alza2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte Bosga et al 13458136 - (D) SMITH 103 ABB - Whitmyer IP Group LLC CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3638 Ex Parte Underwood 13542317 - (D) CALVE 103 FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP KIM, SHIN H

3658 Ex Parte SCHAIBLE et al 13660328 - (D) GUIJT 103 PERRY + CURRIER INC. ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Draudt et al 13330330 - (D) CHERRY 112(2) Becton, Dickinson and Company HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN

3744 Ex Parte Laskaris et al 12287813 - (D) MAYBERRY 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY MENGESHA, WEBESHET

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Lamere et al 12338585 - (D) STEPHENS 103 103 MHKKG/Oracle (Sun) LO, ANN J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte Qiu et al 12990876 - (D) GUIJT 103 103 CARLSON GASKEY & OLDS KRUER, STEFAN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Contiliano et al 12777922 - (D) PLENZLER 103 103 41.50 112(2) Mintz Levin/Boston Office DAVID, SHAUN L

3754 Ex Parte ROSE 13018660 - (D) HILL 102/103 112(2) 41.50 112(2) Gearhart Law LLC PANCHOLI, VISHAL J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1746 Ex Parte Brown 12804668 - (D) GAUDETTE 112(2)/112(4) 112(2)/103 ROBERT A. VANDERHYE SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T

1779 Ex Parte Porat 12227395 - (D) SMITH 103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB BUI-HUYNH, DONOVAN C

Alza Corp. v. Mylan Labs., Inc., 464 F.3d 1286, 1291 (Fed. Cir. 2006)(“There is flexibility in our obviousness jurisprudence because a motivation may be found implicitly in the prior art. We do not have a rigid test that requires an actual teaching to combine...”).

Alza Corp. v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc., 464 F.3d 1286, 80 USPQ2d 1001 (Fed. Cir. 2006) 2143.01

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte Kannan et al 13783507 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR 103 HONEYWELL/HUSCH YU, JIAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2493 Ex Parte SINGH et al 13480988 - (D) McCARTNEY 102/103 BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J

2498 Ex Parte DEWITZ et al 13553287 - (D) KUMAR 101 103 Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP ABB Inc. LE, DAVID

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Riedel et al 13534904 - (D) KUMAR 103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP HE, YINGCHUN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3693 Ex Parte Bolivar et al 13184326 - (D) LORIN 112(1) 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Uflacker et al 11325977 - (D) OSINSKI 103 BGL/Cook-Chicago YABUT, DIANE D

3776 Ex Parte Modi 13033320 - (D) SHAH 102/103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP SHIRSAT, MARCELA

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3727 Ex Parte Harpell 12381031 - (R) STAICOVICI 103 JACK PAAVILA MULLER, BRYAN R

aspex

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Armstrong 12834198 - (D) GRIMES 103 MOORE & VAN AT .TEN PLLC SOROUSH, LAYLA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte Kaupp et al 12594667 - (D) KRATZ 103 OSTROLENK FABER LLP PARVINI, PEGAH

1788 Ex Parte MEDLEY 13194844 - (D) OGDEN 103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP CHANG, VICTOR S

2442 Ex Parte MCLAUGHLIN et al 13754990 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP MOORAD, IMRAN

2466 Ex Parte Baldemair et al 13766111 - (D) HAAPALA 102/103 PanOptis Patent Management, LLC LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Aughey et al 13039284 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP/BOEING MA, TIZE

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2853 Ex Parte Veis 13806502 - (D) SMITH 103 HP Inc. THIES, BRADLEY W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Cone 12940878 - (D) HOSKINS 102/103 Artegis Law Group, LLP MORGAN, EILEEN P

3732 Ex Parte Golden 12789732 - (D) HORNER 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL, LLP MAI, HAO D

See also Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Marchon Eyewear, Inc., 672 F.3d 1335, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (holding that “adapted to” in the claim at issue had the narrower “configured to” meaning, which required elements to be “designed or configured to accomplish the specified objective, not simply that they can be made to serve that purpose”).

3742 Ex Parte Timans et al 12776845 - (D) WARNER 112(1)/102/103 PRITZKAU PATENT GROUP, LLC DUNIVER, DIALLO IGWE

3743 Ex Parte Chiu et al 12468290 - (D) BROWNE 103 General Electric Technology GmbH LAUX, DAVID J

3753 Ex Parte Jurena 13227628 - (D) KINDER 103 Chamberlain, Hrdicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, P.C. VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR

3762 Ex Parte Moffitt et al 12204114 - (D) ASTORINO 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/BSC DIETRICH, JOSEPH M

3777 Ex Parte Caplan et al 12062188 - (D) CHERRY 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 Ex Parte Wallach et al 11969792 - (D) PINKERTON 112(1)/103 112(2) Micron/Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP TSAI, SHENG JEN

2163 Ex Parte Bruich et al 13677885 - (D) HUME 103 103 Facebook/Fenwick HO, BINH VAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Ex Parte Yajima 13823924 - (D) HOELTER 112(2) 112(2) MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Bosch) FRISBY, KEITH J

3657 Ex Parte Linke et al 12161325 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 102/103 CROWELL & MORING LLP NGUYEN, VU Q

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Bulan et al 13307059 - (D) SMITH 112(4) 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) LEWIS, BEN

1733 Ex Parte Brent et al 12952426 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Aerojet Rocketdyne ZHU, WEIPING

1773 Ex Parte Stouffer et al 12741623 - (D) RANGE 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY SAVAGE, MATTHEW O

1783 Ex Parte Rivett et al 13038797 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 SEALED AIR CORPORATION KHATRI, PRASHANT J

1793 Ex Parte Bendixen et al 11913799 - (D) SMITH 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC MOORE, WALTER A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2179 Ex Parte Park et al 13156323 - (D) McNEILL 103 MPG, LLP and SONY THERIAULT, STEVEN B

2181 Ex Parte Vierling 14112599 - (D) HUME 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP MODO, RONALD T

2414 Ex Parte STERMAN et al 13628999 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. / Vonage SHAH, SAUMIT

2483 Ex Parte SAID 13109814 - (D) STEPHENS 103 HP Inc. MAHMUD, FARHAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 Ex Parte Harrison et al 11789326 - (D) STEPHENS 103 HONEYWELL/CONLEY ROSE BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD

2649 Ex Parte Beale 10537195 - (D) KRIVAK 102/103 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./Nvidia TRAN, PABLO N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2817 Ex Parte Aleksov et al 12830547 - (D) KRATZ 103 Winkle, PLLC GOODWIN, DAVID J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Burwell 12919167 - (D) DOUGAL 112(2)/103 BARLOW, JOSEPHS & HOLMES, LTD. VALENTI, ANDREA M

3675 Ex Parte Fischer et al 12444217 - (D) HILL 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC FOSTER, NICHOLAS L

3675 Ex Parte Gonia et al 13331564 - (D) HILL 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC FOSTER, NICHOLAS L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Brenner et al 12785225 - (D) PLENZLER 103 41.50 103 Law Office of Joseph L. Felber FISHER, MICHAEL NAPOLEON

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2131 Ex parte TECSEC, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6,694,433 B1 et al 09/421,293 96000014 - (D) POTHIER 103 IP Strategies RALIS, STEPHEN J original LEE, CHI CHUNG

symbol tech.

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2145 Ex Parte Chen et al 13422737 - (D) BENNETT 102/103 IBM CORPORATION ORR, HENRY W

2168 Ex Parte Peterson et al 13531316 - (D) POTHIER 103 Kunzler Law Group GORTAYO, DANGELINO N

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2676 Ex Parte Gelphman 12722445 - (D) McNEILL 103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner / /APPLE MCLEAN, NEIL R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 Ex Parte Burchett et al 12865428 - (D) BROWNE 102/103 VOLVO GROUP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALSOMIRI, MAJDI A

3673 Ex Parte Fan et al 12788700 - (D) GUIJT drawings/112(1)/103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Burckart et al 10733658 - (D) FRAHM 103 101 CRGO LAW LONG, ANDREA NATAE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Ex Parte Fletcher-Price 13407134 - (D) BUI dissent CUTITTA 103 103 RENNER OTTO BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP SASINOWSKI, ANDREW

2693 Ex Parte CHAJI 13470059 - (D) FISHMAN 103 103 NIXON PEABODY LLP EURICE, MICHAEL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3669 Ex Parte Harris 12402199 - (D) MURPHY 103 103 Matheson Keys Daffer & Kordzik PLLC KISWANTO, NICHOLAS

3671 Ex Parte Stubler et al 13026152 - (D) BROWNE 103 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP ADDIE, RAYMOND W

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Schierstedt 13817539 - (D) SMITH 103 Clements Bernard Walker PLLC ALAWADI, SARAH

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Delacourt et al 11993925 - (D) PAK 103 BGL/Research Triangle Park LI, JUN
AFFIRMED 1791 Ex Parte Lenzi et al 13254480 - (D) PAK 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP DEES, NIKKI H

However, these arguments are not persuasive of reversible error. First, “a non-enabling reference may qualify as prior art for the purpose of determining obviousness under § 103.” Symbol Techs., Inc. v. Opticon, Inc., 935 F.2d 1569, 1578 (Fed. Cir. 1991). 

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte Hoppe et al 13285888 - (D) HUME 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S

2172 Ex Parte Katis et al 12883116 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 BEYER LAW GROUP LLP / VOXER IP GREENE, SABRINA LETICIA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2493 Ex Parte Lee 13905165 - (D) MacDONALD 101/103 Chiou-Haun Lee ZHAO, DON GORDON

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2669 Ex Parte Sebastian et al 13673052 - (D) DANG 112(1)/103 General Electric Company NIU, FENG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2875 Ex Parte Sherman et al 13003208 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY MAY, ROBERT J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Hamilton 11416281 - (D) WORTH 101/103 DOWELL & DOWELL, P.C. HUNTER, SEAN KRISTOPHER

3628 Ex Parte Ebersberger et al 12306783 - (D) MOHANTY 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) ERB, NATHAN

3633 Ex Parte Boland 12666901 - (D) KINDER 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC MATTEI, BRIAN DAVID

3645 Ex Parte RICKERT et al 13073832 - (D) BROWNE 112(2)/102/103 Petroleum Geo-Services, Inc. BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2685 Ex Parte Israr et al 12976193 - (R) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 Ference & Associates LLC DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. NWUGO, OJIAKO K

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2884 Ex Parte Desbrandes et al 11569357 - (R) SAADAT 112(1) E-QUANTIC COMMUNICATIONS IGYARTO, CAROLYN

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC. Requester and Appellant v. NUVASIVE, INC. Patent Owner and Respondent Ex Parte 7691057 et al 10/759,811 95001888 - (D) GUEST 103 WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: NOVAK DRUCE & QUIGG LLP FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL original PATEL, YOGESH P

vaidvanathan

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1797 Ex Parte Drechsler et al 13325631 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS INC. XU, XIAOYUN

 In other words, the idea that the claimed transition “seems natural” or is an obvious alternative choice to suddenly increasing the transition (as stated by the Examiner, discussed, supra) is not sufficiently buttressed by evidence or reasoning. See In re Vaidyanathan, 381 Fed.Appx. 985, 994 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (non-precedential) (“KSR did not free the PTO’s examination process from explaining its reasoning. In making an obviousness rejection, the examiner should not rely on conclusory statements that a particular feature of the invention would have been obvious or was well known. Instead, the examiner should elaborate, discussing the evidence or reasoning that leads the examiner to such a conclusion.”).

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte Mitchell et al 13568494 - (D) BEST 103 Brooks Kushman P.C. AMPONSAH, OSEI K

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2127 Ex Parte Mejias et al 13322973 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 102/103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise BOOKER, KELVIN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Schooling et al 12955873 - (D) DANG 103 Otterstedt, Ellenbogen & Kammer, LLP KIM, WILLIAM JW

2475 Ex Parte Choyi et al 11327304 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Kramer & Amado, P.C. PREVAL, LIONEL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3618 Ex Parte Thorne et al 13109109 - (D) BROWNE 103 THE WEBB LAW FIRM/THORLEY INDUSTRIES LLC VANAMAN, FRANK BENNETT

3627 Ex Parte Ruckart 11271582 - (D) BAYAT 103 101 AT&T Legal Department - JW CHAMPAGNE, LUNA

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. Requester v. PUGET BIO VENTURES LLC Patent Owner Ex Parte 7,967,822 et al 10/977,365 95002152 - (D) MARTIN 103 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. Third Party Requester: Barnes & Thornburg LLP (IN) WEHNER, CARY ELLEN original HOFFMAN, MARY C

gunn2, seachange

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte McCrane 12842362 - (D) WIEKER 102/103 Law Offices of Edward S. Wright HADEN, SALLY CLINE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1644 Ex Parte Goldenberg et al 13214767 - (D) FREDMAN 112(1) 103 Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP SCHWADRON, RONALD B

Feldman 2010, van Holten, and Vierboom are post filing date art. However, references that are published “after the filing date of appellant’s application . . . are not, therefore, evidence of subject matter known to ‘any person skilled in the art’ as required by 35 U.S.C. § 112, paragraph 1.” In re Gunn, 537 F.2d 1123, 1128 (CCPA 1976).

Gunn, In re, 537 F.2d 1123, 190 USPQ 402 (CCPA 1976) 2164.05(a) , 2164.06(c) , 2164.06 , 2164.06(a)

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Jerg et al 13059074 - (D) OWENS 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation KO, JASON Y

1761 Ex Parte GHOSH et al 14160807 - (D) HASTINGS dissenting NAGUMO 103 WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION - MD 3601 DELCOTTO, GREGORY R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Madsen et al 12775392 - (D) FRAHM 103 Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP DAY, HERNG DER

2176 Ex Parte Padala et al 13307730 - (D) MacDONALD 103 VERIZON MILLS, FRANK D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte Kisin et al 13014002 - (D) OWENS 112(1) 103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN HAGAN, SEAN P

2899 Ex Parte Du 13765080 - (D) KENNEDY 103 W&T/Qualcomm PHAM, THANH V

 If we were to adopt the Appellant’s position, it appears that claim 1 and claim 213 would be coterminous in scope. See Seachange Int'l, Inc. v. C-COR, Inc., 413 F.3d 1361, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (“[T]here is still a presumption that two independent claims have different scope when different words or phrases are used in those claims.”).

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3669 Ex Parte Profitt-Brown et al 12985492 - (D) BROWNE 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL DO, TRUC M

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1745 Ex Parte Getschel et al 14363132 - (R) GAUDETTE 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY BELL, WILLIAM P

ariosa

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte CHOPRA et al 12762141 - (D) MacDONALD 102 Garg Law Firm, PLLC TODD, GREGORY G

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3671 Ex Parte Roessler 13955766 - (D) HOSKINS 103 103 DARDI & HERBERT, PLLC MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1626 Ex Parte BACANI et al 13039105 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON OTTON, ALICIA L

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Saito et al 12474134 - (D) BEST 103 GATES & COOPER LLP (General) BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2497 Ex Parte Tripp et al 14067032 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC RASHID, HARUNUR

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte Ebisawa et al 13028329 - (D) DIXON 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. NGUYEN, VU

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Taylor et al 11823371 - (D) MEYERS 101/103 IRELL & MANELLA LLP MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL

We also note that Appellants’ preemption argument does not alter our §101 analysis. Preemption concerns are fully addressed and made moot where a patent’s claims are deemed to disclose patent ineligible subject matter under the two-part framework described in Mayo and Alice. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc., 788 F.3d 1371, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2015). “While preemption may signal patent ineligible matter, the absence of complete preemption does not demonstrate patent eligibility.” Id.

3654 Ex Parte Kanzow et al 12659281 - (D) JESCHKE 102/103 Walter Ottesen, P.A. LIU, HENRY Y

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Lee 13074948 - (D) SCHOPFER 103/double patenting Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) HOUSTON, ELIZABETH

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Beeson et al 13280171 - (D) MORGAN 112(1)/103 AT&T Legal Dept. - [HDP] NGUYEN, TIEN M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte Paidimarri et al 13406849 - (R) PAK 102 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED GANNON, LEVI

kropa

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Huotari et al 10732540 - (D) SMITH 103 Mintz Levin/Nokia Technologies Oy TIV, BACKHEAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3636 Ex Parte Bussell et al 13357436 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 Stuart Bussell HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Robb et al 13558037 - (D) HORNER 103 41.50 102 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner / Zimmer LEWIS, RALPH A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3726 Ex Parte Norton et al 12205216 - (D) STAICOVICI 102/103 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC SALONE, BAYAN

When we look at the preamble of Appellants’ claimed invention, we note that a preamble usually will not limit the scope of the claim unless the preamble provides antecedence for ensuing claim terms and limits the claim accordingly.  This is what the jurisprudence means by giving life, meaning and vitality to the claims.  See Kropa v. Robie, 187 F.2d 150, 152 (CCPA 1951).  In this instance, there is nexus between the preamble, i.e., “[a] manually actuated robotic tool changer” and the claim limitation of a “piston movable along its axis . . . under manual actuation.”  The preamble recitation of a “manually actuated” robotic changer limits the claimed piston to a manually actuated piston, and thus, serves to structurally distinguish the claimed piston over other pistons such as the power driven or spring actuated piston 38 of Erickson '735 and the pneumatically driven piston 32 of Little.

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

3747 Ex Parte Inuzuka et al 13454344 - (D) BAHR 102 102/103 41.50 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC MOUBRY, JAMES G

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2137 Ex Parte Haukness et al 12990945 - (D) HORVATH 102 Peninsula Patent Omim fRamhns;^ PARIKH, KALPIT

2166 Ex Parte Herger et al 13621131 - (D) NAPPI 103 LAW OFFICE OF IDO TUCHMAN (YOR) OBERLY, VAN HONG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte Xiang et al 13293437 - (D) SNAY 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL DINH, THAI T

hoch, glass

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Qian et al 13680524 - (D) PRATS 103/double patenting Emory University - Office of Tech Transfer DONOHUE, SEAN R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Otala 12830800 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 102 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP CHEUNG, HUBERT G

2183 Ex Parte Eichenberger et al 12250584 - (D) HOMERE 112(2)/103 Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C. IBM Corp. (WIP) HUISMAN, DAVID J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2487 Ex Parte Price et al 13443745 - (D) McNEILL 102/103 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP / Apple Inc. RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2637 Ex Parte Lust et al 13162169 - (D) MARGOLIES 102 41.50 112(1) HONEYWELL/SLW BELLO, AGUSTIN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Scavone et al 13101865 - (D) ADAMS 103 double patenting THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KASSA, TIGABU

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2178 Ex Parte Dewar et al 12649711 - (D) MOORE 103 103 Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts LLP IBM Lotus & Rational SW HASTY, NICHOLAS

See In re Hoch, 428 F.2d 1341, 1342 n.3 (CCPA 1970) (“Where a reference is relied on to support a rejection, whether or not in a ‘minor capacity,’ there would appear to be no excuse for not positively including the reference in the statement of the rejection.”).

Hoch, In re, 428 F.2d 1341, 166 USPQ 406 (CCPA 1970) 706.02(j) , 1207.03 , 2144.08

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte de Beer et al 12593747 - (D) LaVIER 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY KASSA, JESSICA M

1628 Ex Parte Dalziel et al 13650274 - (D) LaVIER 103 GENENTECH, INC. CORNET, JEAN P

1632 Ex Parte Yamanaka et al 13585729 - (D) MILLS 112(1) KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP CROUCH, DEBORAH

“[Application sufficiency under § 112, first paragraph, must be judged as of its filing date. It is an applicant’s obligation to supply enabling disclosure without reliance on what others may publish after he has filed an application on what is supposed to be a completed invention. If he cannot supply enabling information, he is not yet in a position to file.” In re Glass, 492 F.2d 1228, 1232 (CCPA 1974).

Glass, In re, 492 F.2d 1228, 181 USPQ 31 (CCPA 1974) 608.01(h) , 2124 , 2165.02

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 Ex Parte GOLDBERG 13355773 - (D) SMITH 103 GRIFFITHS & SEATON PLLC (IBM) DOAN, HAN V

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2456 Ex Parte Marshall et al 13396356 - (D) KHAN 102 102/double patenting AirWatch LLC SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI

2467 Ex Parte Laurila et al 11285107 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 Mintz Levin/Nokia Technologies Oy JONES, PRENELL P

2494 Ex Parte PARK et al 12705230 - (D) JEFFERY 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. HO, THOMAS

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Sali et al 13098497 - (D) Per Curiam 103 D. KLIGLER LP. SERVICES LTD. GRAY, RYAN M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Robertson 12636390 - (D) KIM 112(2) 103 41.50 103 VERIZON NAJARIAN, LENA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Rosenkrans et al 13340747 - (D) KINDER 112(1)/103 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2187 ARTERIS, INC., Requester, v. SONICS, INC., Patent Owner. Ex Parte 6961834 et al 09/977,510 95000669 - (D) SIU 112(1)/112(2)/103 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: DLA PIPER US LLP CAMPBELL, JOSHUA D original NGUYEN, THAN VINH

applied materials

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Herrmann 12739962 - (D) RANGE 102/103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation MARKOFF, ALEXANDER

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Mardigian et al 12450755 - (D) MORGAN 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC CHOWDHURY, NIGAR

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2811 Ex Parte OKUMOTO 13781404 - (D) McMANUS 103 Studebaker & Brackett PC ALBRECHT, PETER M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3689 Ex Parte SUESS et al 11924071 - (D) WORTH 101/102/103 CROWELL & MORING LLP GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3774 Ex Parte Serafin et al 12584482 - (D) STEPINA 103 41.50 112(2) CHRISTOPHER JOHN RUDY NELSON, CHRISTINE L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Scavone et al 13101851 - (D) ADAMS 103 double patenting THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KASSA, TIGABU

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1786 Ex Parte Strange et al 12066262 - (D) KENNEDY 103 112(1)/103 THE GRIFFITH LAW FIRM, A P.C. LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

See, e.g., In re Applied Materials, Inc., 692 F.3d 1289, 1297 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (“The outcome of optimizing a result-effective variable may still be patentable if the claimed ranges are critical and produce a new and unexpected result which is different in kind and not merely in degree from the results of the prior art.” (internal quotation marks omitted).

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2135 Ex Parte Walker et al 13473778 - (D) DROESCH 103 102/103 Polansky & Associates, P.L.L.C. MATIN, TASNIMA

2143 Ex Parte Johansson 13133542 - (D) NAPPI 103 103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. XIA, XUYANG

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Mielke et al 10935246 - (D) ADAMS 103 Abel Law Group, LLP SASAN, ARADHANA

1627 Ex Parte Goralczyk et al 13505854 - (D) ADAMS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Thirion et al 13147178 - (D) OGDEN 103 Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt LEE, REBECCA Y

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Pfeiffer 13252633 - (D) KHAN 103 Cozen O'Connor KHAN, IFTEKHAR A

2169 Ex Parte Nun et al 13648664 - (D) McNEILL 103 SAP SE c/o BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC WEINRICH, BRIAN E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Praden 13508021 - (D) GALLIGAN 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC DOSHI, AKSHAY

2447 Ex Parte KLEIN et al 13729463 - (D) JIVANI 103 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. WOLDEMARIAM, AYELE F

2456 Ex Parte Solomon et al 13475899 - (D) COURTENAY 103 Nicholson De Vos Webster & Elliott LLP CHOUDHURY, AZIZUL Q

2463 Ex Parte Niemela et al 12866756 - (D) SMITH 102/103 HARRINGTON & SMITH CROMPTON, CHRISTOPHER R

2474 Ex Parte Yaffe 12656368 - (D) NAPPI 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC HAILE, AWET A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte Warnke et al 13555289 - (D) BAHR 112(2)/103 Bishop Diehl & Lee, Ltd. GALLEGO, ANDRES F

3663 Ex Parte Theisen et al 12603012 - (D) BAHR 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL DAGER, JONATHAN M

3678 Ex Parte Hewitt et al 13071726 - (D) CALVE 103 Klintworth & Rozenblat IP LLC and Illinois Tool Works Inc. TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J

3678 Ex Parte Swiatowy et al 12885717 - (D) CALVE 103 Klintworth & Rozenblat IP LLC and Illinois Tool Works Inc. TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J

OPQA Ex Parte Jessen et al 13013250 - (D) HORVATH 103 InfoPrint Solutions/ Blakely GUILLERMETY, FRED

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2452 Ex Parte Darago et al 14164178 - (R) HAGY 103 John Ogilvie HOANG, HIEU T

McLaughlin

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2112 Ex Parte Pisek et al 13248900 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 Docket Clerk - SAMS CHAUDRY, MUJTABA M

2112 Ex Parte RADKE 14148019 - (D) SHIANG 102 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA - MICRON RIZK, SAMIR WADIE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Tohma 10703935 - (D) MEYERS 103 BGL RAJ, RAJIV J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Strommer et al 11329824 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC (STJ) MATHEW, SEEMA

3761 Ex Parte Nandrea et al 13033014 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY TREYGER, ILYA Y

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2138 Ex Parte Diare 13421060 - (D) KHAN 103 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise PORTKA, GARY J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2643 Ex Parte Hernandez et al 13351092 - (D) BEAMER 103 112(1)/103 DOVAS LAW P.C. NEALON, WILLIAM

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte OKABE et al 13276405 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC STAUBACH, CARL C

3752 Ex Parte Minion 12040145 - (D) DOUGAL 102/103 102/103 COREY MINION BOECKMANN, JASON J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Shaked et al 13073899 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL, P.C. LEVIN, MIRIAM A

1618 Ex Parte Hemstad 12305977 - (D) MAJORS 103 GE Healthcare, Inc. DONOHUE, SEAN R

1646 Ex Parte Goronzy et al 13231282 - (D) NEW 101 Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing HOWARD, ZACHARY C

1678 Ex Parte Penn et al 13825379 - (D) FREDMAN 101 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. CHEU, CHANGHWA J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Sczepan et al 12209448 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. JIANG, LISHA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2473 Ex Parte Feinberg et al 12985264 - (D) FRAHM 103 Ascenda Law Group, PC LIU, JUNG-JEN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 Ex Parte KILGARD 13111148 - (D) BEAMER 103 Artegis Law Group, LLP/NVIDIA GE, JIN

2627 Ex Parte Cruz-Hernandez et al 12696893 - (D) THOMAS 103 Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton, LLP MEHMOOD, JENNIFER

2659 Ex Parte VROOM 13633687 - (D) HOMERE 103 CARSTENS & CAHOON, LLP TZENG, FENG-TZER

2696 Ex Parte Nurmi 12732816 - (D) HUME 102/103 Alston & Bird LLP Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP LUBIT, RYAN A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Greither 13448744 - (D) REN 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. COMBER, KEVIN J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3743 Ex Parte CAVARRETTA et al 13437499 - (D) PLENZLER 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. LAU, JASON

Appellants do not identify any knowledge relied upon by the Examiner that was gleaned only from Appellants’ disclosure and that was not otherwise within the level of ordinary skill at the time of the invention. See In re McLaughlin, 443 F.2d 1392, 1395 (CCPA 1971).

McLaughlin, In re, 443 F.2d 1392, 170 USPQ 209 (CCPA 1971) 707.07(f) , 2145

REEXAMINATION

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 APPLE INC., Requester, v. VIRNETX INC., Patent Owner. Ex Parte 7921211 et al 11/840,560 95001789 - (R) SIU 102/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP Third-Party Requester: Sidley Austin LLP FOSTER, ROLAND G original LIM, KRISNA