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Monday, December 14, 2020

martek






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Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 14442340 KATZ 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Mark Lewis et al. 12076101 SNAY 103 Guardian Glass, LLC (Nixon) c/o KCPS IP Dept./Shannon Gonsalves HORNING, JOEL G

1771 EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY et al. 15115766 FRANKLIN 103 OLIFF PLC MCAVOY, ELLEN M

1792 Julio Pimentel et al. 14126699 FRANKLIN 103 THOMPSON COBURN LLP ZILBERING, ASSAF

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2145 Tableau Software Inc. 14628187 CURCURI 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PA)(Tableau) SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM

2199 CUCINOTTA, Tommaso et al. 14994298 ENGLE 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. HEADLY, MELISSA A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2422 Universal Electronics Inc. 15455411 BAIN 102/103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP MONSHI, SAMIRA

2434 Infineon Technologies AG 14623529 HUGHES 103 Viering, Jentschura & Partner mbB - Inf HAILU, TESHOME

2451 International Business Machines Corporation 15006571 DESHPANDE 103 FLEIT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW CHOUAT, ABDERRAHMEN

Martek Biosciences Corp. v. Nutrinova, Inc., 579 F.3d 1363, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (“When a patentee explicitly defines a claim term in the patent specification, the patentee’s definition controls.”)

2463 Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. et al. 15254797 PINKERTON 103 Nokia Technologies Oy C/O Davidson Sheehan LLP DEWAN, SANJAY K

2465 Apple Inc. 14458139 BAIN 103 BakerHostetler / Apple Inc. WYLLIE, CHRISTOPHER T

2495 NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY 14780785 HUGHES 103 SQUIRE PB (Nokia) Nokia Technologies Oy WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Wigdor, Daniel J. et al. 13044895 DESHPANDE 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION HARRISON, CHANTE E

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2839 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 15816446 FRANKLIN 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL

2875 ELITE LIGHTING 15179183 FRANKLIN 103 Moradian Law PAYNE, SHARON E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3619 HUSQVARNA AB 15500158 REIMERS 102 Burr Forman McNair Husqvarna TORRES, ALICIA M

3657 Tech M3, Inc. 14629381 HUTCHINGS 103 Mintz Levin/San Diego Office WILLIAMS, THOMAS J

3657 NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD. 15025471 MARTIN 112(2)/102/103 CARRIER BLACKMAN AND ASSOCIATES PC BURCH, MELODY M

3676 Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V. 14406706 BROWN 103 Nouryon Chemicals LLC GRAY, GEORGE STERLING

3685 Federico Zambelli Hosmer et al. 13614429 DESHPANDE 112(2)/103 KHMRG (PayPal, Inc.) LEFFALL-ALLEN, NAKIA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 IGT 15198282 MARTIN Dissenting Fitzpatrick 103 Sheridan Ross P.C. GARNER, WERNER G

3732 YACHIYO INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 14579419 REIMERS 112(2)/103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP LYNCH, MEGAN E

3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 15023831 MARTIN 112(2)/102/103 41.50 112(2) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BROCKMAN, ELDON T

3746 Andrew Robert. Campbell et al. 13983472 REIMERS 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. JARIWALA, CHIRAG

3753 HAN, Byungsook 14888573 FITZPATRICK 103 Harness Dickey (St. Louis) JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM

3753 American Commercial Lines LLC 14320905 MARTIN 103 FROST BROWN TODD LLC HICKS, ANGELISA

3771 Alcon Inc. 14550470 BROWN 103 ALCON INC. c/o Alcon Research LLC ULSH, GEORGE J

3791 Medtronic, Inc. 14064801 FINAMORE 103 Medtronic - WK TOWA, RENE T

3793 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 14368107 MARTIN 103 MEHL, PATRICK M MEHL, PATRICK M

3793 B.G. NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS LTD. 14198701 REIMERS 112(1) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC

3794 Martin R. Willard et al. 14516014 REIMERS 103 KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC DELLA, JAYMI E

3795 Covidien LP 14729664 REIMERS 103 Covidien LP WU, PAMELA F

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Nobuyuki NAGANAWA et al. 13536780 INGLESE 103 112(2) MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC MCDERMOTT, HELEN M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2413 Intel IP Corporation et al. 14778983 CURCURI 103 103 Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel (Apple) MAK, PETER K

2434 VMware, Inc. 14550881 HOFF 103 112(2) Patterson + Sheridan, LLP - VMware ZOUBAIR, NOURA

2454 NINTENDO CO., LTD. 14498723 PER CURIAM 101/103 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. BOOK, PHYLLIS A

2487 InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc. 15806893 COURTENAY 112(2)/103 103 InterDigital VC Holdings SULLIVAN, TYLER

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Apple Inc. 15840725 CURCURI 103 103 Treyz Law Group PATEL, SANJIV D

2624 Silicon Laboratories Inc. 14555510 JURGOVAN 112(1) 103 MAXIMILLIAN R. PETERSON ROSARIO, NELSON M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 DELTA T CORPORATION 14439801 REIMERS 112(2)/103 112(1)/103 KING & SCHICKLI, PLLC DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 ASICS CORPORATION 14910367 MARTIN Dissenting Fitzpatrick 112(1)/103 112(1)/112(2)/103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. LYNCH, MEGAN E

3745 Petty, Dale William. et al. 14759769 REIMERS 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 112(2)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY VERDIER, CHRISTOPHER M

3754 GOJO Industries, Inc. 15211582 REIMERS 102/103 102 Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP NICHOLS II, ROBERT K

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 ARAGON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 15094113 PRATS 103 BakerHostetler JONES, DAMERON LEVEST

1643 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE 15478437 NEW 102 CLARK & ELBING LLP WU, JULIE ZHEN QIN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 15076825 SNAY 103 Dority & Manning, P.A. and Global Research Center LAW, NGA LEUNG V

1722 MERCK PATENT GMBH 15558815 SQUIRE 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. VISCONTI, GERALDINA

1744 The Procter & Gamble Company 14933024 SMITH 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R

1761 Cecile Gibon et al. 13324296 DERRICK 103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) DIGGS, TANISHA

1764 UMG ABS, LTD. 15448727 SNAY 103 PLUMSEA LAW GROUP, LLC KAUCHER, MARK S

1764 Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. 15222254 SQUIRE 103 Additon, Higgins & Pendleton, P.A. REDDY, KARUNA P

1796 Guardian Glass, LLC 13835278 SQUIRE 112(1)/112(2) Guardian Glass, LLC (Nixon) c/o KCPS IP Dept./Shannon Gonsalves ROLLAND, ALEX A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2118 General Electric Company 14830471 HUGHES 102/103 BAKER HUGHES COMPANY CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W

2116 NEC Europe Ltd. 15304074 McNEILL 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) PAN, YUHUI R

2136 Intel Corporation 15408333 BAIN 103 NDWE LLP/Intel TSAI, SHENG JEN

2142 VOLKSWAGEN AG et al. 13836191 BAER 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. OLSHANNIKOV, ALEX

2164 Quantum Corporation 14244935 COURTENAY 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC HERSHLEY, MARK E

2165 Splunk, Inc. 15011392 BAIN 101/103/OTDP Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (Splunk Inc.) ELLIS, MATTHEW J

2166 YADAPPANAVAR, Krishna et al. 12973781 STEPHENS 112(1) 103 Patterson + Sheridan, LLP - VMware GMAHL, NAVNEET K

2166 Knowlege Synthesis 14719246 KOHUT 102 Mintz Levin/Boston Office PHAM, KHANH B

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 ADP, LLC 14882819 MCKEOWN 103 Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C. SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B

2437 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15635183 BAIN 112(2)/103/OTDP Barta, Jones & Foley, P.C. (Patent Group - Microsoft Corporation) LANIER, BENJAMIN E

2467 NTT DOCOMO, INC. 14910935 CURCURI 103 OSHA LIANG L.L.P. SCHEIBEL, ROBERT C

2485 Apple Inc. 14703366 HUGHES 103 BakerHostetler / Apple Inc. HAGHANI, SHADAN E

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 DreamWorks Animation LLC 14737183 BUSCH 103 DENTONS US LLP - San Francisco YANG, YI

2616 NVIDIA Corporation 15411918 MCKEOWN 103 OTDP Artegis Law Group, LLP/NVIDIA NGUYEN, PHU K

2619 QUALCOMM Incorporated 15412294 SHIANG 103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A. HARRISON, CHANTE E

2656 Grammarly, Inc. 15143982 PYONIN 101 GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates AZAD, ABUL K

2656 Bose Corporation 15418687 BAIN 102/103 Dingman IP Law, PC/Bose Corporation PATEL, SHREYANS A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
3622 Adobe Inc. 14151300 CRAIG 112(1)/112(2)/103 101/103 Adobe / Finch & Maloney PLLC SYROWIK, MATHEW RICHARD

3623 Shopper Scientist LLC 14473954 STEPHENS dissenting MORGAN 103 Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP KYEREME-TUAH, AKOSUA P

3624 Berry, Megan C. et al. 13495604 HUTCHINGS 103 101 41.50 101 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) PURI, VENAY

3633 Sorkin, Felix 15212629 KORNICZKY 103 Adolph Locklar Michael Locklar FONSECA, JESSIE T

3641 COLT CANADA IP HOLDING PARTNERSHIP 15165125 REIMERS 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP SEMICK, JOSHUA T

3649 Blankman, Steven Michael. 14998532 ENGELS 103 112(1) Steven M. Blankman, P.E. ZARROLI, MICHAEL C

3657 Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC 14844641 KORNICZKY 103 BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC BURCH, MELODY M

3669 THE RAYMOND CORPORATION 15183002 DEFRANCO 112(1) 112(2)/103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP ZIAEIANMEHDIZADE, NAVID

3687 Den Herder, Nathan Pieter. et al. 13614705 HUTCHINGS 112(1)/112(2)/103 101 41.50 101 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM

3689 Fannie Mae 14095475 BRANCH 112(1) 101/102/103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) LAKHANI, ANDREW C

3695 Mikko VAANANEN 15060659 HUTCHINGS 101/103 PATTERSON + SHERIDAN, L.L.P. LIU, CHIA-YI

3697 ACLAIMANT, INC. 14627646 MEYERS 101/103 DLA PIPER LLP (US ) TRAN, HAI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. 15547741 PLENZLER 112(2)/103 Dernier IP Law, LLC GARNER, WERNER G

3715 Lee M. Amaitis et al. 10836077 GROSSMAN 112(1)/112(2)/101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. LIDDLE, JAY TRENT

3723 Timothy Van Der Veen et al. 13062430 KORNICZKY 103 Burr Forman McNair Husqvarna MORGAN, EILEEN P

3725 Function Chains Pty Ltd. 15196360 JUNG 112(1) 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON

3731 Herholdt, Arnold Leslie. et al. 13393209 KORNICZKY 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M

3741 United Technologies Corporation 15943100 KORNICZKY 102/103/OTDP CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY SUNG, GERALD LUTHER

3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14624697 KORNICZKY 112(2)/102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY WONG, ELTON K

3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 15100413 REIMERS 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN

3746 CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY 14860037 KORNICZKY Dissenting FITZPATRICK 112(1) MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) HANSEN, KENNETH J

3752 ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. 13873822 KORNICZKY 103 Armstrong World Industries, Inc. DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R.

3791 J&M SHULER, INC. 15818541 PLENZLER 103 SMITH TEMPEL BLAHA LLC WEARE, MEREDITH H

3792 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15039975 MARTIN 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS PORTER, JR, GARY A

Rehearing 

Denied 
3774 Graham, Michael 15015746 FINAMORE 103 Houtteman Law LLC PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D

Reissue

Denied 
2856 Shimano Inc. 8,833,182 14/644,855 13/414,435 14644855 McKEOWN 103 DELAND LAW OFFICE STORMER, RUSSELL D

Thursday, December 10, 2020

craig, borkowski






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Reversed
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1796 Guardian Glass, LLC 14816697 DENNETT 103 Guardian Glass, LLC (Nixon) c/o KCPS IP Dept./Shannon Gonsalves ROLLAND, ALEX A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 MAINSOFT R&D LTD. 14569937 CURCURI 103 M&B IP Analysts, LLC AL HASHEMI, SANA A

2193 HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP 14571643 HOFF 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise VU, TUAN A

2458 ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC. 14883192 STRAUSS 102 41.50 101 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP DINH, KHANH Q

2462 LANTIQ DEUTSCHLAND GMBH 14762476 BAIN 103 2SPL DANIEL JR, WILLIE J

2645 Texas Instruments Incorporated 14811618 HUGHES 102 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED VUONG, QUOCHIEN B

2665 Wenming Zheng et al. 14770087 PINKERTON 102 Artegis Law Group, LLP - Harman HUYNH, VAN D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Google Inc. 15426514 FISCHETTI 103 41.50 101 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
HOAR, COLLEEN A

3623 International Business Machines Corporation 15668275 WIEDER 103 IBM CORP. (WIP) c/o WALDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. OBAID, HAMZEH M

3624 Sprinklr, Inc. 14952490 BRANCH 101 Nixon Peabody LLP YESILDAG, MEHMET

3629 Gregory Byrd et al. 11849210 BENNETT 103 IBM Corporation - Endicott Drafting Center
MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A 

This court stated in In re Craig, 56 CCPA 1438, 411 F.2d 1333, 162 USPQ 157 (1969), that the policy and purpose of the patent laws preclude the applicability of any doctrine akin to the judicially-developed doctrine of “res judicata” to bar the granting of patents on inventions that comply with the statute. The same policy and purpose precludes reliance on any such doctrine to force the granting of patents on inventions that do not comply with the statute. 

In re Borkowski, 505 F.2d 713, 718 (C.C.P.A. 1974) (emphasis added).  

3685 GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH 15120887 LEBOVITZ 103 Workman Nydegger JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE

3688 SALESFORCE.COM, INC 13770952 CHANG 103 KHMRG (Salesforce) VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 15039929 HUTCHINGS 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY HTAY, AYE SU MON

3761 Ellin, Alexander David Scott. et al. 12659404 STEPINA 103 OLIFF PLC PAIK, SANG YEOP

3772 Sascha Schneider 14045324 STEPINA 102/103 Venable LLP MORAN, EDWARD JOHN

3786 LIFESTYLES HEALTHCARE PTE. LTD. 14055190 HUTCHINGS 103 SERVILLA WHITNEY LLC LEE, MICHELLE J

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Orbital ATK, Inc. 13832960 SAADAT 103 103 TRASKBRITT, P.C./ NGIS FELTON, AILEEN BAKER

2449 Facebook, Inc. 15603275 COURTENAY 102 103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P./FACEBOOK INC.
WON, MICHAEL YOUNG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
3745 United Technologies Corporation 14187612 KAUFFMAN 112(2)/103 112(1) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY PETERS, BRIAN O

3774 W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 14714685 SCHNEIDER 102 102 W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE

Affirmed 
1726 TECAN TRADING AG 14943520 DENNETT 102/103 NOTARO, MICHALOS & ZACCARIA P.C. AYAD, TAMIR 

1741 Guardian Glass, LLC 14269582 BEST 103 103 41.50 112(2) Guardian Glass, LLC (Nixon) c/o KCPS IP Dept./Shannon Gonsalves SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA

1781 Huhtamaki Films Germany GmbH & Co., KG 14189935 FRANKLIN 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (OC) FIGG, LAURA B

1793 Upfield US Inc. 14582483 FRANKLIN 103/OTDP Arent Fox LLP - Los Angeles PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI

2143 International Business Machines Corporation 15078306 ARPIN 112(2)/102 IBM Corporation - Endicott Drafting Center HOANG, AMY P

2145 Scenera Mobile Technologies, LLC 14017431 CURCURI 103 SCENERA RESEARCH, LLC STITT, ERIK V

2145 CA, INC. 14643029 SAADAT 103 Foley & Lardner LLP/ Broadcom Corporation BELOUSOV, ANDREY

2153 Vasey, Philip E. 10933466 SMITH 112(1)/103 101 Anderson Gorecki LLP CHOI, YUK TING

2163 GRUBE, GARY W. et al. 13252418 BENNETT 103 Garlick & Markison (PST) LE, MICHAEL

2165 VineSleuth, Inc. 13627738 BRANCH 112(1)/112(2)/101 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP GIULIANI, GIUSEPPI J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15177817 BRANCH 103 101/102/103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION LE, CANH

2669 University of Virginia Patent Foundation 14677866 BRANCH 112(2) 103 University of Virginia Patent Foundation c/o Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC NIU, FENG

2832 Christopher, Diana Michaels. 14068478 SQUIRE 102/103 112(1)/112(2)/101 Van Michaels Christopher CUEVAS, PEDRO J

2835 Georg Seidemann et al. 15475368 SQUIRE 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/Intel PAPE, ZACHARY

2846 ATIEVA, INC. 15156183 DELMENDO 102 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP JOSEPH, DEVON A

3623 Opower, Inc. 14700590 FISCHETTI 101/103 Kraguljac Law Group/Oracle EL-HAGE HASSAN, ABDALLAH A

3648 Google Inc. 14802016 BROWN 103 Dority & Manning P.A. and Google LLC
MALLEY SR., DANIEL P

3651 Kali Care, Inc. 15686143 DEFRANCO 103/OTDP Perkins Coie LLP - Kali Care, Inc.
WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R

3662 Elwha LLC 15419891 DEFRANCO 102/103 Elwha LLC c/o Polsinelli PC NGUYEN, NGA X

3683 Avaya Inc. 13918356 BENNETT 101/103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. NEAL, ALLISON MICHELLE

3695 Meszaros, Richard 13239324 BENNETT 112(1) 101/103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP POLLOCK, GREGORY A

3715 Bruce Merati 14513302 DEFRANCO 102/103 THIBAULT PATENT GROUP LIM, SENG HENG

3741 United Technologies Corporation 14751274 CAPP 112(1)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY FORD, RENE D

3762 LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC. 14280329 KORNICZKY 103 The Lincoln Electric Company
JONES, LOGAN P

Reissue

Affirmed
3711 Vardon, INC 8,911,301 13/741,500 14677820 MURPHY 112(1)/251 112(2)/102/103 41.50 251 Dillis V. Allen & Associates ENGLISH, PETER C

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

venner





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Reversed 
1712 Applied Materials, Inc. 14745367 WILSON 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPLIED MATERIALS MELLOTT, JAMES M

1794 OERLIKON TRADING AG, TRUBBACH 14367354 OWENS 103 Pearne & Gordon LLP
MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN

1795 BASF Coatings GmbH 15277095 RANGE 102/103 SERVILLA WHITNEY LLC
MAYEKAR, KISHOR

2177 Chargerback, Inc. 15181187 SILVERMAN 103 TI Law Group, PC BARNES JR, CARL E

2658 Facebook, Inc. 14686770 HUGHES 103 Facebook/Fenwick SAINT CYR, LEONARD

2814 NXP B.V. 15705017 SMITH 103 Intellectual Property and Licensing NXP B.V. BRASFIELD, QUINTON A

2891 Texas Instruments Incorporated 15003856 HUGHES 112(2)/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED TORNOW, MARK W

3622 Fordyce, Edward W. et al. 12896632 HUTCHINGS 103 41.50 101 The Webb Law Firm / Visa International DURAN, ARTHUR D

3643 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. 15052495 MARTIN 103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP PARSLEY, DAVID J

3723 Donald Wilson 15188564 MARTIN 103 Olson & Cepuritis, LTD. TAYLOR, JON S

3791 Aurel Coza et al. 13446937 MARTIN 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
FERNANDES, PATRICK M

3794 Covidien LP 15292761 PLENZLER 102/103 Covidien LP 60 Middletown MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY

Affirmed-in-Part 
1792 NESTEC S.A. 14367656 WILSON 103 103 K&L Gates LLP-Nestec S.A. ZILBERING, ASSAF

1793 Symrise AG 15163971 COLAIANNI 103 103 DILWORTH & BARRESE, LLP TRAN, LIEN THUY

1796 NANOPTEK CORPORATION 14680999 ROBERTSON 103 103 DAVID J. COLE WILKINS III, HARRY D

2184 QUALCOMM Incorporated 14994242 ANDERSON 103 102 W&T/Qualcomm PARK, ILWOO

3637 Bader Intellectual Design, LLC 15464151 BROWN 103 112(2) Sheridan Ross PC TEFERA, HIWOT E

3662 CNH Industrial America LLC et al. 14709235 MARTIN 103 103 CNH Industrial America LLC
WILLIAMS, KELLY D

3763 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 14046127 MARTIN 103 103 POSZ LAW GROUP, PLC SHAIKH, MERAJ A

Affirmed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Jiang Liu et al. 12063614 CHANG 112(2) 103 FASKEN MARTINEAU DUMOULIN LLP WESTERBERG, NISSA M

1639 Agilent Technologies, Inc. 15010973 TOWNSEND 102/103 Agilent Technologies, Inc.
KAUP, SAHANA S

1712 H.B. FULLER COMPANY 14290514 GAUDETTE 103 H.B. FULLER COMPANY CLEVELAND, MICHAEL B

1767 Thomas CASTLE et al. 14106975 BEST 103 Ostrolenk Faber LLP HEINCER, LIAM J

1777 Bhaktavachalam Thiyagarajan et al. 14115238 COLAIANNI 103 Hoffmann & Baron LLP ZALASKY MCDONALD, KATHERINE MARIE

1797 Menarini Silicon Biosystems S.p.A. 14353303 McMANUS 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP XU, XIAOYUN

2114 QUALCOMM Incorporated 14825495 BAIN 103 W&T/Qualcomm BUTLER, SARAI E

2153 ACell, Inc. 14860781 SMITH 112(1)/103 101 Anderson Gorecki LLP CHOI, YUK TING

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2419 British Telecommunications Public Limited Company 15123802 MANTIS MERCADER 103 Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A. KAMARA, MOHAMED A

2442 EXCELERO 14724971 CRAIG 102 101/102 M&B IP Analysts, LLC HARRELL, ROBERT B

2456 Cisco Technology, Inc. 14155957 HUGHES 103 Edell, Shapiro, & Finnan, LLC MCADAMS, BRAD

2689 Townsend, Randolph G. 13432171 STEPHENS 103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT LLC BARAKAT, MOHAMED

2837 OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 15101145 SMITH 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Otis Elevator
UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J

In re Venner, 262 F.2d 91, 95 (CCPA 1958) (explaining that the provision of “automat[ed] means to replace manual activity which has accomplished the same result” is well within the ambit of one of ordinary skill in the art)

Venner, In re, 262 F.2d 91, 120 USPQ 193 (CCPA 1958) 2114 2144.04

2859 Angelo Mascia et al. 15018364 CURCURI 112(1)/101/103 Angelo E. Mascia GRANT, ROBERT J

3622 Visa U.S.A. Inc. 14313795 HUTCHINGS 103 101 The Webb Law Firm / Visa International
DURAN, ARTHUR D

3662 Kevin Cherveny et al. 11044139 CHERRY 103 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/HERE
NGUYEN, CUONG H

3683 THE BOEING COMPANY 15905117 WHITEHEAD JR. 101/OTDP Patterson & Sheridan - The Boeing Company c/o Patterson & Sheridan, LLP MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

3685 MasterCard International Incorporated 15131718 HUME 103 Mastercard International Incorporated c/o Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC KUCAB, JAMIE R

3686 American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Inc. 14490442 SILVERMAN 101 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL

3691 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. 14454499 STEPHENS 101 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/CME POINVIL, FRANTZY

3741 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14894567 MARTIN 112(1) 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M

3745 Twin City Fan Companies, Ltd. 14476246 JENKS 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER

3791 Bo Olde et al. 13519559 MARTIN 112(1)/112(2)/103 101 K&L Gates LLP - Gambro
BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN

Rehearing

Denied 
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2495 VIACCESS 14911079 MORGAN 103 OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP 
ULLAH, SHARIF E

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

mlot-fijalkowski, ellis






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Reversed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 NOVEN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 14208348 TOWNSEND 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP BASQUILL, SEAN M

1712 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 15404775 WILSON 103 Bell & Manning, LLC Michelle Manning MELLOTT, JAMES M

1745 Jean-Francois Chartrel et al. 14579009 BEST 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. TUCKER, PHILIP C

1791 Toru Nakajima et al. 12921223 FRANKLIN 103 KRATZ, QUINTOS & HANSON, LLP COX, STEPHANIE A

1799 C2 DIAGNOSTICS 15294274 SMITH 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC HURST, JONATHAN M

2137 QUALCOMM Incorporated 14626913 BAIN 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C./QUALCOMM PARIKH, KALPIT

2179 GUPTA, Akhil et al. 12508994 DIXON 103 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) HIGGS, STELLA EUN

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2414 British Telecommunications Public Limited Company 16067402 MANTIS MERCADER 103 Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A. KO, SITHU

2435 Splunk Inc. 14929187 SAADAT 102 Perkins Coie LLP - Splunk Inc. DADA, BEEMNET W

2439 HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 14905496 ANDERSON 102/103 MICRO FOCUS LLC TURCHEN, JAMES R

2441 David Allen. Rose 14698929 HOFF 101/103 BakerHostetler / Comcast TSENG, LEON Y

2449 Vasona Networks Inc. 14578579 BAIN 103 TERRILE, CANNATTI & CHAMBERS, LLP KHAN, ATTA

2616 Apple Inc. 14574041 MANTIS MERCADER 103 Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel (Apple) SUN, HAI TAO

2834 PROTEAN ELECTRIC LIMITED 14900814 OWENS 112(2)/103 The Mason Group Patent Specialists LLC SINGH, ALEXANDER A

3631 TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 14950806 BAYAT 103 The Whitaker LLC
WOOD, KIMBERLY T

3711 Lovevery, Inc. 15946713 KAUFFMAN 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (AU) NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R

We agree with Appellant that classification of the prior art is weak evidence with regard to the problem being solved. Reply Br. 2 (citing In re Mlot-Fijalkowski, 676 F.2d 666 (CCPA 1982), for the proposition that classification evidence is of little value when determining if a reference is analogous art). Further, “the similarities and differences in structure and function of the inventions disclosed in the references carry far greater weight” than patent classification. In re Ellis, 476 F.2d 1370, 1372 (CCPA 1973). 

Mlot-Fijalkowski, In re, 676 F.2d 666, 213 USPQ 713 (CCPA 1982) 2141.01(a)

Ellis, In re, 476 F.2d 1370, 177 USPQ 526 (CCPA 1973) 2141.01(a)

3715 International Business Machines Corporation 14672452 SCHOPFER 101 Otterstedt, Wallace & Kammer, LLP GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER

3753 Wen Wang et al. 15612484 KAUFFMAN 103 FRANCIS C. HAND CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, ET AL SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO

3753 RENISHAW PLC 14306289 STEPINA 103 OLIFF PLC HICKS, ANGELISA

3785 Mark Magidson et al. 13999345 SCHOPFER 103 Moldex - Metric, Inc.
LOUIS, LATOYA M

Affirmed-in-Part 
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2441 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 14662868 COURTENAY 103 112(2) MICROSOFT CORPORATION ZONG, RUOLEI

2687 Merlin Technology, Inc. 13946611 HAMANN 103 103 PRITZKAU PATENT GROUP, LLC
MURPHY, JEROLD B

2848 SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. 14663921 SNAY 103 112(4) RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP MILAKOVICH, NATHAN J

3746 Kutella, James D. 15158244 ASTORINO 102 102/103 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT

Affirmed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 GUERBET 14762064 KATZ 103 THOMPSON COBURN LLP SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H

1627 Dragheim, Marianne et al. 13812073 HARDMAN 103/OTDP 41.50 103 WILMERHALE/NEW YORK WANG, SHENGJUN

1644 Stefan Bassarab et al. 13494398 GRIMES 103 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. GAMBEL, PHILLIP

1742 McTaggart, Ingrid 13711188 COLAIANNI 103 112(2)/102/103 Ingrid McTaggart KHARE, ATUL P

1774 Command Alkon Incorporated 15268294 HOUSEL 103 BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP GRIFFIN, WALTER DEAN

1779 SELECTO, INC. 15839365 DELMENDO 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC PEO, JONATHAN M

1784 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 13765365 CASHION 103 41.50 103 Garrett/LKGlobal
SCHLEIS, DANIEL J

1786 Ponsolle, Dominique et al. 13307383 ROSS 103 CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC. CHOI, PETER Y

1796 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. 14867535 ROBERTSON 103 HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP HUSCH BLACKWELL SANDERS LLP WELSH & KATZ BOHATY, ANDREW K

2125 IpVenture, Inc. 14697490 HUGHES 103 IPVENTURE, INC. BUSS, BENJAMIN J

2142 International Business Machines Corporation 13969622 BAIN 101/103 LAW OFFICE OF IDO TUCHMAN (YOR) KLICOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE

2191 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14469885 KOHUT 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES BOURZIK, BRAHIM

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 International Business Machines Corporation 15218836 BOUDREAU 102 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC BLAIR, DOUGLAS B

2447 Artur Bergman 14485087 PINKERTON 103 Setter Roche LLP HUANG, KAYLEE J

2482 Nistico, Walter et al. 14005314 THOMAS 103 F&P, LLP ZHOU, ZHIHAN

2494 International Business Machines Corporation 15243115 BAIN 101 101/103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC HO, THOMAS

2659 Microsoft Corporation 14283254 MORGAN dissenting EVANS 103 101 MICROSOFT CORPORATION DESIR, PIERRE LOUIS

2684 InVue Security Products Inc. 14629952 THOMAS 103 Trent A. Kirk InVue Security Products Inc. KING, CURTIS J

2689 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC. 14443940 BAIN 102/103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP TERRELL, EMILY C

2841 Apple Inc. 15702648 HOUSEL 103 41.50 103 Treyz Law Group AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L

2865 OOO Rock Flow Dynamics 14094776 SNAY 101 Pavel Pogodin, Esq. TransPacific Law Group DINH, LYNDA

3621 Jay DeWitt et al. 13219341 SILVERMAN 103 The Webb Law Firm / Visa International MPAMUGO, CHINYERE

3625 Kaushik, Amrita et al. 13714120 SAADAT 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY DURAISAMYGURUSAM, LALITH M

3625 NthGen Software Inc. 14794571 COURTENAY 101 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC / KAR Auction Services KAR Auction Services Inc. HAQ, NAEEM U

3686 CERNER INNOVATION, INC. 14984921 CHUNG 101 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (CERNER CORPORATION) TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL

3688 Facebook, Inc. 15216664 BAYAT 103 112(2)/101 Mannava & Kang, P. C. PATEL, DIPEN M

3688 McElfresh, Charles et al. 13175023 CRAWFORD 101 THE NOBLITT GROUP, PLLC Daniel J. Noblitt STIBLEY, MICHAEL R

3691 Visa International Service Association 14100690 CHUNG 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/VISA KALINOWSKI, ALEXANDER G

3694 Master International Incorporated 14938425 BAIN 101/103 Mastercard International Incorporated c/o Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC MILLER, JAMES H

3694 The Toronto-Dominion Bank 14656519 HUME 103 Duane Morris LLP MILLER, JAMES H

3697 Visa International Service Association 14643293 SILVERMAN 103 101 41.50 112(2) The Webb Law Firm / Visa International BRINDLEY, BENJAMIN S

3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14948768 HOELTER 102/103 Bachman & LaPointe, P.C. SOSNOWSKI, DAVID E

3745 Regal Beloit America, Inc. 14194099 SONG 103 Thompson Coburn LLP SEHN, MICHAEL L

3761 Philip Morris USA Inc. 14141146 HUTCHINGS 103 POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP
DODSON, JUSTIN C

3763 BLATCHLEY, Timothy Noah. et al. 14717405 HILL 112(1)/102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL MA, KUN KAI

3793 Guided Therapy Systems, LLC 13545931 FETTING 103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP
ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T

3794 Boozarjomehr Faraji et al. 13097399 BAHR 103 SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL

3794 COVIDIEN LP 15232074 KAUFFMAN 102/103 Covidien LP CLARK, RYAN T

3799 Lisa Brilliant et al. 13409305 KERINS 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY KIM, TAE JUN