e-pass

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2884 Ex Parte Chiyoma et al 12782074 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP (NV) LEE, SHUN K

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Nádas et al 12516237 - (D) ENGELS 103 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC ADDY, ANTHONY S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Lloyd 12253527 - (D) WOODS 103 103 Brooks Kushman P.C. / Meritor SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 Ex Parte Respini et al 12024251 - (D) GARRIS 103 Mossman, Kumar and Tyler, PC STEIN, MICHELLE

2166 Ex Parte Chen et al 11230446 - (D) FRAHM 101/102 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG LO, ANN J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2448 Ex Parte Midgley et al 11280111 - (D) MOORE 103 Ojanen Law Offices EMDADI, KEYVAN

Limitations appearing in the specification but not recited in the claims are not read into the claims unless the Patentee either acted as a lexicographer by “imbu[ing] the claim terms with a particular meaning,” or “disavowed or disclaimed scope of coverage, by using words or expressions of manifest exclusion or restriction.” E-Pass Techs., Inc. v. 3Com Corp., 343 F.3d 1364, 1368-69 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (citation and internal quotations omitted).

E-Pass Techs., Inc. v. 3Com Corp., 343 F.3d 1364, 67 USPQ2d 1947 (Fed. Cir. 2003) 2111.01

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3672 Ex Parte THEMIG 12249602 - (D) HOELTER 102/103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BAGNELL, DAVID J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Grasso 12818447 - (D) GREENHUT 112(1)/103 Frank J. Grasso PIERCE, WILLIAM M

3726 Ex Parte Anderson et al 11714750 - (D) OSINSKI 103 Kinney & Lange, P.A. WILENSKY, MOSHE K

3781 Ex Parte Monmany 11670865 - (D) HOELTER 103 112(1)/112(2) HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP MATHEW, FENN C

ngai, gulack, lowry, curry, mathias

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Morgan 10979014 - (D) WIEDER 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2651 Ex Parte Kallio et al 13411189 - (D) COURTENAY 102 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP MONIKANG, GEORGE C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Ex Parte Zuge et al 12010930 - (D) BROWNE 103 Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP DICKSON, PAUL N

3682 Ex Parte Stefanik et al 12235159 - (D) BAHR 103 AT&T Legal Department - G&G MYHRE, JAMES W

Our reviewing court has held that nonfunctional descriptive material cannot lend patentability to an otherwise unpatentable invention. In re Ngai, 367 F.3d 1336, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2004); cf. In re Gulack, 703 F.2d 1381, 1385 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (when descriptive material is not functionally related to the substrate, the descriptive material will not distinguish the invention from the prior art in terms of patentability). ...

Ngai, In re, 367 F.3d 1336, 70 USPQ2d 1862 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2112.01

Gulack, In re, 703 F.2d 1381, 217 USPQ 401 (Fed. Cir. 1983) 2112.01

Unlike the data structures in In re Lowry, 32 F.3d 1579 (Fed. Cir. 1994), the user information of Appellants’ invention does not “provide increased efficiency in computer operation[s].” See Lowry, 32 F.3d at 1580, 1584; cf. Ex parte Curry, 84 USPQ2d 1272, 1274–75 (BPAI 2005) (informative) (discussing computer-related situations involving nonfunctional descriptive material); Ex parte Mathias, 84 USPQ2d 1276, 1279 (BPAI 2005) (informative) (same).

Lowry, In re, 32 F.3d 1579, 32 USPQ2d 1031 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2111.05

3686 Ex Parte Jung et al 11906112 - (D) PRAISS 112(1)/112(2)/101/102/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC PATEL, NEHA

3686 Ex Parte Jung et al 11904016 - (D) PRAISS 112(2)/101/102/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC PATEL, NEHA

3686 Ex Parte Jung et al 11524084 - (D) PRAISS 101/102/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC PATEL, NEHA

EWP

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Young et al 10714719 - (D) FREDMAN 103 ROBERTS MLOTKOWSKI SAFRAN & COLE, P.C. FUBARA, BLESSING M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte Min et al 11346420 - (D) WILSON 112(1)/103 CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP ARCIERO, ADAM A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2456 Ex Parte Ukis 11142313 - (D) STEPHENS 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. TRAN, JIMMY H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte Roozeboom et al 12790362 - (D) ABRAHAM 102 NXP B.V. WELLS, KENNETH B

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte LU et al 12102123 - (D) CALVE 112(2)/102/103 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, LLC O'CONNOR, MARSHALL P

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Chatterjee et al 11864176 - (D) HOUSEL 112(1) 102/103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP - SABIC (LEXAN/CYCOLOY) BUTTNER, DAVID J

1793 Ex Parte Sanchez et al 11932111 - (D) GARRIS 103 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. YOO, HONG THI

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2684 Ex Parte Ieda et al 11898342 - (D) FRAHM 103 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC BURGDORF, STEPHEN R

EWP Corp. v. Reliance Universal Inc., 755 F.2d 898, 907 (Fed. Cir.) cert. denied, 474 U.S. 843 (1985) (“A reference must be considered for everything it teaches by way of technology and is not limited to the particular invention it is describing[.]”).

EWP Corp. v. Reliance Universal, Inc., 755 F.2d 898, 225 USPQ 20 (Fed. Cir. 1985) 716.03(b)

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3689 Ex Parte Pramer et al 11699211 - (D) CHERRY 102/103 102/103 BRINKS GILSON & LIONE BGL/Accenture - Chicago ARAQUE JR, GERARDO

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Gale et al 11487060 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP HELM, CARALYNNE E

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2169 Ex Parte HINTON et al 11458845 - (D) MCMILLIN 103 IBM CORP. (DHJ) c/o DAVID H. JUDSON HU, JENSEN

2193 Ex Parte Gammel et al 11008585 - (D) DANG 103 Infineon Technologies AG c/o Schiff Hardin LLP YAARY, MICHAEL D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2696 Ex Parte Wang et al 11768193 - (D) DIXON 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP CRAWLEY, KEITH L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte Ali et al 11752073 - (D) NAGUMO 112(1) 103 Silicon Image/FENWICK JONES, STEPHEN E

2878 Ex Parte Meijer et al 12446482 - (D) GARRIS 103/obviousness-type double patenting PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS CHAVEZ, RENEE D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Colvin et al 12767056 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. c/o Lowe Graham Jones HELLER, TAMMIE K

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3773 Ex Parte Zaver et al 11729324 - (D) PAULRAJ 103 Covidien LP/Shumaker & Sieffert P.A. ORKIN, ALEXANDER J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 C. CRETORS AND COMPANY Requester, Cross-Appellant, Respondent v. GOLD MEDAL PRODUCTS CO. Patent Owner, Appellant, Respondent Ex Parte 7,874,244 B2 et al 10/560,540 95000665 - (D) SONG 102/103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP THIRD PART REQUESTER: PERKINS COIE LLP FETSUGA, ROBERT M original ALEXANDER, REGINALD

REHEARING

GRANTED
3733 BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS, LLC and BIOMET MANUFACTURING CORPORATION Third Party Requester, Cross-Appellant v. HUDSON SURGICAL DESIGN, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 7344541 et al 10/756,817 95001469 - (D) MARTIN 112(1)/102 PATTERSON, THUENTE, SKAAR & CHRISTENSEN, P.A Third Party Requester: Troutman Sanders, LLP REIP, DAVID OWEN original HOFFMAN, MARY C

schreiber, giannelli

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3675 Ex Parte Berger 11804303 - (D) STEPINA 103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB LUGO, CARLOS

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Henry 11594415 - (D) LaVIER 103 BRINKS GILSON & LIONE HUNTLEY, DANIEL CARROLL

Although claims directed to an apparatus must be distinguished from the prior art in terms of structure rather than function, to satisfy the functional limitations in an apparatus claim, the prior art apparatus must be capable of performing the claimed function. See In re Schreiber, 128 F.3d 1473, 1478 (Fed. Cir. 1997). In addition, the mere capability of performing the claimed function is not the complete inquiry; the Examiner should additionally determine whether it would have been obvious to modify the prior art system to arrive at the claimed system. See In re Giannelli, 739 F.3d 1375, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2014). As “[p]hysical capability alone does not render obvious that which is contraindicated,” id., the Examiner’s assessment that Moehring is “capable of” the functions recited in claim 1, (Ans. 11), is insufficient in view of our conclusion that Moehring teaches away from those very functions.

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

3771 Ex Parte Burbank et al 12396358 - (D) REIMERS 103 CROCKETT & CROCKETT, P.C. LOUIS, LATOYA M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte COPPOLA et al 12204193 - (D) SHAW 102/103 IBM CORPORATION HWA, SHYUE JIUNN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Sridhar et al 12061525 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 CAPITOL PATENT & TRADEMARK LAW FIRM, PLLC BROWN, RUEBEN M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2829 Ex Parte Egitto et al 11976629 - (D) TIMM 103 HINMAN, HOWARD & KATTELL, LLP ARROYO, TERESA M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Berridge 11978883 - (D) REIMERS 103 LAW OFFICES OF CHRISTOPHER L. MAKAY ADAMOS, THEODORE V

alice, mayo, ultramercial

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1779 Ex Parte Werner et al 12158558 - (D) WARREN 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (Roche) JARRETT, LORE RAMILLANO

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Tinti 12387853 - (D) KERINS 103 James E. Curry GRAHAM, MARK S

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Olbrich et al 12306853 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI

1771 Ex Parte Iyer et al 12784696 - (D) PAK 103 MENDELSOHN, DRUCKER, & DUNLEAVY, P.C. GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN

1792 Ex Parte Bekele 12828461 - (D) NAGUMO 103 SEALED AIR CORPORATION THAKUR, VIREN A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2898 Ex Parte Yamazaki et al 12076994 - (D) WARREN 103 Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, P.C. SHOOK, DANIEL P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Levin 10787486 - (D) BROWNE 101 GRACE J FISHEL COLLINS, DOLORES R

The Supreme Court has set forth “a framework for distinguishing patents that claim laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas from those that claim patent-eligible applications of those concepts.” Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int'l., 134 S. Ct. 2347, 2355 (2014) (citing Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs, Inc., 132 S. Ct. 1289, 1294 (2012). According to the Supreme Court’s framework, we must first determine whether the claims at issue are directed to one of those concepts (i.e., laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas). Id. If so, we must secondly “consider the elements of each claim both individually and ‘as an ordered combination’ to determine whether the additional elements ‘transform the nature of the claim’ into a patent-eligible application.” Id. The Supreme Court characterizes the second step of the analysis as “a search for an
‘inventive concept’ — i.e., an element or combination of elements that is ‘sufficient to ensure that the patent in practice amounts to significantly more than a patent upon the [ineligible concept] itself.”’ Id. ...

Like the claim at issue in Ultramercial, “[t]his ordered combination of steps recites an abstraction” as it has no particular concrete or tangible form. Ultramercial, Inc. and Ultramercial LLC v. Hulu , LLC and Wildtangent, Inc., 2014 WL 5904902, 4 (Fed. Cir. 2014). ...

“The second step in the [Alice] analysis requires us to determine whether the claims do significantly more than simply describe that abstract method.” Ultramercial at 5 (citing Mayo at 1297). Our reviewing court instructs us that “[w]e must examine the limitations of the claims to determine whether the claims contain an ‘inventive concept’ to ‘transform’ the claimed abstract idea into patent eligible subject matter. Alice at 2357 (quoting Mayo at 1298). The transformation of an abstract idea into patent eligible subject matter “requires ‘more than simply stat[ing] the [abstract idea] while adding the words ‘apply it.’” Id. (quoting Mayo at 1294). Those “additional features” must be more than “well-understood, routine, conventional activity.” Mayo at 1298.

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2171 DEEP SKY SOFTWARE, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant v. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. Requester and Respondent Ex Parte 6738770 et al 09/823,406 95000625 - (D) BRANCH 102/103 PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP Third Party Requester: THOMPSON & KNIGHT, L.L.P. WOOD, WILLIAM H original AL HASHEMI, SANA A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 APPLE INC. Requester v. S3 GRAPHICS CO. LTD. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6775417 et al 10/052,613 95000585 - (D) DILLON 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. Third Party Requester: Novak Druce & Quigg TRAN, HENRY N original DO, ANH HONG

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 GOOGLE INC. Requester v. INVENTOR HOLDINGS, LLC Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6199014 et al 08/997,677 95002031 - (D) CURCURI 103 Ascenda Law Group, PC Third Party Requester: Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, PLLC LEE, CHRISTOPHER E original ISSING, GREGORY C

oakley, mouttet

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2674 Ex Parte Tehrani et al 11553942 - (D) JENKS 112(1)/102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY NGUYEN, NGON BINH

2676 Ex Parte Cardells et al 12239997 - (D) POLLOCK 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 112(2) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SANTIAGO CORDERO, MARIVELISSE

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2864 Ex Parte BECK et al 12323477 - (D) BEST 103 Keysight Technologies, Inc. C/O CPA Global HWANG, TIMOTHY

Claim construction is a necessary predicate to an obviousness determination.  Oakley, Inc. v. Sunglass Hut Int'l, 316 F.3d 1331, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2003).

2896 Ex Parte Birau et al 11189259 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 FAY SHARPE / XEROX - ROCHESTER SUCH, MATTHEW W

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3689 Ex Parte Morinville 11003557 - (D) BAYAT 103 LAW OFFICES OF MARK L. BERRIER NGUYEN, TAN D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Domschot 11944843 - (D) WARNER 103 REISING ETHINGTON P.C. JENNISON, BRIAN W

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte Streyl 11878786 - (D) BEST 103 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. PURINTON, BROOKE J

Obviousness is determined by considering what combined teachings of the references would have suggested to a routineer. See In re Mouttet, 686 F.3d 1324, 1332‒33 (Fed. Cir. 2012).

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Muldoon 11550691 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 103 KELLY & KELLEY, LLP DURAN, ARTHUR D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3727 Ex Parte Baumann 10698215 - (D) JESCHKE 102/103 102/103 HUGH P. GORTLER SHAKERI, HADI

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Bielski et al 10800031 - (D) JENKS 103 Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. WAX, ROBERT A

1627 Ex Parte Xie et al 11804802 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY PIHONAK, SARAH

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Bernhard et al 12442189 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 Ostrolenk Faber LLP LIN, KUANG Y

1755 Ex Parte Tachibana et al 12446699 - (D) DERRICK 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC GOLDEN, ANDREW J

1763 Ex Parte Neff et al 12758656 - (D) ROESEL 103 HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC BASF SE LEONARD, MICHAEL L

1787 Ex Parte Song et al 12001319 - (D) SMITH 103 INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY SHAH, SAMIR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte Liao et al 11552135 - (D) FISHMAN 102/103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP LEIBOVICH, YAIR

2161 Ex Parte Trepess et al 10723086 - (D) MacDONALD 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. DAYE, CHELCIE L

2166 Ex Parte Pini 11134819 - (D) Per Curiam 103 Baker Botts LLP LO, ANN J

2169 Ex Parte Carey et al 11421269 - (D) DANG 103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC ALLEN, BRITTANY N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2413 Ex Parte Xia 11892922 - (D) POTHIER 103 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. c/o Conley Rose, P.C. COSTIN, JEREMY M

2471 Ex Parte Johnson et al 11103017 - (D) DANG 112(1)/103 SPRINT ADHAMI, MOHAMMAD SAJID

2488 Ex Parte Hannuksela et al 10844676 - (D) DANG 103/ obviousness-type double patenting Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP PE, GEEPY

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2683 Ex Parte Chipchase et al 10518871 - (D) FINK 103 Harrington & Smith, Attorneys At Law, LLC SYED, NABIL H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2800 Ex Parte Frieder et al 11450739 - (D) HUME 103/obviousness-type double patenting Pauley Petersen & Erickson LIANG, VEI CHUNG

2818 Ex Parte Nitta et al 13096757 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 THE LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT J. EICHELBURG FOX, BRANDON C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3652 Ex Parte Curley 13041785 - (D) WORTH 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC KRAMER, DEAN J

3688 Ex Parte Arasu et al 12347931 - (D) MOORE 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY CAO, VINCENT M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Fischell et al 11625400 - (D) MILLS 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON STEWART, JASON-DENNIS NEILKEN

REHEARING

DENIED 
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2437 Ex Parte Goldszmidt et al 11848405 - (D) BEAMER 102 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG CALLAHAN, PAUL E

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED 
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC. Requester and Appellant v. Patent of K.G. MOTORS, Inc. Patent Owner and Respondent Ex Parte 7334846 et al 95001125 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 WILMERHALE/DC THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: MICHAL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP REIP, DAVID OWEN original STORMER, RUSSELL D

donaldson, kemco

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 Ex Parte Owhadi 10165863 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2643 Ex Parte Drudis et al 11413550 - (D) DIXON 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY NEALON, WILLIAM

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Jendrusch 12287241 - (D) JESCHKE 103 DILWORTH & BARRESE, LLP ROGERS, LAKIYA G

For a prior art element to satisfy a means-plus-function limitation, as permitted by former 35 U.S.C. § 112, sixth paragraph, the prior art element must either be the same as the disclosed structure or be an “equivalent[] thereof.” In re Donaldson Co., 16 F.3d 1189, 1195 (Fed. Cir. 1994) (en banc). Two structures are “equivalent” within the meaning of the statute if they “perform the identical function, in substantially the same way, with substantially the same result.” Kemco Sales, Inc. v. Control Papers Co., 208 F.3d 1352, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2000) (emphasis added).

Donaldson, In re, 16 F.3d 1189, 29 USPQ2d 1845 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2111.01 , 2114

Kemco Sales Inc. v. Control Papers Co., 208 F.3d 1352, 54 USPQ2d 1308 (Fed. Cir. 2000) 2103 , 2183 , 2184

3744 Ex Parte Umeno 10529154 - (D) ASTORINO 103 HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C. ZEC, FILIP

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2176 Ex Parte Turner et al 11522177 - (D) JENKS 103 102/103 Wells St. John P.S. AMIN, MUSTAFA A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2479 Ex Parte Gupta et al 11241684 - (D) ENGELS 112(1) 103 FLETCHER YODER (LUCENT) CEHIC, KENAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Marini 11696412 - (D) WOODS 102/103 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY CHIN-SHUE, ALVIN CONSTANTINE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3773 Ex Parte Yassinzadeh 10821633 - (D) SCHOPFER 112(1) 103 WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI DANG, PHONG SON H

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Klose et al 11009361 - (D) ADAMS 103 Jason D. Voight CHONG, YONG SOO

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Eger et al 11662618 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Casimir Jones, S.C. VALDEZ, DEVE E

1773 Ex Parte Houser et al 12572807 - (D) PAK 102/103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY LUDLOW, JAN M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte Azagury et al 12062211 - (D) SMITH 103 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC DENNISON, JERRY B

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2692 Ex Parte Kim 13502481 - (D) DANG 103 BRUNDIDGE & STANGER, P.C. SHAH, PRIYANK J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Jung et al 11586439 - (D) CRAWFORD 101/112(2) 103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC REYES, REGINALD R

3626 Ex Parte Allard et al 11968239 - (D) WORTH 103 YEE AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. WINSTON III, EDWARD B

3662 Ex Parte MARKYVECH 11854344 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 INGRASSIA FISHER & LORENZ, P.C. (GM) TO, TUAN C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3739 Ex Parte Schneider 12135685 - (D) LaVIER 112(1) 103 SJM/AFD - DYKEMA c/o Kite & Key, LLC VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A

3742 Ex Parte Obersteiner 11997760 - (D) WARNER 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS STAPLETON, ERIC S

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED, Requester v. DATAMIZE, LLC and PORTAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Patent Owner and Appellants Ex Parte 6658418 et al 10/157,417 95002018 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 HolzerIPLaw, PC FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: FISH & RICHARDSON PC (DC) ESCALANTE, OVIDIO original ALI, MOHAMMAD

alice

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Gellman et al 10933987 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 Dewitt Ross & Stevens SC PACKARD, BENJAMIN J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 Ex Parte GELINAS et al 12429655 - (D) BUI 102 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. KIM, KENNETH S

2178 Ex Parte Garrett et al 11679597 - (D) PAULRAJ 112(2)/102 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC VAUGHN, GREGORY J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2891 Ex Parte Massetti 12133780 - (D) OWENS 103 LATHROP & GAGE LLP WRIGHT, TUCKER J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 Ex Parte Meyers et al 12709657 - (D) BROWN 103 HONEYWELL/FOGG NGUYEN, NGA X

3695 Ex Parte Shaw et al 11031287 - (D) LORIN 102 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP OYEBISI, OJO O

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3752 Ex Parte DENZLER 12891431 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 VOLPE AND KOENIG, P.C. REIS, RYAN ALEXANDER

3761 Ex Parte Matson et al 12239103 - (D) ADAMS 103 Covidien MARCETICH, ADAM M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2169 Ex Parte Espelien 11581526 - (D) CHUNG 112(1)/103 112(1)/103 PATENTS+TMS, P.C. HU, JENSEN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Ex Parte Bozionek et al 11587202 - (D) BOUDREAU 103 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION KHAN, AFTAB N

2486 Ex Parte Gordon 11412669 - (D) KUMAR 103 102 BGL/Broadcom RAO, ANAND SHASHIKANT

Should there be further prosecution of this application (including any review for allowance), the Examiner may wish to review the claims for compliance under 35 U.S.C. § 101 in light of the recently issued preliminary examination instructions on patent eligible subject matter. See “Preliminary Examination Instructions in view of the Supreme Court Decision in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, et al.,” Memorandum to the Examining Corps, June 25, 2014.

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1722 Ex Parte Vest 12267642 - (D) PAK 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 CARMODY TORRANCE SANDAK & HENNESSEY LLP ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N

1741 Ex Parte Fournier et al 10989416 - (D) HASTINGS 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC LAZORCIK, JASON L

1742 Ex Parte Kirk et al 11759442 - (D) GARRIS 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY DANIELS, MATTHEW J

1747 Ex Parte Marchini et al 12311432 - (D) BEST 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP ROGERS, MARTIN K

1771 Ex Parte Garner et al 11560489 - (D) KRATZ 103 INFINEUM USA L.P. PO, MING CHEUNG

1788 Ex Parte Yakovleva et al 11870544 - (D) KRATZ 102/103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC FERRE, ALEXANDRE F

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2138 Ex Parte Allen et al 11953201 - (D) CHUNG 103 Winstead, P.C. KROFCHECK, MICHAEL C

2184 Ex Parte Pai et al 10736125 - (D) HOMERE 102 Foley & Lardner LLP/ Broadcom Corporation WONG, TITUS

2194 Ex Parte Radzykewycz et al 11361806 - (D) DANG 103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP ANYA, CHARLES E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Campagna et al 12050605 - (D) FINK 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. CHOWDHURY, SUMAIYA A

2426 Ex Parte Holtz et al 10208810 - (D) WORMMEESTER 102/103 Thomson Licensing LLC PENG, HSIUNGFEI

2453 Ex Parte Bell et al 11755490 - (D) HOMERE 112(2) 102/103 (SimDesk) WONG, CABELLO, LUTSCH, RUTHERFORD NGUYEN, THUONG

2492 Ex Parte Fadili et al 11507551 - (D) HOFF 103 Carmen Patti Law Group, LLC PAN, PEILIANG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Ex Parte Nelson 11553131 - (D) WORMMEESTER 102 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP SCHWARTZ, JOSHUA L

2657 Ex Parte Suriyanarayanan 11913313 - (D) HOFF 101/102 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY PULLIAS, JESSE SCOTT

2683 Ex Parte Devaux 11660501 - (D) FRAHM 103 YOUNG & THOMPSON SAMSON, SARA B

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte TSENG et al 12120618 - (D) ROESEL 102/103 WPAT, PC KING, JOSHUA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Wyker 11242268 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 SCHWARTZ LAW FIRM, P.C. DURAN, ARTHUR D

3627 Ex Parte Allocca et al 10916772 - (D) BAYAT 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP PLLC ROJAS, HAJIME S

3632 Ex Parte Love 12019253 - (D) BROWNE 103 FREUDENBERG-NOK GENERAL PARTNERSHIP SMITH, NKEISHA

3653 Ex Parte Wang et al 12019512 - (D) HILL 102/103 DENTONS US LLP RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC. Requester v. AFFINITY LABS OF TEXAS, LLC Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7,778,595 et al 12/015,320 95001782 - (D) BRANCH 103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. Third Party Requester: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP BASEHOAR, ADAM L original WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE