Feb 13, 2013

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Egami 11798821 - (D) NAGUMO 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP PATEL, SMITA S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3694 Ex Parte Becker 12257220 - (D) KIM 102 NEAL, GERBER, & EISENBERG ABDI, KAMBIZ

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Lim et al 10613513 - (D) CALVE 112(2)/103 AKA CHAN LLP ELVE, MARIA ALEXANDRA

3724 Ex Parte Kollman et al 11035604 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 112(1)/102/103 BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC ALIE, GHASSEM

3777 Ex Parte Baker 10796584 - (D) GREEN 103 Covidien LP ROY, BAISAKHI

3724 Ex Parte Xu 11521819 - (D) MORRISON 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY ALIE, GHASSEM

3767 Ex Parte Iguchi 11664307 - (D) SCHEINER 103 Covidien OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3992 HASBRO, INC. Requester and Appellant v. GANZ Patent Owner and Respondent 95001422 7,618,303 SIU 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103 Pearne & Gordon LLP KISS, ERIC B

3992 THE LINCOLN ELECTRIC COMPANY Requester and Appellant v. Patent of ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC. Patent Owner and Respondent 95000205 7049546 PER CURIAM 112(1)/112(2) 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103 CORRIGAN LAW OFFICE DEB, ANJAN K

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1621 Ex Parte Duijghuisen et al 11628688 - (D) PRATS 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY KEYS, ROSALYND ANN

1647 Ex Parte Hagen 10416262 - (D) WALSH 103 WYETH LLC SHUKLA, RAM R

1648 Ex Parte Diamond et al 11323520 - (D) GREEN concurring MILLS 103 obviousness-type double
patenting Davis Wright Tremaine LLP/MannKind Corporation HORNING, MICHELLE S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte Overkempe et al 10498074 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 AKZO NOBEL INC. ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2197 Ex Parte Rivera et al 11237411 - (D) EVANS 112(2)/101/103 IBM-RSW Jordan IP Law COYER, RYAN D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Verschueren et al 11273770 - (D) HUME 102/103 NBCUniversal Media, LLC c/o Fletcher Yoder, P.C. LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N

2452 Ex Parte Gerasimov et al 11388470 - (D) HOMERE 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY UTREJA, NEERAJ K

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2658 Ex Parte Singhal et al 10803420 - (D) MORGAN 103 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP (Broadcom) COLUCCI, MICHAEL C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3677 Ex Parte Webjorn 10515030 - (D) STAICOVICI 112(2) 103 OSTROLENK FABER LLP SAETHER, FLEMMING

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte Okada 11734829 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 103 EDWARDS WILDMAN PALMER LLP LIDDLE, JAY TRENT

Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3993 UNITED EXCHANGE CORPORATION Requester, Respondent v. HEATMAX, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant 95001311 6,936,018 SONG 102/103 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP WEHNER, CARY ELLEN

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Kelly 11846142 - (D) FITZPATRICK 103 IPLM GROUP, P.A. KIMBALL, JEREMIAH T

Chinese New Year

Heyna, McClain

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VACATED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3777 Ex Parte Gleich et al 10552774 - (D) SNEDDEN 102 37 C.F.R § 41.50(b) 112(2) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS GUPTA, VANI



REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Seifert et al 10147100 - (D) SNEDDEN 103 MUETING, RAASCH & GEBHARDT, P.A. CLAYTOR, DEIRDRE RENEE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2112 Ex Parte Julian et al 11020583 - (D) CHEN 102/103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED AHMED, ENAM

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Drabe et al 11484250 - (D) WOOD 103 YOUNG BASILE BURCH, MELODY M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Svatovic 11397977 - (D) STAICOVICI 101 ZARKO SVATOVIC MENDIRATTA, VISHU K

3773 Ex Parte Kissel et al 10837281 - (D) SNEDDEN 102/103 KLAUS J. BACH & ASSOCIATES OU, JING RUI

3779 Ex Parte Saadat et al 10824936 - (D) SNEDDEN 102/103 USGI Medical, Inc. KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Imhof 10463818 - (D) McKONE 103 103 Siemens Corporation PHANTANA ANGKOOL, DAVID

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3767 Ex Parte Keimel 11124984 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) GILBERT, ANDREW M

3767 Ex Parte Hood et al 11450159 - (D) FREDMAN 102/103 102/103 IV - SUITER SWANTZ PC LLO SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1647 Ex Parte Hagen 11544056 - (D) WALSH 103 WYETH LLC SHUKLA, RAM R

1648 Ex Parte Howley et al 12038141 - (D) GRIMES 103 LAW OFFICE OF SALVATORE ARRIGO AND SCOTT LEE, LLP CHEN, STACY BROWN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Ruby et al 11293346 - (D) SCHAFER 103 Vista IP Law Group LLP LUND, JEFFRIE ROBERT

1762 Ex Parte Haerzschel et al 11686037 - (D) McKELVEY 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. SASTRI, SATYA B

In re Heyna, 360 F.2d 222, 228 (CCPA 1966) ("It was incumbent upon appellants to submit clear and convincing evidence to support their allegation of unexpected property."). See also McClain v. Ortmayer, 141 U.S. 419, 429 (1891) (conclusive evidence needed to establish new function)

1764 Ex Parte Tammaji et al 11986908 - (D) McKELVEY 103 Charles Muserlain BOYLE, ROBERT C

1786 Ex Parte Haigh et al 11748681 - (D) DELMENDO 103 INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L. CHRISS, JENNIFER A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Karimisetty et al 10731604 - (D) PARVIS 103 Oracle Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP MORRISON, JAY A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2644 Ex Parte Sammarco 11380451 - (D) DIXON 103 MOORE AND VAN ALLEN PLLC FOR SEMC EDOUARD, PATRICK NESTOR

2646 Ex Parte Kim 11489014 - (D) COURTENAY 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. WANG-HURST, KATHY W

2691 Ex Parte Tai et al 11136883 - (D) FRAHM 103 Avago Technologies Limited Kathy Manke SHERMAN, STEPHEN G

2696 Ex Parte Maeng et al 11486814 - (D) COURTENAY 103 Innovation Counsel LLP CHOWDHURY, AFROZA Y

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte Clemmer et al 11286608 - (D) HUME 103 BARNES & THORNBURG LLP JOHNSTON, PHILLIP A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3684 Ex Parte Low et al 12237060 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 Haynes and Boone, LLP FIELDS, BENJAMIN S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3767 Ex Parte Sage 11799165 - (D) FREDMAN 103 MUETING, RAASCH & GEBHARDT, P.A. PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP

Nazomi, OSRAM

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Doshi 11657906 - (D) KRATZ Dissenting-in-part BEST 103 Richard A. Wilhelm SAHA, BIJAY S

It is Appellant’s responsibility to provide the Board with argument, facts, and reasoning sufficient to justify reversing the Examiner. Cf. OSRAM Sylvania, Inc. v. Am. Induction Techs., Inc., 701 F.3d 698, 707 (Fed. Cir. 2012). The requirement that appellant provide sufficient reasoning applies with equal force to issues of law and issues of fact. See Nazomi Commc’ns, Inc. v. Arm Holdings, PLC, 403 F.3d 1364, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2005).

1785 Ex Parte Lawrence et al 10483690 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Engstrom 11242127 - (D) HORNER 102/103 NOVAK, DRUCE + QUIGG L.L.P. - PERGO LAUX, JESSICA L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Kusleika et al 11972778 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 Covidien SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN

3763 Ex Parte van Stolen et al 11715304 - (D) PRATS 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON MATNEY, BROOKE MARIE

3767 Ex Parte Sage 11799167 - (D) FREDMAN 103 MUETING, RAASCH & GEBHARDT, P.A. OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES

3777 Ex Parte Steckner et al 10573727 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2197 Ex Parte Everett-Church 10753106 - (D) JEFFERY 103 103 HICKMAN PALERMO TRUONG BECKER BINGHAM WONG/Yahoo! ZHEN, LI B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3764 Ex Parte Widerman et al 10852321 - (D) WOOD 103 103 The Villamar Firm PLLC RICHMAN, GLENN E

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2832 Ex Parte Tan et al 11639725 - (D) THOMAS 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY CHAN, TSZFUNG JACKIE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3651 Ex Parte Niedworok 11778856 - (D) TARTAL 103 ROBERTS & ROBERTS, LLP HARP, WILLIAM RAY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Weber et al 11414031 - (D) KATZ 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. KIDWELL, MICHELE M

Morris, santarus

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 Ex Parte Collins et al 12185575 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 SUMMA, ADDITON & ASHE, P.A. GAKH, YELENA G

1782 Ex Parte Takahashi 11470098 - (D) TIMM 103 YAMAHA C/O KEATING & BENNETT, LLP PATTERSON, MARC A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 Ex Parte Heynemann et al 11938116 - (D) KRIVAK 102 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY CLEARY, THOMAS J

2141 Ex Parte Jha et al 11559639 - (D) DIXON 102/103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP SONG, DAEHO D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte Marel et al 10693679 - (D) CURCURI 102 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY NANO, SARGON N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Ex Parte Seo et al 11378799 - (D) COURTENAY 103 Innovation Counsel LLP PHAM, THANH V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3772 Ex Parte Paraschac et al 11820174 - (D) SAINDON 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS BROWN, MICHAEL A

3772 Ex Parte Nelson et al 11592529 - (D) SAINDON 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS BROWN, MICHAEL A

3772 Ex Parte Falco 11270053 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY PATEL, TARLA R

[T]he PTO applies to the verbiage of the proposed claims the broadest reasonable meaning of the words in their ordinary usage as they would be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art, taking into account whatever enlightenment by way of definitions or otherwise that may be afforded by … the applicant's specification.

In re Morris, 127 F.3d 1048, 1054 (Fed. Cir. 1997).

Morris, In re, 127 F.3d 1048, 44 USPQ2d 1023 (Fed. Cir. 1997) 904.01, 2111, 2111.01, 2163, 2173.05(a), 2181

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte Mackles et al 12905803 - (D) TORCZON 103 OMRI M. BEHR DELCOTTO, GREGORY R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Hirsch et al 11194086 - (D) BRADEN 102 IBM ZILKA-KOTAB, PC PHAM, KHANH B

2169 Ex Parte Chu et al 11499701 - (D) DIXON 112(1)/103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC WEINRICH, BRIAN E

We disagree with Appellants and note that more than mere silence is required. Santarus, Inc. v. Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., 694 F.3d 1344, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2012). ("Negative claim limitations are adequately supported when the specification describes a reason to exclude the relevant limitation. Such written description support need not rise to the level of disclaimer. In fact, it is possible for the patentee to support both the inclusion and exclusion of the same material.") Appellants have not identified any reason to exclude the identified limitation.

2172 Ex Parte Chidlovskii et al 11156776 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 FAY SHARPE LLP WRIGHT, ELIZABETH G

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2687 Ex Parte Badillo et al 11264064 - (D) CURCURI 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY TWEEL JR, JOHN ALEXANDER

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte Sugg 10540026 - (D) ARPIN 102 GREIGG & GREIGG P.L.L.C. GORDON, BRYAN P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3778 Ex Parte Boyle et al 11877168 - (D) SNEDDEN 102/103/obviousness-type double patenting McDermott Will & Emery LLP DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA

3788 Ex Parte Slomski 10836016 - (D) POWELL 102/103 ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. TAYLOR IP, P.C. PICKETT, JOHN G

Nystrom, Phillips, sunrace

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REVERSED

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1779 Ex Parte Fetvedt 12069938 - (D) CRUMBLEY 103 37 C.F.R. 41.50(b)103 Agilent Technologies, Inc. in care of: CPA Global KILPATRICK, BRYAN T

1785 Ex Parte Deevi et al 11438226 - (D) TIMM 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC CHAU, LINDA N

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2678 Ex Parte Perttula 11337936 - (D) BRADEN 103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP MA, TIZE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Banet et al 11526497 - (D) PLENZLER 103 HUGHES TELEMATICS, INC. ISSING, GREGORY C

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Atkinson 11570887 - (D) GRIMES 103 BIO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SERVICES (BIO IPS) LLC STONE, CHRISTOPHER R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Karaoguz et al 10675489 - (D) COURTENAY 102/103 GARLICK & MARKISON RYAN, PATRICK A

"When different words or phrases are used in separate claims, a difference in meaning is presumed." Nystrom v. TREX Co., Inc., 424 F. 3d 1136, 1143 (Fed. Cir. 2005) Under the doctrine of claim differentiation, "the presence of a dependent claim that adds a particular limitation gives rise to a presumption that the limitation in question is not present in the independent claim." Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F. 3d 1303, 1315 (Fed. Cir. 2005).  This presumption is "especially strong when the limitation in dispute is the only meaningful difference between an independent and dependent claim, and one party is urging that the limitation in the dependent claim should be read into the independent claim." Sunrace Roots Enterprise Co., Ltd. v. SRAM Corp., 336 F. 3d 1298 (Fed. Cir. 2003).

Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 75 USPQ2d 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2111, 2111.01, 2143.01, 2258

Sunrace Roots Enter. Co. v. SRAM Corp., 336 F.3d 1298, 67 USPQ2d 1438 (Fed. Cir. 2003) 2111.01

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

3761 Ex Parte Lindsay et al 11245751 - (D) PLENZLER 103 TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORPORATION WIEST, PHILIP R

KSR

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3687 Ex Parte HSI et al 11691281 - (D) FETTING 102 WILLIAMS, MORGAN & AMERSON ULLAH MASUD, MOHAMMAD R


Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Demmy et al 11729686 - (D) BUNTING 103 Covidien LP LOPEZ, MICHELLE

When considering obviousness of a combination of known elements, the operative question also is “whether the improvement is more than the predictable use of prior-art elements according to their established functions.” KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 417 (2007).

KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 USPQ2d 1385 (2007) 2141, , 2145, 2216, 2242, 2286, 2616, 2642, 2686.04

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Shea 12069778 - (D) GAUDETTE 112(2)/103 112(2)/103 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/Ann Arbor CORMIER, DAVID G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3767 Ex Parte Brady et al 10753979 - (D) RICE 103 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP SCHELL, LAURA C

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Pagani 11768383 - (D) BEST 103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC KURPLE, KARL

1765 Ex Parte Weber et al 11019492 - (D) McKELVEY 103 VIDAS, ARRETT & STEINKRAUS, P.A. LISTVOYB, GREGORY

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2663 Ex Parte JOHNSTON et al 12634486 - (D) RUGGIERO 103 ROBERT E MALM NGUYEN, LUONG TRUNG

2669 Ex Parte Sakagami et al 10814343 - (D) BENOIT 103 Squire Sanders (US) LLP RICE, ELISA M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Liu et al 11323786 - (D) FETTING 112(2)/102/103 SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY BRANDENBURG, WILLIAM A

3686 Ex Parte Jung et al 11355517 - (D) FETTING 101/112(2)/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC PAULS, JOHN A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Graw 11158639 - (D) FLOYD 112(1)/103 SIEMENS CORPORATION LAURITZEN, AMANDA L

3761 Ex Parte Schneider et al 10932199 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KIDWELL, MICHELE M

Elsner, LeGrice

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AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3682 Ex Parte Nicholas et al 10456826 - (D) KIM 103 103 CARDINAL LAW GROUP FRANK C. NICHOLAS DURAN, ARTHUR D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1661 Ex Parte Meilland 12929715 - (D) McCOLLUM 102 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC PARA, ANNETTE H

As with utility patents, “only an ‘enabling’ publication is effective as a bar [under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)] to a subsequent [plant] patent.” In re LeGrice, 301 F.2d 929, 1138 (CCPA 1962). However, “evidence of [a] foreign sale of a claimed reproducible plant variety may enable an otherwise non-enabled printed publication disclosing that plant, thereby creating a § 102(b) bar.” In re Elsner, 381 F.3d 1125, 1128 (Fed. Cir. 2004). In particular,

[w]hen a publication identifies the plant that is invented or discovered and a foreign sale occurs that puts one of ordinary skill in the art in possession of the plant itself, which, based on the level of ordinary skill in the art, permits asexual reproduction without undue experimentation, that combination of facts and events so directly conveys the essential knowledge of the invention that the sale combines with the publication to erect a statutory bar.

Id. at 1129.

“[T]he precise focus of the analysis is not whether the foreign sales are themselves § 102(b) prior art, but whether the publication has placed the claimed invention in the possession of the public before the critical date.” Id. at 1129-30. In this regard, the Elsner court explained that “[t]he foreign sale must not be an obscure, solitary occurrence that would go unnoticed by those skilled in the art. Its availability must have been known in the art, just as a printed publication must be publicly available.” Id. at 1131. In addition, the Elsner court explained that, “even if the interested public would readily know of the foreign sales, those sales [must] enable[ ] one of ordinary skill in the art to reproduce the claimed plants without undue experimentation.” Id.

LeGrice, In re, 301 F.2d 929, 133 USPQ 365 (CCPA 1962) 2121.03

Elsner, In re,381 F.3d 1125, 72 USPQ2d 1038 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2121.03

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ex Parte Parsons et al 11736907 - (D) TIMM 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. MCCLAIN-COLEMAN, TYNESHA L.

1793 Ex Parte Akahori et al 11177352 - (D) PAK 103 37 C.F.R. 41.50 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP GEORGE, PATRICIA ANN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2184 Ex Parte Pennock et al 11771764 - (D) NAPPI 103 Brooks Kushman P.C./Harman HASSAN, AURANGZEB

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2659 Ex Parte Ma 11277793 - (D) FISHMAN 103 MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC HE, JIALONG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2889 Ex Parte Fechter et al 10674275 - (D) WEINBERG 102 Paul F. Wille QUARTERMAN, KEVIN J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Norin et al 11595416 - (D) GROSSMAN 103 THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. ISSING, GREGORY C

3674 Ex Parte Datta 11121872 - (D) HORNER 103 MIRICK, O'CONNELL, DEMALLIE & LOUGEE, LLP PICKARD, ALISON K

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Guten et al 11146575 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 RENNER, KENNER, GRIEVE, BOBAK, TAYLOR & WEBER EGLOFF, PETER RICHARD

3773 Ex Parte Brown et al 11431171 - (D) FREDMAN 103 NIKOLAI & MERSEREAU, P.A. DORNBUSCH, DIANNE

Playtex

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Ott 11276288 - (D) BROWNE 102/103 FLETCHER YODER (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) MAYE, AYUB A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Kikinis 10071091 - (D) HOMERE 102/103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. SHANG, ANNAN Q

2456 Ex Parte McQuaide et al 10108348 - (D) KUMAR 112(2)/103 AT&T Legal Department - SZ BARQADLE, YASIN M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Ex Parte KADOGUCHI et al 12143029 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED CAO, PHAT X

Appicant's rely upon a holding from Playtex Products, Inc. v. Procter & Gamble Co., 400 F. 3d 901, 908 (Fed. Cir. 2005), wherein the court held that "[t]he disputed claim term [flatten] is clearly a comparative term. Comparison requires a reference point. Therefore, to flatten something, one must flatten it with respect to either itself or some other object."

However the court in Playtex also stated that, "[t]he issue is whether the patentee properly claimed an oval as a "substantially flattened" circle, or more specifically, an elliptical cylinder as a "substantially flattened" cylinder." Playtex v. P.G. 400 F. 3d 901, 909 (Fed. Cir. 2005).  We are faced with a similar issue here, and that is did appellants properly claim the "flatten metallic free air ball" in a  manner that would distinguish it from the product by process based claim.  We find that Appellants did not. 

2894 Ex Parte Alba et al 11855229 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 Dorsey & Whitney LLP-IP Dept.-MTI PAYEN, MARVIN

2896 Ex Parte Zuniga-Ortiz et al 11050059 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED KALAM, ABUL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3663 Ex Parte Price et al 10703693 - (D) FISHMAN 102/103 Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.P.A. EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3764 Ex Parte Berg et al 10881888 - (D) KAUFFMAN 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY ANDERSON, CATHARINE L

mayo, perkinelmer, microprocessor, typhoon

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Schelberger et al 11322211 - (D) JENKS 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP PRYOR, ALTON NATHANIEL

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Sumakeris et al 11512800 - (D) OBERMANN 102/103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC ZERVIGON, RUDY

1765 Ex Parte FUJII et al 12350764 - (D) SMITH 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC LISTVOYB, GREGORY

1779 Ex Parte Han et al 10598662 - (D) PAK 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC ANDERSON, DENISE R

1791 Ex Parte Coleman et al 11250425 - (D) SMITH 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP Mondelez International, Inc. BEKKER, KELLY JO

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Dettinger et al 10720960 - (D) THOMAS 103 IBM CORPORATION DWIVEDI, MAHESH H

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2682 Ex Parte Castle et al 11361984 - (D) WINSOR 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY NGUYEN, NAM V

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2874 Ex Parte Falkenstein et al 11689584 - (D) WARD 102/103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY TRAN, HOANG Q

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex Parte Kismarton 11118594 - (D) CALVE 103 HUGH P. GORTLER LEE, BENJAMIN P

3665 Ex Parte Hannah et al 11277016 - (D) HOELTER 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP MAWARI, REDHWAN K

3665 Ex Parte Preston et al 11340264 - (D) ABRAMS 103 Lockheed Martin and Withrow & Terranova ALGAHAIM, HELAL A

3687 Ex Parte Smires et al 11606289 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 VONAGE GOYEA, OLUSEGUN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3729 Ex Parte Sinclair 11166636 - (D) BROWN 103 MICROSOFT WESTMAN CHAMPLIN KIM, PAUL D

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Kovatchev et al 10524094 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(2)/102 101 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP CLOW, LORI A

The collection of a blood sample from a patient is a “well-understood, routine, conventional activity previously engaged in by researcher in the field” that is insufficient to transform an abstract idea into an eligible concept. See Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs, Inc., 132 S.Ct. at 1294-1298 (“Purely conventional or obvious‟ '[pre]-solution activity' is normally not sufficient to transform an unpatentable law of nature into a patent-eligible application of such a law.”); accord Perkinelmer, Inc. v. Intema Ltd., 2012 WL 5861658, *5 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (purely conventional “measuring” steps insufficient to make the claims reciting mental processes and natural laws patent-eligible).

Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 566 U.S. __, 132 S.Ct. 1289, 101 USPQ2d 1961 (2012) 2106.01

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1723 Ex Parte Krajewski et al 10765822 - (D) COLAIANNI 102 102 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC MAPLES, JOHN S

1779 Ex Parte Frye et al  11569302 - (D)  GARRIS 103 103 PRICE HENEVELD LLP FORTUNA, ANA M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte Arnold et al 10499275 - (D) BENOIT 103 103 SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS BENGZON, GREG C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Armenise 11399689 - (D) BROWN 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Clifford Kraft NGUYEN, KIEN T

3727 Ex Parte Wood et al 10301999 - (D) McCARTHY 103 103 HUGH P. GORTLER SHAKERI, HADI

3767 Ex Parte McRae et al 11472793 - (D) OSINSKI 103 103 Covidien HALL, DEANNA K

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Claus-Herz et al 11577149 - (D) JENKS 103 Bausch & Lomb Incorporated YU, HONG

1615 Ex Parte Miller et al 11651444 - (D) PRATS 102/103/obviousness-type double-patenting DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP LEVY, NEIL S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Moorlag et al 11615136 - (D) GARRIS 103 XEROX CORPORATION C/O FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP WALTERS JR, ROBERT S

1731 Ex Parte Lewis et al 11689688 - (D) PRAISS 103 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. MARCANTONI, PAUL D

1741 Ex Parte Thellier et al 10550736 - (D) WARREN 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA

1754 Ex Parte Kruger et al 10555137 - (D) SMITH 103 Siemens Corporation RIPA, BRYAN D

1761 Ex Parte Seo et al 11659900 - (D) McKELVEY 102/103 37 CFR § 41.50(b) 103 Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz AHVAZI, BIJAN

1783 Ex Parte Rao et al 11208974 - (D) OBERMANN 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP KHATRI, PRASHANT J

1793 Ex Parte Hitchcock et al 11194176 - (D) SCHAFER 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. HEGGESTAD, HELEN F

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte Masurkar 10875329 - (D) BENOIT 103 Oracle America BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./ SUN / STK KO, CHAE M

2177 Ex Parte Battagin et al 10858188 - (D) MORGAN 112(b)/103 MICROSOFT MERCHANT & GOULD FABER, DAVID

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte James et al 11097481 - (D) HOMERE 103 THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. TILAHUN, ALAZAR

The prior art structure must be capable of performing the function without further programming. Typhoon Touch Techs., Inc. v. Dell, Inc., 659 F.3d 1376, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (discussing Microprocessor Enhancement Corp. v. Texas Instruments, Inc., 520 F.3d 1367 (Fed.Cir.2008)). When the functional language is associated with programming or some other structure required to perform the function, that programming or structure must be present in order to meet the claim limitation. Id.

2427 Ex Parte Vance et al 11018519 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC, P.A. ALATA, YASSIN

2427 Ex Parte Levy 10797920 - (D) MORGAN 102/103 DIGIMARC CORPORATION CORBO, NICHOLAS T

2439 Ex Parte Van Vugt 10516149 - (D) KRIVAK 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J

2473 Ex Parte Masui et al 11798659 - (D) STEPHENS 103 MATTINGLY & MALUR, PC NGUYEN, STEVEN H D

2478 Ex Parte Brown et al 10732077 - (D) STEPHENS 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP LI, GUANG W

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Subramanian 11179356 - (D) MacDONALD 102 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP HA, DAC V

2641 Ex Parte Agapi et al 10744254 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 101 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O''KEEFE, LLP AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE

2645 Ex Parte Toyoshima 12190756 - (D) McKONE 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES TORRES, MARCOS L

2649 Ex Parte Kim 11583397 - (D) DIXON 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. LIAO, HSINCHUN

2663 Ex Parte Levien et al 11404381 - (D) HUGHES 102/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC TREHAN, AKSHAY

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2832 Ex Parte Abram et al 11964062 - (D) WARD 103 PAMELA A. KACHUR LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN

2835 Ex Parte Yen 11639208 - (D) WINSOR 102 LEONG C. LEI THOMAS, BRADLEY H

2837 Ex Parte Amato et al 10534124 - (D) ARPIN 103 NIXON PEABODY, LLP GORDON, BRYAN P

2884 Ex Parte Schell et al 11602554 - (D) SAADAT 103 INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS WILLIAM J. DAVIS LEE, SHUN K

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Thiers 11400190 - (D) REIMERS 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC LAUX, JESSICA L

3641 Ex Parte Boyer 10800403 - (D) ASTORINO 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 OBERIKALER C/O ROYAL W CRAIG JOHNSON, STEPHEN

3677 Ex Parte Fink et al 10524811 - (D) CAPP 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP BATSON, VICTOR D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Alt 10622184 - (D) SNEDDEN 102 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) SZMAL, BRIAN SCOTT

3746 Ex Parte Seibel et al 11750783 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103/obviousness-type-double patenting HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. FREAY, CHARLES GRANT

3749 Ex Parte Dowst et al 10603947 - (D) GREENHUT 112(2)/102/103 Harris Beach/Syracuse PRICE, CARL D

3762 Ex Parte OBRIEN 10969397 - (D) HORNER 103 Greatbatch Ltd. PATTON, AMANDA K

3762 Ex Parte Houben et al 11742011 - (D) ADAMS Concurring GRIMES 112(1)/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) HOLMES, REX R

3775 Ex Parte Re et al 11206892 - (D) BONILLA 103 Covidien LP BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT