bilski

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2127 Ex Parte Gartner 12241958 - (D) MacDONALD 102 STEVENS & SHOWALTER, LLP Box AVAYA Inc. BOOKER, KELVIN

2175 Ex Parte Campbell et al 12504163 - (D) TOWNSEND 101/102 VERIZON HO, RUAY L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2476 Ex Parte Dalsgaard 12225585 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 41.50 112(b) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Nokia Technologies Oy ABELSON, RONALD B

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte YAMASHIRO et al 12189319 - (D) ENGELS 103 Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP O'TOOLE, COLLEEN J

3685 Ex Parte Gouget et al 12597877 - (D) McSHANE 101/112(1)/112(2)/103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC KIM, STEVENS

At the time the Final Office Action was issued in this case, the applicable law stated "that the machine-or-transformation test is a useful and important clue, an investigative tool, for determining whether some claimed inventions are processes under § 101. The machine-or-transformation test is not the sole test for deciding whether an invention is a patent-eligible 'process."' Bilski v. Kappas, 130 S. Ct. 3218, 3227 (2010).

Because the machine-or-transformation test was used as the sole test for deciding whether the invention is directed to patent-eligible subject matter and we find that there is reversible error in the Examiner's related findings, we reverse the rejection of claims 2-6 and 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 101.

Bilski v. Kappos, 561 U.S. ___, 130 S. Ct. 3218, 95 USPQ2d 1001 (2010) 2103 , 2106

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Lopez Villanueva et al 13509951 - (D) SNAY 103 103 41.50 102 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP RIOJA, MELISSA A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Nuttal 12854329 - (D) SMEGAL 103 double patenting 41.50 112(2) BGL HONG, THOMAS J

3716 Ex Parte Aoki 12066237 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 102 NIXON PEABODY LLP SKAARUP, JASON M

3726 Ex Parte Anderson et al 11853924 - (D) GEIER 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BRYANT, DAVID P

3746 Ex Parte Yoshida et al 11794303 - (D) HOSKINS 103 103 DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH (DC) 1 KRAMER, DEVON C

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Yamka et al 12876451 - (D) GRIMES 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY SASAN, ARADHANA

1616 Ex Parte Agerup 11090141 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103/double patenting BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC FISHER, ABIGAIL L

1618 Ex Parte Jaffer 12249715 - (D) McCOLLUM 112(2) 103 QUARLES & BRADYLLP DONOHUE, SEAN R

1628 Ex Parte Friesen et al 12296148 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY THOMAS, TIMOTHY P

1644 Ex Parte Urbaniak et al 10563204 - (D) FREDMAN 112(1) double patenting LICATA & TYRRELL P.C. SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD

1675 Ex Parte Tryggvason et al 13409594 - (D) LEBOVITZ 112(1) 41.50 112(1) FAY SHARPE LLP
HELLMAN, KRISTINA M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1756 Ex Parte Allen et al 12754473 - (D) BEST 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP- - Applied Materials WANGA, TIMON

1779 Ex Parte Theron et al 12991802 - (D) SQUIRE 103 JAMES EARL LOWE, JR ANDERSON, DENISE R

1782 Ex Parte Nakajima et al 13579976 - (D) NAGUMO 103 DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH (DC) LAN, YAN

1787 Ex Parte Braun et al 12375875 - (D) DENNETT 103 Cozen O'Connor SHAH, SAMIR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2139 Ex Parte Farhan et al 12543911 - (D) DESHPANDE 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP SADLER, NATHAN

2164 Ex Parte Stalenhoef et al 12606221 - (D) SHAW 103 Blank Rome LLP Apple MAHMOOD, REZWANUL

2168 Ex Parte Verosub 11621541 - (D) DEJMEK 103 Polsinelli PC Apple Inc. MACKES, KRIS E

2193 Ex Parte Archambault et al 12830553 - (D) MORGAN 103 DELIZIO LAW, PLLC IBM RALEIGH IPLAW (DL) VU, TUAN A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2452 Ex Parte REDDY K V 13226331 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 102/103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton/Qualcomm DAILEY, THOMAS J

2473 Ex Parte Hyslop et al 12027202 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD NGO, NGUYEN HOANG

2492 Ex Parte Metke et al 12942374 - (D) Per Curiam 103 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. MEJIA, FELICIANO S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2647 Ex Parte Jovicic et al 12164455 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED FLEMING-HALL, ERICA L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2829 Ex Parte Negley 12241665 - (D) BEST 103 MYERS BIGEL & SIBLEY, P.A. CAMPBELL, SHAUN M

2836 Ex Parte Vanderzon 13727198 - (D) STRAUSS 102/103 Klauber & Jackson LLC THOMAS, LUCY M

2887 Ex Parte Mayo et al 13341072 - (D) KENNEDY 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP WALSH, DANIEL I

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Tsay et al 12844517 - (D) FETTING 103 41.50 103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM / Yahoo! GARTLAND, SCOTT D

3623 Ex Parte Beaman et al 12821755 - (D) FETTING 103 THOMAS E. TYSON IBM CORP. BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAMS

3623 Ex Parte NURMINEN 11746132 - (D) MEYERS 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. JACKSON, ERNEST ADEYEMI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3749 Ex Parte Ryan et al 12613999 - (D) BROWNE 103 IR HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C. GORMAN, ERIC DAVID

schreiber, griffin

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte Muthu-Manivannan et al 12031990 - (D) MOORE 103 41.50 101 TREGO, HINES & LADENHEIM, PLLC MIRZA, ADNAN M

2481 Ex Parte Minagawa et al 13022800 - (D) Per Curiam 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED BELAI, NAOD W

2482 Ex Parte Raveendran et al 11527305 - (D) DIXON 102/103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED KIM, HEE-YONG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte YAMASHIRO et al 12189319 - (D) ENGELS 103 Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP O'TOOLE, COLLEEN J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Alcorn et al 12847589 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C. GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN

3657 Ex Parte Lowe et al 12174320 - (D) PESLAK 102/103 BrooksGroup AUNG, SANM

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Hentschel et al 12984330 - (D) CAPP 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P,C FRISTOE JR, JOHN K

3778 Ex Parte Seiver et al 12812545 - (D) CALVE 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS HAN, MARK K

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2641 Ex Parte Buchhop et al 11419653 - (D) KHAN 103 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD VU, MICHAEL T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Suciu et al 13116116 - (D) CALVE 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY KIM, CRAIG SANG

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Chaudry et al 13160009 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc, WESTERBERG, NISSA M

"It is well settled that the recitation of a new intended use for an old product does not make a claim to that old product patentable." In re Schreiber, 128 F.3d 1473, 1477 (Fed. Cir. 1997). We conclude that this is true whether an intended use recitation is recited in the preamble or, as in the present case, in a wherein clause. See Griffin v. Bertina, 283 F.3d 1029, 1034 (Fed. Cir. 2002).

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

Griffin v. Bertina, 283 F.3d 1029, 62 USPQ2d 1431 (Fed. Cir. 2002) 2103 , 2111.04

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Ito et al 13145348 - (D) KENNEDY 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, LLP, BURKHART, ELIZABETH A

1722 Ex Parte Cheng et al 13190226 - (D) OWENS 112(2)/112(4) SCULLY, SCOTT, MURPHY & PRESSER, P,C HAMILTON, CYNTHIA

1764 Ex Parte FURUTA et al 12212716 - (D) KENNEDY 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, LLP, REDDY, KARUNA P

1778 Ex Parte Olson et al 12572487 - (D) REN 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY KURTZ, BENJAMIN M

1797 Ex Parte Egle et al 12580203 - (D) GARRIS 112(2) 103 SCHLEE IP INTERNATIONAL P.C. ADAMS, MICHELLE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte Onchuck 12902313 - (D) KHAN 102/103 KINNEY & LANGE, P.A. SILVER, DAVID

2126 Ex Parte Ruggieri et al 12214961 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP KASENGE, CHARLES R

2173 Ex Parte T S et al 12955667 - (D) PINKERTON 102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON, P,C (SAP) HOPE, DARRIN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 Ex Parte Adelman et al 11866989 - (D) JIVANI 103 Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC 1 NGUYEN, ANGELA

2442 Ex Parte Adelman et al 11306612 - (D) JIVANI 103 Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC NGUYEN, ANGELA

2492 Ex Parte Kraft et al 12041805 - (D) SMITH 112(2) 102/103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd, (Frankfurt office) DAVIS, ZACHARY A

2497 Ex Parte Puttaswamy Naga et al 13469176 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 Tong, Rea, Bentley & Kim, LLC ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. SONG, HEEK

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2648 Ex Parte Sarkar 12244629 - (D) MOORE 103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED TSVEY, GENNADIY

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte WERNER et al 13288570 - (D) SMITH 103 NXP B.V. MAI, TIEN HUNG

2899 Ex Parte Yu et al 12701104 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(1)/112(2) 102/103 Haynes and Boone, LLP LEE, JAE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte LIU 13532552 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103/double patenting SoCAL IP LAW GROUP LLP REAGAN, JAMES A

3669 Ex Parte Tang 12959305 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 Intellectual Property Investment Law Group KHATIB, RAMI

3673 Ex Parte Farley 12879969 - (D) HORNER 112(1) 103 P ANITCH SCHWARZE BELISARIO & NADEL LLP POLITO, NICHOLAS F

3674 Ex Parte Pope et al 12532682 - (D) MURPHY 102/103 CHALKER FLORES, LLP LOIKITH, CATHERINE A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte BALL et al 13462931 - (D) STEPINA 103 Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP LEVICKY, WILLIAM J

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3749 Ex Parte ROGERS et al 12404581 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 41.50 103 WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION - MD 3601 MASHRUWALA, NIKHIL P

37 C.F.R. § 1.3

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Yakhini et al 10817244 - (D) PRATS 103 Agilent Technologies, Inc, in care of: CPA Global NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2618 Ex Parte Ekelund et al 13119435 - (D) EVANS 103 Seppo Laine Oy ltamerenkatu 3 A RUSSELL, RICHARD M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2876 Ex Parte MURRAH 13655908 - (D) HAAPALA 103 Zebra Technologies Corporation MIKELS, MATTHEW

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Sharma et al 12999615 - (D) MEDLOCK 102/103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise FEACHER, LORENA R

3667 Ex Parte Burgin et al 13196360 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 HONEYWELL/IPL LANG, MICHAEL DEAN

An "attorney[] ... [is] required to conduct [his or her] business with the United States Patent and Trademark Office with decorum and courtesy. Papers presented in violation of this requirement will be submitted to the Director and will not be entered." 37 C.F.R. § 1.3. In this case, the panel does not appreciate the characterization by Appellants' attorney of the "[E]xaminer's logic" as "sadly puerile" (Reply Br. 5), the panel's assurance that the attorney's "breath will not be held" until the Examiner provides the requested precedent (id.), or numerous other sarcastic or rude statements made by the attorney in the Reply Brief, such as but not limited to "Oh really?" (id. at 3), "The [E]xaminer has sidestepped this argument with obfuscation" (id. at 6), "the standard that the [E]xaminer proffers as a reason to combine references is one with which the undersigned is wholly unfamiliar[-]the ol' 'similar devices for use in implementing a general function' reason" (id. at 7), and "Come on. Seriously?" (id.). The panel gives the attorney the benefit of the doubt that he is not in violation of the above-cited rule.

3687 Ex Parte Hamza et al 12717163 - (D) MOHANTY 103 HONEYWELL/FOGG REFAI, RAMSEY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3726 Ex Parte Santini et al 13697413 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES

3739 Ex Parte Wang et al 12650956 - (D) HOSKINS 112(2)/102/103 Wiley Rein LLP GOOD, SAMANTHA M

4123 Ex Parte Kolding et al 12027061 - (D) HOMERE 102 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. HANNON, CHRISTIAN A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2471 Ex Parte Panah et al 13088055 - (D) POTHIER 103 103 Slater Matsil, LLP CHOU, ALBERT T

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Angelides 13901588 - (D) ADAMS 103 Eric P. Mirabel, JD, LLM RIGGS II, LARRY D

1789 Ex Parte Reddick 12980149 - (D) HASTINGS 103 WOOD, HERRON & EV ANS, LLP JUSKA, CHERYL ANN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2178 Ex Parte Sabini et al 10294463 - (D) SMITH 103 WARE, FRESSOLA, MAGUIRE & BARBER LLP HUYNH, CONG LAC T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte Sovio et al 13072140 - (D) ENGLE 112(1)/112(2)/103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. SCHWARTZ, DARREN B

2466 Ex Parte Kamboh et al 12966733 - (D) FRAHM 112(2)/double patenting RPX Clearinghouse, LLC ROBERTS, BRIAN S

2486 Ex Parte Kubo et al 12792605 - (D) COURTENAY 103 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC DOBBS, KRISTIN SENSMEIER

2498 Ex Parte Webb-Johnson 12341835 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP PLLC GOLDBERG, ANDREW C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2682 Ex Parte Skrodzki et al 12970351 - (D) PYONIN 103 HONEYWELL/HUSCH BUGG, GEORGE A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2822 Ex Parte Leary et al 12538537 - (D) McSHANE 103 DALY, CROWLEY, MOFFORD & DURKEE, LLP FEENEY, BRETT A

2851 Ex Parte Ghaida et al 13328976 - (D) DENNETT 103 Gibb & Riley, LLC 8 LIN, ARIC

2853 Ex Parte Albertin et al 13516597 - (D) BUI 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, PLC KONCZAL, MICHAEL THOMAS

2863 Ex Parte GREINER et al 13197713 - (D) FISHMAN 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP CASEY, LIAM R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte LIU 13532552 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103/double patenting SoCAL IP LAW GROUP LLP REAGAN, JAMES A

3623 Ex Parte Outland 11410678 - (D) BAYAT 103 Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser JACKSON, ERNEST ADEYEMI

3638 Ex Parte Gredley 10521139 - (D) WIEKER 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE

3646 Ex Parte Roit et al 12629337 - (D) BROWNE 112(1) 102/103 Ryan Alley Intellectual Property Law O'CONNOR, MARSHALL P

3679 Ex Parte Bing 12145195 - (D) O'HANLON 103 PRICE HENEVELD LLP DRIGGERS, GWENDOLYN YVONNE

3685 Ex Parte Weller et al 12034606 - (D) MEDLOCK 102 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/VISA AGWUMEZIE, CHINEDU CHARLES

3686 Ex Parte Cohen et al 12650932 - (D) KIM 102/103 DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC (STJ) PAULSON, SHEETAL R.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Cummiskey et al 11481329 - (D) PESLAK 103 BERKELEY LAW & TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLP HADEN, SALLY CLINE

carnegie

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1674 Ex Parte Griffey et al 11721326 - (D) JENKS 102 Baker & Hostetler LLP ANGELL, JONE

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1718 Ex Parte Arnd et al 13390700 - (D) OWENS 103 RENNER OTTO BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP BAREFORD, KATHERINE A


1785 Ex Parte Lay et al 12989433 - (D) RANGE 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Bosch) POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2485 Ex Parte Demos 13197248 - (D) PINKERTON 112(1)/102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P,C (DC) LEE, YYOUNG

2487 Ex Parte IWAI et al 12485437 - (D) YAP 103 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. BECK,LERON

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Schenk 13098227 - (D) DESHPANDE 103 Slater & Matsil, LLP, SHAH, TANMAY K

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte Liu et al 13190643 - (D) HAGY 103 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP PURINTON, BROOKE J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3689 Ex Parte Powers et al 12345853 - (D) SHAH 103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC MOONEYHAM, JANICE A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Williams 12819941 - (D) BROWNE 102 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP LEGESSE, NINI F

The fact that Carlson's device during its normal use and operation may accidentally perform this method step is insufficient to support a finding that Carlson implicitly or inherently discloses moving the point of focus in the manner claimed. While an apparatus claim may be unpatentable over a prior device of like construction that is capable of performing the same function; it is otherwise with a method patent. The mere possession of an apparatus does not teach or suggest all the possible processes to which it may be adapted. See Carnegie Steel Co. v. Cambria Iron Co., 185 U.S. 403, 424--425 (1902).

3714 Ex Parte Marks et al 11951060 - (D) GEIER 112(1)/103 Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP (IGT) MYHR, JUSTIN L

3738 Ex Parte Reubelt et al 11689424 - (D) BROWN 102/103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP HOBAN, MELISSA A

3754 Ex Parte Toivonen et al 12800971 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 COOPER & DUNHAM, LLP PANCHOLI, VISHAL J

3763 Ex Parte Ryan 12639573 - (D) WOODS 102/103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP BOSQUES, EDELMIRA]

3788 Ex Parte Whiteside 11082984 - (D) JESCHKE 102/103 Howard B. Rockman, P.C. NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Penner 10972624 - (D) FREDMAN 112(1)/103/double patenting 112(1)/103/double patenting MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP KLINKEL, KORTNEY L

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Ex Parte Giuseppin et al 12514322 - (D) ROSS 103 103 Hoffmann & Baron LLP COX, STEPHANIE A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte Daniels et al 12944105 - (D) KRIVAK 102/103 102 YEE AND AS SOCIA TES, P.C. HASAN, SYED HAROON

2185 Ex Parte Hansen et al 12867185 - (D) MORGAN 103 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise ZAMAN, FAISAL M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3647 Ex Parte Touchton et al 12957024 - (D) HOELTER 102 102/103 DANN, DORFMAN, HERRELL & SKILLMAN BENEDIK, JUSTIN M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1674 Ex Parte Bhat et al 11565858 - (D) JENKS 103/double patenting BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP MCDONALD, JENNIFER SUE PITRAK

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Bene et al 12598505 - (D) OWENS 102/103 SERVILLA WHITNEY LLC/BASF BRUNSMAN, DAVID M

1756 Ex Parte Buckley et al 12935658 - (D) GARRIS 103 ALBEMARLE CORPORATION WANGA, TIMON

1768 Ex Parte SCHNEIDER et al 12967512 - (D) GUPTA 102/103 YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. NERANGIS, VICKEY M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2122 Ex Parte Kasravi et al 12511547 - (D) KAISER 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise PELLETT, DANIEL T

2172 Ex Parte Hamadene 12978608 - (D) MacDONALD 102 Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A./Motorola HEFFINGTON, JOHN M

2174 Ex Parte Presley et al 12956596 - (D) ULLAGADDI 103 McKesson Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J

2177 Ex Parte Heuer et al 11632622 - (D) DANG 103 Slayden Grnbert Beard PLLC SCHALLHORN,TYLERJ

2185 Ex Parte Dorogusker et al 11805492 - (D) COURTENAY 112(2)/103 112(1) KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/Apple DANG, KHANH

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2468 Ex Parte SO 12961688 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 VERIZON PHUNG, LUAT

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Ashikhmin et al 12915743 - (D) PYONIN 103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP CADEAU, WEDNEL

2649 Ex Parte Papadopoulos et al 12209110 - (D) PYONIN 103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN WANG, FANGHWA

2659 Ex Parte Friedman et al 12498898 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 101/112(1)/102/103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. HAN, QI

2659 Ex Parte Moore et al 10404330 - (D) MacDONALD 103 VERIZON HAN, QI

2699 Ex Parte YAMADA et al 12856274 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 NIXON & V ANDERHYE, P,C STERNBANE,LAURENCEJ

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte BAZAYEV et al 13234791 - (D) FISHMAN 103 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP (Hubbell) FIGUEROA, FELIX 0

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Adams et al 11861954 - (D) GEIER 112(1) 103 Armstrong Teasdale LLP (32736) TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L

3754 Ex Parte Hansen 12449610 - (D) HOELTER 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, LLP, PANCHOLI, VISHAL J

3769 Ex Parte Levinson et al 11741271 - (D) O'HANLON 103 Perkins Coie LLP Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc. SHAY, DAVID M

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1736 BASF CORPORATION Requester v. HJS EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGY GMBH & CO. KG, JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC, AND DAIMLER AG Patent Owners and Appellants Ex Parte 8142747 et al 12/380,414 95002217 - (D) GUEST 103 Brummett TechLaw PLLC THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: DIEHL SERVILLA LLC (CGG/COG) JASTRZAB, KRISANNE MARIE original JOHNSON, EDWARD M

1793 BASF CORPORATION Requester v. HJS EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGY GMBH & CO. KG, JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC, AND DAIMLER AG Patent Owners and Appellants Ex Parte 7498010 et al 10/886,778 95002220 - (D) GUEST 103 Brummett TechLaw PLLC THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: DIEHL SERVILLA LLC (CGG/COG) JASTRZAB, KRISANNE MARIE original JOHNSON, EDWARD M

REHEARING

GRANTED
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 - (R) GUEST 103 HOVEY WILLIAMS LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: NOVAK DRUCE & QUIGG, LLP (NDQ REEXAMINATION GROUP) MCKANE, ELIZABETH L original LANGEL, WAYNE A

tomtom, seattle box

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AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Schmidt et al 13140608 - (D) ROESEL 112(2)/103 112(2) Abel Law Group, LLP STACHEL, KENNETH J

Appellants emphasize that the term, "improving," appears in the preamble, but that alone is not a sufficient basis for concluding that the term is not a limitation of the claim. See Tom Tom, Inc. v. Michael Adolph, 790 F.3d 1315, 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2015) ("Whether to treat a preamble as a claim limitation is determined on the facts of each case in light of the claim as a whole and the invention described in the patent."). Appellants do not challenge the Examiner's determination that "improving" is a word of degree for which a standard must be provided in the Specification. See Seattle Box Company, Inc. v. Industrial Crating & Packing, Inc., 731 F .2d 818, 826 (Fed. Cir. 1984) ("When a word of degree is used the district court must determine whether the patent's specification provides some standard for measuring that degree.").

Seattle Box Co. v. Industrial Crating & Packing, Inc., 731 F.2d 818, 221 USPQ 568 (Fed. Cir. 1984) 2173.05(b)

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2682 Ex Parte OHKI 12855339 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Paratus Law Group, PLLC AKHTER, SHARMIN

rose

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 11780679 - (D) Ex Parte Hanna et al GUPTA 102/103 BrooksGroup SAAD, ERIN BARRY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 13602675 - (D) Ex Parte Galka et al BAHR 103 41.50 103 REISING ETHINGTON P.C. HICKS, ANGELISA

see also In re Rose, 220 F.2d 459, 463 (CCPA 1955) (“[T]he size of the article under consideration . . . is not ordinarily a matter of invention.”)

Rose, In re, 220 F.2d 459, 105 USPQ 237 (CCPA 1955) 2144.04

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1745 12627052 - (D) Ex Parte Seifert et al PAK 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) SLAWSKI, BRIAN R

1782 12857304 - (D) Ex Parte Mileti NAGUMO 102/103 ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC WOOD, ELLEN SUZANNE

1788 11918880 - (D) Ex Parte Shibuya et al KENNEDY 103 OLIFF PLC CHEVALIER, ALICIA ANN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2129 13170802 - (D) Ex Parte Patapoutian et al SMITH 102/103 Hollingsworth Davis BEJCEK II, ROBERT H

2175 12135105 - (D) Ex Parte Stochosky et al COURTENAY 102/103 Blank Rome LLP Apple - Blank Rome HO, RUAY L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3752 12733424 - (D) Ex Parte Kikkawa et al SMEGAL 102 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC GORMAN, DARREN W

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2172 11725092 - (D) Ex Parte Denoix et al THOMAS 103 HAYNES BEFFEL & WOLFELD LLP HUR, ECE

plas-pak

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2172 Ex Parte Herberger et al 12048985 - (D) BEAMER 103 FELLERS SNIDER BLANKENSHIP BAILEY & TIPPENS BRAHMACHARI, MANDRITA

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2173 Ex Parte Tays et al 12454731 - (D) McNEILL 103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB HOPE, DARRIN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2466 Ex Parte Thangaraj et al 11103819 - (D) CUTITTA 103 THOMAS I HORSTEMEYER, LLP (Broadcom) DECKER, CASSANDRA L

see Plas-Pak Indus., Inc. v. Sulzer Mixpac AG, 600 F. App'x 755, 758 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (agreeing with the Board that "[r]elying on a reference's contribution to the art to understand its 'principle of operation' is not error.").

2482 Ex Parte Kurth et al 12528549 - (D) DEJMEK 103 SCHIFF HARDIN, LLP MESSMORE, JONATHAN R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Ryaboy et al 13609134 - (D) BAHR 102/103 NEWPORT CORPORATION MARSH, STEVEN M

REEXAMINATION

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 SAP AMERICA, INC. Requester, v. WELLOGIX TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC Patent Owner Ex Parte 7043486 et al 10/251,560 95001395 - (R) SIU 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP original Matthews, Lawson, McCutcheon & Joseph, PLLC DESAI, RACHNA SINGH original VEILLARD, JACQUES

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Hedrick et al 12770529 - (D) OWENS 103 CANAANLAW, P.C. LENIHAN, JEFFREYS

For support, the Appellants rely on, inter alia, Kropa v. Robie, 187 F.2d 150, 152 (CCPA 1951). According to the Appellants:

In Kropa the Court held that the preamble, "an abrasive article," gave life and meaning to the interference count at issue, although the claim recited abrasive grains and a binder, because not every combination of those components forms an abrasive article .... Kropa supports patentability here, as not every combination of upper and lower sheets form "roll roofing."

App. Br. 12 (citation omitted).

Kropa v. Robie, 187 F.2d 150, 88 USPQ 478 (CCPA 1951) 707.07(f) , 2111.02

1789 Ex Parte Kalkanoglu et al 12057906 - (D) HANLON 102/103 PAUL AND PAUL STEELE, JENNIFER A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2411 Ex Parte Heck et al 13212788 - (D) HOWARD 103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP SHIH, ALBERT K

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Hubbard et al 10878238 - (D) HUTCHINGS 102 Ditthavong & Steiner, P,C, SINGH, GURKANW ALJIT

3657 Ex Parte Kapanowski et al 12651542 - (D) HOSKINS 103 JONES ROBB, PLLC (w/Ford Motor Co,) WILLIAMS, THOMAS J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Daynes et al 13191334 - (D) BAHR 112(2)/103 103 MARGER JOHNSON -PHYSIO -CONTROL, INC. VOORHEES, CATHERINE M

3775 Ex Parte Snider et al 12775901 - (D) HILL 103 103 SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. SEVILLA, CHRISTIAN ANTHONY

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Cornish et al 11721872 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 LANXESS CORPORATION PAK, JOHN D

1626 Ex Parte Sommer et al 12814536 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 Covestro LLC OTTON, ALICIA L

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Ex Parte Andersen et al 10543721 - (D) KRATZ 103/double patenting ST ONGE STEW ARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC DEES, NIKKI H

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 Ex Parte DANE et al 12941720 - (D) FENICK 103/double patenting Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC HOANG, HAU HAI

2176 Ex Parte Liu et al 13052622 - (D) ULLAGADDI 103 HP Inc. MCINTOSH, ANDREW T

2185 Ex Parte Simon 13221436 - (D) HOWARD 102/103/double patenting KENYON & KENYON LLP DANG, KHANH

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2475 Ex Parte SUGAYA 12539439 - (D) BAIN 103 Paratus Law Group, PLLC RANDHAWA, MANDISH K

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Ex Parte REYNOLDS et al 13034679 - (D) TROCK 103 SYNAPTICS C/O WAGNER BLECHER LLP RAYAN, MIHIR K

2628 Ex Parte Eteläperä 12804803 - (D) DANG 102 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP NGUYEN, KEVIN M

2646 Ex Parte Kirke 13769745 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 GARLICK & MARKISON (BRCM) OBAYANJU, OMONIYI

2653 Ex Parte King 12724226 - (D) ENGELS 103 MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL, P,C PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL

2665 Ex Parte Puchert 12997637 - (D) BRANCH 102/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP GILLIARD, DELOMIA L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 Ex Parte Lawandy 12220054 - (D) GREENHUT 112(1) BARLOW, JOSEPHS & HOLMES, LTD. GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT

3737 Ex Parte Govari et al 12816492 - (D) HILL 103 112(2)/103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON SMITH, RUTHS

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Ex Parte Leadbeater et al 10520786 - (D) KRATZ 102 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC DEES, NIKKI H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte He 12876092 - (D) REIMERS 102/103 WANG & HO MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2875 VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC., Requester, v. LIGHT TRANSFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Patent Owner Ex Parte 6543911 et al 09/566,521 95001410 - (D) COCKS 102 The Law Office of Clay McGurk HUGHES, DEANDRA M original ALAVI, ALI