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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1746 Ex Parte Martin 14270502 - (D) OWENS 103 JANSSON MUNGER MCKINLEY & KIRBY LTD. BLADES, JOHN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2158 Ex Parte Klemm 11383271 - (D) McNEILL 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. TRAN,BAOG

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2414 Ex Parte Uusitalo et al 12636640 - (D) BRANCH 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD D AGOSTA, STEPHEN M

2434 Ex Parte Farrell et al 12890774 - (D) WINSOR 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC TABOR, AMARE F

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2694 Ex Parte He 11698119 - (D) SAADAT 103 HONEYWELL/LKGLOBAL HORNER, JONATHAN R

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2891 Ex Parte ROCKENBERGER et al 14311044 - (D) REN 112(1)/103 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA IP GROUP, P.C. TORNOW, MARK W

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

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

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Wisenoecker et al 13724800 - (D) SILVERMAN 101 BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMANN LLP GLASS, RUSSELLS

3649 Ex Parte Ninomiya et al 12677861 - (D) O'HANLON 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. KRUER, KEVIN R

3671 Ex Parte Isham et al 14517490 - (D) CALVE 102/103 Boulware & Valoir MAYO-PINNOCK, TARA LEIGH

3673 Ex Parte Wood et al 13490064 - (D) OSINSKI 102/103 HIL-ROM SERVICES, INC. SANTOS, ROBERT G.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Gattei 14375666 - (D) BROWNE 112(2)/103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP MCGRATH, ERIN E

3772 Ex Parte Evans et al 11995552 - (D) BAHR 103 Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP HICKS, VICTORIA J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1798 Ex Parte Raiker et al 14418497 - (D) DELMENDO 102 102 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TURK, NEIL N

2183 Ex Parte Kataoka et al 12179873 - (D) NAPPI 102 112(2)/103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK L.L.P. PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 Ex Parte Taghavi Nasrabadi et al 14295185 - (D) BAIN 102/103 102/103 Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm HAILU, KIBROM T

2479 Ex Parte Lee et al 13099079 - (D) SMITH 103 103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD RIVAS, SALVADORE

2494 Ex Parte Fadida et al 15040137 - (D) KUMAR 112(2) 103/OTDP MHKKG (CA Technologies) STOICA, ADRIAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Ex Parte Thomas 14255717 - (D) PESLAK 103 103 41.50 103 BrooksGroup CONDRA, DARLENE P

3636 Ex Parte Cowan et al 13032767 - (D) SAADAT 103 103 J. Todd Rushton KIM, SHIN H

3636 Ex Parte SCOPELITIS 14522942 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 103 Southeast IP Group, LLC. KIM, SHIN H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Chantant et al 13807327 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL

3772 Ex Parte Angadjivand et al 13465827 - (D) HOELTER 103 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY NELSON, KERI JESSICA

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1636 Ex Parte Miller et al 13287596 - (D) NEW 103/OTDP GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY GALISTEO GONZALE, ANTONIO

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1718 Ex Parte Forrest et al 13890486 - (D) DELMENDO 103/OTDP Riverside Law LLP/Universal Display Corporation TUROCY, DAVID P

1735 Ex Parte Bruck et al 14076465 - (D) SQUIRE 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION SAAD, ERIN BARRY

1776 Ex Parte Byers et al 15090654 - (D) SQUIRE 103 MERCHANT & GOULD CHEVRON PHILLIPS LITHGOW, THOMAS M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2141 Ex Parte URUNGA 14254514 - (D) FRAHM 103 SINORICA, LLC CASILLAS, ROLAND J

2157 Ex Parte Muthyala et al 14217941 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Gilliam IP PLLC (NetApp) MINA, FATIMA P

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2446 Ex Parte ARJUNAN et al 13931391 - (D) JEFFERY 103 112(1)/101/103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. KELLER, MICHAEL A

2482 Ex Parte Lai et al 12689905 - (D) BEAMER 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. JEBARI, MOHAMMED

2487 Ex Parte Johansson et al 14394736 - (D) NAPPI 103 Leffler Intellectual Property Law, PLLC BECK, LERON

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2618 Ex Parte KIM et al 14946331 - (D) KHAN 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP WANG, JIN CHENG

2633 Ex Parte Rajendran et al 14529056 - (D) DIXON 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS

2646 Ex Parte Chen et al 12969165 - (D) AMUNDSON 102/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED KELLEY, STEVEN SHAUN

2647 Ex Parte Ranganathan et al 15146576 - (D) FRAHM 102/103 Ford Global Technologies, LLC/ King & Schickli, PLLC YUN, EUGENE

2648 Ex Parte Nuutinen et al 13997953 - (D) BRANCH 103 Keysight Technologies, Inc. TSVEY, GENNADIY

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2862 Ex Parte Liu et al 13779999 - (D) HASTINGS 112(1)/112(2)/101 SIEMENS CORPORATION NGHIEM, MICHAEL P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte BITTNER et al 13099481 - (D) BUI 112(1)/103 101 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN

3623 Ex Parte McCaffrey 13028543 - (D) CRAIG 101 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) SWARTZ, STEPHENS

3625 Ex Parte Koch et al 13659756 - (D) SAADAT 101 103/OTDP DLA PIPER LLP (US ) GARG, YOGESH C

3625 Ex Parte Koch et al 13197669 - (D) SAADAT 103/OTDP DLA PIPER LLP (US ) GARG, YOGESH C

3627 Ex Parte Basak et al 12053686 - (D) BUI 101 GIBB & RILEY, LLC SHEIKH, ASFAND M

3627 Ex Parte McGREAL 14301067 - (D) GALLIGAN 101/102 Billion & Armitage - Digital River REFAI, RAMSEY

3628 Ex Parte Behun et al 13699205 - (D) KIM 101/103 HAUPTMAN HAM, LLP VETTER, DANIEL

3684 Ex Parte Zhou 13258348 - (D) McNEILL 101 LEE & HAYES, PLLC CIVAN, ETHAN D

3686 Ex Parte Lipsky et al 14109370 - (D) DIXON 101 OTDP Epic c/o Boyle Fredrickson S.C. KANAAN, MAROUN P

3686 Ex Parte Parker et al 13436266 - (D) NAPPI 101 Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL

3691 Ex Parte Carroll et al 12163674 - (D) BENNETT 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP KAZIMI, HAN! M

3694 Ex Parte Vasinkevich 13785597 - (D) BUI 103 101 Meister Seelig & Fein LLP ANDERSON, MICHAEL W

3696 Ex Parte FELDMAN 14087910 - (D) CHUNG 101 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC KING JR., JOSEPH W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Hooker 14635061 - (D) CAPP 103 James Edward Shultz Jr. BLAU, STEPHEN LUTHER

3716 Ex Parte Guinn et al 13772566 - (D) GUIJT 103 BALLY GAMING INC. ROWLAND, STEVE

3746 Ex Parte Lu et al 11797856 - (D) HOSKINS 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL

3748 Ex Parte KLEINKNECHT 13872548 - (D) O'HANLON 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP LEE, BRANDON DONGPA

3763 Ex Parte Peters 13320381 - (D) CALVE 103 RUTAN & TUCKER, LLP ZAMORY, JUSTIN L

TF3

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1723 Ex Parte Otto 13903432 - (D) OWENS 103 LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK SIDDIQUEE, MUHAMMAD S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2811 Ex Parte Hirler et al 13197903 - (D) OWENS 103 MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES WEBB, VERNONP

2854 Ex Parte Sposato et al 14047387 - (D) HOUSEL 112(1)/102/103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC SIMMONS, JENNIFER E

2867 Ex Parte SCHULZE-ICKING-KONERT 14890648 - (D) COLAIANNI 102/103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP DICKINSON, DUSTIN R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Widlroither 14124432 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L

3628 Ex Parte Chua et al 13273170 - (D) SILVERMAN Dissenting-in-part SHAH 101/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA ALLEN, AKIBA KANELLE

3651 Ex Parte Schreiner 13420020 - (D) GUIJT 102/103 41.50 112(1) ADE & COMPANY INC. BIDWELL, JAMES R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Ishii et al 13935874 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 QUINN IP Law SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT

3742 Ex Parte HANKINS et al 13943495 - (D) CALVE 103 CAHN & SAMUELS LLP WARD, THOMAS JOHN

3743 Ex Parte Durance et al 12682989 - (D) BROWNE 103 MCKEE, VOORHEES & SEASE, P.L.C. YUEN, JESSICA JIPING

3763 Ex Parte Blanchflower et al 14890769 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 LAW OFFICE OF LOUIS WOO SHAH, NILAY J

3782 Ex Parte Parsons et al 14072261 - (D) BAYAT 103 Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP - Chicago MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte SAKATA et al 13951913 - (D) GUPTA 103 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP- -Applied Materials BELL, SPENCER E

1733 Ex Parte Takajo et al 14367273 - (D) SNAY 103 103 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) YANG, JIE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Kramer 13250358 - (D) WOOD 102 102 O'Shea Getz P.C. IBRONI, STEFAN

3742 Ex Parte Dudar et al 14589122 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford BAILLARGEON, JOSEPH M

3745 Ex Parte Boeck et al 14101956 - (D) HOELTER 102/103 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC CHRISTENSEN, DANIELLE M

We are instructed that "[c]laims cannot be 'anticipated' by devices that are not the same." TF3 Limited v. Tre Milano, 2018 WL 3400644 (Fed. Cir. 2016-2285, 7/13/2018). 

3782 Ex Parte Albers 13765279 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 103 ONELLO & MELLO LLP PASCUA, JES F

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1662 Ex Parte Ketkar et al 12440160 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 DENTONS US LLP KOVALENKO, MYKOLA V

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Potter et al 13796725 - (D) KENNEDY 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP YAARY, ERIC

1765 Ex Parte Johnston et al 14631251 - (D) TIMM 102/103 Covestro LLC MOORE, MARGARET G

1765 Ex Parte Shuler et al 12796747 - (D) KENNEDY 103 FINA TECHNOLOGY INC ZEMEL, IRINA SOPJIA

1789 Ex Parte DOHERTY-STAPP et al 14175190 - (D) SQUIRE 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY PIERCE, JEREMY R

1798 Ex Parte Meyers et al 11723438 - (D) RANGE 103 US ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY TURK, NEIL N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 Ex Parte Kappler et al 12738138 - (D) SHAW 112(2)/102/103 112(1)/101 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Nokia Technologies Oy BEDNASH, JOSEPH A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2626 Ex Parte Gaynor et al 14205001 - (D) JEFFERY 103 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (SF) SIMPSON, LIXI CHOW

2662 Ex Parte Lombardi et al 14833513 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Motorola/ Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP GILES, NICHOLAS G

2687 Ex Parte Gordon 14736546 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 Kaufhold Dix Patent Law AKKI, MUNEAR T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Leidner et al 13423127 - (D) BUI 112(1)/112(2)/103 101 Duncan Galloway Egan Greenwald, PLLC SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N

3651 Ex Parte Hill et al 13330871 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. COLLINS, MICHAEL

3651 Ex Parte Thoresen et al 13921896 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L

3687 Ex Parte Barillaud 12258971 - (D) LORIN 101 Russell Ng PLLC (IBM AUS) OBEID, FAHD A

3693 Ex Parte STIJEN et al 13785318 - (D) FINAMORE 101/103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC CHAKRAVART!, ARUNAVA

3695 Ex Parte Hammond et al 12430483 - (D) MEDLOCK 112(1)/112(2) 101 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) POLLOCK, GREGORY A

3697 Ex Parte Pacher et al 13940818 - (D) CRAWFORD 101 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC NORMAN, SAMICA L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Burza et al 13787229 - (D) GUIJT 112(1)/101 BALLY (DELIZIO LAW) C/0 DELIZIO LAW, PLLC UTAMA, ROBERT J

3763 Ex Parte Ziman 13729430 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 LAW OFFICE OF LOUIS WOO SHAH, NILAY J

3782 Ex Parte Coyne et al 12829161 - (D) BROWN 103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP HELVEY, PETER N.

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Mathiesen et al 11597454 - (D) GRIMES 103 Mintz Levin/Special Group MILLIGAN, ADAM C

"'[C]losed' transition phrases such as 'consisting of are understood to exclude any ... ingredients not specified in the claim." AFG Indus., Inc. v. Cardinal JG Co., 239 F.3d 1239, 1245 (Fed. Cir. 2001). The claims therefore do not encompass any granulates that include ingredients other than those expressly specified. Piene's granules include a binder (in addition to any calcium compound, sorbitol, and mannitol they might also potentially include), and the binders suggested by Piene do not include any of the three components of the claimed granules. We therefore agree with Appellants that the claimed invention would not have been obvious based on Piene.

AFG Industries, Inc. v. Cardinal IG Company, Inc., 239 F.3d 1239, 57 USPQ2d 1776 (Fed. Cir. 2001) . . . . . . . 2111.03

1616 Ex Parte Agrawal et al 15154458 - (D) FITZPATRICK 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. SHIN, MONICA A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1718 Ex Parte Keil et al 13303386 - (D) NAGUMO 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Lam) JAVED, MIRZA ISRAR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Lee et al 14270117 - (D) FRAHM 112(2)/101/103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM/ORACLE CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 Ex Parte Tarnowski 14509633 - (D) DENNETT 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP / Vestas QUIGLEY, THOMAS K

2858 Ex Parte KAUTZ et al 14577404 - (D) HOUSEL 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L ZHANG, HAIDONG

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte Van Deloo et al 13691191 - (D) SILVERMAN Dissenting-in-part SHAH 101/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA ALLEN, AKIBA KANELLE

3643 Ex Parte McIntyre et al 13857403 - (D) OSINSKI Dissenting HOELTER 102/103 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO NGUYEN, SON T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Lefevre et al 13829990 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION DION, MARCEL T

3753 Ex Parte TOENNESMANN et al 14612303 - (D) HORNER 102 41.50 112(2) PATENT LAW OFFICES OF DR. NORMAN B. THOT HICKS, ANGELISA

3772 Ex Parte GERVAIS et al 13164182 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte Kelso et al 13645447 - (D) PRATS 103 103 McDermott Will & Emery LLP FORMAN, BETTY J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1736 Ex Parte Hondroulis et al 13947701 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP SOLIMAN, HAYTHAM

1747 Ex Parte Deal 13878925 - (D) KENNEDY 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC FISCHER, JUSTIN R

1765 Ex Parte Luberski 13449213 - (D) SNAY 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP VALDEZ, DEVE E

1765 Ex Parte Tamura et al 14391569 - (D) SNAY 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP VALDEZ, DEVE E

1787 Ex Parte Deneil et al 14382973 - (D) KENNEDY 103 102 41.50 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. HUANG, CHENG YUAN

1789 Ex Parte FITZPATRICK 13342656 - (D) SMITH 103 112(1)/103 McCarter & English, LLP / Albany International PIZIALI, ANDREW T

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2125 Ex Parte CHEN 14023409 - (D) AMUNDSON 102/103 Hongxia Chen LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte Luengen et al 14855383 - (D) KUMAR 102/OTDP MICROSOFT CORPORATION HARRISON, CHANTE E

2631 Ex Parte Khandekar et al 15172707 - (D) JEFFERY 112(2) 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C./QUALCOMM LAM, KENNETH T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Tokumaru et al 14348753 - (D) DENNETT 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. PASKO, NICHOLAS R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Krishnapuram et al 12916665 - (D) HAGY 103 101/103 Russell Ng PLLC (IBM AUS) VAN BRAMER, JOHN W

3623 Ex Parte Derebail et al 13847012 - (D) SHAH 101/103 OTDP Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN

3623 Ex Parte Derebail et al 14230564 - (D) SHAH 101/102 OTDP Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN

3624 Ex Parte Carrato et al 12330821 - (D) LORIN 101 IBM (END-KLS) c/o Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP KONERU, SUJAY

3626 Ex Parte Hyde et al 13374747 - (D) HOWARD 101/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC MORGAN, ROBERT W

3686 Ex Parte Prasad et al 12581490 - (D) MOHANTY 101 ALSTON & BIRD LLP NG, JONATHAN K

3691 Ex Parte BARFIELD et al 14164862 - (D) DEJMEK 101 VERIZON KLOBERG, PAUL R

3691 Ex Parte Lutnick et al 14263112 - (D) MOHANTY 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K

3692 Ex Parte Davis et al 10811093 - (D) LORIN 112(1)/102/103 101 W&C IP ANDERSON, JOHN A

3694 Ex Parte Howe et al 13956161 - (D) MEDLOCK 102/103 101 MasterCard c/o Ballard Spahr LLP ANDERSON, MICHAEL W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 Ex Parte Cataudella et al 14660976 - (D) GREENHUT 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY CHEUNG, CHUN HO!

3744 Ex Parte Sun et al 14383750 - (D) CALVE 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. TANENBAUM, TZVI SAMUEL

brana

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1644 Ex Parte Suzuki 13716469 - (D) FREDMAN 112(1) KILYK & BOWERSOX, P.L.L.C. SCHWADRON, RONALD B

That is not the law. As explained in In re Brana, 51 F.3d 1560, 1567 (Fed. Cir. 1995), the USPTO should not confuse "the requirements under the law for obtaining a patent with the requirements for obtaining government approval to market a particular drug for human consumption." The Brana court held that "[u]sefulness in patent law, and in particular in the context of pharmaceutical inventions, necessarily includes the expectation of further research and development. The stage at which an invention in this field becomes useful is well before it is ready to be administered to humans" Id. at 1568.

Brana, In re, 51 F.3d 1560, 34 USPQ2d 1436 (Fed. Cir. 1995) 2107.01 ,   2107.03 ,   2164.01(c) ,   2107.02 ,   2164.02 ,   2164.04 ,   2164.07

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2656 Ex Parte YAMAZAKI 14135908 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. C/0 KEATING & BENNETT, LLP LE, LANA N

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Traboulsi et al 13631717 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP GILLMAN, AMELIE R

3743 Ex Parte Spamer et al 12582773 - (D) McCARTHY 103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP PROBST, SAMANTHA A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte Anajwala 14072344 - (D) SHAW 101/103 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. KLICOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Stones et al 10889762 - (D) CALVE 103 103 Black & Decker Corporation DEXTER, CLARK F

3742 Ex Parte Ptasienski 12503541 - (D) OSINSKI 102/103 102/103 Burris Law, PLLC STAPLETON, ERIC S

3744 Ex Parte Alshinnawi et al 13911159 - (D) HILL 103 103 Streets Lawfirm, PC - Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. MALIK, RAHEENA REHMAN

3754 Ex Parte Shpringer et al 13275359 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 103 RECHES PATENTS CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Flösser-Müller 13402522 - (D) FLAX 112(2)/112(4)/103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) BERRIOS, JENNIFER A

1631 Ex Parte Kilpinen et al 12936931 - (D) PRATS 101/103 YOUNG & THOMPSON HARWARD, SOREN T

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Kreutzfeldt et al 13122862 - (D) HASTINGS 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP MARKOFF, ALEXANDER

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2145 Ex Parte Feng et al 14159089 - (D) BEAMER 102/103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC BARRETT, RYAN S

2162 Ex Parte Costecalde et al 13909236 - (D) KHAN 101/103 LEE LAW, PLLC IBM SVLIP JAMI, HARES

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2445 Ex Parte Suryanarayanan et al 13928284 - (D) BARRY 103 Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (SEAZN/ AMAZON) JAKOVAC, RYAN J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte Bavoil et al 13917406 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./Nvidia CHIN, MICHELLE

2636 Ex Parte Bao et al 13902210 - (D) BUI 103 Clements Bernard Walker PLLC SANDHU, AMRITBIR K

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 Ex Parte Perreault et al 14035445 - (D) HASTINGS 103 DALY, CROWLEY, MOFFORD & DURKEE, LLP RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 Ex Parte Srinivasan et al 13916638 - (D) WOOD 103 HONEYWELL/FOGG ISMAIL, MAHMOUD

3691 Ex Parte Failing 13015957 - (D) ENGLE 103 101 BRYN c/o Cortex Law Group, P.C. AKINTOLA, OLABODE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Amaitis et al 14082883 - (D) MOHANTY 101/OTDP CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. COBURN, CORBETT B

3715 Ex Parte Dohring et al 13827566 - (D) McCARTHY 101 WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI EGLOFF, PETER RICHARD

3715 Ex Parte Kron et al 13924205 - (D) CALVE 101/OTDP WILEY REIN LLP GISHNOCK, NIKOLAI A

3731 Ex Parte Coleman 13492058 - (D) SCHOPPER 112(2)/103 KS - Whitmyer IP Group LLC BOUTSIKARIS, SOCRATES L

3732 Ex Parte Rabe et al 12688657 - (D) SCHEINER 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING

harza

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 Ex Parte Anastas et al 14041921 - (D) RANGE 103 APPLE INC./BROWNSTEIN c/o Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP SHEIKH, HAROON S

1793 Ex Parte Walton et al 14271223 - (D) SNAY 103 DYKEMA GOSSETT P.L.L.C. WONG, LESLIE A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Ex Parte Jayachandran et al 14069346 - (D) WINSOR 103 Guha Jayachandran FLORES, ROBERTO W

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2868 Ex Parte Ugawa 13907713 - (D) McMANUS 103 Keysight Technologies, Inc. ZAKARIA, AKM

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte OHSAKA 13914661 - (D) O'HANLON 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC BURKE, SEAN P

The Examiner is correct to the extent that, in general, a mere duplication of parts does not evidence patentability without a showing of a new and unexpected result. See In re Harza, 274 F.2d 669, 671 (CCPA 1960) (holding that providing a plurality of ribs extending between a web and an adjacent concrete slab is obvious in view of a prior art reference showing one such rib). Here, however, the Examiner's modification is not a duplication of an existing part. Rather, it is a duplication and modification of an existing part, as the recited storage and inspection guide tubes are connected between different components.

Harza, In re, 274 F.2d 669, 124 USPQ 378 (CCPA 1960) 2144.04

3688 Ex Parte Karidi et al 12967394 - (D) REPKO 101 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC) VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Larsson 12809635 - (D) STEPINA 103 SCA Hygiene Products AB c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC PETERSON, KENNETH E

3728 Ex Parte Longoni et al 12526307 - (D) LANEY 112(1)/112(2) 103 Steinfl + Bruno LLP PAGAN, JENINE MARIE

3731 Ex Parte Javois 11245421 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Foley & Lardner LLP LYNCH, ROBERT A

3748 Ex Parte Geyer 13201113 - (D) JESCHKE 103 WRB-IP LLP AYALADELGADO,ANTHONY

3753 Ex Parte SCHWARZENBACHER et al 13849072 - (D) BROWN 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Lam) BARSS, KEVIN R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte VISCOMI et al 13559013 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 102/103 41.50 102/103 Steinfl + Bruno LLP FUBARA, BLESSING M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3693 Ex Parte Kinyua et al 13840560 - (D) CLEMENTS 101/103 101/103 Reed Smith LLP WARDEN, MICHAEL J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Bekele et al 12620071 - (D) SNAY 103 Alston & Bird/Sealed Air Corporation ENGLISH, PATRICK NOLAND

1791 Ex Parte Wolters et al 13503157 - (D) REN 103 Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN

1793 Ex Parte Sakoda et al 14036213 - (D) SNAY 103 BGL/ Ann Arbor MOORE, WALTER A

1795 Ex Parte Iacopetti et al 14379344 - (D) RANGE 112(2) 103 LUCAS & MERCANTI, LLP FRIDAY, STEVEN A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2445 Ex Parte Andersen 12702641 - (D) NAPPI 112(2) 103 Bank of America c/o Moore and Van Allen, PLLC JAKOVAC,RYANJ

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte SAOTOME 13945292 - (D) PYONIN 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. LE, SARAH

2632 Ex Parte SAHOTA 14751018 - (D) KOHUT 103 Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm CADEAU, WEDNEL

2645 Ex Parte Bridge et al 14954759 - (D) JEFFERY 102 OTDP 41.50 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. MIZRAHI, DIANE D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2862 Ex Parte Jiang et al 13354431 - (D) CASHION 101 GE Power & Water Fletcher Yoder PC NGHIEM, MICHAEL P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Taylor 14587269 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 Kaufhold Dix Patent Law KELLY, CATHERINE A

3643 Ex Parte ARA et al 14171084 - (D) KNIGHT 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC ALKER, KATHLEEN 1W ASAKI

3656 Ex Parte Uehara et al 12994052 - (D) LANEY 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP MCGOVERN, BRIAN J

3671 Ex Parte Van Laecken 12948438 - (D) SONG 103 Kaufhold Dix Patent Law MISA, JOAN D

3679 Ex Parte Kury 13592417 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 103 VOLPE AND KOENIG, P.C. LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Amaitis et al 14027955 - (D) MOHANTY 101/OTDP CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. COBURN, CORBETT B

3761 Ex Parte Bertrand et al 13276155 - (D) HOSKINS 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA, PLLC ATTN: MDT SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES MATTERS ZIMBOUSKI, ARIANA

andersen2, etter, aspex

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2197 Ex Parte Maybee et al 12136053 - (D) DIXON 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION BODDEN, EVRAL E

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2891 Ex Parte Hu et al 14688387 - (D) CASHION 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/MICRON WARD, ERIC A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Curtiss et al 13775507 - (D) CHUNG 103 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. CHEUNG, HUBERT G

2165 Ex Parte Neff et al 14109856 - (D) DIXON 103 103 Quarles & Brady LLP (Pearson Edu) SYED, FARHAN M

2175 Ex Parte Nicholson et al 13039365 - (D) CHUNG 103 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC DISTEFANO, GREGORY A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Snyder et al 13725137 - (D) KNIGHT 102 102/103 O'Shea Getz P.C. BURKE, THOMAS P

In this regard, it should be kept in mind that although patent drawings are not meant to be blueprints (see In re Andersen, 743 F.2d 1578, 1581 (Fed. Cir. 1984) ("[p]atent drawings are not working drawings.") (Citation omitted), overruled on other grounds, In re Etter, 756 F.2d 852, 858-59 (Fed. Cir. 1985)), when a specification does not sufficiently address the claim language at issue, drawings may be used to aid in construction (see, e.g., Aspex Eyewear. Inc. v. Marchan Eyewear. Inc., 672 F.3d 1335, 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2012). 

Etter, In re, 756 F.2d 852, 225 USPQ 1 (Fed. Cir. 1985) 2258 , 2279 , 2286 , 2642 , 2686.04

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Swanson et al 14079215 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102/103 S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. LOVE, TREVOR M

1644 Ex Parte IMHOF et al 13622727 - (D) SCHNEIDER 112(1)/103 Parker Highlander PLLC HADDAD, MAHER M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1718 Ex Parte YIN et al 13681768 - (D) HANLON 103 41.50 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP BENNETT, CHARLEE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2131 Ex Parte ARNDT et al 13670009 - (D) BUSCH 103 41.50 103 Russell Ng PLLC (IBM AUS) VILLANUEVA, LEANDRO R

2161 Ex Parte Peiris et al 14925800 - (D) NAPPI 102 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. NGUYEN, CAM LINH T

2164 Ex Parte Musgrove et al 11343084 - (D) SHAW 103 Nixon Peabody LLP STEVENS, ROBERT

2182 Ex Parte Foo 14177980 - (D) BEAMER 103 Imagination Technologies c/o Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP PAN, DANIEL H

2197 Ex Parte Falk et al 13739125 - (D) FRAHM 112(2)/103 Kenneth F. Kozik RUTTEN, JAMES D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Rivera et al 14054204 - (D) DELMENDO 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY GPO/GLOBAL RESEARCH SUN, PINPING

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3645 Ex Parte KITCHENSIDE et al 13932800 - (D) CALVE 101/103 WestemGeco L.L.C. ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D

3652 Ex Parte Jones et al 13877900 - (D) ASTORINO 112(2)/102/103 Maine Cernota & Rardin KEENAN, JAMES W

3662 Ex Parte Rindt et al 14604119 - (D) WOOD 101 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S

3683 Ex Parte RICHTER 13961614 - (D) FETTING 101 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP/Oracle YOUNG, ASHLEY YA-SHEH

3683 Ex Parte Satyavolu et al 12533447 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 LATHROP GAGE LLP PEACHER, LORENA R

3689 Ex Parte GETTINGS et al 14263668 - (D) FETTING 103 101 Aurora Consulting LLC WEISENFELD, ARYAN E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Amaitis 14058450 - (D) FETTING 101/OTDP CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. COBURN, CORBETT B

3732 Ex Parte Andersen 11865867 - (D) LEBOVITZ 112(1) 103 Workman Nydegger MORAN, EDWARD JOHN

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2656 Ex parte HEAR WEAR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Ex Parte 7139404 et al 14338195 90013552 - (D) COCKS 103 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP Third Party Requester: STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. CRAVER,CHARLES original ENSEY, BRIAN

rapid litigation, mayo

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1768 Ex Parte Ashmore et al 13490588 - (D) OWENS 103 ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY c/o The Dow Chemical Company CHANG, JOSEPHINE L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte HRABAK 14100051 - (D) ENGLE 103 LKGLOBAL (GM) JUSTUS, RALPH H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Muller et al 11851243 - (D) FETTING 103 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (SV) JASMIN, LYNDA C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Janssen et al 13505239 - (D) LAVIER 102/103 HOLLAND & HART WILLSE, DAVID H

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2845 Ex Parte SHEN et al 14949423 - (D) RANGE 102 102/103 Patent Capital Group - Analog NGUYEN, LINH V

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Horne et al 13880515 - (D) SMITH 103 ALLERGAN, INC. LOVE, TREVOR M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Wang et al 13669537 - (D) HASTINGS 102/103 PPG Industries, Inc. SALVITTI, MICHAEL A

1786 Ex Parte Chang et al 13816906 - (D) OWENS 103 CARLSON GASKEY & OLDS TATESURE, VINCENT

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte Felke et al 14060657 - (D) WINSOR 101 HONEYWELL/FOGG PIERRE LOUIS, ANDRE

2163 Ex Parte Zheng et al 13652386 - (D) STEPHENS 103 Peninsula Patent Group DEWAN, KAMAL K

2168 Ex Parte Peretz et al 13335860 - (D) FRAHM 103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP MOBIN, HASANUL

2191 Ex Parte Liu et al 14520916 - (D) KUMAR 103 Trellis IP Law Group/Oracle BROPHY, MATTHEW J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2666 Ex Parte Minezawa et al 13378974 - (D) FRAHM 103 BIRCH, STEWART, KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP HUNG, YUBIN

2668 Ex Parte McDunn et al 14961224 - (D) KUMAR 103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group YANG, QIAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Liu et al 13749557 - (D) CHUNG 102 101 Facebook/Fenwick ELCHANTI, TAREK

3623 Ex Parte Faulkenberg et al 13682286 - (D) JEFFERY 101 Target Brands Inc. ROSS, SCOTT M

Moreover, the mere fact that the Examiner has not presented specific claim limitations that resulted in withdrawing an obviousness rejection does not overcome a § 101 rejection. "[P]atent-eligibility does not tum on ease of execution or obviousness of application. Those are questions that are examined under separate provisions of the Patent Act." Rapid Litig. Mgmt. Ltd. v. CellzDirect, Inc., 827 F.3d 1042, 1052 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (citing Mayo, 566 U.S. at 89--90)

3625 Ex Parte Drew et al 13634772 - (D) FETTING 101 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP (DXC) KAUFMANN, MATTHEW J

3626 Ex Parte Brackett 11684228 - (D) FETTING 101/103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. REYES, REGINALD R

3685 Ex Parte Moskowitz 13826858 - (D) FETTING 112(1) 101/103 NEIFELD IP LAW, PC OBEID, MAMON A

3686 Ex Parte Morrissey et al 13426935 - (D) BUI 101/103 M&B IP Analysts, LLC GORT, ELAINE L

3692 Ex Parte Joplin 14169819 - (D) FETTING 103 101/103 Ballard Spahr LLP GAW, MARK H

3693 Ex Parte Nonaka 12596564 - (D) AMUNDSON 101/103 LEX IP MEISTER, PLLC CHAKRAVART!, ARUNAVA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Hsiao et al 13614189 - (D) KNIGHT 101 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP GISHNOCK, NIKOLAI A

3715 Ex Parte Hsiao et al 13153673 - (D) KNIGHT 101 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP GISHNOCK, NIKOLAI A

3744 Ex Parte Rosenlund et al 13368814 - (D) HOELTER 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. TRPISOVSKY, JOSEPH F

3782 Ex Parte Cox et al 14095067 - (D) HOSKINS 103 OTDP ZIP Group PLLC - IBM Storage MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS