luvisi, nievelt

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2185 Ex Parte Hughes 11497026 - (D) PERRY 103 CARR & FERRELL LLP AYASH, MARWAN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Mas et al 12108125 - (D) EVANS 102/103 MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. KOHARSKI, CHRISTOPHER

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Czyzewski et al 11886939 - (D) HOUSEL 102 102/103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION KLING, CHARLES

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Upadhyay 09879320 - (D) MILLS 103 Rhodia Inc. CHANNAVAJJALA, LAKSHMI SARADA

1616 Ex Parte Dutzmann et al 09843396 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. CHOI, FRANK I

In addition, we do not agree with Appellants that the group of compounds of which compound (III) is a member is so large as to make this the “needle-in-the-haystack” situation discussed in In re Luvisi, 342 F.2d 102, 106 (CCPA 1965).

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Decesare et al 12052859 - (D) TIMM 103 CARMODY & TORRANCE LLP BAREFORD, KATHERINE A

1729 Ex Parte Alexandrovichserov et al 11723198 - (D) DANG 103 ROBERT E. BUSHNELL & LAW FIRM RUDDOCK, ULA CORINNA

1741 Ex Parte Koenen et al 10558637 - (D) GARRIS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC BELYAEV, YANA

1762 Ex Parte Shimomura 11655211 - (D) HANLON 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC JONES JR., ROBERT STOCKTON

1786 Ex Parte Maziers et al 10553572 - (D) OBERMANN 102/103 FINA TECHNOLOGY INC LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Bennett et al 11328673 - (D) DANG 103 GARLICK & MARKISON HSIUNGFEI, PENG

2427 Ex Parte Kellerman et al 10674672 - (D) DANG 103 GARLICK & MARKISON SCHNURR, JOHN R

2461 Ex Parte Karaoguz et al 11093157 - (D) DANG 112(1)/103 Broadcom/BHGL LEVITAN, DMITRY

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2629 Ex Parte C. Anderson 11174130 - (D) KOHUT 103 SCENERA RESEARCH, LLC MCCOMMAS, STUART S

2677 Ex Parte Covell et al 11149720 - (D) MacDONALD 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY WANG, JIN CHENG

2677 Ex Parte Friedman et al 11429546 - (D) WEINBERG 103 THE SMALL PATENT LAW GROUP LLC SAMS, MICHELLE L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte Ketteridge 11346648 - (D) FRAHM 103 BAE SYSTEMS ZHANG, YUANDA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Riga et al 11944835 - (D) WOOD 103 RENNER OTTO BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP TAWFIK, SAMEH

“Combining the teachings of references does not involve an ability to combine their specific structures.” In re Nievelt, 482 F.2d 965, 968 (CCPA 1973).

Nievelt, In re, 482 F.2d 965, 179 USPQ 224 (CCPA 1973) 2145

3736 Ex Parte Levendusky et al 11120436 - (D) EVANS 103 MAYER & WILLIAMS PC SZMAL, BRIAN SCOTT

3763 Ex Parte Brodersen 10936674 - (D) MILLS 102 SHLESINGER, ARKWRIGHT & GARVEY LLP VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG

3767 Ex Parte Stypulkowski 11168752 - (D) RICE 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) SCOTT, BRANDY C  

REHEARING  

GRANTED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Roach et al 09957459 - (D) STEPHENS 112(2)/103 CAHN & SAMUELS LLP TO, BAOQUOC N

mouttet, superguide

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Briesch et al 11351976 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 Siemens Corporation AKRAM, IMRAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2885 Ex Parte Venegas 09829033 - (D) COURTENAY 103 GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE,ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C SAWHNEY, HARGOBIND S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte Kobayashi et al 09914033 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Rader Fishman & Grauer RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ

3682 Ex Parte Agarwal et al 11112732 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 Straub & Pokotylo BROWN, ALVIN L

3685 Ex Parte Haller et al 10950790 - (D) MOHANTY 103 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. OBEID, MAMON A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3752 Ex Parte Bennett 11566063 - (D) KAUFFMAN 102/103 THE NOBLITT GROUP, PLLC NGUYEN, DINH Q

3784 Ex Parte Butler et al 11941669 - (D) WOOD 103 HARNESS, DICKEY, & PIERCE, P.L.C ABDUR RAHIM, AZIM

3748 Ex Parte Odendall 11103606 - (D) BAHR 103 Novak Druce + Quigg LLP TRAN, BINH Q

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Mello et al 11847935 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY SUTTON, DARRYL C

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Schwartz 11840787 - (D) EVANS 103 103 BELASCO, JACOBS & TOWNSLEY LLP SHAFER, RICKY D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Tsonton et al 11798632 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC DORNA, CARRIE R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Jain et al 11311220 - (D) WALSH 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP LOVE, TREVOR M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1786 Ex Parte Wheatley 12212110 - (D) DELMENDO 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

1792 Ex Parte Groneberg-Nienstedt 11886809 - (D) METZ obviousness-type double patenting/103 KF ROSS PC SMITH, PRESTON

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Savilampi et al 11293887 - (D) DILLON 103 NOKIA CORPORATION c/o Ware, Fressola, Van Der Sluys & Adolphson LLP HOTELLING, HAROLD A

An optional embodiment cannot be read into a claim when, as here, the claim language is broader than the embodiment. SuperGuide Corp. v. DirecTV Enters., Inc., 358 F.3d 870, 875 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (citation omitted).

Superguide Corp. v. Direct TV Enterprises, Inc., 358 F.3d 870, 69 USPQ2d 1865 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2111.01

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2437 Ex Parte Rollins 09993495 - (D) CALDWELL 103 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP GELAGAY, SHEWAYE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2667 Ex Parte Deng et al 11001228 - (D) SMITH 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY TORRES, JOSE

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2893 Ex Parte Brukilacchio et al 11291369 - (D) POTHIER 103 FRANCIS J. CAUFIELD REAMES, MATTHEW L

Rather, “[a] reference may be read for all that it teaches, including uses beyond its primary purpose.” In re Mouttet, 686 F.3d 1322, 1331 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (citations omitted); see also id. at 1334 (The Federal Circuit has explained “that just because better alternatives exist in the prior art does not mean that an inferior combination is inapt for obviousness purposes.”).

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Williams 10679088 - (D) OSINSKI 103 W. Edward Johansen HALE, GLORIA M  

Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2756 Ex parte Motorola Mobility, Inc. 90010888 5974447 08/682,483 ZECHER 102 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. POKRZYWA, JOSEPH R original RINEHART, MARK H

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Schweitzer et al 10952668 - (D) KIM SAP/BSTZ BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN SINGH, GURKANWALJIT

bond, robertson, schriber-schroth, sneed

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Wolf et al 10909380 - (D) BUI 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP LY, CHEYNE D

While claim terms are given their “broadest reasonable construction,” any such construction must be “consistent with the specification, … and that claim language should be read in light of the specification as it would be interpreted by one of ordinary skill in the art.” In re Bond, 910 F.2d 831, 833 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (quoting In re Sneed, 710 F.2d 1544, 1548 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (emphasis added).

Bond, In re, 910 F.2d 831, 15 USPQ2d 1566 (Fed. Cir. 1990) 2131, 2183, 2184

Sneed, In re, 710 F.2d 1544, 218 USPQ 385 (Fed. Cir. 1983) 1445, 2145

[C]laims should always be read in light of the specification and teachings in the underlying patent. See Schriber-Schroth Co. v. Cleveland Trust Co., 311 U.S. 211, 217, 61 S.Ct. 235 (1940) (“The claims of a patent are always to be read or interpreted in light of its specifications.”).

2183 Ex Parte Master et al 09997530 - (D) JEFFERY 103 NIXON PEABODY LLP VICARY, KEITH E

see also In re Robertson, 169 F.3d 743, 745 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (claims requiring three separate means not anticipated by structure containing only two means using one element twice)

Robertson, In re, 169 F.3d 743, 49 USPQ2d 1949 (Fed. Cir. 1999) 2112, 2114, 2163, 2163.07(a)

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte Appleyard et al 11359264 - (D) SMITH 102/103 VOLENTINE & WHITT PLLC DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN

1777 Ex Parte Oklejas 12023194 - (D) SMITH 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. MENON, KRISHNAN S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 Ex Parte Roberts et al 09855804 - (D) CALDWELL 103 AT&T Legal Department - CC MATTIS, JASON E

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2664 Ex Parte Ramos et al 11215571 - (D) RUGGIERO 103 HONEYWELL/FOGG HSU, AMY R

2679 Ex Parte Rackham 10096310 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 ANDREWS KURTH LLP AMINI, JAVID A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Cookson et al 10748441 - (D) BAHR 102 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP GISHNOCK, NIKOLAI A

lowry

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3665 Ex Parte Taylor et al 10928070 - (D) HORNER 102/103 TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED C/O WAGNER BLECHER NGUYEN, CHUONG P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3783 Ex Parte Storhok et al 11675528 - (D) KAUFFMAN 102/103 ALLEMAN HALL MCCOY RUSSELL & TUTTLE, LLP COLEMAN, KEITH A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 Ex Parte Karaoguz et al 10675076 - (D) DIXON Concurring COURTENAY 102/103  112(1) GARLICK & MARKISON MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN

To avoid running afoul of the exclusive statutory right of copyright owners to control the distribution of their copyrighted works (17 U.S.C. §106(3)), I would more narrowly interpret the scope of Appellants’ claimed “media” as being limited to media that is in the public domain and/or media that is properly owned or licensed in accordance with existing copyright law.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3743 Ex Parte Haberkamm et al 11703557 - (D) POWELL 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION NDUBIZU, CHUKA CLEMENT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2466 Ex Parte Le et al 10533083 - (D) PERRY 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION JAROENCHONWANIT, BUNJOB

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2662 Ex Parte Aoyama et al 11767721 - (D) GONSALVES 103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP KHAN, USMAN A

The informational content of non-functional descriptive material is not entitled to weight in the patentability analysis. See In re Lowry, 32 F. 3d 1579, 1583 (Fed. Cir, 1994) ("Lowry does not claim merely the information content of a memory... Nor does he seek to patent the content of information resident in a database.")

Lowry, In re, 32 F.3d 1579, 32 USPQ2d 1031 (Fed. Cir. 1994) ... 2111.05
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3651 Ex Parte Mark et al 11515281 - (D) KAMHOLZ 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY COLLINS, MICHAEL

thibault, clay, dunn, innovention toys

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Tam et al 11393218 - (D) GARRIS 103 HONEYWELL/DLA PIPER ROGERS, MARTIN K

1772 Ex Parte Wohltjen 11474532 - (D) METZ 112(1)/112(2)/103 LUCAS & MERCANTI, LLP KILPATRICK, BRYAN T

1791 Ex Parte Lykomitros et al 12021959 - (D) GARRIS 103 CARSTENS & CAHOON, LLP DEGUIRE, KATHERINE E

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2853 Ex Parte Thiessen et al 10607892 - (D) WEINBERG 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY LIANG, LEONARD S

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Herrmann 11735253 - (D) TORCZON 103 112(a) GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC CULLEN, SEAN P

In Thibault, the board explained that

If the apparatus as claimed is not fully described in [the prior art], it differs so little therefrom as to be obvious to the designer of apparatus. The purpose to which the apparatus is to be put and the numerous expressions relating the apparatus to contents thereof during an intended operation are of no significance in determining patentability of the apparatus claim.

Thibault does not reproduce the apparatus claim in question, but expressly finds that it is very closely the same as the prior art. Thibault, thus, does not create a per se rule that contents and mode of operation never count, but rather simply holds that when disclosed structures are essentially the same and the contents and use would have been obvious from the prior-art structure, the lack of an express teaching of content and use will not prevent anticipation. In short, Thibault's holding cannot be abstracted from its context. Today, we might say that the prior art apparatus was capable of containing and operating as claimed.

Thibault, Ex parte, 164 USPQ 666 (Bd. App. 1969) 2115

1729 Ex Parte Owens et al 11643392 - (D) TIMM 103 103 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC DAVIS, PATRICIA A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2485 Ex Parte Gordon 10871657 - (D) JEFFERY 102 102 Broadcom/BHGL LEE, Y YOUNG

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Petereit et al 10532831 - (D) BONILLA 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. WESTERBERG, NISSA M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1742 Ex Parte Albright 12290333 - (D) KIMLIN 103 Robert W. Mulcahy, Esq. SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A

1762 Ex Parte Zhou et al 11260749 - (D) McKELVEY 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY REDDICK, MARIE L

1789 Ex Parte Dumond 11741266 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 O'Shea Getz P.C. ORTIZ, ANGELA Y

Innovention Toys, LLC v. MGA Entm’t, Inc., 637 F.3d 1314, 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (noting a reference qualifies as prior art for an obviousness analysis only when it is analogous to the claimed invention (citing In re Clay, 966 F.2d 656, 658 (Fed. Cir. 1992))). If a reference is in a different field from that of the inventor’s endeavor, it is still considered analogous art if it deals with a matter which logically would have commended itself to an inventor’s attention in considering his problem. In re Clay, 966 F.2d at 659.

Clay, In re, 966 F.2d 656, 23 USPQ2d 1058 (Fed. Cir. 1992) 2144.08

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2655 Ex Parte Disange et al 11014063 - (D) HOMERE 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. PAUL, DISLER

Teaching an alternative or equivalent method, however, does not teach away from the use of a claimed method. See In re Dunn, 349 F.2d 433, 438 (CCPA 1965).

Dunn, In re, 349 F.2d 433, 146 USPQ 479 (CCPA 1965) 804.02

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2827 Ex Parte Schippers et al 11753368 - (D) KOHUT 103 Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C. RADKE, JAY W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Burgdorf et al 11182303 - (D) ASTORINO 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F

katz interactive

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 Ex Parte Zha et al 10537760 - (D) NAGUMO 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION MENON, KRISHNAN S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3686 Ex Parte Gottesman et al 11115626 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) NGUYEN, HIEP VAN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3778 Ex Parte Harkness 11445364 - (D) GRIMES 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. HAND, MELANIE JO

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte Sutardja et al 11196651 - (D) POTHIER 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE P.L.C. TRUONG, LOAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte Rhodes 11021942 - (D) ZECHER 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY DENNISON, JERRY B

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3682 Ex Parte Shahoumian et al 10157661 - (D) PETRAVICK 112(2) 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY BOVEJA, NAMRATA  

Also, where relatively low level functions are claimed, the disclosure of a general purpose computer may be sufficient.

Katz has not claimed a specific function performed by a special purpose computer, but has simply recited the claimed functions of "processing," "receiving," and "storing." Absent a possible narrower construction of the terms "processing," "receiving," and "storing," [] those functions can be achieved by any general purpose computer without special programming. As such, it was not necessary to disclose more structure than the general purpose processor that performs those functions. Those seven claims do not run afoul of the rule against purely functional claiming, because the functions of "processing," "receiving," and "storing" are coextensive with the structure disclosed, i.e., a general purpose processor.

Katz v Am. Airlines, 639 F.3d 1303, 1316 (Fed,Cir. 2011)  

REHEARING  

GRANTED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Dzau et al 10850994 - (D) ADAMS obviousness-type double patenting J. MICHAEL SCHIFF WOITACH, JOSEPH T

depuy spine, sirf

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1774 Ex Parte Lowe et al 11597983 - (D) TIMM 103 SALIWANCHIK, LLOYD & EISENSCHENK RAMDHANIE, BOBBY

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2628 Ex Parte Buchner et al 10287143 - (D) SMITH 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. C/O Faegre Baker Daniels LLP REPKO, JASON MICHAEL

SiRF Technology, Inc. v. International Trade Com’n, 601 F.3d 1319, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (“In order for the addition of a machine to impose a meaningful limit on the scope of the claim, it must play a significant part in permitting the claimed method to be performed, rather than function solely as an obvious mechanism for permitting a solution to be achieved more quickly, i.e., through the utilization of a computer for performing calculations.”).

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3773 Ex Parte Elliott et al 11000741 - (D) KILE 102/103 BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP TYSON, MELANIE RUANO

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2876 Ex Parte Dhers 10498564 - (D) MacDONALD 102/103 102/103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC ST CYR, DANIEL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3664 Ex Parte Sullivan et al 11030983 - (D) HOELTER 112(1)/112(2)/102 102 LAW OFFICE OF DUANE S. KOBAYASHI MANCHO, RONNIE M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Field et al 10904666 - (D) FREDMAN 103 102 Bard Biopsy Systems HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Gao et al 11418338 - (D) PRATS 103/obviousness-type double patenting BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1788 Ex Parte Vicari 11147831 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 FERRELLS, PLLC LE, HOA T

1793 Ex Parte Turan et al 11880792 - (D) METZ 103 UNILEVER PATENT GROUP KING, FELICIA C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Kindsvogel et al 11027277 - (D) DIXON 101/112(2)/103 SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP SYED, FARHAN M

2176 Ex Parte Lin 11111368 - (D) DILLON 112(1)/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SMITH, BENJAMIN J

See DePuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., 567 F. 3d 1314, 1327 (Fed. Cir. 2009) "A reference does not teach away [...] if it merely expresses a general preference for an alternative invention but does not 'criticize, discredit, or otherwise discourage' investigation into the invention claimed."

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2473 Ex Parte Backes 10780838 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 CONNOLLY BOVE LODGE & HUTZ LLP NGO, NGUYEN HOANG

2494 Ex Parte Kraft 09999630 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 101/102/103 Clifford Kraft ABRISHAMKAR, KAVEH

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2669 Ex Parte Hertz et al 09737371 - (D) DILLON 103 BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD TUCKER, WESLEY J

Nov 5, 2012

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Owejan et al 11643403 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC MURATA, AUSTIN

1759 Ex Parte Morii et al 12156839 - (D) BEST 103 Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC WONG, EDNA

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Doan et al 11032855 - (D) McNAMARA 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, L.L.P. BLUM, DAVID S  

REHEARING  

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Henckel Von Donnersmarck et al 11630234 - (D) GARRIS Dissent by NAGUMO 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP LEE, REBECCA Y

hartman

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1746 Ex Parte Currie et al 11962337 - (D) WARREN 103 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY RIVERA, JOSHEL

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2113 Ex Parte Riedlinger et al 11593841 - (D) COURTENAY 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY ARCOS, JEISON C

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Schwarz 10934844 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 MAYER & WILLIAMS PC HELM, CARALYNNE E

1628 Ex Parte DeLuca et al 11231049 - (D) SNEDDEN 103 WARF/MKE/QUARLES & BRADY LLP CRUZ, KATHRIEN ANN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1773 Ex Parte Dzenitis et al 11495952 - (D) WARREN 103 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY HANDY, DWAYNE K

1792 Ex Parte Elder et al 11627748 - (D) SCHAFER 103 CARSTENS & CAHOON, LLP THAKUR, VIREN A

We have considered Applicant’s remaining arguments and find none that warrant reversal of the Examiner’s decisions. Cf. Hartman v. Nicholson, 483 F.3d 1311, 1315 (Fed. Cir. 2007).

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Igakura 09960548 - (D) CURCURI 102/103 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP CHEN, TE Y

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3665 Ex Parte Hannah et al 12202075 - (D) HOELTER 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP MAWARI, REDHWAN K

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Hajaj et al 11684514 - (D) FREDMAN 103 MAKO SURGICAL CORP. HOBAN, MELISSA A  

REHEARING  

GRANTED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Aylor et al 11526410 - (D) ADAMS 103 ROBERT B. AYLOR GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Holman et al 11139253 - (D) FREDMAN 102/103 VIDAS, ARRETT & STEINKRAUS, P.A. TANNER, JOCELIN C

amgen2, levengood

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1625 Ex Parte Pathi et al 11539932 - (D) MILLS 112(1) CONLEY ROSE, P.C. CHANG, CELIA C

As noted in Amgen, Inc. v. Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., 314 F.3d 1313, 1334 (Fed. Cir. 2003):

The enablement requirement is often more indulgent than the written description requirement. The specification need not explicitly teach those in the art to make and use the invention; the requirement is satisfied if, given what they already know, the specification teaches those in the art enough that they can make and use the invention without “undue experimentation.”

Amgen, Inc. v. Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., 126 F. Supp. 2d 69, 57 USPQ2d 1449 (D. Mass. 2001) 706.04

1651 Ex Parte Demmer et al 11436861 - (D) SCHEINER 103 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1725 Ex Parte Frost et al 11467585 - (D) SMITH 103 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC LEONG, JONATHAN G

1729 Ex Parte Pettit et al 11592581 - (D) TIMM 102/103 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC DAVIS, PATRICIA A

1741 Ex Parte Colin et al 12158160 - (D) WARREN 103 Georgia-Pacific LLC MINSKEY, JACOB T

cf. Ex parte Levengood, 28 USPQ2d 1300, 1301-02 (BPAI 1993) (“At best, the examiner’s comments regarding obviousness amount to an assertion that one of ordinary skill in the relevant art would have been able to arrive at appellant’s invention because he had the necessary skills to carry out the requisite process steps. This is an inappropriate standard for obviousness. . . . That which is within the capabilities of one skilled in the art is not synonymous with obviousness.” (citation omitted)).

Levengood, Ex parte, 28 USPQ2d 1300 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1993) 2143.01, 2144

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Avery 11027441 - (D) McNAMARA 102/103 37 CFR § 41.50(b) 112(d) ORACLE HICKMAN PALERMO TRUONG BECKER BINGHAM WONG BULLOCK, JOSHUA

2166 Ex Parte Taylor 11500607 - (D) DIXON 102 Shvarts & Leiz LLP WITZENBURG, BRUCE A

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2478 Ex Parte Lee et al 11246241 - (D) HUGHES 103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. RENNER, BRANDON M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3652 Ex Parte Prentice et al 11187619 - (D) KILE 103 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP SNELTING, JONATHAN D

3674 Ex Parte Villeneuve et al 11118030 - (D) REIMERS 103 Dykema Gossett PLLC PICKARD, ALISON K

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3721 Ex Parte Coleman 11439391 - (D) SPAHN 102 (Stanley B&D) Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. LOW, LINDSAY M

3762 Ex Parte Whitehurst et al 11192750 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 BSC - NEUROMODULATION VISTA IP LAW GROUP LLP LAVERT, NICOLE F

3765 Ex Parte Terpinski 11346474 - (D) SAINDON 112(1)/103 ERIC W. CERNYAR, P.C. HADEN, SALLY CLINE

3778 Ex Parte Nagasuna et al 10416457 - (D) BONILLA 102/103 Berdo & Goodman HAND, MELANIE JO  

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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2448 Ex Parte Crewe 10630020 - (D) NEW 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(a) RENNER OTTO BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP WHIPPLE, BRIAN P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3772 Ex Parte Daneshvar 11704635 - (D) MILLS 102 102 Yousef Daneshvar, MD. FACC BROWN, MICHAEL A
 
AFFIRMED
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1716 Ex Parte THOMAS et al 11835618 - (D) SMITH 103 BLANK ROME LLP DHINGRA, RAKESH KUMAR

1764 Ex Parte Kimbrell et al 10340300 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Miliken & Company NGUYEN, TRI V

1766 Ex Parte Nandi 11648466 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 JOHNS MANVILLE BOYLE, KARA BRADY

1789 Ex Parte Rubin et al 11411406 - (D) SMITH 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. SALVATORE, LYNDA

1793 Ex Parte Martorell 10572688 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 Striker Striker & Stenby YOO, HONG THI

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 Ex Parte Cohen et al 11046595 - (D) KUMAR 103 SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS BADAWI, SHERIEF

2185 Ex Parte Cho et al 10886168 - (D) DIXON 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC YU, JAE UN

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2426 Ex Parte Brady et al 11138170 - (D) SAADAT 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC HUYNH, AN SON PHI

2434 Ex Parte Ma 10460969 - (D) SMITH 103 Broadcom/BHGL LIPMAN, JACOB

2456 Ex Parte Forbes 11412366 - (D) COURTENAY 102/103 SONY ERICSSON COATS & BENNETT CHANG, TOM Y

2477 Ex Parte Zweig 11008061 - (D) ZECHER 102/103 Avaya Inc. and Withrow & Terranova SEFCHECK, GREGORY B

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2671 Ex Parte Mesirow 10153281 - (D) POTHIER 103 Susan L. Lukasik RUDOLPH, VINCENT M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte Fields et al 11926365 - (D) STRAUSS 103 TILLMAN WRIGHT, PLLC CULLER, JILL E

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3663 Ex Parte Todd et al 10183894 - (D) BENOIT 103 CPA Global Caven & Aghevli LLC EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Maschke 11058655 - (D) CALVE 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION CWERN, JONATHAN