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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1792 Ex Parte Andrade et al 12814576 - (D) BEST 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(1) CONNORS ASSOCIATESpc SMITH, CHAIM A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2476 Ex Parte Vanzante et al 12494993 - (D) HOFF 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SLOMS, NICHOLAS

“A rejection for anticipation under section 102 requires that each and every limitation of the claimed invention be disclosed in a single prior art reference.” See In re Buszard, 504 F.3d 1364, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (quoting In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475, 1478-79 (Fed. Cir. 1994)).

Buszard, 504 F.3d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2007) 2111

Paulsen, In re, 30 F.3d 1475, 31 USPQ2d 1671 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 716.03 , 2114 , 2144.08

2483 Ex Parte Kuo 11393268 - (D) CHUNG 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP HOLDER, ANNER N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2845 Ex Parte Yano 12310825 - (D) KRATZ 103 NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP WIMER, MICHAEL C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Ignatin 11014121 - (D) ASTORINO 112(1)/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. NGUYEN, CHUONG P

3687 Ex Parte Suvernev et al 11155732 - (D) FETTING 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP REFAI, RAMSEY

3689 Ex Parte Victor 11854089 - (D) FETTING 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. FISHER, PAUL R

3692 Ex Parte Taylor et al 11970170 - (D) LORIN 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. WONG, ERIC TAK WAI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3777 Ex Parte Sardar et al 10543001 - (D) KERINS 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP BRUTUS, JOEL F

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2641 Ex Parte Fry 12144193 - (D) MORGAN 102/103 102/103 GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE,ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C SHAHEED, KHALID W

Appellant’s reliance on this purported prosecution disclaimer is unavailing. “[T]he PTO is under no obligation to accept a claim construction proffered as a prosecution history disclaimer, which generally only binds the patent owner.” Tempo Lighting, Inc. v. Tivoli, LLC, 742 F.3d 973, 978 (Fed. Cir. 2014). Rather, the PTO is obligated to give claims their broadest reasonable interpretation not inconsistent with the remainder of the specification. In re Zletz, 893 F.2d 319, 321 (Fed. Cir. 1989) (“[D]uring patent prosecution when claims can be amended, ambiguities should be recognized, scope and breadth of language explored, and clarification imposed.”) (citations omitted); see also In re Bigio, 381 F.3d 1320, 1325 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (counseling “the PTO to avoid the temptation to limit broad claim terms solely on the basis of specification passages”) (citation omitted). The PTO has been counseled that it “should only limit the claim based on . . . prosecution history [that] expressly disclaim[s] the broader definition.” Id. However, this is a caution against careless reliance on prosecution history by the PTO, not a mandate for the liberal reliance on prosecution disclaimer to allow broadly worded claims to be read narrowly without requiring clarifying amendments to the claims or to the Specification.

Zletz, In re, 893 F.2d 319, 13 USPQ2d 1320 (Fed. Cir. 1989) 715 ,   2111 ,   2111.01 ,   2111.03 ,    2138 ,   2171 ,   2173.05(a) ,   2181 ,   2286 ,   2686.04

Bigio, In re, 381 F.3d 1320, 72 USPQ2d 1209 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2141.01(a)

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Kim 11417132 - (D) DELMENDO 112(1)/103 112(1)/103 LAW OFFICE OF PERRY M. FONSECA, PC LAVARIAS, ARNEL C

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Hampton 12330882 - (D) SMITH 112(1)/103 GIPPLE & HALE ROYSTON, ELIZABETH

1758 Ex Parte Mathai et al 12262147 - (D) WILSON 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MEKHLIN, ELI S

1782 Ex Parte Julien et al 11298610 - (D) ROESEL 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP WOOD, ELLEN SUZANNE

1783 Ex Parte SCHMIDT et al 12854686 - (D) GARRIS 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC VAN SELL, NATHAN L

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte Bossmeyer et al 12111438 - (D) FISHMAN 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP REYES, MARIELA D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Nishikawa et al 11938660 - (D) MORGAN 103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN CHIN, RICKY

2425 Ex Parte Santangelo et al 10970429 - (D) DANG 103 GAZDZINSKI & ASSOCIATES, PC STRONCZER, RYAN S

2435 Ex Parte Yeap et al 11002077 - (D) CHUNG 103 GOWLING, LAFLEUR & HENDERSON LLP PALIWAL, YOGESH

2452 Ex Parte Yu 11972030 - (D) SAADAT 103 YEE & ASSOCIATES PC IBM CORP (YA) WIDHALM, ANGELA M

2456 Ex Parte Parsons 11225936 - (D) KRIVAK 103 Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC CHACKO, JOE

2475 Ex Parte Fleury et al 11327699 - (D) BENOIT 103 MYERS WOLIN, LLC PREVAL, LIONEL

2492 Ex Parte Fedronic et al 10218665 - (D) NAPPI 103 Muirhead and Saturnelli, LLC PAN, PEILIANG

2493 Ex Parte Borghetti et al 12348389 - (D) STRAUSS 101/103 WALDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. IBM CORP. (WIP) LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2695 Ex Parte Anzai et al 11907186 - (D) SAADAT 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK L.L.P. WATKO, JULIE ANNE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Michaud et al 12573598 - (D) MOORE 103 BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMANN LLP C/O CPA Global ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E

3645 Ex Parte Tenghamn et al 12151314 - (D) KERINS 103 Petroleum Geo-Services, Inc. MURPHY, DANIEL L

3657 Ex Parte Knappe et al 10512705 - (D) HOELTER 103 Striker Striker & Stenby BURCH, MELODY M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Delfini et al 12341360 - (D) McGRAW 112(1) 103 STRIKER, STRIKER & STENBY ALIE, GHASSEM

3725 Ex Parte BUTTERFIELD et al 12487295 - (D) WOODS 102/103 Prass LLP KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1744 BIODELIVERY SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC. Requester and Cross Appellant v. MONOSOL RX, LLC Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7897080 et al 12/614,928 95002170 - (D) GUEST 112(1)/112(2)/103 37 CFR 41.77(b) 112(1)/112(2) Hoffmann & Baron LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: McCarter & English, LLP DIAMOND, ALAN D original LEE, EDMUND H

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 BIODELIVERY SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC. Requester and Cross Appellant v. MONOSOL RX, LLC Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7666337 et al 10/856,176 95002171 - (D) GUEST 112(2) 103 Hoffmann & Baron LLP DIAMOND, ALAN D original LEE, EDMUND H

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 IBM, SAS, and ALGORITHMICS INC. Requester and Respondent v. INVESTPIC, LLC Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6349291 et al 09/489,364 95001939 - (D) DILLON 102/103 Foster Pepper PLLC Third Party Requester: JONES DAY SAGER, MARK ALAN original FELTEN, DANIEL S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2455 Ex parte RPOST INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Ex Parte 8275845 et al 13/107,819 90012771 - (D) HUGHES 112(1)/103 Rutan & Tucker, LLP. Third Party Requester: WANG LAW FIRM, INC. DESAI, RACHNA SINGH original TRAN, PHILIP B

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 PSKW, LLC. Third Party Requester TRIALCARD INCORPORATED Patent Owner Ex Parte 7925531 et al 10/098,700 95002029 - (D) BAUMEISTER 102/103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC LEE, CHRISTOPHER E original COBANOGLU, DILEK B

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1752 MACDERMID PRINTING SOLUTIONS LLC Requester and Appellant v. E.I. DUPONT de NEMOURS & CO. Patent Owner and Respondent Ex Parte 6797454 et al 10/069,426 95001962 - (D) GUEST 103 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: CARMODY & TORRANCE LLP DIAMOND, ALAN D original GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE

montgomery, verizon

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Braun et al 11545675 - (D) OWENS 103 The Dow Chemical Company COONEY, JOHN M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 Ex Parte Chaussade et al 12071504 - (D) KRIVAK 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. BIRKHIMER, CHRISTOPHER D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2462 Ex Parte Appanna 11222523 - (D) EVANS 103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM, LLP WU, JIANYE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Lerner et al 11739094 - (D) STRAUSS 102/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED SHAH, TANMAY K

2667 Ex Parte BOSHRA et al 11851826 - (D) CHEN 103 ADDMG - AuthenTec NEWMAN, MICHAEL A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte CHUNG 12903369 - (D) WILSON 102/103 NSIP LAW TRA, ANH QUAN

It is well established that “[a] prior art reference anticipates a patent claim under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) if it discloses every claim limitation.” In re Montgomery, 677 F.3d 1375, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (citing Verizon Servs. Corp. v. Cox Fibernet Va., Inc., 602 F.3d 1325, 1336–37 (Fed. Cir. 2010)).

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3689 Ex Parte Huberman et al 11531652 - (D) WORTH 112(1)/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MOONEYHAM, JANICE A

3689 Ex Parte Stanley et al 12119593 - (D) CRAWFORD 101/112(2)/102/103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP MOONEYHAM, JANICE A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Koo 12422154 - (D) HOSKINS 103 JOSEPH SWAN, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION MOHANDESI, JILA M

3777 Ex Parte Tuma 11749175 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 Tucker Ellis LLP Brainlab AG NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1792 Ex Parte Radatti 10876907 - (D) ROESEL 112(1)/1122) 112(1)/103 John F.A. Earley III LEFF, STEVEN N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2864 Ex Parte Langford et al 12472454 - (D) BEST 103 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 103 LAUBSCHER, SPENDLOVE & LAUBSCHER, P.C. HWANG, TIMOTHY

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Choi et al 11230536 - (D) SMITH 103 H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO

1733 Ex Parte Smith et al 13102375 - (D) OWENS 102/103/obviousness-type double patenting CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. WYSZOMIERSKI, GEORGE P

1747 Ex Parte Gaus 12632011 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP MAKI, STEVEN D

1793 Ex Parte Meissner et al 12405069 - (D) SMITH 103 Zilka-Kotab, PC MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2139 Ex Parte BENHASE et al 12189594 - (D) STEPHENS 103 GRIFFITHS & SEATON PLLC (IBM) SADLER, NATHAN

2155 Ex Parte Wagener et al 12475938 - (D) SILVERMAN 102/103 OLIFF PLC KHONG, ALEXANDER

2157 Ex Parte Lecciso et al 12208216 - (D) BOUDREAU 103 WALDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. IBM CORP. (WIP) GIRMA, ANTENEH B

2191 Ex Parte Nicholls et al 11751508 - (D) CURCURI 103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG ZHEN, WEI Y

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Lindsley et al 11965026 - (D) KRIVAK 102 Motorola/Google/FENWICK RABOVIANSKI, JIVKA A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2615 Ex Parte Lundberg 11276916 - (D) WORTH 101/103 CPA Global North America LLC ROSEN, ELIZABETH H

2644 Ex Parte Vaittinen et al 11366623 - (D) COURTENAY 103 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Nokia Technologies Oy IRACE, MICHAEL

2686 Ex Parte Alrabady et al 11868819 - (D) STEPHENS 103 INGRASSIA FISHER & LORENZ, P.C. (GM) ADNAN, MUHAMMAD

2699 Ex Parte Lanham 11833817 - (D) ENGELS 103 RUSSO & DUCKWORTH , LLP PHAM, VIET DAVID

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2815 Ex Parte Wu 11737961 - (D) McGRAW 102/103 J C PATENTS PAGE, DALE E

2834 Ex Parte Crary 12288628 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 KINNEY & LANGE, P.A. JOHNSON, ERIC

2884 Ex Parte Klunder et al 12447668 - (D) NAGUMO 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LEE, SHUN K

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3651 Ex Parte Blust et al 12328348 - (D) SMEGAL 112(1) 103 NCR Corporation COLLINS, MICHAEL

3673 Ex Parte Al-Mutairi 12571566 - (D) JESCHKE 103 112(1)/112(2) LOWE HAUPTMAN & HAM, LLP GALL, LLOYD A

3689 Ex Parte Sussmeier et al 12334935 - (D) MOORE 103 PITNEY BOWES INC. SHANKER, JULIE MEYERS

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3739 Ex Parte Odom 12481087 - (D) POLLOCK 112(1)/112(2)/103/obviousness-type double patenting Covidien LP GOOD, SAMANTHA M

3782 Ex Parte Greco et al 11429555 - (D) BROWN 102/103 McCarter & English LLP ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. HELVEY, PETER N.

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 FIRST QUALITY RETAIL SERVICES LLC Respondent, Requester v. Patent of KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. Appellant, Patent Owner Ex Parte 7,000,260 et al 10/391,420 95002369 - (D) McCARTHY 102 102 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. Third Party Requester: AMSTER, ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN LLP GRAHAM, MATTHEW C original MORAN, KATHERINE M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 GOOGLE INC. Requester v. BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6,650,284 B1 et al 10/046,201 95002014 - (D) CURCURI 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC For Petitioner: PERKINS COIE LLP CABRERA, ZOILA E original BLUM, THEODORE M

3679 CEJN AB, Requester and Respondent, v. Westerndorf Manufacturing Co., Inc., Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8007010 et al 12/658,574 95002139 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. KAUFMAN, JOSEPH A original DUNWOODY, AARON M

3686 BASIS SCIENCE, INC. Requester v. BODYMEDIA, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8073707 et al 11/247,049 95002376 - (D) CURCURI 102/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP For Third Party Requester: FENWICK & WEST LLP DEB, ANJAN K original PASS, NATALIE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC Requester and Respondent v. INVENTOR HOLDINGS LLC Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6,425,828 B2 et al 09/768,567 95002033 - (D) DILLON 103 ASCENDA LAW GROUP, PC Third Party Requester: ERISE IP, P.A. GAGLIARDI, ALBERT J original SAGER, MARK ALAN

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3679 CEJN AB, Requester and Respondent, v. Westerndorf Manufacturing Co., Inc., Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7717471 et al 11/397,863 95001446 - (S) ROBERTSON 103 MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: ALBIHNS STOCKHOLM AB TIMOTHY PLATT IPQ IP SPECIALISTS AB KAUFMAN, JOSEPH A original DUNWOODY, AARON M

simpson, o'farrell

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Shih et al 12962166 - (D) DERRICK concurring NAGUMO 103 BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC - LAM RESEARCH CORP BARR, MICHAEL E

1778 Ex Parte Lauer et al 12225917 - (D) SMITH 103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G

1784 Ex Parte Chandra et al 12086511 - (D) SMITH 103 Cozen O'Connor SCHLEIS, DANIEL J

1788 Ex Parte David et al 13004257 - (D) DELMENDO 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY ADKINS, CHINESSA T

1791 Ex Parte Given 11846236 - (D) BEST 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. DUBOIS, PHILIP A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Nikolov et al 12314706 - (D) HOELTER 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC LIAO, JASON G

The Examiner cites to the decision in Ex parte Simpson, 218 USPQ 1020 (Bd. App. 1982), for the proposition that “[w]here a trademark or trade name is used in a claim as a limitation to identify or describe a particular material or product, the claim does not comply with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph.” (Id.)

Appellants contend the use of Java in the claims does not render the claims indefinite per se; instead “[a] basic question to be resolved is whether the use of ‘Java’ in the context of these claims and this application [is] indefinite, such that a person of ordinary skill in the art could not discern the metes and bounds of the claimed subject matter.” ...

We agree with Appellants. This case is closely analogous to Ex Parte O’Farrell, Appeal No. 2011-011075, 2014 WL 2112325, at *4 (PTAB May 19, 2014) (non-precedential). The O’Farrell panel held that the recitation of the trademark “Java” was not indefinite because “‘Java’ is a well-known and widely-used term identifying a particular programming language.” Id

Simpson, Ex parte, 218 USPQ 1020 (Bd. App. 1982) 706.03(d) , 2173.05(u)

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Pandit et al 11795346 - (D) KAISER 112(2)/103 THOMSON Licensing LLC MOHAMMADI, FAHIMEH M

2445 Ex Parte El-Damhougy et al 11749172 - (D) McKEOWN 112(1)/103 LAW OFFICE OF CHARLES W. PETERSON, JR. -- BOEING SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Lee et al 11721357 - (D) HUDALLA 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP AU, SCOTT D

2641 Ex Parte PEARCE 12943288 - (D) CHUNG 103 PERRY + CURRIER INC. (BlackBerry) ZEWARI, SAYED T

2649 Ex Parte Walsh et al 11217967 - (D) DIXON 103 PLANTRONICS, INC. HANIDU, GANIYU A

2666 Ex Parte Gritton et al 11700507 - (D) KAISER 102 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC LEFKOWITZ, SUMATI

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Ex Parte Engl et al 11707589 - (D) McGRAW 103 Cozen O'Connor CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M

2875 Ex Parte YUN et al 12605918 - (D) WILSON 103 Innovation Counsel LLP TUMEBO, TSION M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3644 Ex Parte Rajamannan 12496306 - (D) FISHMAN 102/103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA WILLIAMS, MONICA L

3645 Ex Parte Teigen et al 12189145 - (D) STEPINA 103 WesternGeco L.L.C. BREIER, KRYSTINE E

3649 Ex Parte Chang et al 11321680 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 3M Innovative Properties Company KRUER, KEVIN R

3652 Ex Parte Van Mill et al 12192821 - (D) HOELTER 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. MYERS, GLENN F

3692 Ex Parte Rucker 11589661 - (D) HILL 103 Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P. LIU, I JUNG

3694 Ex Parte Loui et al 11962790 - (D) CRAWFORD 101/112(2)/103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY ABDI, KAMBIZ

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3752 Ex Parte Blaney et al 11210039 - (D) BROWN 102/103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC NGUYEN, DINH Q

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2139 Ex Parte Sutardja 12365455 - (D) HOMERE 103 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE P.L.C. (Marvell) SADLER, NATHAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Ex Parte Park 12311137 - (D) BARRETT 103 103 FLYNN THIEL BOUTELL & TANIS, P.C. HERMANN, KIRK W

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Woehler 12626435 - (D) KIM 103 103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN PATS, JUSTIN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Abernathie 10951227 - (D) WIEKER 102 103 MDBeck Filings HOFFMAN, MARY C

3737 Ex Parte Peszynski et al 11912514 - (D) POLLOCK 112(2)/103 102 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MEHTA, PARIKHA SOLANKI

3745 Ex Parte El-Aini et al 13170433 - (D) GUIJT 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Ahmed et al 12168521 - (D) POLLOCK 102/103 PRICE HENEVELD LLP LEVIN, MIRIAM A

1653 Ex Parte Bott et al 11676668 - (D) FREDMAN 103/obviousness--type double patenting DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART

1674 Ex Parte Deutschman et al 11283151 - (D) GRIMES 103 Riverside Law LLP SCHNIZER, RICHARD A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 Ex Parte Saito et al 12499288 - (D) SMITH 103 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP SLIFKA, SARAH A

1735 Ex Parte Shan et al 13161030 - (D) DELMENDO 112(1) 103/obviousness-type double patenting ALIX YALE & RISTAS LLP WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A

1743 Ex Parte Lechtenboehmer et al 12268701 - (D) DELMENDO 103 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY DEL SOLE, JOSEPH S

1745 Ex Parte Boekstegers et al 12732690 - (D) KRATZ 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. BELL, WILLIAM P

1746 Ex Parte Benner et al 12544346 - (D) SMITH 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY RIVERA, JOSHEL

1762 Ex Parte Utterodt et al 12614560 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, PA YOON, TAE H

1764 Ex Parte Lewis et al 11989706 - (D) KAISER 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC NGUYEN, TRI V

1765 Ex Parte Meyer-Ahrens et al 11252149 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP COONEY, JOHN M

1772 Ex Parte Leflaive et al 12374911 - (D) SMITH 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. NGUYEN, TAM M

1773 Ex Parte Gil et al 12503364 - (D) GARRIS 103/obviousness-type double patenting KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. WARDEN, JILL ALICE

1773 Ex Parte Gil et al 12503380 - (D) GARRIS 103/obviousness-type double patenting KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. WARDEN, JILL ALICE

1773 Ex Parte Song et al 12825877 - (D) GARRIS 103/obviousness-type double patenting KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. WARDEN, JILL ALICE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2117 Ex Parte Goyal et al 12495336 - (D) NAPPI 103 WALL & TONG, LLP/ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. NGUYEN, STEVE N

2159 Ex Parte Chen 12432916 - (D) KAISER 102/103 Garg Law Firm, PLLC IBM AUS IPLAW (GLF) PHAM, HUNG Q

2162 Ex Parte Mustonen 12387923 - (D) JURGOVAN 102 HARRINGTON & SMITH FLEURANTIN, JEAN B

2166 Ex Parte Muller et al 12327870 - (D) HOMERE 101 101/103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG GMAHL, NAVNEET K

2166 Ex Parte Oliver et al 11927450 - (D) MAYBERRY 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP AHN, SANGWOO

2169 Ex Parte Heinson et al 11768083 - (D) ENGELS 103 VIERRA MAGEN/MICROSOFT CORPORATION UDDIN, MD I

2174 Ex Parte Muller et al 11949969 - (D) JENKS 102/103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG NGUYEN, LE V

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte Miller et al 12327496 - (D) DANG 103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG LIN, SHERMAN L

2452 Ex Parte Baker 11530686 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 Cochran Freund & Young/ AVAYA, Inc. HUSSAIN, TAUQIR

2453 Ex Parte Moffat et al 12145684 - (D) THOMAS 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. /Oracle America/ SUN / STK VOSTAL, ONDREJ C

2456 Ex Parte Hasson et al 11000270 - (D) THOMAS 112(1) 103 LAW OFFICE OF MARCIA L. DOUBET, P. L. KEEHN, RICHARD G

2463 Ex Parte Del Regno 11627028 - (D) CHUNG 103 VERIZON CROMPTON, CHRISTOPHER R

2476 Ex Parte LAI 12431758 - (D) TROCK 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP HSIUNG, HAI-CHANG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2643 Ex Parte Faccin 11650445 - (D) COURTENAY 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD HTUN, SAN A

2649 Ex Parte Bevan et al 12857197 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 Apple Inc. -- FKM DEAN, RAYMOND S

2649 Ex Parte Rietman et al 11569705 - (D) WINSOR 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS PHAM, TUAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2812 Ex Parte Shero et al 12547911 - (D) TIMM 103 Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP GHYKA, ALEXANDER G

2854 Ex Parte St. Ours et al 12072947 - (D) SMITH 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC CULLER, JILL E

2858 Ex Parte Borghetti et al 12781441 - (D) PAK 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY VALONE, THOMAS F

2859 Ex Parte FARR 12544496 - (D) ANKENBRAND 103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC EATON CORPORATION ISLA RODAS, RICHARD

2859 Ex Parte Gale et al 12423165 - (D) BEST 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J

2865 Ex Parte Day 12393129 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. PARK, HYUN D

2893 Ex Parte Ranish et al 12437257 - (D) McGRAW 103 SERVILLA WHITNEY LLC/AMT REAMES, MATTHEW L

2897 Ex Parte LENSKI et al 12107293 - (D) McGRAW 103 Amerson Law Firm, PLLC GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Ge et al 11427098 - (D) BAYAT 102/103 J. B. Kraft ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E

3623 Ex Parte Sun et al 12055630 - (D) BAYAT 102/103 GIBB & RILEY, LLC DICKERSON, TIPHANY B

3633 Ex Parte Neuschafer et al 11626650 - (D) GREENHUT 103 NILS H. LJUNGMAN & ASSOCIATES CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T

3656 Ex Parte O-Oka et al 11444466 - (D) McKONE 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. DIAZ, THOMAS C

3687 Ex Parte McDonnell et al 11259691 - (D) KIM 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY ZARE, SCOTT A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3754 Ex Parte Pfeiffer et al 10858206 - (D) BROWNE 103 Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP JACYNA, J CASIMER

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte Bell et al 11755490 - (D) HOMERE 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 (SimDesk) WONG, CABELLO, LUTSCH, RUTHERFORD NGUYEN, THUONG

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2191 Ex Parte Krauss 11618214 - (D) KAISER 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC WU, JUNCHUN

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3686 BASIS SCIENCE, INC. Requester v. BODYMEDIA, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7689437 et al 09/595,660 95002371 - (D) CURCURI 102/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP Third Party Requester: Fenwick & West, LLP BANANKHAH, MAJID A original PASS, NATALIE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 ENGINEERED PLASTICS, INC. Requester v. ADA SOLUTIONS, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 8028491 et al 11/822,500 95001775 - (D) SONG 103 NIELDS, LEMACK & FRAME, LLC for Third Party Requester: FOLEY HOAG, LLP original BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP DAWSON, GLENN K original NGUYEN, NINH H

IPXL, H-W, katz interactive

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1756 Ex Parte Cramer et al 10552618 - (D) OWENS 102/103 KENYON & KENYON LLP DINH, BACH T

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Cheng et al 12105759 - (D) HUGHES 103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP LIAO, JASON G

2158 Ex Parte RAJARAM et al 12487254 - (D) NAPPI 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY WILLIS, AMANDA LYNN

2196 Ex Parte Rathi 11930603 - (D) MacDONALD 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/NOVELL HUARACHA, WILLY W

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2441 Ex Parte Shorty et al 11737717 - (D) PINKERTON 103 GTC Law Group LLP & Affiliates c/o CPA Global PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R

2462 Ex Parte Han 11849837 - (D) STEPHENS 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. DANIEL JR, WILLIE J

2466 Ex Parte Wu et al 10400882 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 Apple Inc. -- FKM PATEL, JAY P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2875 Ex Parte Fink 11371496 - (D) OWENS 103 Matheson Keys & Kordzik PLLC BREVAL, ELMITO

2875 Ex Parte Jung et al 12291022 - (D) DERRICK 103 INTELLECTUAL VENTURES - ISF TSIDULKO, MARK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Rubsamen 11329376 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP NAJARIAN, LENA

3643 Ex Parte Norgaard et al 12287051 - (D) BAHR 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 112(1)/112(2) PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. NGUYEN, SON T

Moreover, regarding the aforementioned third plausible construction, although the recitation in the last paragraph of claim 31 is expressed in the passive rather than active voice, one can only determine whether the limitation is satisfied once someone or something matches a crop variety to the one or more soil management categories. We again emphasize that claim 31 does not set forth structure for performing a matching step. In IPXL Holdings, L.L.C. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.3d 1377 (Fed. Cir. 2005), a patent holder sought to enforce a claim reciting a “system . . . wherein the predicted transaction information comprises both a transaction type and transaction parameters associated with that transaction type, and the user uses the input means to either change the predicted transaction information or accept the displayed transaction type and transaction parameters.” IPXL Holdings at 1384 (italics in original). On appeal, our reviewing court interpreted this claim as reciting both a system and a method step to be carried out by a user. Our reviewing court held that:

it is unclear whether infringement . . . occurs when one creates a system that allows the user to change the predicted transaction information or accept the displayed transaction, or whether infringement occurs when the user actually uses the input means to change transaction information or uses the input means to accept a displayed transaction. Because [the claim] recites both a system and the method for using that system, it does not apprise a person of ordinary skill in the art of its scope. Id.

In H-W Tech., L.C. v. Overstock.com, Inc., 758 F.3d 1329 (Fed. Cir. Jul. 11, 2014), a patent holder sought to enforce a claim reciting:

A tangible computer readable medium encoded with computer program for performing contextual searches on an Internet Phone (IP) phone comprising the steps of:
receiving a command to perform a contextual search; receiving search criteria from a user of said IP phone;
submitting said search criteria to a server coupled to said IP phone; and
receiving from said server a list of merchants matching said search criteria and information regarding each of said merchants in said list;
wherein said user completes a transaction with at least one of said merchants listed without the need to generate a voice call; 
wherein said information received by said user comprises a variety of offers, wherein said user selects one of said variety of offers associated with said one of said merchants listed, wherein said selected offer is transmitted to said one of said merchants listed electronically; and
wherein said user’s contact and payment information is not transmitted to said one of said merchants listed, wherein said user’s contact and payment information is available to said one of said merchants listed.

Id. at 1335 (italics in original).

On appeal from a district court decision holding the claim invalid as indefinite, our reviewing court agreed that the italicized limitations were method steps recited in an apparatus claim. Citing the reasoning of IPXL Holdings and In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Patent Litigation, 639 F.3d 1303, 1318 (Fed. Cir. 2011), our reviewing court held that the claim was indefinite because “it is unclear here when infringement would occur.” Id. at 1336.

Like the claims in IPXL Holdings and H-W Technology, a maker or seller of a system for matching crop varieties of a crop to soil type comprising a plurality of crop varieties and a digitized map depicting soil management categories of a region cannot determine whether the system will infringe, directly or contributorily, at the time of manufacture or sale. Thus, claim 31 is indefinite for this additional reason.

IPXL Holdings v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.2d 1377, 77 USPQ2d 1140 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2173.05(p)

3677 Ex Parte Lubchansky et al 11459998 - (D) WOODS 103 HUGH P. GORTLER DELISLE, ROBERTA S

3681 Ex Parte Muthugopalakrishnan et al 13043238 - (D) MOHANTY 103 Hickman Palermo Becker Bingham / Coupons SORKOWITZ, DANIEL M

3687 Ex Parte Manucha et al 12327555 - (D) MOHANTY 103 WONG, CABELLO, LUTSCH, RUTHERFORD & BRUCCULERI, L.L.P. HAYLES, ASHFORD S

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Sundaresan et al 12263396 - (D) STEPHENS 102/103 102 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY NGUYEN, KIM T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Pino et al 12127602 - (D) HORVATH 103 103 MANELLI SELTER PLLC BANTAMOI, ANTHONY

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2688 Ex Parte Coker et al 12653862 - (D) FRAHM 103 103 MARLIN KNIGHT MERCEDES, DISMERY E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3656 Ex Parte Hindle et al 11939336 - (D) BAHR 103 102/103 HONEYWELL/IFL YABUT, DANIEL D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Haedicke et al 10529002 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 102 BSH Home Appliances Corporation ROST, ANDREW J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Wagner et al 10558560 - (D) BRADEN 102/103 RATNERPRESTIA WEBB, WALTER E

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte Owens 13106319 - (D) OWENS 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY HARDEE, JOHN R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte PAEK 12638191 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP CHU, GABRIEL L

2163 Ex Parte Leonard et al 12253194 - (D) FRAHM 103 HUGH P. GORTLER HWA, SHYUE JIUNN

2164 Ex Parte Morris 11086923 - (D) BEAMER 112(1) 103 Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP / ptomail KUDDUS, DANIEL A

2194 Ex Parte Daherkar et al 11549609 - (D) WINSOR 103 KONRAD RAYNES DAVDA & VICTOR, LLP IBM54 YUN, CARINA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2445 Ex Parte Greggs et al 12327877 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP LENOVO COMPANY (LENOVO-BKLS) JAKOVAC, RYAN J

2452 Ex Parte Kurylo 11731077 - (D) FRAHM 112(2)/103 Deirdra M Meagher WIDHALM, ANGELA M

2471 Ex Parte Kashima et al 12532085 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. ADHAMI, MOHAMMAD SAJID

2497 Ex Parte Borden et al 11783271 - (D) ZADO 102/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. ARMOUCHE, HADI S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Ex Parte Peeters et al 12117580 - (D) TROCK 103 BEVER, HOFFMAN & HARMS, LLP TRUONG, NGUYEN H

2671 Ex Parte Liccini et al 11328885 - (D) HARLOW 103 Prass LLP RILEY, MARCUS T

2688 Ex Parte Mathur et al 12716408 - (D) SHAW 102 HolzerIPLaw, P.C. WONG, KIN C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Canora et al 12036176 - (D) FISCHETTI 101/103 Ference & Associates LLC DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. BAHL, SANGEETA

3651 Ex Parte Alexander et al 13186215 - (D) MURPHY 103 ZARLEY LAW FIRM P.L.C. SINGH, KAVEL

3683 Ex Parte Pullman 10159344 - (D) FISCHETTI 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

3684 Ex Parte Cue et al 11650858 - (D) MAYBERRY 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 103 Fletcher Yoder, PC APPLE INC. CASEY, ALEXIS M

3685 Ex Parte Aydar et al 11314752 - (D) FISCHETTI 112(2) 101/103 Gates & Cooper LLP - Specific Media/Myspace KIM, STEVEN S

3687 Ex Parte Wade et al 12332887 - (D) BAYAT 102/103 VERIZON ZARE, SCOTT A

3687 Ex Parte Carlegren et al 13163235 - (D) FISCHETTI 103 Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corp. LUDWIG, PETER L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Okuniewicz 11057499 - (D) GOODSON 102/103 BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP SHAH, MILAP

3766 Ex Parte Edwards 12139359 - (D) MOHANTY 103 MARGER JOHNSON & MCCOLLOM, P.C. -PHYSIO -CONTROL, INC. HELLER, TAMMIE K

3782 Ex Parte Moore 11404712 - (D) MOHANTY 103 James Ray & Associates Intellectual Property, LLC HELVEY, PETER N.

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Chen et al 11230446 - (D) FRAHM 101/102 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG LO, ANN J

REEXAMINATION

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 ALIEN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION Third Party Requestor and Appellant v. INTERMEC CORP., INTERMEC TECHNOLOGIES CORP. and INTERMEC IP CORP. Patent Owners and Respondents Ex Parte 6812841 et al 10/056,398 95001265 - (D) HOFF 103 NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOUROUGH LLP Third Party Requester: VAN PELT YI & JAMES LLP LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y original MULLEN, THOMAS J