strahilevitz

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte Logan 11457880 - (D) TIMM 112(1)/103 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC MARKS, JACOB B

The initial question is whether the Examiner has advanced acceptable reasoning inconsistent with enablement such that the Examiner’s burden of proof is met. In re Strahilevitz, 668 F.2d 1229, 1232 (Fed. Cir. 1982). Once this burden is met, the burden shifts to Appellant to show that one of ordinary skill in the art could have practiced the claimed invention without undue experimentation. Id.

1742 Ex Parte KAWAGUCHI et al 11876182 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2189 Ex Parte Speier et al 11040600 - (D) McKONE 103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED CARDWELL, ERIC

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2694 Ex Parte Chung et al 10166259 - (D) ARPIN 102 MCKENNA LONG & ALDRIDGE LLP LEFKOWITZ, SUMATI

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Iddan et al 10529735 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103 Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP TOWA, RENE T

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1649 Ex Parte Sarasa Barrio 11954344 - (D) FREDMAN 103 MOORE & VAN ALLEN PLLC BALLARD, KIMBERLY

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ex Parte Schlegel et al 11544797 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 WINSTON & STRAWN LLP KING, FELICIA C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte Chang et al 10866354 - (D) ZECHER 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY GEORGANDELLIS, ANDREW C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex Parte Morgan 11329375 - (D) SMITH 102/103 WILLIAMS, MORGAN & AMERSON FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Sato 11049065 - (D) SMITH 103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP SNOW, COLLEEN ERIN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte Bailey 10550239 - (D) LEE 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP TRAN, HANH VAN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3743 Ex Parte He et al 10714471 - (D) ABRAMS 112(1)/103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC LU, JIPING

3762 Ex Parte Whitehurst et al 12358073 - (D) ADAMS 103 NEUROMODULATION VISTA IP LAW GROUP LLP/BSC MANUEL, GEORGE C

3775 Ex Parte Masini 11231271 - (D) FREDMAN 102 GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE,ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J

caveney, oetiker

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2413 Ex Parte Kowalski 11893578 - (D) DROESCH 103 SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. C/O LAW OFFICE OF GERALD MALISZEWSKI GREY, CHRISTOPHER P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3651 Ex Parte Herzog 11181287 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 103 OSTROLENK FABER LLP SINGH, KAVEL

An Examiner’s factual finding regarding what a reference discloses must be supported by a preponderance of the evidence. See In re Caveney, 761 F.2d 671, 674 (Fed. Cir. 1985) (“preponderance of the evidence is the standard that must be met by the PTO in making rejections”); see also In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1449 (Fed. Cir. 1992) (Plager, J., concurring) (“In rejecting an application, factual determinations by the PTO must be based on a preponderance of the evidence, and legal conclusions must be correct.”)

Caveney, In re, 761 F.2d 671, 226 USPQ 1 (Fed. Cir. 1985) 2133.03(b)

Oetiker, In re, 977 F.2d 1443, 24 USPQ2d 1443 (Fed. Cir. 1992) 707.07(f) , 716.01(d) , 1504.01(a) , , 2107.02, 2142, 2145, 2164.07

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2176 Ex Parte Parasu 11251767 - (D) MacDONALD 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Cisco c/o Leon R Turkevich SMITH, BENJAMIN J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1762 Ex Parte Gertzmann et al 11407818 - (D) OBERMANN 103 CONNOLLY BOVE LODGE & HUTZ, LLP NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS

1787 Ex Parte Smith 11223127 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1)/112(2)/103 NOVAK, DRUCE + QUIGG L.L.P. - PERGO HUANG, CHENG YUAN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2184 Ex Parte Sundaram et al 11644474 - (D) GONSALVES 102/103 Mission/BSTZ BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN WONG, TITUS

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2452 Ex Parte Covell et al 10698812 - (D) CALDWELL 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY HOANG, HIEU T

2465 Ex Parte Fairhurst et al 11634572 - (D) EVANS 103 NET NAVIGATION SYSTEMS, LLC HSU, ALPUS

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2662 Ex Parte Lin et al 11320656 - (D) GONSALVES 102/103 RABIN & Berdo, PC OSINSKI, MICHAEL S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Ahuja et al 11054546 - (D) KUMAR 103 Baker & Hostetler LLP MAI, TIEN HUNG

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design 3726 Ex Parte Anzini et al 11147559 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 102/103 McCarter & English LLP OMGBA, ESSAMA  

REHEARING  

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte Daniels et al 11179950 - (D) NEW 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP KUMAR, ANIL N

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 TITAN MARKETING, LLC Requester, Respondent v. TC DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant 95001438 6575310 09/780,553 SONG 103 Husch Blackwell LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz ENGLISH, PETER C original GIBSON, ROBERT W

GRANTED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3671 CNH AMERICA LLC Requester, Cross-Appellant, Respondent v. LEO A. METZGER Patent Owner, Appellant, Respondent 95000115 6523333 09/731,145 SONG 103 ICE MILLER LLP ROGER A. GILCREST CLARKE, SARA SACHIE original FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD

erlich, clinical products, dailey

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Matsumoto et al 10538079 - (D) SMITH 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH MILLER, MICHAEL G

1735 Ex Parte Casanave et al 11075965 - (D) SMITH 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A

1754 Ex Parte Bayer et al 11249701 - (D) SMITH 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM

1761 Ex Parte Petry 10183854 - (D) WARREN 102/103 W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. SZEKELY, PETER A

1778 Ex Parte Kamleiter et al 11632631 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. ANDERSON, DENISE R

1782 Ex Parte Shi et al 11164181 - (D) SMITH 103 SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP AUGHENBAUGH, WALTER

1786 Ex Parte Shin et al 11643979 - (D) HASTINGS 103 ROBERT E. BUSHNELL & LAW FIRM YANG, JAY

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2478 Ex Parte Goodman et al 10964126 - (D) COURTENAY 102/103 GIBB & RILEY, LLC LI, GUANG W

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2664 Ex Parte Goldbach 11244662 - (D) HUGHES 102/103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP CHEN, CHIA WEI A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2800 Ex Parte Hoffman et al 11786976 - (D) COURTENAY 103 CAREFUSION C/O WAGNER BLECHER LLP TAMAI, KARL I

2859 Ex Parte Ayala et al 11410114 - (D) KRIVAK 102/103 THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Bleibler et al 10502744 - (D) SPAHN 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 Bingham McCutchen, LLP PAINTER, BRANON C

Without the recitation of a positive, active step specifying how the reinforcing device for load-bearing structures is to be produced, a person of ordinary skill in the art cannot determine which production method is encompassed by the claim. See Ex Parte Erlich, 3 USPQ.2d 1011, 1107 (BPAI 1986) (“While . . . the claims need not recite all of the operating details, we do find that a method claim should at least recite a positive, active step(s) so that the claim will ‘set out and circumscribe a particular area with a reasonable degree of precision and particularity,’ and make it clear what subject matter [the] claims encompass, as well as making clear the subject matter from which others would be precluded.”) (citations omitted); see also Clinical Products Limited v. Brenner, 255 F. Supp. 131, 133 (D.C. D.C. 1966) (“[A] proper process or method claim should recite at least one process step.”).

Clinical Products Ltd. v. Brenner, 255 F. Supp. 131, 149 USPQ 475 (D.D.C. 1966) 706.03(d), 2173.05(q)

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Tischler 12169515 - (D) WALSH 103 VIDAS, ARRETT & STEINKRAUS, P.A. ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB

3742 Ex Parte Ellin et al 10500716 - (D) McCARTHY 103 OLIFF & BERRIDGE, PLC HEINRICH, SAMUEL M

3753 Ex Parte Grancher 11187999 - (D) DILLON 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M

3766 Ex Parte Roberts et al 10561334 - (D) BROWN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KIMBALL, JEREMIAH T

3771 Ex Parte Luetke-Wenning 11505015 - (D) ASTORINO 103 STRIKER, STRIKER & STENBY YU, JUSTINE ROMANG

3782 Ex Parte Schneider 11045834 - (D) O’HEARN 103 ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. McCarter & English LLP PASCUA, JES F

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Huang et al 11094496 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. WEBB, WALTER E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Ex Parte Karaoguz et al 10937322 - (D) DIXON 103 102/103 Broadcom/BHGL LUONG, ALAN H

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2677 Ex Parte Vetterli et al 09817314 - (D) BENOIT 112(1)/112(2) 103 BLANK ROME LLP NGUYEN, PHU K

2687 Ex Parte McAllister et al 11396669 - (D) DIXON 102 102 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SNIEZEK, ANDREW L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2823 Ex Parte OMEARA et al 10673513 - (D) POTHIER 103 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. COLEMAN, WILLIAM D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Hertweck 12275875 - (D) GRIMES 102 102 Bausch & Lomb Incorporated LEE, WENG WAH

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Weber et al 11900779 - (D) FRANKLIN 102/103 MAYER & WILLIAMS PC BARHAM, BETHANY P

1637 Ex Parte Lapidus et al 11167046 - (D) SCHEINER 103 BROWN RUDNICK LLP TUNG, JOYCE

1648 Ex Parte Birkett 09930915 - (D) JENKS 112(1)/103/obviousness-type double patenting Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz LUCAS, ZACHARIAH

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte CAREY et al 11459856 - (D) SCHAFER 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P

1723 Biotage AB Requester v. Scientific Plastic Products, Inc. Patent Owner and Appellant 95000497 7138061 10/842,288  ROBERTSON 103 DAVID M QUINLAN, PC STEIN, STEPHEN J original THERKORN, ERNEST G

1745 Ex Parte Costello et al 10813873 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. OSELE, MARK A

In other words, Appellants’ “absence advertisements” is a change in the particular shape of the graphic, which does not affect the particular method steps in a significant way. See, In re Dailey, 357 F.2d 669 (CCPA 1966).

Dailey, In re, 357 F.2d 669, 149 USPQ 47 (CCPA 1966) 2144.04

1746 Ex Parte Sjoberg 11579153 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 NOVAK, DRUCE + QUIGG L.L.P. - PERGO GOFF II, JOHN L

1775 Ex Parte Larmer et al 11211928 - (D) GARRIS 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP HOBBS, MICHAEL L

1785 Ex Parte Haese et al 11312013 - (D) OBERMANN concurring in part NAGUMO 102/103 CONNOLLY BOVE LODGE & HUTZ, LLP HIGGINS, GERARD T

1789 Ex Parte Keuchel et al 10792483 - (D) PRAISS 103 ANDREW F. SAYKO JR. PIZIALI, ANDREW T

1797 Biotage AB Requester v. Scientific Plastic Products, Inc. Patent Owner and Appellant 95000495 7381327 11/125,017 ROBERTSON 103 DAVID M QUINLAN, PC STEIN, STEPHEN J original THERKORN, ERNEST G

1797 Biotage AB Requester v. Scientific Plastic Products, Inc. Patent Owner and Appellant 95000496 7410571 11/476,292 ROBERTSON 102/103 DAVID M QUINLAN, PC KUGEL, TIMOTHY J original THERKORN, ERNEST G

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Karaoguz et al 10667829 - (D) DIXON 103 GARLICK & MARKISON SCHNURR, JOHN R

2445 Ex Parte Garbow 10777260 - (D) MacDONALD 103 IBM CORPORATION POLLACK, MELVIN H

2452 Ex Parte Keohane et al 10666816 - (D) McKEOWN 103 IBM CORP. (AUS) C/O THE LAW OFFICE OF JAMES BAUDINO, PLLC DAILEY, THOMAS J

2465 Ex Parte Fairhurst et al 11634572 - (D) EVANS 103 NET NAVIGATION SYSTEMS, LLC HSU, ALPUS

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2636 Ex Parte Bethea et al 10180173 - (D) THOMAS 112(1)/103 LAW OFFICES OF PETER H. PRIEST, PLLC CURS, NATHAN M

2641 Ex Parte Kallio 10517442 - (D) SMITH 102/103 Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C. MEHRPOUR, NAGHMEH

2645 Ex Parte Morris 10869699 - (D) KUMAR 103 SCENERA RESEARCH, LLC KIM, WESLEY LEO

2655 Ex Parte Leipold 10673914 - (D) WARD 102/103 O'Shea Getz P.C. LAO, LUNSEE

2666 Ex Parte Lundberg et al 10926754 - (D) PETTIGREW 103 THE SMALL PATENT LAW GROUP LLC FUJITA, KATRINA R

2677 Ex Parte Diamond et al 11779231 - (D) COURTENAY 102/103/obviousness-type double patenting PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP/NVIDIA NGUYEN, HAU H

2682 Ex Parte Jung et al 11895631 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103/obviousness-type double patenting Constellation Law Group, PLLC SMALL, NAOMI J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte Yoo 11431666 - (D) DILLON 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP CARTER, MICHAEL W

2854 Ex Parte Trilk et al 11116709 - (D) COURTENAY 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP CULLER, JILL E

2856 Ex Parte Marsh et al 11164291 - (D) SMITH 102/103 Schlumberger Reservoir Completions Schlumberger Technology Corporation JAGAN, MIRELLYS

2859 Ex Parte Ward 10955667 - (D) KRIVAK 103 EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY INC BOATENG, ALEXIS ASIEDUA

2876 Ex parte CARD ACTIVATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 90011146 6032859 08/929,993 McNAMARA 102/103 STINSON MORRISON HECKER LLP RIMELL, SAMUEL G original LEE, MICHAEL GUNYOUNG

2891 Ex Parte Lee et al 11274489 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 ISHIMARU & ASSOCIATES LLP WAGNER, JENNY L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Shikhman et al 10726031 - (D) ELLURU 102/103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT

3731 Ex Parte Simonson 10899707 - (D) McCARTHY 103 NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB

3732 Ex Parte Chapoulaud et al 09941151 - (D) JENKS 103 Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (Sybron) EIDE, HEIDI MARIE

kao, datamize, fisher, ricoh

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Asrar et al 11028782 - (D) GRIMES 103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP HOLT, ANDRIAE M

See In re Kao, 639 F.3d 1057, 1068 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (“If an applicant demonstrates that an embodiment has an unexpected result and provides an adequate basis to support the conclusion that other embodiments falling within the claim will behave in the same manner, this will generally establish that the evidence is commensurate with [the] scope of the claims.”).

1657 Ex Parte Edens et al 10572811 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 Baker Donelson Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC SINGH, SATYENDRA K

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1736 Ex Parte Chin et al 12322567 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 The Dow Chemical Company ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY IQBAL, SYED TAHA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Muller 11318805 - (D) HOFF 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP DISTEFANO, GREGORY A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Gordon et al 11762868 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102/103 Merchant & Gould - Cox HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2686 Ex Parte Korkowski et al 10758330 - (D) HOFF 103 Kagan Binder, PLLC / STL BLOUIN, MARK S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3631 Ex Parte Carroll 11109781 - (D) KAUFFMAN 102/103 Stephen F. McDonald SAFAVI, MICHAEL

3646 Ex Parte Balzer et al 10545360 - (D) BROWN 103 MCCORMICK, PAULDING & HUBER LLP BRAINARD, TIMOTHY A

3655 Ex Parte Noll 11557710 - (D) ASTORINO 102 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC LE, DAVID D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Jiang et al 10582908 - (D) SCANLON 112(1)/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS JENNISON, BRIAN W

3767 Ex Parte Van Antwerp 10616784 - (D) MARTIN 103 Gates & Cooper LLP - Minimed OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES

3788 Ex Parte Rolfes et al 11949602 - (D) HORNER 112(1)/103 (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) FLETCHER YODER NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2183 Ex Parte Morris et al 10903155 - (D) DESHPANDE 103 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY FENNEMA, ROBERT E

" 'A reference may be said to teach away when a person of ordinary skill, upon reading the reference, would be discouraged from following the path set out in the reference, or would be led in a direction divergent from the path that was taken by the applicant.'" Ricoh Co., Ltd. v. Quanta Computer Inc., 550 F.3d 1325, 1332 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (citations omitted).

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Pinyayev et al 11592674 - (D) WALSH 102/103 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EIDE, HEIDI MARIE

3734 Ex Parte Lindquist et al 11775324 - (D) BONILLA 103 103 VIDAS, ARRETT & STEINKRAUS, P.A. EVERAGE, KEVIN D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Kelley 11754082 - (D) GRIMES 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. ORWIG, KEVIN S

1619 Ex Parte Ward 10595033 - (D) PRATS 101/112(1)/112(2) BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. KASSA, TIGABU

See In re Fisher, 421 F.3d 1365, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (“[As] to the "specific" utility requirement, an application must disclose a use which is not so vague as to be meaningless.”).

Fisher, In re, 421 F.3d 1365, 76 USPQ2d 1225 (Fed. Cir. 2005) , 2103, 2107.01

1634 Ex Parte Wang et al 11256229 - (D) GREEN 103 Agilent Technologies, Inc. in care of: CPA Global SALMON, KATHERINE D

1634 Ex Parte Pont-Kingdon et al 11268433 - (D) WALSH 103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE/UTAH SALMON, KATHERINE D

1635 Ex Parte Robertson et al 11083583 - (D) PRATS 103 GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE, ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C. SHIN, DANA H

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Naoi et al 11488044 - (D) HASTINGS 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM

1724 Ex Parte OKAZAKI et al 12022472 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP THOMAS, BRENT C

1736 Ex Parte Meessen 11885666 - (D) PRAISS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC BERNS, DANIEL J

1761 Ex Parte Hsu et al 12006912 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY KOPEC, MARK T

1787 Ex Parte Finley 11512022 - (D) COLAIANNI 112(2)/102/103 Kagan Binder, PLLC ROBINSON, ELIZABETH A

1791 Ex Parte Baker et al 11669736 - (D) GARRIS 112(2)/103 CARSTENS & CAHOON, LLP DEGUIRE, KATHERINE E

"The scope of claim language cannot depend solely on the unrestrained, subjective opinion of a particular individual purportedly practicing the invention." Datamize, LLC v. Plumtree Software, Inc., 417 F.3d 1342, 1350-51 (Fed. Cir. 2005). "Some objective standard must be provided in order to allow the public to determine the scope of the claimed invention." Id. "A purely subjective construction of 'aesthetically pleasing' would not notify the public of the patentee's right to exclude since the meaning of the claim language would depend on the unpredictable vagaries of any one person's opinion of the aesthetics of interface screens." Id. "While beauty is in the eye of the beholder, a claim term, to be definite, requires an objective anchor." Id.

Datamize LLC v. Plumtree Software, Inc., 417 F.3d 1342, 75 USPQ2d 1801 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2173.05(b)

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte Niki et al 11130242 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 KRATZ, QUINTOS & HANSON, LLP PIERRE LOUIS, ANDRE

2183 Ex Parte Archer et al 11459387 - (D) GIANNETTI 112(2)/103 IBM (ROC-BLF) C/O BIGGERS & OHANIAN, LLP GIROUX, GEORGE

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Howe et al 10335735 - (D) HUGHES 102 AT & T LEGAL DEPARTMENT NGUYEN BA, HOANG VU A

2432 Ex Parte Drehmel et al 10892430 - (D) FRAHM 103 IBM CORPORATION LANIER, BENJAMIN E

2439 Ex Parte Bhatt et al 10988913 - (D) MOORE 112(2)/103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. LE, CANH

2463 Ex Parte Pushparaj 10767392 - (D) BUI 103 Marger Johnson & McCollom, P.C. - Cisco MARCELO, MELVIN C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2653 Ex Parte Knott et al 10829557 - (D) McNAMARA 103 AT&T Legal Department - JW PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL

2659 Ex Parte Peck 10722038 - (D) FRAHM 103 KACVINSKY DAISAK PLLC C/O CPA Global SHAH, PARAS D

2664 Ex Parte Kollias et al 11497107 - (D) DANG 102/103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON YE, LIN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2826 Ex Parte Freedman 11381583 - (D) HOFF 103 Philip D. Freedman PC KUO, WENSING W

2872 Ex Parte Li 11274241 - (D) KRIVAK 102/103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB DOAK, JENNIFER L

2887 Ex Parte Kelley et al 10905716 - (D) KOHUT 103 (IBM) WHITHAM, CURTIS, CHRISTOFFERSON & COOK, P.C. MAI, THIEN T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3631 Ex Parte Armaly 11827284 - (D) GROSSMAN 103 BUTZEL LONG WOOD, KIMBERLY T

3634 Ex Parte Berger 10822079 - (D) SPAHN 102/103 Sanchelima and Associates, P.A. JOHNSON, BLAIR M

3646 Ex Parte Schrauwen 11792764 - (D) WEATHERLY 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY LEACH, ERIN MARIE BOYD

3689 Ex Parte Chen et al 11394871 - (D) KIM 112(1)/103 KENYON & KENYON LLP MATTIA, SCOTT A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Clements 10801401 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & MCCLOY GISHNOCK, NIKOLAI A

leshin, superguide, asyst, wyer

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Morishita et al 11814124 - (D) WARREN 112(1)/103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LEE, REBECCA Y

1761 Ex Parte Evans et al 09935982 - (D) WARREN 102/103 MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP HARTFORD DELCOTTO, GREGORY R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Iglesia et al 11388734 - (D) POTHIER 102 Patent Capital Group NGUYEN, KIM T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Tate et al 11015741 - (D) SPAHN 102 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) NOVAK, DRUCE + QUIGG L.L.P. - PERGO PLUMMER, ELIZABETH A

3674 Ex Parte Mahoney et al 11137285 - (D) SAINDON 102/103 DECKER, JONES, MCMACKIN, MCCLANE, HALL & BATES, P.C. PATEL, VISHAL A

see In re Leshin, 277 F.2d 197, 199 (CCPA 1960) (the selection of a known material based upon its suitability for the intended use is a design consideration within the skill of the art).

Leshin, In re, 277 F.2d 197, 125 USPQ 416 (CCPA 1960) 2144.07

3676 WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC. Requester v. TESCO CORPORATION Patent Owner and Appellant 95000418 7377324 11/464,428 COCKS 102/103 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP KAUFMAN, JOSEPH A original BATES, ZAKIYA W

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3718 Ex Parte Thomas et al 11357501 - (D) SAINDON 103 NIXON PEABODY LLP HALL, ARTHUR O

3732 Ex Parte Buchanan 11493460 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 KOPPEL, PATRICK, HEYBL & PHILPOTT SINGH, SUNIL K

3737 Ex Parte Li et al 11468481 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1)/101/102/103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD LAURITZEN, AMANDA L

3767 Ex Parte Woehr et al 11707846 - (D) SPAHN 103 KLEIN, O'NEILL & SINGH, LLP GILBERT, ANDREW M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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1722 Ex Parte Sweeney 11057941 - (D) OWENS 103 103 COOPER & DUNHAM, LLP VERDERAME, ANNA L

1743 Ex Parte Epps 11517647 - (D) OWENS 102/103 102/103 Thompson E. Fehr BODAWALA, DIMPLE N

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3721 Ex Parte Cerf 11898885 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 102 Sam Silverberg GERRITY, STEPHEN FRANCIS

We must be careful not to read a particular embodiment appearing in the written description into the claim if the claim language is broader than the embodiment. See Superguide Corp. v. DirecTV Enter., Inc., 358 F.3d 870, 875 (Fed. Cir. 2004).

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

3766 Ex Parte Kelly 11846142 - (D) FITZPATRICK 103 103 IPLM GROUP, P.A. KIMBALL, JEREMIAH T

AFFIRMED
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1634 Ex Parte Goudsmit et al 11372585 - (D) GREEN 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC SISSON, BRADLEY L

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1725 Ex Parte Tamura et al 11570454 - (D) TIMM 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP BUCHANAN, JACOB

1732 Ex Parte Morini et al 11887530 - (D) METZ 103 DILWORTH IP, LLC NGUYEN, COLETTE B

1761 Ex Parte WILLIAMS et al 12834416 - (D) McKELVEY 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102/103 NASA JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SZEKELY, PETER A

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2821 ELECTRONIC CONTROLLED SYSTEMS d/b/a KING CONTROLS Patent Owner, Appellant v. WINEGARD CO. Requester, Respondent 95000559 7595764 11/960,657 EASTHOM 103 Skaar Ulbrich Macari, P.A. MENEFEE, JAMES A original MANCUSO, HUEDUNG XUAN CAO

The TCS brochure reasonably appears to have been “‘disseminated or otherwise made available to the extent that persons interested and ordinarily skilled in the subject matter or art, exercising reasonable diligence, can locate [them] and recognize and comprehend therefrom . . . . the [contents thereof].’” See In re Wyer, 655 F.2d 221, 222, 227 (C.C.P.A. 1981).

Wyer, In re, 655 F.2d 221, 210 USPQ 790 (CCPA 1981) 901.05, 2127, 2128

2821 ELECTRONIC CONTROLLED SYSTEMS d/b/a KING CONTROLS Patent Owner, Appellant v. WINEGARD CO. Requester, Respondent 95000560 7679573 12/004,099 EASTHOM 103 Skaar Ulbrich Macari, P.A. TON, MY TRANG original MANCUSO, HUEDUNG XUAN CAO

2831 Ex parte WPFY, INC. 90009433 6825418 09/573,490 COCKS 103 KACVINSKY DAISAK, PLLC (1532) RUBIN, MARGARET R original NGUYEN, CHAU N

2833 PASS & SEYMOUR, INC., Patent Owner and Appellant v. HUBBEL, INC., Requester and Respondent 95000253 7189110 11/032,420 MARTIN 102/103 BOND, SCHOENECK & KING, PLLC GAGLIARDI, ALBERT J original TA, THO DAC

See Asyst Tech., Inc. v. Emtrak, Inc., 544 F.3d 1310, 1316 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (“[E]ven though commercial embodiments of the '421 invention may have enjoyed commercial success, Asyst’s failure to link that commercial success to the features of its invention that were not disclosed in Hesser undermines the probative force of the evidence pertaining to the success of Asyst’s and Jenoptik’s products.”).

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3663 Ex Parte Pillar 10419649 - (D) POWELL 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP NGUYEN, CUONG H

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3724 Ex Parte Magnuson et al 10791430 - (D) BAHR 103 BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY PC ALIE, GHASSEM

3731 Ex Parte Melsheimer 11318989 - (D) NEW 103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE/INDY/COOK MCEVOY, THOMAS M

3737 Ex Parte Tearney et al 11781722 - (D) ADAMS 103 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - NEW YORK KISH, JAMES M

3738 Ex Parte Stevens et al 11560338 - (D) BONILLA 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Larson & Anderson, LLC re:VAI PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM  

REHEARING  

DENIED
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1759 Ex Parte Krasnov 11359775 - (D) SCHAFER NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC TAI, XIUYU

DENIED
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3625 Ex parte Variant Holdings, LLC and Variant, Inc., Appellant and Patent Owner 90010701 7,379,900 09/504,374 TURNER 102 Stephen C. Wren CHOI, WOO H original ZURITA, JAMES H