constant, reading and bates

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Zalit et al 11481962 - (D) FREDMAN 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP CHANNAVAJJALA, LAKSHMI SARADA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2458 Ex Parte Pashley et al 10770959 - (D) CALDWELL 103 Cool Patent, P.C. c/o Intellevate, LLC DINH, KHANH Q

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2691 Ex Parte Olien et al 10916726 - (D) McKEOWN 102/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP KARIMI, PEGEMAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Kim 12240941 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH CHERVINSKY, BORIS LEO

2859 Ex Parte Kumar et al 10879612 - (D) PETTIGREW 112(1)/103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. BERHANU, SAMUEL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3652 Ex Parte Mulligan et al 11545906 - (D) KERINS 102/103 Okamoto & Benedicto LLP RUDAWITZ, JOSHUA I

3672 Ex Parte Bixenman et al 11539200 - (D) ASTORINO 102 SCHLUMBERGER RESERVOIR COMPLETIONS BAGNELL, DAVID J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Burt et al 11471873 - (D) McCARTHY 103 HAHN LOESER / LINCOLN ELVE, MARIA ALEXANDRA

3732 Ex Parte Freilich et al 11078600 - (D) FREDMAN 103 EDWARDS WILDMAN PALMER LLP EIDE, HEIDI MARIE

3781 Ex Parte Hafellner et al 10956611 - (D) HOELTER 112(1)/112(2)/102 BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J

3788 Ex Parte Fryer et al 12290586 - (D) DANIELS 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte Hosaka et al 10574038 - (D) KIMLIN 103 102/103 YOUNG BASILE ENIN-OKUT, EDU E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2485 Ex Parte Kato et al 10882838 - (D) JEFFERY Dissenting-in-part MCKONE 103 103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE

To be sure, related art is not prior art if the associated subject matter is the inventor’s own work—a principle that applies even for subject matter labelled “PRIOR ART.” See MPEP § 2129(I) (citing Constant v. Advanced Micro-Devices, Inc., 848 F.2d 1560, 1570 (Fed. Cir. 1988); Reading & Bates Constr. Co. v. Baker Energy Res. Corp., 748 F.2d 645, 650 (Fed. Cir. 1984)).

Constant v. Advanced Micro-Devices, Inc., 848 F.2d 1560, 7 USPQ2d 1057 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 706.02, 2128.02, 2129, 2145

Reading & Bates Construction Co. v. Baker Energy, 748 F.2d 645, 223 USPQ 1168 (Fed. Cir. 1984) 2129

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2677 Ex Parte Clark-Lindh 11063407 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 102/103 MICROSOFT MERCHANT & GOULD CRAWFORD, JACINTA M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Ellison 11207073 - (D) ASTORINO 103 103 James Ray & Associates Intellectual Property, LLC KWIECINSKI, RYAN D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Cantor et al 09965610 - (D) GREEN 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY GHALI, ISIS A D

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 Ex Parte Sexton et al 11541339 - (D) KIMLIN 103 EMCH, SCHAFFER, SCHAUB & PORCELLO CO SINGH, PREM C

1785 Ex Parte Kurt et al 10539362 - (D) KIMLIN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Harville et al 10427647 - (D) COURTENAY 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY DAYE, CHELCIE L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Liebhold et al 10512332 - (D) ARPIN 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC LONSBERRY, HUNTER B

2434 Ex Parte Franke et al 10528312 - (D) BUI 102 Siemens Corporation HAILU, TESHOME

2437 Ex Parte Williams et al 10778770 - (D) DANG 103 Patent Capital Group GELAGAY, SHEWAYE

2442 Ex Parte Guthrie et al 10944440 - (D) STRAUSS 102/103 Jackson Walker LLP ZHANG, SHIRLEY X

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2678 Ex Parte Loo 11333495 - (D) POTHIER 103 Broadcom/BHGL MARTELLO, EDWARD

ahlert, fox, grams, meyer

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Atanasoska et al 11519139 - (D) KIMLIN 103 VIDAS, ARRETT & STEINKRAUS, P.A. LISTVOYB, GREGORY

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Rodriguez et al 09736661 - (D) THOMAS 103 SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY MERCHANT & GOULD AN, SHAWN S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2663 Ex Parte Murphy et al 10521031 - (D) DANG 112(1) BAE SYSTEMS NGUYEN, LUONG TRUNG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2852 Ex Parte Turley et al 11261276 - (D) BAUMEISTER 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY RHODES, JR, LEON W

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3676 Ex Parte Cariveau 11129060 - (D) WOOD 103 OSHA LIANG L.L.P. BOMAR, THOMAS S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Shibahashi et al 10694006 - (D) KAMHOLZ 103 SUGHRUE-265550 HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE

3716 Ex Parte Harris et al 10901014 - (D) CRAWFORD 102/103 WEIDE & MILLER, LTD. SUHOL, DMITRY

3729 Ex Parte Slezak 09981556 - (D) HORNER 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 Fellers, Snider, et al TUGBANG, ANTHONY D

3729 Ex Parte Bonvalot 10485693 - (D) SAINDON 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Cozen O'Connor TRINH, MINH N

3734 Ex Parte Cheng et al 10921735 - (D) JENKS 103 MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. BLATT, ERIC D

3762 Ex Parte Whelan et al 10442448 - (D) SAINDON 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (NY) MANUEL, GEORGE C

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte Holzer 09884741 - (D) RUGGIERO 102/103 102 HEIMLICH LAW DENNISON, JERRY B

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2675 Ex Parte Zhang et al 10923116 - (D) McKONE 102/103 102/103 XEROX - ROCHESTER FAY SHARPE ZHU, RICHARD Z

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2874 Ex Parte Beausoleil et al 12008605 - (D) WEINBERG 103 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY CONNELLY, MICHELLE R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Olsen et al 11470635 - (D) WALSH 112(1)/103 UNILEVER PATENT GROUP GULLEDGE, BRIAN M

1633 Ex Parte Mistry et al 11631993 - (D) MILLS 103 Law Office of Shruti Costales, PLLC POPA, ILEANA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1763 Ex Parte Gorlin et al 12396007 - (D) KIMLIN 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY NGUYEN, THUY-AI N

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Schorn 11301161 - (D) BENOIT 103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP MAHMOOD, REZWANUL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2449 Ex Parte Ramarao et al 10360883 - (D) DIXON 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY WON, MICHAEL YOUNG

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Watson et al 11620482 - (D) SAINDON 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 FGTL BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. MITCHELL, KATHERINE W

3688 Ex Parte Nguyen 11001097 - (D) MEDLOCK 101/102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 MARTIN KHANG NGUYEN VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA

We have held that mere ‘[data-gathering] step[s] cannot make an otherwise nonstatutory claim statutory.”’ In re Grams, 888 F.2d 835, 840 (Fed. Cir. 1989) (quoting In re Meyer, 688 F.2d 789, 794 (CCPA 1982))).

Grams, In re, 888 F.2d 835, 12 USPQ2d 1824 (Fed. Cir. 1989) 2106

Meyer, In re, 688 F.2d 789, 215 USPQ 193 (CCPA 1982) 2106, 2184  

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 Ex Parte Piczon 11807723 - (D) CALVE 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY GEHMAN, BRYON P

Appellant did not challenge the Examiner’s taking of Official Notice or otherwise persuade us or error in that finding. See In re Fox, 471 F.2d 1405, 1406-07 (CCPA 1973) (affirming rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 without citation of any prior art based on facts that were unchallenged by the appellant); see also In re Ahlert, 424 F.2d 1088, 1091 (CCPA 1970).

Fox, In re, 471 F.2d 1405, 176 USPQ 340 (CCPA 1973) 2144.03

Ahlert, In re, 424 F.2d 1088, 165 USPQ 418 (CCPA 1970) 2144.03

3778 Ex Parte ISKRA 08928272 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Becton, Dickinson and Company (The Webb Firm) MATTER, KRISTEN CLARETTE

wesslau, burroughs, coleman, hybritech, sewall, skoner

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Qiu et al 10891407 - (D) WALSH 103 CIBA VISION CORPORATION ALAWADI, SARAH

“It is impermissible within the framework of section 103 to pick and choose from any one reference only so much of it as will support a given position, to the exclusion of other parts necessary to the full appreciation of what such reference fairly suggests to one of ordinary skill in the art.” In re Wesslau, 353 F.2d 238, 241 (CCPA 1965).

1621 Ex Parte JOHNSEN et al 12621551 - (D) SNEDDEN 112(2)/103/obviousnesstype double patenting 37 CFR § 41.50(b) obviousnesstype double patenting GE HEALTHCARE, INC. PUTTLITZ, KARL J

1621 Ex Parte HOMESTAD 12621571 - (D) SNEDDEN 112(2)/103/obviousnesstype double patenting 37 CFR § 41.50(b) obviousnesstype double patenting GE HEALTHCARE, INC. PUTTLITZ, KARL J

1621 Ex Parte JOHNSEN et al 12621556 - (D) SNEDDEN 112(2)/102/103/obviousness-type double patenting 37 CFR § 41.50(b) obviousness-type double patenting GE HEALTHCARE, INC. PUTTLITZ, KARL J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1789 Ex Parte Grube et al 11755452 - (D) BEST 103 GAF WILLIAM J. DAVIS, ESQ. JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Zine 12368494 - (D) WALSH 103 Bay Area Technolgy Law Group PC PARSLEY, DAVID J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1629 Ex Parte Habash et al 11815440 - (D) WALSH 112(1)/103 102/103 37 CFR § 41.50(b) 102 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH

Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2186 NVIDIA CORPORATION Respondent v. RAMBUS, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant 95001189 7287119 11/681,384 SIU 103 102/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. CHOI, WOO H original BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE

3504 NVIDIA CORPORATION Respondent v. RAMBUS, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant 95001205 7360050 SIU 103 102/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. CHOI, WOO H original SAFAVI, MICHAEL

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Leonard 11757764 - (D) FREDMAN 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC BADIO, BARBARA P

See In re Skoner, 517 F.2d 947, 950 (CCPA 1975) (“Expected beneficial results are evidence of obviousness of a claimed invention. Just as unexpected beneficial results are evidence of unobviousness.”)

1647 Ex Parte Champion et al 11188417 - (D) FREDMAN 103/obviousness-type double patenting FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG BUNNER, BRIDGET E

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Meiere 11063638 - (D) GAUDETTE 103/obviousness-type double patenting PRAXAIR, INC. HORNING, JOEL G

1777 Ex Parte Arpaia et al 10556803 - (D) DELMENDO 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. XU, XIAOYUN

1792 Ex Parte Barnett et al 11669580 - (D) KRATZ 103 CARSTENS & CAHOON, LLP WILLIAMS, LELA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2181 Ex Parte Battaglia et al 10994271 - (D) MCKONE 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LEWIS-TAYLOR, DAYTON A.

2181 Ex Parte Sakiyama et al 10775080 - (D) THOMAS 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC LEE, CHUN KUAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte Olchanski et al 09996475 - (D) THOMAS 103 WILMERHALE/DC TANG, KAREN C

For starters, we focus on the issue of conception. As comprehensively set forth by the Federal Circuit in Burroughs Wellcome Co. v. Barr Labs., Inc., 40 F.3d 1223, 1227-28 (Fed. Cir. 1994):

Conception is the touchstone of inventorship, the completion of the mental part of invention. Sewall v. Walters, 21 F.3d 411, 415, 30 USPQ2d 1356, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 1994). It is “the formation in the mind of the inventor, of a definite and permanent idea of the complete and operative invention, as it is hereafter to be applied in practice.” Hybritech Inc. v. Monoclonal Antibodies, Inc., 802 F.2d 1367, 1376, 231 USPQ 81, 87 (Fed. Cir. 1986) (citation omitted). Conception is complete only when the idea is so clearly defined in the inventor's mind that only ordinary skill would be necessary to reduce the invention to practice, without extensive research or experimentation. Sewall, 21 F.3d at 415, 30 USPQ2d at 1359; see also Coleman v. Dines, 754 F.2d 353, 359, 224 USPQ 857, 862 (Fed. Cir. 1985) (conception must include every feature of claimed invention). Because it is a mental act, courts require corroborating evidence of a contemporaneous disclosure that would enable one skilled in the art to make the invention. Coleman v. Dines, 754 F.2d at 359, 224 USPQ at 862.

Burroughs Wellcome Co. v. Barr Labs., Inc., 40 F.3d 1223, 32 USPQ2d 1915 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2138.04, 2163

Hybritech, Inc. v. Monoclonal Antibodies, Inc., 802 F.2d 1367, 231 USPQ 81 (Fed. Cir. 1986) 716.03(b), 2138.04, 2145, 2163, 2164.01, 2164.05(a), 2173.05(a), 2182, 2184

Coleman v. Dines, 754 F.2d 353, 224 USPQ 857 (Fed. Cir. 1985) 2138.04

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Kirke 11422638 - (D) CURCURI 103 GARLICK & MARKISON OBAYANJU, OMONIYI

2682 Ex Parte McEwan 10419274 - (D) CALDWELL 103 NIXON PEABODY, LLP NGUYEN, NAM V

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Smith et al 10899656 - (D) TURNER 103 WILLIAM L. PARADICE, III ANDERSON, FOLASHADE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte Clough 11961936 - (D) OSINSKI 112(2)/103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. FIDEI, DAVID  

Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2783 Ex parte MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC. Patent Owner & Appellant 90010889 5958006 08/574,541 BLANKENSHIP 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. RYMAN, DANIEL J original COLEMAN, ERIC

allvoice, ferguson

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte Bells et al 10940672 - (D) ARPIN 103 Ridout & Maybee LLP KEATON, SHERROD L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2686 Ex Parte Hayner et al 10600637 - (D) BAUMEISTER 102 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101/112(2) LARSON NEWMAN, LLP DINH, TAN X

It is the use of the words in the context of the written description and customarily by those skilled in the relevant art that accurately reflects both the “ordinary” and the “customary” meaning of the terms in the claims. Ferguson Beauregard/Logic Controls, Div. of Dover Res., Inc. v. Mega Sys., LLC, 350 F.3d 1327, 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2003).

Ferguson Beauregard/Logic Controls v. Mega Systems, 350 F.3d 1327, 69 USPQ2d 1001 (Fed. Cir. 2003) 2111.01

The “clear linkage or association” in the Specification of the structure to the function recited in the claim is determined based on the understanding of an artisan of ordinary skill. See AllVoice Computing PLC v. Nuance Commc’ns, Inc., 504 F.3d 1236, 1242 (Fed. Cir. 2007).

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Kaiser et al 11598371 - (D) CALVE 103 BERENATO & WHITE, LLC WINNER, TONY H

3656 Ex Parte Funai 11492848 - (D) SAINDON 102 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP YABUT, DANIEL D

3665 Ex Parte Koehler et al 10583055 - (D) KAMHOLZ 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP ALGAHAIM, HELAL A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Smith et al 11705334 - (D) CALVE 103 MAYBACK & HOFFMAN, P.A. WEEKS, GLORIA R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Schaepkens et al 11188984 - (D) OWENS 103 102/103 Duane Morris LLP MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT

1789 Ex Parte Bletsos et al 10971382 - (D) OWENS 103 103 E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY COLE, ELIZABETH M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2185 Ex Parte Chinnakonda 11214501 - (D) COURTENAY 103 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED DILLON, SAMUEL A

2194 Ex Parte Cepulis et al 11262200 - (D) WINSOR 102/103 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY YUN, CARINA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Warner 11369644 - (D) KAMHOLZ 103 103 Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. MATHEW, HEMANT MATHAI

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Clapp et al 10841195 - (D) WALSH 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP JAVANMARD, SAHAR

1628 Ex Parte Rudy et al 11568506 - (D) PRATS 112(2)/103 J C PATENTS SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte De La Llera et al 11639263 - (D) HASTINGS 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC FORD, NATHAN K

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 Ex Parte Balay et al 09966095 - (D) THOMAS 103 MENDELSOHN, DRUCKER, & ASSOCIATES, P.C. DANG, KHANH

2156 Ex Parte Balan et al 11177626 - (D) KUMAR 103 ACCENTURE BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE MITIKU, BERHANU

2162 Ex Parte Cheung et al 11248780 - (D) POTHIER 112(1)/102/103 YAHOO! OVERTURE BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE ALAM, SHAHID AL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte Weir et al 10839832 - (D) MacDONALD 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP BOUTAH, ALINA A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2826 Ex Parte Goller et al 11337084 - (D) DILLON 103 EDELL , SHAPIRO & FINNAN , LLC KUO, WENSING W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3729 Ex Parte Lutzen et al 11202108 - (D) FITZPATRICK 103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. CAZAN, LIVIUS RADU

luvisi, nievelt

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2185 Ex Parte Hughes 11497026 - (D) PERRY 103 CARR & FERRELL LLP AYASH, MARWAN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Mas et al 12108125 - (D) EVANS 102/103 MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. KOHARSKI, CHRISTOPHER

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Czyzewski et al 11886939 - (D) HOUSEL 102 102/103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION KLING, CHARLES

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Upadhyay 09879320 - (D) MILLS 103 Rhodia Inc. CHANNAVAJJALA, LAKSHMI SARADA

1616 Ex Parte Dutzmann et al 09843396 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. CHOI, FRANK I

In addition, we do not agree with Appellants that the group of compounds of which compound (III) is a member is so large as to make this the “needle-in-the-haystack” situation discussed in In re Luvisi, 342 F.2d 102, 106 (CCPA 1965).

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Decesare et al 12052859 - (D) TIMM 103 CARMODY & TORRANCE LLP BAREFORD, KATHERINE A

1729 Ex Parte Alexandrovichserov et al 11723198 - (D) DANG 103 ROBERT E. BUSHNELL & LAW FIRM RUDDOCK, ULA CORINNA

1741 Ex Parte Koenen et al 10558637 - (D) GARRIS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC BELYAEV, YANA

1762 Ex Parte Shimomura 11655211 - (D) HANLON 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC JONES JR., ROBERT STOCKTON

1786 Ex Parte Maziers et al 10553572 - (D) OBERMANN 102/103 FINA TECHNOLOGY INC LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Bennett et al 11328673 - (D) DANG 103 GARLICK & MARKISON HSIUNGFEI, PENG

2427 Ex Parte Kellerman et al 10674672 - (D) DANG 103 GARLICK & MARKISON SCHNURR, JOHN R

2461 Ex Parte Karaoguz et al 11093157 - (D) DANG 112(1)/103 Broadcom/BHGL LEVITAN, DMITRY

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2629 Ex Parte C. Anderson 11174130 - (D) KOHUT 103 SCENERA RESEARCH, LLC MCCOMMAS, STUART S

2677 Ex Parte Covell et al 11149720 - (D) MacDONALD 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY WANG, JIN CHENG

2677 Ex Parte Friedman et al 11429546 - (D) WEINBERG 103 THE SMALL PATENT LAW GROUP LLC SAMS, MICHELLE L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte Ketteridge 11346648 - (D) FRAHM 103 BAE SYSTEMS ZHANG, YUANDA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Riga et al 11944835 - (D) WOOD 103 RENNER OTTO BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP TAWFIK, SAMEH

“Combining the teachings of references does not involve an ability to combine their specific structures.” In re Nievelt, 482 F.2d 965, 968 (CCPA 1973).

Nievelt, In re, 482 F.2d 965, 179 USPQ 224 (CCPA 1973) 2145

3736 Ex Parte Levendusky et al 11120436 - (D) EVANS 103 MAYER & WILLIAMS PC SZMAL, BRIAN SCOTT

3763 Ex Parte Brodersen 10936674 - (D) MILLS 102 SHLESINGER, ARKWRIGHT & GARVEY LLP VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG

3767 Ex Parte Stypulkowski 11168752 - (D) RICE 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) SCOTT, BRANDY C  

REHEARING  

GRANTED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Roach et al 09957459 - (D) STEPHENS 112(2)/103 CAHN & SAMUELS LLP TO, BAOQUOC N

mouttet, superguide

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Briesch et al 11351976 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 Siemens Corporation AKRAM, IMRAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2885 Ex Parte Venegas 09829033 - (D) COURTENAY 103 GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE,ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C SAWHNEY, HARGOBIND S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte Kobayashi et al 09914033 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Rader Fishman & Grauer RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ

3682 Ex Parte Agarwal et al 11112732 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 Straub & Pokotylo BROWN, ALVIN L

3685 Ex Parte Haller et al 10950790 - (D) MOHANTY 103 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. OBEID, MAMON A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3752 Ex Parte Bennett 11566063 - (D) KAUFFMAN 102/103 THE NOBLITT GROUP, PLLC NGUYEN, DINH Q

3784 Ex Parte Butler et al 11941669 - (D) WOOD 103 HARNESS, DICKEY, & PIERCE, P.L.C ABDUR RAHIM, AZIM

3748 Ex Parte Odendall 11103606 - (D) BAHR 103 Novak Druce + Quigg LLP TRAN, BINH Q

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Mello et al 11847935 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY SUTTON, DARRYL C

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Schwartz 11840787 - (D) EVANS 103 103 BELASCO, JACOBS & TOWNSLEY LLP SHAFER, RICKY D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Tsonton et al 11798632 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC DORNA, CARRIE R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Jain et al 11311220 - (D) WALSH 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP LOVE, TREVOR M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1786 Ex Parte Wheatley 12212110 - (D) DELMENDO 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

1792 Ex Parte Groneberg-Nienstedt 11886809 - (D) METZ obviousness-type double patenting/103 KF ROSS PC SMITH, PRESTON

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Savilampi et al 11293887 - (D) DILLON 103 NOKIA CORPORATION c/o Ware, Fressola, Van Der Sluys & Adolphson LLP HOTELLING, HAROLD A

An optional embodiment cannot be read into a claim when, as here, the claim language is broader than the embodiment. SuperGuide Corp. v. DirecTV Enters., Inc., 358 F.3d 870, 875 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (citation omitted).

Superguide Corp. v. Direct TV Enterprises, Inc., 358 F.3d 870, 69 USPQ2d 1865 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2111.01

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2437 Ex Parte Rollins 09993495 - (D) CALDWELL 103 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP GELAGAY, SHEWAYE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2667 Ex Parte Deng et al 11001228 - (D) SMITH 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY TORRES, JOSE

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2893 Ex Parte Brukilacchio et al 11291369 - (D) POTHIER 103 FRANCIS J. CAUFIELD REAMES, MATTHEW L

Rather, “[a] reference may be read for all that it teaches, including uses beyond its primary purpose.” In re Mouttet, 686 F.3d 1322, 1331 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (citations omitted); see also id. at 1334 (The Federal Circuit has explained “that just because better alternatives exist in the prior art does not mean that an inferior combination is inapt for obviousness purposes.”).

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Williams 10679088 - (D) OSINSKI 103 W. Edward Johansen HALE, GLORIA M  

Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2756 Ex parte Motorola Mobility, Inc. 90010888 5974447 08/682,483 ZECHER 102 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. POKRZYWA, JOSEPH R original RINEHART, MARK H

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Schweitzer et al 10952668 - (D) KIM SAP/BSTZ BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN SINGH, GURKANWALJIT

bond, robertson, schriber-schroth, sneed

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Wolf et al 10909380 - (D) BUI 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP LY, CHEYNE D

While claim terms are given their “broadest reasonable construction,” any such construction must be “consistent with the specification, … and that claim language should be read in light of the specification as it would be interpreted by one of ordinary skill in the art.” In re Bond, 910 F.2d 831, 833 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (quoting In re Sneed, 710 F.2d 1544, 1548 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (emphasis added).

Bond, In re, 910 F.2d 831, 15 USPQ2d 1566 (Fed. Cir. 1990) 2131, 2183, 2184

Sneed, In re, 710 F.2d 1544, 218 USPQ 385 (Fed. Cir. 1983) 1445, 2145

[C]laims should always be read in light of the specification and teachings in the underlying patent. See Schriber-Schroth Co. v. Cleveland Trust Co., 311 U.S. 211, 217, 61 S.Ct. 235 (1940) (“The claims of a patent are always to be read or interpreted in light of its specifications.”).

2183 Ex Parte Master et al 09997530 - (D) JEFFERY 103 NIXON PEABODY LLP VICARY, KEITH E

see also In re Robertson, 169 F.3d 743, 745 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (claims requiring three separate means not anticipated by structure containing only two means using one element twice)

Robertson, In re, 169 F.3d 743, 49 USPQ2d 1949 (Fed. Cir. 1999) 2112, 2114, 2163, 2163.07(a)

AFFIRMED
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1713 Ex Parte Appleyard et al 11359264 - (D) SMITH 102/103 VOLENTINE & WHITT PLLC DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN

1777 Ex Parte Oklejas 12023194 - (D) SMITH 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. MENON, KRISHNAN S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 Ex Parte Roberts et al 09855804 - (D) CALDWELL 103 AT&T Legal Department - CC MATTIS, JASON E

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2664 Ex Parte Ramos et al 11215571 - (D) RUGGIERO 103 HONEYWELL/FOGG HSU, AMY R

2679 Ex Parte Rackham 10096310 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 ANDREWS KURTH LLP AMINI, JAVID A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Cookson et al 10748441 - (D) BAHR 102 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP GISHNOCK, NIKOLAI A

lowry

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3665 Ex Parte Taylor et al 10928070 - (D) HORNER 102/103 TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED C/O WAGNER BLECHER NGUYEN, CHUONG P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3783 Ex Parte Storhok et al 11675528 - (D) KAUFFMAN 102/103 ALLEMAN HALL MCCOY RUSSELL & TUTTLE, LLP COLEMAN, KEITH A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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2442 Ex Parte Karaoguz et al 10675076 - (D) DIXON Concurring COURTENAY 102/103  112(1) GARLICK & MARKISON MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN

To avoid running afoul of the exclusive statutory right of copyright owners to control the distribution of their copyrighted works (17 U.S.C. §106(3)), I would more narrowly interpret the scope of Appellants’ claimed “media” as being limited to media that is in the public domain and/or media that is properly owned or licensed in accordance with existing copyright law.

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3743 Ex Parte Haberkamm et al 11703557 - (D) POWELL 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION NDUBIZU, CHUKA CLEMENT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2466 Ex Parte Le et al 10533083 - (D) PERRY 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION JAROENCHONWANIT, BUNJOB

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2662 Ex Parte Aoyama et al 11767721 - (D) GONSALVES 103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP KHAN, USMAN A

The informational content of non-functional descriptive material is not entitled to weight in the patentability analysis. See In re Lowry, 32 F. 3d 1579, 1583 (Fed. Cir, 1994) ("Lowry does not claim merely the information content of a memory... Nor does he seek to patent the content of information resident in a database.")

Lowry, In re, 32 F.3d 1579, 32 USPQ2d 1031 (Fed. Cir. 1994) ... 2111.05
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3651 Ex Parte Mark et al 11515281 - (D) KAMHOLZ 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY COLLINS, MICHAEL