SEARCH

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

Monday, March 15, 2021

smith5, williams







custom search

Reversed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Relypsa, Inc. 14415434 FREDMAN 103 STINSON LLP (VIT) FALKOWITZ, ANNA R

1631 ZYMEWORKS INC. 15221379 REN 101/103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (SF) NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT

1633 Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. et al. 14706747 VALEK 103/OTDP PASTERNAK PATENT LAW HILL, KEVIN KAI

1653 Advanced Animal Diagnostics, Inc. 14105662 GRIMES 103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. PYLA, PAUL D

1718 GTAT Corporation 14142982 OWENS 103 Maine Cernota & Rardin
BENNETT, CHARLEE

1765 SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V. 15578116 SMITH 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP - SABIC (NORYL) TRUONG, DUC

1768 ConocoPhillips Company et al. 14989350 McMANUS 103 Boulware & Valoir Tamsen Valoir BLAND, ALICIA

1777 Kihachiro Okura 14953856 HASTINGS 112(1)/101 POLSINELLI PC (DC OFFICE) PEO, KARA M

2135 ATI Technologies ULC et al. 14747944 HOMERE 103 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. c/o Davidson Sheehan LLP YU, JAE UN

2157 Dropbox, Inc. 14660162 RANGE 103 Dropbox c/o Polsinelli PC KHOSHNOODI, FARIBORZ

2158 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 13769521 ENGLE 103 IBM Corp. - Fishkill Drafting Center SVL HEFFERN, JAMES E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Nicira, Inc. 14965682 KUMAR 103 ADELI LLP FAN, JOHN

2459 Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. 14586622 BUSCH 103 Joshua D. Isenberg GEORGANDELLIS, ANDREW C

2473 Teyeb, Oumer et al. 14006882 ENGLE 103 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson BOKHARI, SYED M

2473 QUALCOMM Incorporated 14567985 SHIANG 102/103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP/Qualcomm PATEL, HARDIKKUMAR D

2484 The Boeing Company 15152151 KUMAR 103 DUKE W. YEE YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. SHIBRU, HELEN

2651 Avnera Corporation 15795721 DIXON 102 LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP SKYWORKS LAO, LUNSEE

2832 NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. 15372818 FENICK 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP MATES, ROBERT E

2834 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15243407 RANGE 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL PHAM, LEDA T

2846 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15067878 INGLESE 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL AGARED, GABRIEL T

2847 DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 14717345 HANLON 103 Billion & Armitage - Aptiv PAGHADAL, PARESH H

2875 Hubbell Incorporated 15454525 WILSON 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (HUBBELL) DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E

3625 The Procter & Gamble Company 15465292 BAYAT 112(1)/112(2)/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE

3629 Facebook, Inc. 15174865 WIEDER 112(2)/103 BakerHostetler / Facebook EVANS, KIMBERLY L

3637 Bertrand Dumont 14716484 HILL 103 Daniel P. Burke, Esq. Daniel P. Burke & Associates, PLLC ING, MATTHEW W

3669 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 15673936 BAYAT 102 Athorus, PLLC KERRIGAN, MICHAEL V

3688 Curtis Evans 14700272 CRAWFORD 103 CURTIS A. EVANS SNIDER, SCOTT

3688 Curtis Evans 14700290 CRAWFORD 103 CURTIS A. EVANS SNIDER, SCOTT

3688 Jon Butler et al. 12350127 WIEDER 103 Loza & Loza, LLP Tyler Barrett, Esq. REAGAN, JAMES A

3689 Joshua Carney et al. 14424350 TOWNSEND 103 41.50 112(1) ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC WHITE, LANCE WILLIAM

3693 INTUIT INC. 15143551 GRIMES 101 DLA PIPER LLP US - Intuit BARTLEY, KENNETH

3723 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation 15089025 SHAH 103 Reinhart (Milwaukee Tool) KELLER, BRIAN D

3735 LIPP, Xaver 15034561 SCHOPFER 112(2)/102/103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. PERREAULT, ANDREW D

3741 Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. 13937587 GREENHUT 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP (PWC) BURKE, THOMAS P

The Examiner’s position is also not saved by the mere citation or reliance upon per se rules and generalizations without application to the specific facts at hand. See, e.g., Ans. 4 (citing Smith v. Nichols, 88 U.S. 112, 118–19 (1874) and In re Williams, 36 F.2d 436, 438 (CCPA 1929)). Mere conclusory statements that the recited ranges are “equivalents doing the same thing” do not amount to the evidence or technical reasoning necessary to support an obviousness rejection. See MPEP § 2144 (stating, in discussing Smith v. Nichols and In re Williams, “such rationales should not be treated as per se rules, but rather must be explained and shown to apply to the facts at hand. . . . Simply stating the principle (e.g., ‘art recognized equivalent,’ ‘structural similarity’) without providing an explanation of its applicability to the facts of the case at hand is generally not sufficient to establish a prima facie case of obviousness”). 

Smith v. Nichols, 88 U.S. 112 (1874) 2144.05

Williams, In re, 36 F.2d 436 (CCPA 1929) 2144.05

3763 BSH Home Appliances Corporation et al. 15643591 WOODS 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation ZEC, FILIP

3771 Samuel Lichtenstein et al. 12904885 SONG 112(1)/112(2)/103 Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP COLELLO, ERIN L

3793 VOLCANO CORPORATION 14266218 KAUFFMAN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS CWERN, JONATHAN


Affirmed-in-Part 
1777 CORNING INCORPORATED 16043442 MCGEE 103 103 CORNING INCORPORATED KEYWORTH, PETER

2158 Zhang, Wenli 14457419 STRAUSS 103 103 SAP SE c/o BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC NGUYEN, LOAN T

2171 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 14270585 CYGAN 103 103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Microsoft) LEGGETT, ANDREA C.

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2411 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED et al. 15312747 FRAHM 103 103 Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm KIM, HARRY H

2483 Ofer Saphier et al. 12809299 FENICK 103 112(1) KLA Corporation / Hodgson Russ LLP ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

2866 General Electric Company 15594745 MCGEE 102/103 102/103 The Small Patent Law Group LLC NGUYEN, VINCENT Q

3661 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15471773 LEBOVITZ 103 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL REFAI, RAMSEY

3711 DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD. 15171897 HOELTER 112(2)/103 112(2) 41.50 112(2) BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP PIERCE, WILLIAM M

3747 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 14855820 HOFFMANN 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN

3761 Diverse Global Sourcing, Inc. 14802378 WOODS 102/103 112(4) WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KOEHLER, P.A. STAPLETON, ERIC S

3761 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 14808450 CAPP 103 102/103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T

3775 ORTHOSOFT INC. 15968868 STEPINA 102/103 103 41.50 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP (Zimmer Cas) LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES

3793 Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH 14102250 CALVE 103 102/103 STOEL RIVES LLP - SLC MEHL, PATRICK M

Affirmed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 RESPIRA THERAPEUTICS, INC. 15102957 REN 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V

1617 Glock Health, Science and Research GmbH 15349727 ADAMS 103 RAVEN PATENTS, LLC SOROUSH, ALI

1628 REATA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 15791677 SCHNEIDER 112(2) 112(1) Parker Highlander PLLC BADIO, BARBARA P

1629 James Ratcliff et al. 13115815 PRATS 103/OTDP BYCER LAW, PLC Matthew L. Bycer SIMMONS, CHRIS E

1636 Trizell Ltd. 15287909 NEWMAN 112(1)/112(2) 103 Pharmaceutical Patent Attorneys, LLC HAMMELL, NEIL P

1642 University Health Network 14640318 TOWNSEND 112(1)/103/OTDP Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (SF) REDDIG, PETER J

1717 Guido Hitschmann et al. 13522363 HASTINGS 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY DAGENAIS-ENGLEHA, KRISTEN A

1722 Melanie Klasen-Memmer et al. 14008022 MCMANUS 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. MALLOY, ANNA E

1742 SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V. 14913103 TIMM 103 41.50 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP GRACE, KELSEY C

1761 Milliken & Company 14937916 TIMM 103 Legal Department (M-495) DELCOTTO, GREGORY R

1763 Sven Dobler 14999531 CASHION 103 Paul M. Denk REUTHER, ARRIE L

1772 Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP 15394411 RANGE 103/OTDP CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY PREGLER, SHARON

1781 Airbus Operations (SAS) 14548658 COLAIANNI 103 GREER, BURNS & CRAIN, LTD GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA

1785 Wade Johnson et al. 13174179 DENNETT 103 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. POWERS, LAURA C

1788 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15586074 ROBERTSON 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY PATEL, RONAK C

1793 VALIO LTD 14650217 KENNEDY 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC COX, AMBER M

2128 Sangram ALAPATI et al. 12645836 KUMAR 102 IBM CORP. C/O THE LAW OFFICE OF JAMES BAUDINO, PLLC BROCK, ROBERT S

2128 Schlumberger Technology Corporation 14551667 PYONIN 112(2) 103 WesternGeco L.L.C. SAXENA, AKASH

2129 AGC Inc. 14699858 DIRBA 101 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. MIKOWSKI, JUSTIN C

2129 DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 14679383 DIRBA 101 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C.
THANGAVELU, KANDASAMY

2139 Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd 14628700 PYONIN 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (Broadcom) BANSAL, GURTEJ

2159 Martin Kaufmann et al. 14453546 SILVERMAN 102/103 Klarquist Sparkman, LLP (SAP) ALMANI, MOHSEN

2173 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14022776 DEJMEK 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC HOPE, DARRIN

2182 International Business Machines Corporation 15414124 McCARTNEY 101 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC
CALDWELL, ANDREW T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 INTEL CORPORATION 14582110 CUTITTA 103 Eschweiler/Apple Inc. c/o Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC SHAO, HONG

2467 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 14071294 DEJMEK 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. JONES, PRENELL P

2611 Imagination Technologies Limited 15275645 CUTITTA 103 Potomac Law Group PLLC (IMGTEC) WU, SING-WAI

2626 Apple Inc. 14866992 COURTENAY 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PA)(Apple) LIN, HANG

2641 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 15600067 KHAN 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GROUP DOAN, KIET M

2643 Andrew Wireless Systems GMBH 14303287 EVANS 103 Fogg & Powers LLC/Commscope SHAHEED, KHALID W

2816 Roden Topacio et al. 15395859 MCGEE dissenting OWENS 101 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. c/o Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M

2818 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 15173251 SMITH 103 Haynes and Boone, LLP (36340) HUYNH, ANDY

2822 International Business Machines Corporation et al. 15895664 MCGEE 103/OTDP 112(1)/112(2) IBM YOR IPLAW (GLF) c/o Garg Law Firm, PLLC NIESZ, JAMIE C

2824 DELL PRODUCTS, LP 15484735 McMANUS 102/103 Larson Newman, LLP (Dell) BASHAR, MOHAMMED A

2848 Rohinni, LLC 16013755 GAUDETTE 102/103 Lee & Hayes P.C. CHEN, XIAOLIANG

2876 VERIFONE, INC. 14661328 GAUDETTE 103 VeriFone/ Greenberg Traurig KELLY, RAFFERTY D

2895 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 15926127 HASTINGS 102 112(2) SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC (AS) LEE, KYOUNG

3600 Tara Singhal 13549415 COURTENAY 101/103 Tara Chand Singhal BRANDENBURG, WILLIAM A

3619 Richard LeVert 12804693 WOOD 103 ALFRED M. WALKER TORRES, ALICIA M

3621 Eric Meyerhofer 12161788 LEBOVITZ 102/103 112(1) FisherBroyles, LLP - MAIN CN POUNCIL, DARNELL A

3623 International Business Machines Corporation et al. 14196088 CUTITTA 101 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP GUILIANO, CHARLES A

3624 International Business Machines Corporation 14700512 HUGHES 101 IBM Corp. (WIP) c/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C. PRASAD, NANCY N

3624 FLEETMATICS IRELAND LIMITED 13837422 KAISER 101 VERIZON - HH VERIZON PATENTING GROUP SADANANDA, ABHIJIT B

3626 Cerner Innovation, Inc. 14209568 WISZ 101 Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP (Cerner Corporation) COLEMAN, CHARLES P.

3626 Baxter Corporation Englewood 14734944 WIEDER 101 K&L Gates LLP-Baxter SOREY, ROBERT A

3652 Cascade Corporation 15653926 FITZPATRICK Dissenting STAICOVICI CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP SNELTING, JONATHAN D

3681 Facebook, Inc. 14567691 GREENHUT 103 101 Keller Jolley Preece/Facebook IOSIF, MARIO CINCINAT

3683 International Business Machines Corporation 15820989 LORIN 103 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC WAESCO, JOSEPH M

3685 Rick Dinicola et al. 12814395 MURPHY 103 Procopio - SPE HUANG, JAY

3685 Andrew Rosca 14848294 McNEILL 112(1)/112(2)/101/103 Whitmyer IP Group LLC IMMANUEL, ISIDORA I

3686 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15035617 LEBOVITZ 101/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH

3686 Vericle Corporation 14665502 CHUNG 112(1)/103 101 The Roy Gross Law Firm, LLC MOSELEY, GREGORY D

3689 Fannie Mae 14139167 LEBOVITZ 101/103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) CRANDALL, RICHARD W.

3691 Fannie Mae 13840709 CHUNG 101 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) HAMILTON, LALITA M

3697 Alexandre GONTHIER et al. 16108860 LORIN 101 ROBERT M. MCDERMOTT, ESQ. NORMAN, SAMICA L

3697 REVESTOR LLC 15592086 MOHANTY 103 101 PATENT LAW GROUP: Atkins and Associates P.C. GOTTSCHALK, MARTIN A

3711 Jerome Gizowski et al. 16044794 WOOD 112(2)/103 John Dellinger NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R

3715 Gregory Manning et al. 11403722 ENGELS 101 INNOVATION DIVISION CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES

3732 DENNING, Rochelle 13827283 SONG 103 HOXIE & ASSOCIATES LLC PIERORAZIO, JILLIAN KUTCH

3735 Sugar Beets, LLC 15054564 PLENZLER 103 KELLY & KELLEY, LLP NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA
Affirmed 3745 General Electric Company 14923005 FITZPATRICK 103 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC PETERS, BRIAN O

3745 United Technologies Corporation 15069197 PLENZLER 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BEEBE, JOSHUA R

3763 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 14087268 JESCHKE 103 112(1)/112(2)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford ALVARE, PAUL

3771 Obalon Therapeutics, Inc. 15097072 SCANLON 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP LAUER, CHRISTINA C

3775 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 15173455 CAPP 103 41.50 103 Kacvinsky Daisak Bluni PLLC WOODALL, NICHOLAS W

3783 Howard Gold 13067632 STEPINA 103 Dickinson Wright - BD CARPENTER, WILLIAM R

3791 Philip Low et al. 12913686 CALVE 103 DLA PIPER LLP (US) BERHANU, ETSUB D

3792 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. 14618396 GREENHUT 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP GETZOW, SCOTT M

3793 Robert Bosch GmbH 15283228 HOELTER 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON

3799 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 13968002 SILVERMAN 103 Kacvinsky Daisak Bluni PLLC PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E

Rehearing

Denied 
3631 Jenny Cheng 15054349 SONG 103 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO MORRIS, TAYLOR L

3683 1B3Y, LLC 13781744 MEYERS 101 MEHRMAN LAW OFFICE, P.C. LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

durden, rolls-royce







custom search

Reversed 
1727 Makoto Iwasa et al. 13202469 DENNETT 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP MCDERMOTT, HELEN M

1731 Lizzabeth Ponce et al. 14579032 CASHION 103 BASF Corporation ABU ALI, SHUANGYI

1783 Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. 15485763 COLAIANNI 103 Panasonic IP Management Co., Ltd. MILLER, DANIEL H

1796 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15341171 ANKENBRAND 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY MEKHLIN, ELI S

2119 Siemens Akiengesellschaft 15118215 SILVERMAN 103 COZEN O''CONNOR KABIR, SAAD M
Reversed 2143 VMware, Inc. 14628137 AMUNDSON 103 Novum Patent Services SPRATT, BEAU D

2165 International Business Machines Corporation 15204931 ANDERSON 103 IBM CORP (YA) C/O YEE & ASSOCIATES PC PEACH, POLINA G

2176 International Business Machines Corporation 14024273 SHIANG 103 IBM CORPORATION C/O: Fabian Vancott MCINTOSH, ANDREW T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2416 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 13906035 SZPONDOWSKI 103 Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC PREVAL, LIONEL

2425 MAGNA ELECTRONICS, INC. 15361748 SILVERMAN 103 HONIGMAN LLP/MAGNA CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J

2425 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 14833040 NAPPI 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION GEE, ALEXANDER

2477 NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY 15379884 MacDONALD 103 SQUIRE PB (Nokia) Nokia Technologies Oy SMITH, JOSHUA Y

2628 Junichi Yamashita et al. 12588758 PYONIN 112(2) MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) PIZIALI, JEFFREY J

2632 Lantiq Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG 15631702 DIXON 103 2SPL Patent Attorneys TADESE, BERHANU

2659 Apple Inc. 16146883 HOMERE 102/103 DENTONS US LLP - Apple SHARMA, NEERAJ

2697 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14539409 McNEILL 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC CAMARGO, MARLY S.B.

2851 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP 15217226 ROBERTSON 101 Hewlett Packard Enterprise DOAN, NGHIA M

3622 MICROSOFT CORPORATION 13645526 CRAIG 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION ONE CARVALHO, ERROL A

3643 Clifford Watrin 13806180 GREENHUT 103 BakerHostetler NGUYEN, SON T

It is not clear on the record before us if the Examiner is attempting to assert some type of reasoning along the lines discussed in In re Durden, 763 F.2d 1406 (Fed. Cir. 1985) (patentability of a method does not necessarily depend on the starting materials employed in that method) (discussed at MPEP § 2116.01). If this is the Examiner’s intended point, it is not clearly articulated on the record presently before us. 

Durden, In re, 763 F.2d 1406, 226 USPQ 359 (Fed. Cir. 1985) 2116.01

3657 Robert Bosch GmbH 15712473 BROWN 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP BURCH, MELODY M

As set forth in MPEP § 2143(I)(E), to reject a claim under the “obvious to try” rationale, the Examiner is required to make the following findings: (1) “that at the time of the invention, there had been a recognized problem or need in the art, which may include a design need or market pressure to solve a problem”; (2) “that there had been a finite number of identified, predictable potential solutions to the recognized need or problem”; and (3) “that one of ordinary skill in the art could have pursued the known potential solutions with a reasonable expectation of success.” In Rolls Royce, PLC v. United Tech. Corp., 603 F.3d 1325, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2010), the court explained that under this rationale, the possible options for solving a problem must have been “known and finite.”

Rolls-Royce, PLC v. United Tech. Corp., 603 F.3d 1325, 95 USPQ2d 1097 (Fed. Cir. 2010) 2143

3664 General Electric Company 15397469 MEDLOCK 103 The Small Patent Law Group, LLC PATTON, SPENCER D

3674 CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY 14273071 HOFFMANN 103 Boulware & Valoir Tamsen Valoir SKAIST, AVI T.

3682 Adobe Inc. 13669155 MEDLOCK 103 Adobe / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP ANSARI, AZAM A

3686 Dominik Ziegler et al. 15544349 MEDLOCK 102/103 NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A

3692 MasterCard International Incorporated 14969802 LEBOVITZ 101/103 Mastercard International Incorporated c/o Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC SHARVIN, DAVID P

3715 SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC. 15032386 SCHOPFER 102/103 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP MCCLELLAN, JAMES S

3754 The Boeing Company 15368479 WOOD 102/103 Kolisch Hartwell, P.C. Boeing Customer Number NICHOLS II, ROBERT K

3761 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 14442639 KAUFFMAN 103 41.50 103 BGL/Panasonic STAPLETON, ERIC S

3761 RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC. 15374220 FITZPATRICK 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP LAFLAME JR, MICHAEL A

3786 Dean Duffy et al. 12338084 GREENHUT 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY HICKS, VICTORIA J

3794 ST. JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION, INC. 14198009 STEPINA 102/103 41.50 112(1) SJM/AFD - ARMSTRONG Armstrong Teasdale LLP HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES

Affirmed-in-Part 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1641 Charm Sciences, Inc. 14372088 FREDMAN 103 102 MACCORD MASON PLLC MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN

1717 NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY 14776053 RANGE 103 103 Getz Balich LLC LAW, NGA LEUNG V

1729 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15006094 TIMM 102 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford KOROVINA, ANNA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 David Trachy 15376075 BAUMEISTER 102/103/OTDP OTDP Spectra Logic Corporation SERRAO, RANODHI N

2446 Avaya, Inc. 14137544 KATZ 103 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. LIN, JSING FORNG

2646 HERE Global B.V. 15604954 EVANS 103 103 Harrington & Smith, Attorneys At Law, LLC LAFONTANT, GARY

2859 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation 14378455 McMANUS 103 103 MICHAEL, BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (MT) MCDANIEL, TYNESE V

3612 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15073835 KERINS 102/103 41.50 102 Ford Global Technologies, LLC/ King & Schickli, PLLC LYJAK, LORI LYNN

3664 United Technologies Corporation 13725229 CAPP 102 102/103 HERE Global/Alston & Bird HOLWERDA, STEPHEN

3725 Chung Chan et al. 15250359 BROWN 112(2)/102 102/103 41.50 112(1) ANDREWS KURTH KENYON LLP KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN

3761 Corning Incorporated 14530457 GUIJT 103 103 CORNING INCORPORATED SAMUELS, LAWRENCE H

3786 EZ Male Pads, Inc. 15087557 PLENZLER 102/103 112(2) FULWIDER PATTON LLP SASS, SARA A

Affirmed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 BASF SE 14383665 FREDMAN 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP HIRT, ERIN E

1617 Nohbo,LLC 15986592 FREDMAN 103 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S

1618 MegaPro Biomedical Co., Ltd. 14796539 VALEK 103 CESARI AND MCKENNA, LLP LAMBERSKI, JENNIFER A

1632 Michelle Andrzejak 14806586 REN 112(1) 103 Michelle Andrzejak TON, THAIAN N

1639 UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA et al. 15106778 PRATS 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP HAVLIN, ROBERT H

1648 Yisheng Biopharma (Singapore) PTE LTD 15534450 ADAMS 103 BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS SALVOZA, M FRANCO G

1648 Government of the United States as represented by the Secretary of the Army 15621584 ADAMS 103/OTDP NASH & TITUS, LLC BOESEN, AGNIESZKA

1716 Applied Materials, Inc. 15399419 REN 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPLIED MATERIALS CHEN, KEATH T

1718 Applied Materials, Inc. 15297270 BEST 103 41.50 103 SERVILLA WHITNEY LLC/AMT TUROCY, DAVID P

1725 Plasma Tech Holdings, LLC 13715915 CASHION 103 Dykema Gossett PLLC MERKLING, MATTHEW J

1725 Juranitch, James C. 13825013 CASHION 103 Dykema Gossett PLLC MERKLING, MATTHEW J

1731 AGC Inc. 15370763 HASTINGS 103 112(1) OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A

1732 HANSEN, Erling Lennart. 15278150 PRAISS 112(1)/OTDP Abel Schillinger, LLP BRUNSMAN, DAVID M

1733 ECO-GREEN COATINGS, LLC 14553864 PRAISS 103 Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter Co., LPA SU, XIAOWEI

1733 Werner Kehl et al. 14205645 REN 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. LUK, VANESSA TIBAY

1761 ARKEMA FRANCE 14783611 HASTINGS 112(2)/103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC DIGGS, TANISHA

1787 Fujibayashi, Nobue et al. 14235863 PRAISS 103 RATNERPRESTIA ROBINSON, ELIZABETH A

1788 CONTINENTAL STRUCTURAL PLASTICS, INC. 15108766 RANGE 112(2) 103 Blue Filament Law VO, HAI

1789 Bansal, Amitabh et al. 14643859 PRAISS 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE

1792 Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC 15322655 INGLESE 103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR

1797 International Business Machines Corporation 15198698 BEST 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-IBM YORKTOWN XU, XIAOYUN

2114 Pure Storage, Inc. 15417696 CUTITTA 103 Pure Storage, Inc. c/o Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP KO, CHAE M

2121 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA INC. 14501346 JEFFERY 103 LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP RUTTEN, JAMES D

2167 Zola Books Inc. 14172677 HOMERE 112(2)/103 41.50 101 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (NY) PHAM, MICHAEL

2173 eBay Inc. 14680013 DIRBA 112(1)/112(2)/103/OTDP SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY ULRICH, NICHOLAS S

2176 International Business Machines Corporation 15088502 CYGAN 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL

2176 International Business Machines Corporation 15596477 CYGAN 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL

2179 LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. 15332125 SHAW 103 Russell Ng PLLC (LENOVO) TRAN, TUYETLIEN T

2196 Fastly, Inc. 14702057 COURTENAY 102/103 Setter Roche LLP SWIFT, CHARLES M

2199 Levine, Frank Eliot. 14726567 FRAHM 101/103 Frank E. Levine Levine''s Tech Consulting MITCHELL, JASON D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2413 Borch, Eric R. et al. 14998083 DEJMEK 103 Jordan IP Law, LLC FAYED, RASHA K

2485 Intraco, Inc. 14725089 THOMAS 112(2) 112(1)/103 STURM & FIX LLP HASAN, MAINUL

2612 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 14252414 STRAUSS 112(2)/103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Microsoft) MAZUMDER, SAPTARSHI

2619 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 15704043 PYONIN 103/OTDP DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. C/O FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP CHIN, MICHELLE

2625 STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD 14816135 LEE 103 SLATER MATSIL, LLP/ST- US c/o SLATER MATSIL, LLP HARRIS, DOROTHY H

2644 Google Inc. 14698362 JURGOVAN 103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A. JACKSON, BLANE J

2812 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15552584 GUPTA 103 Innovation Counsel LLP (former PLG) attn: Mark Schmidt LIU, XIAOMING

2837 SOLUTIA INC. 15270105 RANGE 103 EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN

2844 Lighting Science Group Corporation 15641380 THOMAS 103 Widerman Malek, PL CHAN, WEI

2859 Mack Anderson 14341170 CASHION 103 KAUFHOLD DIX PATENT LAW SHARIEF, MOHAMMED JAMEEL

2872 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 14762637 KENNEDY 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY PICHLER, MARIN

2891 PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V. 15507889 GAUDETTE 112(2)/103 Signify Holding B.V. HATZILAMBROU, MARK

3622 Oracle America, Inc. 13945851 NAPPI 103 112(1) Oracle / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP CARVALHO, ERROL A

3626 Richard Vdovjak et al. 13133395 FETTING 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TIEDEMAN, JASON S

3626 CareFusion 303, Inc. 14099773 SAADAT 101 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP TIEDEMAN, JASON S

3629 LINE CORPORATION 14840971 CHEN 101 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. SENSENIG, SHAUN D

3657 Safran Landing Systems UK Limited 15400105 HOELTER 103 RATNERPRESTIA AUNG, SAN M

3665 General Electric Company 15435653 HOELTER 103 GRC c/o BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC WALLACE, DONALD JOSEPH

3681 RetailMeNot, Inc. 14619756 SILVERMAN Concurring MURPHY 101/103 112(1)/101/103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP REFAI, SAM M

3681 Ocher, Alexander 14027820 DIXON 102 101 ALEXANDER OCHER SHORTER, RASHIDA R

3683 Comenity LLC 14660713 SZPONDOWSKI 101/103 ALLIANCE DATA C/O WAGNER BLECHER LLP HENRY, MATTHEW D

3688 Amit Nanavati et al. 13312511 SHAH 101 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC ALVAREZ, RAQUEL

3688 Amit Nanavati et al. 13599018 SHAH 101 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC ALVAREZ, RAQUEL

3694 International Business Machines Corporation et al. 14862656 LEBOVITZ 103 101 41.50 103 DUKE W. YEE YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z

3695 Insperity Services, L.P. 14493701 HUME 101 103 WILLIAMS MORGAN, P.C. KANAAN, TONY P

3697 Insperity Services, L.P. 14494042 HUME 101/102 WILLIAMS MORGAN, P.C. GREGG, MARY M

3715 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. 14197678 SCHOPFER 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (Hill-Rom) ERMLICK, WILLIAM D

3722 FORD MOTOR COMPANY 14928111 GUIJT 103 41.50 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL VITALE, MICHAEL J

3736 Medline Industries, Inc. 15188656 HOELTER 103 Philip H. Burrus, IV Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO

3745 Milan Klimes 12845151 PLENZLER 103 112(2)/112(4) MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK, LLP LOPEZ, FRANK D

3763 Lennox lndustries lnc. 14955258 CAPP 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Lennox KING, BRIAN M

3792 Valencell, Inc. 14264850 GREENHUT 103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. BALDWIN, NATHAN AARON

3992 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 14973331 JEFFERY 251/112(2)/103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd) YIGDALL, MICHAEL J