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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Cade et al 13979087 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Klarquist Sparkman, LLP (Capsugel) BROWE, DAVID

1618 Ex Parte Shuba 13761206 - (D) GRIMES 112(1)/112(2)/102 YAROSLAV M. SHUBA SAMALA, JAGADISHW AR RAO

1633 Ex Parte Guild et al 13800501 - (D) TOWNSEND 102/103 Translate Bio, Inc. c/o Proskauer Rose LLP POPA, ILEANA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Langensiepen et al 13605439 - (D) GUPTA 112(1) CORNING INCORPORATED HOFFMANN, JOHN M

1768 Ex Parte LIN et al 14060749 - (D) OWENS 103 Boulware & Valoir BLAND, ALICIA

1787 Ex Parte Feng 13709190 - (D) WILSON 103 Dority & Manning, P.A. and Ticona LLC SHUKLA, KRUPA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2441 Ex Parte Deen et al 14388984 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 102 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson THIEU, BENJAMIN M

2476 Ex Parte Cheng et al 13927975 - (D) DIXON 103 ERICSSON INC. SLOMS, NICHOLAS

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Centen 12841952 - (D) FLAX 101 Lane Powell, PC TRAN, THO Q

Regarding the Examiner's determination that the non-abstract-idea claim elements are merely routine and conventional, 

Whether something is well-understood, routine, and conventional to a skilled artisan at the time of the patent is a factual determination. Whether a particular technology is well-understood, routine, and conventional goes beyond what was simply known in the prior art. The mere fact that something is disclosed in a piece of prior art, for example, does not mean it was well-understood, routine, and conventional. 

Berkheimer v. HP Inc., 881 F.3d 1360, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2018).

3741 Ex Parte FUCHS et al 13031918 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 Studio Torta (RINGFENCE) c/o BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC SUNG, GERALD LUTHER

3743 Ex Parte Bierl et al 13133019 - (D) HILL 103 Cozen O'Connor ANDERSON II, STEVENS

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2178 Ex Parte Kellner et al 14341913 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 112(1)/102 102 41.50 102 MHKKG (CA Technologies) NAZAR, AHAMED I

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3671 Ex Parte Stites 13763719 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 103 MARTINS. HIGH LUTZ, JESSICA H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Mangat et al 12063349 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 103 41.50 103 Novadaq Technologies Inc. BRUTUS, JOEL F

3779 Ex Parte Gunday et al 13837970 - (D) PRATS 102/103 103 Forge IP, PLLC NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Chiou 13669318 - (D) FREDMAN 103/OTDP McDermott Will & Emery LLP HUANG, GIGI GEORGIANA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte BALDWIN et al 14031078 - (D) TIMM dissenting NAGUMO 103 Whirlpool Corporation/ McGarry Bair PC AYALEW, TINSAEB

1726 Ex Parte Cornelissen et al 13698714 - (D) McGEE 103 PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V. PILLAY, DEVINA

1726 Ex Parte Tajima 13580559 - (D) HASTINGS 103 VOLPE AND KOENIG, P.C. TRAN, UYEN M

1736 Ex Parte Nishiyama et al 14129137 - (D) REN 103 CLARK & BRODY WALCK, BRIAN D

1744 Ex Parte Rogaczewski 14164353 - (D) DELMENDO 103 Stradley Ronan Stevens & Young, LLP for Graham Packaging LEYSON, JOSEPH S

1767 Ex Parte Aoki et al 14386224 - (D) CASHION 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Herzberg et al 14262746 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 YEE & ASSOCIA TES, P.C. HO, RUAY L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte Zhang 14559255 - (D) POTHIER 103 HAMILTON DESANCTIS & CHA LLP NGUY, CHI D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2647 Ex Parte Zhang et al 14239834 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 Harrington & Smith, Attorneys At Law, LLC YANG, JIANXUN

2657 Ex Parte LEWIS et al 14337332 - (D) SHIANG 101 Polsinelli PC_Nuance Communications, Inc. JACKSON, JAKIEDA R

2659 Ex Parte Borodin et al 13458961 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 112(1) Keohane & D'Alessandro HAN, QI

2692 Ex Parte Dorsch et al 14962881 - (D) KUMAR 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP LEE, GENE W

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2886 Ex Parte Childers et al 14525341 - (D) GARRIS 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC HANSEN, JONATHAN M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Bak et al 12822772 - (D) HOFFMANN 101 J.B. KRAFT ATTORNEY CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N

3626 Ex Parte BRUSH 13803459 - (D) BUI 101/103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (Cerner Corporation) RAPILLO, KRISTINE K

3627 Ex Parte Buer et al 12748106 - (D) WIEDER 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. ROJAS, HAJIME S

3646 Ex Parte Kuran et al 13885582 - (D) HOELTER 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP BURKE, SEAN P

3668 Ex Parte Cervenka et al 14577261 - (D) WOOD 101 The Webb Law Firm/ Visa International CHEUNG, CAL VINK

3676 Ex Parte Joseph 13211515 - (D) HORNER 103 Law Offices of Mark L. Berrier SEBESTA, CHRISTOPHER J

3693 Ex Parte HSU et al 14212149 - (D) WIEDER 101 WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI LEMIEUX, JESSICA

3696 Ex Parte Kennedy et al 13608194 - (D) WIEDER 101 Altisource Meunier Carlin & Curfman, LLC BOVEJA, NAMRATA

3697 Ex Parte Kothandaraman et al 12827882 - (D) COURTENAY 101 Haynes & Boone, LLP (70481) TRAN, HAI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte Burnside 13952318 - (D) STEPINA 101 SLATER MATSIL, LLP RADA, ALEX P

3744 Ex Parte Everett et al 13099975 - (D) O'HANLON 112(2) 103 Christopher M. Goff SULLENS, TA VIAL

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 SNF SAS. Requester and Appellant v. CIBA SPECIALITY CHEMICALS WATER TREATMENTS LTD. Patent Owner and Cross-Appellant Ex Parte 6,454,902 et al 09704350 95002397 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 41.77 103 Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: MINTZ LEVIN/SPECIAL GROUP LOPEZ, CARLOS N HUG, JOHN ERIC

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2488 Ex parte TRUE VOYAGER, LLC ]Appellant and Patent Owner Ex Parte 8624958 et al 12778657 96000129 - (D) CHEN 112(1)/112(2) 103 BOOTH ALBANESI SCHROEDER PLLC WEAVER, SCOTT LOUIS original WONG, ALLEN C

multilayer

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Ma et al 14085127 - (D) CASHION 103 41.50 112(2) MDT_RTGNV/Shumaker & Sieffert P.A. NELSON, MICHAEL B

The subject matter of claim 1 encompasses a substrate that comprises metals "selected from the group consisting of silver, copper, steel, aluminum, cobalt, chromium, titanium, niobium, tantalum, alloys thereof, and combinations thereof." When the phrase "consisting of' appears in a clause of the body of a claim, rather than immediately following the preamble, there is an "exceptionally strong presumption that a claim term set off with 'consisting of' is closed to unrecited elements." Multilayer Stretch Cling Film Holdings, Inc. v. Berry Plastics Corp., 831 F.3d 1350, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (a layer "selected from the group consisting of' specific resins is closed to resins other than those listed). However, there is a lack of clarity as to the recited element "alloys thereof."

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2422 Ex Parte OLIVAR 14436903 - (D) SHIANG 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DA) KHALID, OMER

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2695 Ex Parte Lacroix et al 11697374 - (D) SAADAT 103 Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton/Immersion CASTIAUX, BRENT D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3689 Ex Parte Crocker et al 12410363 - (D) DIXON 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. SHANKER, TIJLIE MEYERS

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte Ikeda 14156068 - (D) JESCHKE 102 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP MANLEY, SHERMAN D

3763 Ex Parte Haase 13218007 - (D) PESLAK 102/103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P.A CARPENTER, WILLIAM R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2176 Ex Parte Krassner et al 12316781 - (D) BARRY 102/103 102/103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. JOSEPH, SHAWN S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3669 Ex Parte Elwart et al 14482307 - (D) REIMERS 103 102/103 FGTL/Burgess Law Office, PLLC WORDEN, THOMAS E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3775 Ex Parte REFAI et al 14222862 - (D) DOUGAL 103 103 RATNERPRESTIA BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Wibaux et al 14128658 - (D) FLAX 102/103 Avery Dennison Corporation YU, HONG

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1718 Ex Parte Hatton et al 13881298 - (D) McGEE 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY CATHEY JR, DAVID A

1723 Ex Parte CALLICOAT et al 14165510 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL VO, JIMMY

1792 Ex Parte Bot et al 14005911 - (D) HOUSEL 103 UNILEVER PATENT GROUP ZILBERING, ASSAF

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte EIBL 12397156 - (D) CHUNG 103 DITTHA VONG & STEINER, P.C. PAN, PHOEBE X

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2845 Ex Parte YOSUI et al 13765541 - (D) CASHION 112(2)/102/103 OTDP Studebaker & Brackett PC DINH, TRINH VO

2864 Ex Parte ANANDAMURUGAN S et al 13362585 - (D) HASTINGS 101/102/103 Mintz Levin/GE SUOLO, JANET L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Pal et al 13483785 - (D) BAIN 101/103 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP (DXC) CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N

3637 Ex Parte Dublan et al 13737685 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 PRICE HENEVELD LLP ING, MATTHEW W

3654 Ex Parte Billard et al 14349734 - (D) LORIN 102/103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Otis Elevator RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A

3685 Ex Parte Itkin et al 12426344 - (D) NAPPI 103 101 SCHLUMBERGER INFORMATION SOLUTIONS MCINTYRE, CHARLES AARON

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Mattia et al 13630015 - (D) CAPP 103 O'Shea Getz P.C. BEEBE, JOSHUA R

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex parte BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GmbH, Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7105470 et al 09371612 90020011 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 HAUG PARTNERS LLP FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: MAGLEBY CATAXINOS & GREENWOOD LEAK & JAMISON PLLC CAMBELL, BRUCE R original CLARDY, S

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte Noller et al 13821759 - (D) COLAIANNI 112(1)/103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PHAM, THOMAS T

1777 Ex Parte SZABO et al 14331856 - (D) COLAIANNI 102/103 BLG(BL) Borden Ladner Gervais LLP MENON, KRISHNAN S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Epstein 14105034 - (D) GALLIGAN 103 SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON & WYATT, P.C. DAYE, CHELCIE L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2648 Ex Parte Poussiere et al 12699531 - (D) SHAW 102/103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA HUANG, WEN WU

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 Ex Parte Karlsson et al 14002955 - (D) HASTINGS 102/103 ERICSSON INC. RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS 0

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Bohlen et al 14309499 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 Dority & Manning, P.A. and Hunter Douglas Inc MITCHELL, KATHERINE W

3646 Ex Parte SABLON 14078940 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC NOLAN, JOHN T

3661 Ex Parte OKAMOTO 14243142 - (D) CAPP 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC LOUIE, WAE LENNY

3683 Ex Parte Schimpf et al 11534681 - (D) JURGOVAN 101/103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC PEACHER, LORENA R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Seiler et al 13454468 - (D) GRIMES 103 ALCON NGANGA, BONIFACE N

3765 Ex Parte Hauser 15187124 - (D) SONG 103 GORDON & JACOBSON, P.C. MOHANDESI, JILA M

3779 Ex Parte Kindler 14013366 - (D) BROWN 103 41.50 112(2) KS - Whitmyer IP Group LLC BOLER, RYNAE E

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1651 Ex Parte Morita et al 11455112 - (D) MILLS 103 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC KIM, TAEYOON

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2481 Ex Parte Krishnan et al 13630105 - (D) JURGOVAN 112(2)/103 112(1)/112(2) 41.50 112(1)/112(2) STEVENS & SHOWALTER, LLP Box AVAYA Inc. PEREZ FUENTES, LUIS M

The specification may support claimed terminology for purposes of 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph by providing examples of what is meant by the claimed term. Sonix Technology Co., Ltd. v. Publications Int 'l, Ltd., 844 F.3d 1370, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2017). ...

Reviewing paragraph 57 of the Specification, we find several examples of what is meant by the claimed "aspects of the conversation" set forth there. Such examples include "providing too much information," "asking unusual questions," and "business offers." We find these examples in paragraph 57 render the claimed limitation definite. Accordingly, we do not sustain the Examiner's rejection on this basis.

2492 Ex Parte Fosdick 11106286 - (D) NAPPI 103 103 SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS PAN, PEILIANG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 Ex Parte Rengert 14821401 - (D) McGEE 103 103 Panasonic Avionics Corporation !MAS, VLADIMIR

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3656 Ex Parte Clauss et al 14007728 - (D) IPPOLITO 103 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation JOHNSON, VICKY A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte TULLOCH et al 13691677 - (D) GRIMES 103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON LLP ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte Wegner et al 13883658 - (D) INGLESE 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP YOUNG, WILLIAM D

1767 Ex Parte Ringot 14116112 - (D) ROSS 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C

1787 Ex Parte Melik et al 13293619 - (D) WILSON 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY NELSON, MICHAEL B

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2143 Ex Parte BEACH 13599070 - (D) HOWARD 103 Dority & Manning P.A. and Google LLC SPRATT, BEAU D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte DESJARDINS 13096529 - (D) ENGLE 103 GOUDREAU GAGE DUBUC SECHSER, JILL D

2484 Ex Parte Shupe 14495377 - (D) KHAN 103 ARRIS Enterprises, LLC PARK, SUNGHYOUN

2856 Ex Parte Komninos 13925982 - (D) REN 103 Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.C. ROGERS, DAVID A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 Ex Parte Wilkerson 12831307 - (D) BROWNE 112(1)/103 103 41.50 101 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L KAN, YURI

3667 Ex Parte Conrad 14577314 - (D) CAPP 112(2) Lightfoot & Alford PLLC (BHTI) TESTARD!, DAVID A

3688 Ex Parte McCann et al 12608673 - (D) AMUNDSON 101 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP CAO, VINCENT M

3694 Ex Parte Ivanoff et al 14971618 - (D) KIM 112(1)/102/103 101 41.50 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. MILEF, ELDA G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Navarro et al 14036819 - (D) OSINSKI 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) MENDOZA-WILKENFE, ERIK

3779 Ex Parte Wimmer 11311095 - (D) BROWN 103 KS - Whitmyer IP Group LLC BOLER, RYNAE E

amgen3, symbol tech.

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1648 Ex Parte Collins et al 11891812 - (D) MAJORS Concurring ADAMS 112(1)/OTDP 41.50 OTDP DAVIS, BROWN, KOEHN, SHORS & ROBERTS, P.C. CHESTNUT, BARRY A

See, e.g., Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 1353 (Fed. Cir. 2009) ("[A] patent need not have issued directly from a divisional application to receive § 121 protection. . . . [I]ntervening continuation applications do not render a patent ineligible for § 121 protection so long as they descended from a divisional application filed as a result of a restriction requirement"). To clarify, insofar as the Examiner is suggesting on the present record that § 121 does not apply, the Examiner may be correct, and this remand should not be understood as indicating otherwise. But the record is wanting for a sufficient analysis on that question.
...

The Examiner should address the Office's prior position in the Restriction as compared with the Examiner's position on appeal that the pending claims are "not patentably distinct" from the patent claims cited in support of the double patenting rejections. See, e.g., Ans. 6, 8. Lastly, the Examiner should determine whether the claims remain in consonance. See Symbol Techs., Inc. v. Opticon, Inc., 935 F.2d 1569, 1579 (Fed. Cir. 1991) ("Consonance requires that the line of demarcation between the 'independent and distinct inventions' that prompted the restriction requirement be maintained .... Where that line is crossed the prohibition of the third sentence of Section 121 does not apply.")

35 USC 121 third sentence:

A patent issuing on an application with respect to which a requirement for restriction under this section has been made, or on an application filed as a result of such a requirement, shall not be used as a reference either in the Patent and Trademark Office or in the courts against a divisional application or against the original application or any patent issued on either of them, if the divisional application is filed before the issuance of the patent on the other application.

Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 92 USPQ2d 1289 (Fed. Cir. 2009) 2113

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Ex Parte Jones et al 14032560 - (D) ENGLE 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP/Walmart Apollo TERRELL, EMILY C

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 Ex Parte PODROG 13466125 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 NOVA IP LAW, PLLC GONZALEZ, JULIO CESAR

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Trowbridge et al 14505408 - (D) BAHR 102/103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC. c/o Patent Ingenuity, P.C. BALDOR!, JOSEPH B

3735 Ex Parte Moon et al 13292923 - (D) BAYAT 103 41.50 112(2) Acuity Law Group, P.C. BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN

3737 Ex Parte Amthor et al 14349333 - (D) FREDMAN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KINNARD, LISA M

3765 Ex Parte Yeung et al 13342872 - (D) CRAWFORD 112(1)/112(2)/103 TI Law Group, PC ANNIS, KHALED

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2466 Ex Parte Hosein et al 12353840 - (D) POTHIER 103 103 Slater Matsil, LLP/HW/FW/HWC TRAN, THINHD

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Pimenta et al 13997344 - (D) NEW 103/OTDP COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY CHANG, KYUNG SOOK

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Busing et al 12933092 - (D) WILSON 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation BELL, SPENCER E

1791 Ex Parte Arora et al 13691176 - (D) ROSS 103 Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte Jun et al 14814738 - (D) REN 102/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED GANNON, LEVI

2864 Ex Parte BØ 13325708 - (D) NAGUMO 101 SCHLUMBERGER INFORMATION SOLUTIONS LIAO, CHRISTINE Y

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Volnak 12422055 - (D) BEAMER 101/103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP ELCHANTI, TAREK

3628 Ex Parte Peltz et al 12251259 - (D) KIM 101 41.50 101 Hewlett Packard Enterprise ALLEN, AKIBA KANELLE

3643 Ex Parte Shigyo et al 14236192 - (D) CAPP concurring STEPINA 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA

3689 Ex Parte Raikula 14102389 - (D) CUTITTA 112(1)/101/103 PROSKAUER ROSE LLP MINCARELLI, JAN P

3692 Ex Parte Zhou et al 11965636 - (D) BAYAT 101 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Perez-Cruet et al 14211802 - (D) HOSKINS 103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC LEGETTE-THOMPSON, TIFFANY

johnston1, hanlon

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1795 Ex Parte Zhou et al 11924763 - (D) OWENS 103 SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte Braun et al 14490257 - (D) DIXON 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP PATEL, JIGAR P

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Stuntebeck et al 14498253 - (D) SILVERMAN 102 Thomas I Horstemeyer, LLP (VMW) IQBAL, KHAWAR

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Chobotov et al 12245620 - (D) SCHEINER 103 Foley & Lardner LLP SHIPMON, TIFFANYP

3762 Ex Parte Snyder 12096756 - (D) BROWNE 112(1)/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LEVICKY, WILLIAM J

3772 Ex Parte Bolla 13583867 - (D) GREENHUT 103 PAULEY ERICKSON & KOTTIS NGUYEN,CAMTUTRAN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2891 Ex Parte LEE et al 14628357 - (D) WILSON OTDP 103 MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (WA) GONDARENKO, NATALIA A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Felix et al 13063605 - (D) FLAX 103 103 41.50 103 Workman Nydegger JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Davis et al 12064063 - (D) COTTA 103 THOMAS I HORSTEMEYER, LLP DONOHUE, SEAN R

While Appellants argue that "it cannot be that [ the monodispersed state of Josephson's colloids] exists other than theoretically" (App. Br. 22), Appellants do not provide evidence to support this argument. See, Johnston v. IVAC Corp., 885 F.2d 1574, 1581 (Fed. Cir. 1989) ("Attorneys' argument is no substitute for evidence.")

1619 Ex Parte Stella et al 13585890 - (D) LAVIER 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY PROSSER, ALISSA J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte CHIU et al 14490423 - (D) GUPTA 103 Patterson & Sheridan - The Boeing Company c/o Patterson & Sheridan, LLP MARTIN, BETHANY LAMBRIGHT

1777 Ex Parte Stamey et al 12139800 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ & COHN LLP KIM, VICKIE Y

In re Hanlon, 285 F.2d 829, 831 (CCPA 1961) ("[A] mere change in shape or form is not patentable unless the changed element performs a new function"). 

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte Mannon et al 14149575 - (D) SHAW 103 HONEYWELL/S&S NGUYEN, PHUONG H

2181 Ex Parte Garibay et al 14956373 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC LEE, CHUN KUAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Jung et al 11434568 - (D) CUTITTA 103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC HOLDER, ANNER N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2845 Ex Parte LEE 13468452 - (D) SNAY 103 Russell Ng PLLC (LENOVO) ISLAM, HASAN Z

2854 Ex Parte Zindl et al 13147107 - (D) GARRIS 103 LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK EVANISKO, LESLIE J

2894 Ex Parte Prokes et al 14192935 - (D) DELMENDO 103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY KEBEDE, BROOK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte BYRD 13486274 - (D) HAGY 102/103 101/103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC KASSIM, HAFIZ A

3629 Ex Parte Kanter et al 13307500 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 101 Facebook/Fenwick WHITAKER, ANDREW B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Bakker et al 14126580 - (D) ADAMS 101/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY & STANDARDS WEARE, MEREDITH H

3735 Ex Parte Hermann et al 12982823 - (D) ADAMS 112(1)/103 Vista IP Law Group LLP GILBERT, SAMUEL G

3744 Ex Parte Taras et al 13988568 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier JONES, GORDON A

3754 Ex Parte Newton 14356756 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier MELARAGNO, MICHAEL

3779 Ex Parte Ratnakar 12172237 - (D) SCHNEIDER 102/103 JDM Patent Law PLLC LEUBECKER, JOHN P

hutchison, man machine, giannelli, aspex

custom search

REVERSED 
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Jung et al 13459390 - (D) POTHIER 103 Otterstedt, Ellenbogen & Kammer, LLP CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2448 Ex Parte Liu et al 13719414 - (D) NAPPI 103 ARRIS Enterprises, LLC VU, VIET D

2481 Ex Parte Rathi et al 14191512 - (D) SHIANG 103 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP/Magna NOH, JAE NAM

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2688 Ex Parte Lakshmikumaran et al 15062827 - (D) SHIANG 102 ORACLE (Oracle formerly d/b/a Sun Microsystems) EVANS, JEFFERSON A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Ex Parte NESE et al 14268640 - (D) GAUDETTE 102/103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP MUNOZ, ANDRES F

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Wetsch et al 12550330 - (D) O'HANLON 102/103 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - NEW YORK TAWFIK, SAMEH

The Examiner determines that "the limitations followed by the terms 'configured to' and 'adapted to' are not positively [re]cited limitations and not fully given patentable weight." Id. at 5 (we understand the Examiner to mean the limitations following the terms "configured to" and "adapted to"). Continuing, the Examiner determines that "the recitation that an element is 'adapted to' perform a function is not a positive limitation but only requires the ability to so perform" and "does not constitute a limitation in any patentable sense." Ans. 6 (citing In re Hutchison, 154 F.2d 135 (CCPA 1946)). 
...

We further agree with Appellants that the Examiner has improperly failed to address the "configured to" and "adapted to" recitations of claim 1. See Appeal Br. 11-12. "[T]he phrase 'adapted to' generally means 'made to,' 'designed to,' or 'configured to,' though it can also be used more broadly to mean 'capable of or 'suitable for."' In re Man Mach. Interface Techs. LLC, 822 F.3d 1282, 1286 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (citing In re Giannelli, 739 F.3d 1375, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2014)). In Giannelli, the court looked to the written description of the application and determined that the phrase "adapted to," in view of the specification, has a narrower meaning than "capable of' or "suited for." Giannelli, 739 F.3d at 1379; see also Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Marchan Eyewear, Inc., 672 F.3d 1335, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (holding that "adapted to" required elements to be "designed or configured to accomplish the specified objective, not simply that they can be made to serve that purpose"). In this case, we likewise look to Appellants' Specification to discern the meaning of "configured to" and "adapted to."

Giannelli, In re, 739 F.3d 1375, 109 USPQ2d 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2111.04

3738 Ex Parte PACETTI 12882978 - (D) FLAX 103 SQUIRE PB (Abbott) SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE

3754 Ex Parte Painchaud et al 12891366 - (D) PESLAK 103 ST. ONGE STEW ARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC MELARAGNO, MICHAEL

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1651 Ex Parte YUAN et al 13346426 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103 Riverside Law LLP VANBUREN,LAURENK

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte WACH 15004507 - (D) SONG 103 103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. c/o Marsh Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP NGUYEN, KIEN T

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte Jung 13951853 - (D) PINKERTON 103 Hall Estill Attorneys at Law (Seagate Technology LLC) PATEL, JIGAR P

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Ex Parte Conzola et al 14161116 - (D) BEAMER 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC JOSEPH, DENNIS P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte CHOI et al 14872285 - (D) McGEE 102/103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. TRA, ANH QUAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Hammad et al 11764343 - (D) HOWARD 101/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA MARCUS, LELAND R

3623 Ex Parte Rathbun et al 11955478 - (D) LORIN 101 PITNEY BOWES INC. BOSWELL, BETH V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Hill et al 12978935 - (D) FLAX 103 DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC (STJ) MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP

3742 Ex Parte Weiss et al 14253601 - (D) BROWNE 103 OHLANDT, GREELEY, RUGGIERO & PERLE, LLP LAFLAME JR, MICHAEL A

3761 Ex Parte Roe et al 14156768 - (D) BROWN 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY TREYGER, IL YA Y

McRO, morse

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Ex Parte Roberts 14208867 - (D) DENNETT 103 FAY SHARPE LLP LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE

2145 Ex Parte Cheah 13612584 - (D) FRAHM 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. STITT, ERIK V

2145 Ex Parte Cheah 13618881 - (D) FRAHM 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. STITT, ERIK V

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 Ex Parte Oberli et al 14440665 - (D) OWENS dissenting NAGUMO 103 112(2)/112(4) WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. ALI, WAQAAS A

2621 Ex Parte Lira 14176585 - (D) CUITTA 102 102/103 Keller Jolley Preece/Facebook BUKOWSKI,KENETH

3664 Ex Parte Mannon et al 14149619 - (D) SHAW 102/103 102/103 HONEYWELL/S&S PECHE, JORGE 0

AFFIRMED
2686 Ex Parte Fraignac et al 14127584 - (D) McNEILL 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. ADNAN, MUHAMMAD

3621 Ex Parte Hochstatter et al 13029760 - (D) McNEILL 101/103 Ascenda Law Group, PC HOAR, COLLEEN A

"The abstract idea exception prevents patenting a result where 'it matters not by what process or machinery the result is accomplished."' McRO, Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games America Inc., 837 F.3d 1299, 1312 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (quoting O'Reilly v. Morse, 56 U.S. (15 How.) 62, 113 (1853)). "We therefore look to whether the claims ... focus on a specific means or method that improves the relevant technology or are instead directed to a result or effect that itself is the abstract idea and merely invoke generic processes and machinery." McRO, 837 F.3d at 1314. 

McRO, Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games America, Inc. 837 F.3d 1299, 120 USPQ2d 1091 (Fed. Cir. 2016)   2106 ,   2106.04 ,   2106.04(a) ,   2106.04(a)(1) ,   2106.04(a)(2) ,2106.05 ,   2106.05(a) ,   2106.05(b) ,   2106.05(c) ,   2106.05(f) ,   2106.06(b)

O’Reilly v. Morse, 56 U.S. (15 How.) 62 (1854) 706.03(a) , 2106 , 2106.04(b) , 2106.05(f)

3626 Ex Parte Sirica et al 13632629 - (D) JEFFERY 101 Howard IP Law Group TIEDEMAN, JASON S

3681 Ex Parte Smallwood et al 13354849 - (D) BEAMER 101/OTDP Facebook/Fenwick REFAI, SAM M

3689 Ex Parte Schepers et al 12997893 - (D) FRAHM 112(1) 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MINCARELLI, JAN P

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
2914 Ex parte SONOS, INC. Ex Parte D559197 et al 90013497 - (D) MARTIN 102 KPPB LLP ( Sonos ) For THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: CHRISTOPHER JOHN ROURK JACKSON WALKER LLP LY,DARLINGTON

AFFIRMED
2617 MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC, Requester, Respondent, and Cross-Appellant v. INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC, Patent Owner, Appellant, and Cross-Respondent. Ex Parte 7,120,462 et al 11/305,996 95002075 - (D) McKEOWN 103 2nd Reexam Group - Polsinelli PC NOVAK DRUCE & QUIGG LLP For Third-Party Requester: KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP NGUYEN,MINHDIEUT original NGUYEN, HUY D

REHEARING

DENIED
2693 Ex parte HAN DINGNAN Ex Parte 8976127 et al 13/202,574 90013699 - (R) HOFF 103 HAN DINGNAN For THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: NKPATENTLAW BONSHOCK, DENNIS G original NGUYEN, KIMNHUNG T