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

Thursday, February 10, 2022

lantech, perkin-elmer






Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Colgate-Palmolive Company 15840046 FREDMAN 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY WEBB, WALTER E

1632 Aviagen et al. 16384782 ADAMS 112(1) c/o COOPER & DUNHAM LLP WILSON, MICHAEL C

1656 Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 15189839 HULSE 102/103 Sheridan Ross PC CARLSON, KAREN C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Lam Research Corporation 15263838 SMITH 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Lam) PADGETT, MARIANNE L

1759 SUSS MICROTEC PHOTOMASK EQUIPMENT GMBH & CO. KG 14863523 DENNETT 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. BLAN, NICOLE R

1783 The Coca-Cola Company 15704612 OWENS 103 Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP VAN SELL, NATHAN L

1789 Dupont Safety & Construction, Inc. 14985897 TIMM 103 Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP PIZIALI, ANDREW T

1798 Siemens Healthcare Nederland B.V., Ltd. 14707124 HOUSEL 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION TURK, NEIL N

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP 15034241 HUGHES 102/103 MICRO FOCUS LLC CORRIELUS, JEAN M

2169 Fannie Mae 14208866 NAPPI 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) ZHAO, YU

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2419 QUALCOMM Incorporated 15005564 DEJMEK 102 Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A. LEE, Y YOUNG

2426 Google LLC 15840813 HUGHES 103 Google LLC - Nest Labs / Kilpatrick Townsend HUYNH, AN SON PHI

2441 Fastly, Inc. 15446246 MANTIS MERCADER 103 Setter Roche LLP MUNDUR, PADMAVATHI V

2454 Intel Corporation 15063082 COURTENAY 102/103 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Intel) LEE, PHILIP C

When a claim requires two separate elements, one element construed as having two separate functions will not suffice to meet the terms of the claim. See Lantech Inc. v. Keip Machine Co., 32 F.3d 542, 547 (Fed. Cir. 1994); All limitations in a claim must be considered meaningful. See Perkin- Elmer Corp. v. Westinghouse Elec. Corp., 822 F.2d 1528, 1532 (Fed. Cir. 1987).

Lantech Inc. v. Kaufman Co. of Ohio, Inc., 878 F.2d 1446, 12 USPQ2d 1076 (Fed. Cir. 1989) 2145

2457 Zoho Corporation Private Limited 14961701 EVANS 103 ARTHUR J. BEHIEL Silicon Edge Law Group LLP ROBINSON, CHRISTOPHER B

2459 Sony Corporation 15354028 BENNETT 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES NGUYEN, LINH T

2462 Imagination Technologies Limited 15368809 COURTENAY 102 KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP DANIEL JR, WILLIE J

2466 Intel IP Corporation 15496531 FENICK 102/103 Eschweiler/Apple Inc. c/o Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS

2477 Kumaran Vijayasankar et al. 13443123 JURGOVAN 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED SMITH, JOSHUA Y

2482 QUALCOMM Incorporated 15188766 DIXON 103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A. TARKO, ASMAMAW G

2483 HUF HULSBECK & FURST GMBH & CO. KG 15123371 THOMAS 103 HONIGMAN LLP/MHS SECHSER, JILL D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. 15719885 EVANS 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (FRESENIUS) BOCAR, DONNA V

2637 Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy 16118882 NAPPI 103 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./NOKIA WOLDEKIDAN, HIBRET ASNAKE

2647 STEELCASE INC. 15837658 HOMERE 102 Steelcase/ Quarles & Brady LLP BILGRAMI, ASGHAR H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2847 Volvo Group Canada Inc. 16313419 KENNEDY 103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. PAGHADAL, PARESH H

2865 Daniel Kandel et al. 13508495 HANLON 102/103 Suiter Swantz/KLA Joint Customer Number Suiter Swantz pc llo ALKAFAWI, EMAN A

2881 Varian Medical Systems, Inc. 15656937 BEVERLY A. FRANKLIN 103 Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP (Varian) STOFFA, WYATT A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 The Boeing Company 16394153 MARTIN 102/103 The Small Patent Law Group LLC SADLON, JOSEPH

3674 RECOVER ENERGY SERVICES INC. 15981587 MARTIN 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. SKAIST, AVI T.

3689 United States Green Building Council (USGBC) 14213990 CRAWFORD 103 WOODS PATENT LAW, P.C. SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Cabot Microelectronics Corporation 15875773 SONG 103 Thomas Omholt Patent Prosecution Agent CMC MATERIALS, INC. MORGAN, EILEEN P

3724 The Gillette Company 15235019 MARTIN 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY GLOBAL DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN

3732 Reebok International Limited 16014854 SONG 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ

3732 Jason Kuipers et al. 14587492 HILL 112(2)/103 Adam R. Stephenson, LTD. HADEN, SALLY CLINE

3735 Michael Moeller 15619824 GREENHUT 103 ANDRUS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, LLP POON, ROBERT

3741 GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC 15244497 MARTIN 103 McGarry Bair PC / General Electric Company BURKE, THOMAS P

3752 PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED 16014402 ASTORINO 102/103 Miller Nash LLP - PARC GREENLUND, JOSEPH A

3774 Vesper Medical, Inc. 15897673 ASTORINO 103 Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE

3783 Mequ ApS 15643602 PLENZLER 103 SHEEHAN PHINNEY BASS & GREEN, PA c/o PETER NIEVES CARPENTER, WILLIAM R

3792 NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION 16156422 GREENHUT 102/103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP VOORHEES, CATHERINE M

OPET Waters Technologies Corporation 15012507 DENNETT 103 Kacvinsky Daisak Bluni PLLC ZALASKY MCDONALD, KATHERINE MARIE

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 16045515 FRANKLIN 103 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. TRAN, LIEN THUY

1798 Grace Bio-Labs, Inc. 14162608 HASTINGS 102/103 102/103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP TURK, NEIL N

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3614 SABIC Global Technologies B.V. 15319571 HOELTER 103 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - SABIC Americas SLITERIS, JOSELYNN Y

3677 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft 15561630 WIEDER 102 102 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC SAETHER, FLEMMING

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 The Iams Company 14205465 OSINSKI 102/103 103 41.50 103 Mars, Inc. c/o Mars Petcare Theresa Shearin TAWFIK, SAMEH

3746 PERFORMANCE CREATIONS LLC 15666908 HOELTER 102/103 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC KASTURE, DNYANESH G

3771 Covidien LP 15980465 GREENHUT 103 103 Medtronic Vascular - APV Division TON, MARTIN TRUYEN

3791 ASCENSIA DIABETES CARE HOLDINGS AG 15570117 MARTIN 103 103 Dugan & Dugan, PC HENSON, DEVIN B

3792 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 14413424 BAHR 112(1) 112(1)/112(2) 41.50 112(2) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 The Johns Hopkins University 14639162 ADAMS 112(1)/112(2) 103 THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LAB. MARVICH, MARIA

1633 The Regents of the University of California 15195748 GRIMES 103 GATES & COOPER LLP (General) FOX, ALLISON M

1649 S-BIOMEDICS 15322003 SCHNEIDER 103 Harness Dickey (St. Louis) FONTAINHAS, AURORA M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Lam Research Corporation 15143338 FRANKLIN 112(2)/112(4) 103 WEAVER AUSTIN VILLENEUVE & SAMPSON - LAMR/NOVL HORNING, JOEL G

1738 Bertrand Guichard et al. 14005936 ROBERTSON 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. QIAN, YUN

1738 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15994717 HANLON 102/103 FGTL Burris Law, PLLC POLLOCK, AUSTIN M

1759 ZEON CORPORATION 15316536 PRAISS 112(2)/103 KENJA IP LAW PC MEKHLIN, ELI S

1766 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15751575 COLAIANNI 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R

1767 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC 15538876 SMITH 103 BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS, INC. HILL, NICHOLAS E

1778 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology 15760032 SCHNEIDER 112(2)/103 101/103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC DRODGE, JOSEPH W

1787 USG Interiors, LLC. 15071765 SMITH 112(2)/103 112(1)/103 GREER, BURNS & CRAIN, LTD. HUANG, CHENG YUAN

1793 PEPSICO, INC. 15761389 COLAIANNI 103 Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. HEGGESTAD, HELEN F

1793 SANYO FOODS CO., LTD. 15536623 PRAISS 103 MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. GEORGE, PATRICIA ANN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2100 Oracle International Corporation 14317691 POTHIER 101 Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel (Oracle) CALDWELL, ANDREW T

2156 Joseph Spears 12697013 McNEILL 112(1)/101/103 Jones Day WILLIS, AMANDA LYNN

2157 Imagination Technologies Limited 15464729 BUI 102/103 Potomac Law Group PLLC (IMGTEC) PARK, GRACE A

2169 OSTHUS INC. 14923703 NAPPI 103 Shutts & Bowen LLP ATTN: STEVEN M. GREENBERG, ESQ. BARTLETT, WILLIAM P

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 14610534 COURTENAY 103 Comcast c/o Ballard Spahr LLP DADA, BEEMNET W

2446 Knowmadics, Inc. 15691785 WHITEHEAD JR. 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC HUSSAIN, TAUQIR

2456 Avaya Inc. 15239935 CRAIG 103 STEVENS & SHOWALTER, LLP Box AVAYA Inc. KEEHN, RICHARD G

2494 Fortinet, Inc. 15257935 McKEOWN 103 Douglas M. Hamilton HDC Fortinet WICKRAMASURIYA, SAMEERA

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Polycom, Inc. 14871012 STRAUSS 103 Keith Lutsch PC - Poly HARRIS, DOROTHY H

2643 Nokia Technologies Oy 14890143 BUSCH 103 Mintz Levin/Nokia Technologies Oy NAVAR, ERICA

2643 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 15864690 McNEILL 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP YI, ALEXANDER J.

2661 Gentex Corporation 15889256 McNEILL 103 GENTEX CORPORATION COLEMAN, STEPHEN P

2667 ACCURAY INCORPORATED 16056221 CHEN 102/103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP / Accuray, Inc. RAHMJOO, MANUCHEHR

2685 Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA 16033778 MORGAN 103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC BOUSONO, ORLANDO

2689 Huawei Device Co., Ltd. 15386472 HOMERE 103 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. c/o Conley Rose, P.C. JIANG, YONG HANG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Texas Instruments Incorporated 15985380 ROBERTSON 102/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED CHAN, CANDICE

2822 VisEra Technologies Company Limited 15583569 GAUDETTE 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. NGUYEN, SOPHIA T

2844 KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 15771183 GAUDETTE 103 SUGHRUE-265550 CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG

2875 Current Lighting Solutions, LLC 15032609 KENNEDY 103 CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC c/o BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC PAYNE, SHARON E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3619 Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. 14453016 WOODS 101 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/CME ROBINSON, KITO R

3626 International Business Machines Corporation 15339973 CHANG 103 112(1)/101/103 Walder Intellectual Property Law PC SASS, KIMBERLY A.

3626 AirStrip IP Holdings, LLC 14551541 BUI 101/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (AU) COLEMAN, CHARLES P.

3628 BELL AND HOWELL, LLC 15356194 MEYERS 103 101 Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A. HARRINGTON, MICHAEL P

3628 Stephen Tucker 15783374 CRAWFORD 101/102/103 BRUNDIDGE & STANGER, P.C. ERB, NATHAN

3628 BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. 15972314 CRAWFORD 101 METIS IP LLC VETTER, DANIEL

3685 Avaya, Inc. 14293156 FISCHETTI 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. NEUBIG, MARGARET M

3685 KENNEWICK, Michael Rye 14631772 BAYAT 103 Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP HUANG, JAY

3692 The Prudential Insurance Company of America 13623629 CHUNG 101 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. POE, KEVIN T

3692 MY LIFE IT (AUST) PTY LTD 15595261 FISCHETTI 101/103 Nguyen & Tarbet RUTISER, CLAIRE A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Kuato Games (UK) Limited 14612129 GREENHUT 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PA) MYHR, JUSTIN L

3724 HERRMANN ULTRASCHALLTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG 13850358 SONG 112(2)/103 PAUL AND PAUL MACFARLANE, EVAN H

3731 Covidien LP 14689639 CAPP 112(2)/103 Covidien LP FERRERO, EDUARDO R

3775 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. 15801335 GROSSMAN 103 112(1) Barnes & Thornburg LLP (DEPUY) LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES

3785 Keith G. Lurie 15689670 REIMERS OTDP 41.50 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast LOUIS, LATOYA M

3786 LIFESTYLES HEALTHCARE PTE. LTD. 14976543 MOHANTY 103 SERVILLA WHITNEY LLC BAKER, ADAM D

3791 Matthew BANET et al. 12487283 SHAH 103 Acuity Law Group, P.C. BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN

3795 ENDOMASTER PTE LTD et al. 15127397 DEFRANCO 103 103 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP WU, PAMELA F

Rehearing

Denied
 
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2644 Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. 14991976 MacDONALD 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. CAI, WAYNE HUU

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Payam Zamani 13037177 CHEN 101 DLA PIPER LLP (US ) DESAI, RESHA

Reexamination
Reversed
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2614 BLITZSAFE TEXAS LLC et al. 90020128 8,155,342 11/475,847 ENGLE 103 41.50 103 Fabricant LLP Third Party Requester: QUINN EMANUEL FOSTER, ROLAND G

Affirmed
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 CELLECT LLC et al. 90014452  6,982,740 09/971,749 MacDONALD OTDP KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP Third Party Requester: ROPES & GRAY LLP ESCALANTE, OVIDIO

2613 CELLECT LLC (Assignee) et al. 90014455 6,452,626 09/613,027 ENGLE OTDP KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP Third Party Requester: ROPES & GRAY LLP ESCALANTE, OVIDIO

2613 CELLECT, LLC et al. 90014457 7,002,621 09/934,201 ENGLE OTDP KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP Third Party Requester: ROPES & GRAY LLP ESCALANTE, OVIDIO

2613 CELLECT LLC (Assignee) et al. 90014454 6,424,369 09/638,976 ENGLE OTDP OTDP KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP Third Party Requester: ROPES & GRAY LLP ESCALANTE, OVIDIO

2613 CELLECT LLC (Assignee) et al. 90014453 6,982,742 09/935,993 ENGLE OTDP KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP Third Party Requester: ROPES & GRAY LLP ESCALANTE, OVIDIO

Reissue - Reexamination
Affirmed
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1779 RT-FILTERTECHNIK GMBH 16239736 9.849.408 13/261.592 HILL 112(2) 251 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. JOHNSON, JERRY D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Float'N'Grill LLC 16110448 9,771,132 15/181,264 HILL 112(2) 112(2)/251 Amburn Law PLLC REIP, DAVID OWEN


Wednesday, January 26, 2022

karlson





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Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 PHARMATHEN S.A. 15326767 JENKS Dissenting TOWNSEND 103 AKC PATENTS BROWE, DAVID

1619 Roberto Cavazutti et al. 13824548 TOWNSEND 112(2)/103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PROSSER, ALISSA J

1634 TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD. 15221143 COTTA 103 STAAS & HALSEY LLP CROW, ROBERT THOMAS

1651 University of Utah Research Foundation 15520795 GRIMES 103 THORPE NORTH & WESTERN, LLP. BERKE-SCHLESSEL, DAVID W

1653 The Johns Hopkins University 15174540 ADAMS 103 41.50 112(2) PABST PATENT GROUP LLP MOSS, NATALIE M

1654 Vivex Biomedical Inc. 15236807 HULSE 103 Vivex Biologics Group, Inc. David L. King DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R

1655 Knoze Jr. Corporation 15706177 LEBOVITZ 103 41.50 102/103 Caldwell Intellectual Property Law GITOMER, RALPH J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES 14646781 FRANKLIN 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP HORNING, JOEL G

1717 PIPELINE INDUCTION HEAT LIMITED 15915753 MCGEE 102/103 Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. THOMAS, BINU

1732 CATALER CORPORATION et al. 15547589 KERINS 103 OLIFF PLC SLIFKA, COLIN W

1759 IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD. 16523863 BEST 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BOHATY, ANDREW K

1767 Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. 16340000 HASTINGS dissenting CASHION 103 Studebaker & Brackett PC SCOTT, ANGELA C

1776 General Electric Technology GmbH 15382146 FRANKLIN 102 Eversheds Sutherland GE MCKENZIE, THOMAS B

1788 3M Innovative Properties Company 15552344 BEST 102 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY VAZQUEZ, ELAINE M

1789 Cassie Malloy 13210638 INGLESE 103 Dickinson Wright PLLC - Troy MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T

1794 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15571118 OWENS 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY CHUNG, HO-SUNG

1797 Jonathan Evans et al. 15731004 SNAY 103 Christopher John Rudy FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M

1799 BioFire Defense, LLC 15229046 BEST 103 BioFire Defense, LLC PRAKASH, GAUTAM

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 iControl Networks, Inc. 14159739 MANTIS MERCADER 101/103 BakerHostetler / Comcast TRUONG, LOAN

2136 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 15144588 EVANS 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP TSAI, SHENG JEN

2145 Honeywell International Inc. 16654275 STRAUSS 103 41.50 101 HONEYWELL/Alston & Bird - Honeywell Connected Intellectual Property Services Group ROSWELL, MICHAEL

2147 Vocus NM LLC 14189863 WHITEHEAD JR. 103 Polsinelli LLP GORNEY, BORIS

2156 Teradata US, Inc. 15336063 STRAUSS 103 Randy Campbell TERADATA US, INC. SHAH, VAISHALI

2163 Christopher Marland 14396019 CUTITTA 103 41.50 101 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. C/O PARKER JUSTISS, P.C. DEWAN, KAMAL K

2164 International Business Machines Corporation 14884920 SHIANG 103 Walder Intellectual Property Law PC FERRER, JEDIDIAH P

2164 Khalid Al-Kofahi et al. 12806119 FRAHM 103 Duncan Galloway Egan Greenwald, PLLC GEBRESENBET, DINKU W

2179 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 15715898 FRAHM Dissenting DIXON 103 Disney / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP WENG, PEI YONG

2184 SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG 16098498 PYONIN 103 CARTER, DELUCA & FARRELL LLP WANG, HARRY Z

2191 VMWARE, INC. 15410798 HOFF 103 Olympic Patent Works PLLC DENG, ANNA CHEN

2191 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15496813 McNEILL 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (MS) WU, JUNCHUN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2413 Alcatel Lucent 15513310 LEBOVITZ 102/103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA MAK, PETER K

2415 Troels Kolding et al. 12051787 HOFF 102/103 Harrington & Smith, Attorneys At Law, LLC NOORISTANY, SULAIMAN

2419 DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION 16442089 SHAW 103/OTDP FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (Dolby) LEE, Y YOUNG

2419 Nokia Technologies Oy 15790314 SAADAT 103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP c/o Alston & Bird LLP LEE, Y YOUNG

2443 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15476350 HOMERE 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (MS) SISON, JUNE Y

2456 Sound United, LLC 14726109 EVANS 112(2) 103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD LACHICA, ERICSON M

2481 Rosemount Aerospace Inc. 15161696 BEAMER 103 Kinney & Lange, P.A. JONES, HEATHER RAE

2482 ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 15329307 THOMAS 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Bosch) NIRJHAR, NASIM NAZRUL

2483 Xerox Corporation 15004832 THOMAS 103 Tong, Rea, Bentley & Kim, LLC/Conduent MAHMUD, FARHAN

2485 EUREKAM 14899208 COURTENAY 103 HARNESS DICKEY (TROY) HUANG, FRANK F

2498 Irdeto B.V. 15300133 CURCURI 103 Rimon PC DHRUV, DARSHAN I

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15636359 KUMAR 103 Newport IP, LLC LIU, ZHENGXI

2625 LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 14959337 DIXON 103 Dentons US LLP PARKER, JEFFREY ALAN

2631 Texas Instruments Incorporated 16213453 PYONIN 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED YU, LIHONG

2653 Sony Corporation 15845364 HOFF 102/103 SONYJP Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP ROBINSON, RYAN C

2683 Universal Electronics Inc. 15986489 EVANS 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP YANG, JAMES J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Accenture Global Solutions Limited 15583232 MEDLOCK 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (ACCENTURE) GIBSON-WYNN, KENNEDY ANNA

3671 Matthew Hagny et al. 15361330 WOODS 103 THOMPSON LAW, P.A. TORRES, ALICIA M

3685 SSenStone Inc. 16056812 WIEDER 112(1)/103 Studebaker & Brackett PC IDIAKE, VINCENT I

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3726 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15552599 MOHANTY 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE

3732 Aubrey Briggs 15355192 MOHANTY 112(2)/102/103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT LLC HADEN, SALLY CLINE

3735 Sealed Air Corporation (US) 16311773 SCHOPFER 112(1)/102/103 Sealed Air Corporation Patent Department POON, ROBERT

3741 8 RIVERS CAPITAL, LLC 15492376 WOOD 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP NG, HENRY

3747 MTU Aero Engines AG 15628764 MOHANTY 102 BARLOW, JOSEPHS & HOLMES, LTD. MANLEY, SHERMAN D

3762 ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V. 14647609 MOHANTY 103 RATNERPRESTIA JONES, LOGAN P

3763 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 16095507 KERINS 103 POSZ LAW GROUP, PLC TEITELBAUM, DAVID J

3763 FRIGEL FIRENZE S.P.A. 15310926 WOOD 112(1)/112(2)/103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC DIAZ, MIGUEL ANGEL

3771 MEDTRONIC, INC. 14163413 FITZPATRICK 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CVG) WEI, CHARLES M

3772 GOMES CONCEPTS LLC 16799529 CAPP 112(1)/112(2)/103 Gearhart Law LLC STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING

With respect to the Examiner’s findings regarding the sleeves of Wittke-Kothe, omitting an element and its function in a combination where the remaining elements perform the same functions is generally considered as involving only routine skill in the art. In re Karlson, 311 F.2d 581, 584 (CCPA 1963). However, in the instant case, the Examiner does not find, and neither do we, that Wittke-Kothe’s sleeves can be omitted without affecting the operability of the device.

3774 Medline Industries, Inc. 15620225 PLENZLER 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP HOBAN, MELISSA A

OPA Quantum Corporation 15487776 SZPONDOWSKI 103 Setter Roche LLP MURRAY, DANIEL C

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2173 GOOGLE LLC 14996346 ENGLE 103 103 GOOGLE LLC Botos Churchill IP Law LLP HAILU, TADESSE

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2416 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 16322707 SHIANG 103 112(2) ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. CHOWDHURY, SHARMIN

2433 Trend Micro Incorporated 15659403 BEAMER 103 103 Law Office of Patrick D. Benedicto SALEHI, HELAI

2436 Lantiq Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG 15303852 PYONIN 103 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC REZA, MOHAMMAD W

2459 Dell Products L.P. 15400344 HUME 103 103 Zagorin Cave LLP (Dell) TIV, BACKHEAN

2463 Alcatel Lucent 15329748 NAPPI 112(2)/102 102/103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA BROCKMAN, ANGEL T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2628 NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY 15303648 ARPIN 103 103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP c/o Alston & Bird LLP MISHLER, ROBIN J

2627 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 15500672 BEAMER 103 103 HP Inc. REED, STEPHEN T

2656 IMMERSION NETWORKS, INC. 16568858 BENNETT 102/103 102/103 Mr. Christopher John Rourk Jackson Walker LLP VO, HUYEN X

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Pioneer Square Brands, Inc. 16253740 INGLESE 102/103 102 Grandview Law PLLC THAKER, NIDHI VIVEK

2853 STYLIANOS PAPADIMITRIOU et al. 15660038 HOUSEL 101/103 112(1)/112(2)/103 KENNETH L. NASH BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S.

2864 SAS Institute Inc. 16866836 HASTINGS 101 101 SAS Institute / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 13770803 STAICOVICI 102/103 112(2) 41.50 103 PAULEY ERICKSON & SWANSON POON, ROBERT

3763 Carrier Corporation 15760964 SILVERMAN 112(1)/112(2) 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier NIEVES, NELSON J

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 PHARMATHEN S.A. 15326531 SCHNEIDER 103 AKC PATENTS GHALI, ISIS A D

1612 Colgate-Palmolive Company 15838679 JENKS 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY RONEY, CELESTE A

1612 GABA International Holding GmbH 15529656 JENKS 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE

1612 Colgate-Palmolive Company 15630465 DENNETT 103/OTDP COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY WEBB, WALTER E

1619 LANXESS Deutschland GmbH 16254850 HULSE 103 LANXESS CORPORATION ALAWADI, SARAH

1619 L'OREAL 15392899 SCHNEIDER 103 POLSINELLI PC (L''Oreal USA) PROSSER, ALISSA J

1623 ECONUGENIS INC 16687447 TOWNSEND 103 41.50 103 The Kelber Law Group BERRY, LAYLA D

1629 Center Laboratories, Inc. 16364121 GRIMES 103 PyPat IP Services STRONG, TORI

1639 MYRIAD WOMEN'S HEALTH, INC. 14512369 ADAMS markush 101 FisherBroyles, LLP - Myriad Genetics, Inc. Victoria Brewster FLINDERS, JEREMY C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 HP Indigo B.V. 15547794 RANGE 103 HP Inc. EMPIE, NATHAN H

1726 Calagen, Inc. 16137338 SNAY 112(1)/101 KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP AYAD, TAMIR

1727 Schott AG 15899137 CASHION 103/Markush/OTDP TAYLOR IP, P.C. WEI, ZHONGQING

1727 Schott AG 13968044 CASHION 103/OTDP TAYLOR IP, P.C. WEI, ZHONGQING

1734 NIOBEC INC. 15102234 REN 112(2) 103 BakerHostetler NGUYEN, NGOC YEN M

1749 BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION 15175414 TIMM 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC FISCHER, JUSTIN R

1764 Bloom Holdings, LLC 15356213 MCGEE 103 Loomis, Ewert, Parsley, Davis & Gotting PC RIOJA, MELISSA A

1766 TEIJIN LIMITED 14394846 REN 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. KAHN, RACHEL

1776 NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 14914978 TIMM 103 41.50 103 HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C. SHUMATE, ANTHONY R

1777 Ronald Sperry et al. 13089546 HASTINGS 101 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP PEO, KARA M

1781 Corning Incorporated 15955048 TIMM 102/103 102/103 CORNING INCORPORATED GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T

1782 Philip Ashman 12598465 REN 103 ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP PATTERSON, MARC A

1784 MTU Aero Engines AG 15425451 GAUDETTE 103 Abel Schillinger, LLP OMORI, MARY I

1788 entrotech, inc. 15516933 OWENS 103 THE GRIFFITH LAW FIRM, A P.C. MANGOHIG, THOMAS A

1792 SOREMARTEC S.A. 15771552 SMITH 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. LACHICA, ERICSON M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 INTEL CORPORATION 14779240 BUI 101 103 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Intel) BEJCEK II, ROBERT H

2156 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 14981052 ENGLE 102/103 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. c/o Conley Rose, P.C. SHAH, VAISHALI

2173 Texas Instruments Incorporated 14226794 DEJMEK 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED GATTEW, ASTEWAY T

2193 B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH 15116394 SAADAT 101 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. LEE, ADAM

2198 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14744820 CHUNG 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC WATHEN, BRIAN W

2199 ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 15114282 CURCURI 102/103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP MITCHELL, JASON D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 15857869 ENGLE 102/103 BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD SHELEHEDA, JAMES R

2426 Disney Enterprises, Inc. 15153347 CURCURI 112(1)/103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. C/O FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP TAYLOR, JOSHUA D

2447 Calgary Scientific Inc. 15285851 ARPIN 103 Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC JOSHI, SURAJ M

2447 Avaya Inc. 14044477 SHIANG 103 STEVENS & SHOWALTER, LLP Box AVAYA Inc. MESA, JOEL

2447 Avaya Inc. 15335735 DIXON 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. AGUIAR, JOHNNY B

2463 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) 15766134 SHAW 103 SAGE PATENT GROUP/ZACCO KHIRODHAR, MAHARISHI V

2466 British Telecommunications Public Limited Company 15762022 COURTENAY 103 Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A. PHAM, TITO Q

2483 QUALCOMM Incorporated 14590897 KUMAR 103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A. AN, SHAWN S

2483 MITUTOYO CORPORATION 14271643 HOFF 112(1) 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

2483 Cook Medical Technologies LLC 14848612 CHUNG 103 Crowell/Cook - Chicago Crowell & Moring NASRI, MARYAM A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2647 T-Mobile USA, Inc. 15833172 HOFF 103 Lee & Hayes, P.C./ T-Mobile HAMMONDS, MARCUS C

2651 Adobe Inc. 14639919 KUMAR 112(2) 102/103 FIG. 1 Patents ELJAIEK, ALEXANDER L

2657 YAMAHA CORPORATION 15599072 EVANS 103 Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP SPOONER, LAMONT M

2658 Conte Cuttino 14816248 SILVERMAN 103 DENTONS US LLP - Apple ADESANYA, OLUJIMI A

2659 SAP SE 15673691 RAEVSKY 103 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. (SAP) SHAH, PARAS D

2683 ASSA ABLOY AB 16347905 MANTIS MERCADER 103 Sheridan Ross PC SYED, NABIL H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2861 Badger Meter, Inc. 15013558 CHUNG 103 BOYLE FREDRICKSON S.C. PHAN, TRUONG D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3619 NCR Corporation 14927707 SCHOPFER 101 NCR Corporation KANERVO, VIRPI H

3627 Aetna Inc. 15241746 MEDLOCK 101/103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD - AETNA MINCARELLI, JAN P

3629 Karthikeyan Ponnalagu et al. 12885870 WHITEHEAD JR. 101 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC BAHL, SANGEETA

3629 Apple Inc. 15144618 FISCHETTI 103 BOREALIS TECHNICAL LIMITED BAHL, SANGEETA

3631 BLANCA NASKER 16052498 OSINSKI 102/103 SHAVER & SWANSON, LLP BARNETT, DEVIN K

3671 Denis Tyaglin 16310672 MOHANTY 103 112(2) Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. CHU, KATHERINE J

3676 Volker Peters et al. 15274916 BROWN 102/103 41.50 102/103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC PATEL, NEEL G

3676 Volker Peters et al. 15274892 BROWN 102/103 41.50 112(2)/102/103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC PATEL, NEEL G

3689 Kaustubh DIGHE 16099686 MEDLOCK 112(1) 101 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. NGUYEN, TAN D

3692 Coinstar Asset Holdings, LLC 15493497 SHAH 103 101/103 PERKINS COIE LLP - SEA General PATENT-SEA MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD. 15385347 WOOD 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN

3711 Jan Vana et al. 13669428 WOOD 112(1) 102/103 The Roy Gross Law Firm, LLC ARYANPOUR, MITRA

3741 United Technologies Corporation 15143412 SCHOPFER 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY WALTHOUR, SCOTT J

3771 GENERAL MILLS, INC. 14907884 ROBERTSON 103 DIEDERIKS & WHITELAW, PLC BEKKER, KELLY JO

3783 ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 14422183 CALVE 112(2)/103 112(1) Pilloff Passino & Cosenza LLP FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B

3785 IP MED, INC. et al. 16071648 STAICOVICI 112(1)/103 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP MOON, MATTHEW RYAN

3791 Bruce Lev 12387948 WOODS 112(1)/101/103 112(2) Bruce A Lev MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS

3791 GLENN MCALPIN 15451383 WIEDER 103 THOMAS | HORSTEMEYER, LLP WARSI, YASMEEN S

OPA Intel Corporation 15487808 CUTITTA 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/Intel MURRAY, DANIEL C

Rehearing

Granted 
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 International Business Machines Corporation 15398449 PER CURIAM 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC HLAING, SOE MIN

Denied 
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2668 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 15179409 HAGY 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Merge/IBM) RIVERA-MARTINEZ, GUILLERMO M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Seagate Technology LLC 16299305 REN 103 FAEGRE DRINKER - SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC DRAVININKAS, ADAM B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Anthony Lam 13814943 STAICOVICI 102 Anthony Lam PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO

Reexamination
Affirmed
1636 MODERNATX, INC. (ASSIGNEE) et al. 90014394 9,675,668 14/105,208 LEBOVITZ 103 Clark+Elbing LLP/MODERNA Third party requester: RAMEY & SCHWALLER, LLP RAMEY & SCHWALLER TURNER, SHARON L original GALISTEO GONZALE, ANTONIO

2194 CHARTIQ, INC. et al. 90014377 10,180,862 15/980,962 JEFFERY 102/103 103 Woods Rogers PLC Third Party Requester: LEASON ELLIS, LLP FERRIS III, FRED O original MUDRICK, TIMOTHY A

2653 Sony Corporation 16568321 6,879,473 10/486,737 JEFFERY 103 XSENSUS LLP LAROSE, COLIN M original CASTRO, ANGEL A

2818 MLC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, LLC (PATENT OWNER) et al. 90014421 5,764,571 08/410,200 JEFFERY 103 POLSINELLI PC (NDQ REEXAMINATION GROUP) Third Party Requester: SMITH BALUCH LLP LEE, CHRISTOPHER E original FEARS, TERRELL W