ariosa, alice

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte Raghu 13540334 - (D) BAUMEISTER 102 VMWARE, INC. RUBIN, BLAKE J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Coffield et al 13393969 - (D) CHUNG Concurring POTHIER 112(2)/102 ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. AUNG, SAN M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Richard 12195806 - (D) PRATS 112(1)/103 103 KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC HELM, CARALYNNE E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Shehan et al 13436584 - (D) FISCHETTI 112(2)/103 101/103 41.50 101 HAMILTON DESANCTIS & CHA LLP UBER, NATHAN C

Appellants do not identify any claimed features that would constitute “significantly more” than the abstract idea, in accord with Alice. Furthermore, “[t]he Supreme Court has made clear that the principle of preemption is the basis for the judicial exceptions to patentability” and “[f]or this reason, questions on preemption are inherent in and resolved by the § 101 analysis.” Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc., 788 F.3d 1371, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (citing Alice, 134 S. Ct. at 2354). Although “preemption may signal patent ineligible subject matter, the absence of complete preemption does not demonstrate patent eligibility.” Id. 

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

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3726 Ex Parte Gottlieb 13347806 - (D) PESLAK 112(2)/102/103 112(1) DOUGLAS J. VISNIUS TRAVERS, MATTHEW P

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1674 Ex Parte Bandholtz et al 14148483 - (D) NEW 102 PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR, LLP POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Ex Parte Arriola et al 13442560 - (D) BENNETT 103 Trellis IP Law Group/ Sony Corp. CHEN, CAI Y

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte Yamada et al 12691116 - (D) BEST 103 AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP CULLER, JILL E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Ex Parte Melcher et al 13074520 - (D) BENNETT 103 112(2)/101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY GARG, YOGESH C

3686 Ex Parte Song et al 12833428 - (D) KUMAR 101 GE Healthcare, IP Department LUBIN, VALERIE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Boschetti Sacco 12298625 - (D) BARRETT 112(2) 101/103 YOUNG & THOMPSON CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY

3742 Ex Parte Vinegar et al 13567799 - (D) DOUGAL 102/103/double patenting SHELL OIL COMPANY PAIK, SANG YEOP

3752 Ex Parte Biagi et al 11876799 - (D) GUIJT 102 112(2) Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/Masco Corporation LEE, CHEE-CHONG

3772 Ex Parte Munzel 12714804 - (D) SMEGAL 112(2)/103 Blue Filament Law HICKS, VICTORIA J

3782 Ex Parte Buchhalter 13989862 - (D) CALVE 103 MAIER & MAIER, PLLC BATTISTI, DEREK J

3788 Ex Parte Smalley 13268264 - (D) OSINSKI 102/103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP POON, ROBERT

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte Dettinger et al 13758492 - (D) MACDONALD 101 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP FLYNN, KEVIN H

natron

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1653 Ex Parte Marfurt 13105375 - (D) MAJORS 103 NIXON PEABODY LLP BARRON, SEAN C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1745 Ex Parte Whitmore 13585180 - (D) DERRICK 103 ADE & COMPANY INC. BELL, WILLIAM P

1754 Ex Parte RIKER et al 14182831 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Moser Taboada / Applied Materials, Inc. BAND, MICHAEL A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Ex Parte VanDuyn et al 13110715 - (D) BEAMER 102 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP (DISH) DISH Network L.L.C. CHEN, CAI Y

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2859 Ex Parte Gorbold et al 13467735 - (D) McGEE 102/103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. WILLIAMS, ARUN C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Roussos 13948305 - (D) HORNER 103 PAULEY ERICKSON & KOTTIS KRUER, KEVIN R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Grejda et al 13792964 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 103 41.50 103 CORNING INCORPORATED EDWARDS, LAURA ESTELLE

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2455 Ex Parte Zhou et al 13400527 - (D) JEFFERY 103 103 41.50 103 Slater Matsil, LLP/HW/FW/HWC HENRY, MARIEGEORGES A

We reach this conclusion despite the fact that claim 6 is dependent, and whose sole limitation is conditional. A dependent claim is a claim to the invention of the parent claim with the added feature: it is not a claim to the added feature alone. Natron Corp. v. Schurka U.S.A. Inc., 558 F.3d 1352, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2009). Therefore, our analysis of a conditional limitation is the same regardless of whether the limitation appears in an independent claim or a dependent claim.

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1655 Ex Parte Theil 14219472 - (D) SCHNEIDER 112(2)/103 BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP KOSAR, AARON J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1789 Ex Parte Schumacher et al 13404867 - (D) INGLESE 102/103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP PIZIALI, ANDREW T

1789 Ex Parte Schumacher et al 14196799 - (D) INGLESE 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP PIZIALI, ANDREW T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2875 Ex Parte Randolph et al 13649531 - (D) HEANEY 102/103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. BANNAN, JULIE A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte ADDALA et al 12718625 - (D) BUSCH 103 101 MILES & STOCKBRIDGE P.C. Oracle International Corporation FLEISCHER, MARK A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte OHMI et al 12950798 - (D) JESCHKE 103 GRIFFIN & SZIPL, PC MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M

3782 Ex Parte Hiniduma-Lokuge 13231936 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1756 Ex Parte Shiao et al 12885757 - (D) INGLESE 103 PAUL AND PAUL TRINH, THANH TRUC

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2839 BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC. Requester, Respondent, and Cross-Appellant v. ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant, and Cross-Respondent Ex Parte 6521831 et al 09/941,341 95000196 - (D) JEFFERY 103 The Jackson Patent Group, LLC For THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: UNGERMAN IP PLLC GELLNER, JEFFREY L original NASRI, JAVAID H

ethicon2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Oku et al 13376708 - (D) HEANEY 103 CLARK & BRODY KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2858 Ex Parte Lui et al 13064993 - (D) BEST 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte Moore 13320344 - (D) LANEY 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 Quine Intellectual Property Law Group, P.C. PERREAULT, ANDREW D

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte KOMATSU et al 13772838 - (D) MORGAN 103 103 OLIFF PLC PATEL, VIPIN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte RIDGE et al 13898720 - (D) GUPTA 103 McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC LUK, VANESSA TIBAY

see also In re Ethicon, Inc., 844 F.3d 1344, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (“The normal desire of artisans to improve upon what is already generally known can provide the motivation to optimize variables such as the percentage of a known polymer for use in a known device.”).

1787 Ex Parte Abrami et al 13156740 - (D) OGDEN 103 PPG Industries, Inc. ROBINSON, ELIZABETH A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2135 Ex Parte BEESON et al 14099820 - (D) BARRY 103 WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, LLP GIARDINO JR, MARK A

2158 Ex Parte Dalessio et al 13770198 - (D) EVANS 102/103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP HEFFERN, JAMES E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Goswitz et al 13569102 - (D) McNEILL 103 AT&T Legal Dept. - [HDP] HUANG, JEN-SHI

2423 Ex Parte Howcroft et al 11503517 - (D) STRAUSS 112(1)/112(2)/103 AT&T Legal Department - G&G LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2845 Ex Parte Lindemann et al 13054152 - (D) CASHION 101/103 THE OLLILA LAW GROUP LLC WILLIAMS, HOWARD L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Belenky et al 12253703 - (D) DEJMEK 101/103 Liang IP, PLLC DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA

3669 Ex Parte Boucher et al 14162176 - (D) DIXON Dissenting-in-part CRAIG 101 103 GREER, BURNS & CRAIN, LTD BOOMER, JEFFREY C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Furlong et al 13117216 - (D) LANEY 103 Fletcher Yoder PC Johnson Controls, Inc. COX, ALEXIS K

3782 Ex Parte LYTLE 13886638 - (D) OSINSKI 103 NEWHOPE LAW, PC THEIS, MATTHEW T

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex Parte Aylor 11706676 - (D) KERINS 112(1) ROBERT B. AYLOR ABDOSH, SAMIR

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 ARTERIS, INC. and QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, Requester, v. SONICS, INC., Patent Owner. Ex Parte 7266786 et al 10/288,973 95000671 - (D) BAUMEISTER Dissenting SIU 314 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP SORRELL, ERON J original RIMELL, SAMUEL G

2166 NEST LABS, INC., Requester, Respondent, and Cross-Appellant v. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Patent Owner, Appellant, and Cross-Respondent Ex Parte 7634504 et al 11/421,833 95002041 - (D) McKEOWN 112(1)/112(2)/314/102 Honeywell/Husch Third Party Requestor: FISH & RICHARDSON PC (TC) ENGLAND, DAVID E original WOO, ISAAC M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 AMERICAN TORCH TIP CO. Requester v. HYPERTHERM, INC. Patent Owner Ex Parte 6841754 et al 10/094,000 95001979 - (S) SONG 101 PROSKAUER ROSE LLP Third Party Requester: Mark Rubio ENGLISH, PETER C original PASCHALL, MARK H

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex parte JOHN T. ZIEMBA Appellant Ex Parte 8418852 et al 12/798,764 90013486 - (R) MARTIN 103 ERNEST D. BUFF AND ASSOCIATES, LLC. THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: STOEL RIVES LLP-SLC FETSUGA, ROBERT M original CHU, KING M

kao, crocs, GPAC

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Kjellin 12744773 - (D) PRAISS 112(1)/102 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. SHAH, SAMIR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte Miller et al 13653785 - (D) HOMERE 103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP TO, BAOQUOC N

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Birnbaum et al 13104129 - (D) BAHR 102/103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY TRAN, THIEN S

3754 Ex Parte Matz et al 13636140 - (D) KNIGHT 103 BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. (UTC) GRUBY, RANDALL A

3788 Ex Parte Wauters et al 12449488 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 41.50 112(2) Levy & Grandinetti DESAI, KAUSHIKKUMAR A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3679 Ex Parte Howard et al 12724947 - (D) O’HANLON 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 103 LAW OFFICES OF MARK L. BERRIER LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3778 Ex Parte KOCH 13044167 - (D) BROWN 103 112(2) MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC HO, TAN-UYEN THI

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex Parte Yao et al 13869479 - (D) HAGY 103 BGL/Huawei VLAHOS, SOPHIA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Lehmann et al 13722342 - (D) BUSCH 112(1) 112(1)/101/103 Jones Day For SAP YESILDAG, MEHMET

3744 Ex Parte BRUNNER et al 13457974 - (D) CAPP 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. FLANIGAN, ALLEN J

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Morinville 13244610 - (D) DANG 103 LAW OFFICES OF MARK L. BERRIER BOYCE, ANDRE D

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex parte HANS RUDOLF MILLER, MARTIN ULMANN, and RUDOLF MOSER Ex Parte 6011040 et al 90013445 - (D) DERRICK 102 102/103 MILLEN WHITE ZELANO & BRANIGAN THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: PABST PATENT GROUP LLP JOSEPH E. CWIK, AMIN TALATI & UPADHYE, LLC DIAMOND, ALAN D

Appellants must establish a nexus between the proffered objective evidence and the merits of the claimed invention for the objective evidence to be accorded substantial weight.  In re Kao, 639 F.3d 1057, 1068 (Fed. Cir. 2011).  “A prima facie case of nexus is made when the patentee shows both that there is commercial success, and that the product that is commercially successful is the invention disclosed and claimed in the patent.”  Crocs, Inc. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 598 F.3d 1294, 1310‒11 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (citing In re GPAC Inc., 57 F.3d 1573, 1580 (Fed. Cir. 1995)).  “Where the offered secondary consideration actually results from something other than what is both claimed and novel in the claim, there is no nexus to the merits of the claimed invention.”  Kao, 639 F.3d at 1068. 

Kao, In re, 639 F.3d 1057, 98 USPQ2d 1799 (Fed. Cir. 2011) 2111.05 , 2112.01 , 2153.02

GPAC, In re, 57 F.3d 1573, 35 USPQ2d 1116 (Fed. Cir. 1995) 716.03 , 2145

wesslau, bausch & lomb

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1647 Ex Parte Salfeld et al 13965152 - (D) FLAX 112(1) STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. ROMEO, DAVID S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Morgan et al 13281627 - (D) STEPINA 103 Eversheds Sutherland GE WOLCOTT, BRIAN P

2617 Ex Parte Sorgard et al 11987265 - (D) DEJMEK 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC AMINI, JAVID A

2617 Ex Parte Van Meel 14421721 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LE, MICHAEL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Kutluhan 11720719 - (D) STAICOVICI 102/103 VENJURIS, P.C. BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE

3742 Ex Parte Barhorst et al 13418148 - (D) STEPINA 103 FLETCHER YODER (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) DANG, KET D

3788 Ex Parte Decker 12827393 - (D) BAHR 103 GP-Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP DESAI, KAUSHIKKUMAR A

It is impermissible within the framework of section 103 to pick and choose from any one reference only so much of it as will support a given position, to the exclusion of other parts necessary to the full appreciation of what such reference fairly suggests to one of ordinary skill in the art. 

In re Wesslau, 353 F.2d 238, 241 (CCPA 1965) (cited with approval in Bausch & Lomb, Inc. v. Barnes Hind/Hydrocurve, Inc., 796 F.2d 443, 448 (Fed. Cir. 1986)).

Bausch & Lomb v. Barnes-Hind/Hydrocurve, Inc., 796 F.2d 443, 230 USPQ 416 (Fed. Cir. 1986) 2141.02

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Yang et al 11032487 - (D) NEW 103 COOLEY LLP POPA, ILEANA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 Ex Parte Wyatt et al 13954919 - (D) DENNETT 103 Fletcher Yoder PC Johnson Controls, Inc. OHARA, BRIAN R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2172 Ex Parte Bansal et al 12832642 - (D) JEFFERY 103 Rolnik Law Firm, P.C. IBM Corp. (END/RCR) BADAWI, ANGIE M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Kohler et al 13408793 - (D) MEDLOCK 101/103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S

3625 Ex Parte Varadarajan et al 14040149 - (D) MOORE 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY AIRAPETIAN, MILA

3629 Ex Parte Ramalingamoorthy et al 13151580 - (D) BUSCH 101/103 HONEYWELL/HUSCH JASMIN, LYNDA C

3634 Ex Parte Carter et al 14507528 - (D) COURTENAY 103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION KELLY, CATHERINE A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3748 Ex Parte BRÜCK 13155426 - (D) DOUGAL 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP SHEPPARD, JASON A

3777 Ex Parte Brown et al 13636613 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS IP, JASON M

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Sengupta 13920613 - (D) HOWARD 103 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (BO) ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

DENIED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Lesch et al 12522646 - (D) GRIMES 112(1) PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT ATTORNEYS, LLC NGUYEN, QUANG

Morris, suitco surface, smith3

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1674 Ex Parte Graham et al 14137737 - (D) FREDMAN 103/double patenting COOPER & DUNHAM, LLP WHITEMAN,BRIANA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte RAJAKUMAR 13601135 - (D) NAPPI 103 Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. YEN, SYLING

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Reilly 13936503 - (D) PINKERTON 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Endicott EDWARDS, CAROLYN R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3633 Ex Parte Fruh 14506174 - (D) COURTENAY 102 Seed IP Law Group LLP/EchoStar (290110) KENNY, DANIEL J

The correct inquiry in giving a claim term its broadest reasonable interpretation in light of the specification is not whether the specification proscribes or precludes some broad reading of the claim term adopted by the examiner. And it is not simply an interpretation that is not inconsistent with the specification. It is an interpretation that corresponds with what and how the inventor describes his invention in the specification, i.e., an interpretation that is "consistent with the specification." In re Morris, 127 F.3d 1048, 1054 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted); see also In re Suitco Surface, 603 F.3d 1255, 1259-60 (Fed. Cir. 2010)

In re Smith Int'l Inc., No. 2016-2303, 2017 WL 4247407, at *5 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 26, 2017).

Morris, In re, 127 F.3d 1048, 44 USPQ2d 1023 (Fed. Cir. 1997) 904.01 , 2111 , 2111.01 , 2163 , 2173.05(a) , 2181

Suitco Surface, Inc., In re, 603 F.3d 1255, 1260 (Fed. Cir. 2010) 2111 , 2111.01

3655 Ex Parte Kimes 14037430 - (D) EVANS 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. DANG, TINH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Flehmig et al 12921726 - (D) BROWNE 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. TRAN, THIEN S

3747 Ex Parte Ramappan et al 13425723 - (D) CALVE 102 GENERAL MOTORS LLC STAUBACH, CARL C

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Fauth et al 13126481 - (D) INGLESE 103 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation CORMIER, DAVID G

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Winter et al 12892203 - (D) REPKO 103 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP KURIEN, CHRISTEN A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2658 Ex Parte Ducatel et al 13576076 - (D) SHIANG 102/103 101 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Baker et al 12089876 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(1)/103/double patenting LATHROP & GAGE LLP LEE, REBECCA Y

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2179 Ex Parte Gunatilake 13771563 - (D) CRAIG 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES RAMSEY, PATRICK RANDAL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Robert 13725804 - (D) SAADAT 103 FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. YANG, NIEN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2618 Ex Parte Soupikov et al 13505007 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. NGUYEN, PHONG X

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Nyberg et al 09796223 - (D) BARRY 103 112(1)/103 VERIZON LEGAL DEPARTMENT VAN BRAMER, JOHN W

3626 Ex Parte Schoenberg 10824705 - (D) MEYERS 103 101 Bey & Cotropia PLLC (Trizetto Customer Number) RAPILLO, KRISTINE K

3629 Ex Parte Chessell et al 13356571 - (D) EVANS 102/103 101 CRGO LAW OFORI-AWUAH, MAAME

3629 Ex Parte Myslinski 14260492 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 101 HAVERSTOCK & OWENS LLP JASMIN, LYNDA C

3629 Ex Parte Wilson et al 13027127 - (D) BARRY 101/103 ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC LINDSEY III, JOHNATHAN J

3645 Ex Parte Edme et al 13208860 - (D) PESLAK 103 WestemGeco L.L.C. LOBO, IAN J

3665 Ex Parte Kraimer et al 13798232 - (D) DANG 103/double patenting STEVENS & SHOWALTER LLP MAWARI, REDHWAN K

3672 Ex Parte Guidry et al 13000359 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 FLETCHER YODER (CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION) BAGNELL, DAVID J

3686 Ex Parte Ghosh et al 13736732 - (D) KUMAR 101 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL

3693 Ex Parte Rothman et al 12541842 - (D) LORIN 112(1)/103/double patenting 101 Docket Clerk-GOLD HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER

3694 Ex Parte Yadav 12415832 - (D) LORIN 103 101 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (SF) COLBERT, ELLA

3696 Ex Parte Fernandes 14031381 - (D) KIM 101 THE MUELLER LAW OFFICE, P.C. CHANG, EDWARD

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Hopper et al 12679857 - (D) HOELTER 103 Chamberlain, Hrdicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, P.C. FOX, JOHN C

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex parte SONY CORPORATION Appellant Ex Parte 9190275 et al 14206489 90013642 - (D) CHEN 112(1)/102/103 Sheridan Ross P.C. THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: DALE JENSEN PLC ANDUJAR, LEONARDO

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2682 HTC CORPORATION, Requester, v. IPCOM GMBH, Patent Owner. Ex Parte 6,879,830 et al 09478586 95001192 - (S) SIU 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: PERKINS COIE LLP FOSTER, ROLAND G

SIBIA, ormco, kotzab, fritch

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Vial et al 12991506 - (D) FLAX 103 Winston & Strawn LLP HIRT, ERIN E

A claim can be obvious even where all of the claimed features are not found in specific prior art references, where “there is a showing of a suggestion or motivation to modify the teachings of [the prior art] to the claimed invention.” SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc. v. Cadus Pharm. Corp., 225 F.3d 1349,1356 (Fed. Cir. 2000) (concluding that patent would have been obvious in light of teachings in prior art which provided motivation and suggestion to modify existing techniques to arrive at method in question).

Ormco Corp. v. Align Tech., Inc., 463 F.3d 1299, 1307 (Fed. Cir. 2006).

However, “[e]ven when obviousness is based on a single prior art reference, there must be a showing of a suggestion or motivation to modify the teachings of that reference.” In re Kotzab, 217 F.3d 1365, 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2000).

“The mere fact that the prior art may be modified in the manner suggested by the Examiner does not make the modification obvious unless the prior art suggested the desirability of the modification.” In re Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1266 (Fed. Cir. 1992).

1631 Ex Parte SHIOYAMA et al 13217338 - (D) MILLS 101 SUGHRUE-265550 LIN, JERRY

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2626 Ex Parte Raffa et al 13834262 - (D) PINKERTON 103 International IP Law Group, P.L.L.C. CASAREZ, BENJAMIN X.

2627 Ex Parte Murarka et al 13705384 - (D) SILVERMAN 102 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. DAVIS, DAVID DONALD

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Greenspan et al 12657725 - (D) BROWNE 112(1)/102/103 HolzerlPLaw, PC O'CONNOR, MARSHALL P

3662 Ex Parte DUNKELBERGER et al 12852159 - (D) HOMERE 102 ANDREWS KURTH KENYON LLP ALSOMIRI, MAJDI A

3747 Ex Parte Pingen et al 13451401 - (D) SHAH 103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP AMICK, JACOB M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2817 Ex Parte Cohen 12471557 - (D) KAISER 112(1)/103 103 URI COHEN SMITH, BRADLEY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Xu 13066827 - (D) O’HANLON 103 103 HONEYWELL/GRIECCI MCCAFFREY, KAYLA M

3745 Ex Parte Xu 13066838 - (D) O’HANLON 103 103 HONEYWELL/GRIECCI MCCAFFREY, KAYLA M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Iwamoto et al 14098037 - (D) RANGE 103 Cheng Law Group, PLLC ROBINSON, ELIZABETH A

1787 Ex Parte Voge et al 13576143 - (D) KRATZ 103/double patenting Cozen O'Connor SHAH, SAMIR

1788 Ex Parte Bartusiak et al 14234074 - (D) GARRIS 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY DESAI, ANISH P

1793 Ex Parte Palav et al 12590521 - (D) GUPTA 103 FAY SHARPE LLP MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 Ex Parte Sela et al 12775956 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 BGL/ MERCADO, RAMON A

2132 Ex Parte Wade et al 14286443 - (D) MacDONALD 112(4)/103 Setter Roche LLP AHMED, ZUBAIR

2164 Ex Parte Dietz et al 11255143 - (D) THOMAS 103 IBM CORPORATION OHBA, MELLISSA M

2182 Ex Parte Guillemin et al 13543673 - (D) HAGY 103 Seed IP Law Group LLP/ST (EP ORIGINATING) MEHTA, JYOTI

2185 Ex Parte BERENBAUM 13004890 - (D) DIXON 112(1) 103 Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC ZAMAN, FAISAL M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Chia-Chen 12262598 - (D) GALLIGAN 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP SHIBRU, HELEN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2865 Ex Parte Singh et al 13173139 - (D) INGLESE 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Lakshminarayanan et al 13623697 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY MILLER, ALAN S

3637 Ex Parte Watts 13827342 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 Pearne and Gordon, LLP AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL

3641 Ex Parte Ehmig et al 13936911 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB ELDRED, JOHN W

3684 Ex Parte Sanguinetti 13966215 - (D) KIM 101 P&T LAW, APC STOPP, COURTNEY L

3686 Ex Parte Baronov et al 13826441 - (D) SCHOPFER 101 Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP GO, JOHN P

3696 Ex Parte Jayaram et al 13622967 - (D) SHAH 101 The Law Office of James Baudino, PLLC PATEL, JAGDISH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte PELISSIER et al 12188191 - (D) GRIMES 103 DRIGGS, HOGG, DAUGHERTY & DEL ZOPPO CO., L.P.A. COOK, CHRISTOPHER L

3778 Ex Parte Hwang et al 13435248 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH

3788 Ex Parte Benedetti et al 12095475 - (D) STEPINA 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3692 Ex parte TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC., Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8793181 et al 13659050 90013558 - (D) SIU 103 Polsinelli PC Special Reexam Group Third Party Requester: SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL REICHLE, KARIN M original WONG, ERIC TAK WAI