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Thursday, December 1, 2011

uniroyal, bosies

REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Weber 11/126,424 COLAIANNI 103(a) SLATER & MATSIL, L.L.P. EXAMINER GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE

1716 Ex Parte Moriya et al 10/166,303 GARRIS 103(a) YOUNG & THOMPSON EXAMINER CROWELL, ANNA M

1778 Ex Parte Nishiyama et al 11/242,893 PAK 103(a) FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP EXAMINER ANDERSON, DENISE R

See, e.g., Uniroyal, Inc., v. Rudkin-Wiley Corp., 837 F.2d 1044, 1052 (Fed. Cir. 1988) (Even when the applied prior art references were combined as proposed, no obviousness can be established if the claimed subject matter would not result from the proposed combination.)

Uniroyal, Inc. v. Rudkin-Wiley Corp., 837 F.2d 1044, 5 USPQ2d 1434 (Fed. Cir. 1988). . . . . . . . . . . . . .2144.08

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2178 Ex Parte Chan et al 09/755,863 CHEN 103(a) MERCHANT & GOULD (MICROSOFT) EXAMINER VAUGHN, GREGORY J

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Lai 11/191,921 DANG 102(e)/103(a) SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION EXAMINER TORRES, MARCOS L

2629 Ex Parte Garfio et al 11/018,008 STEPHENS 103(a) GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP (CHI) EXAMINER SHAPIRO, LEONID

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Weber et al 10/918,841 ASTORINO 103(a) SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC EXAMINER EVANS, GEOFFREY S

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Russ et al 10/253,115 MORGAN 102(e)/103(a) MERCHANT & GOULD SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY EXAMINER SALCE, JASON P

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3636 Ex Parte Meyer 11/352,464 BAHR 102(b) 102(b) GRAYBEAL JACKSON LLP EXAMINER BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL

See Bosies v. Benedict, 27 F.3d 539, 541-42 (Fed. Cir. 1994) (the preponderance of the evidence standard requires the finder of fact to believe that the existence of a fact is more probable than its nonexistence).

3643 Ex Parte Baumann 11/296,405 SAINDON 103(a) 103(a) YOUNG & THOMPSON EXAMINER VALENTI, ANDREA M

3673 Ex Parte Murphy 11/322,638 HORNER 103(a) 103(a) MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC EXAMINER KELLEHER, WILLIAM J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED; § 41.50(b)

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3732 Ex Parte 6,375,659 et al Ex parte ORTHOVITA, INC. Appellant 90/010,652 09/788,930 LEBOVITZ 102(b)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103(a) OSTEONICS - SOB;VITA Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP EXAMINER CLARK, JEANNE MARIE original EXAMINER PHILOGENE, PEDRO

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1621 Ex Parte HOSHINO et al 11/850,784 GREEN 103(a) SUGHRUE MION, PLLC EXAMINER WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A

1625 Ex Parte Halazy et al 10/381,200 MILLS 112(1)/obviousness-type double patenting OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER CHANG, CELIA C

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Gaag et al 11/809,575 SMITH 103(a) LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP EXAMINER IP, SIKYIN

1766 Ex Parte Phelan et al 11/148,104 ROBERTSON 103(a) CIBA VISION CORPORATION EXAMINER LOEWE, ROBERT S

1767 Ex Parte Matsuoka et al 12/110,494 PAK 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER BUIE-HATCHER, NICOLE M

1777 Ex Parte Kent et al 10/961,077 SMITH obviousness-type double patenting/112(1)/112(2)/103(a) Borden Ladner Gervais LLP EXAMINER MENON, KRISHNAN S

1787 Ex Parte Achten et al 10/866,888 HASTINGS 103(a) LANXESS CORPORATION EXAMINER KRUER, KEVIN R

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2121 Ex Parte Landgraf 10/470,430 CHEN 103(a) Striker Striker & Stenby EXAMINER NORTON, JENNIFER L

2168 Ex Parte Dettinger et al 11/316,246 DESHPANDE 103(a) IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER TRAN, ANHTAI V

2171 Ex Parte McKeon et al 10/916,715 JEFFERY 102(e) SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (MICROSOFT CORPORATION) EXAMINER NUNEZ, JORDANY

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Rodriguez et al 10/778,494 DANG 103(a) MERCHANT & GOULD SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY EXAMINER FEATHERSTONE, MARK D

2451 Ex Parte Saito et al 09/984,741 DILLON 103(a) GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. EXAMINER MAUNG, ZARNI
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2600 Communications
2623 Ex Parte STORZ 09/330,856 MANTIS MERCADER 103(a) Robert D. Shedd, Patent Operations THOMSON Licensing LLC EXAMINER TRAN, HAI V

2628 Ex Parte Maeng 11/438,829 BAUMEISTER 101/103(a) Kelly K. Kordzik Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C. EXAMINER TUNG, KEE M

2629 Ex Parte Ditzik 11/023,361 BLANKENSHIP 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(1)/112(2) MILES & STOCKBRIDGE PC EXAMINER BODDIE, WILLIAM

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2811 Ex Parte Drobny et al 11/173,695 HAHN 103(a) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED EXAMINER HSIEH, HSIN YI

2878 Ex Parte Ehrenberg et al 11/529,961 WHITEHEAD, JR. 102(b)/103(a) KENYON & KENYON LLP EXAMINER BUI PHO, PASCAL M

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3689 Ex Parte Hessel et al 11/195,734 MOHANTY 101/103(a) FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP EXAMINER NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Dacey 10/486,963 HOELTER 103(a) FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP EXAMINER FERNSTROM, KURT

3736 Ex Parte Fulton et al 10/943,434 MILLS 103(a) WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC EXAMINER SZMAL, BRIAN SCOTT

3765 Ex Parte Mahoney 11/087,055 BROWN 102(b)/103(a) Kenneth P. Glynn EXAMINER PATEL, TAJASH D

REHEARING

DENIED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte Booth et al 10/272,588 BARRY 103(a) Duke Yee Yee Assoicates PC EXAMINER OSBORNE, LUKE R