guidance

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Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1612 Trustees of Tufts College 15273327 FREDMAN 112(1)/112(2)/103 Quarles & Brady LLP/Tufts University LIU, TRACY

1655 Alpinia Laudanum Institute of Phytopharmaceutical Sciences AG 15521212 SCHNEIDER 101/103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP MELLER, MICHAEL V

1699 ALPHANOSOS S.A.S. 16345844 GRIMES 101 Silvia Salvadori, P.C. CLARK, AMY LYNN

In summary, the evidence of record does not show that the claimed extract is a product of nature. “If the claim does not recite a judicial exception, it is not directed to a judicial exception . . . and is eligible. This concludes the eligibility analysis.” Revised Guidance, 84 Fed. Reg. at 54.

2106 Patent Subject Matter Eligibility [R-10.2019]

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1777 THE COCA-COLA COMPANY et al. 14362275 TIMM 103 112(2) PureCircle USA Inc. c/o Ingredion Inc. PEO, KARA M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2177 BlackBerry Limited 15790586 FRAHM 103 41.50 112(2) Fish & Richardson P.C. (Blackberry) HEFFINGTON, JOHN M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2488 Google LLC 16347484 CHEN 103 Dority & Manning P.A. and Google LLC HILAIRE, CLIFFORD

2612 Siemens Industry Software Inc. 16482412 KUMAR 103 Siemens Corporation LIU, GORDON G

2689 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 16535815 CURCURI 102 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES WONG, KIN C

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2859 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 16109134 INGLESE 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL TRISCHLER, JOHN T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3626 Aspire Smart Health-Lancaster,LLC 15471346 MARTIN 103 Fox Rothschild LLP PAULS, JOHN A

3654 NIKE, Inc. 17070387 BAHR 112(2) Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner / NIKE, Inc. KIM, SANG K

3682 Google LLC 15410266 MARTIN 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. BROWN, ALVIN L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3732 Critts, LLC 16383536 WARNER 103 Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L

3747 AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA et al. 16350072 MOHANTY 102/103 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. KIRBY, BRIAN R

3774 MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 13742077 MITCHELL 103 MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. c/o Dorsey & Whitney LLP WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE

Affirmed-in-Part 

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1728 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15869509 HASTINGS 103 112(1)/112(2) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford MARTIN, MATTHEW T

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2124 International Business Machines Corporation 16776910 ENGLE 103 103 DUKE W. YEE – IBM YEE AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. HINCKLEY, CHASE PAUL

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2841 Pure Storage, Inc. 15213447 GAUDETTE 103 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP/Pure Storage DANG, HUNG Q

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3664 COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 13838427 HORVATH 103 BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD KARWAN, SIHAR A

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1612 Colgate-Palmolive Company 15539725 ADAMS 112(2)/103/OTDP COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY MILLIGAN, ADAM C

1627 The Procter & Gamble Company 15165418 ADAMS 112(2)/102/103/OTDP 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KANTAMNENI, SHOBHA

1629 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH RESEARCH FOUNDATION 16084451 SCHNEIDER 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP LEE, WILLIAM Y

1634 Winsconsin Alumni Research Foundation 16114399 GRIMES 103 Intellectual Property Dept./DeWitt LLP Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation CROW, ROBERT THOMAS

1642 OPKO Diagnostics, LLC 15081331 ADAMS 103 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. AEDER, SEAN E

1653 Progenity Inc. 15835237 CHANG 103/OTDP PROGENITY / PCHS MARTIN, PAUL C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1747 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 14843575 COLAIANNI 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP KRINKER, YANA B 

1791 WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY 15779622 DENNETT 103 WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY BADR, HAMID R

1795 HYDRONOVATION, INC et al. 14772324 DENNETT 112(1) 112(2) Evoqua Water Technologies LLC JAIN, SALIL

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2163 Home Depot Product Authority, LLC 15470310 BEAMER 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP GOFMAN, ALEX N

2179 VMware, Inc. 16520239 NAPPI 112(2) 103 ADELI LLP POSIGIAN, DAVID S.

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2453 Avaya Inc. 15847211 BUI 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. TRAN, ALEX HOANG

2459 Citrix Systems, Inc. 16016848 BAER 103 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. NGUYEN, LINH T

2626 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 15843609 BENNETT 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED JANSEN II, MICHAEL J

2636 Loon LLC 16735010 KHAN 112(1) 103 [X]Botos Churchill IP Law LLP LIU, LI

2636 X DEVELOPMENT LLC 16436278 ARPIN 103 112(1)/103 SoftBank Corp. BOTOS CHURCHILL IP LAW LLP SoftBank Corp. BOTOS CHURCHILL IP LAW LLP

2637 Nokia Technologies OY 16801618 HORVATH 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. LI, SHI K

2653 Rakesh Taori et al. 10550108 HOMERE 103 ERICSSON INC. ELAHEE, MD S

2659 Google LLC 16880567 HUME 103/OTDP Middleton Reutlinger (Google LLC) SHAH, PARAS D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2826 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. 15294819 REN 101 2SPL Patent Attorneys General Filings CARPENTER, ROBERT K

2829 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 16180577 BEST 103 ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP - New York GUPTA, RAJ R

2853 ALEXANDER TRUSOV 15368206 GUPTA 103 Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation PARCO JR, RUBEN C

2896 HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 16669851 GUPTA 112(1)/112(2) Hovey Williams LLP HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3643 Upward Enterprises Inc. 16577768 CAPP 103 SMITH BALUCH LLP NGUYEN, SON T

3659 DEERE & COMPANY 16592242 KAUFFMAN 102/103 DEERE & COMPANY ESTREMSKY, SHERRY LYNN

3683 General Electric Company 15299844 PLENZLER 103 The Small Patent Law Group, LLC NEAL, ALLISON MICHELLE

3685 Dropbox, Inc. 14986199 BAYAT 112(2)/103 112(1) DLA Piper LLP (US) – Dropbox ZHOU, YINGYING 

3688 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 14520819 CAPP 102/103 BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD LONG, MEREDITH A

3689 The Quantum Group, Inc. 15163523 MEDLOCK 101 NIXON PEABODY LLP SHANKER, JULIE MEYERS

3691 BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES (DE) INC. 13774491 SHAH 101 Bottomline Technologies, Inc. KAZIMI, HANI M

3695 BGC PARTNERS, INC. 14087911 MEDLOCK 112(1) 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. POLLOCK, GREGORY A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3715 ANKUR GANDHE et al. 13484910 MARTIN 101/103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A

3792 IpVenture, Inc. 16243052 STAICOVICI 101/102 FisherBroyles LLP - KORRUS, INC. EISEMAN, LYNSEY C

3792 SORAA, INC. 15383897 BROWN 103 IPVENTURE, INC. JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING

Rehearing

Denied 

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3697 Michelle FISHER 11944267 LORIN 101 Michelle Fisher FU, HAO

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3792 Medtronic, Inc. 15342167 BROWN 101 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT , P.A SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY

OPQA Intelligent Medical Objects, Inc. 14444163 MEDLOCK 101 QUARLES & BRADY LLP (CHI) DURANT, JONATHAN W

KSR, arendi, takeda, SIBIA

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Reversed 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. 14383690 WILSON 103 Versum Materials US LLC HORNING, JOEL G

1716 LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 15956296 CASHION 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Lam) VIGON, RUDY

1738 UES INC. et al. 16039564 CASHION 103 SKF GmbHIA & IP WALCK, BRIAN D

1741 JOHNS MANVILLE 15277342 OWENS 112(1)/103 JOHNS MANVILLE HERRING, LISA L

1767 GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB 16130092 REN 101 EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP OYER, ANDREW J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2163 RELX Inc. 16231697 HOWARD 103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP MIAN, MUHAMMAD U

2183 NVIDIA Corporation 15141703 CRAIG 102/103 Artegis Law Group, LLP/NVIDIA ALLI, KASIM A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2413 NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY 16336998 SILVERMAN 102/103 SQUIRE PB (Nokia) Nokia Technologies Oy NGUYEN, HANH N

2424 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 14855800 HORVATH 103 BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD SHANG, ANNAN Q

2439 CLOUDFLARE, INC. 15961632 NAPPI 103 Nicholson De Vos Webster & Elliott LLP WILCOX, JAMES J

2459 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 14053260 FRAHM 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC TIV, BACKHEAN

2473 Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 15586167 SILVERMAN 103 LENOVO COMPANY (LENOVO-KLS) c/o Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP CHOWDHURY, HARUN UR R

Although “[a] person of ordinary skill in the art is also a person of ordinary creativity, not an automaton,” KSR 550 at 421, there may be limits in a particular case as to how much gap-filling may be based on such creativity. See Arendi S.A.R.L. v. Apple Inc., 832 F.3d 1355, 1361–63 (Fed. Cir. 2016). As stated in Arendi: 

Though less common, in appropriate circumstances, a patent can be obvious in light of a single prior art reference if it would have been obvious to modify that reference to arrive at the patented invention. See, e.g., Takeda Chem. Indus., Ltd. v. Alphapharm Pty, Ltd., 492 F.3d 1350, 1357 (Fed. Cir. 2007); SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc. v. Cadus Pharm. Corp., 225 F.3d 1349, 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2000). 

Here, the Examiner has not sufficiently identified supporting evidence why one of ordinary skill in the art would, based on the teaching or suggestion of Cerrelli, add a physical connection via a USB cable while still utilizing the wireless connection to transfer data between the host device and the SSD device.

KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.,  550 U.S. 398, 82 USPQ2d 1385 (2007)    2114 ,   2141 ,   2141.01(a) ,  2141.03 ,   2142 ,   2143 , 2143.01 , 2143.02 , 2144.05 , 2145 , 2216 , 2242 , 2286 , 2642 , 2686.04

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2844 EATON CORPORATION 15088375 COLAIANNI 103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC EATON CORPORATION CHAN, WEI

2899 GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. INC. 16556796 FRAHM 103 Calderon Safran & Cole, P.C. JEAN BAPTISTE, WILNER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Danfoss Micro Channel Heat Exchanger (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. 16327630 MOHANTY 103 McCormick, Paulding & Huber, PLLC ARANT, HARRY E

3781 The Procter & Gamble Company 16559669 STAICOVICI 103 41.50 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KIDWELL, MICHELE M

3781 The Procter & Gamble Company 16559666 STAICOVICI 103 41.50 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KIDWELL, MICHELE M

3791 The Regents of the University of California 15577681 ASTORINO 103 BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP STAMBAUGH III, JAMES STEWART

Affirmed-in-Part

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1776 Parker-Hannifin Corporation 15746084 BEST 102/103 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP SHUMATE, ANTHONY R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2119 Battelle Memorial Institute 16001465 JEFFERY 102 112(1)/102/103 41.50 102 Wells St. John P.S. OGG, DAVID EARL

2164 VMware, Inc. 15922594 ARPIN 103 103 Patterson + Sheridan, LLP ¡V Vmware MAHMOOD, REZWANUL

2193 Universal Electronics Inc. 16731270 COURTENAY 103 103 41.50 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP BODDEN, EVRAL E

2199 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 16377322 CRAIG 103 112(2) 41.50 112(1) WORKMAN NYDEGGER/MICROSOFT BULLOCK JR, LEWIS ALEXANDER

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2492 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 15901491 CRAIG 103 103 BakerHostetler / Comcast MOORTHY, ARAVIND K

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 II-VI Delaware, Inc. 16042319 COLAIANNI 103 103 Wendy W. KobaII-VI Incorporated CHANG, AUDREY Y

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3783 Tionne Bennett 13182174 GREENHUT 112(1)/102/103 112(2) 41.50 112(2) Umberg Zipser LLP CARPENTER, WILLIAM R

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1613 Elena Molokanova 15034263 ADAMS 103 FOLEY HOAG, LLP PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC

1615 DSM IP ASSETS B.V. 16078648 NEW 112(2) 112(2)/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V

1618 WINFIELD SOLUTIONS, LLC 16023790 SCHNEIDER 103 OTDP 41.50 103 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP CABRAL, ROBERT S

1619 Tyme, Inc. 15365120 GRIMES 103 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (BO) NGUYEN, JOHN P

1637 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15577480 LEBOVITZ 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS OYEYEMI, OLAYINKA A

1655 NESTEC SA 15188601 GRIMES 103 Nestle Purina Petcare Global Resources, Inc BARKER, MICHAEL P

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1724 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 15260805 TIMM 112(1)/112(2)/101 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. ZHANG, RACHEL L

1744 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 15679242 OWENS 103 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY TROCHE, EDGAREDMANUE

1745 Xerox Corporation 15890527 KENNEDY 103 FAY SHARPE / XEROX ¡V ROCHESTER SENGUPTA, SONYA MAZUMDAR

1746 PGS Geophysical AS 15820069 DENNETT 103 C. Tumey Law Group PLLC ¡V PGS PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A

1788 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15554069 INGLESE 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY FERRE, ALEXANDRE F

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2152 JamHub Corporation 14418676 WHITEHEAD JR. Dissenting HOMERE 112(2)/103 OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP BAKER, IRENE H

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2421 ARRIS Enterprises LLC 15736376 DEJMEK 103 Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P. MONTOYA, OSCHTA I

2426 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 14650420 ARPIN 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. IMPERIAL, JAYCEE

2447 Fortinet, Inc. 14515506 SAADAT 102 Law Office of Dorian Cartwright WANG, LIANG CHE A

2461 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 15500326 CUTITTA 112(1) 112(1)/103 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson BEDNASH, JOSEPH A

2492 VMware, Inc. 16211092 ZADO 103 Patterson + Sheridan, LLP ¡V Vmware PAN, PEILIANG

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2637 APRIORI NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC. 16891549 PYONIN 103 41.50 112(1) M&B IP Analysts, LLC BARUA, PRANESH K

2651 International Business Machines Corporation 16172632 BAUMEISTER 102/103 ZILKA-KOTAB, PC- IBM ELJAIEK, ALEXANDER L

2683 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 16508025 COURTENAY 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP BROWN, VERNAL U

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2814 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 15858862 HASTINGS 112(2)/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED BOULGHASSOUL, YOUNES

2834 Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation 16363601 HASTINGS 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Power Controls, Sensing Systems ANDREWS, MICHAEL

2839 SMA Solar Technology AG 16906070 SMITH 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC LABOY ANDINO, IVAN A

2857 Athenium LLC 15695467 CHUNG 112(1)/101/103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP PARK, HYUN D

2862 Carsten Stöcker et al. 15951421 GAUDETTE 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. CASEY, LIAM R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3617 Michael Roller 16501063 OSINSKI 103 Armstrong Teasdale LLP WIEST, ANTHONY D

3619 NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY 16307762 FRAHM 103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA WANG, YAOTANG

3626 UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 13745542 SILVERMAN 101 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP ¡V Minneapolis TIEDEMAN, JASON S

3646 Robert Henry 16684403 BAHR 103 112(2)/101 Sinorica LLC dba Thoughts to Paper WASIL, DANIEL D

3657 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation 15829423 CAPP 103 The Small Patent Law Group, LLC SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P

3657 Shimano Inc. 16025777 SONG 103 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP DAVID TARNOFF BOWES, STEPHEN M

3681 OATH (AMERICAS) INC. 15160226 MEDLOCK 101 Cooper Legal Group LLC ROBINSON, KYLE G

3683 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 16888953 CALVE 103 101 MICROSOFT CORPORATION JARRETT, SCOTT L

3698 Hub data security Ltd. 15881865 GUIJT 112(1)/103 RECHES PATENTS KWONG, CHO YIU

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3783 Frank Levy 16270900 SCHOPFER 103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE

OPQA STUBHUB, INC. 13966649 BAYAT 101 MCDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY LLP CARROLL, BRITTNEY M

Rehearing

Denied 

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2125 William Starrett 14921682 McNEILL 112(1) 112(2)/101/102 William H. Starrett, Jr. CHEN, YING YU

Reissue

Affirmed-in-Part

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1795 Miodrag Kostic et al. 16667530 8,494,950 10/487,911 MacDONALD 251 251/103/OTDP BURNS & LEVINSON, LLP CARLSON, JEFFREY D

american medical, storage tech., bio-rad

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Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Symrise AG 15554791 SCHNEIDER 103 DILWORTH & BARRESE, LLP PURDY, KYLE A

1612 ARx, LLC 16453432 GRIMES 103/OTDP MCNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC LIU, TRACY

1653 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 15048789 GRIMES 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP NGUYEN, NGHI V

1675 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Univetsity 15560136 SCHNEIDER 103 STANFORD UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY LICENSING BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP BUNKER, AMY M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1718 Applied Materials, Inc. 14554250 DENNETT 103 AMAT / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP BENNETT, CHARLEE

1735 M SQUARED LASERS LIMITED 14889005 KENNEDY 103 FisherBroyles, LLP - MAIN SAAD, ERIN BARRY

1744 KHS Corpoplast GmbH 15314488 PRAISS 103 RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP ZHAO, XIAO SI

1796 Cytiva Sweden AB 15653501 HOUSEL 103 EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP EDWARDS, LYDIA E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP 15522791 FRAHM 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise BENGZON, GREG C

2472 Lutron Technology Company LLC 16055806 HOMERE 103 LUTRON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LLC AHMED, ABDULLAHI

2473 NEC CORPORATION 16494432 ENGLE 103 41.50 112(1) NEC-IPC BOKHARI, SYED M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Samsung Display Co., Ltd. 15818592 MCGEE 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP BELL, LAUREN R

2875 LEDVANCE GmbH 16129174 INGLESE 102(a)(2)/103 HAYES SOLOWAY P.C. GUHARAY, KARABI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3655 Charles Osborne 16732005 BAHR 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Boxine GmbH 16071817 O’HANLON 103 Howard IP Law Group PENG, RAYSHUN K.

3794 Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA 15323546 STAICOVICI 103 41.50 112(2) MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C

Affirmed-in-Part

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Misapplied Sciences, Inc. 15944366 FRAHM 103 103 Kaplan Breyer Schwarz, LLP MIDKIFF, AARON

2683 TRUEMOTION, INC. 15413005 HUME 103 112(2) Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast KHAN, OMER S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 15216318 SHAH 103 103 AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. MENGESHA, WEBESHET

“Whether to treat a preamble term as a claim limitation is ‘determined on the facts of each case in light of the claim as a whole and the invention described in the patent.’” Am. Med. Sys., Inc. v. Biolitec, Inc., 618 F.3d 1354, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (quoting Storage Tech. Corp. v. Cisco Sys., Inc., 329 F.3d 823, 831 (Fed. Cir. 2003)). ...

“If the claim uses the preamble only to state a purpose or intended use for the invention, then the preamble is not limiting.” Bio-Rad Labs., Inc. v. 10X Genomics Inc., 967 F.3d 1353, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2020) (citation omitted).

3785 Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA 14959330 STAICOVICI 103 103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC MOON, MATTHEW RYAN

3785 Jed Black et al. 15224510 WOOD dissenting PLENZLER 103 103 Vista IP Law Group LLP MURPHY, VICTORIA

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Corium International, Inc. 16219859 GRIMES OTDP 103 McDermott Will & Emery LLP SONG, JIANFENG

1616 FYTEKO 15760468 ADAMS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SHIN, MONICA A

1617 Claire Bourdin et al. 14122470 ADAMS 103 The Marbury Law Group, PLLC PEEBLES, KATHERINE

1617 Gulbrandsen Technologies, Inc. 16536557 SCHNEIDER 103 LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK SOROUSH, ALI

1619 Evonik Technochemie GmbH 15746989 FREDMAN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PROSSER, ALISSA J

1628 JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV 15852181 SCHNEIDER 103 DAVID A. LANE, JR. JOHNSON & JOHNSON RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B

1662 Marc-Andre D'Aoust et al. 13992893 TOWNSEND 103 Raphael Bellum PLLC UYENO, STEPHEN G

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1733 Systems Spray-Cooled, Inc 15874349 INGLESE 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - The Systems Group KASTLER, SCOTT R

1738 General Cable Technologies Corporation et al. 16409569 PRAISS 102/103 ULMER & BERNE LLP WALCK, BRIAN D

1767 COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN 15776505 HASTINGS 103 COZEN O'CONNOR HEINCER, LIAM J

1774 DISPERSOL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15402556 DENNETT 103 103 Parker Highlander PLLC COOLEY, CHARLES E

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2125 RCRDCLUB Corporation 15354377 DEJMEK 103 Butzel Long BALDWIN, RANDALL KERN

2136 Cisco Technology, Inc. 15826801 McNEILL 103 Cisco Technology, Inc. c/o Polsinelli WONG, NANCI N

2139 Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 16358792 SZPONDOWSKI 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP CARDWELL, ERIC

2161 Sisense Ltd. 14677285 SHIANG 103 M&B IP Analysts, LLC SAMARA, HUSAM TURKI

2168 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. 14508264 McNEILL 101 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN

2176 DROPBOX INC. 15486285 CHERRY 103 DLA Piper LLP (US) ĄV Dropbox PAN, PHOEBE X

2184 NXP B.V. 16293804 ARPIN 103 Intellectual Property and Licensing NXP B.V. WANG, HARRY Z

2195 VMware, Inc. 15383591 THOMAS 103 Patterson + Sheridan, LLP ĄV Vmware AYERS, MICHAEL WART

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2419 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 16119288 HOMERE 103 Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel (Amazon) PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R

2466 TANGO NETWORKS, INC 16044307 SAADAT 112(2) 103 Proactive Patents LLC LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS

2484 Universal Electronics Inc. 16816433 CRAIG 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP ZHAO, DAQUAN

2493 ICONTROL NETWORKS, INC. 14201133 PYONIN 103 BakerHostetler / Comcast SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2641 Nokia of America Corporation 16095990 KHAN 102(a)(2)/103 MENDELSOHN DUNLEAVY, P.C. ELHAG, MAGDI

2654 Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd. 16236861 McKEOWN 103 Cirrus Logic/Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP MEI, XU

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2853 HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 16343501 KENNEDY 103 HP Inc. VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO

2857 THE BOEING COMPANY 15833564 HOUSEL 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP/BOEING KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG

2884 Kromnigon AB 15627601 CASHION 103 RMCK Law Group, PLC LEE, SHUN K

2897 Infineon Technologies AG 16437978 MCGEE 103 MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES GRAY, AARON J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 CFPH, LLC 16042564 BAYAT 101/OTDP CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. GLASS, RUSSELL S

3633 BUSHBOARD LTD 16722247 WOODS 103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC AGUDELO, PAOLA

3642 LELY PATENT N.V. 15752919 BROWN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. WANG, MICHAEL H

3642 LELY PATENT N.V. 16467701 BROWN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. MORONEY, MEGAN J

3676 Stabil Drill Specialties, L.L.C. 16256690 CAPP 103 JONES WALKER PATEL, NEEL G

3681 ARRIS Enterprises LLC 16284538 MEDLOCK 101 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP(Arris/Commscope) LI, SUN M

3685 Apple Inc. 14502981 CRAWFORD 112(1)/112(2) 101 Apple c/o Kubota & Basol LLP RAVETTI, DANTE

3685 The Toronto-Dominion Bank 14936812 SONG 101 Duane Morris LLP - Washington, D.C. RAK, TAYLOR SIMON DUANE

3695 Roger Burkhardt et al. 11545222 ADAMS 112(1) 101 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

3695 The Westport Group 15968054 CALVE 101 MEDLEN & CARROLL, LLP POLLOCK, GREGORY A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Nokia Technologies Oy 15704438 SILVERMAN 101/103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP MLICK, WILLIAM D

3731 Ethicon LLC 15850505 WOOD 103 K&L GATES LLP ĄV ETHICON TECCO, ANDREW M

3745 Danfoss A/S 16455998 KAUFFMAN 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. LAMBERT, WAYNE A

3752 Wagner Spray Tech Corportaion 16297885 SCHOPFER 103 Kelly, Holt & Christenson, P.L.L.C. CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL

3754 Maor Grinberg 16061422 CAPP 112(1)/103 Dr. Mark M. Friedman SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J

3771 JenaValve Technology, Inc. 15559498 BAHR 112(2)/103 EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP SIMPSON, SARAH A

Rehearing

Denied 

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2439 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 15528121 HOMERE Concurring ZADO Dissenting BAUMEISTER 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC MOHAMMADI, FAHIMEH M

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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Symrise AG 15554791 SCHNEIDER 103 DILWORTH & BARRESE, LLP PURDY, KYLE A

1612 ARx, LLC 16453432 GRIMES 103/OTDP MCNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC LIU, TRACY

1653 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 15048789 GRIMES 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP NGUYEN, NGHI V

1675 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Univetsity 15560136 SCHNEIDER 103 STANFORD UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY LICENSING BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP BUNKER, AMY M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1718 Applied Materials, Inc. 14554250 DENNETT 103 AMAT / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP BENNETT, CHARLEE

1735 M SQUARED LASERS LIMITED 14889005 KENNEDY 103 FisherBroyles, LLP - MAIN SAAD, ERIN BARRY

1744 KHS Corpoplast GmbH 15314488 PRAISS 103 RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP ZHAO, XIAO SI

1796 Cytiva Sweden AB 15653501 HOUSEL 103 EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP EDWARDS, LYDIA E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2444 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP 15522791 FRAHM 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise BENGZON, GREG C

2472 Lutron Technology Company LLC 16055806 HOMERE 103 LUTRON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LLC AHMED, ABDULLAHI

2473 NEC CORPORATION 16494432 ENGLE 103 41.50 112(1) NEC-IPC BOKHARI, SYED M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2816 Samsung Display Co., Ltd. 15818592 MCGEE 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP BELL, LAUREN R

2875 LEDVANCE GmbH 16129174 INGLESE 102(a)(2)/103 HAYES SOLOWAY P.C. GUHARAY, KARABI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3655 Charles Osborne 16732005 BAHR 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3711 Boxine GmbH 16071817 O’HANLON 103 Howard IP Law Group PENG, RAYSHUN K.

“[O]ne must have a motivation to combine accompanied by a reasonable expectation of achieving what is claimed in the patent-at-issue.” Intelligent Bio-Sys, Inc. v. Illumina Cambridge Ltd., 821 F.3d 1359, 1367 (Fed. Cir. 2016). “The reasonable expectation of success requirement refers to the likelihood of success in combining references to meet the limitations of the claimed invention.” Id. By failing to explain how the requisite metal layer would allow Lam’s transponder and reader to communicate, the Examiner has failed to satisfy this requirement.

3794 Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA 15323546 STAICOVICI 103 41.50 112(2) MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C

Affirmed-in-Part 

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2621 Misapplied Sciences, Inc. 15944366 FRAHM 103 103 Kaplan Breyer Schwarz, LLP MIDKIFF, AARON

2683 TRUEMOTION, INC. 15413005 HUME 103 112(2) Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast KHAN, OMER S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3763 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 15216318 SHAH 103 103 AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. MENGESHA, WEBESHET

3785 Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA 14959330 STAICOVICI 103 103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC MOON, MATTHEW RYAN

3785 Jed Black et al. 15224510 WOOD dissenting PLENZLER 103 103 Vista IP Law Group LLP MURPHY, VICTORIA

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1613 Corium International, Inc. 16219859 GRIMES OTDP 103 McDermott Will & Emery LLP SONG, JIANFENG

1616 FYTEKO 15760468 ADAMS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SHIN, MONICA A

1617 Claire Bourdin et al. 14122470 ADAMS 103 The Marbury Law Group, PLLC PEEBLES, KATHERINE

1617 Gulbrandsen Technologies, Inc. 16536557 SCHNEIDER 103 LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK SOROUSH, ALI

1619 Evonik Technochemie GmbH 15746989 FREDMAN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PROSSER, ALISSA J

1628 JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV 15852181 SCHNEIDER 103 DAVID A. LANE, JR. JOHNSON & JOHNSON RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B

1662 Marc-Andre D'Aoust et al. 13992893 TOWNSEND 103 Raphael Bellum PLLC UYENO, STEPHEN G

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1733 Systems Spray-Cooled, Inc 15874349 INGLESE 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - The Systems Group KASTLER, SCOTT R

1738 General Cable Technologies Corporation et al. 16409569 PRAISS 102/103 ULMER & BERNE LLP WALCK, BRIAN D

1767 COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN 15776505 HASTINGS 103 COZEN O'CONNOR HEINCER, LIAM J

1774 DISPERSOL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15402556 DENNETT 103 103 Parker Highlander PLLC COOLEY, CHARLES E

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2125 RCRDCLUB Corporation 15354377 DEJMEK 103 Butzel Long BALDWIN, RANDALL KERN

2136 Cisco Technology, Inc. 15826801 McNEILL 103 Cisco Technology, Inc. c/o Polsinelli WONG, NANCI N

2139 Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 16358792 SZPONDOWSKI 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP CARDWELL, ERIC

2161 Sisense Ltd. 14677285 SHIANG 103 M&B IP Analysts, LLC SAMARA, HUSAM TURKI

2168 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. 14508264 McNEILL 101 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN

2176 DROPBOX INC. 15486285 CHERRY 103 DLA Piper LLP (US) ĄV Dropbox PAN, PHOEBE X

2184 NXP B.V. 16293804 ARPIN 103 Intellectual Property and Licensing NXP B.V. WANG, HARRY Z

2195 VMware, Inc. 15383591 THOMAS 103 Patterson + Sheridan, LLP ĄV Vmware AYERS, MICHAEL WART

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2419 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 16119288 HOMERE 103 Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel (Amazon) PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R

2466 TANGO NETWORKS, INC 16044307 SAADAT 112(2) 103 Proactive Patents LLC LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS

2484 Universal Electronics Inc. 16816433 CRAIG 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP ZHAO, DAQUAN

2493 ICONTROL NETWORKS, INC. 14201133 PYONIN 103 BakerHostetler / Comcast SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2641 Nokia of America Corporation 16095990 KHAN 102(a)(2)/103 MENDELSOHN DUNLEAVY, P.C. ELHAG, MAGDI

2654 Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd. 16236861 McKEOWN 103 Cirrus Logic/Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP MEI, XU

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2853 HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 16343501 KENNEDY 103 HP Inc. VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO

2857 THE BOEING COMPANY 15833564 HOUSEL 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP/BOEING KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG

2884 Kromnigon AB 15627601 CASHION 103 RMCK Law Group, PLC LEE, SHUN K

2897 Infineon Technologies AG 16437978 MCGEE 103 MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES GRAY, AARON J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3627 CFPH, LLC 16042564 BAYAT 101/OTDP CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. GLASS, RUSSELL S

3633 BUSHBOARD LTD 16722247 WOODS 103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC AGUDELO, PAOLA

3642 LELY PATENT N.V. 15752919 BROWN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. WANG, MICHAEL H

3642 LELY PATENT N.V. 16467701 BROWN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. MORONEY, MEGAN J

3676 Stabil Drill Specialties, L.L.C. 16256690 CAPP 103 JONES WALKER PATEL, NEEL G

3681 ARRIS Enterprises LLC 16284538 MEDLOCK 101 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP(Arris/Commscope) LI, SUN M

3685 Apple Inc. 14502981 CRAWFORD 112(1)/112(2) 101 Apple c/o Kubota & Basol LLP RAVETTI, DANTE

3685 The Toronto-Dominion Bank 14936812 SONG 101 Duane Morris LLP - Washington, D.C. RAK, TAYLOR SIMON DUANE

3695 Roger Burkhardt et al. 11545222 ADAMS 112(1) 101 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

3695 The Westport Group 15968054 CALVE 101 MEDLEN & CARROLL, LLP POLLOCK, GREGORY A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3715 Nokia Technologies Oy 15704438 SILVERMAN 101/103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP MLICK, WILLIAM D

3731 Ethicon LLC 15850505 WOOD 103 K&L GATES LLP ĄV ETHICON TECCO, ANDREW M

3745 Danfoss A/S 16455998 KAUFFMAN 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. LAMBERT, WAYNE A

3752 Wagner Spray Tech Corportaion 16297885 SCHOPFER 103 Kelly, Holt & Christenson, P.L.L.C. CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL

3754 Maor Grinberg 16061422 CAPP 112(1)/103 Dr. Mark M. Friedman SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J

3771 JenaValve Technology, Inc. 15559498 BAHR 112(2)/103 EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP SIMPSON, SARAH A

Rehearing

Denied

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2439 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 15528121 HOMERE Concurring ZADO Dissenting BAUMEISTER 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC MOHAMMADI, FAHIMEH M