eli lilly3, piasecki, rinehart

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Mikulec et al 12209802 - (D) SMITH 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP LEE, REBECCA Y

1741 Ex Parte Hoess et al 10546241 - (D) HASTINGS 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. MINSKEY, JACOB T

After a prima facie case of obviousness has been made and rebuttal evidence submitted, all the evidence must be considered anew. In re Eli Lilly & Co., 902 F. 2d 943, 945 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (citing In re Piasecki, 745 F.2d 1468, 1472, 223 USPQ 785, 788 (Fed.Cir.1984)): Piaseki at 745 F.2d at 1472 ("Prima facie obviousness is a legal conclusion, not a fact. Facts established by rebuttal evidence must be evaluated along with the facts on which the earlier conclusion was reached, not against the conclusion itself." (quoting In re Rinehart, 531 F.2d 1048, 1052, 189 USPQ 143, 147 (CCPA 1976)).  

Eli Lilly, In re, 902 F.2d 943, 14 USPQ2d 1741 (Fed. Cir. 1990) 716.01(d), 716.02(b), 716.02(c), 2142, 2144, 2144.08

Piasecki, In re, 745 F.2d 1468, 223 USPQ 785 (Fed. Cir. 1984) 716.01(d), 2107.02, 2142, 2145
DONNER 8: 18, 20, 26, 27, 994, 996, 1008, 1010, 1063, 1064, 1321-25
HARMON 1: 239-41; 4: 151, 316, 369; 18: 60

Rinehart, In re, 531 F.2d 1048, 189 USPQ 143 (CCPA 1976) 2107.02, 2142, 2143.02, 2144.04
DONNER 8: 96, 1044, 1073

1771 Ex Parte Smith et al 12549579 - (D) DELMENDO 103 CARMODY & TORRANCE LLP OLADAPO, TAIWO

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2668 Ex Parte Torre-Bueno et al 10882661 - (D) BUSCH 112(2)/103 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. TSAI, TSUNG YIN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2811 Ex Parte Yamazaki et al 10199514 - (D) TURNER 101/112(2)/103 Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, P.C. NADAV, ORI

2812 Ex Parte Kim et al 10988481 - (D) NAGUMO 103 GE Licensing POMPEY, RON EVERETT

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3636 Ex Parte Schurg et al 10587218 - (D) WEATHERLY 102/103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. GARRETT, ERIKA P

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Fairbourn 11721564 - (D) OBERMANN 103 103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP EMPIE, NATHAN H

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Neal et al 12257581 - (D) SMITH 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global EMPIE, NATHAN H

1712 Ex Parte Strock et al 11739823 - (D) PAK 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global HORNING, JOEL G

1735 Ex Parte Halken et al 12287482 - (D) SMITH 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION STONER, KILEY SHAWN

1758 Ex Parte Yang et al 11456887 - (D) PAK 103 General Motors Corporation c/o REISING ETHINGTON P.C. MERSHON, JAYNE L

1771 Ex Parte Habeeb et al 11527309 - (D) OBERMANN 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50 (b) 103 ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company GOLOBOY, JAMES C

1788 Ex Parte Keung 12190454 - (D) SMITH 103 EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY PATEL, RONAK C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Ostrowka 11163755 - (D) DIXON 103 MERCHANT & GOULD SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2654 Ex Parte Hanna 09638245 - (D) JEFFERY 103 McDermott Will & Emery LEE, PING

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Maslowski et al 11836608 - (D) CAPP 103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP DESAI, HEMANT

3782 Ex Parte BRUNSON et al 12184402 - (D) BROWNE 103 ZARLEY LAW FIRM P.L.C. LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
2747 Ex parte APPLE, INC., Appellant and Patent Owner 90011287  5946647 08/595,257 SIU 102 Apple Inc. c/o Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP STEELMAN, MARY J original EDOUARD, PATRICK NESTOR

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3671 THE TORO COMPANY Requester, Cross-Appellant, Respondent v. WRIGHT MANUFACTURING, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant, Respondent 95001742 6,935,093 10/186,680 SONG 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: James W. Miller JASTRZAB, JEFFREY R original FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD

3671 THE TORO COMPANY Requester, Cross-Appellant, Respondent v. WRIGHT MANUFACTURING, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant, Respondent 95001741 6,438,931 09/714,824 SONG 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE PC THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: James W. Miller JASTRZAB, JEFFREY R original FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD

klosak, ishizaka, peterson, geisler

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1759 Ex Parte Gau 10954078 - (D) OBERMANN 103 LAW OFFICES OF TRAVIS L. DODD, PC BALL, JOHN C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2658 Ex Parte Chengalvarayan et al 11336081 - (D) CLEMENTS Dissenting SMITH 102/103 General Motors Corporation c/o REISING ETHINGTON P.C. CHAWAN, VIJAY B

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Hancock 11317562 - (D) WOOD 103 PITNEY BOWES INC. MORRISON, THOMAS A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Toulouse et al 11569567 - (D) FLOYD 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 LOWE, HAUPTMAN, HAM & BERNER, LLP (ITW) CHUKWURAH, NATHANIELC

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte Amey et al 11678117 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 CURATOLO SIDOTI CO., LPA MARCANTONI, PAUL D

1733 Ex Parte Jiang et al 12603152 - (D) OWENS 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY ROE, JESSEE RANDALL

1747 Ex Parte Mruk et al 11838422 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY FISCHER, JUSTIN R

1782 Ex Parte Hanita et al 10567360 - (D) SCHAFER 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC RAUDENBUSH, ELLEN SUZANNE

1784 Ex Parte Dangelmaier 11776184 - (D) GARRIS 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA ZIMMERMAN, JOHN J

1791 Ex Parte Roth 11363419 - (D) HASTINGS 103 The Culbertson Group, P.C. STULII, VERA

The burden of showing unexpected results rests on the person who asserts them by establishing that the difference between the claimed invention and the closest prior art was an unexpected difference. See Application of Klosak, 455 F. 2d 1077, 1080 (CCPA 1972), Ex Parte ISHIZAKA, 24 USPQ2d 1621, 1624 (BPAI 1992).  Further, the showing of unexpected results must be commensurate in scope with the claims.  See In re Peterson, 315 F. 3d 1325, 1330-31 (Fed. Cir. 2003). Finally, unexpected results must be established by factual evidence.  See In re Geisler, 116 F.3d 1465, 1470-71 (Fed. Cir. 1997)

Klosak DONNER 8:1316, 1317

Ishizaka, Ex parte, 24 USPQ2d 1621 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1992) 716.02(b)

Peterson, In re, 315 F.3d 1325, 65 USPQ2d 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2003) 716.02(d), 2144.05
HARMON 4: 90, 374
DONNER 8: 1713-19

Geisler, In re, 116 F.3d 1465, 43 USPQ2d 1362 (Fed. Cir. 1997) 2144.05, 2145
HARMON 4: 373, 374-76; 20: 165
DONNER 8: 1682, 1683, 1689, 1713; 13: 234

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Blohm 10954440 - (D) CLEMENTS 103 Fritzsche Patent c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (SEN) PADMANABHAN, KAVITA

2164 Ex Parte Zondervan et al 11612317 - (D) CURCURI 101/103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP ADAMS, CHARLES D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3674 Ex Parte Miller et al 11262313 - (D) PLENZLER 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global LEE, GILBERT Y

REEXAMINATION  

AFFIRMED
1203 PUBLIC PATENT FOUNDATION Requester v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES Patent Owner and Appellant 90009811 5,648,497 08/410,623 LEBOVITZ Obviousness-type double patenting ABBOTT LABORATORIES HUANG, EVELYN MEI original FAN, JANE T  

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. Requester v. APERIO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 95000518 7457446 11/173,818 WEINBERG 112(1)/103 PATTRIC J. RAWLINS / Aperio Technologies, Inc. Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: PANITCH SCHWARZE BELISARIO & NADEL LLP POKRZYWA, JOSEPH R original LU, TOM Y

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

AFFIRMED  
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2871 2503 THOMSON LICENSING SAS, AND THOMSON LICENSING, LLC, Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, Appellee, AND QISDA CORPORATION, QISDA AMERICA CORPORATION, QISDA (SUZHOU) CO., LTD., BENQ CORPORATION, BENQ AMERICA CORPORATION, AND BENQ LATIN AMERICA CORPORATION, Intervenors, AND AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION, AND AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION AMERICA, Intervenors, AND CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION, INNOLUX CORPORATION, AND CHI MEI OPTOELECTRONICS USA INC., Intervenors.  2012-1536 5,978,063 08/842,586 5,648,674 08/474,845 LOURIE 102/103 THOMSON Licensing LLC; Kirkland & Ellis, LLP; Office of General Counsel ITC; Latham & Watkins, LLP; White & Case LLP; Hogan Lovells US LLP TON, MINH TOAN T  JACKSON JR, JEROME

vitronics, best, crown operations, Jung, hyatt, schreiber

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Davidai 11454720 - (D) GREEN 103 BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION CHONG, YONG SOO

1648 Ex Parte Doranz et al 10901399 - (D) SNEDDEN 103 Pepper/Integral Molecular, Inc. LUCAS, ZACHARIAH

1651 Ex Parte Morozov et al 11419593 - (D) FREDMAN 103 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER DAVIS, RUTH A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1722 Ex Parte Fryer et al 11441767 - (D) GAUDETTE 102/103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. CHU, JOHN S Y

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2176 Ex Parte Atkins 11536556 - (D) DILLON 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY RIES, LAURIE ANNE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Barnett 11516600 - (D) FLOYD 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP (PWC) EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT

3764 Ex Parte Grind 12317586 - (D) STAICOVICI 102/103 Precor Incorporated Amer Sports North America THANH, LOAN H

3767 Ex Parte McFerran 10667056 - (D) GREEN 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC GRAY, PHILLIP A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 Ex Parte Chu 10933702 - (D) POTHIER 103 103 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP (Broadcom) TABOR, AMARE F

2444 Ex Parte Jennings et al 11049808 - (D) RUGGIERO 103 103 SCULLY, SCOTT, MURPHY & PRESSER, P.C. RICHARDSON, THOMAS W

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Norin et al 11593711 - (D) McKONE 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. SOROWAR, GOLAM

2677 Ex Parte Laksono 11285643 - (D) McKONE 103 103 VIXS Systems, Inc. c/o Davidson Sheehan LLP MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2823 Ex Parte Xu 12039913 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 102/103 103 Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts LLP ENAD, CHRISTINE A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Cieslik et al 11628727 - (D) SPAHN 103 102/103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION WALBERG, TERESA J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Yadav et al 10898849 - (D) GARRIS 103 PPG INDUSTRIES INC WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P

1741 Ex Parte Pinkham et al 11805373 - (D) METZ 103 Johns Manville LAZORCIK, JASON L

1782 Ex Parte Lovett et al 10588710 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Monro 11255090 - (D) HUGHES 102 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. JACOB, AJITH

2171 Ex Parte Torres et al 11304947 - (D) DILLON 102/103 IBM END IPLAW (GLF) c/o Garg Law Firm, PLLC NUNEZ, JORDANY

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2446 Ex Parte Vellanki et al 10818227 - (D) NAPPI 102/103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP NGUYEN, DUSTIN

2448 Ex Parte Gonen et al 10941790 - (D) BENOIT 103 WONG, CABELLO, LUTSCH, RUTHERFORD & BRUCCULERI, L.L.P. BUI, JONATHAN A

2456 Ex Parte Mamas 10492095 - (D) BOUCHER 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP BARQADLE, YASIN M

Although technical treatises and dictionaries fall within the category of extrinsic evidence, as they do not form a part of an integrated patent document, they are worthy of special note. Judges are free to consult such resources at any time in order to better understand the underlying technology and may also rely on dictionary definitions when construing claim terms, so long as the dictionary definition does not contradict any definition found in or ascertained by a reading of the patent documents. Vitronics Corp. v. Conceptronic, Inc., 90 F.3d 1576, 1584 n. 6 (Fed. Cir. 1996).

Vitronics Corp. v. Conceptronic Inc., 90 F.3d 1576, 39 USPQ2d 1573 (Fed. Cir. 1996) 2111.01

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2644 Ex Parte Holtschneider 10929829 - (D) WINSOR 103 COATS & BENNETT/SONY ERICSSON CASCA, FRED A

2675 Ex Parte Walmsley et al 11176372 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Memjet c/o Cooley LLP HON, MING Y

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2834 Ex Parte Miyaji et al 11772537 - (D) COURTENAY 102 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC KIM, JOHN K

The Examiner has the burden of providing reasonable proof that a claim limitation is an inherent characteristic of the prior art. In re Best, 562 F.2d 1252, 1254-55 (C.C.P.A. 1977); see also Crown Operations Int'l, LTD v. Solutia Inc., 289 F.3d 1367, 1377 (Fed. Cir. 2002). The Examiner meets this "burden of production by `adequately explaining the shortcomings it perceives so that the applicant is properly notified and able to respond.'" In re Jung, 637 F.3d 1356, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (quoting Hyatt v. Dudas,492 F.3d 1365, 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2007)). The burden of proof then shifts to the applicant "to prove that the subject matter shown to be in the prior art does not possess the characteristic relied on." Best, 562 F.2d at 1254-55; In re Schreiber, 128 F.3d 1473, 1478 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (holding that once the Examiner established a prima facie case of anticipation, the burden of proof was properly shifted to the inventor to rebut the finding of inherency).

In re MOUSA, 479 Fed. Appx. 348, 352 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (unpublished) 

Best, In re, 562 F.2d 1252, 195 USPQ 430 (CCPA 1977) 2112, 2112.01, 2112.02, 2114

Hyatt v. Dudas, 492 F.3d 1365, 83 USPQ2d 1373, 1376 (Fed. Cir. 2007) 2163.04

Schreiber, In re, 128 F.3d 1473, 44 USPQ2d 1429 (Fed. Cir. 1997) 2111.02, 2112, 2114

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte White 11213603 - (D) McCARTHY 103 CORRIGAN LAW OFFICE DONDERO, WILLIAM E  

FEDERAL CIRCUIT  

AFFIRMED IN PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1614 NOVO NORDISK INC. AND NOVO NORDISK A/S, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PADDOCK LABORATORIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee. 2012-1031 6,677,358 09/459,526 PROST inequitable conduct 103 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Latham & Watkins LLP SPIVACK, PHYLLIS G

1614 NOVO NORDISK A/S AND NOVO NORDISK INC., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CARACO PHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORIES, LTD. AND SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., Defendants-Appellees. 2011-1223 6,677,358 09/459,526 PROST inequitable conduct 103 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Winston & Strawn LLP SPIVACK, PHYLLIS G

general foods, cohesive tech

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Fiedler et al 10746963 - (D) DIXON 103 SAP / FINNEGAN, HENDERSON LLP TIMBLIN,ROBERT M

2164 Ex Parte Koike et al 11324272 - (D) MacDONALD 102 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP ORTIZ DITREN,BELIX M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Derrenberger 10171198 - (D) MacDONALD 103 THOMSON MULTIMEDIA LICENSING INC. CHOWDHURY, NIGAR

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Williams et al 10627085 - (D) MacDONALD 102/103 101 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN Mission/BSTZ SCHNURR, JOHN R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Rudell et al 10465376 - (D) BAHR 103 103 IRELL & MANELLA LLP HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE

3745 Ex Parte Danielson 11281194 - (D) GREENHUT 103 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD

3761 Ex Parte Ponomarenko et al 11479882 - (D) GREENHUT 112(1)/103 obviousness-type double patenting THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY ZALUKAEVA, TATYANA

Double-patenting is a matter of what is claimed. General Foods Corp. v. Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbH, 972 F.2d 1272, 1277 (Fed. Cir. 1992)

General Foods Corp. v. Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbH, 972 F.2d 1272, 23 USPQ2d 1839 (Fed. Cir. 1992) 804

HARMON 6: 77; 9: 190; 18: 376, 378, 394

3765 Ex Parte Shen 10948057 - (D) TARTAL 102 112(2)/102/103 FULWIDER PATTON LLP TOMPKINS, ALISSA JILL

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Moreno-Lopez et al 10816465 - (D) FREDMAN 103 24IP LAW GROUP USA, PLLC WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Svendsen et al 11837876 - (D) QUINN 101/103 Concert Technology Corporation CHBOUKI, TAREK

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Sekiguchi et al 10493823 - (D) NAPPI 112(1)/101/103 Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch HUYNH, AN SON PHI

2444 Ex Parte Taylor et al 10247453 - (D) BOUCHER 112(2)/101/103 AT & T Legal Department - WS CHRISTENSEN, SCOTTB

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Bottomley et al 10869456 - (D) ANDERSON 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC DSOUZA, JOSEPH FRANCIS A

2644 Ex Parte Gallant 10101199 - (D) BOUCHER 103 VERIZON HUYNH, CHUCK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Klippert 10939106 - (D) DANIELS 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP STRIMBU, GREGORY J
 
3635 Ex Parte Vetesnik et al 11836181 - (D) HILL 103 ADE & COMPANY INC. PAINTER, BRANON C

3641 Ex Parte Lucuta et al 11098122 - (D) ABRAMS 102/103 CARTER, DELUCA, FARRELL & SCHMIDT, LLP JOHNSON, STEPHEN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte Shotwell 11564262 - (D) ASTORINO 103 LOWE HAUPTMAN HAM & BERNER, LLP STASHICK, ANTHONY D

REHEARING
 
DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 Ex Parte Ganesh et al 10866433 - (D) QUINN HICKMAN PALERMO TRUONG BECKER BINGHAM WONG/ORACLE REYES, MARIELA D

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 745 LLC Requester and Appellant v. KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD Patent Owner and Cross-Appellant 95000410 6,225,547 09/429,545 SIU 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 102/103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP Alex Behrakis, 745 LLC GAGLIARDI, ALBERT J original FLETCHER, MARLON T

Cohesive Technologies, Inc. v. Waters Corp., 543 F.3d 1351, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (“secondary considerations are not an element of a claim of anticipation”).

HARMON 3: 100; 4: 104; 6: 71, 125a; 8: 66, 103a; 11: 355

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 NATIONAL STANDARD, LLC Requester and Appellant v. LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC. Lincoln Electric Company/Perkins COIE LLP Patent Owner Third Party Requestor MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP 95000620 6708864 10/107,499 FITZPATRICK 102/103 Lincoln Electric Company/Perkins COIE LLP NGLE, PATRICIA LYNN original MCHENRY, KEVIN L
 
2764 Ex parte SIEMENS ENERGY, INC 90009941 5774372 08/624,174 CURCURI 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION Andrews & Kurth, LLP RALIS, STEPHEN J original VO, HIEN XUAN

REMANDED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 GOOGLE, INC. Third Party Requester, Respondent v. FUNCTION MEDIA, L.L.C. Patent Owner, Appellant 95001061 6446045 09/480,303 PER CURIAM 102/103 HEIM, PAYNE & CHORUSH, LLP GELLNER, JEFFREY L original JAKETIC, BRYAN J

mems tech, dairy queen

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ex Parte Smith 13044613 - (D) NAGUMO 103 CARMODY & TORRANCE LLP TOSCANO, ALICIA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Kuttenberger et al 10558078 - (D) BAHR 102/103 KENYON & KENYON LLP BRAINARD, TIMOTHY A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3769 Ex Parte Wang 11697770 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 FRANK F. TIAN FARAH, AHMED M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1657 Ex Parte Flynn et al 11750866 - (D) JENKS 112(1) 112(1) BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. GITOMER, RALPH

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Ex Parte Fung et al 10908163 - (D) WINSOR 102/103 102/103 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. C/O Faegre Baker Daniels LLP TRA, ANH QUAN

The plain meaning of "coupled" encompases both direct and indirect coupling.  See MEMS TECHNOLOGY BERHAD v. International Trade Commission, 447 Fed. Appx. 142, 151-53 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (unpublished) (declining to limit "electrically coupled" to direct coupling).

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Liang 10995942 - (D) JENKS 112(2)/103 Foley & Lardner LLP KISHORE, GOLLAMUDI S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1722 Ex Parte Choi et al 12348981 - (D) NAGUMO 102/103 CARMODY & TORRANCE LLP EOFF, ANCA

1787 Ex Parte SASA 12414098 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP SHAH, SAMIR

1788 Ex Parte Dean et al 11744452 - (D) GARRIS 103 PPG INDUSTRIES INC VO, HAI

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Nishikawa et al 10806713 - (D) KRIVAK 103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP TAYLOR, JOSHUA D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Rouphael et al 12284426 - (D) CLEMENTS 102 VOLPE AND KOENIG, P.C. BURD, KEVIN MICHAEL

2699 Ex Parte Jang et al 11340617 - (D) FRAHM 103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. LIANG, REGINA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3778 Ex Parte Elsberg et al 10150360 - (D) RICE 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. ANDERSON, CATHARINE L  

REHEARING  

GRANTED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3772 Ex Parte Bonadio et al 10600812 - (D) BONILLA Concurring ADAMS 102 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102 Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC BIANCO, PATRICIA  

FEDERAL CIRCUIT  

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1744 ROBERT BOSCH, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PYLON MANUFACTURING CORP., Defendant Cross Appellant. 2011-1363, -1364 6,292,974 09/284,398 6,675,434 09/763,070 6,944,905 10/048,202 6,978,512 10/031,828 PROST concurring-in-part MOORE concurring-in-part REYNA Dissenting O’MALLEY 28 U.S.C. § 1292(c)(2) jurisdiction Kenyon & Kenyon, LLP; Kirkland & Ellis, LLP original STRIKER STRIKER & STENBY GRAHAM, GARY K; TILL, TERRENCE R

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood, 369 U.S. 469 (1962), underscores the point that after the merger of law and equity, the similarity between equitable accountings in infringement cases and traditional damages calculations meant that even if a proceeding was, in the traditional sense, an equitable accounting, a jury trial was nonetheless required. See Dairy Queen, 369 U.S. at 477-79. The fact that a jury trial was required did not change the nature of the proceeding from an “accounting” to something else entirely, however. See id. at 479 (“The legal remedy [provided by the jury] cannot be characterized as inadequate merely because the measure of damages may necessitate a look into petitioner’s business records.”). This point is reinforced by the concurring opinion of Justices Harlan and Douglas, who noted explicitly that the jury right attached even though the only “‘legal’ claim contained in the complaint” was in fact an “‘equitable’” claim for “an accounting for alleged trademark infringement.” Id. at 480-81 (Harlan, J., concurring). As Wright and Miller note, “ordinarily there is [after Dairy Queen] a right to jury trial on a claim for an accounting.” 9 Charles Alan Wright & Arthur R. Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure: Civil § 2312, at 164 (3d ed. 2008). Thus, the fact that juries must now determine patent damages does not prevent those proceedings from being “accountings” within the meaning of § 1292.

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REVERSED
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1654 Ex Parte Burkhard 10545676 - (D) PRATS 112(1)/102 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. HA, JULIE

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1734 Ex Parte Legario et al 10646930 - (D) Per Curiam 103 BERESKIN & PARR LLP/S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l. FELTON, AILEEN BAKER

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2177 Ex Parte Merkel et al 10335110 - (D) DIXON 103 SAP / FINNEGAN, HENDERSON LLP RUTLEDGE, AMELIA L

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2443 Ex Parte Kihara et al 10861212 - (D) DIXON 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP SHIN, KYUNG H

2476 Ex Parte CARDONA et al 11751302 - (D) CLEMENTS 103 IBM CORPORATION (MH) c/o MITCH HARRIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, L.L.C. SLOMS, NICHOLAS

2675 Ex Parte Beretta 11017012 - (D) RUGGIERO 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MENBERU, BENIYAM

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3652 Ex Parte Kurita et al 11926720 - (D) BROWN 103 Applied Materials, Inc. LOWE, MICHAEL S

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3736 Ex Parte Calderon et al 12264293 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 DEKEL PATENT LTD. NGUYEN, HUONG Q

3736 Ex Parte Tenerz et al 10390185 - (D) NEW 103 FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP SMITH, FANGEMONIQUE A

3738 Ex Parte HARRIS et al 11626608 - (D) MILLS 102/103 Massachusetts General Hospital Perkins Cole LLP The General Hospital Corporation STEWART, JASON-DENNIS NEILKEN

3778 Ex Parte Cohen et al 11540418 - (D) HOFFMANN 102 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. ANDERSON, CATHARINE L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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1629 Ex Parte Miura et al 12067722 - (D) PRATS 103 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH

AFFIRMED
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1629 Ex Parte Koenen et al 10515896 - (D) NEW 103 NATH, GOLDBERG & MEYER HUANG, GIGI GEORGIANA

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1746 Ex Parte Reynolds et al 10363279 - (D) GARRIS 101/103 E I du Pont de Nemours & Company SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T

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2194 Ex Parte Cutlip 11847298 - (D) KUMAR 101/103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP TRUONG, LECHI

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3727 Ex Parte Mazur 11769810 - (D) BUNTING 103 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/Ann Arbor SHAKERI, HADI

3769 Ex Parte Jung et al 11804304 - (D) PRATS 101/102/103 THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND YAO, SAMCHUAN CUA  

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GRANTED
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3763 Ex Parte Beckham 11551339 - (D) GREEN obviousness-type double patenting Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. FLICK, JASON E

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
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1732 THE HAARTZ CORPORATION Requester and Respondent v. BENECKE-KALIKO AG Patent Owner and Appellant 95000611 6,663,738 09/829,196 LEBOVITZ 102/103 FAY SHARPE LLP Third Party Requester: GROSSMAN,TUCKER,PERREAULT & PFLEGER, PLLC DIAMOND, ALAN D original TENTONI, LEO B

1745 The Gillette Company Patent Owner and Appellant 90010769 6410187 09/393,043 LEBOVITZ 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. Third Party Requester: Stites & Harbison PLLC original THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY LOPEZ, CARLOS N original CREPEAU, JONATHAN

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GRANTED
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3642 SOVERAIN SOFTWARE LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NEWEGG INC., Defendant-Appellant. 2011-1009 5,715,314 08/328,133 PER CURIAM claim interpretation STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. GREGORY, BERNARR E

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AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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1632 ASSOCIATION FOR MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. MYRIAD GENETICS, INC., ET AL. 12–398 5,747,282 08/483,554 5,693,473 08/480,784 5,837,492 08/639,501 THOMAS 101 101 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. RAZZAQUE, ABDUR; REES, DIANE; HAUDA, KAREN MARIE

This would be at odds with the very point of patents, which exist to promote creation. Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 U. S. 303, 309 (1980) (Products of nature are not created, and “‘manifestations . . . of nature [are] free to all men and reserved exclusively to none’”)....

In Chakrabarty, scientists added four plasmids to a bacterium, which enabled it to break down various components of crude oil. 447 U. S., at 305, and n. 1. The Court held that the modified bacterium was patentable. It explained that the patent claim was “not to a hitherto unknown natural phenomenon, but to a nonnaturally occurring manufacture or composition of matter—a product of human ingenuity ‘having a distinctive name, character [and] use.’” Id. , at 309–310 (quoting Hartranft v. Wiegmann, 121 U. S. 609, 615 (1887); alteration in original).

Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. 303, 206 USPQ 193 (1980) , 2103, 2105, 2106, 2107.01

We merely hold that genes and the information they encode are not patent eligible under §101 simply because they have been isolated from the surrounding genetic material.