181 , 2182
AFFIRMED
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1791 Givaudan S.A. 14391764 - (D) CASHION 103 CURATOLO SIDOTI CO., LPA DEES, NIKKI H
2111 QUALCOMM Incorporated 15202207 - (D) CRAIG 101 Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm NGUYEN, THIEN DANG
2163 HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY L.P. 14388177 - (D) SHAW 112(1) 103 MICRO FOCUS LLC MIAN, MUHAMMAD U
2424 Walter Dees et al. 14770838 - (D) KUMAR 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS NEWLIN, TIMOTHY R
2468 Google LLC 15396512 - (D) KUMAR 103 GOOGLE Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP PATEL, PARTHKUMAR
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3621 Facebook, Inc. 14527151 - (D) COURTENAY 101 Facebook/Fenwick ELCHANTI, TAREK
3623 International Business Machines Corporation 14449973 - (D) MORGAN 101/103 IBM CORPORATION C/O: Fabian Vancott BOYCE, ANDRE D
3623 International Business Machines Corporation 14708842 - (D) MORGAN 101/103 IBM CORPORATION C/O: Fabian Vancott BOYCE, ANDRE D
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3625 My World, Inc. 14611995 - (D) CALVE 112(1) 112(1)112(2)/101/102/103 PATENT LAW GROUP: Atkins and Associates P.C. RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI
3629 McLaughlin, Michael 12728121 - (D) PINKERTON 101/103 TI Law Group, PC BAHL, SANGEETA
3678 KEPPEL OFFSHORE & MARINE TECHNOLOGY CENTRE PTE LTD 14782546 - (D) HILL 103 BakerHostetler ANDRISH, SEAN D
3684 Geng Zhu et al. 14586475 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY MILLER, BRITTNEY N
3685 Benjamin T. Wallach 11464143 - (D) McNEILL 102 112(1)/101/103 STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP QAYYUM, ZESHAN
3691 Groupon, Inc. 14454695 - (D) EVANS 101 ALSTON & BIRD LLP KANERVO, VIRPI H
3694 Feinstein, Jeffrey A. et al. 12939975 - (D) BAUMEISTER 101 Mintz Levin/Fair Isaac Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z
3695 Clifford J. Weber et al. 14822355 - (D) HUME 112(1)/101 103/OTDP IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) POLLOCK, GREGORY A
3697 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. 15232224 - (D) RAEVSKY 101 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/CME TRAN, HAI
3723 Phillips, Heather 12666262 - (D) DOUGAL 112(2)/103 103 Brian Tucker Kirton McConkie
SCRUGGS, ROBERT J
SCRUGGS, ROBERT J
3734 Sonoco Development, Inc. 14928489 - (D) KERINS 103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP ATTEL, NINA KAY
3772 Dora Ricci et al. 14564310 - (D) HOELTER 112(1)/103 Kloss, Stenger & LoTempio
KALACH, BRIANNE E
KALACH, BRIANNE E
REHEARING
GRANTED
3675 Song Li 14449003 - (R) SCHOPFER 102/103 41.50 112(2) Pilloff Passino & Cosenza LLP AHMAD, FARIA F
DENIED
3688 Kohn, Jeffrey 13952572 - (R) MEYERS 112(2)/101/103 Richards Patent Law P.C.
SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V
SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V