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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 SOREMARTEC S.A. 14651797 - (D) SQUIRE 103 RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P

1749 John Rudser 15224744 - (D) TIMM 103 41.50 112(2) Christopher & Weisberg, P.A. WHATLEY, KATELYN B

Interpreting “cleaning element” as encompassing the cleaning medium or drying agent would result in infringement turning on the use of the apparatus. “Construing a non-functional term in an apparatus claim in a way that makes direct infringement turn on the use to which an accused apparatus is later put confuses rather than clarifies, frustrates the ability of both the patentee and potential infringers to ascertain the propriety of particular activities, and is inconsistent with the notice function central to the patent system.” Paragon Solutions, LLC v. Timex Corp., 566 F.3d 1075, 1091 (Fed. Cir. 2009).

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2158 Page, Mike et al. 11966540 - (D) ENGLE 101/103 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC NGUYEN, LOAN T

2176 International Business Machines Corporation 14220329 - (D) FRAHM 103 IBM Corp-Rochester Drafting Center SVL EL-BKAILY, AHMAD M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2416 QUALCOMM Incorporated 14599775 - (D) ENGLE 103 Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm SKRIPNIKOV, ALEX

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Dassault Systemes 14629936 - (D) EVANS 101/103 HAMILTON, BROOK, SMITH & REYNOLDS, P.C. MAZUMDER, SAPTARSHI

2651 Aleksey S. Khenkin et al. 14293502 - (D) HUGHES 103 Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP (Invensense, Inc.) MONIKANG, GEORGE C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Rau, Nicholas Naveen. et al. 13763333 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Nielsen) BAGGOT, BREFFNI

3623 ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 13795802 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 101/103 Vista IP Law Group, LLP (Oracle) BOYCE, ANDRE D

3624 Symmonds, Matthew M. 13584084 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 DUKE W. YEE YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. SADANANDA, ABHIJIT B

3629 XEROX CORPORATION 13836233 - (D) KOHUT 101 Tong, Rea, Bentley & Kim, LLC/Conduent PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT

3629 CURRIER, Michael J. et al. 12268053 - (D) AHMED 103 Roberts Calderon Safran & Cole, P.C. BAHL, SANGEETA

3645 Thomas Harvey 15997815 - (D) GUIJT 102/103/OTDP Thomas D.Harvey HULKA, JAMES R

3665 Eric Schmidt et al. 12902406 - (D) SAADAT 103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP MUSTAFA, IMRAN K

3682 Target Brands, Inc. 14626253 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 TARGET BRANDS, INC. STOLTENBERG, DAVID J

3685 MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED 15178061 - (D) HAGY 112(2)/102 Harness Dickey (Mastercard) GETACHEW, WODAJO

3697 SCHENK, Tim Corneel Wilhelmus. et al. 13676379 - (D) DROESCH 103 Signify Holding B.V. JOHNSON, CHRISTINE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Brooke Singer 14931127 - (D) LEE 103 FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP KOZAK, ANNE M

3762 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 14625843 - (D) HILL 112(2)/103 Ford Global Technologies, LLC/ King & Schickli, PLLC MAY, ELIZABETH M

3775 Mirko Rocci et al. 14320470 - (D) KORNICZKY 102 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT

3792 Martin T. Gerber 11606627 - (D) SCHEINER 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT , P.A LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1796 VALINGE INNOVATION AB 14321288 - (D) DENNETT 103 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC ROLLAND, ALEX A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2413 Level 3 Communications, LLC 15595384 - (D) ENGLE 103 103 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC ROUDANI, OUSSAMA

2457 Eyran Lida et al. 14482245 - (D) HUGHES 103 112(2) Active Knowledge Ltd. VANG, MENG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2664 Corville O. Allen et al. 15255008 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 102/103 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. / IBM (AUS) BAKER, CHARLOTTE M

2683 FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 14329024 - (D) BUSCH 103 103 Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP LAU, KEVIN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2846 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 14181085 - (D) ANKENBRAND 103 103 Bell & Manning, LLC BOUZIANE, SAID

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Jingo Tateiwa 14552605 - (D) MARTIN 112(2)/103 112(2) PEARNE & GORDON LLP MALATEK, KATHERYN A

3741 One Financial Plaza 15134653 - (D) HOELTER 112(1)/112(2) 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M

3763 Reichert, Craig Steven. 15481933 - (D) MURPHY 103 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) TADESSE, MARTHA

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 The Procter & Gamble Company 14445434 - (D) FREDMAN 112(1) 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY BASQUILL, SEAN M

1623 Steven Charles. Hodgkinson et al. 12682582 - (D) NEW 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY

1642 Persimmune, Inc. 14594757 - (D) CHANG 112(1) 103 WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI HALVORSON, MARK

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 DMT Solutions Global Corporation 15292418 - (D) HOUSEL 103 BROWN RUDNICK LLP KURPLE, KARL

1723 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14364712 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. SMITH, JEREMIAH R

1746 Orbital ATK, Inc. 15342998 - (D) PRAISS 103 TRASKBRITT, P.C./ NGIS DODDS, SCOTT

1761 LIQUID X PRINTED METALS, INC. 13777374 - (D) CASHION 112(1) 102/103 Dentons Cohen & Grigsby P.C. YOUNG, WILLIAM D

1777 DariTech, Inc. 14703585 - (D) SMITH 102/103 Williams Kastner & Gibbs PLLC KEYWORTH, PETER

1782 NITSCHE, Jasmin et al. 14489632 - (D) HANLON 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. HOCK, ELLEN SUZANNE

1782 DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC 14762484 - (D) CASHION 102 103 The Dow Chemical Company HOCK, ELLEN SUZANN

1787 COVIDIEN LP 14085127 - (D) REN 103 MDT_RTGNV/Shumaker & Sieffert P.A. NELSON, MICHAEL B

1791 Tropicana Products, Inc. 15247411 - (D) HOUSEL 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (CH) BADR, HAMID R

1793 The Coca-cola Company 14662638 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 King & Spalding WONG, LESLIE A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2133 Ivan Schreter et al. 13290848 - (D) KUMAR 103 Mintz Levin/SAP Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. AYASH, MARWAN

2141 MYINE ELECTRONICS, INC. 15063044 - (D) BRANCH 102 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL CASILLAS, ROLAND J

2178 Robbins, Jeffrey et al. 13536333 - (D) COURTENAY 103 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D

2199 International Business Machines Corporation 14484871 - (D) BARRY 103 MARTIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC BULLOCK JR, LEWIS ALEXANDER

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2415 SPIDERCLOUD WIRELESS, INC. 15059235 - (D) ENGLE 103 103/OTDP CORNING INCORPORATED OVEISSI, MANSOUR

2447 VARONIS SYSTEMS, INC. 13771560 - (D) DIXON 112(1)/112(2)/103 101 LADAS & PARRY LLP ALRIYASHI, ABDULKADER MOHAMED

2458 Alison, Thomas et al. 13277180 - (D) DROESCH 101 Facebook/Fenwick MCCRAY, CLARENCE D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2691 Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. 14587182 - (D) PYONIN 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK L.L.P. CASTIAUX, BRENT D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 BP Corporation North America Inc. 14994295 - (D) McMANUS 103 CAROL WILSON BP AMERICA INC. TURNER, BRIAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Richard Larry. Sunsdahl et al. 14478700 - (D) MARTIN 103 41.50 103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP - Polaris VANAMAN, FRANK BENNETT

3616 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15476206 - (D) SONG 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL VANAMAN, FRANK BENNETT

3624 Facebook, Inc. 13933598 - (D) LEBOVITZ 101/103 41.50 103 Facebook/Fenwick SADANANDA, ABHIJIT B

3624 REDBUMPER, LLC 14208042 - (D) FENICK 101 STOEL RIVES LLP - SLC STEWART, CRYSTOL

3624 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. 14572424 - (D) KOHUT 103 VERIZON - ALG EL-BATHY, MOHAMED N

3624 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 14699387 - (D) BAYAT 101 MICROSOFT CORPORATION CHOY, PAN G

3626 Kobus Paulsen et al. 13485228 - (D) HOFF 101 MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL

3626 CONDUENT BUSINESS SERVICES, LLC 14547706 - (D) CRAIG 101 Gibb & Riley, LLC FREDERICK W. GIBB, III BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B

3628 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 14030450 - (D) STRAUSS 103 Pierce Atwood LLP (Attn: Amazon Docketing) ERB, NATHAN

3647 Nicholas DiPaolo 13330526 - (D) BROWN 103 Hackler Daghighian Martino & Novak HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D.

3681 Facebook, Inc. 13687068 - (D) DIXON 103 101 Keller Jolley Preece/Facebook SCHMUCKER, MICHAEL W

3683 Pearce Aurigemma 13466909 - (D) PINKERTON 103 101 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP/Adobe Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 KARMIS, ALISSA D

3687 Michelle Fisher 14181403 - (D) LEBOVITZ 112(1) Michelle Fisher GOYEA, OLUSEGUN

3687 Michelle Fisher 14223505 - (D) LEBOVITZ 112(1) Michelle Fisher GOYEA, OLUSEGUN

3689 ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 13706529 - (D) EVANS 101/103 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) SEOH, MINNAH L

3694 INTUIT INC. 15008025 - (D) SHIANG 101 DLA PIPER LLP US - Intuit RANKINS, WILLIAM E

3695 Jacob Pechenik et al. 13312004 - (D) FISCHETTI 103 101 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) POLLOCK, GREGORY A

3697 HARRIS, ELBERT 14448974 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 103 41.50 103 Kutak Rock LLP APPLE, KIRSTEN SACHWITZ

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 MOVING PARTS LLC 14210867 - (D) CAPP 112(2)/103 GARLICK & MARKISON WONG, STEVEN B

3711 MICHELLE VALENCIA 15438640 - (D) ASTORINO 103 112(2) Richard C. Litman Nath, Goldberg & Meyer DAVISON, LAURA L

3715 Bally Gaming, Inc. 14462346 - (D) LANEY 101 TRASKBRITT, P.C. /Bally Gaming, Inc. RENWICK, REGINALD A

3723 Tholin, Michael et al. 14233932 - (D) MARTIN 103 Karceski IP Law, PLLC CARLSON, MARC

3732 Irit TURBOVICH 13848303 - (D) BAHR 112(2) 103 MARTIN D. MOYNIHAN d/b/a PRTSI, INC. c/o Purrfect Patents LL HOEY, ALISSA L

3795 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION CORPORATION 13902754 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. CHOU, WILLIAM B

3799 SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. 14912552 - (D) FINAMORE 101 Dernier IP Law, LLC COBURN, CORBETT B

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GRANTED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 DAN, ASIT et al. 13565467 - (R) HUTCHINGS 101 41.50 101 JASMIN, LYNDA C JASMIN, LYNDA C

DENIED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Angeliqueo E. Padilla et al. 14082662 - (R) VALEK 103 Bausch & Lomb Incorporated FAY, ZOHREH A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3791 Wei Zhang et al. 14648266 - (R) ASTORINO 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MELHUS, BENJAMIN S

cadence

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 JSRNTI, LLC 14172604 - (D) VALEK 103/OTDP BERENATO & WHITE, LLC MILLIGAN, ADAM C

1632 Eduardo Marban 13412051 - (D) PRATS 102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (JOHNS HOPKINS) SCHUBERG, LAURA J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1788 Goubard, David 14384862 - (D) DELMENDO 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. VAZQUEZ, ELAINE M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2176 Michael K. Rodgers et al. 13633337 - (D) NAPPI 103 DYER, ANDREW R DYER, ANDREW R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2481 Kim, Hyung Joon. et al. 13548100 - (D) DIRBA 103 41.50 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED JEAN BAPTISTE, JERRY T

2482 MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC. 14665065 - (D) NAPPI 102/103 41.50 103 HONIGMAN LLP/MAG PICON-FELICIANO, ANA J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Downing, Kevin R. et al. 14250553 - (D) HASTINGS 103 FAY SHARPE LLP ALLEN, STEPHONE B

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Joachim Frank 11695151 - (D) MEDLOCK 112(1)/112(2)/103 IBM Corporation - Endicott Drafting Center EVANS, KIMBERLY L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Corning Incorporated 14077922 - (D) KERINS 103 CORNING INCORPORATED DONG, LIANG

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Activision Publishing, Inc. 13721710 - (D) GREENHUT 103 102 41.50 102/103 Klein, O'Neill & Singh, LLP - Activision LEE, WEI

3783 Jessica Ash. Warring et al. 14250093 - (D) WOOD 112(1)/103 103 41.50 112(1) BD/Rutan & Tucker, LLP BOSWORTH, KAMI A


AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Gautham Sastri 13427830 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 101 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC NICHOLS, JENNIFER ELIZABETH-JO

2169 Gary W. Grube et al. 12942721 - (D) BISK 103 Garlick & Markison (PST) ZHAO, YU

2174 HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 14765323 - (D) DEJMEK 101/103 HP Inc. NICHOLAS, WENDY K

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 EARTHCAM, INC. 14196599 - (D) BENNETT 103 Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Apple Inc. 13917603 - (D) MacDONALD 101 103/OTDP Invoke IP / Apple BUTTRAM, ALAN T

2616 FANNIE MAE 15095571 - (D) FRAHM 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) PATEL, JITESH

2626 Andreas Richter et al. 14331239 - (D) BRANCH 103 Michael Soderman KARKI, PARAS D

2656 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14097954 - (D) LEE 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC COLUCCI, MICHAEL C

2658 Verint Systems Ltd. 15007699 - (D) KUMAR 101 Verint Systems, Inc. Meunier Carlin & Curfman, LLC ADESANYA, OLUJIMI A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3668 Harsha Ramalingam 13313912 - (D) GREENHUT 101 103 Lee & Hayes P.C. REFAI, RAMSEY

3686 NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION 14873837 - (D) KOHUT 101/103 Burr Forman McNair Northrop Grumman REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH

3693 ADP, LLC 14682697 - (D) CYGAN 101/103 Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C. KWONG, CHO YIU

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 14847837 - (D) WOODS 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE

3745 United Technologies Corporation 14830497 - (D) WOODS 102/103 Getz Balich LLC MIKUS, JASON

Moreover, it is generally improper to read limitations from specific embodiments into the claims. See Cadence Pharms. Inc. v. Exela PharmSci Inc., 780 F.3d 1364, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (“[E]ven if all of the embodiments discussed in the patent included a specific limitation, it would not be proper to import from the patent’s written description limitations that are not found in the claims themselves.”) (internal quotations and citation omitted).

3753 R.F.G Trading LTD. 14928984 - (D) FINAMORE 112(1)/103 112(2) FAY SHARPE LLP DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE

3772 Seiyukai Healthcare Corporation 14441729 - (D) HOSKINS 101 102 MKG LLC NELSON, MATTHEW M

smythe

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 AMPIO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 14353833 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 Sheridan Ross PC BERRIOS, JENNIFER A

1619 Hideki Ichikawa et al. 13701619 - (D) GRIMES 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP CHICKOS, SARAH J

1627 SENEX BIOTECHNOLOGY INC 15065083 - (D) ADAMS 112(1) QUARLES & BRADY LLP CHONG, YONG SOO

1631 Mishra, Bhubaneswar et al. 13139809 - (D) JENKS 101 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP/HAK NY HARWARD, SOREN T

1643 Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. 14790247 - (D) FREDMAN 112(1) NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP DUFFY, BRADLEY

To the extent that there would be some unpredictability in any particular altered antibody sequence, 

it is almost always possible to so construe a claim as to have it read on inoperative embodiments. . . . , but the alternative of requiring an applicant to be so specific in his claims “as to exclude materials known to be inoperative and [which] even those not skilled in the art would not try” would result in claims which would fail to comply with 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, because they would be so detailed as to obscure, rather than to particularly point out and distinctly claim, the invention.

In re Smythe, 480 F.2d 1376, 1385 (CCPA 1973).

1699 John MCINTYRE 12554497 - (D) GRIMES Dissenting FREDMAN 101 FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP EMCH, GREGORY S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 The Procter & Gamble Company 15158656 - (D) REN 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY WILLETT, TARYN T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2474 Arunkumar Jayaraman et al. 14929991 - (D) McNEILL 103 GOOGLE Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP COX, BRIAN P

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2626 ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 14276238 - (D) ENGLE Dissenting WHITEHEAD JR. 103 KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP (ADIRE/ADINC/ADHIT) KARKI, PARAS D

2698 SONY CORPORATION 14911126 - (D) ANDERSON 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) HALIYUR, PADMA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Sun, Kai et al. 11880210 - (D) INGLESE 112(1)/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP PAYEN, MARVIN

2828 Cymer, LLC 14681675 - (D) PRAISS 103 ASML CIP (San Diego) / DMIPG c/o ASML Netherlands B.V. HAGAN, SEAN P

2829 Infineon Technologies Austria AG 14620772 - (D) COLAIANNI 112(1)/103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA GUPTA, RAJ R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 ENTIT SOFTWARE LLC 14478420 - (D) ADAMS 112(1)/112(2) MICRO FOCUS LLC LEE, JENNIFER V

3665 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15481756 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 Bejin Bieneman PLC Ford Global Technologies, LLC MUSTAFA, IMRAN K

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3661 Christopher Zonio et al. 15337943 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 103 Roberts Calderon Safran & Cole, P.C. SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R

3689 BSH Home Appliances Corporation et al. 14813529 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation GLENNIE, DEBRA L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 14789198 - (D) HOSKINS 102/103 103 41.50 103 BakerHostetler Washington Squ RUBY, TRAVIS C

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. 15025445 - (D) ADAMS 103/OTDP KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. YOUNG, MICAH PAUL

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1768 Gundolf Jacobs et al. 14646411 - (D) TIMM 103 Covestro LLC RIOJA, MELISSA A

1783 Toray Plastics (America), Inc. 15336249 - (D) BEST 103 NIXON PEABODY LLP FIGG, TRAVIS M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Lilla Boroczky et al. 12747615 - (D) MCMILLIN 101/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS SPIELER, WILLIAM

2163 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 13761256 - (D) CYGAN 103 101 IBM Corporation - Endicott Drafting Center GOFMAN, ALEX N

2166 Shukla, Dharma et al. 12057000 - (D) McNEILL 101 Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC HARPER, ELIYAH STONE

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Apple Inc. 14869238 - (D) CUTITTA 103 BakerHostetler / Apple Inc. TILAHUN, ALAZAR

2483 Intel Corporation 14567162 - (D) SHAW 103 Green, Howard, & Mughal LLP SHAHNAMI, AMIR

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3619 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 14653743 - (D) WIEKER 103 Chamberlain Hrdlicka Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. GAY, JENNIFER HAWKINS

3624 Sharma, Nityanand et al. 13442915 - (D) NAPPI 101 VERIZON - SCLC VERIZON PATENTING GROUP BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE

3625 Hellal, Faten "Fay". et al. 13620510 - (D) NEW 101 Keller Jolley Preece/Facebook HAQ, NAEEM U

3628 Stubbs, Charles et al. 10931138 - (D) FETTING 101 AT&T Legal Department - SZ ROBINSON, AKIBA KANELLE

3629 Janet Tibberts 14930643 - (D) HUME 101/103 LAMORTE & ASSOCIATES P.C. MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A

3651 SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 15686395 - (D) WIEDER 102 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP RUSHIN, LESTER III

3669 Ford Global Technologies, Inc. 14635321 - (D) BAHR 101/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL MERLINO, DAVID P

3681 Van Der Haar, Rob et al. 12368747 - (D) HORVATH 103 (BLG/Conversant Wireless/27921) Borden Ladner Gervais LLP BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD

3686 Klaus Weidenhaupt et al. 12092099 - (D) FETTING 101/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS NGUYEN, TRANG T

3686 Joseph Bernstein 13554323 - (D) FETTING 101 CAESAR RIVISE, PC WILLIAMS, TERESA S

3688 Facebook, Inc. 14498894 - (D) CALVE 101 Mannava & Kang, P. C. LONG, MEREDITH A

3691 Thomas Sherfey. Chittenden et al. 13853387 - (D) HUGHES 101 Mintz Levin/Wayne Fueling Systems LLC AKINTOLA, OLABODE

3693 Driscoll, James R. et al. 12858912 - (D) MURPHY 112(2)/101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M

3694 INTEGRAL DEVELOPMENT CORP. 14453547 - (D) DEJMEK 101 Artegis Law Group, LLP SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Bronswerk Marine Inc. 14801221 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP ZEC, FILIP

3793 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 14787329 - (D) CAPP 112(1) 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MEHL, PATRICK M

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1722 VlZn Energy Systems, Inc. 14866103 - (R) HASTINGS 103 Brooks Kushman JELSMA, JONATHAN G

thorpe, garnero

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 BETA INNOV 14399336 - (D) COTTA 103 YOUNG & THOMPSON BADIO, BARBARA P

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1792 Backus, Alan 14723758 - (D) RANGE 103 ULMER & BERNE LLP LACHICA, ERICSON M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2482 HELMERICH & PAYNE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 14938523 - (D) EVANS 102/103 VINSON & ELKINS L.L.P. TARKO, ASMAMAW G

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 YAZAKI CORPORATION 15135612 - (D) LEE 103 41.50 103 KENEALY VAIDYA LLP GE, JIN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Intel Deutschland GmbH 15350460 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC DSOUZA, JOSEPH FRANCIS A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2847 The Boeing Company 14938444 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 Felix L. Fischer-The Boeing Company C/O Felix L. Fischer, Attorney at Law PAGHADAL, PARESH H

Product-by-process claims are generally not limited by the process used to make the product.  In re Thorpe, 777 F.2d 695, 698 (Fed. Cir. 1985).  However, the structure implied by the process steps should be considered when assessing the patentability of product-by-process claims over the prior art where the manufacturing process steps would be expected to impart distinctive structural characteristics to the final product.  See, e.g., In re Garnero, 412 F.2d 276, 279 (CCPA 1969).

Garnero, In re, 412 F.2d 276, 162 USPQ 221 (CCPA 1979) 2113

Thorpe, In re, 777 F.2d 695, 227 USPQ 964 (Fed. Cir. 1985) 706.02(m) , 2113

2858 Helmut Koeck et al. 14812907 - (D) HANLON 102/103 SLATER MATSIL, LLP/INFINEON RODRIGUEZ, DOUGLAS X

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3682 FACEBOOK, INC. 14448725 - (D) DIXON 102/103 Keller Jolley Preece/Facebook OSMAN BILAL AHME, AFAF

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Lawrence Epstein et al. 12792482 - (D) DOUGAL 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 Brooks Kushman ACKUN, JACOB K

3793 Joachim Kahlert et al. 12515842 - (D) ADAMS 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS NGANGA, BONIFACE N

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Anthony Charles. Martin et al. 14833709 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 OTDP 41.50 112(2) MOSER TABOADA WHITE, SADIE

2646 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 14406796 - (D) DEJMEK 102 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY SOLTANZADEH, MARYAM

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3612 Backsaver International, Inc. 15678630 - (D) WIEDER 103 103 41.50 103 KING & SCHICKLI, PLLC PEDDER, DENNIS H

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Rashtchian, Ayoub et al. 10633629 - (D) KATZ 103 Ballard Spahr LLP POPA, ILEANA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 American Lithium Energy Corporation 14952755 - (D) PRAISS 103 Mintz Levin/San Diego Office MCCONNELL, WYATT P

1783 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. 15745493 - (D) PRAISS 102/103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. UTT, ETHAN A

1798 MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 14884132 - (D) RANGE 102/103 ARENT FOX LLP - New York TURK, NEIL N

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2141 Kunihito Sawai et al. 14572884 - (D) BRANCH 103 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. VU, TOAN H

2144 Haramaty, Lior 14274151 - (D) MacDONALD 102/103 101 Hershkovitz and Associates, PLLC TAPP, AMELIA L

2165 CBS Interactive Inc. 14954491 - (D) EVANS 101/103 Rimon PC SYED, FARHAN M

2177 Malyshev, Stanislav et al. 14554329 - (D) BELISLE 101/102/103 Shutts & Bowen LLP Steven M. Greenberg, Esq. HUYNH, THU V

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
3622 Facebook. Inc. 14280137 - (D) CHUNG 101/103 Facebook/Fenwick TOKARCZYK, CHRISTOPHER B

3622 Hao, Jianxiu et al. 11495274 - (D) FETTING 103 101 VERIZON - HH VERIZON PATENTING GROUP TOKARCZYK, CHRISTOPHER B

3623 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14098191 - (D) ADAMS 101/103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC ANDERSON, FOLASHADE

3681 MasterCard International Incorporated 14554713 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 101 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP NGUYEN, THUY N

3681 Ouimet, Kenneth J. et al. 13282322 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 PATENT LAW GROUP: Atkins and Associates P.C. SORKOWITZ, DANIEL M

3689 Ece Kamar et al. 12491635 - (D) BEAMER 112(1)/102 101 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Microsoft) WHITE, LANCE WILLIAM

3692 WEISS, DAVID et al. 12210826 - (D) CRAIG 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. ANDERSON, JOHN A

3692 Walmart Apollo, LLC 13632491 - (D) THOMAS 101 McCarter & English, LLP / Walmart Apollo, LLC WONG, ERIC TAK WAI

3694 Adobe Inc. 14553911 - (D) CALVE 101 SBMC ANDERSON, SCOTT C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3754 The Procter & Gamble Company 14331420 - (D) KERINS 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY OLIVER, BRADLEY S

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 QIAGEN GmbH 14423062 - (R) ADAMS 103 41.50 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP CROW, ROBERT THOMAS

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 14628754 - (R) CAPP 112(1)/112(2) 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL SMITH, ISAAC G

3685 Medidata Solutions, Inc. 14140734 - (R) CRAIG 101 Steptoe & Johnson LLP NILFOROUSH, MOHAMMAD A

scripps clinic

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1643 VECTURA GMBH 15279939 - (D) VALEK 103 41.50 102 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP BROWN-PETTIGREW, ANGELA C

1699 Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. 14678749 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. (Main) Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP KEYS, ROSALYND ANN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1745 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY 14854290 - (D) CASHION 103 41.50 112(2) THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY SLAWSKI, BRIAN R

1781 CORNING INCORPORATED 14053093 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 CORNING INCORPORATED FIGG, LAURA B

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Mauge, Karin 12610038 - (D) SHIANG 103 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (eBay Inc.) KHOSHNOODI, FARIBORZ

2177 Colley, Ashley 13567554 - (D) ARPIN 103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP c/o Alston & Bird LLP NGUYEN, CHAU T

2487 Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l. 15370127 - (D) FRAHM 103 Conversant Wireless Licensing Ltd. BECK, LERON

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2883 Corning Optical Communications LLC 15259746 - (D) HEANEY 103 CORNING INCORPORATED RADKOWSKI, PETER

2883 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15115428 - (D) INGLESE 112(1)/103 41.50 112(2) JORDAN, ANDREW JORDAN, ANDREW

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3689 Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board 15339532 - (D) PYONIN 103 DOCKET CLERK CHEN, WENREN

3697 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. 14134828 - (D) BAER 103 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/CME GREGG, MARY M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 United Technologies Corporation 14974220 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M

3746 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 15027562 - (D) STAICOVICI 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY EDWARDS, LOREN C

 Moreover, Appellant notes that “[t]he Examiner’s focus on infinity with regard to enablement is simply not supported” because in Scripps Clinic & Research Foundation v. Genentech, Inc., 927 F.2d 1565 (Fed. Cir. 1991) “the Federal Circuit clearly held that open-ended ranges may be enabled even if the inherent limit is ‘not precisely known.’”  Id. at 6 (citing Scripps Clinic, 927 F.2d at 1572). 

Scripps Clinic and Res. Found. v. Genentech, Inc., 927 F.2d 1565, 18 USPQ2d 1001 (Fed. Cir. 1991) 2165.04

3772 MARUEMU WORKS CO., LTD. et al. 15118203 - (D) WOOD 103 SPARKS, STEPHEN R SPARKS, STEPHEN R

3792 MEDSTAR HEALTH 14775094 - (D) WIEDER 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Corning Incorporated 13905367 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 112(2) 41.50 112(2) CORNING INCORPORATED PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Sno-Gem, Inc. 14476664 - (D) OSINSKI 103 103 Reed Smith, LLP WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 Stolle Machinery Company, LLC 15399795 - (D) ZECHER 102/103 102/103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT LLC EKIERT, TERESA M

3753 Victaulic Company 15355510 - (D) HOELTER 102 102 Ballard Spahr LLP CARY, KELSEY E

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 SZEGEDI TUDOMANYEGYETEM 14407498 - (D) PRATS 103 Jason D. Voight RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI

1663 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC 14996093 - (D) FREDMAN 103/OTDP DENTONS US LLP KRUSE, DAVID H

1699 Syngenta Limited 13265756 - (D) PRATS 103 BakerHostetler KEYS, ROSALYND ANN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 GENERAL CABLE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14592520 - (D) HASTINGS 103 ULMER & BERNE LLP c/o Diane Bell MURATA, AUSTIN

1729 LG Display Co., Ltd. 15198640 - (D) PRAISS 103 LGCHEM Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP KOROVINA, ANNA

1729 LG Chem, Ltd. 14326590 - (D) PRAISS 103 LGCHEM Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP KOROVINA, ANNA

1742 N. Eric. Knudsen 12727063 - (D) HANLON 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP BUTLER, PATRICK NEAL

1783 PROTOMAX PLASTICS LTD 14373764 - (D) HOUSEL 103 LUEDEKA NEELY GROUP, P.C. WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN

1783 Corning Incorporated 14542932 - (D) ANKENBRAND 103 103 CORNING INCORPORATED AUER, LAURA A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 McCoy, Charles et al. 13474619 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 Procopio - SPE CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE

2435 David Gorodyansky et al. 13846856 - (D) McNEILL 112(1) 112(2)/101/103 Pavel Pogodin, Esq. TransPacific Law Group SCHWARTZ, DARREN B

2443 VMware, Inc. 14319057 - (D) HOMERE 103/OTDP VMWare - OPW DABIPI, DIXON F

2454 W.W. GRAINGER, INC. 13787124 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP NGUYEN, ANH

2468 COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 14973261 - (D) CURCURI 103 Fogg & Powers LLC/Commscope CAIRNS, THOMAS R

2487 Mangesh Devidas. Sadafale 14702903 - (D) BRANCH 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED LI, TRACY Y

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2822 Michael T. Brigham et al. 14837024 - (D) HANLON 102 102/103 Roberts Calderon Safran & Cole, P.C. PETERSON, ERIK T

2842 Micron Technology, Inc. 14947122 - (D) DENNETT 103 Dorsey & Whitney LLP-IP Dept.-MTI TRA, ANH QUAN

2859 Yang, Xiao Guang. et al. 14336741 - (D) KENNEDY 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL TRISCHLER, JOHN T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 14168779 - (D) SHAW 101/103 Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP Am SITTNER, MICHAEL J

3623 Chetuparambil, Madhu K. et al. 13598987 - (D) McNEILL 101 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC MANSFIELD, THOMAS L

3623 Chetuparambil, Madhu K. et al. 13316950 - (D) McNEILL 101 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC MANSFIELD, THOMAS L

3627 VAANANEN, Mikko 15409576 - (D) FETTING 101/103 Mikko Kalervo Vaananen BUCHANAN, CHRISTOPHER R

3627 BIZ TRAVEL SOLUTIONS, LLC 14511868 - (D) FRAHM 101/103 FisherBroyles, LLP - MAIN CN MUTSCHLER, JOSEPH M

3628 Christopher P. Jones et al. 13920292 - (D) PINKERTON 101 IBM CORPORATION- POUGHKEEPSIE (JVL) SINGH, RUPANGINI

3628 Unify GmbH & Co. KG 14956561 - (D) HUME 101/103 Fritzsche Patent c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (SEN) ERB, NATHAN

3679 ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Luxembourg S.A. 15449350 - (D) STAICOVICI 112(1) Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC HEWITT, JAMES M

3686 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 14368368 - (D) HOWARD 103 101 41.50 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS NAJARIAN, LENA

3688 Yoelle Maarek. Smadja et al. 12861241 - (D) STEPHENS 103 101 Cooper Legal Group LLC MACASIANO, MARILYN G

3689 Cassio Wallner et al. 13335268 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC FISHER, PAUL R

3691 Facebook, Inc. 14509856 - (D) DIXON 101 Keller Jolley Preece/Facebook KAZIMI, HANI M

3696 APPLE INC. 14169024 - (D) FRAHM 101 Polsinelli -- Apple Inc. c/o Polsinelli PC HOLLY, JOHN H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Nicholas D. Aiello et al. 13731147 - (D) PLENZLER 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY PETERS, BRIAN O

3771 St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. 14992516 - (D) BROWN 103 Armstrong Teasdale LLP (32736) RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE

3793 CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY 14633307 - (D) BROWN 103 POLSINELLI PC RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1644 Elanco Tiergesundheit AG 15685257 - (R) WISZ 112(1) Elanco US Inc. SKELDING, ZACHARY S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3665 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 14595269 - (R) SCHOPFER 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL SMITH, AARON C

3693 Fisher, Michelle 14867328 - (R) ARPIN 103 101 Michelle Fisher CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA