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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Kao et al 11680432 - (D) GRIMES 103 MAYER BROWN LLP CHANNAVAJJALA, LAKSHMI SARADA

This appeal returns to us following a remand by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. ... The Court of Appeals concluded that this finding was not supported by substantial evidence, because the same declaration on which we depended “expressly stated that there is no general correlation between the Basket and Paddle Methods and cited prior art literature that supported this conclusion.” In re Huai-Hung Kao, 639 F.3d 1057, 1067 (Fed. Cir. 2010). The court vacated our decision and remanded “so that the Board can consider whether, under the proper analysis, the evidence of record is sufficient to maintain an obviousness rejection.” Id.

The application was remanded to the Examiner so that five questions could be addressed (Remand Order, Jan. 3, 2012). The Examiner provided a response to the questions (mailed April 16, 2012), as did Appellants (received May 16, 2012).

After considering the evidence of record anew, in light of the guidance provided by the Court of Appeals, we conclude that the Examiner has not provided evidence sufficient to support a prima facie case of obviousness.

1617 Ex Parte Seidling et al 11799042 - (D) ADAMS 112(2)/103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. BROWE, DAVID

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1789 Ex Parte Pierre 11795634 - (D) OBERMANN dissenting DELMENDO 103 UNILEVER PATENT GROUP YOO, HONG THI

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2474 Ex Parte Takasaki 09931922 - (D) DIXON 102/103 HARRITY & HARRITY, LLP GREY, CHRISTOPHER P

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2618 Ex Parte Nagy 11226872 - (D) MORGAN 103 Delphi Technologies, Inc. MILORD, MARCEAU

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Crampton 11340334 - (D) CALVE 103 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP CHIN SHUE, ALVIN C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte LeMay et al 10601771 - (D) HOELTER 103 Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P. ZALUKAEVA, TATYANA

3761 Ex Parte Lannoy 11525800 - (D) GRIMES 103 K&L Gates LLP WIEST, PHILIP R

3771 Ex Parte Sexton et al 11017163 - (D) SAINDON 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY YU, JUSTINE ROMANG

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Stones 10911321 - (D) RICE 102/103 102/103 Black & Decker Corporation PAYER, HWEI SIU CHOU

3742 Ex Parte Kropp et al 11742378 - (D) FITZPATRICK 102 102 FLETCHER YODER (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) MAYE, AYUB A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2127 Ex Parte Avagliano et al 11144931 - (D) COURTENAY 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY NORTON, JENNIFER L

2191 Ex Parte Betts et al 11091102 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 Baker Botts LLP BROPHY, MATTHEW J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2456 Ex Parte Solotorevsky et al 10495495 - (D) SAADAT 102 BROWDY AND NEIMARK, P.L.L.C. BATES, KEVIN T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Silverstein et al 10954112 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MCCOMMAS, BRENDAN N

vas-cath, ruschig, sud-chemie

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REVERSED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1636 Ex Parte Casey et al 11702895 - (D) ADAMS 102/103 PRETI FLAHERTY BELIVEAU & PACHIOS LLP KETTER, JAMES S

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Cooper et al 11793847 - (D) TORCZON 103 KINNEY & LANGE, P.A. LEE, REBECCA Y

2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte Bryant et al 11278829 - (D) DILLON 103 IBM CORPORATION GUPTA, MUKTESH G

2492 Ex Parte Grebus et al 11013197 - (D) HOMERE 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY RAHIM, MONJUR

2600 Communications
2622 Ex Parte Fisher et al 09781917 - (D) KRIVAK 102/103 Gregory J. Koerner Redwood Patent Law JERABEK, KELLY L

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Nastacio 10845964 - (D) KIM 102/103 IBM CORPORATION C/O: VanCott Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy JEANTY, ROMAIN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte Zhao-Wilson et al 11378032 - (D) PRATS 112(1) 112(1)/102/103/obviousness-type double patenting BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN MARTINELL, JAMES

The written description requirement obliges an applicant to “convey with reasonable clarity to those skilled in the art that, as of the filing date sought, he or she was in possession of the invention. The invention is, for purposes of the ‘written description’ inquiry, whatever is now claimed.” Vas-Cath Inc. v. Mahurkar, 935 F.2d 1555, 1563 (Fed. Cir. 1991).

Thus, where an applicant had, by amendment, inserted into an application a claim to a specific chemical compound encompassed by the specification’s generic disclosure, our reviewing court’s predecessor found that the specification failed to describe the compound as being part of the invention because the specification lacked sufficient “blaze marks” to guide a skilled practitioner to the claimed compound from the broader disclosure. In re Ruschig, 379 F.2d 990, 995 (CCPA 1967).

Consistent with the blaze marks directive, in addressing the issue of incorporation by reference, the Federal Circuit has stated that 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.” Zenon Environmental, Inc. v. U.S. Filter Corp., 506 F.3d 1370, 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (citing Cook Biotech Inc. v. Acell, Inc., 460 F.3d 1365, 1376 (Fed. Cir. 2006)).

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

Ruschig, In re, 379 F.2d 990, 154 USPQ 118 (CCPA 1967) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2163, 2163.05

AFFIRMED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Jung et al 09775315 - (D) HASTINGS 103 CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP ANTHONY, JULIAN

In addition, we emphasize that, although secondary considerations such as unexpected results must be taken into account, they do not necessarily control the obviousness conclusion. See Sud-Chemie, Inc. v. Multisorb Technologies, Inc., 554 F.3d 1001, 1009 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (“[E]vidence of unexpected results and other secondary considerations will not necessarily overcome a strong prima facie showing of obviousness”);

2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2445 Ex Parte Natarajan et al 09838205 - (D) RUGGIERO 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY BIAGINI, CHRISTOPHER D

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Ex Parte Cao 10852280 - (D) FRAHM 103 Brake Hughes PLC C/O Portfolio IP LAM, TUAN THIEU

2874 Ex Parte Stingl et al 12220784 - (D) GONSALVES 102/103 CORNING INCORPORATED TRAN, HOANG Q

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Gilder et al  11217985 - (D)  BAHR 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY PRONE, JASON D

3736 Ex Parte Osborn et al 11295247 - (D) MILLS 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY FOREMAN, JONATHAN M

3739 Ex Parte Eggleston 11242475 - (D) FREDMAN 103 TYCO Healthcare Group LP GOOD, SAMANTHA M

3761 Ex Parte Qin et al  11640042 - (D)  JENKS 102/103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. MARCETICH, ADAM M

3762 Ex Parte Yu et al 11113809 - (D) MILLS 112(2)/103 SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. GETZOW, SCOTT M

skvorecz

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REVERSED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Dowd et al 11364122 - (D) GARRIS 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, L.L.P. DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S

2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2437 Ex Parte Rogers et al 09905532 - (D) DANG 103 Baker Botts LLP PYZOCHA, MICHAEL J

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Vonk et al 10422078 - (D) ADAMS 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) STOKLOSA, JOSEPH A

3763 Ex Parte Stenzel 11166539 - (D) JENKS 103 VIDAS, ARRETT & STEINKRAUS, P.A. SHUMATE, VICTORIA PEARL

3763 Ex Parte Knudson 11024181 - (D) BONILLA 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) ST. JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION MEDWAY, SCOTT J

In re Skvorecz, 580 F.3d 1262, 1268-69 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (indicating that a lack in explicit antecedent basis does not render a claim indefinite if one of ordinary skill in the art would understand the claim when viewed in the context of the specification).

AFFIRMED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Mellott 11341869 - (D) GARRIS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC MILLER, MICHAEL G

1735 Ex Parte Abdo 11092793 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 Siemens Corporation PATEL, DEVANG R

1761 Ex Parte Cheng et al 11373484 - (D) GARRIS 103 Henkel Corporation FEELY, MICHAEL J

1785 Ex Parte Bagnall 10503174 - (D) PAK 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP CHAU, LINDA N

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Toyomura et al 10010630 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 102/103 RATNER AND PRESTIA LE, DEBBIE M

2197 Ex Parte Darlet 09754785 - (D) COURTENAY 103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP RUTTEN, JAMES D

2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte Hymel 10153503 - (D) GONSALVES 103 MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B

2452 Ex Parte Walker et al 09893112 - (D) DANG 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY DOAN, DUYEN MY

2453 Ex Parte Lu et al 11367875 - (D) GONSALVES 103 OSHA LIANG LLP/Oracle NAJEE-ULLAH, TARIQ S

2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Vinas et al 10993035 - (D) HOMERE 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY GETANEH, MESFIN S

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte Hill 10818520 - (D) BISK 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Wolfgang Hill BENSON, WALTER

2887 Ex Parte Kane 11552651 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 ZARLEY LAW FIRM P.L.C. VO, TUYEN KIM

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Sturdivant 11548602 - (D) SPAHN 103 WALTER W. DUFT ISLAM, SYED A

3656 Ex Parte Schnitzer 11061309 - (D) CALVE 102 KLAUS J. BACH JOHNSON, PHILLIP A

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Heruth 11069187 - (D) ADAMS 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) SEVERSON, RYAN J

3731 Ex Parte Boukhny et al 11584996 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 ALCON SZPIRA, JULIE ANN  

REHEARING 

DENIED
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte Giampavolo et al 10676412 - (D) KERINS 103 OSTROLENK, FABER, GERB & SOFFEN, LLP CHEN, JOSE V

pfizer2, rinehart, zickendraht

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REVERSED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1762 Ex Parte Xia et al 11382101 - (D) BEST 103 Loctite Corporation SASTRI, SATYA B

A combination of references only renders a claimed invention obvious if the skilled artisan would have had a reasonable expectation that the combination would work for its intended purpose. Pfizer, Inc. v. Apotex, Inc., 480 F.3d 1348, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2007); In re Rinehart, 531 F.2d 1048, 1053-54 (CCPA 1976).

Pfizer, Inc. v. Apotex Inc., 480 F.3d 1348, 82 USPQd 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2007) . . . 2143.01, 2145

Rinehart, In re, 531 F.2d 1048, 189 USPQ 143 (CCPA 1976) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2107.02, 2142, 2143.02, 2144.04

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Wilson et al 10650904 - (D) POTHIER 103 IBM CORP C/O WINSTEAD P.C. GOFMAN, ALEX N

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Singhal et al 10691917 - (D) WALSH 112(1) SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P. A. STOKLOSA, JOSEPH A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Berezowski et al 09823705 - (D) DANG 102/103 102 Tyco Healthcare Group LP d/b/a Covidien KOHARSKI, CHRISTOPHER

AFFIRMED
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2197 Ex Parte Cromer et al 11394277 - (D) ZECHER 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES PAN, HANG

2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Voronka et al 10958457 - (D) COURTENAY 112(2)/103/obviousness-type double patenting GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE,ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O

The doctrine of double patenting seeks to prevent the unjustified extension of patent exclusivity beyond the term of a patent. The public policy behind this doctrine is that:

The public should . . . be able to act on the assumption that upon the expiration of the patent it will be free to use not only the invention claimed in the patent but also any modifications or variants thereof which would have been obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made, taking into account the skill [in] the art and prior art other than the invention claimed in the issued patent.

In re Zickendraht, 319 F.2d 225, 232 (CCPA 1963) (Rich, J., concurring).

Zickendraht, In re, 319 F.2d 225, 138 USPQ 22 (CCPA 1963) . .804, 804.03, 1504.06

2625 Ex Parte Aschenbrenner et al 10881522 - (D) CHEN 103 Yudell Isidore Ng Russell PLLC TRAN, DOUGLAS Q

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Yoshida et al 11516787 - (D) GONSALVES 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP FISHMAN, MARINA

2839 HENRY MILAN, Patent Owner and Appellant v. APPLE, INC., Third Party Requester and Respondent 95001083 6991483 10/987,242 MARTIN 112(1)/102/103 BUTZEL LONG REICHLE, KARIN M original ZARROLI, MICHAEL C

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte Albert et al 10645139 - (D) PETRAVICK 102/103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. ALLEN, AKIBA KANELLE

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Miller 11147390 - (D) SCHEINER 103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC PANI, JOHN

3763 Ex Parte Wenchell 12503419 - (D) WALSH 103 Tyco Healthcare Group LP d/b/a Covidien KOHARSKI, CHRISTOPHER
 
REHEARING 

DENIED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1778 Ex Parte Halaka 11555975 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1)/102/103 Talivaldis Cepuritis Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd. KURTZ, BENJAMIN M

constant

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REVERSED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1775 Ex Parte Meessen et al 11666650 - (D) SMITH 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Shaya et al 10907963 - (D) DIXON 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. / LEAR CORPORATION THOMAS, LUCY M

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Jackson et al 11576494 - (D) GRIMES 112(2)/102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS HUNTLEY, DANIEL CARROLL

3766 Ex Parte Medina Malaver 11214908 - (D) SPAHN 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP HELLER, TAMMIE K

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2818 Ex Parte Furukawa et al 10814482 - (D) DANG 102 102 IBM CORPORATION GOODWIN, DAVID J

AFFIRMED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1784 Ex Parte Labordus et al 10740429 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 YOUNG & THOMPSON ZIMMERMAN, JOHN J

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2183 Ex Parte Plondke et al 11431732 - (D) HOMERE 101/103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED VICARY, KEITH E

2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Watanabe 09950849 - (D) HOMERE 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP HOSSAIN, FARZANA E

2443 Ex Parte Vo 09967601 - (D) COURTENAY 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY DENNISON, JERRY B

see also Constant v. Advanced Micro-Devices Inc., 848 F.2d 1560, 1570 (Fed. Cir. 1988) (“A statement in a patent that something is in the prior art is binding on the applicant and patentee for determinations of anticipation and obviousness.”)

Constant v. Advanced Micro-Devices, Inc., 848 F.2d 1560, 7 USPQ2d 1057 (Fed. Cir. 1988) . . . . . .706.02, 2128.02, 2129, 2145
 
2452 Ex Parte Ordille et al 10184236 - (D) GONSALVES 103 Maldjian Law Group LLC TRUONG, LAN DAI T

centocor, doyle

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REVERSED
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3743 Ex Parte Guryevskiy et al 11138032 - (D) LEE 112(1)/102/103 JAMES RAY & ASSOCIATES BASICHAS, ALFRED

3778 Ex Parte Van Gompel et al 10325481 - (D) WALSH 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. HAND, MELANIE JO

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1649 Ex Parte SOLOMON 09441140 - (D) FREDMAN 112(1)/103 112(1) Browdy and Neimark, PLLC BALLARD, KIMBERLY

In Centocor, the Court addressed Example 13 of the USPTO written description guidelines. The Court found that the “PTO guidelines conclude that characterization of the protein alone may be sufficient under circumstances where 'one of skill in the art would have recognized that the disclosure of the adequately described [protein] X put the applicant in possession of antibodies which bind to [protein] X.'” Centocor Ortho Biotech, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories, 636 F.3d 1341, 1351 (Fed. Cir 2011).

Centocor distinguished the USPTO written description guideline situation, where the claim simply required binding an antigen, from the more complicated situation where specific properties beyond simply binding of antigen by the antibody are required. Id. at 1352.

AFFIRMED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1649 Ex Parte Solomon 11358951 - (D) FREDMAN 251/103/112(1) Browdy and Neimark, PLLC BALLARD, KIMBERLY

We also are not persuaded by Appellant‟s reliance on Doyle. Doyle found that the case involved “a matter of first impression: whether failure to present a so-called linking claim, a claim broad enough to read on—or link—two or more groups of claims subject to a restriction requirement, is an error correctable by reissue” laid out by the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. In re Doyle, 293 F.3d 1355, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2002).

In Doyle, the Court found that

it was crucial that the applicant explicitly agreed to the requirement of independent prosecution of the disputed claims (or claims substantially similar to the disputed claims) in a divisional, and not as a part of the application directed towards the elected group. When the applicants returned in reissue seeking to add the disputed claims, the examiner, the Board, and this court rightly held them to the terms of their original agreements. The case is different where, as here, the applicant never asserted the reissue claims or anything similar to them in his original application, and also never agreed to prosecute the reissue claims in a divisional application.

Doyle, 293 F.3d at 1360. The instant facts track much more closely to Orita than to Doyle. In Doyle, there was a linking claim that was broader than all of the original claims and encompassed both groups. Id. at 1358. In this case however, no linking claim was filed.

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Heiligenmann et al 10572146 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION BLAN, NICOLE R

1786 Ex Parte Yoshitake et al 10557595 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH CROUSE, BRETT ALAN

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3734 Ex Parte Huynh 11431727 - (D) ADAMS 112(1)/102 ALCON EVERAGE, KEVIN D

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2615 DPI, INC., MEMOREX PRODUCTS, INC., and IMATION CORP. Requesters and Respondents v. BOSE CORPORATION Patent Owner and Appellant 95001260 7,277,765 09/689,337 COCKS 102/103 37 C.F.R § 41.77(b) 103 FISH & RICHARDSON PC STEELMAN, MARY J original MEI, XU

johns hopkins, engel

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8/2/2012
REVERSED  
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Leitner et al  10348583 - (D)  McCOLLUM 103 RATNERPRESTIA MEHTA, PARIKHA SOLANKI

AFFIRMED  
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3658 Ex Parte LeBlanc et al  11166823 - (D)  HORNER 103 Tabarrok & Zahrt (SEAGATE-10/11) KRAUSE, JUSTIN MITCHELL

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Van Heugten et al  11288745 - (D)  GRIMES 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC SIMPSON, SARAH A

3736 Ex Parte Geiger  10976164 - (D)  WALSH 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P. A. NGUYEN, HUONG Q

3736 Ex Parte Bodecker et al  10579265 - (D)  DEMETRA J. MILLS 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON  STOUT, MICHAEL C

8/3/2012
REVERSED  
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte La Croix  12470176 - (D)  GRIMES 103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP NGUYEN, SON T

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Bettuchi et al  11238497 - (D)  FREDMAN 103 Tyco Healthcare Group LP d/b/a Covidien SEVERSON, RYAN J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART  
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Bangera et al  11729958 - (D)  GREEN 112(1)/obviousness-type double patenting obviousness-type double patenting THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND CLARENCE T. TEGREENE BRUSCA, JOHN S

“‘[T]he enablement requirement is met if the description enables any mode of making and using the invention.’” Johns Hopkins Univ. v. CellPro, Inc., 152 F.3d 1342, 1361 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (quoting Engel Indus., Inc. v. Lockformer Co., 946 F.2d 1528, 1533 (Fed. Cir. 1991)).

AFFIRMED  
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2172 Ex Parte Dobbelaar  10123790 - (D)  DESHPANDE 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS ENGLAND, SARA M

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Cuellar et al  11251044 - (D)  FREDMAN 103 MCCRACKEN & FRANK LLC MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3900 Ex parte ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Appellant 90010867 5670633 07/835,932 LEBOVITZ  103 WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP PONNALURI, PADMASHRI

CAE, kubin

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REVERSED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Hatfield et al 10736155 - (D) ERIC GRIMES 103 USDA-ARS-OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER NATIONAL CTR FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH PRYOR, ALTON NATHANIEL

1631 Ex Parte Bangera et al 11807336 - (D) GREEN obviousness-type double patenting THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND CLARENCE T. TEGREENE BRUSCA, JOHN S

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Bengston et al 11113968 - (D) OWENS 103 Whirlpool Patents Company - MD 0750 HECKERT, JASON MARK

1712 Ex Parte Compains et al 10582927 - (D) OWENS 102/103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION WALDBAUM, SAMUEL A

1722 Ex Parte CHANG et al 11427017 - (D) HANLON 112(2)/103/obviousness-type double patenting HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP DUDA, KATHLEEN

1727 Ex Parte Fagley et al 11130804 - (D) BEST 102/103 General Motors Corporation MARTIN, ANGELA J

1742 Ex Parte Isobe et al 11464346 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP KHARE, ATUL P

1781 Ex Parte Clark McIver et al 10390905 - (D) HANLON 103 WINSTON & STRAWN LLP BEKKER, KELLY JO

1785 Ex Parte Stork et al 11478167 - (D) KRATZ 103 Cozen O'Connor HESS, BRUCE H

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Schacher et al 11396673 - (D) HUGHES 102 RSW IP Law IBM CORPORATION  LE, THU NGUYET T

2172 Ex Parte Martin 10967446 - (D) SMITH 103 MARTIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC ENGLAND, SARA M

2175 Ex Parte Janakiraman et al 11456230 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. Dissenting HOMERE 102/103 IBM CORP (YA) VU, THANH T

2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2431 Ex Parte Wasilewski et al 10602987 - (D) GONSALVES 102 MERCHANT & GOULD SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY CHAI, LONGBIT

2431 Ex Parte Wasilewski et al 10602986 - (D) GONSALVES 102/103 MERCHANT & GOULD SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY CHAI, LONGBIT

2431 Ex Parte Wasilewski et al 10602988 - (D) GONSALVES 102 MERCHANT & GOULD SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY CHAI, LONGBIT

2451 Ex Parte Bagsby 10402392 - (D) GIANNETTI 102/obviousness-type double patenting AT & T LEGAL DEPARTMENT - Toler DIVECHA, KAMAL B

We start with the well-settled proposition that “[i]n the absence of evidence to the contrary, we must presume that the use of different terms in the claims connotes different meanings.” CAE Screenplates Inc. v. Heinrich Fiedler GmbH & Co. KG, 224 F.3d 1308, 1317 (Fed. Cir. 2000).

2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Shafer et al 11144883 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Tyco International LABBEES, EDNY

2612 Ex Parte Junker et al 11490645 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck WONG, ALBERT KANG

2625 Ex Parte Fischer et al 10844993 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY VO, QUANG N

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Renntoft 10468292 - (D) GREENHUT 103
VENABLE LLP GISHNOCK, NIKOLAI A
3721 Ex Parte Buchenau et al 11639605 - (D) SAINDON 103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C

3725 Ex Parte Schroth et al 11671493 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 Quinn Law Group, PLLC EKIERT, TERESA M

3742 Ex Parte Miki et al 10505453 - (D) CALVE 102/103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. ELVE, MARIA ALEXANDRA

3761 Ex Parte Bertrand et al 11605936 - (D) GRIMES 103 IPLM GROUP, P.A. MARCETICH, ADAM M

3763 Ex Parte Kanamura et al 11501672 - (D) JENKS 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP PLLC HOLLOWAY, IAN KNOBEL

3766 Ex Parte Struble et al 11380353 - (D) MARTIN 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) PORTER, JR, GARY A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Bangera et al 11724593 - (D) GREEN 112(1)/obviousness-type double patenting obviousness-type double patenting THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND CLARENCE T. TEGREENE BRUSCA, JOHN S

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Mohammed 10116186 - (D) GONSALVES 103 103 ADELI & TOLLEN, LLP IQBAL, KHAWAR

2629 Ex Parte Daly 10973157 - (D) SMITH 103 103 CHERNOFF VILHAUER MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP SHERMAN, STEPHEN G

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Drader et al 10857966 - (D) COURTENAY 103 103 Research in Motion Corp./CR AMRANY, ADI

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Kissner et al 10707570 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 PITNEY BOWES INC. ALMATRAHI, FARIS S

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Hahn et al 11517724 - (D) ASTORINO 112(2)/103 103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB WEEKS, GLORIA R

3735 Ex Parte Castillo et al 10860829 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1)/103 103 FREILICH, HORNBAKER & ROSEN MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN

3738 Ex Parte Wyss et al 11121408 - (D) WALSH 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP MILLER, CHERYL L

See also, In re Kubin, 561 F.3d 1351, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (“This court cannot, in the face of KSR, cling to formalistic rules for obviousness, customize its legal tests for specific scientific fields in ways that deem entire classes of prior art teachings irrelevant, or discount the significant abilities of artisans of ordinary skill in an advanced area of art”)

3764 Ex Parte Dyer et al 11342936 - (D) HOELTER 103 102/103 TERENCE P. O'BRIEN AMER SPORTS NORTH AMERICA THANH, LOAN H

AFFIRMED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1629 Ex Parte Kucharik 10846822 - (D) SCHEINER 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP SPIVACK, PHYLLIS G

1654 Ex Parte Ishikawa et al 11891331 - (D) GREEN 103 THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND CLARENCE T. TEGREENE SKOWRONEK, KARLHEINZ R

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Elhamid et al 11450793 - (D) OWENS 103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION DOUYETTE, KENNETH J

1772 Ex Parte Dath et al 10719267 - (D) WARREN 103 David J. Alexander Fina Technology, Inc. DANG, THUAN D

1782 Ex Parte Harrington 11316149 - (D) HANLON 103 GENERAL MILLS, INC. DYE, RENA

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2127 Ex Parte Chen 09944969 - (D) HUGHES 101/112(2)/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY ROBERTSON, DAVID

2191 Ex Parte Gehman et al 10816213 - (D) HUGHES 103 LSI Logic Corporation RAMPURIA, SATISH

2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Brooks 09956688 - (D) JEFFERY 103 GAZDZINSKI & ASSOCIATES, PC SCHNURR, JOHN R

2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Ashikhmin et al 10835085 - (D) HUGHES 102/103 Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP KIM, KEVIN

2612 Ex Parte Adamczyk et al 10899855 - (D) KRIVAK 103 AT&T Legal Department - CC SWARTHOUT, BRENT

2612 Ex Parte Smith et al 11486494 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Delphi Technologies, Inc. MCNALLY, KERRI L

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Schmitt 11123265 - (D) COURTENAY 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX MALEK, MALIHEH

2816 Ex Parte Kocaman et al 11116160 - (D) HOFF 103 Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP C/O Intellevate TRA, ANH QUAN

2823 Ex Parte Gasner et al 11737395 - (D) SMITH 103 Fogg & Powers LLC/Intersil Americas LLC LEE, HSIEN MING

2856 Ex Parte Hobert 10888824 - (D) SMITH 103 Johns Manville ROGERS, DAVID A

2872 Ex Parte Schmidt 11506123 - (D) SCHAFER 103 Dickinson Wright PLLC DOAK, JENNIFER L

2884 Ex Parte Kindem et al 10776645 - (D) SMITH 112(1)/112(2)/103 Law Office of Scott C Harris Inc LEE, SHUN K

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Rosenberg 09823943 - (D) FITZPATRICK 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP CEGIELNIK, URSZULA M
 
3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2771 Ex parte NETAPP, INC., Appellant and Patent Owner 90009103 90008903 5819292 08/454,921 ARBES 102 CESARI AND MCKENNA, LLP CHOI, WOO H original LINTZ, PAUL R

REHEARING

GRANTED
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Hazebrouck et al 11860833 - (D) BONILLA 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102/103
  BARNES & THORNBURG LLP HOBAN, MELISSA A

mouttet, CLS, mayo

custom search

REVERSED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 Ex Parte Kando et al 11681353 - (D) HOUSEL 103 BURR & BROWN ZALASKY, KATHERINE M

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Khaliq et al 10953112 - (D) ELLURU 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 HARRITY & HARRITY, LLP CHEUNG, HUBERT G

2167 Ex Parte Cannon et al 11091790 - (D) BARRY 103 ADVANTEDGE LAW GROUP, LLC BADAWI, SHERIEF

2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2422 Ex Parte Maclnnis 11270999 - (D) HOFF 102/103 TKHR (Broadcom) YENKE, BRIAN P

2432 Ex Parte Jordan et al 10279346 - (D) WINSOR 112(2)/102/103 AT&T Legal Department - PIP Law LLC LANIER, BENJAMIN E

2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Lindoff et al 10830387 - (D) HUGHES 103 POTOMAC PATENT GROUP PLLC FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS

2612 Ex Parte Gleitman 11072795 - (D) KRIVAK 103 Baker Botts L.L.P. WONG, ALBERT KANG

2617 Ex Parte Rigge 10672656 - (D) MacDONALD 103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP DOAN, KIET M

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Britz et al 11708087 - (D) JUNG 103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB LOPEZ, MICHELLE

3733 Ex Parte Trieu et al 11413785 - (D) JENKS concurring and dissenting FREDMAN 102/103 Medtronic, Inc. (Spinal) PHILOGENE, PEDRO

3734 Ex Parte Tsugita 10621972 - (D) JENKS 112(1)/103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC BLATT, ERIC D

3761 Ex Parte Popp et al 11305182 - (D) KERINS 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F

3767 Ex Parte Bierman et al 11295903 - (D) MARTIN 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE

3769 Ex Parte Lee et al 10167681 - (D) SPAHN 112(1)/112(2)/103 WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION C/O BOYLE FREDRICKSON S.C SHAY, DAVID M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2472 Ex Parte Babiarz et al 10799704 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 103 HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP JAIN, RAJ K

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Norrid 09963716 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 103 IBM CORPORATION (RHF) C/O ROBERT H. FRANTZ KARMIS, STEFANOS

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Cripps et al 11419642 - (D) CALVE 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP FRISTOE JR, JOHN K

These arguments are largely speculative and not persuasive because a determination of obviousness does not require an actual, physical substitution of elements or a showing that the features of a secondary reference may be bodily incorporated into the structure of a primary reference or physically combined with another reference. In re Mouttet, 2012 WL 2384056, at *5 (Fed. Cir. Jun. 26, 2012) (citations omitted).

3761 Ex Parte Collins et al 11444847 - (D) SCHEINER 102/103 102/103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. KIDWELL, MICHELE M

AFFIRMED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 Ex Parte Lu 11272448 - (D) KIMLIN 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN

1731 Ex Parte Zuyev et al 11557805 - (D) PRAISS 112(2)/102 MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.-Quartz c/o DILWORTH & BARRESE, LLP WIESE, NOAH S

1734 Ex Parte Hoppe et al 10581778 - (D) KATZ Concurring GARRIS 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP LEE, REBECCA Y

1746 Ex Parte Rohde et al 10520536 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 DILWORTH IP, LLC GOFF II, JOHN L

1764 Ex Parte Moszner et al 11585280 - (D) PRAISS 103 Ivoclar Vivadent Inc. REDDY, KARUNA P

1771 Ex Parte Boffa 11435698 - (D) OBERMANN 103/double patenting M. CARMEN & ASSOCIATES, PLLC VASISTH, VISHAL V

1774 Ex Parte Stevens et al 10006876 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. DUONG, THANH P

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2117 Ex Parte Aipperspach et al 11845829 - (D) MOORE 112(1)/102 IBM CORPORATION (ROC) KERVEROS, DEMETRIOS C

2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte Ieperen 09966733 - (D) STEPHENS 102/103 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP NEURAUTER, GEORGE C

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Gage 10763289 - (D) WINSOR 102/103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED HUYNH, NAM TRUNG

2626 Ex Parte Burns et al 09863996 - (D) DANG 102/103 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP VO, HUYEN X

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Garfinkle et al 10147669 - (D) HORNER 112(2)/103 Bay Area Technolgy Law Group PC DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE

3645 Ex Parte Herwanger et al 11180956 - (D) SPAHN 103 WesternGeco L.L.C. ALSOMIRI, ISAM A

3676 Ex Parte Rickman et al 11482601 - (D) HORNER 103 ROBERT A. KENT DITRANI, ANGELA M

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Stad et al 11861551 - (D) BONILLA 112(1)/103 NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP SCHNEIDER, LYNNSY M

3739 Ex Parte Francischelli et al 10752135 - (D) SAINDON 103 Medtronic CardioVascular PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F
 
REHEARING
 
DENIED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 Ex Parte WIMBERGER-FRIEDL et al 11576279 - (R) GAUDETTE 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS GERIDO, DWAN A

GRANTED
2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Braun 10670902 - (D) BARRY Concurring COURTENAY 103 37 C.F.R. §41.50(b) 112(2) Basch & Nickerson LLP DHINGRA, PAWANDEEP

And because human color perception is a subjective mental process (abstract idea), the “single most reasonable understanding is that [Appellant’s] claim is directed to nothing more than a fundamental truth or disembodied concept,” i.e., subjective human color perception. See CLS Bank Int’l v Alice Corp. Pty, LTD, No. 2011-1301, 2012 WL 2708400, at *10 (Fed. Cir. July 9, 2012). In light of the evolving state of §101 case law, the Examiner should review all claims for patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. §101, consistent with current USPTO guidance regarding recent court decisions, including Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., 132 S. Ct. 1289 (2012).

DENIED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1781 Ex Parte Keller et al 10498863 - (R) GARRIS 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. DICUS, TAMRA