metalcraft

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte Palaniswamy 13882068 - (D) KRATZ 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P.

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte Fisker et al 13256452 - (D) HOWARD 102/103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC HANN, JAY B

2184 Ex Parte Remple et al 14337844 - (D) AMUNDSON 102 Loza & Loza, LLP/Qualcomm BORROMEO, JUANITO C

2194 Ex Parte Waldbaum et al 12968572 - (D) HAMANN 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION ORTIZ, DERIC OMAR

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2614 Ex Parte Fateh 14014245 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(1)/103 41.40 112(2) Mohr Intellectual Property Law Solutions, P.C. ZALALEE, SULTANA MARCIA

2625 Ex Parte OHTA 12614720 - (D) BUSCH 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. SHAPIRO, LEONID

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Tomita et al 13406413 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP/Nike STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN

3742 Ex Parte Tebé Poves et al 13390369 - (D) GREENHUT 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP SAMUELS, LAWRENCE H

3776 Ex Parte Overes et al 13419908 - (D) NEWMAN 102/103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP WEISS, JESSICA

3788 Ex Parte Bimbo et al 13940410 - (D) BAHR 112(2)/102/103 LAW OFFICE OF LOUIS WOO WAY, JAMES R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1798 Ex Parte Kumar 13294256 - (D) DENNETT 103 103 CURATOLO SIDOTI CO., LPA WARDEN, JILL ALICE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2641 Ex Parte Fitzgerald et al 12203845 - (D) SMITH 103 double patenting Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP ELHAG, MAGDI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte BECK et al 13451871 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 112(2)/103 103 SKF USA Inc. TRUONG, MINH D

3657 Ex Parte Rosenbaum 13763753 - (D) SHIANG 103 103 BELZER PC SY, MARIANO ONG

see also Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc., v. The Toro Co., 848 F.3d 1358, 1367 (Fed. Cir. 2017):

Without any explanation as to how or why the references would be combined to arrive at the claimed invention, we are left with only hindsight bias that KSR warns against. . .[,] we cannot allow hindsight bias to be the thread that stitches together prior art patches into something that is the claimed invention.

3748 Ex Parte LUEDERS 12342958 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 102 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP TRAN, DIEM T

3753 Ex Parte Hartwig et al 13814829 - (D) PESLAK 103 112(1)/112(2)/103 41.50 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1792 Ex Parte Mycock et al 13885744 - (D) TIMM 103 UNILEVER PATENT GROUP WILLIAMS, LELA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2127 Ex Parte Drinkard 13298416 - (D) BARRY 102 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Omron SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J

2158 Ex Parte CHIDAMBARAN et al 11876679 - (D) BRANCH 102/103 Vista IP Law Group, LLP (Oracle) SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN

2169 Ex Parte Calo et al 13912147 - (D) BRANCH 103 PATENT PORTFOLIO BUILDERS, PLLC HU, JENSEN

2174 Ex Parte ARCHER et al 12957574 - (D) KUMAR 112(2) 103 VERIZON SHIAU, SHEN C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Ex Parte WABE et al 13800278 - (D) BRANCH 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. NGANKAM, PATRICK F

2483 Ex Parte BELSARKAR et al 13188424 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Bosch) MAHMUD, FARHAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2688 Ex Parte Sugiyama et al 13720613 - (D) KRIVAK 112(1)/102 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. WONG, KIN C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Fischer 13586924 - (D) HUME 103 EMCH, SCHAFFER, SCHAUB & PORCELLO CO BELLINGER, JASON R

3622 Ex Parte Khan et al 12651420 - (D) BUI 101/103 Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A. SITTNER, MICHAEL J

3623 Ex Parte Charfi et al 13324369 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 101/103 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. (SAP) BOSWELL, BETH V

3625 Ex Parte O'CONNOR et al 14105372 - (D) McCARTNEY 101 TERRILE, CANNATTI, CHAMBERS & HOLLAND, LLP AIRAPETIAN, MILA

3625 Ex Parte O'CONNOR et al 12688001 - (D) BEAMER 101/103 TERRILE, CANNATTI, CHAMBERS & HOLLAND, LLP MISIASZEK, MICHAEL

3692 Ex Parte Fung et al 12973856 - (D) MEYERS 101 PERKINS COIE LLP - SEA General WONG, ERIC TAK WAI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Stern 12934291 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 101 Alexander Stern PIERCE, WILLIAM M

3741 Ex Parte Merry et al 13340909 - (D) HUTCHINGS 112(2)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY SUNG, GERALD LUTHER

3761 Ex Parte McDaniel et al 13333150 - (D) SHAH 102 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. KIDWELL, MICHELE Mv

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3682 Ex Parte Kendall et al 13447102 - (R) McSHANE 101 Facebook/Fenwick SITTNER, MATTHEW T

eli lilly3, yates

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1632 Ex Parte Kee et al 13501998 - (D) NEWMAN 112(1) Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing WILSON, MICHAEL C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Tsuda et al 13080835 - (D) THOMAS 102 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP HO, RUAY L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte FENNEY 13720318 - (D) BENNETT 103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (ImgTec) DU, HAIXIA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2847 Ex Parte Kinzl et al 13557402 - (D) GUPTA 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. PAGHADAL, PARESH H

2883 Ex Parte Buff et al 13663975 - (D) OWENS 103 CORNING INCORPORATED RADKOWSKI, PETER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Kugler et al 13470854 - (D) BROWNE 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG

3766 Ex Parte Hill 13086519 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR

3766 Ex Parte Nguyen-Stella et al 12430304 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 Lowe Graham Jones Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. BAYS, PAMELA M

In re Eli Lilly & Co., 902 F.2d 943, 947-A8 (Fed. Cir.1990) (“The uniform application of the law of ‘obviousness’ is essential to the commercial incentive that is the core of the patent system. The obligation of the decisionmaker is to apply the law consistently to the evidence for each new invention. All relevant facts must be considered, while recognizing that it is inappropriate to ‘squeez[e] new factual situations into preestablished pigeonholes.’”) (citing In re Yates, 663 F.2d 1054, 1056 n.4 (CCPA 1981))

Eli Lilly, In re, 902 F.2d 943, 14 USPQ2d 1741 (Fed. Cir. 1990) 716.01(d) , 716.02(b) , 716.02(c) , 2142 , 2144 , 2144.08

3777 Ex Parte OSTROVSKY et al 13608613 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP — BSC NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Spittle 13926114 - (D) PESLAK 103 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. NGUYEN, SON T

3667 Ex Parte Hannukainen et al 13449824 - (D) SHAH 112(2)/103 102/103 41.50 101 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. SWEENEY, BRIAN P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Weismantel et al 12521857 - (D) WIEDER 103 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP CHOI, STEPHEN

3738 Ex Parte Long 11904079 - (D) MAJORS 103 103 MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK, LLP PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM

3786 Ex Parte Halmann et al 14015252 - (D) FREDMAN 103 112(2)/102/103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD BRUTUS, JOEL F

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 Ex Parte Wells et al 13552702 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company HINES, LATOSHAD

1784 Ex Parte Kojima et al 13752816 - (D) INGLESE 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. WANG, XIAOBEI

1799 Ex Parte Maxik et al 14211663 - (D) ROSS 103 Widerman Malek, PL Biological Illumination, LLC SPAMER, DONALD R

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte Hoier et al 12089023 - (D) McGEE 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP OLAMIT, JUSTIN N

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Gordon et al 11465923 - (D) WIEDER 101 HOFFMAN WARNTOK T T C MILLER, ALAN S

3682 Ex Parte Kingsborough et al 11459733 - (D) MEYERS 103 101 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. BOVEJA, NAMRATA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Wong et al 13665806 - (D) WOODS 103 HONEYWELL/LKGlobal GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A

3726 Ex Parte Rose 13492303 - (D) STAICOVICI 112(1)/103 Kinney & Lange, P.A. HOLLY, LEE A

3744 Ex Parte Donnat et al 13002217 - (D) CALVE 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier TEITELBAUM, DAVID J

3762 Ex Parte North 13640616 - (D) FREDMAN 112(2) 103 41.50 103 Haynes and Boone, LLP (46901) EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT

3768 Ex Parte Georgopoulos 13312332 - (D) NEW 101 112(6)/101/103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L

3781 Ex Parte ORGELDINGER 12749713 - (D) OSINSKI 103 KEATING & BENNETT, LLP SCHOPPE, ZIMMERMANN , STOCKELER & ZINKLER ALLEN, JEFFREY R

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2696 Ex Parte Davydov et al 12958326 - (R) HUME 103 Apple c/o MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP SF LANDIS, LISAS

genetic techs

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1624 Ex Parte Pleschke et al 12681843 - (D) COTTA 103 BGL/Research Triangle Park BALASUBRAMANIAN, VENKATARAMAN

1634 Ex Parte Terbrueggen 12798108 - (D) MILLS 101 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (SF) SISSON, BRADLEY L

Thus, the issue is whether the claimed method for detecting nucleic acids in a sample involves something other than conventional physical implementation of a natural phenomenon. See Genetic Technologies v. Menial LLC, 818 F.3d 1369, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2016). We answer this question in the affirmative.

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2469 Ex Parte Kampmann et al 14239210 - (D) CHEN 112(2)/103 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson LA, PHONG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Ex Parte Kiel 14079408 - (D) CHEN 112(1)/103 41.50 112(2) MOORE PATENTS SWARTHOUT, BRENT

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte Bateman 11568167 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC SMITH, DAVID E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3686 Ex Parte Morsch et al 12185754 - (D) KIM 101 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - MINNEAPOLIS NGUYEN, TRAN N

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Berczik et al 13116093 - (D) SHAH 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY SEHN, MICHAEL L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2178 Ex Parte Damery et al 11623529 - (D) SHIANG 103 103 Smith & Hopen (private clients) NAZAR, AHAMED I

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3775 Ex Parte Sweeney 12906594 - (D) BROWN 103 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP RAMANA, ANURADHA

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Allman et al 14673422 - (D) JURGOVAN 112(2) 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC LU, CHARLES EDWARD

2178 Ex Parte Vink 14173814 - (D) POTHIER 103 CRGO LAW BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2871 Ex Parte Davey et al 13630804 - (D) OWENS 103 HONEYWELL/LKGlobal LAU, EDMOND C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3618 Ex Parte Hufenbach et al 14362693 - (D) SHAW 102/103 Abel Law Group, LLP VANAMAN, FRANK BENNETT

3622 Ex Parte Bigby et al 14016220 - (D) THOMAS 101 BGL/Yahoo Holdings GARTLAND, SCOTT D

3623 Ex Parte Banavar et al 13225874 - (D) LENTIVECH 101/103 SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N

3625 Ex Parte Zabaldo 13239196 - (D) AMUNDSON 101/103 Mohr Intellectual Property Law Solutions, P.C. PALAVECINO, KATHLEEN GAGE

3631 Ex Parte WALTERS 12966217 - (D) DEJMEK 112(2)/102 102/103 MCNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC SAFAVI, MICHAEL

3649 Ex Parte Selle et al 12145913 - (D) ASTORINO 103 CORRIGAN LAW OFFICE HARMON, CHRISTOPHER R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Pianca et al 13427679 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. c/o Lowe Graham Jones WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL

3769 Ex Parte LEMBERG et al 13314548 - (D) COTTA 103 ISUS Intellectual Property PLLC JENNESS, NATHAN JAY

3776 Ex Parte Wallenstein et al 13251622 - (D) STAICOVICI 102/103 CARTER, DELUCA, FARRELL & SCHMIDT, LLP SHIRSAT, MARCELA

3779 Ex Parte Hale et al 12902998 - (D) KERINS 103 Whitmyer IP Group LLC WOO, JAE KYUN

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 ACCO BRANDS CORPORATION Respondent, Requester v. FELLOWES, INC. Appellant, Patent Owner Ex Parte 7,963,468 et al 12/616,567 95001723 - (D) McCARTHY 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL original MILLER, BENA B

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2875 Ex parte JOHN G. PETERSEN Ex Parte 7914167 et al 12/184,774 90013550 - (R) HOFF 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY For THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP 2nd Third Party Address - Name change not of record GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE, ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, PC HOTALING, JOHN M original TRUONG, BAO Q

brink, richardson

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte ROTHBERG et al 13797871 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 41.50 103 LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION CROW, ROBERT THOMAS

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Mills 13673323 - (D) CALVE 103 Leber IP Law ALKER, KATHLEEN IWASAKI

3656 Ex Parte Kawakami 10711611 - (D) HILL 103/double patenting DELAND LAW OFFICE LUONG, VINH

3657 Ex Parte Root et al 13077883 - (D) FENICK 102/103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Chi) BOWES, STEPHEN M

3681 Ex Parte Butler et al 12206836 - (D) MEYERS 102/103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 BRANDENBURG, WILLIAM A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Caffey et al 13473012 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (BO) SZPIRA, JULIE ANN

3736 Ex Parte Baker et al 12165241 - (D) PRATS 102/103 Covidien LP FOREMAN, JONATHAN M

Given the absence of a specific description as to how Nagashimada’s device functions when using digital displays or clocks, we are not persuaded that Nagashimada’s disclosure of using digital displays or clocks demonstrates that its device makes an actual wait-time determination as Appellants’ claims 1 and 10 require, as opposed to the actually described determination of consistent absorbency readings, discussed above. See In re Brink, 419 F.2d 914, 917 (CCPA 1970) (“[I]f a reference is ambiguous and can be interpreted so that it may or may no[t] constitute an anticipation of an appellant’s claims, an anticipation rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102 based upon the ambiguous reference is improper.”); see also Richardson v. Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd., 868 F.2d 1226, 1236 (Fed. Cir. 1989) (For a reference to anticipate a claim, “[e]very element of the claimed invention must be literally present, arranged as in the claim.”).

Richardson v. Suzuki Motor Co., 868 F.2d 1226, 9 USPQ2d 1913 (Fed. Cir. 1989) 2131

3738 Ex Parte Case et al 13444238 - (D) SCANLON 103 Buchanan Van Tuinen LLC SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE

3747 Ex Parte Takeishi et al 13027577 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC LAGUARDA, GONZALO

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2135 Ex Parte Breternitz et al 13708090 - (D) KOHUT 103 103 41.50 101 Davidson Sheehan LLP Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. YU, JAEUN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Leo 13421927 - (D) WARNER 102/103 102/103 Hansen IP Law PLLC TRIEU, TIMOTHY K

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Ma et al 12809747 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 GLOBAL IP SERVICES BROWN, COURTNEY A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1762 Ex Parte Alanzo et al 12989369 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(2)/103 Mossman, Kumar & Tyler PC NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Hwang et al 13980443 - (D) ENGLE 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP SHELEHEDA, JAMES R

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2845 Ex Parte Johansson et al 13643647 - (D) HASTINGS 112(1) 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. SMITH, GRAHAM P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte OVICK et al 14511869 - (D) BEAMER 101 WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI GART, MATTHEW S

3625 Ex Parte Yankovich et al 13051476 - (D) FENICK 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY HAQ, NAEEM U

3663 Ex Parte Judd et al 13268284 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 HONEYWELL/FOGG EVANS, GARRETT F

3665 Ex Parte Hua et al 13236350 - (D) WARNER 103 DUFT BORNSEN & FETTIG, LLP TORCHINSKY, EDWARD

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Molinari et al 13720350 - (D) HOFFMANN 103/double patenting Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP/Nike STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN

3742 Ex Parte LIU et al 14042778 - (D) CAPP 103 HODGSON RUSS LLP VAN, QUANG T

3745 Ex Parte Fuglsang et al 13500868 - (D) SCHOPFER 102/103 NATH, GOLDBERG & MEYER FLORES, JUAN G

3747 Ex Parte HAYMAN et al 12834420 - (D) ENGELS 103 Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (GM) KIM, JAMES JAY

3749 Ex Parte Sanchez-Molinero et al 12812396 - (D) KINDER 103 American Air Liquide, Inc. MCALLISTER, STEVEN B

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2665 Ex Parte Wallace 12415157 - (R) PYONIN 101/103 Vobach IP Law, LLC GORADIA, SHEFALI DINESH

eli lilly4

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AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3779 Ex Parte Buerk 13631302 - (D) LEE 103 102 Whitmyer IP Group LLC NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY

 As the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit explained, for anticipation, the dispositive question is “whether one skilled in the art would reasonably understand or infer from a prior art reference that every claim element is disclosed in that reference.”  Eli Lilly v. Los Angeles Biomedical Res. Inst., 849 F.3d 1073, 1074–1075 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (citation omitted).

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte MOLENDA et al 12187648 - (D) LEBOVITZ 112(1) 103 NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, PA MATTISON, LORI K

1651 Ex Parte McIntyre et al 13618261 - (D) MILLS 103 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO CLARKE, TRENT R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte Knighton et al 12715807 - (D) SMITH 103 Thomas Coester Law Corporation dba TCIP TANG, KAREN C

2473 Ex Parte Masini et al 14202281 - (D) CRAIG 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC LIU, JUNG-JEN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3687 Ex Parte Klensch 13207013 - (D) KIM 101/103 Jones Day For SAP MASUD, ROKIB

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Kalange 12926872 - (D) HOELTER 112(1) 102/103 John T. Kalange APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3686 Ex Parte Itagaki et al 12598168 - (D) LORIN 101 41.50 101 COOPER & DUNHAM, LLP REYES, REGINALD R

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1745 Ex Parte Schütz 13462484 - (D) ROESEL 103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, P.C. CAILLOUET, CHRISTOPHER C

enfish, internet patents, recognicorp

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2479 Ex Parte Siomina et al 13997735 - (D) BRANCH 102/103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC NGUYEN, HANH N

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Iyengar et al 12882761 - (D) DOUGAL 101 Larson & Anderson, LLC JANG, CHRISTIAN YONGKYUN

The Federal Circuit has instructed that “[t]he ‘directed to’ inquiry . . . [does not] simply ask whether the claims involve a patent-ineligible concept, because essentially every routinely patent-eligible claim involving physical products and actions involves a law of nature and/or natural phenomenon.”  Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corp., 822 F.3d 1327, 1335 (Fed. Cir. 2016).  The Courts continues: “the ‘directed to’ inquiry applies a stage-one filter to claims, considered in light of the specification, based on whether ‘their character as a whole is directed to excluded subject matter.’”  Id. (citing Internet Patents Corp. v. Active Network, Inc., 790 F.3d 1343, 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2015).

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3749 Ex Parte Cameron et al 13510108 - (D) STEPINA 103 103 The Linde Group LIN, KO-WEI

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1786 Ex Parte Lim et al 12817775 - (D) BEST 103 WHITHAM, CURTIS & COOK, P.C. REA, CHRISTINE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte Kho et al 12959012 - (D) FETTING 101/102/103 Fabian Vancott IBM CORPORATION FLYNN, KEVIN H

3629 Ex Parte Beckers 12044376 - (D) FETTING 101/103 STAAS & HALSEY LLP MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A

A payment determination is a quantitative mathematical algorithm, which by itself has long been held to be an abstract idea. See RecogniCorp, LLC v. Nintendo Co., Ltd., 855 F.3d 1322, 1327 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (“A process that started with data, added an algorithm, and ended with a new form of data was directed to an abstract idea.”)

3685 Ex Parte IBRAHIM et al 13481082 - (D) FETTING 103 101/103 Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C. MCINTYRE, CHARLES AARON

3688 Ex Parte Greenspun 13681142 - (D) FETTING 101/112(1)/112(2)/103 STOEL RIVES LLP - SLC PATEL, DIPEN M

grasselli2, meadwestvaco, mason

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Ex Parte Seabaugh et al 14212310 - (D) NAGUMO 102 Greenberg Traurig, LLP TRAN, TONY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Serafin et al 13507397 - (D) WIEKER 103/double patenting CHRISTOPHER JOHN RUDY HOBAN, MELISSA A

3745 Ex Parte Aiello et al 13627036 - (D) SCHOPFER 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY SEABE, JUSTIN D

3761 Ex Parte VON WEYMARN-SCHÄRLI 13532523 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 ADAMS & WILKS MENSH, ANDREW J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Pascal et al 11721716 - (D) POWELL 103 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC KRUER, KEVIN R

Furthermore, for most of the claims, we are not persuaded that Appellants’ evidence of allegedly unexpected results rebuts this prima facie case of obviousness. To support a contention of nonobviousness, evidence of unexpected results must be commensurate in scope with the claims. In re Grasselli, 713 F.2d 731, 741 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (Where rebuttal evidence compared catalysts containing sodium to prior art, court held evidence insufficient to rebut prima facie case of obviousness because experiments limited to sodium were not commensurate in scope with claims, which were directed to certain catalysts containing an alkali metal.). The requirement that the evidence be commensurate in scope with the claimed invention must be applied on a claim-by-claim basis. See MeadWestVaco Corp. v. Rexam Beauty and Closures, Inc., 731 F.3d 1258, 1264—65 (Fed. Cir. 2013) (noting district court erred by failing to treat broader claims differently than narrower claims when considering objective evidence of non-obviousness).

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

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3765 Ex Parte van Oudenallen et al 13220383 - (D) KNIGHT 112(1)/103 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC HOEY, ALISSA L

Claim 16 — This claim recites a “plurality of connections between [the] third sheet and [the] fourth sheet. . . whereby [the] third sheet is constrained to expand . . . from [the] fourth sheet.” Appellants argue that the plurality of connections are not shown in the art and that the whereby clause must be considered. App. Br. 26-27. The Examiner argues that the whereby clause is functional language that does not define any structure and thus does not distinguish over the prior art, citing to In re Mason, 244 F.2d 733 (CCPA 1957). Ans. 10. We disagree with the Examiner’s claim interpretation. Claim 16 positively recites a plurality of connections and further recites that the connections are distributed so that the third sheet expands a limited distance from the fourth sheet when the chamber is inflated. The Examiner has failed to provide an adequate showing of where this structural limitation of the plurality of connections is found in either Anderson or Clark. Accordingly, because all of the limitations are not shown to be contained in the references cited, this rejection will not be sustained.

AFFIRMED
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1718 Ex Parte Ferguson et al 13871132 - (D) ROSS 103 Kwan & Olynick LLP, Boeing TUROCY, DAVID P

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2412 Ex Parte Kalhan et al 14358339 - (D) BUI 103 KYOCERA INTERNATIONAL INC. ATKINS JR., GEORGE CALVIN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2676 Ex Parte Liguori et al 14720915 - (D) KUMAR 103/double patenting William Propp, Esq. CHEN, HUO LONG

3625 Ex Parte Gu et al 12061448 - (D) THOMAS 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY PALAVECINO, KATHLEEN GAGE

3649 Ex Parte Boeckl et al 10609132 - (D) HORNER 103 NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATI HARMON, CHRISTOPHER R

3657 Ex Parte Hanna et al 12793525 - (D) THOMAS 103 BrooksGroup SICONOLFI, ROBERT

3671 Ex Parte Cain et al 13785142 - (D) HORNER 102 Chamberlain, Hrdicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, P.C. MAYO-PINNOCK, TARA LEIGH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte Martin 14068014 - (D) CAPP 102 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN

3748 Ex Parte Schneeberger 12564877 - (D) GUIJT 102/103 41.50 102/103 IDEPA INC. DAVIS, MARY ALICE

REHEARING

DENIED
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3693 Ex Parte Dickson et al 13285427 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. ALLADIN, AMBREEN A

seid

custom search

REVERSED
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3645 Ex Parte Chen 13422533 - (D) ASTORINO 103 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./ALCATEL-LUCENT ABRAHAM, SAMANTHA K

3655 Ex Parte Grosskopf et al 13457002 - (D) HUME 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Hamilton Sundstrand HANSEN, COLBY M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Gehret et al 12541364 - (D) WIEDER 112(1)/112(2)/102 THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION PATEL, BHARAT C

3741 Ex Parte Cowan et al 13173903 - (D) GUIJT 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY AMAR, MARC J

3744 Ex Parte Masani et al 12550098 - (D) WIEDER 103 ConocoPhillips Company ZEC, FILIP

3762 Ex Parte Goetz 13750832 - (D) GRIMES 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT , P.A LEVICKY, WILLIAM J

3763 Ex Parte Reid 13966315 - (D) CAPP 102 DALY, CROWLEY, MOFFORD & DITRKEE, LLP MEDWAY, SCOTT J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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3671 Ex Parte Thompson et al 13660121 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 103 Cantor Colburn LLP CHU, KATHERINE J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1746 Ex Parte Petri 13054817 - (D) HASTINGS 103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC BLADES, JOHN A

Ornamental effects cannot be relied upon as a patentable difference.  See In re Seid, 161 F.2d 229, 231 (CCPA 1947) (matters relating to ornamentation only, which have no mechanical function, cannot be relied upon to patentably distinguish the claimed invention from the prior art)

Seid, In re, 161 F.2d 229, 73 USPQ 431 (CCPA 1947) 2112.01 , 2144.04

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2153 Ex Parte Kunath et al 14022856 - (D) CHEN 103 Artegis Law Group, LLP - Harman CHOI, YUK TING

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2848 Ex Parte NOMMER et al 12808310 - (D) CUTITTA 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC TRAN, BINH BACH THANH

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3625 Ex Parte Lu et al 13192576 - (D) MURPHY 101 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. HAQ, NAEEM U

3631 Ex Parte Kaps et al 13165819 - (D) WIEDER 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation KRYCINSKI, STANTON L

3646 Ex Parte Gautier et al 12531605 - (D) JESCHKE 103 41.50 101 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP DAVIS, SHARON M

3676 Ex Parte Patel 12986637 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 SCHLUMBERGER ROSHARON CAMPUS GRAY, GEORGE STERLING

3685 Ex Parte Fisher 13650437 - (D) KAISER 103 Michelle Fisher AGWUMEZIE, CHINEDU CHARLES

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Keeley et al 12911562 - (D) HOELTER 103 K&L Gates LLP-Orange County YABUT, DIANE D

3745 Ex Parte Ahmad et al 13002986 - (D) HORNER 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION WOLCOTT, BRIAN P

REHEARING

DENIED
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1717 Ex Parte Ehrt et al 13817526 - (D) McGEE dissenting NAGUMO 103 Abel Law Group, LLP BOWMAN, ANDREW J

himpp, zurko

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Reynolds 13434463 - (D) CURCURI 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - Synaptics SCHNIREL, ANDREW B

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3673 Ex Parte Amano 13634354 - (D) MacDONALD 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP HARE, DAVID R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Iaizzo et al 10876301 - (D) ADAMS 103 41.50 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) BERHANU, ETSUB D

Although this

Board has subject matter expertise, [] the Board cannot accept general conclusions about what is “basic knowledge” or “common sense” as a replacement for documentary evidence for core factual findings in a determination of patentability. . . . To hold otherwise would be to embark down a slippery slope which would permit the examining process to deviate from the well-established and time-honored requirement that rejections be supported by evidence. It would also ultimately “render the process of appellate review for substantial evidence on the record a meaningless exercise.”

K/S Himpp v. Hear-Wear Technologies LLC, 751 F.3d 1362, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (quoting In re Zurko, 258 F.3d 1385—86 (Fed. Cir. 2001)); see generally, Manual of Patent Examining Procedure § 2144.03(C) (“If applicant adequately traverses the examiner’s assertion of official notice, the examiner must provide documentary evidence in the next Office action if the rejection is to be maintained”).

Zurko, In re, 258 F.3d 1379, 59 USPQ2d 1693 (Fed. Cir. 2001) 2144.03

3779 Ex Parte BANIK et al 14092505 - (D) CAPP 102/103 Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN

3779 Ex Parte Zappia et al 13599929 - (D) CHANG 102 Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC TORRES DIAZ, ARNALDO

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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1711 Ex Parte Quintard et al 13386342 - (D) SNAY 102/103 112(2) American Air Liquide, Inc. MARKOFF, ALEXANDER

AFFIRMED
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2824 Ex Parte Manning 13184168 - (D) SNAY 112(2) 102/103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/MICRON NGUYEN, VAN THU T

2865 Ex Parte Schmidt 13132861 - (D) GARRIS 112(2)/101/103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP ISHIZUKA, YOSHIHISA

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3649 Ex Parte Wright et al 12765362 - (D) TIMM 112(2) KRATON POLYMERS U.S. LLC KRUER, KEVIN R

3662 Ex Parte Sautron et al 13529204 - (D) LENTIVECH 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. NGUYEN, NGA X

3673 Ex Parte Rensink 13666253 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP KURILLA, ERIC J

3682 Ex Parte Skowronek et al 12052962 - (D) KIM 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP BROWN, ALVIN L

3682 Ex Parte Urban et al 13211079 - (D) KIM 103 101/103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Chi) BOVEJA, NAMRATA

3691 Ex Parte Baldrick et al 13599739 - (D) FINAMORE 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/VISA CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Mittermeyer et al 12048647 - (D) BROWNE 103 Tucker Ellis LLP CARPENTER, WILLIAM R

3765 Ex Parte Kaufman 13234624 - (D) REIMERS 112(1) 103 BELZER PC KINSAUL, ANNA KATHRYN

3775 Ex Parte Kubiak et al 12577688 - (D) FREDMAN 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) SEVILLA, CHRISTIAN ANTHONY

REHEARING

GRANTED
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2433 Ex Parte WHITEHOUSE 12976289 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 41.50 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP TRAN, ELLEN C