fairwarningIP, digitech, intellectual ventures2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Habu et al 12858960 - (D) GRIMES 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) NGUYEN, QUANG

1743 Ex Parte Taxacher et al 13586930 - (D) RANGE 102/103 Hoffman Warniok T T .P MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2112 Ex Parte Conrad et al 13042104 - (D) STEPHENS 103 PATENT CAPITAL GROUP ALSHACK, OSMAN M

2114 Ex Parte Supplisson et al 13906376 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 THE LAW OFFICE OF JAMES BAUDINO, PLLC IBM CORP. (AUS) PATEL, JIGAR P

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte YAMASHITA et al 13476705 - (D) STRAUSS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. HARRISON, CHANTE E

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2845 Ex Parte Anderson et al 13457547 - (D) McMANUS 103 DALY, CROWLEY, MOFFORD & DURKEE, LLP RAYTHEON COMPANY MUNOZ, DANIEL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3664 Ex Parte Halsmer 13080696 - (D) PESLAK 112(2)/103 PRAXAIR, INC. OH, HARRY Y

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Eells et al 11578284 - (D) LANEY 102/103 BGL/Cook - Chicago DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY

3743 Ex Parte KRAUS et al 12956988 - (D) KERINS 103 41.50 112(2) Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Lam) RINEHART, KENNETH

3748 Ex Parte Bayrakdar et al 13636550 - (D) KERINS 102/103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC CHANG, CHING

3753 Ex Parte Elliott 12992257 - (D) LANEY 103 FLETCHER YODER (CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION) JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM

3753 Ex Parte SAVLA 11956564 - (D) HOSKINS 103 William C. Boling Esq CHAUDRY, ATIF H

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Itkowitz et al 12780557 - (D) TROCK 103 103 Patent Dept. - Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. BRIER, JEFFERY A

3717 Ex Parte Okuniewicz 11033920 - (D) MURPHY 103 112(2) BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP HU, KANG

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Haley 14588766 - (D) CHANG 103 CAROL NOTTENBURG BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE

1628 Ex Parte Frantz 13642576 - (D) JENKS 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B

1631 Ex Parte Kuhlmann et al 12938953 - (D) SMITH 102/103 101 Agilent Technologies, Inc. in care of: CPA Global DEJONG, ERIC S

Our reviewing court has also made clear that abstract ideas include collecting information and analyzing that information “by steps people go through in their minds, or by mathematical algorithms.” FairWarningIP, LLC v. Iatric Sys., Inc., 839 F.3d 1089, 1093—94 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (internal citation omitted). Moreover, taking some action in response to the collected and analyzed information, without more, is also “abstract as an ancillary part of such collection and analysis.” Id. (claims directed to collecting and analyzing information to detect misuse of protected health information and “notifying a user when misuse is detected.”) Put concisely, “[w]ithout additional limitations, a process that employs mathematical algorithms to manipulate existing information to generate additional information is not patent eligible.” Digitech Image Techs., LLC v. Elecs. for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2014).

See also Intellectual Ventures v. Capital One, 2017 WL 900031,*5 (Fed. Cir. March 7, 2017), discussing cases in which claims reciting data manipulation steps were held to be patent ineligible as abstract ideas.

Digitech Image Tech., LLC v. Electronics for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344, 111 USPQ2d 1717 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2106

1671 Ex Parte Mitschke et al 13509832 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) KEYS, ROSALYND ANN

1763 Ex Parte Gidcumb et al 12877331 - (D) ROSS 103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP GRINSTED, RONALD

1767 Ex Parte Lopitaux 13997319 - (D) RANGE 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C

1783 Ex Parte Su et al 13937958 - (D) SMITH 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC PLESZCZYNS KA, JOANNA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2145 Ex Parte FEWINS et al 13569976 - (D) STEPHENS 101/102/103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (Cerner Corporation) BARRETT, RYAN S

2153 Ex Parte Arabshian et al 13834038 - (D) SIU Concurring CRAIG 101 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Alcatel-Lucent HTAY, LIN LIN M

As our reviewing court recently reiterated, “organizing and accessing records through the creation of an index-searchable database, includes longstanding conduct that existed well before the advent of computers and the Internet,” and patent claims have been held ineligible for reciting similar abstract concepts that merely collect, classify, or otherwise filter data. Intellectual Ventures ILLC v. Erie Indemnity Co., Nos. 2016-1128, 2016-1132, 2017 WL 900018, at *7 (Fed. Cir. March 7, 2017). Moreover, the Federal Circuit has held “[w]ithout additional limitations, a process that employs mathematical algorithms to manipulate existing information to generate additional information is not patent eligible.” Digitech Image Techs., LLC v. Elecs. for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2014).

Digitech Image Tech., LLC v. Electronics for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344, 111 USPQ2d 1717 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2106

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 Ex Parte Dholakia et al 13231367 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 PARK, VAUGHAN, FLEMING & DOWLER LLP PVF — Brocade Communications Systems Inc. CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M

2462 Ex Parte Pulnikova 12821495 - (D) MOORE 103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED BANTHRONGSACK, JEFF

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Ex Parte Criel et al 13062056 - (D) CURCURI 112(2)/102/103 FAY SHARPE/LUCENT BARAKAT, MOHAMED

2697 Ex Parte Cruz-Hernandez 12947321 - (D) STEPHENS 112(1) 103 Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton, LLP PATEL, SANJIV D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 Ex Parte Taghavi Nasrabadi et al 13358326 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./Nvidia GILMAN, ALEXANDER

2842 Ex Parte Blair et al 12817869 - (D) GARRIS 103 MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLAR/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES O TOOLE, COLLEEN J

2881 Ex Parte Mondt et al 13810585 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V. SMITH, DAVID E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Smolinski 13552133 - (D) FISCHETTI 112(1)/101/103 DR. PULNIKOVA VALENTINA JASMIN, LYNDA C

3657 Ex Parte Crombez 12702378 - (D) CAPP 103 TUNG & ASSOCIATES SY, MARIANO ONG

3686 Ex Parte Cullen et al 12418829 - (D) MOHANTY 103 101 Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP/McK PATEL, NEHA

3689 Ex Parte DICKE et al 13160910 - (D) WIEDER 103 112(1)/101 Shapiro Cohen LLP MOONEYHAM, JANICE A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Hatfield 12869827 - (D) HOELTER 102/103 Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP SZAFRAN, BRIE ANNA TARAH LARELL

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 M86 SECURITY, INC. Requester v. SYMANTEC, CORPORATION Patent Owner Ex Parte 7,366,919 et al 10/424,532 95000603 - (D) KOHUT 112(1)/103/314 41.77 112(1)/103/314 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP WILMERHALE/SYMANTEC CORPORATION SAGER, MARK ALAN origianl OKORONKWO, CHINWENDU C

alice, enfish, diamond1, thales

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte Cao et al 13675685 - (D) FLAX 101/112(2)/102/double patenting Riverside Law LLP SISSON, BRADLEY L

In analyzing patent eligibility questions under 35 U.S.C. § 101, the Supreme Court instructs us to “first determine whether the claims at issue are directed to a patent-ineligible concept.” Alice Corp. Pty Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int’l, 134 S. Ct. 2347, 2355 (2014). However, the Supreme Court “has not established a definitive rule to determine what constitutes an ‘abstract idea’” for the purposes of step one. See Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corp., 822 F.3d 1327, 1334 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (citing Alice, 134 S. Ct at 2357). ...

Taking up the first step of the patent-eligibility analysis, we find claim 1 is not directed to an abstract idea. Per the Supreme Court’s holding in Diehr, claims are patent eligible under § 101 “when a claim containing a mathematical formula [or mental processes] implements or applies that formula in a structure or process which, when considered as a whole, is performing a function which the patent laws were designed to protect.” Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U.S. 175, 192 (1981). In terms of the Alice test, the Diehr claims were directed to an improvement in the rubber curing process, not a mathematical formula or mental process and, so, not an abstract idea. See Thales Visionix Inc. v. United States, — F.3d —, 2017 WL 914618 *3 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 8, 2017).

Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int'l, 573 U.S. _, 134 S. Ct. 2347, 110 USPQ2d 1976 (2014) 2103 , 2106

Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U.S. 175, 209 USPQ 1 (1981) 2103 , 2106 , 2107.01 , 2111.05

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2133 Ex Parte Goss et al 12833589 - (D) EVANS 103 Hollingsworth Davis AHMED, HAMDY S

2137 Ex Parte Syu 12607011 - (D) FISHMAN 103 McDermott Will & Emery LLP (WD/HGST) CYGIEL, GARY W

2165 Ex Parte Cook et al 14053395 - (D) HAMANN 102 Fabian Vancott IBM CORPORATION HICKS, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Durecu et al 12736286 - (D) KHAN 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. CHOU, ALAN S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Boldon 10342560 - (D) ZECHER 103 HP Inc. GENACK, MATTHEW W

2699 Ex Parte Koyama 12873703 - (D) EVANS 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DC) BALAOING, ARIEL A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2899 Ex Parte CHEN et al 13227965 - (D) GUPTA 103 NXP USA, Inc. HARRISTON, WILLIAM A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3612 Ex Parte Nagwanshi et al 13407172 - (D) BROWNE 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP PATEL, KIRAN B

3664 Ex Parte Elchynski 11733349 - (D) O’HANLON 103 HONEYWELL/FOGG MANCHO, RONNIE M

3675 Ex Parte Iguchi et al 13132973 - (D) O’HANLON 102 HAYES SOLOWAY P.C. KONERU, LAKSHMI S

3682 Ex Parte Cummins 11384593 - (D) LORIN 112(1)/103 41.50 101 Hewlett Packard Enterprise SITTNER, MATTHEW T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Heinrich et al 14049694 - (D) HOELTER 102/103 Covidien LP HIGHLAND, RACHEL S

3744 Ex Parte Means 13276824 - (D) BARRETT 103 TRANE, International inc. MA, KUN KAI

3775 Ex Parte Olms et al 13544160 - (D) CALVE 102/103 LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK WOODALL, NICHOLAS W

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Monahan 14087705 - (D) HAMANN 103 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY LE, JESSICA N

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Pirila et al 10563545 - (D) CRAIG 102/103 102/103 Core Wireless Licensing Ltd KELLEY, STEVEN SHAUN

2651 Ex Parte Nicholson et al 13612822 - (D) YAP 103 103 Bose Corporation PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3692 Ex Parte DEIBLER 11692110 - (D) MOHANTY 112(1)/112(2)/103 112(1) David E Herron II EBERSMAN, BRUCE I

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1632 Ex Parte Marquez et al 12880113 - (D) CHANG 112(1) LOUIS VENTRE, JR WILSON, MICHAEL C

1644 Ex Parte Carmeliet et al 13785643 - (D) NEW concurring FREDMAN 112(1)/102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC GAMBEL, PHILLIP

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Rosendahl et al 13446475 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) CALL, DOUGLAS BRYANT

1756 Ex Parte ISHIGURO et al 12259525 - (D) HOUSEL 103/double patenting SUGHRUE-265550 CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN

1763 Ex Parte Takemura et al 13878471 - (D) GUEST 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. USELDING, JOHN E

1764 Ex Parte Hsu et al 13778716 - (D) ROSS 103 PPG Industries, Inc. BROOKS, KREGGT

1764 Ex Parte Watanabe et al 11816791 - (D) TIMM 102 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. KAUCHER, MARK S

1767 Ex Parte Guo et al 12347217 - (D) ROSS 103 Wiley Rein LLP SCOTT, ANGELA C

1792 Ex Parte Jensen et al 12825990 - (D) ROSS 103/double patenting OHLANDT, GREELEY, RUGGIERO & PERLE, LLP THAKUR, VIREN A

1792 Ex Parte Yamka et al 13054742 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY ZILBERING, ASSAF

1797 Ex Parte Sarkar et al 13285550 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 McDermott Will & Emery LLP FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2124 Ex Parte Lee et al 14009907 - (D) DANG 103 HAUPTMAN HAM, LLP TRAN, MAI T

2132 Ex Parte Colglazier 13672896 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 CRGO LAW AHMED, ZUBAIR

2136 Ex Parte Duimovich et al 12767413 - (D) DANG 103 WINSTEAD P.C. IBM CORP. (WSM) WONG, NANCI N

2169 Ex Parte Jellison 12917596 - (D) STRAUSS 103 Garlick & Markison (IH) KIM, PAUL

2183 Ex Parte Knight et al 12710616 - (D) DIXON 102/103 Schiff Hardin LLP Infineon Technologies AG LINDLOF, JOHN M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Ex Parte Kummer 11933265 - (D) HAMANN 103 Seed IP Law Group LLP/EchoStar (290110) LIN, JASON K

2482 Ex Parte NAKAGAMI et al 14471108 - (D) HUME 103/double patenting Paratus Law Group, PLLC JEBARI, MOHAMMED

2484 Ex Parte DEEPAK 13209078 - (D) ELLURU 103 HONEYWELL/HUSCH CHOWDHURY, NIGAR

2487 Ex Parte Vanman et al 12779564 - (D) HOFF 103 Winstead PC (IF) DIEP, NHON THANH

2491 Ex Parte Bond 12937980 - (D) HAMANN 102/103 HAMILTON, DESCANTIS & CHA (GENERAL) POPHAM, JEFFREY D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Yang et al 13125291 - (D) HAMANN 102/103 FAY SHARPE/LUCENT HAMMONDS, MARCUS C

2669 Ex Parte VARONE 13867214 - (D) CURCURI 103 Slater Matsil, LLP - ST-EP SUMMERS, GEOFFREY E

2682 Ex Parte Murugesan et al 13605079 - (D) THOMAS 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES RUSHING, MARK S

2685 Ex Parte ELIAS 12333793 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 APPLE c/o MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP LA BENLAGSIR, AMINE

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2811 Ex Parte YAMAZAKI et al 13315312 - (D) THOMAS 103/double patenting NIXON PEABODY, LLP NADAV, ORI

2835 Ex Parte Dittus et al 13729404 - (D) COLAIANNI 102 Streets & Steele - Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. MATEY, MICHAEL A

2838 Ex Parte VIITANEN 13523066 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(2)/103 Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP ABB Inc. SPRENGER, KEVIN H

2851 Ex Parte Fenzi et al 14300124 - (D) PER CURIAM 101/double patenting Vista IP Law Group LLP KIK, PHALLAKA

2875 Ex Parte Wollner et al 12375299 - (D) DENNETT 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY TUMEBO, TSION M

2892 Ex Parte FOONG et al 14076706 - (D) DROESCH 103 CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION ARORA, AJAY

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3674 Ex Parte Willberg et al 12808128 - (D) STEPINA 103 MUETING, RAASCH & GEBHARDT, P.A. DITRANI, ANGELA M

3693 Ex Parte Determan 12643514 - (D) MOHANTY 103 HONEYWELL/ORTIZ & LOPEZ HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Neff 13170690 - (D) HILL 102/103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP CAVERN, JONATHAN

3746 Ex Parte Arnold et al 11946653 - (D) KORNICZKY 102/103 HONEYWELL/PANGRLE BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S

merchant, chapman

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Riley et al 13555472 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP HELM, CARALYNNE E

We find that Appellants have the better position. “A comparison of the claimed invention with the disclosure of each cited reference to determine the number of claim limitations in common with each reference, bearing in mind the relative importance of particular limitations, will usually yield the closest single prior art reference.” In re Merchant, 575 F.2d 865, 869 (CCPA 1978).

...

Finally, we agree with Appellants that requiring a comparison with clindamycin and lecithin, where Heide does not have such an example, “would amount to requiring comparison of the results of the invention with the results of the invention.” In re Chapman , 357 F.2d 418, 422 (CCPA 1966).

Merchant, In re, 575 F.2d 865, 197 USPQ 785 (CCPA 1978) 716.02(e)

Chapman, In re, 357 F.2d 418, 148 USPQ 711 (CCPA 1966) 716.02(e)

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1743 Ex Parte Dogan 13423579 - (D) CASHIO 103 Brannon Sowers & Cracraft PC DEL SOLE, JOSEPH S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2485 Ex Parte He et al 11539522 - (D) WINSOR 103 NXP-Huffman Law Group, P.C. LEE, Y YOUNG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2683 Ex Parte Kerai 13592396 - (D) STEPHENS 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. KHAN, OMER S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2855 Ex Parte Hoctor et al 13033896 - (D) OWENS 112(1)/112(2) GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY MILLER, ROSE MARY

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte FRIESENECKER et al 13593577 - (D) GREENHUT 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK

3646 Ex Parte Hyde et al 12660025 - (D) SHAH 102/103 HolzerlPLaw, PC BURKE, SEAN P

3651 Ex Parte Bogle 13982349 - (D) GREENHUT 102 LAITRAM, L.L.C. SINGH, KAVEL

3682 Ex Parte Shahoumian et al 10157661 - (D) LORIN 103 41.50 101 Hewlett Packard Enterprise SITTNER, MATTHEW T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte Hart et al 12967443 - (D) MURPHY 103 MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC - GM LAGUARDA, GONZALO

3747 Ex Parte NISHIDA et al 13011287 - (D) JESCHKE 103 41.50 101 CARRIER BLACKMAN AND ASSOCIATES PC LAGUARDA, GONZALO

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1678 Ex Parte Yang et al 12935413 - (D) FLAX 103 103 THOMAS I HORSTEMEYER, LLP HAQ, SHAFIQUL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Porcelli 13729675 - (D) SCANLON 103 103 Galgano IP Law PLLC DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY

3678 Ex Parte Kamibayashiyama et al 13102083 - (D) GREENHUT 103 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP WARREN, STACY N

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1653 Ex Parte Courtney et al 12162444 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (CH) SHEN, BIN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte De Graaf et al 12532317 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 Albemarle Netherlands; R V. SLIFKA, COLIN W

1742 Ex Parte Schibsbye 13445256 - (D) DELMENDO 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A

1784 Ex Parte Walmsley et al 12879124 - (D) SNAY 112(1) 102/103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP JORDAN, NICHOLAS W

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2143 Ex Parte Roman et al 13631940 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 102/103 ADELI LLP REPSHER III, JOHN T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2449 Ex Parte Tiu et al 13572177 - (D) MOORE 102/103/double patenting Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. WON, MICHAEL YOUNG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2634 Ex Parte Kadous et al 13271113 - (D) STEPHENS 103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED TSE, YOUNG TOI

2667 Ex Parte Truyen 13262682 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 112(a) 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS YANG, WEI WEN

2693 Ex Parte Davis et al 10452233 - (D) PYONIN 103 Paradice and Li LLP/Qualcomm EURICE, MICHAEL

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2863 Ex Parte Han et al 13031325 - (D) OWENS 103 Mossman, Kumar and Tyler, PC CASEY, LIAM R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Walsh et al 13407871 - (D) BAHR 103 XEROX CORPORATION CICCHINO, PATRICK D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Asprovski et al 12811272 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 41.50 102/103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier TEITELBAUM, DAVID J

3745 Ex Parte Spangler et al 11679958 - (D) BAHR 112(1) 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY DAVIS, JASON GREGORY

3763 Ex Parte LI et al 13466276 - (D) BAHR 103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP — BSC CARPENTER, WILLIAM R

3788 Ex Parte Chipping 13153619 - (D) CAPP 103/double patenting Durham Jones & Pinegar, P.C. REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN

gershon, smartgene

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1763 Ex Parte Rukavina et al 11652751 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 PPG Industries, Inc. LEONARD, MICHAEL L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2666 Ex Parte Serlie 13880858 - (D) JIVANI 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS DELANEY, MOLLY K

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Sanders et al 10973146 - (D) BUSCH 103 103 41.50 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Cisco Systems CHOU, ALAN S

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1644 Ex Parte Best et al 13773395 - (D) COTTA 103 Prismatic Law Group, PLLC ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN

See, In re Gershon, 372 F.2d 535, 538 (CCPA 1967) (“Since the alleged problem in this case was first recognized by appellants, and others apparently have not yet become aware of its existence, it goes without saying that there could not possibly be any evidence of either a long-felt need in the . . . art for a solution to a problem of dubious existence or failure of others skilled in the art who unsuccessfully attempted to solve a problem of which they were not aware.”).

Gershon, In re, 372 F.2d 535, 152 USPQ 602 (CCPA 1967) 716.02(c) , 716.04

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte GODFROID et al 13924042 - (D) HASTINGS 112(b) 102/103 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Teinila et al 12164617 - (D) DIXON 102/103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. OBERLY, VAN HONG

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2436 Ex Parte Chinen et al 13465805 - (D) CUTITTA 103 Kunzler Law Group/RSW REZA, MOHAMMAD W

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2658 Ex Parte Dymetman 13572817 - (D) MacDONALD 101 FAY SHARPE / XEROX - ROCHESTER LE, THUYKHANH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Clarke et al 12571984 - (D) STEPHENS 103 Caterpillar/ Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP BELLINGER, JASON R

3654 Ex Parte Fargo et al 12377202 - (D) WARNER 103 CARLSON GASKEY & OLDS RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A

3665 Ex Parte Arnold et al 13411389 - (D) LORIN 103 101 YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. SHAAWAT, MUSSA A

Nevertheless, as the Examiner points out, the claimed scheme is similar in character to the ranking of available therapeutic treatment regimens to guide the selection of a therapeutic treatment regimen covered by the claims at issue in SmartGene, Inc. v. Advanced Biological Labs., SA, 555 F. App'x 950 (Fed. Cir.), cert, denied, 135 S. Ct. 58, 190 L. Ed. 2d 32 (2014). There the court found “the mental steps of comparing new and stored information and using rules to identify medical options” to be an abstract idea.

microsoft2, merck3

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1657 Ex Parte Aftab et al 12377556 - (D) COTTA 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC SINGH, SATYENDRA K

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Ex Parte SMITH 11761031 - (D) McGRAW 103 Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC WATTS, JENNA A

We agree with Appellant. The broadest reasonable interpretation does not mean the broadest possible interpretation. See Microsoft Corp. v. Proxyconn, Inc., 789 F.3d 1292, 1298 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (stating that although claim terms must be given their broadest reasonable interpretation, the interpretation must still be reasonable). The claims do not recite “maintaining” a given throwback distance; rather the claim recites “adjustably maintaining” the throwback distance. The Examiner’s construction of “adjustably maintaining the throwback distance substantially constant” that covers a method where the throwback distance cannot be adjusted during printing would render the term “adjustably” superfluous and is unreasonable. See Merck & Co. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., 395 F.3d 1364, 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (rejecting a proposed claim construction that would render claim terms superfluous).

Merck & Co., Inc., v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., 395 F.3d 1364, 73 USPQ2d 1641 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2111.01

1799 Ex Parte Hofstadler 13255064 - (D) DENNETT 103 Casimir Jones, S.C. BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Erl 11879820 - (D) SILVERMAN 102/103 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP ALHIJA, SAIF A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2677 Ex Parte Whitmarsh et al 13459657 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 HP Inc. HARRIS, KEARAS

2696 Ex Parte OH 13761022 - (D) EVANS 112(1)/103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP LUBIT, RYAN A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3672 Ex Parte Bittar 12526552 - (D) BROWNE 103 Iselin Law PLLC (HAL) BEMKO, TARAS P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Schramm et al 12617672 - (D) HOFFMANN 112(1)/103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN LLP APPLE INC./BSTZ HILLERY, NATHAN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Leng 13637116 - (D) HOWARD 103 102/103 LEE & HAYES, PLLC ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M

2167 Ex Parte Moroney et al 13754287 - (D) CUTITTA 102 102 41.50 112(2) HP Inc. PHAM, MICHAEL

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte WOO et al 13006644 - (D) MILLS 112(2)/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KARPINSKI, LUKE E

1662 Ex Parte Tissot-Lecuelle et al 11992113 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 ARENT FOX LLP KUBELIK, ANNE R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 Ex Parte Wilt et al 13355721 - (D) HAGY 103 HONEYWELL/LKGlobal AHMED, ZUBAIR

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2468 Ex Parte Majd et al 13335108 - (D) DIXON 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. / Vonage KASSIM, KHALED M

2489 Ex Parte Bertin et al 13466391 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KIR, ALBERT

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Ex Parte Reeves et al 12262357 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. HICKS, CHARLES V

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Tuchman et al 13213002 - (D) FETTING 101/112(2)/103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN YOUNG, ASHLEY YA-SHEH

3682 Ex Parte Prus et al 12582412 - (D) WORTH 103 WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP SITTNER, MATTHEW T

3683 Ex Parte ETCHEGOYEN 13707840 - (D) DIXON 103 41.50 101 Uniloc USA Inc. GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Kang et al 12744730 - (D) WORTH 112(1)/103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) LEO, LEONARD R

3764 Ex Parte Leier et al 13341987 - (D) KORNICZKY 112(2)/103 OLYMPIC PATENT WORKS PLLC JALALZADEH ABYAN, SHILA

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2657 Ex Parte Lakshmanan et al 13021470 - (R) MCCARTNEY 102 CRGO LAW NEWAY, SAMUEL G

engel2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2468 Ex Parte Magnus et al 13050282 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. HARLEY, JASON A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte Pinguet et al 12241961 - (D) HANLON 103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD HAGAN, SEAN P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Ogura et al 10474590 - (D) LEE 102/103 FAY SHARPE LLP NGUYEN, XUAN LAN T

3669 Ex Parte Drake et al 12371692 - (D) BROWNE 103 CATERPILLAR/FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, L.L.P. KISWANTO, NICHOLAS

3687 Ex Parte Reasoner 12257440 - (D) FETTING 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise REFAI, RAMSEY

3689 Ex Parte Adar et al 10509373 - (D) FETTING 101/102/103 SOROKER AGMON NORDMAN ADVOCATES AND PATENT ATTORNEYS ARAQUE JR, GERARDO

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Madson et al 12976109 - (D) DOUGAL 103 ACUSHNET COMPANY SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT

3715 Ex Parte BLACKBURN 12361183 - (D) BROWNE 103 THOMPSON HINE L.L.P. GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A

3721 Ex Parte Groer et al 13158799 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C

3721 Ex Parte Sauer et al 12321339 - (D) McSHANE 103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB WEEKS, GLORIA R

3743 Ex Parte Mitchell 13340186 - (D) HORNER 102/103 41.50 112(2) Davis & Kuelthau LAU, JASON

3753 Ex Parte Burnard et al 12510937 - (D) BAYAT 102/103 KLEIN, O'NEILL & SINGH, LLP ROST, ANDREW J

3765 Ex Parte Carcich et al 13332981 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H

3765 Ex Parte Hasko et al 13547410 - (D) DOUGAL 103 CARLSON, GASKNEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H

3777 Ex Parte Gubbini et al 13256447 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 DRIGGS, HOGG, DAUGHERTY & DEL ZOPPO CO., L.P.A. KINNARD, LISA M

 As such, because each of claims 1 and 21 recites that the claimed probe is configured for communication with an ultrasound console, the probe and the ultrasound console constitute separate elements and, therefore, the Examiner’s interpretation of Bartlett’s DPU 1 and probe 2 as constituting together the claimed “probe” is unreasonable. See Engel Indus., Inc. v. Lockformer Co., 96 F.3d 1398, 1404—05 (Fed. Cir. 1996) (construing separate claim terms as reciting separate structures).

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Burnett et al 13310047 - (D) FISCHETTI 103 103 41.50 101 YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. KONERU, SUJAY

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Luo 11135149 - (D) SMITH 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP LOVE, TREVOR M

1616 Ex Parte Ogawa et al 12507498 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 BEEM PATENT LAW FIRM SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1743 Ex Parte Pauzauskie et al 12958224 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL/Zilka-Kotab SANDERS, JAMES M

1744 Ex Parte Mortensen 13254484 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 NATH, GOLDBERG & MEYER GRUN, ROBERT J

1787 Ex Parte Takamiya et al 13499107 - (D) GUEST 112(2)/103 HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C. NELSON, MICHAEL B

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Fang et al 13596990 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Kunzler Law Group/ARC YEN, SYLING

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2433 Ex Parte Brik et al 12555369 - (D) CURCURI 103 BOYLE FREDRICKSON S.C WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION POLTORAK, PIOTR

2441 Ex Parte Kim 13141518 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KOEHLER, P.A. DUONG, OANH

2457 Ex Parte Zuckerberg et al 13092443 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 Backer Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. OSMAN, RAMY M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Amtmann et al 14299992 - (D) BUI 102/103 NXP B.V. ODOM, CURTIS B

2694 Ex Parte Addy et al 13864560 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 HONEYWELL/WOOD PHILLIPS HORNER, JONATHAN R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex Parte Gamache et al 13506376 - (D) GREENHUT 103 NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER LEE, BENJAMIN P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Turner et al 12903298 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier CRENSHAW, HENRY T

3769 Ex Parte PRYOR et al 12133789 - (D) STEPINA 103 BWT PROPERTY, INC. JACKSON, GARY

microsoft, internet patents, digitech, cybersource

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2487 Ex Parte Liu et al 13156552 - (D) BEAMER 103 McClure Qualey & Rodack LLP BECK, LERON

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Zinn et al 11696888 - (D) WORTH 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 DURAN, ARTHUR D

3654 Ex Parte Suchecki 12902917 - (D) WORTH 112(2)/103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP TRUONG, MINH D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Santos et al 12444000 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 ALCON LEE, WENG WAH

3788 Ex Parte Tang et al 12909999 - (D) HOELTER 103 ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte SCHIER 12776110 - (D) WILSON 103 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Lam) PHAM, THOMAS T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2691 Ex Parte Moore et al 13435140 - (D) KHAN 103 103 HP Inc. PARK, SANGHYUK

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Hoffmann et al 12452955 - (D) McMANUS 103 103 Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC KING, SUN MI KIM

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1644 Ex Parte Chang et al 13483761 - (D) KATZ 103 IMMUNOMEDICS, INC. HUYNH, PHUONG N

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Lindfors 12154879 - (D) PRAISS 103 ZIEGLER IP LAW GROUP, LLC. BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A

1768 Ex Parte DES JARLAIS et al 13434698 - (D) INGLESE 103 Svendsen Legal, LLC CHANG, JOSEPHINE L

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 Ex Parte Dewall et al 13326928 - (D) WINSOR 103 Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. RAYYAN, SUSAN F

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 Ex Parte Mahendrakar et al 14246991 - (D) BUI 101 NEAL, GERBER, & EISENBERG SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B

Nevertheless, information as such is intangible. See Microsoft Corp. v. AT & T Corp., 550 U.S. 437, 451 n.12 (2007). Information collection and analysis, including when limited to particular content, is within the realm of abstract ideas. See, e.g., Internet Patents Corp. v. Active Network, Inc., 790 F.3d 1343, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2015); Digitech Image Techs., LLC v. Elecs. for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2014); and CyberSource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc., 654 F.3d 1366, 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2011).

Digitech Image Tech., LLC v. Electronics for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344, 111 USPQ2d 1717 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2106

Cybersource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc., 654 F.3d 1366, 99 USPQ2d 1690 (Fed. Cir. 2011) 2106

2445 Ex Parte Saunders et al 13831593 - (D) BUI 103 MPG, LLP and Zynga Inc. JAKOVAC, RYAN J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2653 Ex Parte Champion 13137552 - (D) SHAW 103 HAVERSTOCK & OWENS, LLP SIEGEL, DAVID F

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Troesken et al 12735160 - (D) HORNER 103 COLLARD & ROE, P.C. NGUYEN, CHUONG P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Kotlyar et al 12420764 - (D) OSINSKI 103 HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP - Colorado Springs FRISBY, KESHA

3735 Ex Parte Cohen et al 12592630 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 WILLIAM W. JONES KUHLMAN, CATHERINE BURK

3762 Ex Parte Kampa et al 12912563 - (D) MURPHY 103 PACESETTER, INC. FLORY, CHRISTOPHER A

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte HARPUR et al 13270422 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC LIN, SHERMAN L