ergo, noah, giacomini

REVERSED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte CHEN et al 11/470,915 KRATZ 103(a) PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX EXAMINER TALBOT, BRIAN K

1715 Ex Parte CHEN et al 11/470,922 KRATZ 103(a) PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX EXAMINER TALBOT, BRIAN K

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Main 11/210,991 SAADAT 103(a) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Alcatel-Lucent EXAMINER MAHMOOD, REZWANUL

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte Apps 11/252,478 McCARTHY 102(e) REHRIG PACIFIC EXAMINER CHEN, JOSE V

3651 Ex Parte Hochtritt et al 10/660,659 McCARTHY 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103(a) YOUNG & THOMPSON EXAMINER WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R

3671 Ex Parte de Kerdanet 10/535,792 BAHR 102(b)/103(a) Levy & Grandinetti EXAMINER MAYO-PINNOCK, TARA LEIGH

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Kliskey 11/404,527 ASTORINO 102(b)/103(a) obviousness-type double patenting RENNER KENNER GREIVE BOBAK TAYLOR & WEBER EXAMINER GRANT, ALVIN J

3732 Ex parte D’ALISE 11/255,846 ADAMS 102(e)/103(a) RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB, PA EXAMINER EIDE, HEIDI MARIE

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2167 GOOGLE, INC. Third Party Requestor, Respondent v. FUNCTION MEDIA, L.L.C. Patent Owner, Appellant 95/001,061 6,446,045 09/480,303 PER CURIAM 112(2)/112(6) Michael F. Heim HEIM, PAYNE & CHORUSH, LLP EXAMINER GELLNER, JEFFREY L original EXAMINER JAKETIC, BRYAN J

The use of means-plus-function language in a claim does not excuse an appellant from complying with the claim definiteness requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph. See Ergo Licensing, LLC v. CareFusion 303 LLC, Inc., 673 F.3d 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2012); Noah Sys., Inc. v. Intuit Inc., No. 2011-1390, 2012 WL 1150216 at *7 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 9, 2012). If an Applicant does not disclose structure for a means plus function term, the claim is indefinite. Ergo Licensing, LLC v. CareFusion 303 LLC, Inc., 673 F.3d at 1361.

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1798 Ex Parte Lubker 11/212,357 METZ 103(a) 102(b)/102(a,e)/103(a) PACTIV CORPORATION c/o NIXON PEABODY LLP EXAMINER COLE, ELIZABETH M

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Gelbard 10/839,190 GONSALVES 102(b)/102(e)/103(a) 101/102(e)/102(b) DR. MARK M. FRIEDMAN EXAMINER LIN, SHEW FEN

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Hallowell et al 10/256,818 SAINDON 103(a) 103(a) CUMMINS-ALLISON CORP. C/O NIXON PEABODY LLP EXAMINER SHAPIRO, JEFFERY A

Appellants additionally argue that Stieber is not prior art because the Examiner is not entitled to use the filing of a provisional application in a §102(e) rejection. App. Br. 27-30. This issue has, since the filing of Appellants’ brief, been addressed in In re Giacomini, 612 F.3d 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (the patent-defeating date of a published application under §102(e) can be the provisional filing date).

3653 Ex Parte Mandel et al 11/141,545 SAINDON 102(a)/103(a) 112(2) MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK LLP EXAMINER GOKHALE, PRASAD V

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Kadykowski et al 11/710,370 WALSH 102(b)/103(a) 102(b)/103(a) TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORPORATION ATTN: GAEL DIANE TISACK EXAMINER CRONIN, ASHLEY L

3763 Ex Parte Haase 11/412,464 SCHEINER 103(a) 103(a) MUETING, RAASCH & GEBHARDT, P.A. EXAMINER SHUMATE, VICTORIA PEARL

AFFIRMED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ex Parte Jordens et al 10/550,219 PRAISS 102(b)/103(a) BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION EXAMINER FANG, SHANE

2600 Communications
2626 Ex Parte Gupta 10/027,580 JEFFERY 103(a) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. EXAMINER VO, HUYEN X

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Ellefson et al 11/185,170 TURNER 103(a) MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK LLP EXAMINER CARTER, CANDICE D

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Besselink 10/528,044 ADAMS 103(a) DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP EXAMINER HOUSTON, ELIZABETH

3761 Ex Parte Guerreschi et al 10/831,725 SCHEINER 103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER CHAPMAN, GINGER T

animal

REVERSED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1629 Ex Parte Wang 10/651,305 FREDMAN 103(a) LADAS & PARRY LLP EXAMINER POLANSKY, GREGG

1633 Ex Parte Geistlich et al 10/299,008 MILLS 103(a) ROTHWELL, FIGG, EXAMINER ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. HIRIYANNA, KELAGINAMANE T

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1772 Ex Parte Flaherty et al 11/276,841 METZ 103(a) Larson & Anderson, LLC EXAMINER WHITE, DENNIS MICHAEL

2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Roth et al 10/514,412 BARRY 103(a) BACON & THOMAS, PLLC EXAMINER SINGH, HIRDEPAL

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2826 Ex Parte Blanchard 11/342,484 KRIVAK 103(a) MAYER & WILLIAMS PC EXAMINER DICKEY, THOMAS L

2833 Ex Parte Lavenuta 10/328,216 HAHN 103(a) Florek & Endres PLLC EXAMINER LEE, KYUNG S

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Oslund et al 10/100,686 GRIMES 103(a) Covidien EXAMINER TOWA, RENE T

3763 Ex Parte Khieu et al 11/647,278 GRIMES 103(a) SJM/AFD-WILEY EXAMINER STIGELL, THEODORE J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte kaminsky et al 10/635,587 PERRY 103(a) 103(a) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O''KEEFE, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER NAJEE-ULLAH, TARIQ S

2471 Ex Parte Raith et al 10/807,975 ZECHER 112(2) 102(e)/103(a) COATS & BENNETT, PLLC EXAMINER FAROUL, FARAH

See generally Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Quigg, 932 F.2d 920, 923 (Fed. Cir. 1991) (“The use of a negative limitation to define the metes and bounds of the claimed subject matter is a permissible form of expression.”) (citation omitted).

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3695 Ex Parte Deane et al 10/449,258 FETTING 103(a) 103(a) LAW OFFICES OF PETER H. PRIEST, PLLC EXAMINER WEIS, SAMUEL

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Thompson et al 11/454,076 PRATS 102(b)/103(a) 103(a) MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS, LLP (SF) EXAMINER MARCETICH, ADAM M

AFFIRMED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1759 Ex Parte Allardyce et al 11/588,520 GAUDETTE 103(a) John J. Piskorski Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC EXAMINER WONG, EDNA

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Multer et al 09/753,537 GONSALVES 102/103(a) Thomas B. Haverstock EXAMINER ABEL JALIL, NEVEEN

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2485 Ex Parte Kim et al 10/869,632 SMITH 103(a) ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES EXAMINER TORRENTE, RICHARD T

2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Boer et al 10/621,862 WHITEHEAD, JR. 103(a) Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP EXAMINER MALEK, LEILA

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2815 Ex Parte Heo et al 11/227,491 KRIVAK 102(b)/103(a) ROBERT E. BUSHNELL & LAW FIRM EXAMINER JACKSON JR, JEROME

2858 Ex Parte Bosselmann et al 10/533,014 SMITH 103(a) SIEMENS CORPORATION EXAMINER VALONE, THOMAS F

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Sanchez-Martinez 11/576,111 ADAMS 103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER SIMPSON, SARAH A

3731 Ex Parte Van Wyk 10/937,210 ADAMS 103(a) SMITH PATENT CONSULTING, LLC EXAMINER SONNETT, KATHLEEN C

3733 Ex Parte CAPOTE 11/876,021 ADAMS 103(a) Medtronic, Inc. (Spinal) EXAMINER CUMBERLEDGE, JERRY

3735 Ex Parte Gordon 11/181,108 ADAMS 101/102(b) Alan G. Towner Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon EXAMINER NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN

sullivan

REVERSED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1648 Ex Parte Braun 10/508,143 WALSH 103(a) FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, LLP EXAMINER PENG, BO

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 Ex Parte Kawamura et al 11/411,487 SMITH 103(a) SHELL OIL COMPANY EXAMINER VASISTH, VISHAL V

1782 Ex Parte Bernig et al 10/523,130 SMITH 103(a) GERSTENZANG, WILLIAM C. NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, PA EXAMINER WOOD, ELLEN S

See In re Sullivan, 498 F.3d 1345, 1353 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (Failure to meaningfully address submitted evidence is error.)

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Day et al 11/557,601 ARBES 102(b)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 Streets & Steele-IBM Corporation EXAMINER NGUYEN, LOAN T

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Wilder 11/465,538 ROBERTSON 103(a) MITCHELL A. SMOLOW EXAMINER ISLAM, SYED A

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Honkura et al 10/546,059 FRANKLIN 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER MAI, HAO D

3737 Ex Parte Maschke 11/062,304 SAINDON 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2)
SIEMENS CORPORATION EXAMINER MEHTA, PARIKHA SOLANKI
3737 Ex Parte Scheirer et al 10/599,322 GRIMES 112(2)/103(a) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EXAMINER SANTOS, JOSEPH M

3761 Ex Parte Tippey et al 11/729,702 WALSH 103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER MARCETICH, ADAM M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1746 Ex Parte Durrance et al 10/210,260 SMITH 112(1)/103(a) 103(a) Christopher M. Goff (27839) ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP EXAMINER SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Kainth et al 11/796,585 FREDMAN 103(a) 103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER TREYGER, ILYA Y

AFFIRMED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Mukherji et al 11/611,173 SMITH 103(a) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. EXAMINER KIECHLE, CAITLIN ANNE

1743 Ex Parte Wu et al 11/451,993 SMITH 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER DEL SOLE, JOSEPH S

2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Erfani et al 09/895,948 SMITH 102(e)/103(a) Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc EXAMINER CURS, NATHAN M

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Stahmann et al 11/136,195 PRATS 103(a) SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. EXAMINER EXAMINER JANG, CHRISTIAN YONGKYUN
 
REHEARING
 
DENIED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1772 Ex Parte Benazzi et al 10/270,075 GAUDETTE 103(a) MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. EXAMINER NGUYEN, TAM M
 
GRANTED
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Almberg et al 10/684,585 WALSH 101 double patenting SCA Hygiene Products AB c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC EXAMINER STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F

standard havens

REVERSED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry 
1636 Ex Parte Schiedner et al 11/370,243 WALSH 103(a) FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P. EXAMINER KETTER, JAMES S

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1782 Ex Parte Frandsen et al 10/503,093 DELMENDO 102(b)/103(a) James C Wray EXAMINER KASHNIKOW, ERIK

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Afrashteh et al 11/393,889 SMITH 103(a) SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION EXAMINER GELIN, JEAN ALLAND

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2882 Ex Parte Davis et al 11/260,070 DANG 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER NGUYEN, HUNG

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Hornig 11/441,318 MILLS 103(a) SIEMENS CORPORATION EXAMINER EASTWOOD, DAVID C

3734 Ex Parte Popadiuk et al 11/169,868 FREDMAN 103(a) PHILIP S. JOHNSON JOHNSON & JOHNSON EXAMINER DOWE, KATHERINE MARIE

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2877 OK INTERNATIONAL INC. Requester and Respondent v. ERSA GmbH Patent Owner and Appellant 95/000,028 6,580,501 09/866,400 COCKS 102(b)/103(a)/112(1)/112(2) MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC EXAMINER GAGLIARDI, ALBERT J original PHAM, HOA Q

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Dettinger et al 09/999,022 JEFFERY 103(a) 103(a) IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER ALAM, SHAHID AL

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Tiesler et al 10/710,897 POTHIER 103(a) 103(a) BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. INTL. AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS GROUP EXAMINER FIGUEROA, FELIX O

AFFIRMED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1635 Ex Parte Manoharan et al 10/899,912 McCOLLUM 103(a) LeClairRyan (Alnylam - ALX) EXAMINER SHIN, DANA H

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 Ex Parte Kautzman et al 11/064,567 HOMERE 103(a) MARTIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC EXAMINER DALEY, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY

2175 Ex Parte Cohen et al 11/412,252 BLANKENSHIP 102(e)/103(a) GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE,ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C EXAMINER VU, THANH T

“An anticipatory reference . . . need not duplicate word for word what is in the claims.” Standard Havens Prods., Inc., v. Gencor Indus., Inc., 953 F.2d 1360, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 1991).

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2472 Ex Parte Lappetelainen et al 10/968,248 KOHUT 102(e)/103(a) Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP LY, EXAMINER ANH VU H

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2895 Ex Parte Sterrett et al 10/925,775 SMITH 102(b)/103(a) TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. EXAMINER RICHARDS, NORMAN DREW
 
REHEARING
 
DENIED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Ex Parte Wennerbäck et al 12/300,398 OWENS 103(a) SCA Hygiene Products AB c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC EXAMINER VONCH, JEFFREY A

dulberg

REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Hardikar et al 11/506,373 OBERMANN 103(a) Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. KO, JASON Y

1715 Ex Parte Chang 11/715,373 TIMM 103(a) BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC BAREFORD, KATHERINE A

1775 Ex Parte Baillargeon 11/637,346 OWENS 103(a) ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN

2600 Communications
2629 Ex Parte Lee et al 11/204,188 KOHUT 102(b)/103(a) BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE WALTHALL, ALLISON N

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2857 Ex Parte Gimelfarb et al 10/738,882 HOFF 102(e)/103(a) Novak Druce & Quigg LLP Joseph Bain BUI, BRYAN

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3684 Ex Parte Nolte 10/669,104 KIM 102(b) SCHIFF HARDIN, LLP ALTSCHUL, AMBER L

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Liu 10/827,088 GRIMES 103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY HANRAHAN, BENEDICT L

3771 Ex Parte Bridges et al 10/511,766 SAINDON 103(a) MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP OSTRUP, CLINTON T

The Examiner sets forth an alternative rationale: that the separation of elements is a design consideration within the skill of the art. Ans. 9 (citing In re Dulberg, 289 F.2d 522 (CCPA 1961)). However, as Appellants point out (Reply Br. 3-4), in Dulberg it was held obvious to make a press fit cap removable because there was a particular reason to make the cap removable: to gain access to the end of the tube upon which the cap was secured. See Dulberg, 289 F.2d at 523. In this case, however, the Examiner has not identified a valid reason to make the first sub-assembly separable from the second. Accordingly, the Examiner’s alternative reasoning is not based on a rational underpinning.

Dulberg, In re, 289 F.2d 522, 129 USPQ 348 (CCPA 1961) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2144.04

3773 Ex Parte Case 11/210,999 SPAHN 103(a) Buchanan Nipper LLC MASHACK, MARK F

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2858 Ex Parte Jackson et al 11/590,349 HOFF 102(b)/103(a) 102(b) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY DOLE, TIMOTHY J

AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1762 Ex Parte Frahn et al 10/522,903 GARRIS 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. NERANGIS, VICKEY M

1775 Ex Parte Babaev 11/562,343 GARRIS 112(1)/102(b)/103(a) Bacoustics, LLC CONLEY, SEAN EVERETT

1781 Ex Parte Saylock et al 11/672,411 GARRIS 112(2)/112(1)/103(a) K&L Gates LLP SAYALA, CHHAYA D

1787 Ex Parte Katz et al 10/700,651 TIMM 112(2)/102(b)/103(a) HITT GAINES, PC ALCATEL-LUCENT ROBINSON, ELIZABETH A

2600 Communications
2627 Ex Parte Zeng 11/351,824 SMITH 102(b)/103(a) HITACHI C/O WAGNER BLECHER LLP MILLER, BRIAN E

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Dalbo et al 11/374,540 McCOLLUM 103(a) BRENDA POMERANCE DANEGA, RENEE A
 
REMANDED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1743 Ex Parte Dubey et al 11/299,641 NAGUMO 102(b)/112(1)/112(2) PHILIP S. JOHNSON JOHNSON & JOHNSON  BODAWALA, DIMPLE N

beattie

REVERSED

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2815 Ex Parte Eisert et al 11/154,292 CHEN 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102(e) FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) EXAMINER LIN, JOHN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2811 Ex Parte Jacob et al 10/884,205 BARRY 102(e)/103(a) 103(a) Scott A. McCollister, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & McKee, LLP EXAMINER NADAV, ORI

2856 Ex Parte Stumpf 11/270,052 HOFF 103(a) 103(a)
LANIER FORD SHAVER & PAYNE P.C. EXAMINER KWOK, HELEN C
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3673 Ex Parte Jones et al 10/430,742 SAINDON 103(a) 102(b)/103(a) 103(a) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. EXAMINER GALL, LLOYD A

Simply that there are differences between references is insufficient to establish that such references teach away from any combination thereof. See In re Beattie, 974 F.2d 1309, 1312-13 (Fed. Cir. 1992)

Beattie, In re, 974 F.2d 1309, 24 USPQ2d 1040 (Fed. Cir. 1992) . . . . . . . . . . . 716.01(c), 2145

AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1763 Ex Parte Yang et al 10/925,097 PRAISS 103(a) GAF MATERIALS CORPORATION Attn: William J. Davis, Esq. EXAMINER MESH, GENNADIY

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2176 Ex Parte Bodin et al 10/733,947 COURTENAY III 103(a) IBM AUSTIN IPLAW (DG) C/O DELIZIO GILLIAM, PLLC EXAMINER HUTTON JR, WILLIAM D

2178 Ex Parte Cherkasov 11/783,911 HOMERE 102(b) Lawrence Harbin EXAMINER STORK, KYLE R

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Vaha-Sipila 10/328,858 BISK 103(a) Harrington & Smith, Attorneys At Law, LLC EXAMINER BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte Hieronymus et al 11/526,449 McNAMARA 103(a) LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP EXAMINER CULLER, JILL E

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Sibley et al 11/369,496 HORNER 103(a) PRICE HENEVELD LLP EXAMINER BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M

3633 Ex Parte Smythe 11/387,106 SAINDON 103(a) Clifford Kraft EXAMINER GLESSNER, BRIAN E

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Digiacomantonio et al 10/795,371 GREEN 103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER MARCETICH, ADAM M

3762 Ex Parte Torgerson et al 11/184,550 FREDMAN 103(a)/obviousness-type double patenting IPLM GROUP, P.A. EXAMINER Dietrich, Joseph

para-ordnance

REVERSED
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Petersen 10/987,602 GRIMES 103(a) SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC EXAMINER SEVERSON, RYAN J

3733 Ex Parte Guzman et al 10/480,053 McCOLLUM 112(1)/102(b)/103(a) Barnes & Thornburg EXAMINER HOFFMAN, MARY C

3736 Ex Parte Larkin 11/789,182 McCOLLUM 103(a) DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA EXAMINER NGUYEN, HUONG Q

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Grossman 11/636,778 McCARTHY 102(b)/103(a) 102(b)/103(a) MCAFEE & TAFT EXAMINER GILBERT, WILLIAM V

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3726 Ex Parte Schmidt 10/389,761 BAHR 103(a) 103(a) WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC EXAMINER KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M

AFFIRMED
2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Salo et al 09/893,421 BARRY 101/103(a) BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD EXAMINER SALTARELLI, DOMINIC D

2474 Ex Parte Tischer 10/735,931 ZECHER 103(a) AT&T Legal Department - CC EXAMINER HAILE, AWET A

"What the prior art teaches and whether it teaches toward or away from the claimed invention … is a determination of fact.” Para-Ordnance Mfg., Inc. v. SGS Importers Int'l, Inc., 73 F.3d 1085, 1088 (Fed. Cir. 1995).

2600 Communications
2629 Ex Parte Zhou et al 10/542,910 STRAUSS 103(a) FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP EXAMINER MANDEVILLE, JASON M

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2892 Ex Parte Beaulieu et al 11/115,936 HOMERE 102(b)/103(a) RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP EXAMINER ARORA, AJAY

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Torgerson et al 11/184,717 FREDMAN 103(a)/obviousness-type double patenting IPLM GROUP, P.A. EXAMINER DIETRICH, JOSEPH M
 
REHEARING
 
DENIED
2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2478 Ex Parte Basilier et al 10/171,525 DANG 101/103(a) COATS & BENNETT, PLLC EXAMINER LIN, KENNY S

researchcorp, cybersource

REVERSED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software 
2163 Ex Parte Satagopan et al 10/693,516 GIANNETTI 103(a) MERCHANT & GOULD (MICROSOFT) EXAMINER PHAN, TUANKHANH D

2184 Ex Parte Paulson et al 11/147,855 STRAUSS 103(a) COCHRAN FREUND & YOUNG LLC LSI CORPORATION EXAMINER TSENG, CHENG YUAN

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2471 Ex Parte Demaria et al 10/109,643 DANG 103(a) VERIZON EXAMINER WONG, WARNER

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2829 Ex Parte Kelly 11/079,323 KRIVAK 112(2)/102(a)/103(a) MARGER JOHNSON & MCCOLLOM, P.C. EXAMINER MAI, ANH D

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 Ex Parte Daniels et al 10/985,314 FRAHM 112(1)/103(a) 103(a) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O''KEEFE, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER HAILU, TESHOME

AFFIRMED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 Ex Parte Ford et al 10/736,854 ZECHER 103(a) HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP EXAMINER CLEARY, THOMAS J

2127 Ex Parte Sato et al 11/437,233 McNAMARA 103(a) WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP EXAMINER NORTON, JENNIFER L

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Amielh-Caprioglio et al 10/324,814 DANG 102(e) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EXAMINER VO, TUNG T

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Beaman et al 11/553,498 DIXON 103(a) IBM Corporation EXAMINER NGUYEN, TRUC T

2887 Ex Parte THORSEN et al 11/470,880 JEFFERSON 103(a) HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C. EXAMINER MARSHALL, CHRISTLE I

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Skyba et al 10/984,320 BONILLA 101/obviousness-type double patenting 103(a) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EXAMINER LAURITZEN, AMANDA L

The Federal Circuit has since stated that “inventions with specific applications or improvements to technologies in the marketplace are not likely to be so abstract that they override the statutory language and framework of the Patent Act.” Research Corp. Techs., Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., 627 F.3d 859, 869 (Fed. Cir. 2010).

In CyberSource, the court noted that the method recited in Research Corp. “required the manipulation of computer data structures (e.g., the pixels of a digital image and a two-dimensional array known as a mask) and the output of a modified computer data structure (a halftoned digital image).” CyberSource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc., 654 F.3d 1366, 1376 (Fed. Cir. 2011). The method in that case “could not, as a practical matter, be performed entirely in a human‟s mind.” Id. By contrast, in CyberSource, “one could mentally perform the fraud detection method” recited in the claims and therefore the claims in that case attempted to “capture unpatentable mental processes (i.e., abstract ideas).” Id. at 1376-77.

3762 Ex Parte Torgerson et al 11/184,718 FREDMAN obviousness-type double patenting/103(a) IPLM GROUP, P.A. EXAMINER DIETRICH, JOSEPH M

lamberti, mayo, fort properties, tanczyn

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2629 Ex Parte Jeong 10/930,949 WINSOR 103(a) 103(a) H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC CHOW, YUK

3763 Ex Parte Nyhart 11/931,729 GREEN 103(a) 103(a) Faegre Baker Daniels LLP SHUMATE, VICTORIA PEARL

[A] reference disclosure is not limited only to its preferred embodiments, but is available for all that it discloses and suggests to one of ordinary skill in the art. In re Lamberti, 545 F.2d 747, 750 (CCPA 1976).

Lamberti, In re, 545 F.2d 747, 192 USPQ 278 (CCPA 1976) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2144.01

AFFIRMED

1733 Ex Parte Mercuri 11/201,354 BEST 103(a) WADDEY & PATTERSON, P.C. LUK, VANESSA TIBAY

1761 Ex Parte Leskowicz et al 10/822,301 OBERMANN 103(a) S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. DOUYON, LORNA M

3742 Ex Parte Saunders 10/939,280 LEE 103(a) FULWIDER PATTON LLP HEINRICH, SAMUEL M

3761 Ex Parte Osborn et al 11/298,132 FRANKLIN 102(b)/103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KIDWELL, MICHELE M

3762 Ex Parte Whitehurst et al 10/178,011 GREEN 103(a) VISTA IP LAW GROUP LLP/BSC - NEUROMODULATION DIETRICH, JOSEPH M

3766 Ex Parte Katzman et al 11/057,290 FREDMAN concurring ADAMS 101/103(a) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS HELLER, TAMMIE K

Cf. Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. 132 S.Ct. 1289, 1295 (2012) ("At the time the discoveries embodied in the patents were made, scientists already understood that the levels in a patient's blood of certain metabolites ... were correlated with the likelihood that a particular dosage of a thiopurine drug could cause harm or prove ineffective.")

Cf. Fort Properties, Inc. v. American Master Lease LLC, 671 F.3d 1317, 1322 (Fed. Cir. 2012) ("like the invention in Bilski, claims 1-31 of the '788 patent disclose an investment tool, particularly a real estate investement tool designed to enable tax-free exchanges of property.  This is an abstract concept.")

REHEARING
 
DENIED
 
2615 Ex parte HOLLIS MATTHEW TAPP, Appellant and Patent Owner 90/010,848 5,657,076 08/404,114 SIU 112(1) DOCKET CLERK BROWNE, LYNNE HAMBLETON original DIN, LUANNE PAN
 
In re Tanczyn, 347 F.2d 830, 832 (C.C.P.A 1965), “[i]t does not appear to us logical that one should be permitted to dissect the ‘invention’ . . . into several parts and then say because he has invented one such part prior to a reference disclosing that part that he has also invented the entire combination prior to that reference. . . .”
 
Tanczyn, In re, 347 F.2d 830, 146 USPQ 298 (CCPA 1965) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715.02

kleinman

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Babcock et al 10/636,834 WALSH 103(a) CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP EXAMINER FUBARA, BLESSING M

1615 Ex Parte Plebuch et al 10/486,197 WALSH 103(a) DENNISON, SCHULTZ & MACDONALD EXAMINER MERCIER, MELISSA S

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1781 Ex Parte Seitz 10/620,549 HANLON 103(a) MERCHANT & GOULD PC EXAMINER DICUS, TAMRA

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2824 Ex parte FAST MEMORY ERASE, LLC1, Appellant and Patent Owner 90/010,426 6,236,608 09/375,702 TURNER 102(e) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103(a) Robert M. Shore, Esq. Motley Rice LLC EXAMINER NGUYEN, TUAN H original EXAMINER FEARS, TERRELL W

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3663 Ex Parte Diggs et al 10/884,699 GONSALVES 102(e)/103(a) BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. /Oracle America/ SUN / STK EL EXAMINER CHANTI, HUSSEIN A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1774 Ex Parte Arno 11/838,473 HASTINGS 103(a) 103(a) DUGAN & DUGAN, PC EXAMINER DUONG, THANH P

2600 Communications
2626 Ex Parte Tanner et al 10/355,148 MORGAN 102(b)103(a) 102(b) Charles N.J. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P. EXAMINER SAINT CYR, LEONARD

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Davenport et al 10/121,325 WALSH 103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER FUBARA, BLESSING M

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Dispenza et al 10/029,461 HASTINGS 103(a) CAPITOL PATENT & TRADEMARK LAW FIRM, PLLC EXAMINER LIN, KUANG Y

1746 Ex Parte Mahdi et al 11/614,682 GARRIS 103(a) DOBRUSIN & THENNISCH PC EXAMINER DODDS, SCOTT

Moreover, Appellants' question does not evince nonobviousness because it is based on the unsubstantiated presumption that Gibson [sic] had constructive or actual knowledge of Casati's teachings.  See In Re Kleinman, 484 F.2d 1389, 1392 (CCPA 1973).

1763 Ex Parte Gertzmann et al 11/978,917 McKELVEY 103(a) CONNOLLY BOVE LODGE & HUTZ, LLP EXAMINER LEONARD, MICHAEL L

2600 Communications
2614 Ex Parte Quinn et al 09/768,072 RUGGIERO 103(a) HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP EXAMINER PAN, YUWEN

fritch, mayo

REVERSED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2172 Ex Parte Shimizu et al 11/119,890 BISK 101/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER ENGLAND, SARA M

2176 Ex Parte Dejean et al 11/116,100 EVANS 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 FAY SHARPE LLP EXAMINER HUTTON JR, WILLIAM D

“'[L]aws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas' are not patentable.” (Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 132 S.Ct. 1289, 1290 (2012) (citation omitted).

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Kreitzer et al 11/284,751 JEFFERY 102(e) MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC EXAMINER MAUNG, ZARNI

2600 Communications
2629 Ex Parte Kim et al 10/898,565 JEFFERY 103(a) SUGHRUE MION, PLLC EXAMINER SHENG, TOM V

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex Parte Waddell et al 10/630,897 ASTORINO 103(a) Browdy and Neimark, PLLC EXAMINER JOHNSON, STEPHEN

3643 Ex Parte Lang et al 11/893,331 GRIMES 103(a) PRAXAIR, INC. EXAMINER PARSLEY, DAVID J

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Johnson et al 11/506,356 GREEN 102(b)/103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F

3761 Ex Parte Mortensen et al 11/211,115 PRATS 103(a) GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE, ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C EXAMINER WIEST, PHILIP R

As the court explained in In re Fritch, rather than relying on reasoning grounded in hindsight, the Examiner must advance an evidence-based explanation to support a conclusion that it would be obvious to modify an apparatus in a particular manner. See In re Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1266 (Fed. Cir. 1992) (“The mere fact that the prior art may be modified in the manner suggested by the Examiner does not make the modification obvious unless the prior art suggested the desirability of the modification.”). Thus, “[i]t is impermissible to use the claimed invention as an instruction manual or „template‟ to piece together the teachings of the prior art so that the claimed invention is rendered obvious.” Id.

3761 Ex Parte Roe et al 11/098,362 SCHEINER 103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER ZALUKAEVA, TATYANA

3776 Ex Parte Scommegna et al 11/007,818 FREDMAN 103(a) MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC EXAMINER PATEL, YOGESH P

AFFIRMED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 Ex Parte Armstead et al 11/173,286 DIXON 103(a) IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER VU, TRISHA U

2113 Ex Parte Poletto et al 10/701,154 ZECHER 102(e) Riverbed Technology Inc. - PVF c/o PARK, VAUGHAN, FLEMING & DOWLER LLP EXAMINER MEHRMANESH, ELMIRA

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2432 Ex Parte Akins 10/383,130 DESHPANDE 103(a) MERCHANT & GOULD SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY EXAMINER LANIER, BENJAMIN E

2443 Ex Parte Frank et al 10/728,374 JEFFERY 103(a) FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) EXAMINER SIKRI, ANISH

2443 Ex Parte Plewnia 11/799,909 C. THOMAS 102(e)/103(a) SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. C/O LAW OFFICE OF GERALD MALISZEWSKI EXAMINER NGUYEN, PHUOC H

2451 Ex Parte Kreitzer et al 11/284,750 JEFFERY 102(e)/obviousness-type double patenting MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC EXAMINER MAUNG, ZARNI

2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Vaananen 10/504,418 BISK 103(a) YOUNG & THOMPSON EXAMINER LI, SHI K

2625 Ex Parte Aidinejad 10/286,135 GONSALVES 102(b)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER HANG, VU B

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2856 Ex Parte Ringermacher et al 10/627,206 DANG 103(a) GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY EXAMINER VERBITSKY, GAIL KAPLAN

2861 Ex Parte Hickey et al 11/264,830 McNAMARA 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER LEGESSE, HENOK D
 
REHEARING
 
DENIED
 
2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Jennings et al 11/040,265 PER CURIAM 103(a) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER LE, CANH

o'farrell

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1632 Ex Parte Martuza et al 10/788,410 FREDMAN 103(a) FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP SHEN, WU CHENG WINSTON

This is the essence of an impermissible obvious to try argument, since there is no evidence that the combination had a reasonable expectation of success in treating cancer. Therefore, we see the invention as, at best, an improper use of an obvious to try rationale. In re O’Farrell, 853 F.2d 894, 904 (Fed. Cir. 1988).

O’Farrell, In re, 853 F.2d 894, 7 USPQ2d 1673 (Fed. Cir. 1988) . . 2143.01, 2143.02, 2144.08, 2145

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte Saito 10/105,262 DANG 103(a) MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL, P.C. TRUVAN, LEYNNA THANH

2465 Ex Parte Wild et al 10/818,823 POTHIER 102(b)/103(a) SoCAL IP LAW GROUP LLP HSU, ALPUS

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Johnsen et al 10/350,640 BAHR 103(a) Kolisch, Hartwell, Dickinson, McCormack & Heuser CHIN, RANDALL E

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3612 Ex Parte RANDALL MFG. Requester and Respondent v.FG PRODUCTS, INC.Patent Owner and Appellant 95/000,326 11/083,041 7214017 COCKS 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL original GORDON, STEPHEN T

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Fung 11/591,021 DANG 102(e)/103(a) 102(e) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY CHEN, XIAOLIANG

AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte Ohata et al 10/769,866 NAGUMO 103(a) MCDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY LAIOS, MARIA J

1775 Ex Parte Sand 11/620,238 SCHAFER 103(a) TAYLOR IP, P.C. YOO, REGINA M

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Both 10/454,389 DANG 112(1)/102(b)/103(a) FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. PADMANABHAN, KAVITA

2168 Ex Parte Sanders et al 10/776,069 DANG 103(a) Sue Z. Shaper MORRISON, JAY A

2192 Ex Parte Glider et al 10/723,085 BARRY 103a) GIBB & RILEY, LLC WEI, ZHENG

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Dukes et al 10/752,824 COURTENAY 103(a) YAHOO! INC. SHELEHEDA, JAMES R

2443 Ex Parte Bahar 09/978,224 HOMERE 101/112(2)/103(a) CAHILL VON HELLENS & GLAZER PLC BILGRAMI, ASGHAR H

2451 Ex Parte Schrempp et al 09/910,680 WINSOR 102(b)/103(a) Lowenstein Sandler PC PATEL, DHAIRYA A

2452 Ex Parte Christian et al 09/991,386 HOMERE 103(a) CHRISTOPHER & WEISBERG, P.A. CHANKONG, DOHM

2478 Ex Parte Biran et al 10/733,734 PER CURIAM 103(a) HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC MUSA, ABDELNABI O

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2884 Ex Parte Srivastava et al 11/301,232 GONSALVES 102(b)/103(a) GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY LEE, SHUN K

2895 Ex Parte Kammler et al 11/550,631 BISK 102/103(a) GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. c/o Williams, Morgan & Amerson WITHERS, GRANT S

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Lang et al 12/101,555 GRIMES 103(a) PRAXAIR, INC. PARSLEY, DAVID J

3689 Ex Parte Samsky et al 10/941,306 KIM 103(a) Ballard Spahr LLP LONG, FONYA M

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Goetz et al 11/590,741 MILLS 103(a) IPLM GROUP, P.A. EL-KAISSI, HIBA CARINE
 
3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2153 Ex parte AVOCENT REDMOND CORP. Appellant and Patent Owner 90/010,626 09/590,170 6,345,323 SIU 103(a) DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON & GOWDEY LLP CHOI, WOO H original DINH, DUNG C

2153 Ex parte AVOCENT REDMOND CORP. Appellant and Patent Owner 90/010,628 09/683,582 7,113,978 SIU 103(a) DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON & GOWDEY LLP CHOI, WOO H original DINH, DUNG C