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PTAB.US: Decisions of PTAB Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

ethicon, vickers







Reversed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1625 CMPD LICENSING, LLC 14819342 CHANG 103 AKERMAN LLP SOLOLA, TAOFIQ A

1631 ZYMEWORKS INC. 14409419 GRIMES 101 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (SF) BORIN, MICHAEL L

1663 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14917045 ADAMS 112(1) SUGHRUE MION, PLLC STANKOVIC, BRATISLAV

1712 3D Systems, Inc. 15832112 PRATS 103 3D Systems, Inc. HORNING, JOEL G

1793 CHOCOLATE HOUSE INCUBATOR RETAIL, LLC 15050079 GRIMES 103 DOCKET CLERK TRAN, LIEN THUY

2145 Apple Inc. 14815890 HUME 103 DENTONS US LLP - Apple ELL, MATTHEW

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2448 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. 14030093 BENNETT 103 VERIZON - HH VERIZON PATENTING GROUP SOWA, TIMOTHY JOHN

2621 AUDI AG 15780193 HUGHES 103 STAAS & HALSEY LLP AZARI, SEPEHR

2625 Steve Hotelling et al. 12118659 DEJMEK 103 Apple c/o Kubota & Basol LLP SCHNIREL, ANDREW B

2646 VascoDe Technologies Ltd. 14022774 EVANS 103 M&B IP Analysts, LLC SAMS, MATTHEW C

2837 International Business Machines Corporation 15344145 McMANUS 102 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE

2858 INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 14290780 HANLON 102/103 SLATER MATSIL, LLP/INFINEON PATIDAR, JAY M

See Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. v. U.S. SurgicalCorp., 93 F.3d 1572, 1582 n.7 (Fed. Cir. 1996), citing In re Vickers, 141 F.2d 522, 525 (CCPA 1944) (“an applicant . . . is generally allowed claims, when the art permits, which cover more than the specific embodiment shown” (emphasis omitted)). 

Vickers, In re, 141 F.2d 522, 61 USPQ 122 (CCPA 1944) 2164.03

3629 Jean-Baptiste Leonelli et al. 11853143 LEBOVITZ 102/103 MOSER TABOADA PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT

3665 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15674601 KERINS 103 41.50 112(2) BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL WALLACE, DONALD JOSEPH

3731 CMD Corporation 14966412 STEPINA 103 TAWFIK, SAMEH TAWFIK, SAMEH

3732 NIKE, Inc. 15259849 CAPP 103 Honigman LLP/Nike SPATZ, ABBY M

3762 BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH 14417175 SHAH 103 41.50 112(2) BSH Home Appliances Corporation DEEAN, DEEPAK A

3794 COVIDIEN LP 15231890 FITZPATRICK 102/103 Covidien LP VIERRA, RACHEL A

Affirmed-in-Part 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD. 15501989 GRIMES 103 103 NOLTE LACKENBACH SIEGEL WORSHAM, JESSICA N

1616 Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 14141946 FLAX OTDP 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP SHIN, MONICA A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 A10 Networks, Incorporated 14706963 RAEVSKY 103 103 A10 NETWORKS c/o Murabito, Hao & Barnes SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B

2667 The U.S.A as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services 15243765 MORGAN 103 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP YANG, WEI WEN

3723 DI-COAT CORPORATION 15205887 BAHR 103 102/103 CARRIER BLACKMAN AND ASSOCIATES PC DION, MARCEL T

3763 Tai-Her YANG 13541830 STEPINA 102 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC ARANT, HARRY E

Affirmed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Chunhua Li et al. 14416438 TOWNSEND 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. YU, HONG

1616 GSCHWIND, Svenja et al. 15292344 SCHNEIDER 102/103 Abel Schillinger, LLP LIU, SUE XU

1617 Sarita Mello et al. 14409497 FREDMAN 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY BROWN, COURTNEY A

1633 CureVac AG 15015458 TOWNSEND 103/OTDP Parker Highlander PLLC BURKHART, MICHAEL D

1641 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. 15128479 FREDMAN 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION LAM, ANN Y

1733 ARCELORMITTAL 14552985 ROBERTSON 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC LUK, VANESSA TIBAY

1735 Kyung Shik Oh et al. 14776797 ANKENBRAND 112(2)/103 41.50 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP YUEN, JACKY

1743 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC 14802064 COLAIANNI 103 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY CUMMINS IV, MANLEY L

1765 AISIN KAKO KABUSHIKI KAISHA et al. 14641516 TIMM 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC ZEMEL, IRINA SOPJIA

1797 Colin Bozarth et al. 14838647 MCGEE 103 Parker Highlander PLLC HIXSON, CHRISTOPHER

1799 Tokitae LLC 15063833 COLAIANNI 103 BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW

2145 SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG 15107093 OWENS 112(2)/103 CARTER, DELUCA & FARRELL LLP SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM

2145 Apple Inc. 14643476 RANGE 103 F&P, LLP BELOUSOV, ANDREY

2156 Arthursson, Daniel et al. 14754512 FRAHM 103/OTDP CHRISTENSEN O'CONNOR JOHNSON KINDNESS PLLC OBISESAN, AUGUSTINE KUNLE

2158 Walsh, Patrick Sander. 13501362 CUTITTA 101/103 Widerman Malek, PL ROLAND, GRISELLE CORBO

2169 CORPORATION, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES 13733207 GALLIGAN 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC SAEED, USMAAN

2171 Microsoft Corporation 13928372 DEJMEK 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION LUU, DAVID V

2185 QUALCOMM Incorporated 15184181 KUMAR 103 W&T/Qualcomm WANG, HARRY Z

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC 15443992 HOMERE 102/103 101/OTDP GAZDZINSKI & ASSOCIATES, PC SALTARELLI, DOMINIC D

2423 COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 14453242 BAUMEISTER 103 OTDP Comcast c/o Ballard Spahr LLP NGUYEN, TIEN M

2618 SRI INTERNATIONAL 15286161 BUSCH 103/OTDP Moser Taboada/ SRI International WILLS, DIANE M

2626 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14301556 EVANS 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC KETEMA, BENYAM

2652 Avaya Inc. 14507238 EVANS 103 101 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. AL AUBAIDI, RASHA S

2698 QUALCOMM Incorporated 14585535 KUMAR 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton/Qualcomm NGUYEN, LUONG TRUNG

2835 ALCATEL-LUCENT 14917595 ROBERTSON 102 102 Nokia of America Corporation SMITH, COURTNEY L

2892 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 15131230 REN 103 Studebaker & Brackett PC DYKES, LAURA M

2894 International Business Machines Corporation 15591611 HASTINGS Dissenting-in-part OWENS 102 103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP GRAYBILL, DAVID E

3622 Mahesh Subramanian 12556511 MURPHY 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY JESSEN, DEREK

3623 Conduent Business Servcies, LLC 15205206 COURTENAY 101 FAY SHARPE LLP / CONDUENT STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R

3624 TraceLink, Inc. 15283532 COURTENAY 112(2)/101 Shutts & Bowen LLP ATTN: STEVEN M. GREENBERG, ESQ. ROTARU, OCTAVIAN

3626 MEDIGRAM, INC. 14658093 CHEN 101 103 PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP HOLCOMB, MARK

3647 THE BOEING COMPANY 15137826 PESLAK 102/103 The Small Patent Law Group LLC FRAZIER, BRADY W

3662 iRobot Corporation 16020313 GREENHUT 101/103 SLW / iRobot Corporation P.O. BOX 2938 MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402 MOTT, GENNA M

3673 Debra Rodman 14750401 SCHOPFER 103 RODMAN RODMAN BAILEY, AMANDA LEE

3674 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 15532057 STEPINA 102/103 LOIKITH, CATHERINE A LOIKITH, CATHERINE A

3691 Edward Marshall 14505759 LEBOVITZ 101 Edward J. Marshall, Attorney at Law CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS

3711 Miguel Barahona Torres 15415280 STAICOVICI 103 BENJAMIN A. ADLER PENG, RAYSHUN K.

3741 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 15218138 HOFFMANN 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN

3753 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14759271 PLENZLER 112(1)/112(2) 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY FOX, JOHN C

3771 AtheroMed, Inc. 15048042 FITZPATRICK 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TON, MARTIN TRUYEN

3781 Nilsson, Carianne 13502470 HILL 103 Ballard Spahr LLP KLEIN, BENJAMIN JACOB

3783 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 14429115 STEPINA 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS

3791 Rolf Neumann et al. 11908133 OSINSKI 101/102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN


Tuesday, January 19, 2021

custom accessories






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Reversed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 L'OREAL 14762043 ADAMS 103 POLSINELLI PC (DC OFFICE) ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S

1644 The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia et al. 14397060 VALEK 103 DANN, DORFMAN, HERRELL & SKILLMAN DAHLE, CHUN WU

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2433 McAfee, LLC 14581651 HOWARD 103 Patent Capital Group - McAfee, LLC TRAN, ELLEN C

2683 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15966307 Per Curiam Concurring BAUMEISTER 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford EUSTAQUIO, CAL J

2698 Rambus Inc. 15953597 SAADAT 102/103 SILICON EDGE LAW GROUP, LLP SPINKS, ANTOINETTE T

2834 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft 14406480 INGLESE 102/103 41.50 112(2) Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC MORAZA, ALEXANDER

2853 International Business Machines Corporation 14109407 BEST 101/103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-IBM YORKTOWN HINZE, LEO T

3621 Scratch-It, Inc. 13785612 McNEILL 103 Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP KIM, PATRICK

3626 Michelle Fisher 14078440 MOHANTY 103 Michelle Fisher BARR, MARY EVANGELINE

3627 Philippe ROY et al. 11557507 LORIN 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP MINCARELLI, JAN P

3657 Bal Seal Engineering, Inc. 15653304 SCHOPFER 103 Klein, O''Neill & Singh, LLP BURCH, MELODY M

3674 CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY 14278124 MURPHY 103 POLSINELLI PC LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN

3725 Deere & Company 15292017 HOFFMANN 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (JOHN DEERE) BROWN, JARED O

3747 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 13900421 BAYAT 102/103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP CAMPBELL, JOSHUA A

3761 Robert Bosch Tool Corporation et al. 14208399 GREENHUT 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP MCGRATH, ERIN E

3771 Michael Marks et al. 13543657 SCHOPFER 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP DANG, ANH TIEU

3783 Ferrosan Medical Devices, A/S 14488840 BAYAT 103 CROCKETT & CROCKETT, PC OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES

3783 TARIS Biomedical LLC 14224256 SONG 103 EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES

Custom Accessories, Inc. v. Jeffrey-AllanIndustries, Inc., 807 F.2d 955, 962 (Fed. Cir. 1986) (“The person of ordinary skill is a hypothetical person who is presumed to be aware of all the pertinent prior art.”). 

Custom Accessories, Inc. v. Jeffrey-Allan Industries, Inc., 807 F.2d 955, 962, USPQ2d 1196, 1201 (Fed. Cir. 1986) 2141.03

3786 KCI Licensing, Inc. 14150216 STEPINA 103 KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. c/o Harness Dickey & Pierce SASS, SARA A

Affirmed-in-Part 
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2465 AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. 14183689 HUME 103 103 AT&T Legal Department - BH COSME, NATASHA W

3622 Mohammad Khan 13250400 BAER 103 103 Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A. SITTNER, MICHAEL J

3634 CHEDDIE, Daniel 14367114 HOELTER Dissenting FITZPATRICK 102/103 102/103 BakerHostetler CHIN-SHUE, ALVIN CONSTANTINE

Affirmed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1653 ANITOX CORPORATION 14356109 ADAMS 103 THOMPSON COBURN LLP PYLA, PAUL D

1717 INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE 14521657 PRAISS 103 Lavery, De Billy, LLP PADGETT, MARIANNE L

1743 Marcus Jarman-Smith et al. 13985457 DENNETT 103 Casimir Jones, S.C. OCHYLSKI, RYAN M

1797 Scott Cooper 13897782 INGLESE 112(2) 103 O-I Glass, Inc. Attn: Stephen L. Scharf XU, XIAOYUN

2128 GĂ©rard Massonnat 14388546 THOMAS 103 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. BROCK, ROBERT S

2159 Dropbox, Inc. 14448173 CRAIG 102/103 Dropbox c/o Polsinelli PC JACOBS, EDWARD

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2414 Lear Corporation 14514529 OWENS Concurring BAUMEISTER 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. / LEAR CORPORATION NGUYEN, STEVEN H D

2423 INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS 15315392 ARPIN 103 VOLPE KOENIG BANTAMOI, ANTHONY

2486 Shachor, Gabriel et al. 14849598 FRAHM 112(2)/103 RECHES PATENTS BOYLAN, JAMES T

2622 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14311727 CUTITTA 102/103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES LAM, NELSON C

2689 Clark, John J. et al. 15426101 CYGAN 103 Arent Fox LLP GIRMA, FEKADESELASS

3628 BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD. 15784271 MEDLOCK 101 METIS IP LLC VETTER, DANIEL

3633 Dal-Tile Corporation 15825309 WIEDER 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP HERRING, BRENT W

3682 John Nicholas and Kristin Gross Trust U/A/D April 13, 2010 14499057 CHUNG 103 101/103 Law Office of J. Nicholas Gross, Prof. Corp. DAGNEW, SABA

3683 Uber Technologies, Inc. 14566190 TOWNSEND 101 Mahamedi IP Law LLP (Uber) LEAL, HECTOR

3686 Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation 14326863 MEDLOCK 101/103 Grable Martin Fulton PLLC MOSELEY, GREGORY D

3686 Ophir Frieder et al. 13543044 CALVE 112(1) 112(1)/103 41.50 112(2) KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP LAM, ELIZA ANNE

3688 KENSHOO, LTD. 13633923 PINKERTON 101/103 The Roy Gross Law Firm, LLC STROUD, CHRISTOPHER

3693 MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED 14308400 STRAUSS 101 MasterCard c/o Ballard Spahr LLP KWONG, CHO YIU

3694 Michael Roscoe 12421353 LORIN 103 101 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S

3695 Jeffrey Feinstein et al. 12425282 LORIN 101 Mintz Levin/Fair Isaac Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. PUTTAIAH, ASHA

3711 Customized Games Limited 15927784 CAPP 101 TRASKBRITT, P.C. /Bally Gaming, Inc. DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID

3745 MTU Aero Engines AG 15204181 STEPINA 103 Abel Schillinger, LLP PRAGER, JESSE M

3763 Persson, Lars 13298658 PESLAK 103 McCormick, Paulding & Huber, PLLC LEO, LEONARD R

Rehearing 

Granted 
2176 International Business Machines Corporation 14306940 HOMERE 103 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC RIES, LAURIE ANNE

Denied 
3622 Datonics, LLC 15893354 MacDONALD 103 LOUIS J. HOFFMAN, P.C. SITTNER, MICHAEL J

Thursday, January 14, 2021

piasecki, rinehart






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Reversed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 L'OREAL 14762043 ADAMS 103 POLSINELLI PC (DC OFFICE) ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S

1627 Array BioPharma Inc. 14355903 ADAMS 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. CHONG, YONG SOO

1653 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC 14452453 FREDMAN 103 41.50 101/102 LLNL/Zilka-Kotab Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory MCNEIL, STEPHANIE A N

1788 LG Chem, Ltd. 14386980 OWENS 112(2)/103 LGCHEM Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP MANGOHIG, THOMAS A

1789 DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD. et al. 15116406 RANGE 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC WORRELL, KEVIN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDING 15533059 NAPPI 103 Invention Mine IDC RABOVIANSKI, JIVKA A

2433 McAfee, LLC 14581651 HOWARD 103 Patent Capital Group - McAfee, LLC TRAN, ELLEN C

2683 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15966307 Per Curiam Concurring BAUMEISTER 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford EUSTAQUIO, CAL J

2694 DENSO CORPORATION 15954904 SILVERMAN 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION LAMB, CHRISTOPHER RAY

2698 Rambus Inc. 15953597 SAADAT 102/103 SILICON EDGE LAW GROUP, LLP SPINKS, ANTOINETTE T

2832 NTN Corporation 14912816 BEST 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP KENERLY, TERRANCE L

2842 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15195918 COURTENAY 102 OLIFF PLC KIM, JUNG H

2853 Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 14099873 HOUSEL 112(1)/103 MRG/HD - PARC c/o Mueting Raasch Group VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO

3621 Scratch-It, Inc. 13785612 McNEILL 103 Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP KIM, PATRICK

3626 Michelle Fisher 14078440 MOHANTY 103 Michelle Fisher BARR, MARY EVANGELINE

3627 Philippe ROY et al. 11557507 LORIN 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP MINCARELLI, JAN P

3631 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 14967906 MEDLOCK 112(2)/102 MACMILLAN, SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC - FORD STERLING, AMY JO

3674 CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY 14278124 MURPHY 103 POLSINELLI PC LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN

3725 Deere & Company 15292017 HOFFMANN 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (JOHN DEERE) BROWN, JARED O

3735 Pedro Encinas 14056533 CAPP 103 VENJURIS, P.C. NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA

3747 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 13900421 BAYAT 102/103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP CAMPBELL, JOSHUA A

3761 Robert Bosch Tool Corporation et al. 14208399 GREENHUT 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP MCGRATH, ERIN E

3771 Michael Marks et al. 13543657 SCHOPFER 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP DANG, ANH TIEU

3775 University of Kansas 13741263 GREENHUT 103 Ray Quinney & Nebeker-KU Paul N. Taylor KU, SI MING

When prima facie obviousness is established and evidence is submitted in rebuttal, the decision-maker must start over. . . . An earlier decision should not, as it was here, be considered as set in concrete, and applicant’s rebuttal evidence then be evaluated only on its knockdown ability. . . . Facts established by rebuttal evidence must be evaluated along with the facts on which the earlier conclusion was reached, not against the conclusion itself. 

In re Piasecki, 745 F.2d 1468, 1472 (Fed. Cir. 1984) (quoting In re Rinehart, 531 F.2d 1048, 1052 (CCPA 1976)).

Piasecki, In re, 745 F.2d 1468, 223 USPQ 785 (Fed. Cir. 1984) 716.01(d) 2107.02 2142 2145

Rinehart, In re, 531 F.2d 1048, 189 USPQ 143 (CCPA 1976) 2107.02 2142 2143.02 2144.04

Affirmed-in-Part 
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC. 15367226 HOMERE 102/103 103 HONIGMAN LLP/MAGNA RABOVIANSKI, JIVKA A

2652 Binder, Yehuda 12890888 SZPONDOWSKI 112(1)/103 112(1)/103 May Patents Ltd. c/o Dorit Shem-Tov WOO, STELLA L 

3634 CHEDDIE, Daniel 14367114 HOELTER Dissenting FITZPATRICK 102/103 102/103 BakerHostetler CHIN-SHUE, ALVIN CONSTANTINE

Affirmed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Helga Biergiesser et al. 10995203 SCHNEIDER 103 Abel Schillinger, LLP PURDY, KYLE A

1611 L'OREAL 14432011 NEW 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LAZARO, DOMINIC

1627 ITALFARMACO SPA 15346926 ADAMS 103/OTDP NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC CHONG, YONG SOO

1642 DiscernDx, Inc. 15414456 CHANG 103 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI AEDER, SEAN E

1717 INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE 14521657 PRAISS 103 Lavery, De Billy, LLP PADGETT, MARIANNE L

1742 Board of Regents, The University of Texas System 14575484 PRAISS 112(2)/112(4)/103 Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC KHARE, ATUL P

1743 Marcus Jarman-Smith et al. 13985457 DENNETT 103 Casimir Jones, S.C. OCHYLSKI, RYAN M

1765 PBI Performance Products, Inc. 15427381 WILSON 103 HAMMER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. PENG, KUO LIANG

1797 Scott Cooper 13897782 INGLESE 112(2) 103 O-I Glass, Inc. Attn: Stephen L. Scharf XU, XIAOYUN

2145 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14502273 HUME 102/103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC ORR, HENRY W

2159 Dropbox, Inc. 14448173 CRAIG 102/103 Dropbox c/o Polsinelli PC JACOBS, EDWARD

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2414 Nokia Corporation 14515829 HOMERE 103 SQUIRE PB (Nokia) Nokia Technologies Oy KO, SITHU

2414 Lear Corporation 14514529 OWENS Concurring BAUMEISTER 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. / LEAR CORPORATION NGUYEN, STEVEN H D

2423 Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC et al. 15041747 BAUMEISTER 103/OTDP COZEN O'CONNOR HANCE, ROBERT J

2423 INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS 15315392 ARPIN 103 VOLPE KOENIG BANTAMOI, ANTHONY

2448 GENBAND US LLC 14472688 AMUNDSON 103 Haynes and Boone, LLP (47856) EDWARDS, JAMES A

2485 CARBONELL, LEE A. et al. 12907284 JEFFERY 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC TORRENTE, RICHARD T

2486 Shachor, Gabriel et al. 14849598 FRAHM 112(2)/103 RECHES PATENTS BOYLAN, JAMES T

2497 ASSA ABLOY AB 16032185 SILVERMAN 103 Sheridan Ross PC ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR

2622 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14311727 CUTITTA 102/103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES LAM, NELSON C

2846 Faraday&Future Inc. 14954963 HASTINGS 103 Veros Legal Solutions, LLP // FARADAY LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S

3621 eBay Inc. 13826100 MEYERS 103 SBMC/eBay BEKERMAN, MICHAEL

3622 Target Brands, Inc. 14943629 SHIANG 103 101 TARGET BRANDS, INC. ANDREI, RADU

3625 MOBILETRAC LLC 14825582 SAADAT 101/103 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC / KAR Auction Services GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE

3628 BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD. 15784271 MEDLOCK 101 METIS IP LLC VETTER, DANIEL

3633 INTEGRATED CONCRETE FORMING LTD. 15568276 KERINS 112(2)/103 Wilson Lue LLP IHEZIE, JOSHUA K

3633 Dal-Tile Corporation 15825309 WIEDER 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP HERRING, BRENT W

3682 John Nicholas and Kristin Gross Trust U/A/D April 13, 2010 14499057 CHUNG 103 101/103 Law Office of J. Nicholas Gross, Prof. Corp. DAGNEW, SABA

3683 Uber Technologies, Inc. 14566190 TOWNSEND 101 Mahamedi IP Law LLP (Uber) LEAL, HECTOR

3684 Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. 14336469 SHAW 103 101 JOSEPH F. SHIRTZ JOHNSON & JOHNSON SUTCH JR., NORMAN DONALD

3686 Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation 14326863 MEDLOCK 101/103 Grable Martin Fulton PLLC MOSELEY, GREGORY D

3691 RetailMeNot, Inc. 15208128 MEDLOCK 101 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP HAMILTON, LALITA M

3693 MasterCard International Incorporated 15259767 LEBOVITZ 103 101 MASTERCARD C/O Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA

3693 MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED 14308400 STRAUSS 101 MasterCard c/o Ballard Spahr LLP KWONG, CHO YIU

3694 Michael Roscoe 12421353 LORIN 103 101 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S

3695 Jeffrey Feinstein et al. 12425282 LORIN 101 Mintz Levin/Fair Isaac Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. PUTTAIAH, ASHA

3735 Graphic Packaging International, Inc. 15142025 WOOD 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP PAGAN, JAVIER A

3791 Koninklijke Philips N.V. 14429487 HOELTER 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS CERIONI, DANIEL LEE

Rehearing

Denied 
3622 Datonics, LLC 15893354 MacDONALD 103 LOUIS J. HOFFMAN, P.C. SITTNER, MICHAEL J

Monday, January 11, 2021

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Reversed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1637 X-Body, Inc. 14849203 ADAMS 112(2)/103/OTDP DLA Piper LLP (US) Boston PRIEST, AARON A

In addition, we agree with Appellant’s contention that a “patent need not teach, and preferably omits, what is well known in the art” (Reply Br. 16 5). See Hybritech Inc. v. Monoclonal Antibodies, Inc., 802 F.2d 1367, 1384 (Fed. Cir. 1986). Therefore, we are not persuaded by Examiner’s assertions regarding “essential material” (see Ans. 5 (internal quotations omitted)).

Hybritech, Inc. v. Monoclonal Antibodies, Inc., 802 F.2d 1367, 231 USPQ 81 (Fed. Cir. 1986)   716.03(b) ,   2138.04 ,   2145 ,   2163 ,   2164.01 ,   2164.05(a) ,   2184

1723 Jackson, Brad et al. 14725221 HILL 103 MDT_RTGNV/Shumaker & Sieffert P.A. ROLDAN-RAMOS, CHRISTIAN

1777 Carl Hassler et al. 13433097 BAUMEISTER 103 Sheridan Ross PC ROYCE, LIAM A

1783 Velcro BVBA 15068802 PER CURIAM 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (AU) GUO, TONG

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2424 Google Inc. 14933937 MORGAN 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP TILAHUN, ALAZAR

2476 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON 14780530 HUGHES 103 Leffler Intellectual Property Law, PLLC ASEFA, DEBEBE A

2656 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15152380 AMUNDSON 103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Microsoft) AZAD, ABUL K

2664 NXP B.V. 15602160 SAADAT 103 NXP B.V. YANG, JIANXUN

2865 WESTERNGECO L.L.C. 14832724 HUME 102/103 WesternGeco L.L.C. ALKAFAWI, EMAN A

2872 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15131283 GAUDETTE 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY CHAPEL, DEREK S

3657 CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG 14895299 HOELTER 102 RATNERPRESTIA BOWES, STEPHEN M

3687 Dropbox, Inc. 14635976 CALVE 103 DLA Piper LLP (US) YU, ARIEL J

3689 Digiprint IP LLC 15672193 MEDLOCK 102/103 Polsinelli LLP WEISENFELD, ARYAN E

3696 Intuit Inc. 14528719 MEDLOCK 101 DLA PIPER LLP US - Intuit OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA

3752 The Viking Corporation 15146856 HOFFMANN 103 GREENLUND, JOSEPH A GREENLUND, JOSEPH A

3794 Biosense Webster (Israel ) LTD. 15246434 HOFFMANN 103 Roberts Calderon Safran & Cole P.C. COHEN, LEE S


Affirmed-in-Part 
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1619 The Procter & Gamble Company 15135677 ADAMS Dissenting PRATS 103 112(2) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY VENKAT, JYOTHSNA A

1799 Edward Jung et al. 12384166 ROBERTSON 103 112(2) Constellation Law Group, PLLC YOO, REGINA M

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2457 VMware, Inc. 14660461 ARPIN Concurring BAUMEISTER 101/102/103 112(2)/101/102/103 Olympic Patent Works PLLC TODD, GREGORY G

2486 Sony Corporation et al. 15477369 PYONIN 103 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES BOYLAN, JAMES T

2616 Metaio GmbH 15316103 McNEILL 103 103 Apple - Blank Rome c/o Blank Rome LLP HOANG, PETER

3791 Select Comfort Retail Corporation 15391117 HOSKINS 112(1)/101/103 112(2) FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (TC) WEARE, MEREDITH H

Affirmed 
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1644 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY 15175848 PRATS 112(1) STANFORD UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY LICENSING BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP HADDAD, MAHER M

1656 Zhangfang Kang 13808163 TOWNSEND 103/OTDP NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC. US PATENT DEPARTMENT HOLLAND, PAUL J

1658 MELCHER, CHRISTOPH et al. 14937142 GAUDETTE 103 ROSENBERG, KLEIN & LEE FISCHER, JOSEPH

1658 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 15131586 PRATS 103 Brooks Kushman COFFA, SERGIO

1711 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15625106 CASHION 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford BUCCI, THOMAS

1712 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC. 14412308 COLAIANNI 103 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. C/O PARKER JUSTISS, P.C. MILLER, MICHAEL G

1721 Volkswagen AG 15148583 ROBERTSON 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC SLAWSKI, MAGALI P

1734 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 14671593 DELMENDO 103 McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC WANG, NICHOLAS A

1742 Delavan Inc 14860797 REN 103 Locke Lord LLP GRAHAM, ANDREW D

1787 KURARAY EUROPE GMBH 14443323 BEST 103 Brooks Kushman LOWREY, DANIEL D

1792 Newman, Michael D. 15356756 HANLON 103 The Linde Group LEFF, STEVEN N

1795 CONSTELLIUM FRANCE 14434465 HOUSEL 112(2)/103 McBee Moore & Vanik, IP, LLC WONG, EDNA

2125 Schindler, Sigram 13608543 COURTENAY 112(1)/112(2) 101/103 Potomac Law Group, PLLC SMITH, PAULINHO E

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2444 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15253177 KUMAR 102 SERRAO, RANODHI N SERRAO, RANODHI N

2838 Renesas Electronics America Inc. 14299186 STRAUSS 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP DE LEON DOMENECH, RAFAEL O

2842 Cree Fayetteville, Inc. 15441857 CRAIG 103 BakerHostetler KIM, JUNG H

2856 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 13928538 SQUIRE 101 HONEYWELL/LKGLOBAL LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN

3621 Amaitis, Lee et al. 12687980 FETTING 103 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. VAN BRAMER, JOHN W

3625 Target Brands, Inc. 15712878 MEYERS 112(2)/101 TARGET BRANDS, INC. YANG, ELISA H

3685 MARSANO, SONIA et al. 13337659 FETTING 103 101 AGWUMEZIE, CHINEDU CHARLES AGWUMEZIE, CHINEDU CHARLES

3691 Automotive Titling of Colorado, Inc. 14754509 MEYERS 103 101 CR MILES, P.C. CRAIG R. MILES PRESTON, JOHN O

3692 Edvardson, Hannes Jörgen. 13520362 McNEILL 101 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP FELTEN, DANIEL S

3695 FIDESSA TRADING UK LIMITED 14446217 NAPPI 101 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. 30 ROCKEFELLER PLA POLLOCK, GREGORY A

3695 THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY 13774528 FETTING 101/OTDP KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

3696 Carroll, Pat et al. 13138286 FETTING 101 FLYNN THIEL, P.C OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA

3745 United Technologies Corporation 14880519 PLENZLER 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY GETACHEW, JULIAN B

3746 Roger Pellenc 14009498 CAPP 103 Egbert Law Offices, PLLC LETTMAN, BRYAN MATTHEW

Rehearing

Denied 
3646 UNIFIED GRAVITY CORPORATION 14892923 HOFFMANN 103 HAYNES BEFFEL & WOLFELD LLP DAVIS, SHARON M