bicon, danly, stumbo

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Meyer 10845471 - (D) SMITH Concurring MORGAN 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (EP ORIGINATING) PATEL, DHAVAL V

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2857 Ex Parte Joshi et al 11839826 - (D) GAUDETTE 102(b)/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED CHARIOUI, MOHAMED

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3682 Ex Parte Barnett et al 09879825 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP (NV) DURAN, ARTHUR D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Scirica 11520343 - (D) GROSSMAN 102(b)/103 Covidien LP WEEKS, GLORIA R

3725 Ex Parte Kaufman 12137682 - (D) BROWNE 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) Southeast IP Group, LLC BATTULA, PRADEEP CHOUDARY

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Chun et al 11139591 - (D) STRAUSS 103 103 NSIP LAW CHBOUKI, TAREK

2165 Ex Parte Chun et al 11832982 - (D) STRAUSS 103 103 NSIP LAW CHBOUKI, TAREK

2171 Ex Parte Muir 11831660 - (D) JENKS 103 102(b) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP LEGGETT, ANDREA C.

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Ford 12381451 - (D) PLENZLER 102(b)/103 102(b) Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A. SWINEHART, EDWIN L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 Ex Parte Hester et al 11425139 - (D) KERINS 103 103 TILLMAN WRIGHT, PLLC LEWIS, JUSTIN V

Interpreting the claim term “removably” to mean merely being capable of being removed so as to encompass dissolution of the adhesive or disruption of other conventional and generally permanent attachment methods identified in Lee does not give appropriate weight to the meaning of that term and is not consistent with the nature of the attachment method disclosed by Appellants. See Bicon, Inc. v. Straumann Co., 441 F.3d 945, 950 (Fed. Cir. 2006) and In re Danly, 263 F.2d 844, 847 (CCPA 1959) (appellant has used such phrases as “for holding” and “for insulating” throughout the appealed claims with the obvious intention of limiting them to actual performance of the stated functions, as distinguished from mere possibility of such performance). The Examiner’s interpretation essentially renders the terms in the claims superfluous as most attachment methods are capable of being removed if exposed to some outside destructive force. Thus, the Examiner’s interpretation is unreasonably broad as it effectively would expunge the term “removably” from the claim language. See Stumbo v. Eastman Outdoors, Inc., 508 F.3d 1358, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (denouncing claim constructions that render phrases in claims superfluous).

Danly, In re, 263 F.2d 844, 120 USPQ 528 (CCPA 1959) 2114

DONNER 8: 1554

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Cummings et al 12124725 - (D) PAK 103 ECOLAB USA INC. CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN

1732 Ex Parte Palla et al 12475102 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 HONEYWELL/UOP NGUYEN, COLETTE B

1792 Ex Parte Bekele 12152615 - (D) MURPHY 103 Sealed Air Corporation THAKUR, VIREN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2193 Ex Parte Mourra 10906592 - (D) SMITH 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP VU, TUAN A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2885 Ex Parte Oketani et al 12274599 - (D) SMITH 112(2)/103 KRATZ, QUINTOS & HANSON, LLP LEE, JONG SUK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Wilcoxen et al 10970037 - (D) OSINSKI 103 The Law Office of Steven G. Roeder VERAA, CHRISTOPHER

3677 Ex Parte Swerdlick 12080226 - (D) DANIELS 112(2)/102(b)/103 Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. MILLER, WILLIAM L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Brown 11614302 - (D) CAPP 103 Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Inc. FRISBY, KESHA

3778 Ex Parte Davidowski et al 11300052 - (D) SNEDDEN 102(e)/103 37 C.F.R § 41.50(b) 102(e) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Richards 12069674 - (R) CALVE Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC HARMON, CHRISTOPHER R

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1653 CONJUCHEM, LLC Requester and Cross-Appellant v. AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 95000276 6924264 09/561,226 LEBOVITZ 103 103 CONJUCHEM BIOTECHNOLOGIES INC. Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: JONES DAY TURNER, SHARON L original LIU, SAMUEL W

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2151 APPLE INC. Requester and Respondent v. ZAPMEDIA SERVICES, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 95001143 7343414 11/162,716 HOFF 102(b)/102(e)/103 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. Third Party Requester NOVAK DRUCE & QUIGG, LLP FERRIS III, FRED O original MAUNG, ZARNI

hoffer

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2178 Ex Parte Matsa et al 12130285 - (D) HULSE 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-IBM YORKTOWN STORK, KYLE R

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte Oki et al 12078681 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 RADER FISHMAN & GRAUER PLLC STAFFORD, PATRICK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Bendel 11901804 - (D) SPAHN 112(1)/102(b) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) KENYON & KENYON LLP SAHNI, VISHAL R

We note that the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) § 2111.04, entitled “‘Adapted to,’ ‘Adapted For,’ “Wherein,’ and “Whereby’ Clauses,” indicates that “[c]laim scope is not limited by claim language that suggests or makes optional but does not require steps to be performed, or by claim language that does not limit a claim to a particular structure.” This section of the MPEP sets forth a non exhaustive list of claim language “that may raise a question as to the limiting effect of the language in a claim,” and the list includes “‘wherein’ clauses.” This section of the MPEP also indicates that “[t]he determination of whether each of these clauses is a limitation in a claim depends on the specific facts of the case,” and discusses that “[i]n Hoffer v. Microsoft Corp., 405 F.3d 1326, 1329 . . . (Fed. Cir. 2005), the court held that when a ‘whereby’ clause states a condition that is material to patentability, it cannot be ignored in order to change the substance of the invention.”

Hoffer v. Microsoft Corp., 405 F.3d 1326, 74 USPQ2d 1481 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2111.04

3672 Ex Parte Roelofs 11994070 - (D) ASTORINO 103 GOTTLIEB RACKMAN & REISMAN PC FIORELLO, BENJAMIN F

3693 Ex Parte Hadi et al 11954656 - (D) MOHANTY 102(b) BGL/CME Group MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3778 Ex Parte Renzin et al 11996845 - (D) SCHEINER 103 O'Shea Getz P.C. ANDERSON,CATHARINE L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2173 Ex Parte Chambers et al 11888238 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (CHI) SHIH, HAOSHIAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Fedder et al 12152553 - (D) PRAISS 102(b) 102(b)/103 Tyco Technology Resources NGUYEN, PHUONGCHI T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3773 Ex Parte Kleshinski et al 11184069 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1) 112(1)/102(b)/103 SEPTRX, INC ORKIN, ALEXANDERJ

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1629 Ex Parte Bernstein 12036901 - (D) FRANKLIN 102(b) Barnes & Thornburg LLP (CH) ANDERSON, JAMES D

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Mazany et al 12829178 - (D) OWENS 103 SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. (UTC) PENNY, TABATHA L

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2179 Ex Parte Kim 10873549 - (D) SMITH 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP TRAN, TUYETLIEN T

2193 Ex Parte Cho et al 10320632 - (D) CHEN 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC VU, TUAN A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Shearer 11536074 - (D) COURTENAY 103 IBM CORPORATION RICKS, DONNA J

2631 Ex Parte Huang et al 11005137 - (D) DANG 102(b)/103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. TIMORY, KABIR A

2648 Ex Parte Rofougaran 12131550 - (D) KRIVAK 102(b)/103 GARLICK & MARKISON WEST, LEWIS G

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Falcone 12195999 - (D) SMEGAL concurring SPAHN 103 CAHN & SAMUELS, LLP DUCKWORTH,BRADLEY

3672 Ex Parte Flor et al 11883190 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Christopher John Rudy SINGH, SUNIL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte Benz et al 11919723 - (D) PLENZLER 102(e)/103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION POOS, MADISON LYNN

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 JAKE LEE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MIKE’S NOVELTIES, INC. (doing business as Mike’s Worldwide Imports) AND MANISCH CHANDER (also known as Mike Chander, Manisch Chandra, and Mike Chandra), Defendants-Appellants. 2013-1049 6,418,936 09/570,114 DYK willful infringement; enhanced damages judgment of infringement and no invalidity Handal & Morofsky, LLC; SLC Law Group LOPEZ, CARLOS N

keller

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AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte Doucet et al 12084159 - (D) POWELL 103 103 FAY SHARPE LLP GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO

As the Examiner correctly notes,

[T]he test for obviousness is not whether the features of a secondary reference may be bodily incorporated into the structure of the primary reference; nor is it that the claimed invention must be expressly suggested in any one or all of the references. Rather, the test is what the combined teachings of the references would have suggested to those of ordinary skill in the art.

Ans. 15-16 (citing In re Keller, 642 F.2d 413, 425 (CCPA 1981)).

Keller, In re, 642 F.2d 413, 208 USPQ 871 (CCPA 1981) 707.07(f), 2145

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1755 Ex Parte Leidholm et al 12060193 - (D) HASTINGS 102(b)/103 Nanosolar, Inc. AYAD, TAMIR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Benton et al 11096844 - (D) SHIANG 103 OSTROLENK FABER LLP KUDDUS, DANIEL A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Ouyang 11719490 - (D) SHIANG 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TIMORY, KABIR A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Ex Parte Yau et al 11877488 - (D) TORCZON 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX PIZARRO CRESPO, MARCOS D

2824 Ex Parte Kanamura et al 11186926 - (D) HANLON 103 KRATZ, QUINTOS & HANSON, LLP KING, DOUGLAS

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Kiforiuk et al 11910386 - (D) PLENZLER 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2187 Ex Parte Kornegay et al 11425011 - (D) RUGGIERO 101 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP RUTZ, JARED IAN

woodruff, perricone, bristol-myers

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2117 Ex Parte Homer et al 11551940 - (D) KRIVAK 102(b)/103 DOCKET CLERK MCMAHON, DANIEL F

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Woerlein et al 11747466 - (D) SNEDDEN 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP MEHTA, PARIKHA SOLANKI

3773 Ex Parte Ho 11781924 - (D) ADAMS 103 WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI TYSON, MELANIERUANO

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Dow et al 11408105 - (D) GREEN 103 HOWARD EISENBERG, ESQ. KANTAMNENI, SHOBHA

See In re Woodruff, 919 F.2d 1575, 1578 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (“It is a general rule that merely discovering and claiming a new benefit of an old process cannot render the process again patentable.”); see also Perricone v. Medicis Pharm. Corp., 432 F.3d 1368, 1377-78 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (noting that the realization of a new benefit of an old process does not render that process patentable); Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc., 246 F.3d 1368, 1376 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (stating in the context of a claimed process that was drawn to the same use comprising the same steps of the prior art, “[n]ewly discovered results of known processes directed to the same purpose are not patentable because such results are inherent.”).

Woodruff, In re, 919 F.2d 1575, 16 USPQ2d 1934 (Fed. Cir. 1990) 2144.05
DONNER 8: 1047, 1069, 1285, 1672, 1676, 1691, 1710, 1713
HARMON 2: 80; 4:312, 374; 20: 73

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc., 246 F.3d 1368, 1376 (Fed. Cir. 2001) 
DONNER 1: 415; 7:748, 911; 8: 1641; 10: 891
HARMON 3: 4, 23, 44, 53, 59, 71, 89; 6: 339

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte Ravi et al 12961333 - (D) KIMLIN 103 Baker Botts L.L.P. HIJJI, KARAM Y

1732 Ex Parte Yin et al 12362533 - (D) SMITH 103/obviousness-type double patenting GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY SAHA, BIJAY S

1762 Ex Parte Qian et al 12936372 - (D) GARRIS 103 POLYONE CORPORATION NERANGIS, VICKEY M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2176 Ex Parte Hunt et al 11342769 - (D) HULSE 101/102(b)/103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP SMITH, TIONNA M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2675 Ex Parte Walton et al 11261188 - (D) FRANKLIN 102(e)/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY TRAN, DUNG D

2677 Ex Parte Cooley 10747422 - (D) MILLS 112(1) 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY LETT, THOMAS J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2858 Ex Parte Ante et al 11632080 - (D) BUI 103 Cozen O'Connor PATIDAR, JAY M

2866 Ex Parte Pischl 11563349 - (D) NEW 103 BGL/Broadcom BALDRIDGE,BENJAMIN M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3774 Ex Parte Hanin et al 11552411 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 ALLERGAN, INC. MATTHEWS, WILLIAM H

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2115 XILINX, INC. Requester v. INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC Patent Owner 95001571 6,993,669 09/837,651 SIU 112(1)/112(2) 112(1)/102(b)/103 Novak Druce + Quigg LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: HAYNES BOONES, LLP CHOI, WOO H original BUTLER, DENNIS

IXYS

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2671 Ex Parte Abramsohn 10836894 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY KAU, STEVEN Y

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3675 Ex Parte Dahlke et al 10837006 - (D) HOSKINS 112(2)/102(b) Siemens Corporation PATEL, VISHAL A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Muggli et al 11881024 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 102(b)/103 Francis C. Hand, Esq., c/o Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi, Stewart & Olstein CHAUDRY, ATIF H

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1788 Ex Parte Hong et al 12057495 - (D) WARREN 103 103 PAUL AND PAUL MANGOHIG, THOMAS A

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Svendsen 11697360 - (D) SMITH 103 Concert Technology Corporation RAAB, CHRISTOPHER J

2171 Ex Parte Ahuja et al 10816422 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Patent Capital Group C/O CPA Global SALOMON, PHENUEL S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Cooper et al 10494955 - (D) TORNQUIST 103 Thomson Multimedia Licensing Inc ALAM, MUSHFIKH I

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2815 Ex Parte Rinerson et al 11095026 - (D) NAGUMO 103 Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP/Rambus JACKSON JR, JEROME

2856 Ex Parte Brady 11839118 - (D) MURPHY 112(2)/102(a)/102(b)/103 YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. CHAPMAN JR, JOHN E

2859 Ex Parte Fasse et al 12013153 - (D) SMITH 103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION OMAR, AHMED H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3645 Ex Parte Haaf et al 12368483 - (D) GRIMES 102(b)/102(e)/103 Bay Area Technolgy Law Group PC EVANS, EBONY E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3718 Ex Parte Englman et al 11240748 - (D) KERINS 102(e)/103 NIXON PEABODY LLP MCCLELLAN, JAMES S

3752 Ex Parte Lichtig 10983210 - (D) SPAHN 103 Clifford Kraft BOECKMANN, JASON J

3754 Ex Parte Lewis et al 11611242 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. JACYNA, JCASIMER

REHEARING

DENIED 
3632 Ex Parte Stewart 11067743 - (R) DANIELS Barnes & Thornburg LLP (DC) MARSH, STEVEN M

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED 
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 TiVO INC. Requester and Respondent v. AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Patent Owner and Appellant 95000601 6,983,478 09/496,825 CHEN 102(e)/103 AT & T LEGAL DEPARTMENT - GB THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: IRELL & MANELLA LLP SAGER, MARK ALAN original USTARIS, JOSEPH G

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174; 2179; 2629 APPLE INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., AND SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC, Defendants-Appellees. 2013-1129 D618,677 D593,087 D604,305 7,469,381 11/956,969 7,844,915 11/620,717 7,864,163 11/850,013 PROST denial of permanent injunction denial of permanent injunction Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP; Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP; Alston and Bird LLP; White & Case LLP PESIN, BORIS M; BAUTISTA, XIOMARA L; SHERMAN, STEPHEN G

Apple criticizes the district court for relying on the breadth of its requested injunction as a reason to deny injunctive relief. Apple argues that—consistent with this court’s injunction precedent—it properly requested an injunction limited to the infringing products and products not more than colorably different. See Int’l Rectifier Corp. v. IXYS Corp., 383 F.3d 1312, 1317 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (endorsing an injunction against “infringement of the patent by the devices adjudged to infringe and infringement by devices no more than colorably different therefrom”).

HARMON 6: 25; 11: 343; 20: 354

DISMISSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2623 AUGUST TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, AND RUDOLPH TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Plaintiffs-Cross-Appellants, v. CAMTEK, LTD., Defendant-Appellant. 2012-1681, 2013-1023, 6,826,298 09/562,273 O’MALLEY Rule 59, 60 contempt, sanctions, willfulness Merchant & Gould P.C.; Cooley LLP AHMED, SAMIR ANWAR

preda

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1759 Ex Parte Dinsmoor et al 11304065 - (D) KIMLIN 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P. A. KAUR, GURPREET

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Ex Parte Chudzik et al 12190220 - (D) KIMLIN 103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC NGUYEN, DUY T V

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Paetow et al 12152876 - (D) BROWN 102(e)/103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB PAINTER, BRANON C

3682 Ex Parte Park et al 11396286 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP PLLC MYHRE, JAMES W

3687 Ex Parte Gerber et al 11677093 - (D) PETRAVICK 101/112(2)/103 MARTIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC PARIKH, HARSHAD R

3687 Ex Parte Beach et al 11408913 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC ADE, OGER GARCIA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3776 Ex Parte Johnson 12011413 - (D) MORRISON 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Brown et al 11205718 - (D) KIMLIN 103 ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY c/o The Dow Chemical Company ROLLAND, ALEX A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Hwang et al 11354954 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Stanzione & Kim, LLP DESAI, NIDHI

2847 Ex Parte Fung 11582740 - (D) KIMLIN 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY PATEL, ISHWARBHAI B

2892 Ex Parte Farnworth et al 11888122 - (D) BUI 102(b)/103 FLETCHER YODER (MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.) JONES, ERIC W

In considering Akram, “it is proper to take into account not only specific teachings of the references but also the inferences which one skilled in the art would reasonably be expected to draw therefrom.” In re Preda, 401 F.2d 825, 826 (CCPA 1968).

Preda, In re, 401 F.2d 825, 159 USPQ 342 (CCPA 1968) 2144.01

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
1308 PEACH STATE LABS, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 90011628 5,672,279 08/233,348 LEBOVITZ 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: GRAYROBBINS, PA HUANG, EVELYN MEI original HRUSKOCI, PETER A

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 THE OHIO WILLOW WOOD COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALPS SOUTH, LLC, Defendant-Cross Appellant 2012-1642, 2013-1024 5,830,237 08/611,306 REYNA SJ motion for inequitable conduct SJ motion on collateral estoppel/103 Standley Law Group, LLP; Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP WILLSE, DAVID H

aller

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Meyer 10845471 - (D) SMITH 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (EP ORIGINATING) PATEL, DHAVAL V

2645 Ex Parte Banerjea et al 11736071 - (D) SHIANG 102(e)/103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE P.L.C. MEHRA, INDER P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2893 Ex Parte Chew 12142757 - (D) WILSON 102(b)/103 Avago Technologies Limited Kathy Manke NGUYEN, THANH T

2894 Ex Parte Heffner et al 11685029 - (D) KIMLIN 102(b)/103 HONEYWELL/S&S PAYEN, MARVIN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3655 Ex Parte Asai et al 11262917 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS

The Examiner concluded that it would have been obvious to modify Kitaori so that the plurality of segment pieces are setback as called for in claim 1,

since it has been held that where the general conditions of a claim (which are segment pieces being setback from the outer peripheral edges of the core plate) are disclosed in the prior art, discovering the optimum or workable ranges involves only routine skill in the art.

Ans. 4-6 (citing In re Aller, 220 F.2d 454 (CCPA 1955)).

The Examiner misapplies the principle set forth in Aller. There, the Court counseled that if one skilled in the art can discover the optimum or workable ranges by routine experimentation, where the general conditions of a claim are disclosed in the prior art, the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art may not be patentable differences. Aller, 220 F.2d at 827. Rather than showing that only routine experimentation would be involved in an optimization exercise directed to the setback of the plurality of segment pieces, the Examiner presumed that because the general conditions of the claim were met, discovery would have involved only routine skill.

Aller, In re, 220 F.2d 454, 105 USPQ 233 (CCPA 1955) 2144.05

Donner 8: 1285, 1678, 1693

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1786 Ex Parte Oka et al 11919105 - (D) NAGUMO 103 103 Law Office of Shruti Costales, PLLC CROUSE, BRETT ALAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2858 Ex Parte Clark et al 11739688 - (D) BUI 102(b) 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY VALONE, THOMAS F

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Suciu et al 11718420 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 102(b) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ex Parte Jackson et al 11425880 - (D) PAK OWENS HASTINGS 103 CP Kelco US, INC c/o Pete Pappas, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP GEORGE, PATRICIA ANN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2438 Ex Parte Rustagi et al 11400158 - (D) TORNQUIST 102(e)/103 BGL/Broadcom TRUONG, THANHNGA B

2444 Ex Parte Rohall et al 11080148 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC RICHARDSON, THOMAS W

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2652 Ex Parte Caspi et al 11232473 - (D) BRANCH 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION SHAH, ANTIM G

2653 Ex Parte Brasse et al 10528730 - (D) RUGGIERO 103 Siemens Corporation ELAHEE, MD S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2812 Ex Parte Sadjadi et al 11843131 - (D) GARRIS 103 Beyer Law Group LLP/Lam BOOTH, RICHARD A

2823 Ex Parte Park et al 11224313 - (D) GARRIS 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. FOURSON III, GEORGE R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3677 Ex Parte Heger 11794213 - (D) BUNTING 112(2)/102(b) 102(b)/103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION MAH, CHUCK Y

3689 Ex Parte Aikens et al 10677876 - (D) PER CURIAM 101/103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Connelly 10764739 - (D) SPAHN 102(a) SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/WMS GAMING LEIVA, FRANK M

3749 Ex Parte Zia et al 11245853 - (D) IPPOLITO 102(b)/103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier MCALLISTER, STEVEN B

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 M86 SECURITY, INC. Requester v. SYMANTEC, CORPORATION Patent Owner 95000603 7,366,919 10/424,532 KOHUT 102(b)/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103 Wilmerhale/Symantec Corporation Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Third Party Requester: M86 Security, Inc. Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP original Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP SYMANTEC CORPORATION SAGER, MARK ALAN original CUFF, MICHAEL A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 TELVENT DTN, LLC Requester, Cross-Appellant, Respondent v. FARMS TECHNOLOGY, LLC Patent Owner, Appellant, Respondent 95000432 7,418,423 10/870,112 SAINDON 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103 Law Offices of Grady L. White, LLC Third Party Requester: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A. original LAW OFFICES OF GRADY L. WHITE, LLC RIMELL, SAMUEL G original OKORONKWO, CHINWENDU C

depuy spine, fulton, beattie

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Newton et al 12166582 - (D) GAUDETTE 102(a)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global KERNS, KEVIN P

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Ashton et al 11618289 - (D) SHIANG 102(b)/103 Roy Roberts LE, MICHAEL

2185 Ex Parte Chatterjee et al 11041935 - (D) JEFFERY 112(2)/103 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC DOAN, DUC T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 Ex Parte Duggan et al 10809042 - (D) OSINSKI 102(e)/103 MOSER, PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, L.L.P. SULLIVAN, DEBRA M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte Englman 10077667 - (D) SCANLON 103 112(2)/103 NIXON PEABODY LLP HSU, RYAN

See DePuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., 567 F.3d 1314, 1327 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (“A reference does not teach away, however, if it merely expresses a general preference for an alternative invention but does not ‘criticize, discredit, or otherwise discourage’ investigation into the invention claimed. In re Fulton, 391 F.3d 1195, 1201 (Fed. Cir. 2004).”).

Fulton, In re, 391 F.3d 1195, 73 USPQ2d 1141 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2123, 2141.02, 2143.01, 2145
Donner 8: 364-70, 626-33

depuy HARMON 4: 185, 284, 308; 7: 56a, 62; 8: 107a-b, 108, 113; 13: 88; 15: 78a, 81, 89, 95, 130, 214, 217a; 17: 85a-b; 20: 208, 353

...

Merely establishing that there are differences between the two references is not sufficient to establish that one or both of the references “teaches away” from their combination. See In re Beattie, 974 F.2d 1309, 1312-13 (Fed. Cir. 1992) (determining that two prior art references having different theories of musical notation systems does not make a sound prima facie case of obviousness impossible).

Beattie, In re, 974 F.2d 1309, 24 USPQ2d 1040 (Fed. Cir. 1992) 716.01(c), 2145
Donner 8: 438
Harmon 4: 175, 361; 20: 164


AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1762 Ex Parte Jansen et al 12307481 - (D) METZ 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC JONES JR., ROBERT STOCKTON

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte Thoma 11386250 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP HINZE, LEO T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Geiger 10915917 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 Alexander J. Burke HUNTER, SEAN KRISTOPHER

3631 Ex Parte Peota et al 11690921 - (D) BAHR 102(b)/103 TARGET BRANDS, INC. CHIBOGU, CHIEDU A

3637 Ex Parte Laible 12085809 - (D) ASTORINO 102(b)/103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J

3687 Ex Parte Kirkley 10668395 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 NCR Corporation AN, IG TAI

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2614 GOOGLE, INC. Requester and Appellant v. ONE NUMBER CORPORATION Patent Owner and Respondent 95001409 7680256 11/206,689 SIU 102(b)/103 37 C.F.R. 41.77 102(b)/103 Krieg DeVault THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: Barnes & Thornburg LLP; original KRIEG DEVAULT LLP RAMAKRISHNAIAH, MELUR