wright3, halliburton, miyazaki

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2176 Ex Parte Reimann et al 12569411 - (D) PINKERTON 103 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. BURKE, TIONNA M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2462 Ex Parte LUCKY 12433378 - (D) POTHIER 102 41.50 112(1) THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. MILLS, DONALD L

For questions of enablement, the Federal Circuit has held that “the specification of a patent must teach those skilled in the art how to make and use the full scope of the claimed invention without ‘undue experimentation’.” In re Wright, 999 F.2d 1557, 1561 (Fed. Cir. 1993) (emphasis added). Regarding the scope of enablement for purely functional claims, the Board has held that

[W]hen the limitation encompasses any and all structures or acts for performing a recited function, including those which were not what the applicant had invented, the disclosure fails to provide a scope of enablement commensurate with the scope of the claim and the claim would violate the prohibition of [Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Walker, 329 U.S. 1 (1946)].

Ex parte Miyazaki, 89 USPQ2d 1207, 1217 (BPAI 2008) (precedential).

Wright, In re, 999 F.2d 1557, 27 USPQ2d 1510 (Fed. Cir. 1993)   2107.01 ,   2161.01 ,   2164.03 ,   2164.01(a) ,   2164.04 ,   2164.05(a) ,   2164.06(b) ,   2164.08

2462 Ex Parte Lavigne et al 12022486 - (D) BAER 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY HUYNH, KHOA B

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2652 Ex Parte Sylvain 11536304 - (D) WINSOR 112(2)/102 41.50 102 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. POPE, KHARYE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Wastlund-Karlsson et al 12084880 - (D) PAULRAJ 103 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC SCA Hygiene Products AB KIDWELL, MICHELE M

3778 Ex Parte Karlson et al 11576497 - (D) PAULRAJ 112(1)/103 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC SCA Hygiene Products AB DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte LEE et al 12730088 - (D) NAGUMO 103 103 Tokyo Electron U.S. Holdings, Inc. LAW, NGA LEUNG V

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte Johnston et al 11372778 - (D) FISHMAN 103 LEWIS RICE LLC TILLERY, RASHAWN N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2448 Ex Parte Cohen et al 11524040 - (D) Per Curiam 103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC BELCHER, HERMAN A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte Lommel et al 12072845 - (D) DELMENDO 102/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex parte TESSERON LTD. Appellant Ex Parte 6771387 et al 10/090,074 90012752 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP Third Party Requester: REED SMITH LLP DESAI, RACHNA SINGH original GARCIA, GABRIEL I

Patent Subject Matter Eligibility

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2674 Ex Parte Talbert 12484765 - (D) BEAMER 102/103 FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP XEROX CORPORATION DEMETER, HILINA K

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 2014 Interim Guidance on Subject Matter Eligibility, published on Dec. 16, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 74618); July 2015 Update on Subject Matter Eligibility, published on July 30, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 45429).

constant, enhanced security

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte Doring et al 12252050 - (D) WILSON 103 O'Shea Getz P.C. IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Ex Parte COOPER 12458111 - (D) McSHANE 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC AUER, LAURA A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2654 Ex Parte Blatchley et al 12208326 - (D) BEAMER 103 IBM CORPORATION GRAHAM, ANDREW R

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2614 K/S HIMPP, Requester and Cross Appellant, v. AUDITORY LICENSING COMPANY, LLC, Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7,751,580 et al 10/325,529 95000612 - (D) POTHIER 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. WEAVER, SCOTT LOUIS original ENSEY, BRIAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3636 DIS-TRAN WOOD PRODUCTS LLC Third Party Requester/Respondent v. BROOKS MANUFACTURING CO. Patent Owner/Appellant Ex Parte 7007438 et al 10/254,412 95002191 - (D) MARTIN 103 K&L GATES LLP-Pittsburgh THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP GRAHAM, MATTHEW C original BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL

Contrary to the Patent Owner's argument, the Federal Circuit has held that "[i]f accessibility is proved, there is no requirement to show that particular members of the public actually received the information." Constant v. Advanced Micro-Devices, Inc., 848 F.2d 1560, 1569 (Fed. Cir. 1988). In applying this rule, the Federal Circuit held that, in a similar situation, a product manual bearing an inscription dating the manual to May 1996, where a declarant stated that it was publicly available to customers, was prior art "[i]n view of the Manual's inscription date, the Smaha Declaration, and evidence of NetStalker advertisements published in 1995." In re Enhanced Sec. Research, LLC 739 F.3d 1347, 1355 (Fed. Cir. 2014).

Constant v. Advanced Micro-Devices, Inc., 848 F.2d 1560, 7 USPQ2d 1057 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 706.02 ,   2128.02 ,   2129 ,   2145 ,   2152.03

chapman2, shinseki, gardner2, case

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Schauer et al 12386220 - (D) KENNEDY 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. SONG, MATTHEW J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte FORREST et al 12511797 - (D) WILSON 103 Morgan Lewis & Bockuis, LLP - UDC HAGAN, SEAN P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Ertmer 12403240 - (D) KERINS 103 FLETCHER YODER (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) TRAN, THIEN S

3748 Ex Parte Donaldson et al 11589822 - (D) REIMERS 102/103 CATERPILLAR/FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, L.L.P. TRAN, BINH Q

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Helmick et al 13226126 - (D) HASTINGS 103 103 General Electric Company KIECHLE, CAITLIN ANNE

1755 Ex Parte MURATA et al 12270978 - (D) NAGUMO 112(2)/103 112(1)/103 MOTS LAW, PLLC TRINH, THANH TRUC

The Federal Circuit has explained that, on appeal, the appellant must not only show the existence of error, but also that the error was harmful because it affected the decision below. In re Chapman, 595 F.3d 1330, 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2010), quoting Shinseki v. Sanders, 556 U.S. 396, 409 (2009) (“the burden of showing that an error is harmful normally falls upon the party attacking the agency’s determination.”).
...

The Examiner’s reliance on the case Gardner v. TEC Systems, Inc., 725 F2d 1338 (Fed. Cir. 1984) is unavailing. Obviousness is a legal conclusion based on the facts of each case. As the Federal Circuit explained, “[p]recedent cannot establish facts.” Case v. CPC Int’l, Inc., 730 F.2d 745, 750 (Fed. Cir. 1984). Gardner, which addressed the obviousness of an apparatus for drying printed materials on glossy papers (as in many periodicals), does not concern the materials and dimensions of solar cells relevant to the present appeal.

Gardner v. TEC Systems, Inc., 725 F.2d 1338, 220 USPQ 777 (Fed. Cir. 1984) 2144.04

Case v. CPC Int’l Inc., 730 F.2d 745, 221 USPQ 196 (Fed. Cir. 1984) 2301.03

1764 Ex Parte Fuhry et al 12963045 - (D) SMITH 102 102 PPG Industries, Inc. REDDY, KARUNA P

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2185 Ex Parte Sun et al 12521987 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 112(2)/103 NXP B.V. MYERS, PAUL R

2191 Ex Parte Song et al 12488905 - (D) HOMERE 103 103 41.50 103 MARSH FISCHMANN & BREYFOGLE LLP Oracle formerly d/b/a Sun Microsystems ZHEN, WEI Y

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2673 Ex Parte Silverbrook et al 12954900 - (D) ZADO 103 103 SILVERBROOK RESEARCH PTY LTD PHAM, THIERRY L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Ahlfeld et al 12215671 - (D) BROWN 103 102 TerraPower, LLC O'CONNOR, MARSHALL P

3663 Ex Parte He et al 12182904 - (D) BAHR 103 102 HONEYWELL/IFL TISSOT, ADAM D

3691 Ex Parte Dawson et al 11755800 - (D) FISCHETTI 112(2)/103 103 ROBERTS MLOTKOWSKI SAFRAN & COLE, P.C. POINVIL, FRANTZY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte MITCHELL et al 12642978 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT MATHEW, FENN C

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Tanaka et al 11303082 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP HIRIYANNA, KELAGINAMANE T

1633 Ex Parte Yu et al 11526927 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103/double patenting KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP POPA, ILEANA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1743 Ex Parte Neter et al 12085793 - (D) FRANKLIN 102 SIMPSON & SIMPSON, PLLC SULTANA, NAHIDA

1761 Ex Parte Fruge et al 12743719 - (D) HASTINGS 102/103 W.R. GRACE & CO.-CONN. DIGGS, TANISHA

1772 Ex Parte Van Westrenen et al 12743280 - (D) NAGUMO 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY NGUYEN, TAM M

1784 Ex Parte Creech et al 13295900 - (D) McSHANE 103 Krieg DeVault LLP ZIMMERMAN, JOHN J

1787 Ex Parte SALNIKOV et al 12611374 - (D) TIMM 102 112(1) 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY JACKSON, MONIQUE R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2172 Ex Parte OSULLIVAN et al 12015270 - (D) COURTENAY 101/102/103/double patenting CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG THATCHER, PAUL A

2181 Ex Parte Gao et al 11935429 - (D) DROESCH 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP LEWIS-TAYLOR, DAYTON A.

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Ex Parte Lee 12455049 - (D) DIXON 103 DOCKET CLERK FANG, PAKEE

2699 Ex Parte Espelien 11973477 - (D) NEW 103 PacketVideo Corp. JOHNSON, GERALD

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2876 Ex Parte Pasik et al 11584239 - (D) PAK 103 HONEYWELL/ADDITON ELLIS, SUEZU Y

2886 Ex Parte Kare 12074247 - (D) OWENS 101 112(1) INTELLECTUAL VENTURES - ISF HANSEN, JONATHAN M

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
2742 Ex parte RONALD A. KATZ TECHNOLOGY LICENSING L.P. Appellant Ex Parte 5,684,863 et al 08/476,662 90012407 - (D) CHEN 103 COOLEY LLP Third Party Requester: NDQ SPECIAL REEXAM GROUP MCNEIL, JENNIFER C original BROWN, THOMAS

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte AMERITOX, LTD. Appellant Ex Parte 8359207 et al 11/949,407 90012861 - (D) CHEN 102/103 FOR PATENT OWNER: Perkins Coie LLP - CHI General THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: SHEPPERD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP TARAE, CATHERINE MICHELLE original COBANOGLU, DILEK B

johnson

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Ex Parte Hong et al 12601330 - (D) HANLON 103 PAUL AND PAUL VAN SELL, NATHAN L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2469 Ex Parte Bertrand et al 11970239 - (D) DIXON 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED TOWFIGHI, AFSHAWN M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Sabelström et al 11721180 - (D) REIMERS 102 WRB-IP LLP AUNG, SAN M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Garrett 12387146 - (D) GEIER 103 KLAUS J. BACH & ASSOCIATES JALLOW, EYAMINDAE CHOSSAN

3742 Ex Parte Peters et al 11331869 - (D) BROWN 112(2)/103 HAHN LOESER / LINCOLN MAYE, AYUB A

Not stating when the peak positive current and peak negative current occur makes claim 1 merely broad, not ambiguous,  See In re Johnson, 558 F.2d 1008, 1016 n.17 (CCPA 1977) (breadth is not indefiniteness).

Johnson, In re, 558 F.2d 1008, 194 USPQ 187 (CCPA 1977) 2164.08 , 2173.05(i)

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2194 Ex Parte Sandoval et al 11971645 - (D) FISHMAN 103 103 41.50 103 Ascenda Law Group, PC TRUONG, LECHI

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1784 Ex Parte Dobesberger et al 12090009 - (D) OWENS 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. SCHLEIS, DANIEL J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Ex Parte Hanses 12190933 - (D) MORGAN 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY LIN, WEN TAI

2482 Ex Parte Pandit et al 12452050 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC JEBARI, MOHAMMED

2483 Ex Parte Shimizu et al 12667650 - (D) GARRIS 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. Samsung ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

2876 Ex Parte Wang 12954018 - (D) GARRIS 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP Samsung TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3663 Ex Parte ANDERSON 13189505 - (D) BAYAT 102/103 Lawrence E. Anderson CHEN, SHELLEY

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
2913 MAJESTIC MIRRORS AND FRAME, LLC Requester/Respondent v. ELECTRIC MIRROR, L.L.C. Patent Owner/Appellant Ex Parte D536,881 S et al D/228,971 95001793 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 41.77 103 ALBERT BORDAS, P.A. Third Party Requester: Espinosa/ Trueba, PL CALABRESE, MARY ANN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 AMERICAN TORCH TIP CO. Requester, Cross-Appellant v. HYPERTHERM, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant, Respondent Ex Parte 6841754 et al 10/094,000 95001979 - (D) SONG concurring McCARTHY 103 102/103 41.77 103 PROSKAUER ROSE LLP Third Party Requester: Mark Rubio DEMILLE, DANTON D original PASCHALL, MARK H

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1798 ROCKWOOL INTERNATIONAL A/S Appellant and Requester v. Patent of KNAUF INSULATION LLC and KNAUF INSULATION SPRL Jointly, Patent Owner and Respondent Ex Parte 7,854,980 B2 et al 12/524,491 95000674 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (IN) Third Party Requester: KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP TORRES VELAZQUEZ, NORCA LIZ original EDWARDS, NEWTON O

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 K-SWISS INC. Requester v. Patent of GLIDE'N LOCK GMBH Patent Owner Ex Parte 7181866 et al 10/322,808 95001320 - (D) SONG 103 NDQ Special Reexam Group Third Party Requester: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. WEHNER, CARY ELLEN original BAYS, MARIE D

malagari

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Ex Parte Nutaro et al 12751601 - (D) McMILLIN 103 HONEYWELL/IFL TRUONG, NGUYEN H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3659 Ex Parte Greco et al 11971050 - (D) MAYBERRY 102/103 ZILKA-KOTAB, PC- IBM BURGESS, RAMYA PRAKASAM

3688 Ex Parte Klish 12396301 - (D) WIEDER 101/102 41.50 101 MPG, LLP AND YAHOO! INC. VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte Bowers et al 12335590 - (D) WORTH 103 Hoffmann & Baron LLP POON, ROBERT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1758 Ex Parte NAKAGAWA et al 12382497 - (D) McSHANE 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP MEKHLIN, ELI S

1765 Ex Parte Chen et al 12675922 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/double patenting WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, LLP TISCHLER, FRANCES

See In re Malagari, 499 F.2d 1297, 1302 (CCPA 1974) ("If the rejection under 102 is proper, however, appellant cannot overcome it by showing such unexpected results or teaching away in the art, which are relevant only to an obviousness rejection.").

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2178 Ex Parte Gilra 12130223 - (D) JIVANI 102 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 PATEL, MANGLESH M

2185 Ex Parte Cornwall et al 12362397 - (D) MORGAN 103 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Itron) DALEY, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte Emmerich 11591344 - (D) DROESCH 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY JOSHI, SURAJ M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2618 Ex Parte Conlon 12338300 - (D) STRAUSS 103 Basch & Nickerson LLP WANG, JIN CHENG

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Pangrazio et al 11457474 - (D) BAYAT 103 XEROX CORPORATION C/O FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N

3652 Ex Parte Klein 12498445 - (D) WOODS 112(1) 102/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP BERRY JR, WILLIE WENDELL

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2878 Q.I. PRESS CONTROLS B.V., Requester, Respondent v. QUAD/TECH, INC., Patent Owner, Appellant. Ex Parte 6867423 et al 10/245,469 95000526 - (D) SIU 103 41.77 103 Foley & Lardner LLP THIRD PARTY REQEUSTER: STERNE KESSLER GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. NGUYEN, MINH T original LEE, PATRICK J

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2684 Ex parte MobileMedia Ideas, LLC Appellant Ex Parte 6253075 et al 09/212,757 90012638 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102 41.50 103 PROSKAUER ROSE LLP BANANKHAH, MAJID A original TRAN, PABLO N

fout

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1742 Ex Parte Fromm 12493780 - (D) OWENS 103 Prass LLP SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte Zhao et al 12249358 - (D) KRIVAK 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP (NV) CONYERS, DAWAUNE A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2676 Ex Parte Ohno 11006620 - (D) WINSOR 103 41.50 101 FITZPATRICK CELLA HARPER & SCINTO CHEN, HUO LONG

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Schenck et al 12455634 - (D) JESCHKE 103 41.50 112(2) Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT

3723 Ex Parte Moudry et al 12831401 - (D) HILL 102/103 Hall Estill Attorneys at Law (Seagate - MKM) NGUYEN, DUNG V

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1677 Ex Parte Kawate et al 11029279 - (D) POLLOCK 103 BGL BROWN, MELANIE YU

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ex Parte Pinchuk 11379608 - (D) BEST 103 GORDON & JACOBSON, P.C. MORNHINWEG, JEFFREY P

See In re Fout, 675 F.2d 297, 301 (CCPA 1982) (“Express suggestion to substitute one equivalent for another need not be present to render such substitution obvious.”).

Fout, In re, 675 F.2d 297, 213 USPQ 532 (CCPA 1982) 2129 , 2143.01 , 2144.06

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2141 Ex Parte Ghosh et al 12432904 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY VU, TOAN H

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2449 Ex Parte Mahajan et al 13179289 - (D) BEAMER 103 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP / GOOGLE YI, DAVID

2483 Ex Parte Zhang et al 12651986 - (D) ULLAGADDI 103 Garlick & Markison (VIXS) NAVAS JR, EDEMIO

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte DOHTA 12427240 - (D) BEAMER 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. HE, YINGCHUN

2667 Ex Parte Kreitmeier et al 11975983 - (D) FISHMAN 102/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP BALI, VIKKRAM

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2896 Ex Parte Searls et al 12231965 - (D) TIMM 102/103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN c/o CPA Global SPALLA, DAVID C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Greer 11778733 - (D) FETTING 103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (Cerner Corporation) REYES, REGINALD R

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1754 SHELL OIL COMPANY Requester and Appellant v. SPECIALTY FERTILIZER PRODUCT, LLC Patent Owner and Respondent Ex Parte 6210459 et al 09/604,137 95002388 - (D) GUEST 103 41.77 103 HOVEY WILLIAMS LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: NOVAK DRUCE & QUIGG, LLP MCKANE, ELIZABETH L original LANGEL, WAYNE A

weiler, doyle, U.S. Indus. Chems., orita

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Ex Parte Gerrard 12180748 - (D) PAK 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP MILLER, DANIEL H

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2172 Ex Parte Ayers 11130578 - (D) FINK 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 WRIGHT, ELIZABETH G

2181 Ex Parte Seo et al 13846566 - (D) EVANS 251 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. TAYLOR, BROOKE JAZMOND

The section of the patent statute providing for correction of errors in a patent by reissue of the patent reads, in pertinent part:

Whenever any patent is, through error, deemed wholly or partly inoperative or invalid ... by reason of the patentee claiming more or less than he had a right to claim in the patent, the Director shall, on the surrender of such patent and the payment of the fee required by law, reissue the patent for invention disclosed in the original patent.

35 U.S.C. 251(a).

"[T]he whole purpose of the [reissue] statute, so far as claims are concerned, is to permit limitations to be added to claims that are too broad or to be taken from claims that are too narrow." In re Weiler, 790 F.2d 1576, 1580 (Fed. Cri. 1986) (quoting In re Handel, 312 F.2d 943, 948 (CCPA 1963)). The "Orita doctrine" precludes applicants from obtaining by reissue subject matter, which was barred from their original patent because of a requirement for restriction in which they had acquiesced. In re Orita, 550 F.2d 1277, 1280 (CCPA 1977).

When applicants acquiesce in the Examiner's requirement for restriction, such action manifestly is not "error" causing patentee to claim "less than he had a right to claim in the patent" in the language of 35 U.S.C. 251. Id.

Three classes of subject matter established by election

Section 251 authorizes reissue for a first class of subject matter: "the invention disclosed in the original patent." In re Weiler, 790 F.2d at 1581.  The Orita doctrine precludes a second class of subject matter.  Reissue applicants may not obtain substantially identical claims to those of non-elected groups identified in an Examiner's restriction requirement when such claims could not have been prosecuted in the application from which they were restricted.  See Ex Parte Morrison, Appeal 2012-010066, slip op. at 4 (PTAB July 16, 2013) (citing In re Doyle, 293 F.3d 1355, 1359) (Fed, Cir 2002)).

Applicants must affirmatively elect subject matter for prosecution in response to an Examiner's requirement for restriction.  Thus, a third class of subject matter may be caused to exist by an Appellant's election:

[I]t is not enough that an invention might have been claimed in the original patent because it was suggested or indicated in the specification.  It must appear from the face of the instrument that what is covered by the reissue was intended to have been covered and secured by the original.

Weiler, 790 F.2d at 1582 (quoting U.S. Indus. Chems., Inc. v. Carbide & Carbon Chems. Corp., 315 U.S. 668, 676 (1942); see also Morrison, slip op. at 8.


Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2413 Ex Parte Yin et al 11988653 - (D) HAGY 103 41.50 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC LIU, SIMING

2413 Ex Parte Yin et al 11988697 - (D) HAGY 103 41.50 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC LIU, SIMING

2461 Ex Parte Wan et al 11994491 - (D) EVANS 103 ERICSSON INC. BEDNASH, JOSEPH A

2483 Ex Parte Ramachandran et al 11602942 - (D) SAADAT 103 Garlick & Markison (VIXS) NAVAS JR, EDEMIO

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Ex Parte Ungaretti et al 11564182 - (D) SHIANG 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (EP ORIGINATING) MIDKIFF, AARON

2664 Ex Parte ITO et al 12487922 - (D) HAGY 102 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP DIEP, TRUNG T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Hyde et al 12378284 - (D) MOHANTY 112(2)/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC RAJ, RAJIV J

3682 Ex Parte Nixon-Lane 11873683 - (D) BROWN 103 BGL/Ann Arbor MYHRE, JAMES W

3684 Ex Parte McGonigal et al 12615476 - (D) MOHANTY 102/103 WINSTEAD P.C. IBM CORP. (WSM) ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Jones 12750081 - (D) WOODS 103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP JALLOW, EYAMINDAE CHOSSAN

3748 Ex Parte Stefanick et al 12314006 - (D) MURPHY 102/103 CATERPILLAR/FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, L.L.P. BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3779 Ex Parte Sauer et al 11383598 - (D) JENKS 103 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION BOLER, RYNAE E

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1647 Ex Parte Dengjel 11942394 - (D) JENKS 103 MILES & STOCKBRIDGE, PC STANFIELD, CHERIE MICHELLE

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Ma et al 12374066 - (D) HASTINGS 103 The BOC Group, Inc. CHEN, BRET P

1764 Ex Parte Iwamura et al 11522197 - (D) HASTINGS 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY REDDY, KARUNA P

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Grois 12156589 - (D) STRAUSS 103 Dan Grois GOFMAN, ALEX N

2166 Ex Parte Tapper et al 12603020 - (D) KOHUT 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY OBERLY, VAN HONG

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Wajs 10124177 - (D) COURTENAY 103 Reed Smith LLP ALAM, MUSHFIKH I

2475 Ex Parte Ambrose et al 12135017 - (D) PYONIN 103 Emulex Corporation RANDHAWA, MANDISH K

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte MUSETH et al 11952446 - (D) NAPPI 112(4) 103 LYON & HARR, LLP BROOME, SAID A

2641 Ex Parte Aissi et al 10956765 - (D) NEW 103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. c/o CPA Global AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE

2642 Ex Parte KWON 11859585 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. PATEL, NIMESH

2672 Ex Parte Tonegawa 10548428 - (D) SAADAT 103 FITZPATRICK CELLA HARPER & SCINTO PACHOL, NICHOLAS C

2683 Ex Parte Loftin et al 11095874 - (D) DROESCH 103 PREFERRED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, LLC SYED, NABIL H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Waters et al 11254032 - (D) JENKS 103 HONEYWELL/WOOD PHILLIPS BRADFORD, CANDACE L

3654 Ex Parte Prest et al 12103643 - (D) ASTORINO 103 PATENT VENTURE GROUP TRUONG, MINH D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Kashihara 12797798 - (D) SHAH 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H

3781 Ex Parte Shiffer 12429508 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK, LLP MATHEW, FENN C

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1744 GT WATER PRODUCTS, INC. Requester and Cross-appellant v. EUGENE H. LUOMA Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6,775,873 B2 et al 09/734,249 95001754 - (D) GUEST 102/103 102/103 41.77 103 Christensen Fonder PA THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: SCHLEE IP INTERNATIONAL P.C. MCKANE, ELIZABETH L original CHIN, RANDALL E

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 APPLE INC. Requester v. S3 GRAPHICS CO. LTD. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7,043,087 et al 10/893,084 95000584 - (D) DILLON 103/314 103/314 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. Third Party Requester: Novak Druce & Quigg TRAN, HENRY N original DO, ANH HONG

centocor

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Ex Parte Tanaka et al 11526733 - (D) DANG 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. MIDKIFF, AARON

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Kumar 12939353 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 GE GPO- Transportation- The Small Patent Law Group LE, MARK T

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Ribordy et al 11853742 - (D) DEJMEK 103 103 THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. TAYLOR, JOSHUA D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Lloyd et al 11559727 - (D) BROWNE 103 103 41.50 103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1642 Ex Parte Taylor et al 13046205 - (D) ADAMS 112(1) IMMUNOMEDICS, INC. GODDARD, LAURA B

See Centocor Ortho Biotech, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories, 636 F.3d 1341, 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (“Claiming antibodies with specific properties, e.g., an antibody that binds to human TNF-α with A2 specificity, can result in a claim that does not meet [the] written description [requirement] even if the human TNF-α protein is disclosed because antibodies with those properties have not been adequately described”).

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2191 Ex Parte Alcott et al 11616400 - (D) WEINBERG 103 MOORE & VAN ALLEN, PLLC For IBM BROPHY, MATTHEW J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2623 Ex Parte LEE 12261165 - (D) TROCK 102/103 Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (Vancouver/BB) XAVIER, ANTONIO J

2646 Ex Parte GERSTENBERGER et al 12625205 - (D) NEW 103 ERICSSON INC. IQBAL, KHAWAR

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Diab et al 12196142 - (D) GARRIS 103 GARLICK & MARKISON AMRANY, ADI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3671 Ex Parte Jens et al 12914905 - (D) GUIJT 103 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP TORRES, ALICIA M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte COPELAND et al 12409779 - (D) GUIJT 112(2) 103 GRIFFITHS & SEATON PLLC (IBM) REDDY, SUNITA

3761 Ex Parte Kraus 11382165 - (D) McCOLLUM 112(1)/112(2) 103 Johnson & Johnson ZALUKAEVA, TATYANA

3773 Ex Parte Willard et al 12391638 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC HOUSTON, ELIZABETH

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte Gross 12191951 - (D) NAPPI 103 PATENTBEST MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Swix et al 11212368 - (R) MacDONALD 112(1) AT&T Legal Department - SZ SHELEHEDA, JAMES R