alice, mayo, ovshinsky

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2144 Ex Parte Dubinsky et al 11482133 - (D) HAAPALA 102/103 41.50 101 BELL NUNNALLY & MARTIN LLP DEBROW, JAMES J

We find these claims are ineligible for patent protection because they are directed to an abstract idea.

The decision in Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank lnt’l, 134 S.Ct. 2347 (2014) is controlling. We analyze the claims using a two part-analysis: 1) Determine whether the claim is directed to an abstract idea; and 2) if an abstract idea is present in the claim, determine whether any element, or combination of elements, in the claim is sufficient to ensure the claim amounts to significantly more than the abstract idea itself. See Alice Corp., 134 S.Ct at 2350. ...

“[S]imply appending conventional steps, specified at a high level of generality, to laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas cannot make those laws, phenomena, and ideas patentable.” Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs, Inc., 132 S.Ct 1289, 1300 (2012); see also Alice Corp., 134 S.Ct at 2359–60 (purely conventional functions performed by the computer are not enough to transform an abstract idea into a patent-eligible invention).

Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 566 U.S. __, 132 S.Ct. 1289, 101 USPQ2d 1961 (2012) 2106.01

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2883 Ex Parte Bringuier et al 12843402 - (D) ANKENBRAND 103 CORNING INCORPORATED EL SHAMMAA, MARY A

2886 Ex Parte CHILDERS et al 12695613 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP- BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED PAJOOHI GOMEZ, TARA S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3746 Ex Parte Steger et al 12571895 - (D) HOSKINS 103 MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL, P.C. KRAMER, DEVON C

3747 Ex Parte Tao et al 12513019 - (D) WOODS 103 RATNERPRESTIA KIM, JAMES JAY

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2456 Ex Parte Gelman et al 10621112 - (D) DILLON 103 103 SLATER & MATSIL, L.L.P. STMICROELECTRONICS KEEHN, RICHARD G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3777 Ex Parte Viswanathan et al 11486990 - (D) MOORE 102 102 HARNESS, DICKEY, & PIERCE, P.L.C ROY, BAISAKHI

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Amano et al 11870516 - (D) GRIMES 103 Covidien LP/Shumaker & Sieffert P.A. ZISKA, SUZANNE E

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte Weispfenning et al 11936614 - (D) HASTINGS 103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG

1782 Ex Parte Enzinger et al 13137070 - (D) GARRIS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC WOOD, ELLEN SUZANNE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2137 Ex Parte Batra 11648113 - (D) ZADO 103 ADDMG - ST (first filed US/Asia) CYGIEL, GARY W

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte Barber-Mingo et al 12507939 - (D) SMITH 103 STEVENS & SHOWALTER, L.L.P. LAI, MICHAEL C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Gattani et al 11523136 - (D) KAISER 103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN PERROMAT, CARLOS

2625 Ex Parte Kwisthout 12446276 - (D) BEAMER 102/103 SHIMOKAJI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. ENGLISH, ALECIA DIANE

2681 Ex Parte Luterotti 12553542 - (D) PYONIN 103 HONEYWELL/HUSCH LU, SHIRLEY

2682 Ex Parte Schilling et al 11422831 - (D) TROCK 103 Perkins Coie LLP GLENN PATENT GROUP LABBEES, EDNY

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2856 Ex Parte Baldwin et al 12543458 - (D) THOMAS 103 UNR/DRI Technology Transfer Office FAYYAZ, NASHMIYA SAQIB

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Ex Parte Fontaine et al 12451516 - (D) BRANCH 103 The Carter Law Firm NGUYEN, STEVEN H D

3671 Ex Parte Farmer 12504881 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 ZARLEY LAW FIRM P.L.C. MITCHELL, JOEL F

3679 Ex Parte Leahy et al 11538990 - (D) JESCHKE 103 Armstrong Teasdale LLP MACARTHUR, VICTOR L

An allegation of improper bias by an examiner must be made in separate correspondence and is a matter for petition, not appeal.  See, e.g., In re Ovshinsky, 24 USPQ2d 1241 (Comm'r Pat. 1992); see also 37 C.F.R. 1.3 (2012) ("Complaints against examiners ... must be made in correspondence separate from other papers.").

3689 Ex Parte Camhi et al 12323890 - (D) BAYAT 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Waggle et al 12035475 - (D) BAHR 103 KENNAMETAL INC. SWINNEY, JENNIFER B

3727 Ex Parte Dewing 12455163 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 D. MORGAN TENCH BERRY, STEPHANIE R

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex parte HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY, LTD. Appellant Ex Parte 6887114 et al 10/896,121 90012447 - (D) CHEN 103 JONES DAY THIRD PARTY REQUESTER : Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP PATEL, HETUL B original TSUKERMAN, LARISA Z

preda

custom search

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3696 Ex Parte Peltonen et al 12037976 - (D) WIEDER 103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP TROTTER, SCOTT S

As an initial matter, we note that "in considering the disclosure of a reference it is proper to take into account not only [the] specific teachings of the reference but also the inferences which one skilled in the art would reasonably be expected to draw therefrom." See In re Preda, 401 F.2d 825. 826 (CCPA 1968)

Preda, In re, 401 F.2d 825, 159 USPQ 342 (CCPA 1968) 2144.01

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Knodel et al 12477302 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 CARDICA, INC. LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN

3774 Ex Parte Hacking et al 11871633 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP WATKINS, MARCIA LYNN

lighting world, rodriguez, WMS

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2141 Ex Parte Morillon et al 11513086 - (D) LaVIER 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC GUTIERREZ, ANDRES E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 Ex Parte Lim 12391521 - (D) FISHMAN 103 F. CHAU & ASSOCIATES, LLC GETACHEW, ABIY

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte PRADEEP et al 12234372 - (D) MOHANTY 102 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Nielsen) FIELDS, BENJAMIN S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte OKAMURA et al 12233040 - (D) BROWNE 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. ROWLAND, STEVE

3745 Ex Parte Lee et al 13534060 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION LEE JR, WOODY A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2194 Ex Parte Lai et al 12369580 - (D) DANG 103 103 41.50 112(1) Law Office of Jim Boice DAO, TUAN C.

In Lighting World, Inc. v. Birchwood Lighting, Inc., 382 F.3d 1354 (FedCir.2004), the court recognized that Section 112(6) does not apply to "a term that is simply a nonce word or a verbal construct that is not recognized as the name of structure and is simply a substitute for the term 'means for.'" Id. at 1360.  See also, Ex Parte Rodriguez, 92 USPQ2d 1395, 1401-02 (BPAI 2009) ...

The corresponding structure for a function performed by a software algorithm is the algorithm itself.  See WMS Gaming, Inc. v. Int'l Game Tech., 184 F.3d 1339, 1348-49 (Fed.Cir. 1999). ...

Appellants' "WIS" is not a definite structure, but is software. ... As such, we conclude independent claims 1, 9, and 17 unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. 112, first paragraph, for lack of an enabling disclosure commensurate with the scope of the claim.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3729 Ex Parte Krogen 10987835 - (D) KINDER 103 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP TRINH, MINH N

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Pham et al 12293015 - (D) McKELVEY 103 Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, PC KARST, DAVID THOMAS

1767 Ex Parte Gustafsson et al 11718028 - (D) McKELVEY 102/103 Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, PC KARST, DAVID THOMAS

1773 Ex Parte Liang et al 12938331 - (D) McSHANE 102/103 McDermott Will & Emery LLP HAMMOND, CHARLES

1785 Ex Parte Nunokawa et al 12313621 - (D) HASTINGS 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, L.L.P. / HGST CHAU, LISA N

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2171 Ex Parte Frank 11705368 - (D) STEPHENS 103 Alston & Bird LLP Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP LEGGETT, ANDREA C.

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2436 Ex Parte Kuhls 10786224 - (D) HUME 102 CROWELL & MORING LLP JOHNSON, CARLTON

2466 Ex Parte Stirbu 11859702 - (D) THOMAS 102/103 Alston & Bird LLP Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP GUADALUPE CRUZ, AIXA AMYR

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Fliegner et al 11661588 - (D) HAAPALA 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP MOORAD, WASEEM

2626 Ex Parte MAK-FAN et al 12562673 - (D) DANG 102/103 Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (Vancouver/BB) SIMPSON, LIXI CHOW

2642 Ex Parte Muesch et al 10552646 - (D) SMITH 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KHAN, SUHAIL

2649 Ex Parte Rahn et al 11813503 - (D) DANG 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (CH) WOODALL, MARK

2659 Ex Parte Vuong et al 12015778 - (D) KRIVAK 103 BLACKBERRY (Finnegan) SHAH, PARAS D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Scherpbier et al 11740435 - (D) FETTING 112(2)/103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. PAULS, JOHN A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Gal et al 13540656 - (D) GEIER 112(2)/103 WIGGIN AND DANA LLP TOTH, KAREN E

3739 Ex Parte Kauphusman et al 11953615 - (D) MURPHY 103 Kite & Key, LLC SJM/AFD - DYKEMA COHEN, LEE S

otsuka, takeda, altana

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2116 Ex Parte Kuo et al 12060356 - (D) SHAW 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP KINSEY, BRANDON MICHAEL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2412 Ex Parte LAULAINEN et al 12254361 - (D) HOMERE 102/103 YOUNG & THOMPSON Winston Products LLC PHUNKULH, BOB A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3677 Ex Parte Breeden et al 12644484 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 Cooper Legal Group LLC MERCADO, LOUIS A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Wilkins 11734325 - (D) GREENHUT 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP PAGE, EVAN RANDALL

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1624 Ex Parte Xiong et al 12444098 - (D) POLLOCK 112(1)/102/103/improper Markush group 112(1) FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. WILSON, JAMES O

The Federal Circuit provides a two-prong analysis to determine whether a new chemical compound is prima facie obvious over particular prior art.  The fact finder first determines whether a chemist of ordinary skill would have selected the asserted prior art compounds as lead compounds, or starting points, for further development efforts.  Otsuka Pharm. Co. Ltd. v. Sandoz Inc., 678 F.3d 1280, 1291 (Fed. Cir. 2012). The Court defines a lead compound as "a compound in the prior art that would be most promising to modify in order to improve upon its ... activity and obtain a compound with better activity," Takeda Chem. Indus., Ltd. v. Alphapharm Pty. Ltd., 492 F.3d 1350, 1357 (Fed. Cir 2007), or "a natural choice for further development efforts." Altana Pharma AG v. Teva Pharm. USA, Inc., 566 F.3d 999, 1008 (Fed. Cir 2009).  The second step involves determining "whether the prior art would have supplied one of ordinary skill in the art with a reason or motivation to modify a lead compound to make the claimed compound with a  reasonable expectation of success." Otsuka, 678 F.3d at 1292 (citing Takeda, 492 F.3d at 1357)

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte MacKinnon et al 12683120 - (D) DERRICK 103 Brooks Kushman P.C. GM Global Technologies Operations Inc. CULLEN, SEAN P

1783 Ex Parte Butterworth 12056695 - (D) Per Curiam 112(2) 103 WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, LLP JOHNSON, NANCY ROSENBERG

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte BAE et al 12017403 - (D) WIEKER 102/103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC KEATON, SHERROD L

2183 Ex Parte Cavin 11964604 - (D) ULLAGADDI 103 Mnemoglyphics, LLC c/o CPA Global VICARY, KEITH E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Zhou et al 12176221 - (D) NEW 102 Intellectual Property Investment Law Group / SISA BROWN, RUEBEN M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Bruecken 11987745 - (D) FETTING 103 LEE & HAYES, PLLC SHEIKH, ASFAND M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Jager 11792450 - (D) MAYBERRY 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL

3753 Ex Parte Cheney et al 12685823 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 CHIMEI INNOLUX DISPLAY CORPORATION, Requester, v. MONDIS TECHNOLOGY LTD., Patent Owner. Ex Parte 7475180 et al 10/160,022 95000480 - (D) SIU 102/103 DECHERT LLP For THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: COOLEY LLP ATTN: PATENT GROUP LEE, CHRISTOPHER E original PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN

zierden

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1632 Ex Parte Cecchi 12454400 - (D) ADAMS 103 William W. Jones TON, THAIAN N

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Ex Parte Zawade et al 12301207 - (D) MAYBERRY 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP BECK, KAREN JANE AMORES

3635 Ex Parte Brown 12650273 - (D) CAPP 112(2)/102/103 HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP MICHENER, JOSHUA J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Brown et al 11939923 - (D) MAYBERRY 103 MARTIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC HILLERY, NATHAN

3716 Ex Parte Sangberg 11934839 - (D) MEDLOCK 102/103 COATS & BENNETT/SONY ERICSSON GRAY, BRANDON RAMON

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Song et al 12557810 - (D) HANLON 103 103 INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY HUANG, CHENG YUAN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Pacetti et al 11877622 - (D) FREDMAN 103 SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP HELM, CARALYNNE E

1618 Ex Parte Swinson et al 11571967 - (D) POLLOCK 103 Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, PA ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM

1643 Ex Parte Epstein et al 11045507 - (D) FREDMAN 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP SANG, HONG

A "mere statement of a new use for an otherwise old or obvious composition cannot render a claim to the composition patentable."  In re Zierden, 411 F.2d 1325, 1328 (CCPA 1969)

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Yamanaka et al 12161289 - (D) OWENS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 Ex Parte Barber et al 11801446 - (D) CHEN 103 Avago Technologies Limited Kathy Manke CHERY, DADY

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2641 Ex Parte Wilson et al 12169138 - (D) MacDONALD 102/103 RIDOUT & MAYBEE LLP HEIBER, SHANTELL LAKETA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2892 Ex Parte SEKIYA 12199895 - (D) HANLON 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. JONES, ERIC W

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3661 Ex Parte CLAUS et al 12951939 - (D) SMEGAL 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP NELSON, SARA J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Gass et al 12928251 - (D) HOELTER 103 SD3, LLC ALIE, GHASSEM

interactive gift

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Bohlander et al 13022092 - (D) DELMENDO 103 SERVILLA WHITNEY LLC Cognis IP Management GmbH and BASF SE (CGG) SAHA, BIJAY S

1734 Ex Parte Bradford et al 11691753 - (D) WARREN 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Autoliv) MCDONOUGH, JAMES E

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 Ex Parte Hirsch et al 12407774 - (D) SHIANG 103 ZILKA-KOTAB, PC- IBM WILLOUGHBY, ALICIA M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2659 Ex Parte Madhavan et al 12106261 - (D) WINSOR 103 REISING ETHINGTON P.C. General Motors Corporation HE, JIALONG

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3777 Ex Parte Lee et al 10814972 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(1)/103 Lowe Graham Jones Boston Scientific Neuromodulation (SVI & JHU) MRI Interventions, Inc. LUONG, PETER

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte DEY et al 12642876 - (D) BAER 102 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY PEACH, POLINA G

See  Interactive Gift Exp., Inc. v. Compuserve Inc., 256 F.3d 1323, 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (Unless the steps of a method actually recite an order, the steps are not ordinarily construed to require one.”

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2452 Ex Parte FLETCHER 13191681 - (D) MORGAN 102 102 Keller Jolley Preece/Facebook WINDER, PATRICE L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Bailey et al 11774857 - (D) HUTCHINGS 102/103 103 Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP EMC Corporation YOO, JASSON H

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2158 Ex Parte Siddiqui et al 12547361 - (D) KHAN 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY WILLIS, AMANDA LYNN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Bakshi et al 12481179 - (D) MacDONALD 103 AT & T Legal Department - FKM HUSSAIN, IMAD

2482 Ex Parte Casagrande 12112920 - (D) HAGY 103 INGRASSIA FISHER & LORENZ, P.C. (EchoStar) HOSSAIN, FARZANA E

2494 Ex Parte ALRABADY et al 12368511 - (D) JEFFERY 103 INGRASSIA FISHER & LORENZ, P.C. (GM) TRAN, TRI MINH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte Schormair 11891690 - (D) KINDER 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY PERREAULT, ANDREW D

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Cheshire 11273379 - (D) NEW 103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN LLP APPLE INC./BSTZ ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S

keller, carnegie, webster loom

custom search

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1762 Ex Parte Avtomonov et al 12405498 - (D) BEST 112(2)/103 MILES & STOCKBRIDGE, PC JONES JR., ROBERT STOCKTON

1766 Ex Parte Yamamoto et al 10567107 - (D) McKELVEY 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) FANG, SHANE

Applicant's attack on Blasius is reminiscent of the unsuccessful attack made by the applicant in In re Keller, 642 F.2d 413, 426 (CCPA 1981) (one cannot show nonobviousness by attacking individual references where a combination of references is used to support rejection).  Blasius describes an improvement chain extender said to be useful in a variety of polymers, one of which is polyesters. There was no need for Blasius to describe in detail any prior art esters. Carnegie Steel Co. v. Cambria Iron Co., 185 U.S. 403, 437 (1902) (an inventor may assume that what was already known in the art was known to those skilled in the art); Webster Loom Co. v. Higgins, 105 U.S. 580, 586 (1881) (in describing its invention, an applicant may begin at the point where his invention begins, and describe what he has made that is new, and what it replaces of the old. That which is common and well known is as if it were written out in the [specification] patent and delineated in the drawings.)

Keller, In re, 642 F.2d 413, 208 USPQ 871 (CCPA 1981) 707.07(f) , 2145

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2131 Ex Parte Conte et al 12427598 - (D) COURTENAY 102/103/double patenting DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - Seattle CARDWELL, ERIC

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte Feirouz et al 11167787 - (D) DILLON 103 BAINWOOD HUANG & ASSOCIATES LLC c/o LOTUS AND RATIONAL SOFTWARE FABBRI, ANTHONY E

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2694 Ex Parte Pu et al 10924172 - (D) JURGOVAN 112(1)/112(2)/103 LogicPatents, LLC MOON, SEOKYUN

connell

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2181 Ex Parte Hadeler 12734614 - (D) WINSOR 103 41.50 101/112(1) KENYON & KENYON LLP MODO, RONALD T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2892 Ex Parte IACOPONI et al 11838982 - (D) TIMM 103 Davidson Sheehan LLP Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. IDA, GEOFFREY H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Suzuki et al 12450289 - (D) JESCHKE 103 Rabin & Berdo, PC NGUYEN, XUAN LAN T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Roman et al 11316076 - (D) ADAMS 102/103 McDermott Will & Emery LLP SO, ELIZABETH K

Because the hallmark of anticipation is prior invention, the prior art reference - in order to anticipate under 35 U.S.C. 102 - must not only disclose all elements of the claim within the four corners of the document, but must also disclose those elements "arranged as in the claim."  Connell v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 722 F.2d 1542, 1548 (Fed. Cir. 1983).  As appellants explain, Examiners failed to establish an evidentiary basis on this record to support the finding that Matyas teaches "that there can or should be a gap between the cover and the infusion device" (Br. 11 (emphasis removed)).

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2183 Ex Parte Edwards et al 11718122 - (D) JIVANI 102 112(1)/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Bellon Caneiro et al 10485859 - (D) LaVIER 102/103 102/103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. WILLSE, DAVID H

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Madden et al 11429911 - (D) PER CURIAM 103/double patenting K&L Gates LLP-Orange County KISHORE, GOLLAMUDI S

1632 Ex Parte Savvidou et al 10553462 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Ress et al 12183616 - (D) BUI 103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. TRAN, ANHTAI V

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2847 Ex Parte Mutnury et al 12560133 - (D) WILSON 103 Streets & Steele - Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. WILLIS, TREMESHA S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3663 Ex Parte Chen et al 12691968 - (D) MURPHY 103 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC CHEN, SHELLEY

alza, strahilevitz, wands

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte Kritzer 12872350 - (D) BEST 103 41.50 112(2) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. EGGERDING, ALIX ECHELMEYER

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte Powell et al 11554832 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 VERIZON BEHESHTI SHIRAZI, SAYED ARESH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Schlienger et al 11343857 - (D) WIEKER 102/103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP COTRONEO, STEVEN J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex Parte McCall et al 10956426 - (D) NAPPI 103 103 41.50 112(2) BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN c/o CPA Global JOSEPH, JAISON

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte PARTHASARATHY et al 12392126 - (D) FISHMAN 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY JOHNSON, CEDRIC D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Sprung 12477284 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 SCHIFF HARDIN, LLP MADAMBA, GLENFORD J

2471 Ex Parte ASHWOOD-SMITH et al 12169189 - (D) SMITH 112(1)/103 CHRISTOPHER & WEISBERG, P.A. CHOU, ALBERT T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Das et al 11095018 - (D) SHAW 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Alcatel-Lucent JAIN, ANKUR

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2895 Ex Parte Lin 12215628 - (D) HOUSEL 112(1) 112(2) WALLACE W. LIN JUNG, MICHAEL

Although extrinsic evidence will not substitute for a basic enabling disclosure, it can be used to show what was well known in the art or prove that undue experimentation was not required. See ALZA Corp. v. Andrx Pharm., LLC, 603 F.3d 935, 940 (Fed.Cir.2010) (“the rule that a specification need not disclose what is well known in the art is merely a rule of supplementation, not a substitute for a basic enabling disclosure.”); In re Strahilevitz, 668 F.2d 1229, 1232 (Fed. Cir. 1982) (finding that the appellant properly relied on literature citations to establish both the level of ordinary skill in the art and the fact that the techniques necessary to practice his invention were known in the art.); In re Wands, 858 F.2d 731, 737 (Fed. Cir. 1988) (holding that declaratory evidence showing experimentation was not undue effectively rebutted the examiner’s enablement challenge).

ALZA Corp. v. Andrx Pharms., LLC, 603 F.3d 935, 94 USPQ2d 1823 (Fed. Cir. 2010) 2161.01

Wands, In re, 858 F.2d 731, 8 USPQ2d 1400 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 706.03(a) ,   706.03(b) ,   2161.01 ,   2164.01 ,   2164.01(a) ,   2164.06 ,   2164.06(b)

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Kania et al 13041380 - (D) ASTORINO 112(1) 103 Green Patent Law NGUYEN, SON T

KSR

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte ABBOT et al 12768992 - (D) SHIANG 102/103 Garg Law Firm, PLLC IBM AUS IPLAW (GLF) PATEL, JIGAR P

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Supramaniam et al 10742710 - (D) ENGELS 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. WANG, HARRIS C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2681 Ex Parte Tucker 12246695 - (D) SMITH 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC BARAKAT, MOHAMED

“The combination of familiar elements according to known methods is likely to be obvious when it does no more than yield predictable results.” KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex, Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 416 (2007).

KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 82 USPQ2d 1385 (2007)   2141 ,   2145 ,   2216 ,   2242 ,   2286 ,   2616 ,   2642 ,   2686.04