mannesmann

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1792 Ex Parte Jalalpoor 12310579 - (D) WILSON 102/103 W R GRACE & CO. CONN, PATENT DEPATMENT, LEGAL LEFF, STEVEN N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 Ex Parte Haj-Maharsi et al 12713766 - (D) NAGUMO 103 ABB INC. TSEHAYE, ZEKRE A

While it is true that the transitional phrase "comprising" leaves the claimed subject matter open to additional elements not recited in the claims, to allow the additional elements connected to the winding structure to include additional voltage source converters would render the "requirement that "a single voltage converter [be] connected to the winding structure'  nugatory. Cf., e.g., Mannesmann DeMag Corp. v. Engineered Metal Products co., Inc., 793 F.2d 1279, 1282 (Fed. Cir. 1986) ("The district court correctly observed that the phrase "consisting of" appears in clause (a), not the preamble of the claim, and thus limits only the element set forth in clause (a). The court correctly declined to read this usage of 'consisting of' as excluding all other elements from the claim as a whole"; emphasis added).

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

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Sauer 12766967 - (D) CAPP 102/103 LSI Solutions, Inc HOUSTON, ELIZABETH

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2446 Ex Parte Shuster et al 12830947 - (D) KUMAR 102/103 MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL, P.C. NGUYEN, DUSTIN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Hotelling et al 12118659 - (D) DEJMEK 103 APPLE c/o MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP LA SHAPIRO, LEONID

2662 Ex Parte Paalasmaa et al 11791629 - (D) HAGY 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. LE, TUAN H

2689 Ex Parte Brenneman et al 12637093 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 International Business Machines Corporation - IT SWARTHOUT, BRENT

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2852 Ex Parte Glenn 10872265 - (D) CRAIG 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP FULLER, RODNEY EVAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3696 Ex Parte McGinnis 12807899 - (D) IPPOLITO 103 MCKELLAR IP LAW, PLLC BERONA, KIMBERLY SUE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Roberts et al 12435869 - (D) MURPHY 103 AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. CRENSHAW, HENRY T

REEXAMINATION

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 MLB ADVANCED MEDIA L.P. Requester and Appellant v. BASEBALL QUICK LLC Patent Owner and Respondent Ex Parte 7628716 et al 09/878,860 95002347 - (D) KOHUT 103 TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP Third Party Requester: Foley & Lardner LLP SAADAT, CAMERON original CHAMBERS, MICHAEL S

miller

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Parikh et al 13072589 - (D) MacDONALD 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY MOBIN, HASANUL

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Villard et al 12335631 - (D) ROSS 112(2)/102/103 LAW OFFICES OF PETER H. PRIEST, PLLC DUVERNE, JEAN F

In addition, claim limitations reciting intended use merely go to the breadth of the claim and not indefiniteness. In re Miller, 441 F.2d 689, 693 (CCPA 1971). ...

There is little value in any tenet requiring the denial of a claim solely based on the language used to define the claimed subject matter. Id. 692–93 (“If those skilled in the art can tell whether any particular [device] is or is not within the scope of a claim, the claim fulfills its purpose as a definition.”)

Miller, In re, 441 F.2d 689, 169 USPQ 597 (CCPA 1971) 2173.04

2854 Ex Parte Elkinson et al 11999551 - (D) MOHANTY 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC YAN, REN LUO

2854 Ex Parte Tsirline et al 11960136 - (D) KRATZ 103 Zebra/Alston & Bird MARINI, MATTHEW G

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte Sattelberger et al 12303105 - (D) WARNER 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (SD) BUSE, MARK KENNETH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3775 Ex Parte Ogilvie et al 14170691 - (D) JESCHKE 102/103 Schramm-Personal-ACT BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Jacobson 11549581 - (D) MELVIN 103 103 St. Jude Medical FLORY, CHRISTOPHER A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte Choczaj et al 12895181 - (D) GARRIS 103 ECOLAB USA INC. DELCOTTO, GREGORY R

1791 Ex Parte Wiwi et al 11897767 - (D) DELMENDO 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY DICUS, TAMRA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2122 Ex Parte Theisen et al 12539743 - (D) CHEN 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL GONZALES, VINCENT

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Ex Parte Brenneman et al 12637093 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 International Business Machines Corporation - IT SWARTHOUT, BRENT

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3672 Ex Parte Xu 12633880 - (D) MOHANTY 102/103 Mossman, Kumar and Tyler, PC RUNYAN, RONALD R

3685 Ex Parte Baughman et al 12196695 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 103 ROBERTS MLOTKOWSKI SAFRAN & COLE, P.C. HUANG, TSAN-YU J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 HOLOGIC, INC. Requester, Respondent v. SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 7,226,459 B2 et al 09/983,810 95001933 - (D) SONG 102/103 Smith & Nephew, Inc./Nixon Peabody LLP Third Party Requester: ARNOLD & PORTER LLP WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE original WOO, JULIAN W

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 CHIMEI INNOLUX DISPLAY CORPORATION, Requester, v. MONDIS TECHNOLOGY LTD., Patent Owner. Ex Parte 7475180 et al 10/160,022 95000480 - (D) SIU 102/103 DECHERT LLP Third Party Requester: Cooley LLP ATTN: Patent Group LEE, CHRISTOPHER E original PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN

hotchkiss, boehringer, gulack

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3693 Ex Parte Breitenbach 12197734 - (D) FETTING 103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. AMELUNXEN, BARBARA J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Hackel 11240676 - (D) BROWNE 103 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory PAIK, SANG YEOP

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte Liu 13532838 - (D) NAGUMO 103/double patenting RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP PARVINI, PEGAH

The use of similar materials for similar purposes based on properties disclosed as making the materials useful for those purposes is a classical instance of prima facie obviousness. Hotchkiss v. Greenwood, 52 U.S. 248, 265 (1850) (“the knob of clay was simply the substitution of one [known] material for another [wood].”)

1783 Ex Parte Lim et al 11935126 - (D) DERRICK 103 Fox Rothschild LLP WATKINS III, WILLIAM P

1792 Ex Parte Sugawara et al 12065396 - (D) HEANEY 103 SUGHRUE-265550 LONG, LUANA ZHANG

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Schmidt 12060802 - (D) KAISER 103 BOSWELL IP Law GORTAYO, DANGELINO N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Casagrande 12135360 - (D) BUI 103 INGRASSIA FISHER & LORENZ, P.C. (EchoStar) ALATA, YASSIN

2434 Ex Parte Overcash et al 11458965 - (D) PYONIN 103 HANLEY, FLIGHT & ZIMMERMAN, LLC BAYOU, YONAS A

2466 Ex Parte Witzel et al 12299346 - (D) STEPHENS 103 ERICSSON INC. ROBERTS, BRIAN S

2487 Ex Parte George et al 12771929 - (D) PINKERTON 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY LI, TRACY Y

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Mehta et al 13356269 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 double patenting FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. WU, RUTAO

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Isenberg 13526384 - (D) SMEGAL 103 41.50 112(2) David H. Chervitz THAI, XUAN MARIAN

It is well established that “[a]n intended use or purpose usually will not limit the scope of the claim because such statements usually do no more than define a context in which the invention operates.” Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. v. Schering-Plough Corp., 320 F.3d 1339, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2003).

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).

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

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2135 Ex Parte Stansell et al 12234850 - (D) SPONDOWSKI 103 CRGO LAW GOSSAGE, GLENN

bicon, cat tech, king

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3777 Ex Parte Lloyd et al 11300264 - (D) HOSKINS 103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD BRUTUS, JOEL F

"[C]laims are interpreted with an eye toward giving effect to all terms in the claim." Bicon, Inc. v. Straumann Co., 441 F.3d 945, 950 (Fed. Cir. 2006); see also Cat Tech LLC v. TubeMaster, Inc., 528 F.3d 871, 885 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (refusing to adopt a claim construction which would render a claim limitation meaningless).

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1798 Ex Parte Poulleau 11659123 - (D) GARRIS 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC WOODARD, JOYE L

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2185 Ex Parte Biehler et al 12632196 - (D) MCMILLIN 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION DANG, KHANH

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2469 Ex Parte Ali et al 13352985 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Fish & Richardson P.C. (Blackberry) WILLIAMS, JENEE LAUREN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2628 Ex Parte SONG et al 12537013 - (D) CHEN 103 Artegis Law Group, LLP MISHLER, ROBIN J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2862 Ex Parte Olmino 12437578 - (D) ULLAGADDI 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP ANDERSON, LYNNE D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Furlong et al 10769117 - (D) FETTING 103 CAMPBELL STEPHENSON LLP WU, RUTAO

The particular labels attached to the codes that are associated are discernable only in the mind of the beholder, and such labels are afforded no patentable weight. King Pharm., Inc. v. Eon Labs, Inc., 616 F.3d 1267, 1279 (Fed. Cir. 2010). (“If we were to adopt Ngai’s position, anyone could continue patenting a product indefinitely provided that they add a new instruction sheet to the product.”).

King Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Eon Labs Inc., 616 F.3d 1267, 95 USPQ2d 1833 (Fed. Cir. 2010) 2111.05 , 2112.01

3623 Ex Parte Markowitz et al 11752692 - (D) FETTING 103 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP SWARTZ, STEPHEN S

3625 Ex Parte Oiwa 14115488 - (D) FETTING 101 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC GARG, YOGESH C

3683 Ex Parte COOK et al 12917119 - (D) MURPHY 103 Target Brands Inc. GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE

3696 Ex Parte Blythe 11965946 - (D) FETTING 112(1)/112(2) 103 HOFFMANN & BARON, LLP BERONA, KIMBERLY SUE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Baumann et al 11096369 - (D) BROWNE 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON ROST, ANDREW J

3768 Ex Parte Hall et al 12741831 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS BOR, HELENE CATHERINE

3788 Ex Parte Latvala 12514190 - (D) LANEY 103 Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP DESAI, KAUSHIKKUMAR A

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2135 Ex Parte Stansell et al 12234850 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 CRGO LAW GOSSAGE, GLENN

gurley, ricoh, optivus, fulton

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Rose 12398748 - (D) BAHR 103 Kinney & Lange, P.A. DANG, KET D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Koestner et al 13275795 - (D) WILSON 103 Brooks Kushman P.C. KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C

1791 Ex Parte Kiefer et al 11543473 - (D) DELMENDO 112(1)/103/double patenting CANTOR COLBURN LLP DEES, NIKKI H

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Castellanos et al 13070056 - (D) MacDONALD 102 Hewlett Packard Enterprise FAN, SHIOW-JY

2185 Ex Parte Mei et al 13091511 - (D) FISHMAN 112(1)/112(2)/103/double patenting J.B. KRAFT ATTORNEY CLEARY, THOMAS J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Issa et al 12174935 - (D) HOWARD 103 Concert Technology Corporation GAO, JING

Appellants have not demonstrated that “a person of ordinary skill, upon reading the reference, would be discouraged from following the path set out in the reference, or would be led in a direction divergent from the path that was taken by the applicant.” In re Gurley, 27 F.3d 551, 553 (Fed
Cir. 1994). “A reference may be said to teach away when a person of ordinary skill, upon reading the reference, would be discouraged from following the path set out in the reference, or would be led in a direction divergent from the path that was taken by the applicant.” Ricoh Co., Ltd. v. Quanta Computer, Inc., 550 F.3d 1325, 1332 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (quoting Optivus Tech., Inc. v. Ion Beam Appl'ns. S.A., 469 F.3d 978, 989 (Fed. Cir. 2006)). At best, the prior art here merely discloses an alternative, which is not, by itself, sufficient to demonstrate a teaching away. In re Fulton, 391 F.3d 1195, 1201 (Fed. Cir. 2004).

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

Fulton, In re, 391 F.3d 1195, 73 USPQ2d 1141 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2123 , 2141.02 , 2143.01 , 2145

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2822 Ex Parte Ghosh et al 12906739 - (D) HOELTER 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise FEENEY, BRETT A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Bangel et al 11427536 - (D) SHAH 103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC JARRETT, SCOTT L

3686 Ex Parte Carter et al 12807743 - (D) KIM 103 Jeffrey D. Carter HOLCOMB, MARK

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 NuVASIVE, INC. Requester and Appellant v. Patent of ZIMMER SPINE, INC. Patent Owner and Respondent Ex Parte 6,936,050 B2 et al 10/409,805 95000451 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 MARTIN & FERRARO, LLP FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: FISH AND RICHARDSON, P.C. JASTRZAB, JEFFREY R original REIP, DAVID OWEN

keller, wood, sneed, orthopedic, nievelt

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1643 Ex Parte Lawson 11910612 - (D) SMITH 102 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte Sultenfuss et al 12261626 - (D) BARRY 103 LARSON NEWMAN, LLP SHIN, KYUNG H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3656 Ex Parte Shahana 11740514 - (D) WIEDER 112(2)/103 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP YABUT, DANIEL D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Der-Yang et al 11761698 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON GREENE, IVAN A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte ORSINI et al 13024791 - (D) PYONIN 103 ROPES & GRAY LLP TRUVAN, LEYNNA THANH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3686 Ex Parte Niemetz et al 11080251 - (D) MEYERS 103 RATNERPRESTIA NGUYEN, HIEP VAN

"The test for obviousness is not whether the features of a secondary reference may be bodily incorporated into the structure of the primary reference . . . . Rather, the test is what the combined teachings of those references would have suggested to those of ordinary skill in the art." In re Keller, 642 F.2d 413, 425 (CCPA 1981) (citing In re Wood, 599 F.2d 1032 (CCPA 1979)); see also In re Sneed, 710 F.2d 1544, 1550 (Fed. Cir. 1983) ("[l]t is not necessary that the inventions of the references be physically combinable to render obvious the invention under review.") (citing Orthopedic Equip. Co., Inc. v. United States, 702 F.2d 1005, 1013 (Fed. Cir. 1983)); and In re Nievelt, 482 F.2d 965, 968 (CCPA 1973) ("Combining the teachings of references does not involve an ability to combine their specific structures.").

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

Sneed, In re, 710 F.2d 1544, 218 USPQ 385 (Fed. Cir. 1983) 1445 , 2145

Nievelt, In re, 482 F.2d 965, 179 USPQ 224 (CCPA 1973) 2145

multiform, helmsderfer, brookhill-wilk

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte McCreight et al 12987953 - (D) KAISER 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP KUDDUS, DANIEL A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2487 Ex Parte Dvir et al 10536555 - (D) NAPPI 103 SOROKER-AGMON ADVOCATE AND PATENT ATTORNEYS ANYIKIRE, CHIKAODILI E

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2884 Ex Parte Herrmann et al 12665572 - (D) OWENS 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LEE, SHUN K

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1779 Ex Parte Leito 11569921 - (D) HEANEY 103 103 THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C. BASS, DIRK R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Farco 12732181 - (D) HOELTER 112(1)/112(2)/102 102 Joseph Farco SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Etchegoyen 12813412 - (D) McMILLIN 102/103 Ellis B. Ramirez WANG, HARRIS C

2453 Ex Parte Zurko 12346688 - (D) MOORE 103 CRGO LAW GEORGANDELLIS, ANDREW C

2481 Ex Parte Takahashi 12775740 - (D) CRAIG 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP TEKLE, DANIEL T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2651 Ex Parte Dong et al 13269935 - (D) HUME 103 McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP/Google Inc. NGUYEN, SEAN H

Any special meaning assigned to a term "must be sufficiently clear in the specification that any departure from common usage would be so understood by a person of experience in the
field of the invention." Multiform Desiccants, Inc. v. Medzam, Ltd., 133 F.3d 1473, 1477 (Fed. Cir. 1998); see also Helmsderfer v. Bobrick Washroom Equip., Inc., 527 F.3d 1379, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2008) ("A patentee may act as its own lexicographer and assign to a term a unique definition
that is different from its ordinary and customary meaning; however, a patentee must clearly express that intent in the written description."). Absent an express intent to impart a novel meaning to a claim term, the words take on the ordinary and customary meanings attributed to them by those of ordinary skill in the art. Brookhill-Wilk 1, LLC v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc., 334 F.3d 1294, 1298 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (citation omitted).

Multiform Desiccants Inc. v. Medzam Ltd., 133 F.3d 1473, 45 USPQ2d 1429 (Fed. Cir. 1998) 2111.01

Brookhill-Wilk 1, LLC v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc., 334 F.3d 1294, 67 USPQ2d 1132 (Fed. Cir. 2003) 2111.01

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2862 Ex Parte Stewart 12642426 - (D) SAADAT 103 The Caldwell Firm, LLC NGHIEM, MICHAEL P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte TRIEB et al 12389159 - (D) KERINS 102/103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. RUSSELL, DEVON L

belden

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1782 Ex Parte Crum 11416356 - (D) ROESEL 103 LATHROP & GAGE LLP FROST, ANTHONY J

Belden Inc. v. Berk-Tek LLC, 805 F.3d 1064, 1073 (Fed. Cir. 2015) ("obviousness concerns whether a skilled artisan not only could have made but would have been motivated to make the combinations or modifications of prior art to arrive at the claimed invention") (emphasis in original).

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3779 Ex Parte Adams et al 11923482 - (D) MURPHY 103 Vista IP Law Group - Interlace Medical NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1656 Ex Parte Livshits et al 11106455 - (D) JENKS 103 112(1) CERMAK NAKAJIMA MCGOWAN LLP STEADMAN, DAVID J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Fijas et al 11722042 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 112(1) PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP JONES, MELVIN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Weinhold et al 12909099 - (D) McKELVEY 103 41.50 103 EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY NUTTER, NATHAN M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2172 Ex Parte Garvey et al 11847953 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP ELL, MATTHEW

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Vuorinen et al 11237643 - (D) SAADAT 103 Core Wireless Licensing Ltd KELLEY, STEVEN SHAUN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Burchfield et al 11015551 - (D) SHAH 103 Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser PATS, JUSTIN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3778 Ex Parte Berg et al 12848344 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY ANDERSON, CATHARINE L

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2857 Ex parte BROADCOM CORPORATION Appellant Ex Parte 7409315 et al 11/158,176 90013039 - (D) KOHUT 102 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. For Third Party Requestor: Maier & Maier, PLLC KISS, ERIC B original RAYMOND, EDWARD

fritch,

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Cunningham et al 12044550 - (D) ADAMS 103 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE

"It is impermissible to use the claimed invention as an instruction manual or 'template' to piece together the teachings of the prior art so that the claimed invention is rendered obvious." In re Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1266 (Fed. Cir. 1992). 

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte DeAngelis 11938198 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 103 LATHROP & GAGE LLP IOSIF, MARIO CINCINAT

Cf. In re Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1266 (Fed. Cir. 1992) ("dependent claims are nonobvious if the independent claims from which they depend are nonobvious").

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1756 Ex Parte Thiele et al 13027672 - (D) KENNEDY 102/103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP PHASGE, ARUN S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2172 Ex Parte Makela et al 12329493 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. ELL, MATTHEW

2174 Ex Parte Neely et al 11707643 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 KALEIDESCAPE, INC. SAX, STEVEN PAUL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte Hulyalkar et al 12578048 - (D) BUI 102 Foley & Lardner LLP/ Broadcom Corporation IBRAHIM, MOHAMED

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Burchfield et al 11015551 - (D) SHAH 103 Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser PATS, JUSTIN

iron grip

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Hertz 12809997 - (D) OGDEN 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC LEE, REBECCA Y

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Hucul et al 12632474 - (D) DELMENDO 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP LI, JUN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Hill et al 11837811 - (D) SMEGAL 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) OROPEZA, FRANCES P

3769 Ex Parte Whelan et al 11829142 - (D) HILL 102/103 103 41.50 103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP CRANDALL, LYNSEY P

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2873 CRANE CO. Respondent, Requester v. Patent of AUTOMATED MERCHANDISING SYSTEMS, INC. Appellant, Patent Owner Ex Parte 6384402 et al 09/261,221 95000605 - (D) McCARTHY 102/103 102/103 DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON & GOWDEY LLP Third Party Requester: DANIEL E. VENGLARIK FETSUGA, ROBERT M original LESTER, EVELYN A

The Patent Owner’s licensing of the claimed subject matter to its competitors is not meaningful evidence of non-obviousness. Our reviewing court instructs us that its “cases specifically require affirmative evidence of nexus where the evidence of commercial success presented is a license, because it is often ‘cheaper to take licenses than to defend infringement lawsuits.’” Iron Grip Barbell Co. v. USA Sports, Inc., 392 F.3d 1317, 1324 (Fed. Cir. 2004).

Iron Grip Barbell Co., Inc. v. USA Sports, Inc., 392 F.3d 1317, 73 USPQ2d 1225 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2144.05

ortho pharmaceutical

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Kohli et al 12866639 - (D) FREDMAN 103/double patenting 41.50 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY WEBB, WALTER E

"It is the claims, not the specification, that define an invention . . . And it is the claims that are compared when assessing double patenting." Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. v. Smith, 959 F.2d 936, 943 (Fed. Cir. 1992). 

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Cai et al 11457086 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY PATEL, YOGESH P

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Kohli et al 12058360 - (D) FREDMAN 103/double patenting COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY ROBERTS, LEZAH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Mironer 12047542 - (D) CAPP 103 ST. JUDE MEDICAL NEUROMODULATION DIVISION LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Hoehne 12438391 - (D) PINKERTON 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP HOLDER, BRADLEY W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Ohwaki et al 11852721 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. THOMPSON, JASON N

"[l]t is necessary to consider 'the reality of the circumstances, in other words, common sense—in deciding in which fields a person of ordinary skill would reasonably be expected to look for a solution to the problem facing the inventor." (quoting In re Wood, 599 F.2d 1032, 1036 (C.C.P.A. 1979)

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2647 Ex Parte Fang et al 11469298 - (D) BARRY 103 102/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED NGUYEN, DUC M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Hao et al 11944239 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP GOTFREDSON, GAREN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ex Parte Sotzing 13094348 - (D) ROESEL 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP FANG, SHANE

2159 Ex Parte Graefe 12361455 - (D) HORVATH 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise PHAM, HUNG Q

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Fischer 12775897 - (D) MACDONALD 103 FOGG & POWERS LLC LU, ZHIYU