robertson

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Yalin et al 12103826 - (D) KERINS 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. LEO, LEONARD R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Ex Parte BANOWIT 14250020 - (D) SNAY 103 103 41.50 102 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. FIGG, TRAVIS M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte GLASGOW et al 14556823 - (D) JEFFERY 103 double patenting AT & T Legal Department - FKM TO, BAOQUOC N

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 CSR TECHNOLOGY INC. & MOTOROLA MOBILITY, LLC Requesters and Respondents v. BANDSPEED, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7027418 et al 09/948,488 95002108 - (D) JEFFERY 112(1)/102/103 102/103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTERS: RATNER PRESITIA; KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP POKRZYWA, JOSEPH R original DUONG, FRANK

See In re Robertson, 169 F.3d 743, 745 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (“Inherency . . . may not be established by probabilities or possibilities.  The mere fact that a certain thing may result from a given set of circumstances is not sufficient.”) (citations omitted). 

Robertson, In re, 169 F.3d 743, 49 USPQ2d 1949 (Fed. Cir. 1999) 2112 , 2114 , 2163 , 2163.07(a)

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2171 SYMANTEC CORPORATION Requester v. INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I, LLC Patent Owner Ex Parte 6,460,050 B1 et al 09/469,567 95002202 - (D) HOFF 101 41.77 101 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP Third Party Requester: WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP WILMERHALE/SYMANTEC CORPORATION NGUYEN, MINH DIEU T original LE, UYEN T

tokai

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Beeler et al 13024402 - (D) BEAMER 103 BOOTH UDALL FULLER, PLC MCKIE, GINA M

2655 Ex Parte Kettering et al 14849166 - (D) BAUMEISTER 102/103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD LAO, LUNSEE

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte STRAUB et al 13904211 - (D) OWENS 103 BURR & BROWN, PLLC BOUZIANE, SAID

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Suciu et al 13283689 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY WHITE, DWAYNE J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2665 Ex Parte Kuoch et al 13814992 - (D) POTHIER 103 OSHA LIANG L.L.P. SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M

 There can be no nexus when the evidence of secondary considerations stems from what was known 
in the prior art. See Tokai Corp. v. Easton Enters., Inc., 632 F.3d 1358, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (“If [secondary considerations are] due to an element in the prior art, no nexus exists.”).

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Srivastava et al 12822758 - (D) LORIN 112(2)/101 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC ROTARU, OCTAVIAN

3626 Ex Parte Schoenberg 13352007 - (D) JURGOVAN 101/103 Bey & Cotropia PLLC (Trizetto Customer Number) LULTSCHIK, WILLIAM G

3687 Ex Parte Lundberg 13408917 - (D) BUSCH 101/103 41.50 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. DANZIG, REVA R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Sanchez 14123554 - (D) SMITH 103 ANTHONY ASQUITH HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN

3769 Ex Parte Taylor et al 11966214 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP (487145) NGANGA, BONIFACE N

REHEARING

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

OIP

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3674 Ex Parte Eikaas et al 13119345 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 OSHA LIANG/MI AHUJA, ANURADHA

3694 Ex Parte Annunziata et al 12893690 - (D) FETTING 101/103 41.50 101 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) CRANFORD, MICHAEL D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Sing et al 12841111 - (D) GRIMES 112(2)/103 Vista IP Law Group LLP GILBERT, SAMUEL G

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Warren et al 11059763 - (D) FREDMAN 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY VU, JAKE MINH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3694 Ex Parte Johnson et al 13327843 - (D) FETTING 103 101 Johnson, Marcou & Isaacs, LLC CRANFORD, MICHAEL D

We are not persuaded by Appellants' argument that the Examiner has not shown preemption. Replay Br. 4. First, that the claims do not preempt all forms of the abstraction or may be limited to the abstract idea in the e-commerce setting do not make them any less abstract. See OIP Technologies, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 788 F.3d 1359, 1360—1361 (2015). Second, preemption is one test, but not the only test for finding a claim directed to an abstract idea. Third, as the claims do no more than lay out conceptual advice on one way to substitute credit accounts, and recite doing so by a general purpose computer, by definition of preemption this precludes all methods of following that advice. The recitation of a computer does not alter this analysis.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte SAJIMA et al 13723937 - (D) HOWARD 103 BIRCH, STEWART, KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN

borkowski, lindner

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1671 Ex Parte Reese et al 13826394 - (D) FLAX 103 Covestro LLC MURESAN, ANA Z

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3645 Ex Parte Dunne 13615172 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP - Colorado Springs ABRAHAM, SAMANTHA K

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte SIRAVO et al 12843421 - (D) PRATS 102/103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP ECKMAN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1678 Ex Parte Seher et al 11996810 - (D) COTTA 112(2) 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS FOSTER, CHRISTINE E

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1746 Ex Parte Gelli et al 13138548 - (D) DELMENDO 103 BREINER & BREINER, L.L.C. BLADES, JOHN A

The Appellants’ general reference to the Gelli Declaration, without specific citations to facts (e.g., experimental comparative data as distinguished from mere assertions), is insufficient to identify a reversible error in the Examiner’s rejection. Cf. In re Borkowski, 505 F.2d 713, 718 (CCPA 1974) (“The original and supplemental affidavits together with the accompanying comments do not adequately explain what facts or data appellants are relying upon ...”); In re Lindner, 457 F.2d 506, 508 (CCPA 1972) (“[M]ere conclusory statements in the specification and affidavits are entitled to little weight when the Patent Office questions the efficacy of those statements.”).

Lindner, In re, 457 F.2d 506, 173 USPQ 356 (CCPA 1972) 716.01(c) , 716.02(d) , 2145

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2676 Ex Parte Kamath et al 13174197 - (D) WINSOR 103 HP Inc. KY, KEVIN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2864 Ex Parte Feng et al 13495272 - (D) GARRIS 101/102/103 Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP ABB Inc. BLOSS, STEPHANIE E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Ex Parte Schramm 13726466 - (D) DIXON 112(1)/102/103 112(2) Schramm-Personal-ACT BROWN, DREW J

3689 Ex Parte MALACKOWSKI et al 12727939 - (D) CRAWFORD 101/103 OSTROLENK FABER LLP SHANKER, JULIE MEYERS

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Shuster 14089639 - (D) OSINSKI 101 Coleman & Horowitt, LLP HYLINSKI, STEVEN J

donaldson, odetics, agrizap

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte YAMAUTI et al 13086693 - (D) OWENS 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. HA, STEVEN S

1764 Ex Parte Zhao et al 14132547 - (D) INGLESE 103 CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC. BROOKS, KREGGT

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2477 Ex Parte Naito et al 12907351 - (D) McNEILL 103 Paratus Law Group, PLLC ESMAEILIAN, MAJID

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Stovall et al 13460001 - (D) KERINS 103 Hoffman Warniok T T .P MA, KUN KAI

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3782 Ex Parte Ayers 12283629 - (D) PESLAK 103 103 CAROTHERS AND CAROTHERS MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS

 See also In re Donaldson Co., 16 F.3d 1189, 1195 (Fed. Cir. 1994) (“the broadest reasonable interpretation that an examiner may give means-plus-function language is that statutorily mandated in paragraph six.”).  Equivalence under 35 U.S.C. § 112, sixth paragraph requires “[f]unctional identity and either structural identity or equivalence.”  Odetics, Inc. v. Storage Technology Corp., 185 F. 3d 1259, 1267 (Fed. Cir. 1999). 

Donaldson, In re, 16 F.3d 1189, 29 USPQ2d 1845 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2111.01 , 2114 , 2161.01 , 2163.03

Odetics Inc. v. Storage Tech. Corp., 185 F.3d 1259, 51 USPQ2d 1225 (Fed. Cir. 1999) 2183 , 2184

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1757 Ex Parte WEEKLEY 13216144 - (D) HANLON 102/103 112(1)/112(2) THE NOBLITT GROUP, PLLC BARTON, JEFFREY THOMAS

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2197 Ex Parte Ding et al 12815375 - (D) McNEILL 103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG PAULINO, LENIN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte FONSEKA 13902036 - (D) REPKO 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC GARFT, CHRISTOPHER

 Additionally, courts have recognized that it would have been obvious to substitute one known element for another that performs the same function, where the results of the substitution would have been predictable. See, e.g., Agrizap, Inc. v. Woodstream Corp., 520 F.3d 1337, 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (concluding that the claims were obvious, noting that “[t]he asserted claims simply substitute a resistive electrical switch for the mechanical pressure switch”).

3688 Ex Parte Robbins et al 10766517 - (D) MURPHY 101 OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP STIBLEY, MICHAEL R

elektra

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1743 Ex Parte Weismantel et al 12746910 - (D) HANLON 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP SANDERS, JAMES M

1756 Ex Parte Ramm et al 13497283 - (D) CASHION 103 Pearne & Gordon LLP WANGA, TIMON

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2113 Ex Parte Bain 12733926 - (D) THOMAS 103 JAMES L. DAVISON MCCARTHY, CHRISTOPHER S

2194 Ex Parte KIM 13804634 - (D) DEJMEK 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP ANYA, CHARLES E

Claims are interpreted with an eye toward giving effect to all terms in the claim. See, e.g., Elekta Instrument S.A. v. O.U.R. Sci. Int’l, Inc., 214 F.3d 1302, 1305, 1307 (Fed. Cir. 2000). 

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2449 Ex Parte Anil 12995607 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 41.50 112(1) Jefferson IP Law, LLP NGUYEN, THUONG

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3776 Ex Parte Cournoyer 13242404 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON WEISS, JESSICA

3781 Ex Parte McAtarian et al 14589407 - (D) SONG 103 Hovey Williams LLP ALLEN, JEFFREY R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Yang 13517917 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 DORITY & MANNING P.A. and MICHELIN EASHOO, MARK

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Pederson et al 13300066 - (D) CRAIG 103 TERADATA US, INC. CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Gupta et al 13781240 - (D) POTHIER 103 MH2 Technology Law Group LLP (Avigilon) CHOU, ALAN S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 Ex Parte Zhang 13440724 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 BGL/Huawei BEUTEL, WILLIAM A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2847 Ex Parte Russell 14011237 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 Evans & Dixon, LLC NGO, HUNG V

2875 Ex Parte Bodem et al 13316898 - (D) TIMM 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC SONG, ZHENG B

2875 Ex Parte Wendt et al 13388358 - (D) PAK 103 41.50 103 PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V. GARLEN, ALEXANDER K

2891 Ex Parte TAKADA 13478211 - (D) McMANUS 103 Kunzler Law Group ZARNEKE, DAVID A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Morinville 13244561 - (D) PYONIN 102/103 101 LAW OFFICES OF MARK L. BERRIER BOYCE, ANDRE D

3644 Ex parte HUGHES 12702150 - (D) MARTIN 112(2)/103 41.50 112(2) Johnson, Marcou & Isaacs, LLC O'HARA, BRIAN M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Evans 13396786 - (D) REIMERS 103 41.50 103 Law Offices of Daniel A. Tesler, LLC (IF) STAUBACH, LINDSEY CLAIRE

3764 Ex Parte Bloch 13200813 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 Charles Brodsky WINTER, GREGORY J

Anheuser-Busch

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2414 Ex Parte EKPENYONG 14450931 - (D) BENNETT 102/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED SONG, REBECCA E

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2853 Ex Parte Perez Gellida et al 14130452 - (D) BEVERLY A. FRANKLIN 103 HP Inc. ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P

2897 Ex Parte TAMURA et al 13950957 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, P.C. NEWTON, VALERIE N

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte LEE et al 13091309 - (D) HANLON 112(4)/102 103 ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY The Dow Chemical Company WALTERS JR, ROBERT S

1723 Ex Parte Hallac et al 13664210 - (D) RANGE 102 112(2)/102/103 Fletcher Yoder PC Johnson Controls, Inc. DIGNAN, MICHAEL L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3683 Ex Parte Shaouy 11849738 - (D) FISCHETTI 101 101 Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C. TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Kapsalis et al 13507063 - (D) BAHR 103 102/103 ROBERT A. VANDERHYE DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1782 Ex Parte Ericsson et al 13375165 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP STRAH, ELI D

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Lundberg et al 12605030 - (D) WINSOR 103 double patenting 41.50 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. DANG, THANH HA T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Krauser et al 13154037 - (D) SMITH 103 J.B. KRAFT ATTORNEY PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3673 Ex Parte Dong et al 14002787 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS INC THROOP, MYLES A

3675 Ex Parte West 12752667 - (D) CALVE 112(2) 112(2)/103 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. FOSTER, NICHOLAS L

3691 Ex Parte Miller et al 13102086 - (D) FISCHETTI 101/103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD PRESTON, JOHN O

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3754 Ex parte Ragner Technology Corp. Ex Parte 9022076 et al 14262108 96000126 - (D) PER CURIAM 135(b)/112(1)/112(2)/102 ROPES & GRAY LLP ENGLISH, PETER C original HOOK, JAMES F

According to the Examiner, “the disclosure fails to describe a specific embodiment” of the concept “of relying only on the hose body itself to provide the biasing force that retracts the hose.”  Ans. 30.  As the Patent Owner points out, however, “that is not the correct standard for written description” and “‘[t]he relevant inquiry is whether a claim not limited to a [certain embodiment] is described.”  Reply Br. 3–5 (citing Anheuser-Busch Cos. v. Crown Cork & Seal Techs. Corp., 121 Fed. App’x 388, 394 (Fed. Cir. 2005). 

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex parte O.F. MOSSBERG & SONS, INC. Appellant, Patent Owner Ex Parte 7293385 et al 11621485 90013341 - (D) SONG 103 HOLLAND & BONZAGNI, P.C. JASTRZAB, JEFFREY R original KNOX, STEWART

alza2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Knoll 13482685 - (D) DERRICK 112(2)/103 IMPERIUM PATENT WORKS PATEL, DEVANG R

1744 Ex Parte Tow 13761272 - (D) RANGE 112(1)/112(2)/103 REED SMITH LLP LE, NINH V

Whether or not a person of ordinary skill in the art would have had a reasonable expectation that a particular combination of references would work is a pure question of fact. Alza Corp. v. Mylan Labs., Inc., 464 F.3d 1286, 1289 (Fed. Cir. 2006).

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

1783 Ex Parte Böger et al 12990888 - (D) SNAY 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. HANDVILLE, BRIAN

1787 Ex Parte ABE et al 12663310 - (D) KRATZ 103 BGL/Ann Arbor ENGLISH, PATRICK NOLAND

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2691 Ex Parte LoCascio 12578424 - (D) YAP 103 NORTH WEBER & BAUGH LLP RABINDRANATH, ROY P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2863 Ex Parte Van Dorsselaer 12912438 - (D) GUPTA 102/103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise DINH, LYNDA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Akiba et al 13767617 - (D) HOSKINS 103 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC TSANG, LISA L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Voisard et al 13233702 - (D) PRATS 102/103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP MAHMUD, ATIYA S

3754 Ex Parte GURR et al 13716835 - (D) CALVE 103 NATH, GOLDBERG & MEYER PANCHOLI, VISHAL J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Ash et al 13546140 - (D) BAHR 103 112(2) MARSHALL & MET .HORN, LLC STRIMBU, GREGORY J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3754 Ex Parte Gasper 13841229 - (D) BAHR 103 103 S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. NGO, LIEN M

3762 Ex Parte Howard et al 13900889 - (D) SMITH 112(2)/103 112(1)/103 Lowe Graham Jones Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Blizzard et al 14286295 - (D) MILLS 103 MCKELLAR IP LAW, PLLC BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte FUJII et al 13758104 - (D) HANLON 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LEE, REBECCA Y

1745 Ex Parte Blessing et al 14535419 - (D) ROSS 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY CAILLOUET, CHRISTOPHER C

1792 Ex Parte Katz et al 12314387 - (D) HASTINGS 103 FROST BROWN TODD LLC SMITH, PRESTON

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte Collins 13112159 - (D) COURTENAY 103 TERRILE, CANNATTI, CHAMBERS & HOLLAND, LLP TANK, ANDREW L

2191 Ex Parte Waltermann et al 13435452 - (D) PINKERTON 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC MORSHED, HOSSAIN M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte Coleman et al 14878807 - (D) CHEN 101/103/double patenting Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC WILLIAMS, CLAYTON R

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Ex Parte CHRISTENSEN 13804761 - (D) POTHIER 103 MUIRHEAD AND SATURNELLI, LLC TRUONG, NGUYEN H

2659 Ex Parte Aleksic et al 13923545 - (D) DEJMEK 112(1)/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. THOMAS-HOMESCU, ANNE L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Ex Parte FANG et al 14340054 - (D) TIMM 102 Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. REIDA, MOLLY KAY

2863 Ex Parte Pan 13341973 - (D) DERRICK 101 OLYMPIC PATENT WORKS PLLC BHAT, ADITYA S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3673 Ex Parte Siqueiros 12976953 - (D) ENGELS 103 RICHARD A. RYAN BARRETT, SUZANNE LALE DINO

3745 Ex Parte Boehm et al 12728660 - (D) CAPP 102/103 112(2) DILWORTH & BARRESE, LLP QUANDT, MICHAEL M

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 JOHNSON MATTHEY, INC. & HALDOR TOPSOE A/S DENMARK, Requesters and Appellants, v. Patent of BASF CORPORATION, Patent Owner and Respondent Ex Parte 7,902,107 B2 et al 12028300 95001894 - (D) ROBERTSON 102/103 41.77 103 Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: FITZAPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP LOPEZ,CARLOS N

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex parte PERSONAL WEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, and LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6415280 et al 09283160 90013487 - (S) BAUMEISTER 103 41.50 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC Third Party Requester: ARNOLD & PORTER LLP  RIMELL,SAMUEL G

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2411 Ex parte Cronos Technologies LLC Ex Parte 5664110 et al 08351795 90013591 - (D) MARTIN 102/103 CAPITAL LEGAL GROUP, PLLC THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: JACKSON WALKER  LLP TARAE, CATHERINE MICHELLE

titanium

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1759 Ex Parte Adlassnig 12441716 - (D) OGDEN 103 KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP RUFO, LOUIS J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Chen et al 13696437 - (D) WINSOR 103 GLOBAL IP SERVICES MAPAR, BIJAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2819 Ex Parte SASAKI et al 13920442 - (D) STRAUSS 102/103 Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, P.C. MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A

Furthermore, Appellants correctly argue the Examiner’s reliance on routine optimization is improper. Modifications that would have been known to a person of ordinary skill are irrelevant to whether a reference anticipates a claim under 35 U.S.C. § 102. Titanium Metals Corp. v. Banner, 778 F.2d 775, 780 (Fed. Cir. 1985) (“[A]nticipation under § 102 can be found only when the reference discloses exactly what is claimed and that where there are differences between the reference disclosure and the claim, the rejection must be based on § 103 which takes differences into account.”) Still further, even under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), the failure to provide sufficient evidence “that one skilled in the art would necessarily have appreciated the advantageous effects of providing a nitride insulating film in a semiconductor device within the claimed range” (App. Br. 13) renders a rejection based on obviousness improper.

Titanium Metals Corp. of America v. Banner, 778 F.2d 775, 227 USPQ 773 (Fed. Cir. 1985) 2112.01 ,   2131.01 ,   2131.03 ,   2144.05

2878 Ex Parte Kurokawa et al 13957559 - (D) OWENS 102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DC) LEGASSE JR, FRANCIS M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Zekavica et al 13387269 - (D) MARTIN 102/103 BUTZEL LONG, P.C. MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Schoon et al 13302429 - (D) WARNER 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J

3747 Ex Parte Malmgren et al 13381482 - (D) MARTIN 102/103 OSTROLENK FABER LLP PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Lundberg et al 13310368 - (D) BUSCH 103 double patenting 41.50 112(2) SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. THAI, HANH B

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1744 Ex Parte Yang et al 13990093 - (D) TIMM 103 Husch Blackwell LLP The Dow Chemical Company LEYSON, JOSEPH S

1747 Ex Parte Mola 13231299 - (D) McGEE 103 MCKEE, VOORHEES & SEASE, P.L.C. YAARY, ERIC

1797 Ex Parte Potyrailo et al 12977568 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 GE GLOBAL PATENT OPERATION GE LICENSING (62204) EOM, ROBERT J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2859 Ex Parte BUFORD 13418024 - (D) INGLESE 103 Cantor Colburn LLP-General Motors TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Graham 14121164 - (D) SILVERMAN 112(2)/103 Paul M. Denk WEINHOLD, INGRID M

3637 Ex Parte Thomas 14157517 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 Global Intellectual Property Agency, LLC ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK

3657 Ex Parte Sugawara et al 13266564 - (D) McNEILL 103 103/double patenting SUGHRUE MION, PLLC LANE, NICHOLAS J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Schraga 13524742 - (D) JESCHKE 112(1) 112(2)/103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. CERIONI, DANIEL LEE

3741 Ex Parte Pardington et al 11867195 - (D) GUIJT 102/103 41.50 103 HONEYWELL/LKGlobal KIM, TAE JUN

3744 Ex Parte Dirnberger et al 13576162 - (D) WIEDER 102/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP MA, KUN KAI

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2618 Ex parte SHIINE MICRO INC. and SOFTWARE RADIO TECHNOLOGY PLC, Appellants Ex Parte 7512095 et al 10709928 90013498 - (D) POTHIER 102 DORSEY & WHITNEY, LLP - Denver For THIRD PARTY REQUESTOR: LOWE GRAHAM JONES, PLLC POKRZYWA, JOSEPH R

McRO

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2641 Ex Parte Sen et al 13677127 - (D) MORGAN 103 Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP/AI LAI, DANIEL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte Hubbard et al 12638633 - (D) LANEY 103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP HAMAOUI, DAVID E

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Rivera 12762262 - (D) KINDER 103 103 AVERILL & GREEN DUNIVER, DIALLO IGWE

3749 Ex Parte Cameron et al 13096161 - (D) STEPINA 103 112(2) The Linde Group MCALLISTER, STEVEN B

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Ex Parte Qin et al 14109632 - (D) HASTINGS 103 DORITY & MANNING P.A. and KIMBERLY-CLARK VAN SELL, NATHAN L

1799 Ex Parte Sims et al 12247709 - (D) DELMENDO 103 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP CONLEY, SEAN EVERETT

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2824 Ex Parte Ware 13315149 - (D) HOUSEL 102 Shemwell / Rambus BASHAR, MOHAMMED A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Peterson et al 12437126 - (D) FETTING 101/103 Intellectual Property Venture Group BROWN, LUIS A

3629 Ex Parte Olsen et al 10842907 - (D) SHIANG 103 101 UPS/Alston & Bird LLP SENSENIG, SHAUN D

3629 Ex Parte Parker 13166759 - (D) AMUNDSON 112(1)/103 101 David H. Parker OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P

3657 Ex Parte Phillips 14191597 - (D) MOORE 102/103 FGTL/Burgess Law Office, PLLC WILLIAMS, THOMAS J

3678 Ex Parte McKeon et al 13555012 - (D) OSINSKI 102/103 FLETCHER YODER (CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION) LAMBE, PATRICK F

3681 Ex Parte Dunmire et al 11426206 - (D) SHAH 101 AT&T Legal Department - HFZ LI, SUN M

The question is whether the claims as a whole “focus on a specific means or method that improves the relevant technology” or are “directed to a result or effect that itself is the abstract idea and merely invoke generic processes and machinery.”  McRO, Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games Am. Inc., 837 F.3d 1299, 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2016).  

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Parker et al 14212505 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 Allen, Dyer, Doppelt & Gilchrist, P.A. DAVISON, LAURA L

3744 Ex Parte Kopko et al 12726895 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 Fletcher Yoder PC Johnson Controls, Inc. ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R

3761 Ex Parte Schlinz et al 13299461 - (D) DOUGAL 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. KIDWELL, MICHELE M

3762 Ex Parte Moorman et al 14064853 - (D) NEWMAN 102 112(1)/102 41.50 112(1)/112(2) Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC University of Virginia Licensing and Ventures Group HOLMES, REX R

3788 Ex Parte FOX et al 13886883 - (D) STEPINA 103 41.50 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN