warner, sporck

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1629 Ex Parte Hauser-Hahn et al 12096287 - (D) ADAMS 103 Miles & Stockbridge, PC CRUZ, KATHRIEN ANN

1641 Ex Parte Winther et al 10999102 - (D) NEW 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP FOSTER, CHRISTINE E

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1772 Ex Parte Muter 11273610 - (D) GARRIS 102 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. SHUMATE, ANTHONY R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte CRAGUN et al 11833884 - (D) POTHIER 103 IBM CORPORATION HICKS, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Ex Parte Nishida et al 10898196 - (D) OWENS 103 McDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY SAYADIAN, HRAYR

The Examiner provides no support for that argument.  The Examiner’s mere speculation is not sufficient for establishing a prima facie case of obviousness.  See In re Warner, 379 F.2d 1011, 1017 (CCPA 1967); In re Sporck, 301 F.2d 686, 690 (CCPA 1962).

Warner, In re, 379 F.2d 1011, 154 USPQ 173 (CCPA 1967) 2142
DONNER 2: 42; 7: 136, 137, 146; 8: 16, 27

3765 Ex Parte Ishihara et al 11358743 - (D) KAUFFMAN 102/103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. HOEY, ALISSA L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte Vaillant et al 11070666 - (D) ANDERSON 102 101/102 Squire Sanders (US) LLP NGUYEN, THU HA T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte GEEL et al 11627248 - (D) OSINSKI 103 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY BAUER, CASSEY D

3749 Ex Parte Mandernach et al 11163918 - (D) ASTORINO 102 112(2) BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL MILLER, SAMANTHA A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1621 Ex Parte Broell 12517563 - (D) SNEDDEN 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. ZUCKER, PAUL A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1758 Ex Parte Li et al 11731802 - (D) TIMM 103 DAM, DUSTIN Q DAM, DUSTIN Q

1764 Ex Parte Soma et al 12076511 - (D) DELMENDO 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. PAK, HANNAH J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2476 Ex Parte Horvath 11875662 - (D) CALVE 103 HONEYWELL/FOGG GHAFOERKHAN, FAIYAZKHAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2658 Ex Parte Erhart et al 10901556 - (D) FISHMAN 101/103 Cochran Freund & Young/ AVAYA, Inc. ADESANYA, OLUJIMI A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Ex Parte Hsu et al 11624568 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP SKYLES, TIFNEY L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Shockey et al 12139377 - (D) TARTAL 103 Parsons Behle & Latimer PAINTER, BRANON C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Ewes et al 10946571 - (D) BUNTING 103 Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP WALBERG, TERESA J

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1614 LEBOVITZ RIVER’S EDGE PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC Requester and Respondent v. NYCOMED US, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 95000319 6429231 LEBOVITZ 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103 CHOATE, HALL & STEWART LLP Steven Hultiquist  JONES, DWAYNE C original KIM, VICKIE Y

takeda

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1626 Ex Parte Hassan et al 10529984 - (D) PRATS 103 WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, LLP SHTERENGARTS, SAMANTHA L

1627 Ex Parte MURTHY 12210566 - (D) FREDMAN 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP CLAYTOR, DEIRDRE RENEE

1627 Ex Parte Conner et al 12093601 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 ELI LILLY & COMPANY PIHONAK, SARAH

What is missing from the rejection is some reason that would have led the person of ordinary skill in the art to select Stelmach’s compounds exemplified in Examples 8, 24A, and 24B as lead compounds and further to modify those compounds with the structural changes required to arrive at the elected species.  See Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd. v. Alphapharm Pty., Ltd., 492 F.3d 1350, 1357 (Fed. Cir. 2007).
DONNER 8: 464-97, 1389-1422
HARMON 4: 39, 365, 407, 442

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Ex Parte Jeong et al 11763373 - (D) TIMM 103 CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP NGUYEN, DUY T V

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Lim et al 11749850 - (D) BROWNE 103 SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC C/O WESTMAN, CHAMPLIN & KOEHLER, P.A. BURCH, MELODY M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3768 Ex Parte Kucharczyk et al 11386394 - (D) GRIMES 103 Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. LE, LONG V

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3722 Ex Parte Lucas et al 11634621 - (D) HILL 103 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP PLLC WELLINGTON, ANDREA L

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2433 Ex Parte Chen 11717236 - (D) FRAHM 103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. BROWN, ANTHONY D

2477 Ex Parte Bozionek et al 10525778 - (D) BENOIT 102/103 Siemens Corporation SMITH, JOSHUA Y

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2648 Ex Parte Kim 11263288 - (D) FRAHM 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. FLEMING-HALL, ERICA L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2823 Ex Parte Nejad et al 11614802 - (D) DELMENDO 103 Wells St. John P.S. STARK, JARRETT J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3692 Ex Parte Lorberg et al 11836902 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC SCARITO, JOHN D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Silverman et al 12014741 - (D) JENKS 103 Mayer & Williams GILBERT, SAMUEL G

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Larsen et al 12191568 - (R) CRUMBLEY Barnes & Thornburg LLP (IN) DOUYETTE, KENNETH J

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ex Parte Petrofsky et al 11085696 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP TRAN, LIEN THUY

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2431 Ex Parte Lahteenmaki et al 11265710 - (D) PLENZLER 112(2)/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD VAUGHAN, MICHAEL R

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Fujiwara et al 11689773 - (D) NAGUMO 103 BARLEY SNYDER IMAS, VLADIMIR

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3633 Ex Parte Bowman 11361189 - (D) KERINS 103 THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C. HIJAZ, OMAR F

3683 Ex Parte Marks et al 12009033 - (D) KIM 103 CARR & FERRELL LLP MISIASZEK, MICHAEL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Demmy 10835543 - (D) BUNTING 102/103 Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN

3742 Ex Parte Uecker et al 10907916 - (D) BAHR 103 FLETCHER YODER (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) DANG, KET D

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Ford 11734723 - (D) CALVE 103 103 MITCH HARRIS, LLC - GENERAL BASTIANELLI, JOHN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2181 Ex Parte Johansen et al 10590260 - (D) PERRY 103 Henry C Query Jr LEE, CHUN KUAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Lewis et al 11533359 - (D) HOUSEL 103 TILLMAN WRIGHT, PLLC DATSKOVSKIY, MICHAIL V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Anzini et al 11973769 - (D) CAPP 103 McCarter & English LLP ACCOUNT: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. GERRITY, STEPHEN FRANCIS

3774 Ex Parte Arru et al 11737474 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 102 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP BLANCO, JAVIER G

REEXAMINATION
 
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 INCASE DESIGNS CORP. Requester v. TECH SHELL, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant 95001767 7,907,400 12/544,906 SONG 103 THOMAS | HORSTEMEYER, LLP REIP, DAVID OWEN original LEA EDMONDS, LISA S

minton, texas instruments

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Burke 12054577 - (D) GRIMES 103 Bausch & Lomb Incorporated MILLIGAN, ADAM C

1612 Ex Parte Vogel et al 10220982 - (D) SCHEINER 103 MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. C/O STOEL RIVES, LLP KISHORE, GOLLAMUDI S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1755 Ex Parte Leidholm et al 12060221 - (D) OWENS 102/103 Nanosolar, Inc. AYAD, TAMIR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2171 Ex Parte OZUGUR et al 11463928 - (D) MILLS 103 GARLICK & MARKISON (ALU) SALOMON, PHENUEL S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Ex Parte Vance 10951826 - (D) CLEMENTS 103 COATS & BENNETT/SONY ERICSSON OKEKE, ONYEDIKA C

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1629 Ex Parte Vazquez-Anon et al 11674916 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103 POLSINELLI PC RAO, SAVITHA M

Cf. Minton v. National Ass’n. of Securities Dealers, Inc., 336 F.3d 1373, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (“The term ‘efficiently’ [in the whereby clause] on its face does not inform the mechanics of how the trade is executed …. Rather, the term ‘efficiently’ is a laudatory one characterizing the result of the executing step.”). Although the appealed claims use the word “wherein,” rather than the “whereby” used in Minton’s claim, the introduced clauses merely characterize the result of the method steps but do not inform the mechanics of the method. See also, Texas Instruments, Inc. v. International Trade Comm., 988 F.2d 1165, 1172 (Fed. Cir. 1993) (“A ‘whereby’ clause that merely states the result of the limitations in the claim adds nothing to the patentability or substance of the claim.”).

minton HARMON 3: 215; 19: 373
Texas Instruments, Inc. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 988 F.2d 1165, 26 USPQ2d 1018 (Fed. Cir. 1993) 716.04
HARMON 3: 109, 290; 4: 58, 228; 6: 5, 111, 215; 7: 24, 54; 8: 13, 22, 177, 192, 213; 9: 134; 14: 77, 83, 88; 18: 401; 19: 420, 436; 20: 154, 168, 186, 194, 209, 211, 277; 21: 76

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1782 Ex Parte Hiruma et al 11718971 - (D) GARRIS 103 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. KASHNIKOW, ERIK

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Fang et al 12002895 - (D) KIMLIN 103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION KO, JASON Y

1727 Ex Parte Murai 11883577 - (D) NAGUMO 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP ENIN-OKUT, EDU E

1727 Ex Parte ABE et al 11927102 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 NIXON PEABODY, LLP ALEJANDRO, RAYMOND

1764 Ex Parte Sahade et al 11918788 - (D) McKELVEY 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP HUHN, RICHARD A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2456 Ex Parte Jung et al 11107343 - (D) ANDERSON 101/102 Constellation Law Group, PLLC AHMED, MOHAMMED

celeritas

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1759 Ex Parte Frey et al 11019948 - (D) NAGUMO 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. DIETERLE, JENNIFER M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Fartmann et al 11547815 - (D) PETTIGREW 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION SAMS, MATTHEW C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Ex Parte Robertson 11036183 - (D) FETTING 112(1)/103 Patrick M. Dwyer PC FADOK, MARK A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3685 Ex Parte Clark et al 11477863 - (D) FETTING 112(2)/103 101/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY HEWITT II, CALVIN L

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Watrin et al 11813057 - (D) MILLS 102/obviousness-type double patenting Syngenta Corp Protection, Inc. THOMAS, TIMOTHY P

See Celeritas Techs. Ltd. v. Rockwell Int’l Corp., 150 F.3d 1354, 1361 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (“A reference is no less anticipatory if, after disclosing the invention, the reference then disparages it.”).

Celeritas Technologies Ltd. v. Rockwell International Corp., 150 F.3d 1354, 47 USPQ2d 1516 (Fed. Cir. 1998) 2123, 2131.05

HARMON 3: 88
DONNER 7: 709, 738

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte Logan 11130806 - (D) KIMLIN 103 Quinn Law Group, PLLC MARTIN, ANGELA J

1745 Ex Parte Peterson 11780034 - (D) KIMLIN 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN S.C. OSELE, MARK A

1777 Ex Parte Galifi et al 12450080 - (D) GARRIS 103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. KEYWORTH, PETER

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2141 Ex Parte Gyde et al 11689863 - (D) MITCHELL 112(2)/102/103 HONEYWELL/IFL MUHEBBULLAH, SAJEDA

2142 Ex Parte RUMMLER et al 11557357 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP BECKER, SHASHI KAMALA

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Choe et al 11299898 - (D) FRAHM 102 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. AKINYEMI, AJIBOLA A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Cullen et al 11349566 - (D) TIMM 103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. LUKE, DANIEL M

2816 Ex Parte Mirzaei et al 11823079 - (D) FRAHM 112(2)/103 FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP COLE, BRANDON S

2885 Ex Parte Cousaine et al 11974008 - (D) KALAN 103 OSRAM SYLVANIA INC MAY, ROBERT J

2892 Ex Parte Paek et al 11600762 - (D) KRIVAK 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP HUBER, ROBERT T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3665 Ex Parte Scherl et al 11186843 - (D) HOELTER 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP ALGAHAIM, HELAL A

3674 Ex Parte Meyyappan et al 11467206 - (D) SPAHN 103 SCHLUMBERGER ROSHARON CAMPUS BUCK, MATTHEW R

3677 Ex Parte Pangborn 11527019 - (D) KERINS 102/103 GLOBAL PATENT GROUP - DOM MORGAN, EMILY M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Koro 10907887 - (D) SCANLON 101/103 MITCHELL M. MUSIAL II, PLLC HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3676 TESCO CORP. Requester and Respondent v. Patent of WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 95001119 7353880 11/560,211 LEBOVITZ 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103 MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (WA) Third Party Requester: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP GRAHAM, MATTHEW C original TSAY, FRANK

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2143 RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED Third Party Requester v. SIMPLEAIR, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 95000631 6,735,614 09/588,515 McKONE 103 SoCAL IP LAW GROUP LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. HENEGHAN, MATTHEW E original NGUYEN, PHUOC H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3672 TESCO CORP. Requester and Respondent v. Patent of WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 95001114 7219744 11/288,976 LEBOVITZ 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103 MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (WA) Third Party Requester: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP GRAHAM, MATTHEW C original TSAY, FRANK

alappat, ultramercial

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1657 Ex Parte Kawashima 10821732 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE SRIVASTAVA, KAILASH C

We agree with Appellant that the claim language requiring programs that enable a processor to carry out specific functions defines structural limitations, and is not merely a recitation of intended use. See Ultramercial,Inc. v. Hulu, LLC, 722 F.3d 1335, 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2013) (“[P]rogramming creates a new machine, because a general purpose computer in effect becomes a special purpose computer once it is programmed to perform particular functions pursuant to instructions from program software.”) (quoting In re Alappat, 33 F.3d 1526, 1544 (Fed. Cir. 1994)).

Alappat, In re, 33 F.3d 1526, 31 USPQ2d 1545 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2106

Ultramercial v. Hulu, 657 F.3d 1323, 100 USPQ2d 1140 (Fed. Cir. 2011) 2106

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2674 Ex Parte Salgado et al 11273132 - (D) FREDMAN 102 Prass LLP AUGUSTIN, MARCELLUS

2675 Ex Parte Aldrich et al 10812626 - (D) GRIMES 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE P.L.C. CRUZ, IRIANA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Cave 11717292 - (D) TARTAL 103 STUART WHITTINGTON DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1653 Ex Parte De La Mettrie et al 11080633 - (D) SCHEINER 103 OLIFF & BERRIDGE, PLC MACAULEY, SHERIDAN R

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte Chandrachood et al 11867740 - (D) KIMLIN 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Schmitt et al 10854168 - (D) BUSCH 103 SAP / FINNEGAN, HENDERSON LLP HO, BINH VAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2695 Ex Parte Rainisto 11284695 - (D) THOMAS 103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte Hieronymus et al 11415052 - (D) HASTINGS 112(2)/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP HINZE, LEO T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3751 Ex Parte Senga et al 11698980 - (D) GREENHUT 103 SUGHRUE-265550 CHIANG, JENNIFER C

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 PCT INTERNATIONAL, INC. Respondent, Requestor v. PPC BROADBAND, INC. Appellant, Patent Owner 95001492 6,716,062 10/277,756 McCARTHY 103 John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc. c/o Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts; Third Party Requester: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. original Hiscock & Barclay LLC SAGER, MARK ALAN original FIGUEROA, FELIX O

gurley

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2116 Ex Parte Huynh 11452713 - (D) McKONE 103 IMPERIUM PATENT WORKS RAHMAN, FAHMIDA

According to the Federal Circuit:

A reference may be said to teach away when a person of ordinary skill, upon reading the reference, would be discouraged from following the path set out in the reference, or would be led in a direction divergent from the path that was taken by the applicant. . . . [I]n general, a reference will teach away if it suggests that the line of development flowing from the reference’s disclosure is unlikely to be productive of the result sought by the applicant.

In re Gurley, 27 F.3d 551, 553 (Fed. Cir. 1994).

Gurley, In re, 27 F.3d 551, 31 USPQ2d 1130 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2123, 2145

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2493 Ex Parte Chen et al 10871120 - (D) FISHMAN 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. RASHID, HARUNUR

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2656 Ex Parte Agapi et al 11291064 - (D) FREDMAN 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP NGUYEN, PHUNG HOANG JOSEPH

3725 Ex Parte Plaschka et al 10521231 - (D) HOFFMAN 102/103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Brenes et al 11220882 - (D) PARVIS 102 102 37 C.F.R. §41.50(b) 101 BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC AHLUWALIA, NAVNEET K

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2672 Ex Parte Berti et al 10661263 - (D) DIXON 103 112(2) Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC DICKERSON,CHAD S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2856 Ex Parte Brushwyler et al 12334965 - (D) KALAN 102/103 103 PRICE HENEVELD LLP JAGAN, MIRELLYS

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1742 Ex Parte Ortega 10662492 - (D) KIMLIN 112(1)/112(2)/102 103 SALIWANCHIK, LLOYD & EISENSCHENK BUTLER, PATRICK NEAL

1782 Ex Parte Bekele 11084537 - (D) PRAISS 103 Sealed Air Corporation KASHNIKOW, ERIK

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2463 Ex Parte Ansari et al 11147665 - (D) WHITE 101/103 WALL & TONG, LLP/ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. ANWAR, MOHAMMAD S

2487 Ex Parte Adolph et al 10499868 - (D) COURTENAY 103 Thomson Multimedia Licensing Inc CZEKAJ, DAVID J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2647 Ex Parte Modonesi et al 10991935 - (D) CLEMENTS 103 MENDELSOHN, DRUCKER, & DUNLEAVY, P.C. TRAN, PAUL P

2685 Ex Parte Hunt et al 12259217 - (D) THOMAS 101/obviousness-type double patenting CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP MULLEN, THOMAS J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3684 Ex Parte Gilbert et al 10171437 - (D) MEDLOCK 112(2)/102/103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 SynQor, Inc. Requester v. Lineage Power Corporation Patent Owner 95001231 6,191,964 09/472,617 PERRY 102/103 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.79 102/103 HITT CHWANG & GAINES, P.C. Third Party Requester: HAMILTON, BROOK SMITH & REYNOLDS, P.C. NGUYEN, LINH M original VU, BAO Q

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

REVERSED
2736 COMAPER CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ANTEC, INC., BEST BUY CO., INC., AND MICRO ELECTRONICS, INC., Defendants-Appellees. 2013-1147 5,955,955 08/796,512 RADER JMOL of obviousness STEPHEN J. DRISCOLL, Saul Ewing, LLP; ROBERT P. ANDRIS, Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley LIEU, JULIE BICHNGOC

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES, GMBH AND ACCENTURE LLP, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., Defendant-Appellee. 2011-1486 7,013,284 09/305,331 LOURIE dissenting RADER summary judgment of invalidity under 101 J. MICHAEL JAKES, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; MARK A. LEMLEY, Durie Tangri, LLP ALLEN, AKIBA KANELLE

TRANSFERRED
1302 DAVID WAWRZYNSKI Plaintiff-Appellant, v. H.J. HEINZ COMPANY, H.J. HEINZ COMPANY, L.P., ANDHEINZ GP LLC, Defendants-Appellees. 2012-1624 5,676,990 08/639,953 PLAGER jurisdiction H. WILLIAM BURDETT, JR., Boyle Burdett; ROBERT L. BYER, Duane Morris LLP WEINSTEIN, STEVEN L

crish, berenter, mannesmann

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1621 Ex Parte Sanders et al 12855073 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE LLC KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1764 Ex Parte Hager et al 10544041 - (D) McKELVEY 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL A. SANZO, LLC BOYLE, ROBERT C

In support of the holding, the Examiner cites and relies on In re Crish, 393 F.3d 1253 (Fed. Cir. 2004). Answer, page 15. ...

The Federal Circuit rejected Crish’s proposed narrow construction of the claim on appeal seeking to limit the claim to nucleotides 521 to 2473 noting the presence of the transition term “comprising” and observing that the “at least a portion” language “implies that the pending claims contemplate additional nucleotides.” 393 F.3d at 1257. The “consists” was held to limit only the “portion”. As a result, the claim on appeal could include other nucleotides and was held to be unpatentable over the prior art. 

More relevant to the facts in this appeal are (1) Berenter v. Quigg, 737 F. Supp. 5 (D.D.C. 1988) (step (a) of a claim calling for a process comprising steps (a) through (d), where step (a) was defined by “consisting of”, did not include other (a)-like steps) and (2) Mannesmann Demag Corp. v. Engineered Metal Prods. Co., Inc., 793 F.2d 1279, 1282 (Fed. Cir. 1986) (element (a) of a claim calling for a combination of elements comprising elements (a) through (d), where element (a) was defined by “consisting of”, did not include other (a)-like elements). 

Crish, In re, 393 F.3d 1253, 73 USPQ2d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2111.03, 2112

Mannesmann Demag Corp. v. Engineered Metal Products Co., 793 F.2d 1279, 230 USPQ 45 (Fed. Cir. 1986) 2111.03

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2854 Ex Parte Gygi 10561748 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC YAN, REN LUO

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3674 Ex Parte Pollack et al 11352595 - (D) BROWNE 102/103 FREILICH, HORNBAKER & ROSEN BUCK, MATTHEW R

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3752 Ex Parte Murphy 11266607 - (D) KERINS 103 MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC REIS, RYAN ALEXANDER

AFFIRMED
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1612 Ex Parte Pietra et al 10498350 - (D) JENKS 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PACKARD, BENJAMIN J

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1725 Ex Parte Kim et al 11388974 - (D) KIMLIN 103 CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP BUCHANAN, JACOB

1732 Ex Parte Quesada Perez et al 11119015 - (D) PRAISS 112(2) 103 BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. BRUNSMAN, DAVID M

1745 Ex Parte Schmitt-Lewen 12058199 - (D) PAK 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP MAZUMDAR, SONYA

1763 Ex Parte Hager et al 10591289 - (D) McKELVEY 103 LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL A. SANZO, LLC LEONARD, MICHAEL L

1784 Ex Parte Tryon et al 11741831 - (D) BEST 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global KRUPICKA, ADAM C

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3744 Ex Parte Zia et al 11174602 - (D) KAUFFMAN 102/103 PRAXAIR, INC. PETTITT, JOHN F
AFFIRMED 3773 Ex Parte Kaplan 11778951 - (D) GRIMES 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP EREZO, DARWIN P

REHEARING

DENIED
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1765 Ex Parte ERNETA et al 11869397 - (D) McKELVEY ROBERTS MLOTKOWSKI SAFRAN & COLE, P.C. BUTTNER, DAVID J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
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2836 TASER INTERNATIONAL, INC., Third Party Requester and Appellant v. KARBON ARMS, INC., Patent Owner and Respondent 95001622 7,778,005 11/746,952 MARTIN 112(1)/103 DAVID KIEWIT For Third Party Requester: TASER INTERNATIONAL, INC. NGUYEN, LINH M original BROOKS, ANGELA D

titanium

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REVERSED
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1785 Ex Parte Karam et al 12579885 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 O'Shea Getz P.C. POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M

See, e.g., Titanium Metals Corp. of America. v. Banner, 778 F.2d 775, 780, (Fed. Cir. 1985) (“[A]nticipation under § 102 can be found only when the reference discloses exactly what is claimed and that where there are differences between the reference disclosure and the claim, the rejection must be based on § 103 which takes differences into account. D. Chisum, Patents § 3.02.”).

Titanium Metals Corp. of America v. Banner, 778 F.2d 775, 227 USPQ 773 (Fed. Cir. 1985)  2112.01,   2131.01,   2131.03,   2144.05

AFFIRMED 
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1741 Ex Parte Kotacska et al 12256088 - (D) GARRIS 103 CORNING INCORPORATED FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN

1756 Ex Parte Basol 11692806 - (D) KIMLIN 103 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP (SV) CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN

1767 Ex Parte Roreger et al 10526570 - (D) GARRIS 103 Frommer Lawrence & Haug ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA

1772 Ex Parte Miller et al 10794932 - (D) PAK 103 BP AMERICA INC. DANG, THUAN D

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2833 Ex Parte TERZIAN et al 11741159 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 37 C.F.R. 41.50(b) 103 LUCAS & MERCANTI, LLP COLLINS, JASON M

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3626 Ex Parte Villasenor et al 11608016 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION HUNTER, SEAN KRISTOPHER

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3721 Ex Parte Wallace et al 11973948 - (D) HOELTER 103 McCarter & English LLP ACCOUNT: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. HARMON, CHRISTOPHERR

3728 Ex Parte Palmer 11507259 - (D) KAUFFMAN 102 W. THOMAS TIMMONS ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA

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DENIED
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3721 Ex Parte Daigle et al 11739959 - (R) BARRETT 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. TRUONG, THANH K

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED 
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2874 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. Third Party Requester, Appellant and Cross-Respondent v. GRAYWIRE LLC Patent Owner, Cross-Appellant and Respondent 95001175 6415082 09/526,091 TURNER 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 Fahmi, Sellers, Embert & Davitz Third Party Requester: Haynes and Boone, LLP. MENEFEE, JAMES A original LEE, JOHN D

elkay, pall corp2, omega, spectrum, middleton, saunders

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REVERSED
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3624 Ex Parte Tewari et al 11540320 - (D) MEDLOCK 102 ANDRUS, SCEALES, STARKE & SAWALL, LLP MANSFIELD, THOMAS L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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2825 Ex Parte Nair 11598327 - (D) TORCZON 103 102/103 37 CFR 40.51(b) 103 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP (Broadcom) LEVIN, NAUM B

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3745 Ex Parte Cloft et al 11754455 - (D) SPAHN 112(1)/112(2) 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global PRAGER, JESSE M

AFFIRMED
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2689 Ex Parte Long et al 11303283 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. MEHMOOD, JENNIFER

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

REVERSED
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3693 TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OPEN E CRY, LLC, AND OPTIONSXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC., Defendants-Appellees, AND TRADESTATION SECURITIES, INC., AND TRADESTATION GROUP, INC., Defendants-Appellees, AND IBG, LLC, THINKORSWIM GROUP, INC., TD AMERITRADE, INC., TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORP., AND INTERACTIVE BROKERS, LLC, Defendants Appellees, AND CQG, INC., AND CQGT, LLC, Defendants-Appellees, AND 2 TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTL v. OPEN E CRY, LLC FUTUREPATH TRADING LLC, SUNGARD DATA SYSTEMS, INC., SUNGARD INVESTMENT VENTURES LLC, AND GL TRADE AMERICAS, INC., Defendants-Appellees, AND STELLAR TRADING SYSTEMS, LTD., AND STELLAR TRADING SYSTEMS, INC., Defendants-Appellees, AND ESPEED MARKETS, LP, BGC CAPITAL MARKETS, LP, AND ECCOWARE LTD., Defendants-Appellees, AND ROSENTHAL COLLINS GROUP, LLC, Defendant. 2012-1583 7,676,411 11/585,907 7,693,768 11/585,906 7,904,374 11/585,905 7,685,055 11/417,547 LOURIE 112(2)/prosecution history estoppel Trading Technologies International, Inc. McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP; Salans LLP; Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione; WEISBERGER, RICHARD C

The court ... concluded that when “‘multiple patents derive from the same initial application, the prosecution history regarding a claim limitation in any patent that has issued applies with equal force to subsequently issued patents that contain the same claim limitation.’” ... (quoting Elkay Mfg. Co. v. Ebco Mfg. Co., 192 F.3d 973, 980 (Fed. Cir. 1999)).
...
Prosecution history estoppel applies as part of an infringement analysis to prevent a patentee from using the doctrine of equivalents to recapture subject matter surrendered from the literal scope of a claim during prosecution. Pall Corp. v. Hemasure Inc., 181 F.3d 1305, 1311 (Fed. Cir. 1999). Prosecution disclaimer, on the other hand, affects claim construction and applies where an applicant’s actions during prosecution prospectively narrow the literal scope of an otherwise more expansive claim limitation. Omega Eng’g, Inc. v. Raytek Corp., 334 F.3d 1314, 1323–24 (Fed. Cir. 2003). Though distinct, both doctrines serve to constrain the enforceable scope of patent claims commensurate with any subject matter surrendered during prosecution to obtain the patent, and a single action during prosecution can engender both a prosecution disclaimer and prosecution history estoppel. See, e.g., Elkay, 192 F.3d at 978–79, 981; Spectrum Int’l, Inc. v. Sterilite Corp., 164 F.3d 1372, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 1998).
...
See Middleton, Inc. v. Minn. Mining & Mfg. Co., 311 F.3d 1384, 1389 (Fed. Cir. 2002). “When the purported disclaimers are directed to specific claim terms that have been omitted or materially altered in subsequent applications . . . those disclaimers do not apply.” Saunders Grp., Inc. v. Comfortrac, Inc., 492 F.3d 1326, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2007).

AFFIRMED
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1646 BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC, Defendant-Appellee. 2013-1002 6,153,401 07/322,604 TARANTO claim construction summary judgment of non-infringement Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP; original FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG ULM, JOHN D

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2155 COOPER NOTIFICATION, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TWITTER, INC., Defendant-Appellee, AND EVERBRIDGE, INC., Defendant-Appellee, AND FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP., Defendant-Appellee. 2012-1615 7,409,428 10/829,181 LOURIE concurring in part and dissenting in part TARANTO claim construction summary judgment of non-infringement Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP; Fenwick & West LLP WON, MICHAEL YOUNG

REHEARING 

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 103 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP; Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP original STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. GREGORY, BERNARR E