king, gulack

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Yoon et al 12297042 - (D) OGDEN 103 HARNESS, DICKEY, & PIERCE, P.L.C STACHEL, KENNETH J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2864 Ex Parte Chankaya et al 13007099 - (D) OWENS 103 Reising Ethington PC PEREZ BERMUDEZ, YARITZA H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte FURUTA et al 14031648 - (D) JESCHKE 103 HAUPTMAN HAM, LLP LAFLAME JR, MICHAEL A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1792 Ex Parte Mafi 13616648 - (D) OWENS 103 103 Ryan Alley IP SMITH, PRESTON

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Ex Parte Erb et al 13373610 - (D) WINSOR 103 101/103 41.50 101 PERRY + CURRIER INC. (FOR MITEL) KHAN, AFTAB N

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2194 Ex Parte Gopal et al 12130568 - (D) BUI 103 MERCHANT & GOULD (MICROSOFT) ONAT, UMUT

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Ex Parte Mauro et al 13787756 - (D) BUI 103 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. LUI, DONNA V

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Summer et al 14738807 - (D) FETTING 112(1)/112(2) 101/103 KOLISCH HARTWELL, P.C. DURAN, ARTHUR D

Mental perceptions of what data represent are non-functional and given no weight. King Pharms., Inc. v. Eon Labs, Inc., 616 F.3d 1267, 1279 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (“[T]he relevant question is whether ‘there exists any new and unobvious functional relationship between the printed matter and the substrate.’” (quoting In re Gulack, 703 F.2d 1381, 1386 (Fed. Cir. 1983)); 

King Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Eon Labs Inc., 616 F.3d 1267, 95 USPQ2d 1833 (Fed. Cir. 2010) 2111.05 , 2112.01

Gulack, In re, 703 F.2d 1381, 217 USPQ 401 (Fed. Cir. 1983) 2112.01

3687 Ex Parte Ferguson 12077863 - (D) FETTING 101 Anthony John Ferguson CRAWLEY, TALIA F

3689 Ex Parte Hamilton et al 12173419 - (D) FETTING 101/103 Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.P.A. ARAQUE JR, GERARDO

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Vu 14692728 - (D) STEPINA 102 102/103 LAMORTE & ASSOCIATES P.C. MENDIRATTA, VISHU K

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 Ex Parte Harjula et al 14034010 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. GETACHEW, ABIY

cree

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2158 Ex Parte Nachenberg et al 11865073 - (D) SHIANG 103 Symantec Corporation FisherBroyles, LLP WILLIS, AMANDA LYNN

2191 Ex Parte Hurwitz et al 14327338 - (D) POTHIER 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. BOURZIK, BRAHIM

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Gibson et al 14117759 - (D) SHIANG 103 Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory, LLP LHYMN, SARAH

2684 Ex Parte Hammerschmidt 13751335 - (D) HUGHES 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC. PHAM, QUANG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2897 Ex Parte Taylor et al 13657957 - (D) OGDEN 112(2)/103 U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Nenmeni et al 13075026 - (D) FINAMORE 103 112(2) Fletcher Yoder PC GE Power & Water IBRONI, STEFAN

3774 Ex Parte Gundlapalli et al 11823407 - (D) CRAWFORD 102 102/103 MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK, LLP IWAMAYE, ANDREW MICHAEL

3788 Ex Parte MACOR 13801405 - (D) CALVE 103 103 James J. Macor NEW AY, BLAINE GIRMA

see In re Cree, 818 F.3d 694, 702 n.3 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (hindsight argument is of no moment where the Examiner provides a sufficient, non-hindsight reason to combine the references). 

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Dmitriev et al 13308574 - (D) HANLON 103 A.C. Entis-IP Ltd. SONG, MATTHEW J

1786 Ex Parte Wood et al 13308962 - (D) OGDEN 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY CHOI, PETER Y

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte Nijjer et al 14010294 - (D) MACDONALD 103 Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2487 Ex Parte Chari et al 12891022 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 ARRIS Enterprises, LLC BRUMFIELD, SHANIKA M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Zhu et al 14193509 - (D) BUI 103 Alpine Technology Law Group LLC MALEK, LEILA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2865 Ex Parte Bedros et al 12269569 - (D) PRAISS 101 HONEYWELL/MUNCK PARK, HYUN D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3681 Ex Parte Jaffe et al 11745248 - (D) NAPPI 102/103 101 BGL/Yahoo Holdings SORKOWITZ, DANIEL M

3685 Ex Parte Simpson 12306474 - (D) BUSCH 101/112(1)/112(2)/103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Senofonte et al 13656888 - (D) SMEGAL 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY DUGER, JASON H

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2817 Ex Parte Cohen 12471557 - (R) KAISER 103 Caldwell Cassady Curry P.C. SMITH, BRADLEY

crystal, PPG

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Peyman 14160174 - (D) NEW 103 The Law Office of Patrick F. 0"Reilly III, LLC POPA, ILEANA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1746 Ex Parte Ancliffe et al 13821271 - (D) DENNETT 103 The Linde Group AFTERGUT, JEFFRY H

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte Kaehler et al 12241775 - (D) PYONIN 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. MINCEY, JERMAINE A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3752 Ex Parte Meis et al 13744409 - (D) OSINSKI 103 Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP/ The Boeing Company PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN

3775 Ex Parte Imwinkelried et al 13213213 - (D) NEW 112(1)/103 Baker & Hostetler T T P WOODALL, NICHOLAS W

The transitional term “comprising” “creates a presumption that the recited elements are only a part of the device, [and] that the claim does not exclude additional, unrecited elements.” Crystal Semiconductor Corp. v. TriTech Microelectronics Int'l, Inc., 246 F.3d 1336, 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2001).

However, the transitional phrase “consisting essentially of’ typically:

[P]recedes a list of ingredients in a composition claim or a series of steps in a process claim. By using the term “consisting essentially of,” the drafter signals that the invention necessarily includes the listed ingredients and is open to unlisted ingredients that do not materially affect the basic and novel properties of the invention. A “consisting essentially of’ claim occupies a middle ground between closed claims that are written in a “consisting of’ format and fully open claims that are drafted in a “comprising” format.

PPG, 156 F.3d at 1354.

Crystal Semiconductor Corp. v. TriTech Microelectronics Int’l Inc., 246 F.3d 1336, 57 USPQ2d 1953 (Fed. Cir. 2001) 2111.03

PPG Industries v. Guardian Industries, 156 F.3d 1351, 48 USPQ2d 1351 (Fed. Cir. 1998) 2111.03 , 2163

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte Goedeke et al 13968044 - (D) COLAIANNI 112(1) 103 TAYLOR IP, P.C. WEI, ZHONGQING

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2448 Ex Parte Chen et al 13418163 - (D) STRAUSS 103 103 Fabian Vancott IBM CORPORATION EDWARDS, JAMES A

2486 Ex Parte Kanaujia et al 13843455 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 103 Muir Patent Law, PLLC NGUYEN, KATHLEEN V

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3686 Ex Parte Goldberg et al 12296201 - (D) CRAWFORD 102/103 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS NGUYEN, HIEP VAN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Lenn et al 13202780 - (D) NEW 103 GlaxoSmithKline SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex Parte Corbett 13482429 - (D) BUI 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. NGUYEN, LUU-PHUONG T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Pfeffer et al 11681774 - (D) FRAHM 103 STRAUB & POKOTYLO ALATA, YASSIN

2468 Ex Parte Atreya et al 12775816 - (D) SHIANG 103 STEVENS & SHOWALTER, LLP YANG, ZHAOHUI

2477 Ex Parte Zhang et al 12700476 - (D) PYONIN 103 Slater Matsil, LLP/HW/FW/HWC ESMAEILIAN, MAJID

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2844 Ex Parte Knapp 14305456 - (D) HEANEY 103 Matheson Keys Daffer & Kordzik PLLC YANG, AMY X

2896 Ex Parte Wigglesworth et al 14189550 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 FAY SHARPE / XEROX - ROCHESTER KALAM, ABUL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Ness et al 13045359 - (D) GUIJT 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA POON, PETER M

3643 Ex Parte Silva et al 13747784 - (D) GUIJT 112(1) 103 Parsons Behle & Latimer POON, PETER M

3691 Ex Parte Gupta et al 12257453 - (D) CRAWFORD 101 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP/Equifax, Inc. KAZIMI, HANI M

3691 Ex Parte Jones et al 10676297 - (D) BAYAT 101 Docket Clerk-GOLD VYAS, ABHISHEK

3692 Ex Parte OLSSON et al 12825691 - (D) BENNETT 101 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC WONG, ERIC TAK WAI

3693 Ex Parte Ginsburg et al 13096186 - (D) MEYERS 101 Garlick & Markison (IH) BORLINGHAUS, JASON M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Markwald et al 13188007 - (D) WIEDER 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP KELLER, BRIAN D

3742 Ex Parte Powell 12515840 - (D) STEPINA 103 Bay Area Technolgy Law Group PC PAIK, SANG YEOP

3745 Ex Parte Boning et al 12812499 - (D) CRAWFORD 102/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP BROWN, ADAM WAYNE

3745 Ex Parte Klimes 12845151 - (D) HORNER 112(4)/103 MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK, LLP LOPEZ, FRANK D

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Garg et al 13518193 - (D) SAADAT 103 Green, Howard, & Mughal LLP TAYLOR, JOSHUA D

winner int'l

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 Ex Parte Volkel et al 12967172 - (D) INGLESE 103 FAY SHARPE LLP / XEROX - PARC KEYWORTH, PETER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Fuenfer 13440643 - (D) PESLAK 112(2)/103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1785 Ex Parte Kong et al 12722581 - (D) SNAY 112(2)/103 112(1) Hall Estill Attorneys at Law Seagate Technology LLC CHAU, LISA N

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2125 Ex Parte BACHRACH et al 13792789 - (D) McNEILL 103 103/double patenting Artegis Law Group, LLP VON BUHR, MARIA N

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Powell 13691432 - (D) BROWNE 103 112(2) Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP MACFARLANE, EVAN H

As the Examiner’s reasoning identifies no advantages gained by the proposed combination, to counterbalance the resulting disadvantages, the Examiner’s reasoning lacks rational underpinning. An ordinary artisan would not be motivated to make such a modification which adds disadvantages without countervailing advantages. See Winner Int'l Royalty Corp. v. Wang, 202 F.3d 1340, 1349 n. 8 (Fed. Cir. 2000).

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Morrison 13419603 - (D) OGDEN 103 PPG Industries, Inc. LEE, DOUGLAS

1732 Ex Parte Chaumonnot et al 13995531 - (D) SNAY 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. MAYES, MELVIN C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte Guilleminot et al 13743483 - (D) HOMERE 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation KLICOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2636 Ex Parte Li 13583327 - (D) McKEOWN 101/103 Patti & Malvone Law Group, LLC SHALABY, MINAM

2645 Ex Parte Hillebrandt Poulsen et al 13140088 - (D) HOMERE 103 FAY SHARPE/LUCENT AHSAN, UMAIR

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2856 Ex Parte THOMPSON et al 14356991 - (D) GUPTA 101 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN, LLP (Chevron) MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3668 Ex Parte Dow et al 13179010 - (D) HILL 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A

3681 Ex Parte Swanson 12315688 - (D) BEAMER 103 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD

3686 Ex Parte Clapp et al 12948217 - (D) FETTING 101 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Bosch) SEOH, MINNAH L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Draper 13467931 - (D) FLAX 112(2) 112(1)/102 Moximed, Inc HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA

3741 Ex Parte Morea et al 13390742 - (D) BROWNE 112(2)/102/103 102/103 SIEMENS CORPORATION KIM,TAEJUN

engel2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2138 Ex Parte Van Assche et al 13075488 - (D) BUSCH 103 Seed IP Law Group LLP/ST (EP ORIGINATING) SAVLA, ARPAN P

2182 Ex Parte Clarkson et al 14024135 - (D) CUTITTA 101 CANTOR COLBURN LLP - IBM ARC DIVISION NGO, CHUONG D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3645 Ex Parte ELBOTH 13171195 - (D) STEPINA 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC NDURE, AMIE MERCEDES

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Dougan et al 13727766 - (D) ASTORINO 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS / PRATT & WHITNEY BROCKMAN, ELDON T

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2126 Ex Parte PIMLOTT 13526286 - (D) NAPPI 103 103 HolzerlPLaw, P.C. dba Holzer Patel Drennan JUNG, JAY YOUNG

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Ma 12937664 - (D) STEPINA 103 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY BROWN, SHEREE N

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Kohler et al 13731661 - (D) FINAMORE 103 103 Novel IP MYHR, JUSTIN L

3726 Ex Parte Busbey et al 13663785 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 103 Dority & Manning, PA and General Electric Company WILENSKY, MOSHE K

See Engel Indus., Inc. v. Lochformer Co., 96 F.3d 1398, 1404-05 (Fed. Cir. 1996) (construing separate claim terms as reciting separate structures). We, thus, agree with Appellants that because  Baehmann’s spar caps 26, 28 constitute the claimed “scarfed sections,” they cannot also correspond to the claimed “tapered coupling.” 

AFFIRMED
1628 Ex Parte Jayaraman et al 14362503 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 UNILEVER PATENT GROUP THOMAS, TIMOTHY P

1631 Ex Parte ZHANG et al 13097677 - (D) FLAX 101 JONES ROBB, PLLC (w/ Life Technologies Corporation BRUSCA, JOHN S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Kumar et al 14269836 - (D) CASHION 103 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (BO) ZHU, WEIPING

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2486 Ex Parte Laganiere et al 12900374 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 THE NOBLITT GROUP, PLLC ANDERSON II, JAMES M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2691 Ex Parte Nava et al 13777804 - (D) KUMAR 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC COOPER, JONATHAN G

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2862 Ex Parte Hosny et al 12467516 - (D) HASTINGS 101 HONEYWELL/GRIECCI NGON, RICKY

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Civil et al 13409971 - (D) FINAMORE 101 Law Office of Marcia L. Doubet, P.L. PURI, VENAY

3691 Ex Parte Chazen 13100155 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 101 HAYNES BEFFEL & WOLFELD LLP KANERVO, VIRPI H

3691 Ex Parte Lord et al 13011309 - (D) CRAIG 101/102 Ballard Spahr LLP HAMILTON, LALITA M

3691 Ex Parte Trifiletti et al 12849931 - (D) BENNETT 103 101/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/VISA KANERVO, VIRPI H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Whitman et al 14134524 - (D) ASTORINO 103 Covidien LP CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C

3776 Ex Parte Bertram 13220143 - (D) HILL 103 BELZER PC GIBSON, ERIC SHANE

transclean

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Lewis et al 13605227 - (D) FRAHM 103 TERADATA US, INC. KERZHNER, ALEKSANDR

 “[A]nticipation by inherent disclosure is appropriate only when the reference discloses prior art that must necessarily include the unstated limitation . . ." Transclean Corp. v. Bridgewood Servs., Inc., 290 F.3d 1364, 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2002)

2172 Ex Parte Doughty et al 12648372 - (D) DANG 102/103 41.50 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC TAN, ALVIN H

2173 Ex Parte Hoyer et al 13693517 - (D) BARRY 103 BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMANN LLP CHUNG, ANDREW

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Slack 14232754 - (D) CRAIG 112(1)/112(2)/103 HAYES SOLOWAY P.C. TAWFIK, SAMEH

3763 Ex Parte ANDREONI 12861258 - (D) BAHR 112(1)/102/103 Dickinson Wright PLLC Becton, Dickinson and Company PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Dhuse et al 13775555 - (D) JEFFERY 112(1)/103 112(2) Garlick & Markison (IBM) CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Li et al 14125157 - (D) BARRY 103 103 Jordan IP Law, LLP CHANG, KENT WU

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3645 Ex Parte JUROK et al 13347904 - (D) HOELTER 103 102/103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC NDURE, AMIE MERCEDES

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Hallett et al 13112434 - (D) HOELTER 112(2)/103 103 CORNING INCORPORATED RILEY, JONATHAN G

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Odidi et al 12225956 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 OHLANDT, GREELEY, RUGGIERO & PERLE, LLP BROWE, DAVID

1644 Ex Parte Hansen et al 13114122 - (D) FREDMAN 102/103 112(1)/denial of priority Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP SCHWADRON, RONALD B

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Whelan et al 13861369 - (D) HOMERE 101/112(2) 112(1)/103 YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. LIAO, JASON G

2163 Ex Parte Ramkumar et al 13761420 - (D) NAPPI 101 Blank Rome LLP Apple LE, MICHAEL

2457 Ex Parte SEO et al 13748229 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 THF FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. SULTANA, AFROZA

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte BAR ON et al 13952967 - (D) BRANCH 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. / Vonage AHSAN, UMAIR

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2834 Ex Parte Hao et al 13871756 - (D) SNAY 112(4)/103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION TRUONG, THOMAS

2842 Ex Parte Lombardi 12871248 - (D) SMITH 103 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC./(QB) TAN, RICHARD

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3677 Ex Parte Jablonski et al 13114926 - (D) HORNER 102/103 Klintworth & Rozenblat IP LLP and Illinois Tool Works Inc SAETHER, FLEMMING

3683 Ex Parte Arnett et al 12955586 - (D) CRAIG 101/112(1)/103/double patenting Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Nielsen) MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

3686 Ex Parte DEAN et al 12955250 - (D) MEYERS 101/103 Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalve LE, LINH GIANG

3687 Ex Parte Lundberg 13409189 - (D) JEFFERY 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. DANZIG, REVA R

3689 Ex Parte Bruchlos et al 10572990 - (D) CRAWFORD 101 CRGO LAW GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Xu et al 13543932 - (D) CAPP 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY WHITE, DWAYNE J

3771 Ex Parte Eitzman et al 12823259 - (D) HORNER 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG

3782 Ex Parte Tseng et al 13243410 - (D) OSINSKI 103 SENNIGER POWERS LLP ATTEL, NINA KAY

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Ex Parte Tucker et al 11626043 - (R) SMEGAL 103 MUETING, RAASCH & GEBHARDT, P.A. LOUIS, LATOYA M

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Hegeman et al 13545266 - (R) MURPHY 101 Facebook/Fenwick ELCHANTI, TAREK

mackay

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Peltz et al 12211030 - (D) GRIMES 103 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman (Boeing) ANTHOPOLOS, PETER

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Humphrey et al 13725827 - (D) BEST 112(1)/112(2)/102 HOLLAND & HART, LLP MARKOFF, ALEXANDER

1741 Ex Parte Fugier et al 13821409 - (D) OGDEN 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC HUG, JOHN ERIC

1741 Ex Parte Hansen et al 12934378 - (D) HEANEY 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. HOFFMANN, JOHN M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2627 Ex Parte Kukulski et al 13339367 - (D) KHAN 103 Wolfe-SBMC AZONGHA, SARDIS F

2666 Ex Parte Moshfeghi 13919932 - (D) KHAN 103 ADELI LLP CHAKRABORTY, RAJARSHI

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Hartelius 14921779 - (D) McCARTHY 102 102/103 Bay Area Technolgy Law Group PC NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte MULDOON et al 14210630 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 FITZPATRICK CELLA HARPER & SCINTO BASQUILL, SEAN M

1631 Ex Parte Nolan et al 11338957 - (D) FLAX 101 Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing CLOW, LORIA

The Supreme Court held that determining the results of a natural correlation using well-understood, routine, conventional steps, as per the appealed claims here, amounted to simply telling doctors to apply the natural law, identifying that "a scientific truth, or the mathematical expression of it, is not a patentable invention." Id. at 71 (quoting Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. v. Radio Corp. of Am., 306 
U.S. 86, 188 (1939)), 79.

Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 566 U.S. __, 132 S.Ct. 1289, 101 USPQ2d 1961 (2012) 2103 , 2106

1644 Ex Parte Brimnes et al 13879509 - (D) PRATS 112(1) WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Brooks et al 14077052 - (D) DANG 103 Fabian Vancott IBM CORPORATION DAYE, CHELCIE L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2489 Ex Parte Lukk 13742230 - (D) GALLIGAN 112(2) 103 Patent Ingenuity, P.C. DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC. HASAN, MAINUL

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2614 Ex Parte McDonald et al 13971246 - (D) MacDONALD 103 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./Nvidia NGUYEN, ANH TUAN V

2621 Ex Parte Stopp 13818474 - (D) CUTITTA II 103 Tucker Ellis LLP Brainlab AG FLORES, ROBERTO W

2625 Ex Parte Kwon et al 14218952 - (D) JEFFERY 112(1)/103 112(2) Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP HARRIS, DOROTHY H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3682 Ex Parte Rama 13305147 - (D) SHAH 101 LARSON NEWMAN, LLP UBALE, GAUTAM

3683 Ex Parte CHEEWAKRIENGKRAI et al 12847420 - (D) LORIN 103 101 MANNAVA & KANG, P.C. GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE

3686 Ex Parte SCHNEIDER et al 12190378 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 101 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. Cerner Corporation REYES, REGINALD R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Snow 13631821 - (D) KERINS 101 TRASKBRITT, P.C. /Bally Gaming, Inc. DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID

3741 Ex Parte Mast et al 13584286 - (D) WIEDER 103 Lightfoot & Alford PLLC (BHTI) MEADE, LORNE EDWARD

REHEARING

DENIED

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Hansen et al 12716579 - (R) O’HANLON 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN

geneva, orthokinetics, schreiber

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1779 Ex Parte HOLZMANN et al 11869229 - (D) OWENS 112(1)/102/103 Foley & Lardner LLP ANDERSON, DENISE R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Malecki 13406924 - (D) BROWN 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY IBRONI, STEFAN

3744 Ex Parte CUR et al 13108183 - (D) CALVE Concurring CAPP 103 PRICE HENEVELD LLP WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION TADESSE, MARTHA

3745 Ex Parte Gabeiras et al 13339973 - (D) BROWNE 103 MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. EDGAR, RICHARD A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2658 Ex Parte Qian et al 13399496 - (D) McNEILL 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION LE, THUYKHANH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3633 Ex Parte PERVAN et al 13670039 - (D) GREENHUT 102 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC A, PHI DIEU TRAN

Claims 1 and 9 present issues similar to those discussed by our reviewing court in Geneva Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. GlaxoSmithKline PLC, 349 F.3d 1373, 1384 (Fed. Cir. 2003), where a functional interaction with some broad class of unclaimed subject matter is used to define the scope of the subject matter actually claimed.  ...

There is nothing wrong with this style of claiming per se. However, as discussed in Geneva, the scope of the claim becomes highly dependent upon the unclaimed thing, there the bacteria, here the groove, chosen as a basis to analyze the claim. Where that unclaimed subject matter has limits reasonably ascertainable by those skilled in the art, the claim may be quite broad, but not necessarily indefinite. See, e.g., Orthokinetics, Inc. v. Safety Travel Chairs, Inc., 806 F.2d 1565 (Fed. Cir. 1986) (defining the size of the front legs of a travel wheelchair relative to a space between a doorframe and seat of an unclaimed automobile); In re Schreiber, 128 F.3d 1473, 1477-78 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (defining the claimed dispensing top by its interaction with kernels of popped popcorn). 

Geneva Pharms. Inc. v. GlaxoSmithKline PLC, 349 F.3d 1373, 68 USPQ2d 1865 (Fed. Cir. 2003) 804.01, 814

Orthokinetics, Inc. v. Safety Travel Chairs, Inc., 806 F.2d 1565, 1 USPQ2d 1081 (Fed. Cir. 1986) 2173.02 , 2173.05(b)

Schreiber, In re, 128 F.3d 1473, 44 USPQ2d 1429 (Fed. Cir. 1997) 2111.02 , 2112 , 2114

3695 Ex Parte Ferris et al 12628156 - (D) MacDONALD 101 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP / Red Hat OYEBISI, OJO O

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte Kadlec et al 14273535 - (D) CAPP 101 STANDLEY LAW GROUP LLP CUFF, MICHAEL A

3753 Ex Parte Jarvis 14269091 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 CROSE LAW LLC HOOK, JAMES F