inphi, wright2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Tang et al 13622123 - (D) SHIANG 103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP TRAN, LOI H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3668 Ex Parte Seiter et al 13177277 - (D) GREENHUT 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP RAMESH, KRISHNAN

3779 Ex Parte Cooper et al 12705439 - (D) FREDMAN 102/103 Patent Dept. - Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. EL ALAMI, RAJAA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1754 Ex Parte DOWBEN 13604927 - (D) HEANEY 103 102/103 The Kelber Law Group HORTON, DUJUAN A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Vogels et al 12460678 - (D) FLAX 112(1) TRASKBRITT, P.C. MARVICH, MARIA

A specification may satisfy the written description requirement when, at a minimum, ‘“the essence of the original disclosure’ conveys the necessary information — ‘regardless of how it’ conveys such information, and regardless of whether the disclosure’s ‘words [a]re open to different interpretation[s].’” Inphi Corp. v. Netlist, Inc., 805 F.3d 1350, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (quoting In re Wright, 866 F.2d 422, 424—25 (Fed.Cir.1989) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

Wright, In re, 866 F.2d 422, 9 USPQ2d 1649 (Fed. Cir. 1989) 2163 , 2163.03

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1744 Ex Parte GERLACH 13371987 - (D) HOUSEL 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY GRUN, ROBERT J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2193 Ex Parte Mockford 11977124 - (D) DANG 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION VU, TUAN A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Munsell et al 11828624 - (D) BENNETT 102/103 AT&T Legal Dept. - [HDP] THOMAS, JASON M

2449 Ex Parte Kuulusa 13935886 - (D) KOHUT 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. BUKHARI, SIBTE H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte Deflorian et al 12600870 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP MATHEW, FENN C

3782 Ex Parte Koenigkramer 12686075 - (D) HORNER 102/103 McCarter & English LLP ACCOUNT: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. PASCUA, JES F

packard

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Boncha et al 13100461 - (D) STEPHENS 103 41.50 103 Ascenda Law Group, PC HASAN, SYED Y

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Kitabata 12656042 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP STRIMBU, GREGORY J

3647 Ex Parte Chander et al 12543051 - (D) HORNER 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. /FGTL FABULA, MICHAEL A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Pepper et al 13015197 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC COTRONEO, STEVEN J

3738 Ex Parte Basamania et al 12408391 - (D) ENGELS 103 MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK, LLP PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D

3754 Ex Parte Rosam et al 14028012 - (D) BROWNE 102/103 Whitmyer IP Group LLC JACYNA, J CASIMER

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 Ex Parte Caspole et al 12849724 - (D) HOMERE 112(2)/103 MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL (AMD) BIRKHIMER, CHRISTOPHER D

“[C]laims are required to be cast in clear—as opposed to ambiguous, vague, indefinite—terms. It is the claims that notify the public of what is within the protections of the patent, and what is not.” In re Packard, 751 F.3d 1307, 1313 (Fed. Cir. 2014).

Packard, In re, 751 F.3d 1307, 110 USPQ2d 1785 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2173.02 , 2173.05(a) , 2173.05(e) , 2173.06

yanush, casey, twomey

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AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3667 Ex Parte McNeill et al 13967085 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 103 ZIOLKOWSKI PATENT SOLUTIONS GROUP, SC (ZPS) WONG, YUEN H

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte MOHR et al 14050954 - (D) CUTITTA 101 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP PATEL, DHAIRYA A

2497 Ex Parte YANG 14046063 - (D) KAISER 103 VMWARE, INC. HO, DAO Q

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2694 Ex Parte VanBlon et al 14258372 - (D) SHAW 102/103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC JAVED, MAHEEN I

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Winburne et al 13894508 - (D) HOFFMANN 102 HP Inc. GOKHALE, PRASAD V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Churchill et al 12432675 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 Vista IP Law Group - Interlace Medical SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN

Appellants do not point to any distinction between the structure set forth in claim 1 and that of Hibner. A recitation with respect to the manner in which a claimed apparatus is intended to be employed, as is the limitation “wherein actuation of the motor drive assembly causes the inner tube to rotate at a speed of at least about 3000 rotations per minute, and to oscillate translationally at a rate of about 1.5 to about 4 cycles per second,” does not differentiate the claimed apparatus from a prior art apparatus satisfying the structural limitations claimed. See, e.g., In re Yanush, 477 F.2d 958, 959 (CCPA 1973) (“Appellant’s use limitation does not impart a structural feature different from those of the prior art. . . . Whether a vibrator is operated gently to settle materials in a mold or more forcefully to ‘hammer’ them is a process limitation which does not limit or define the claimed apparatus.”); In re Casey, 370 F.2d 576, 579—80 (CCPA 1967).

A device claim “cannot properly be allowed unless [it] include[s] structural limitations defining invention over the prior art.” In re Twomey, 218 F.2d 593, 596 (CCPA 1955).

Casey, In re, 370 F.2d 576, 152 USPQ 235 (CCPA 1967) 2115

3735 Ex Parte Henderson et al 12248683 - (D) COTTA 102/103 Covidien LP BERHANU, ETSUB D

3771 Ex Parte Grilliot et al 12427871 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 double patenting HONEYWELL/WOOD PHILLIPS STUART, COLIN W

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3746 Ex Parte Tønnessen 14123075 - (R) HILL 103 Henry Query, P.C. HANSEN, KENNETH J

pilkington

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1652 Ex Parte Ballance et al 13855434 - (D) MAJORS 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP ROBINSON, HOPE A

1652 Ex Parte Ballance et al 11927600 - (D) MAJORS 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP ROBINSON, HOPE A

1653 Ex Parte Mercenier et al 13319964 - (D) SCHNEIDER 101/103 K&L Gates LLP-Chicago PYLA, PAUL D

“[T]he patentability of a claim to a product does not rest merely on a difference in the method by which that product is made. Rather, it is the product itself which must be new and unobvious.” In re Pilkington, 411 F.2d 1345, 1348 (CCPA 1969).

Pilkington, In re, 411 F.2d 1345, 162 USPQ 145 (CCPA 1969) 2173.05(p)

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Dinan 12819887 - (D) BUSCH 103 Sprint Corporation LU, WILLIAM

2645 Ex Parte Choi 12409398 - (D) DROESCH 103 Apple Inc. — FKM MAPA, MICHAEL Y

2649 Ex Parte Teller et al 13470677 - (D) HAMANN 103 McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP/ X Development LLC PAN, YUWEN

2673 Ex Parte HABER et al 13361064 - (D) McNEILL 102/103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise RUDOLPH, VINCENT M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3777 Ex Parte Pelissier et al 12775400 - (D) COTTA 103 DRIGGS, HOGG, DAUGHERTY & DEL ZOPPO CO., L.P.A. PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte Song et al 13602033 - (D) OGDEN 103 103 Lewis Roca Rothberger Christie LLP WANG, EUGENIA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2492 Ex Parte Park et al 12147967 - (D) PINKERTON 101 101 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED DAVIS, ZACHARY A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Vallés Navarro et al 13148509 - (D) DOUGAL 102 102 SHOEMAKER AND MATTARE, LTD c/o DAVIS & BUJOLD, P.L.L.C. WUJCIAK, ALFRED J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte Lepage 13702970 - (D) HILL 102 102/103 BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP PERREAULT, ANDREW D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1647 Ex Parte SALFELD et al 13736931 - (D) FLAX double patenting STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. ROMEO, DAVID S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte SAKAMOTO et al 12813141 - (D) SNAY 103 Capitol City TechLaw, PLLC MAYES, MELVIN C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2124 Ex Parte Kabir et al 12620506 - (D) THOMAS 112(1)/103 Mintz Levin/GE FINK, THOMAS ANDREW

2131 Ex Parte Greiner et al 13524468 - (D) STRAUSS 103 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION VILLANUEVA, LEANDRO R

2184 Ex Parte Bathiche et al 13974994 - (D) HAMANN 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION SNYDER, STEVEN G

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Marlow et al 14606183 - (D) EVANS 101 103 LKGlobal (EchoStar) ALATA, YASSIN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Yakovlev et al 13734772 - (D) COURTENAY 103 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP (SV) KASSA, ZEWDU A

2633 Ex Parte FANG 14734745 - (D) EVANS 112(2) double patenting Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd DEPPE, BETSY LEE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Dejong et al 13264447 - (D) DOUGAL 102/103 Silgan Dispensing Systems REIS, RYAN ALEXANDER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Chen et al 12863060 - (D) O’HANLON 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier FURDGE, LARRY L

3765 Ex Parte Urban 13417768 - (D) HOFFMANN 112(1)/112(2) 103 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. MORAN, KATHERINE M

strahilevitz

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte Savoy et al 13070077 - (D) MILLS 103 Cooke Law Firm DAUNER, JOSEPH G

1674 Ex Parte Woolf et al 13800845 - (D) NEWMAN 103 LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION MCGARRY, SEAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2474 Ex Parte Luo et al 13910416 - (D) JURGOVAN 102 Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm DUONG, FRANK

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Jackson et al 12946266 - (D) SMEGAL 103 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Pan et al 14111617 - (D) SCHNEIDER double patenting 103 Nestle Purina Petcare Global Resources, Inc BARSKY, JARED

1647 Ex Parte Salfeld et al 13738432 - (D) FLAX double patenting STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. ROMEO, DAVID S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1776 Ex Parte SHINBORI et al 12262839 - (D) GAUDETTE 112(2) 112(1)/103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP POPOVICS, ROBERT J

See In re Strahilevitz, 668 F.2d 1229, 1232 (CCPA 1982) (explaining that once the Examiner advances acceptable reasoning inconsistent with enablement, the burden shifts to Appellants to show that one of ordinary skill in the art could have practiced the claimed invention without undue experimentation).

1781 Ex Parte LEU et al 12628785 - (D) WILSON 103 HAUPTMAN HAM, LLP KHAN, TAHSEEN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2171 Ex Parte Walline et al 12554317 - (D) POTHIER 103 TERRILE, CANNATTI, CHAMBERS & HOLLAND, LLP LU, HUA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2437 Ex Parte Schaad 13598916 - (D) PINKERTON 103 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. (SAP) DOAN, HUAN V

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2844 Ex Parte Whitaker 14089872 - (D) PRAISS 103 PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEM COMPANY OF AMERICA RICHARDSON, JANY

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3612 Ex Parte Nascimento et al 13895187 - (D) JESCHKE 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A

synopsys, accenture, content extraction

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte Han et al 13802499 - (D) DROESCH 103 Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP APPLE INC. MURPHY, JOSEPH B

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2858 Ex Parte GRANGER-BROWN et al 13468413 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Kevenaar et al 12296587 - (D) PESLAK 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY CRENSHAW, HENRY T

3777 Ex Parte Penney et al 11847652 - (D) ASTORINO 112(2)/103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON IP, JASON M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Ex Parte Yoo et al 12991745 - (D) McMANUS 103 103 KED & ASSOCIATES, LLP TANG, SUIAN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1673 Ex Parte Pietrzkowski 14118865 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 FISH & TSANG LLP MAIER, LEIGH C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Lu et al 13833114 - (D) McGEE 112(1) 112(2)/103 The Whitaker LLC GAMINO, CARLOS J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3684 Ex Parte Mao 14229801 - (D) LORIN 112(4) 101 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. / PayPal ZUKANOVICH, BRANDY A

“The § 101 inquiry must focus on the language of the Asserted Claims themselves.” Synopsys, Inc. v. Mentor Graphics Corp., 839 F.3d 1138, 1149 (Fed. Cir. 2016). See Accenture Global Servs., GmbH v. Guidewire Software, Inc., 728 F.3d 1336, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2013) (admonishing that “the important inquiry for a § 101 analysis is to look to the claim”); see also Content Extraction & Transmission LLC v. Wells Fargo Bank, Nat 7 Ass ’n, 776 F.3d 1343, 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (“We focus here on whether the claims of the asserted patents fall within the excluded category of abstract ideas.”).

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Fletcher 12693575 - (D) CALVE 103 Tumey LLP SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1652 BUTAMAX™ ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC Requester and Respondent v. GEVO, INC.Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8241878 et al 13/296,944 95002167 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102 E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY THIRD PARTY REQUESTOR: COOLEY, LLP RAILEY, JOHNNY F original ROBINSON, HOPE A

grasselli2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1718 Ex Parte Choi et al 12779167 - (D) OWENS 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - Applied Materials BENNETT, CHARLEE

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2856 Ex Parte Levine 12490414 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 Professional Patent Solutions; RAEVIS, ROBERT R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Monroe 12757944 - (D) KNIGHT 103 MICHAEL DREW AVILES BOSQUES, ORLANDO E

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Buckley et al 13596399 - (D) GUPTA 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY MELLOTT, JAMES M

Moreover, the evidence presented in the Specification is not reasonably commensurate in scope with independent claims 1 and 19. In re Grasselli, 713 F.2d 731, 743 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (concluding that unexpected results “limited to sodium only” were not commensurate in scope with claims to a catalyst having “an alkali metal”).

Grasselli, In re, 713 F.2d 731, 218 USPQ 769 (Fed. Cir. 1983) 716.02(d) , 2112 , 2145

1735 Ex Parte Lu et al 13833114 - (D) McGEE 112(1) 112(2)/103 The Whitaker LLC GAMINO, CARLOS J

1786 Ex Parte Tang et al 11726087 - (D) RANGE 103 WITHERS & KEYS, LLC LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2182 Ex Parte Stall et al 12337431 - (D) ENGLE 101/103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION VICARY, KEITH E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2485 Ex Parte Ide et al 10905719 - (D) POTHIER 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION LEE, Y YOUNG

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Chakravarthy et al 13104167 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(2)/102/103 NeuroWave Systems Inc. TRAN, THO Q

gordon

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2666 Ex Parte Stein et al 12661052 - (D) CHEN 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC HU, FRED H.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Olson et al 13719687 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN

3744 Ex Parte Stegerwald 13721097 - (D) DOUGAL 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SULLENS, TAVIA L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Haibara et al 13891236 - (D) NAGUMO 103 112(2) Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) CARRILLO, BIBI SHAREDAN

While the disclosure in Fujiyama on which the Examiner relies might suffice for anticipation of a claim involving the ultrasonic generation of bubbles in a cleaning process, the rejection is for obviousness. It is generally not logical to base obviousness on combinations of teachings that lead to the frustration or inoperability of the teachings of a reference. Cf. In re Gordon, 733 F.2d 900, 902 (Fed. Cir. 1984) (“if the French apparatus were turned upside down, it would be rendered inoperable for its intended purpose. . . In effect, French teaches away from the board’s proposed modification.”)

Gordon, In re, 733 F.2d 900, 221 USPQ 1125 (Fed. Cir. 1984) 2143.01 , 2144.08

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2668 Ex Parte Hillis et al 10941470 - (D) DEJMEK 103 103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC TSAI, TSUNG YIN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2145 Ex Parte Chen et al 13164626 - (D) WINSOR 103 41.50 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. BARRETT, RYAN S

2184 Ex Parte Toivanen et al 13791619 - (D) HOMERE 103 CHRISTENSEN O'CONNER JOHNSON KINDNESS PLLC BORROMEO, JUANITO C

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2884 Ex Parte Hendriks et al 13522038 - (D) CASHION 112(2) 102 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LEE, SHUN K

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3691 Ex Parte BANK et al 13611469 - (D) SILVERMAN 102 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS

cross med., oetiker

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Ex Parte FARAM 11748907 - (D) STAICOVICI 102/103 41.50 103 HITCHCOCK EVERT LLP LYDDANE, KATHRYNN M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2875 Ex Parte VEERASAMY et al 13188897 - (D) DELMENDO 103 103 41.50 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SAWHNEY, HARGOBIND S

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Thaning et al 11572679 - (D) SCHNEIDER 101 103 GE Healthcare, IP Department RIDER, LANCE W

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1764 Ex Parte Howland 13263757 - (D) DENNETT 103 HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC BROOKS, KREGGT

Appellant’s argument that the end uses of the products in Cleaver II and Tada are “completely different” is unpersuasive. “One of ordinary skill in the art need not see the identical problem addressed in a prior art reference to be motivated to apply its teachings.” Cross Med. Prods., Inc. v.  Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., 424 F.3d 1293, 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (citing In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1448 (Fed. Cir. 1992). There is no need for Cleaver II to require improved solvent resistance in order for the Examiner to find improved solvent resistance as motivation for the combination.

Cross Med. Prods., Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., 424 F.3d 1293, 76 USPQ2d 1662 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2144

Oetiker, In re, 977 F.2d 1443, 24 USPQ2d 1443 (Fed. Cir. 1992)  707.07(f) ,   716.01(d) ,   1504.01(a) ,   2107.02 ,   2142 ,   2145 ,   2164.07

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2824 INPHI CORPORATION Requester and Appellant v. NETLIST, INC. Patent Owner and Respondent Ex Parte 7636274 et al 12/408,652 95001337 - (D) JEFFERY 103 MASCHOFF BRENNAN THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP PEIKARI, BEHZAD original SOFOCLEOUS, ALEXANDER

bayer2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1722 Ex Parte Allen et al 13436881 - (D) KRATZ 103 Michael R Roberts CHU, JOHN S Y

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2431 Ex Parte Bentall 12735483 - (D) McCARTNEY dissenting DANG 103 STOUT, UXA & BUYAN, LLP CHIANG, JASON

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1764 Ex Parte Besnard et al 12737141 - (D) OWENS 103 Hultquist IP HUHN, RICHARD A

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3631 Ex Parte Burns et al 13066579 - (D) SHAH 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody & Agnello STERLING, AMY JO

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Reo et al 11966955 - (D) HARLOW 112(2) SPINAL KINETICS, Inc. MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L

None of the cited examples from the Specification purports to define the claim term “form in FIG. 5,” or otherwise limit the scope of the claims on appeal. Accordingly, we decline to read values from preferred embodiments into those claims. See Bayer AG v. Biovail Corp., 279 F.3d 1340, 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2002) (“a court may not read into a claim a limitation from a preferred embodiment, if that limitation is not present in the claim itself.”).

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex parte TIRE SERVICE EQUIPMENT MFG. CO, INC. Patent Owner Ex Parte 6,179,033 B1 et al 09/303,698 90013203 - (D) MOORE 103 103 41.50 103 Ungerman IP PLLC Third Party Requester: Law Office of Mark E. Wiemelt, PC GRAHAM, MATTHEW C

affinity, apple2, intellectual ventures, enfish

custom search

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1782 Ex Parte Petri et al 12661196 - (D) ROSS 103 Legal Department (M-495) LAN, YAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2688 Ex Parte KANBE et al 13764144 - (D) POTHIER 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC PENDLETON, DIONNE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Barrett et al 13748437 - (D) ASTORINO 103 JEFFREY H. RODDY WILLIAMS, MAURICE L

3623 Ex Parte Uthe 11688319 - (D) WIEDER 103 101 MOORE & VAN ALLEN, PLLC For IBM GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN

With regard to the first part of the [Alice] framework, we agree with the Examiner that the claims are directed to a method of organizing human activities and, in particular, to the abstract idea of creating a priority order of a list of rules and presenting a graphic user interface to edit the list. (See Answer 3, see also Claim 1.) “The ‘abstract idea’ step of the inquiry calls upon us to look at the ‘focus of the claimed advance over the prior art’ to determine if the claim’s ‘character as a whole’ is directed to excluded subject matter.” Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. DIRECTV, LLC, 838 F.3d 1253, 1257 (Fed. Cir. 2016). In this case, the Specification discloses that the invention is directed to “processes that may involve user or human interaction, and more particularly to a method and system to automate a user out of a process flow.” (Spec. 11.) And claim 1, as a representative claim, recites “determining ... if a process template . . . exists,” determining ... if a rule exists for automatic completion ... of the process template,” “at least partially completing ... the process template,” and presenting a GUI “for creating, editing, and controlling activation of the list of rules.” (Claim 1.) Courts have treated claims directed to similar subject matter as directed to an abstract idea. See Apple, Inc. v. Ameranth, Inc., 842 F.3d 1229, 1237, 1240-41 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (providing a GUI interface to generate menus, i.e., “list[s] of options available to a user displayable on a computer,” with certain functions); see also Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Capital One Bank (USA), 792 F.3d 1363, 1369—70 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (providing an interactive interface to the user). Additionally, “the claims are not directed to a specific improvement in the way computers operate. Cf. Enfish [LLC v. Microsoft Corp., 822 F.3d 1327, 1335-36 (Fed. Cir. 2016)].” Apple, Inc., 842 F.3d at 1241. Therefore, we are not persuaded that these claims are not directed to an abstract idea.

3649 Ex Parte Sanchez 13750818 - (D) HILL 102/103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM

marley mouldings, moore

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1754 Ex Parte Ohmi et al 12531515 - (D) OWENS 112(2) Pearne & Gordon LLP BAND, MICHAEL A

“[T]he indefiniteness inquiry asks whether the claims ‘circumscribe a particular area with a reasonable degree of precision and particularity.’” Marley Mouldings Ltd. v. Mikron Indus. Inc., 417 F.3d 1356, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (quoting In re Moore, 439 F.2d 1232, 1235 (CCPA 1971)).

Moore, In re, 439 F.2d 1232, 169 USPQ 236 (CCPA 1971) 1504.04 , 2161.01 , 2164.08 , 2172

1781 Ex Parte Bailey et al 13196036 - (D) OWENS 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. KHAN, TAHSEEN

1791 Ex Parte Kendall 13214518 - (D) PRAISS 103 Ward Law Office LLC COX, STEPHANIE A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Ex Parte HICKS et al 14149367 - (D) REPKO 103 41.50 112(1)/112(2) FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP CONTINO SAUMBY, KRISTA

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Ling et al 13857805 - (D) NAPPI 103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD HANIDU, GANIYU A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2859 Ex Parte Zhang et al 13023748 - (D) SNAY 103 Quinn IP Law TRISCHLER, JOHN T
AFFIRMED 1765 Ex Parte Keske et al 11195983 - (D) OWENS 103 DENTONS US LLP COONEY, JOHN M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1782 Ex Parte Hamann 13361572 - (D) PRAISS 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. YAGER, JAMES C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2125 Ex Parte Chan et al 13177395 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP SIVANESAN, SIVALINGAM

2128 Ex Parte MENG 12878607 - (D) REPKO 103 ConocoPhillips Company MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2491 Ex Parte CLEMENT 14095029 - (D) MacDONALD 112(1)/112(2)/103 101 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES BECHTEL, KEVIN M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Menendez et al 12650113 - (D) FETTING 112(2) 101/103 4.50 103 THOMPSON COBURN LLP VIG, NARESH

3624 Ex Parte Flockhart et al 12545413 - (D) McSHANE 103 101 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. PRASAD, NANCY N

3663 Ex Parte Bohe et al 13003980 - (D) HORNER 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP TISSOT, ADAM D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Beck et al 11184327 - (D) HOELTER 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. JANG, CHRISTIAN YONGKYUN

3744 Ex Parte NADEL et al 12623986 - (D) CAPP 103 41.50 103 BLANK ROME LLP DUKE, EMMANUEL E

3768 Ex Parte Schaerer et al 13012164 - (D) BROWN 103 ADE & COMPANY INC. KELLOGG, MICHAEL S

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1759 Ex Parte Herdman et al 12409629 - (D) HANLON 103 CARMODY TORRANCE SANDAK & HENNESSEY LLP WONG, EDNA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Mattson et al 14229029 - (D) HUGHES 103 Siemens Corporation GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2431 Ex Parte Boivie et al 13226079 - (D) MORGAN 103 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC AVERY, JEREMIAH L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Ragozin et al 13977279 - (D) DEJMEK 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (Intel) LHYMN, SARAH

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2896 Ex Parte Pendse et al 13529794 - (D) KRATZ 102 STATS ChipPAC/PATENT LAW GROUP: Atkins and Associates, P.C. CLARK, SHEILA V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Bradley 13958345 - (D) SILVERMAN 112(2)/103 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP MAHMOOD, NADIA AHMAD

We agree with the Appellant, because the use of the expression “one or more muscle groups” in the preamble may provide antecedent basis for the same expression referenced in the body of the claim. See Pacing Techs., LLC. v. Garmin Int'l, Inc., 778 F.3d 1021, 1024 (Fed. Cir. 2015).

3765 Ex Parte Hansson et al 11804393 - (D) WARNER 102 HONEYWELL/CONLEY ROSE HADEN, SALLY CLINE

3788 Ex Parte Weigand et al 13512374 - (D) WARNER 112(1)/102/103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) WAY, JAMES R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Hayes et al 11546882 - (D) KRATZ 102/103 Covestro LLC HEINCER, LIAM J

1791 Ex Parte Watson et al 12957138 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DA) STULII, VERA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2466 Ex Parte Pacella et al 12624667 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 VERIZON TRAN, THINH D

2468 Ex Parte Free et al 12893143 - (D) BAIN 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. KASSIM, KHALED M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte CARRILLO et al 13791211 - (D) REIMERS 102 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP — BSC MILES, JONATHAN WADE

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3748 TWIN CITY FAN COMPANIES, LTD. Requester, Appellant v. LESEMEN DAVIS, LLC Patent Owner, Respondent Ex Parte 7,707,828 B2 et al 11608587 95002024 - (D) SONG 103 Sutton McAughan Deaver, PLLC KAUFMAN,JOSEPHA original TRAN, DIEM T