morse

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Ohrn et al 13822231 - (D) NEW 101 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (SF) BORIN, MICHAEL L

The abstract idea exception prevents patenting a result where “it matters not by what process or machinery the result is accomplished.” O’Reilly v. Morse, 56 U.S. 62, 113 (1853). 

O’Reilly v. Morse, 56 U.S. (15 How.) 62 (1854) 706.03(a) , 2106

1639 Ex Parte Kronick et al 13116998 - (D) PRATS 103 Agilent Technologies, Inc. GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Lu et al 12970011 - (D) ROSS 103 Armstrong World Industries, Inc. HUANG, CHENG YUAN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2153 Ex Parte Zhu et al 13306820 - (D) WINSOR 103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM/ORACLE VO, CECILE H

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2674 Ex Parte YAMAGUCHI 14730411 - (D) McNEILL 103 KEATING & BENNETT, LLP SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA DEMETER, HILINA K

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Burbank et al 14143738 - (D) HOELTER 103 103 C. R. Bard, Inc./BBS EISEMAN, ADAM JARED

3766 Ex Parte Phillips et al 11693328 - (D) SCHEINER 103 103 MEDTRONIC, INC. (NEURO/MRG) LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI

3786 Ex Parte Van Stevendaal et al 13575828 - (D) WARNER 101/103 112(2) 41.50 112(2) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KINNARD, LISA M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2474 Ex Parte Chen et al 13455025 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Qualcomm /Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP NOWLIN, ERIC

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex Parte Nuutinen et al 13148722 - (D) NAPPI 103 Keysight Technologies, Inc. C/O CPA Global FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS

2653 Ex Parte Gamble 12658000 - (D) BENNETT 102/103 Oliver W. Gamble PHAN, JOSEPH T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Harrison 13398981 - (D) McGEE 103 MOSER TABOADA AMRANY, ADI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Mack 14777478 - (D) HORNER 103 THE LAW OFFICE OF JAMES E. RULAND, PLC SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3726 Ex Parte Gale et al 13112960 - (D) PESLAK 103 SQUIRE PB (Abbott) KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M

3742 Ex Parte Casner 12895984 - (D) PESLAK 102/103 CORRIGAN LAW OFFICE LAFLAME JR, MICHAEL A

3763 Ex Parte BOURGEOIS et al 13354029 - (D) O’HANLON 103 POLSINELLI PC LEE, WENG WAH

enfish

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1636 Ex Parte Lubys 12167527 - (D) FREDMAN 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP AULT, ADDISON D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Zenor 12964481 - (D) HOMERE 101 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Nielsen) CASTRO, ALFONSO

Rather, we agree with Appellant’s argument that the Examiner has too broadly characterized the claims. See Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corp., 822 F.3d 1327, 1337 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (“describing the claims at such a high level of abstraction and untethered from the language of the claims all but ensures that the exceptions to § 101 swallow the rule.”) 

2449 Ex Parte Srivastava et al 13368107 - (D) MacDONALD 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION CELANI, NICHOLAS P

2458 Ex Parte Keskitalo 13578510 - (D) MacDONALD 102 Alston & Bird LLP Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP SCOTT, MARK A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Reyes et al 13425776 - (D) CAPP 112(2)/102/103 Schwabe Williamson &Wyatt/SFC/NuScale O'CONNOR, MARSHALL P

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Gutierrez et al 13819427 - (D) WARNER 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EISEMAN, ADAM JARED

3745 Ex Parte Azad et al 12985571 - (D) KINDER 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION PETERS, BRIAN O

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Ex Parte Board et al 14197597 - (D) Per Curiam 103 FGTL/Burgess Law Office, PLLC CONDRA, DARLENE P

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2618 FRONT ROW TECHNOLOGIES Patent Owner and Appellant v. MLB ADVANCED MEDIA, L.P. Requester and Respondent Ex Parte 7149549 et al 09/708,776 95001565 - (D) JEFFERY 112(1) Foster Pepper PLLC Third Party Requester: Foley & Lardner, LLP NASSER, ROBERT L

best

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Wang et al 13121742 - (D) FLAX 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO, LLP DONOHUE, SEAN R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2173 Ex Parte Grant 13044397 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Blank Rome LLP Apple - Blank Rome CHUNG, ANDREW

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3661 Ex Parte Kurzweil 10734616 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) NOLAN, PETER D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Reo et al 12434515 - (D) NEW 103 SPINAL KINETICS, Inc. JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T

3741 Ex Parte McCune et al 13428491 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY GOYAL, ARUN

3745 Ex Parte Enevoldsen et al 13352627 - (D) JESCHKE 112(2)/103 SIEMENS CORPORATION CHRISTENSEN, DANIELLE M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Roberson et al 13278710 - (D) KENNEDY 103 103 NASA JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TALBOT, BRIAN K

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2489 Ex Parte Liu et al 13320910 - (D) WINSOR 103 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS CHANG, DANIEL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3652 Ex Parte MALIN 12689701 - (D) YAP 103 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. TIGHE, BRENDAN P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Verard et al 13519201 - (D) CHANG 102/103 103 41.50 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS DORNA, CARRIE R

3744 Ex Parte Army et al 13186577 - (D) BROWNE 103 112(2) Cantor Colburn LLP - Hamilton Sundstrand MA, KUN KAI

3786 Ex Parte Carp et al 11766444 - (D) JENKS 103 103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP GUPTA, VANI

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Lindemann et al 11079855 - (D) SCHEINER 103 Abel Law Group, LLP KARPINSKI, LUKE E

1651 Ex Parte Bayer et al 13492230 - (D) SCHNEIDER 101/112(1)/103 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO MARX, IRENE

In order to be limiting, the intended use must create a structural difference between the claimed composition and the prior art composition. In the instant case, the intended use does not create a structural difference, thus, the intended use is not limiting.  “The claiming of a new use . . . which is inherently present in the prior art does not necessarily make the claim patentable.”  In re Best, 195 USPQ 430, 433 (CCPA 1977).

Best, In re, 562 F.2d 1252, 195 USPQ 430 (CCPA 1977) 2112, 2112.01, 2112.02, 2114

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1781 Ex Parte Jonza et al 14363123 - (D) DERRICK 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY ZHANG, MICHAEL N

1791 Ex Parte Prakash et al 14050840 - (D) PRAISS 103 King & Spalding DEES, NIKKI H

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2196 Ex Parte Serghi et al 11274302 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 Kramer & Amado, P.C. MILLS, PAUL V

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2438 Ex Parte Kluesing et al 14109733 - (D) HUME 112(1)/103 Polsinelli PC Dropbox NAGHDALI, KHALIL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Ex Parte Fakhrai et al 13346702 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 101 ADELI LLP PALAVECINO, KATHLEEN GAGE

3626 Ex Parte Apshago et al 13356329 - (D) MOORE 101 Conley Rose, P.C. Conduent PAULS, JOHN A

3626 Ex Parte Liao et al 12858494 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION LULTSCHIK, WILLIAM G

3631 Ex Parte Paton-Ash et al 13065152 - (D) BARRETT 112(2) 112(2)/103 Ansel M. Schwartz SAFAVI, MICHAEL

3689 Ex Parte Lundberg 11098761 - (D) BUSCH 112(2) 101/103 FIALA & WEAVER P.L.L.C. WEISENFELD, ARYAN E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Barker 13040760 - (D) SCANLON 103 Lowe Graham Jones Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp TON, MARTIN TRUYEN

3731 Ex Parte Carrillo et al 13033027 - (D) NEWMAN 102/103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP DAVID, SHAUN L

3731 Ex Parte Gerber et al 11679446 - (D) ENGELS 103 Whitmyer IP Group LLC TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L

3741 Ex Parte Davis et al 13368677 - (D) STAICOVICI 112(2) 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M

3744 Ex Parte Hart et al 11992068 - (D) KINDER 102/103 SHELL OIL COMPANY ALOSH, TAREQ M

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. Requester v. Patent of VIRNETX INC. Patent Owner Ex Parte 6839759 et al 10/702,522 95001746 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP POKRZYWA, JOSEPH R original ETIENNE, ARIO

arendi

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte SCHOLZ et al 14487134 - (D) LaVIER 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY DICKINSON, PAUL W

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte Bradshaw et al 12242811 - (D) DROESCH 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP / Google KUDDUS, DANIEL A

2157 Ex Parte Itzhak et al 10485108 - (D) SAADAT 103 Oath Inc./Finnegan PARK, GRACE A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte BASSLER et al 14418490 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC ING, MATTHEW W

And “references to ‘common sense’ . . . cannot be used as a wholesale substitute for reasoned analysis and evidentiary support.” Arendi S.A.R.L. v. Apple, Inc., 832 F.3d 1355, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2016).

3644 Ex Parte Domel et al 13324537 - (D) SHAW Dissenting BUI 103 Reising Ethington PC BONZELL, PHILIP J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Nelson et al 12288746 - (D) JENKS 102 KOLISCH HARTWELL, P.C. MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Marcus 13474618 - (D) BROWN 102/103 103 Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP CHIN-SHUE, ALVIN CONSTANTINE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Gunderson et al 12262443 - (D) STEPHENS 103 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Iraqi et al 13310807 - (D) CASHION 112(2)/103 RECHES PATENTS THOMAS, BINU

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2628 Ex Parte Anderson et al 13209058 - (D) BAUMEISTER 112(1)/112(2) 102/103 41.50 102/103 Baker & Hostetler LLP (MICROSOFT CORPORATION) MISHLER, ROBIN J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Kaundinya et al 12949668 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP GOLDBERG, IVAN R

3629 Ex Parte Yendluri 12073642 - (D) HAMANN 102 101 VENABLE LLP PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT

3643 Ex Parte Tsengas 13929851 - (D) BROWNE 112(2)/112(4) 112(1)/112(2)/112(4)/103 Law Offices of John D. Gugliotta, P.E. Esq., LPA TSANG, LISA L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte Shi 13126463 - (D) SCANLON 103 WANG & HO DESAI, KAUSHIKKUMAR A

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3682 Ex Parte Walker et al 11926769 - (D) DIXON 101 ALSTON & BIRD LLP BROWN, LUIS A

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Reo et al 12434515 - (D) NEW 103 SPINAL KINETICS, Inc JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T

This is consistent with the Board’s past construction of the term “configured to.”  See PPC Broadband, Inc. v. Corning Optical Communications RF, LLC, 815 F.3d 734, 744–45 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (“[C]omponents that are shaped or configured to fit one another ‘are sized and dimensioned to abut one another’”). 

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Roberson et al 13278710 - (D) KENNEDY 103 103 NASA JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TALBOT, BRIAN K

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1651 Ex Parte Bayer et al 13492230 - (D) SCHNEIDER 101/112(1)/103 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO MARX, IRENE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Strobel et al 13915603 - (D) SAADAT 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC AHN, SUNG S

2683 Ex Parte Patrick et al 12126191 - (D) SAADAT 112(2) 102/103 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP (TTi) YANG, JAMES J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Apshago et al 13356329 - (D) MOORE 101 Conley Rose, P.C. Conduent PAULS, JOHN A

3631 Ex Parte Paton-Ash et al 13065152 - (D) BARRETT 112(2)/103 Ansel M. Schwartz SAFAVI, MICHAEL

3643 Ex Parte Tsengas 13929851 - (D) BROWNE 112(2)/112(4) 112(1)/112(2)/112(4)/103 Law Offices of John D. Gugliotta, P.E. Esq., LPA TSANG, LISA L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Barker 13040760 - (D) SCANLON 103 Lowe Graham Jones Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. TON, MARTIN TRUYEN

3731 Ex Parte Carrillo et al 13033027 - (D) NEWMAN 102/103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP DAVID, SHAUN L

3731 Ex Parte Gerber et al 11679446 - (D) ENGELS 103 Whitmyer IP Group LLC TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L

OPQA Ex Parte SHANAHAN et al 13083492 - (D) JURGOVAN 101 Mersenne Law JUNG, ALLEN J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. Requester v. Patent of VIRNETX INC. Patent Owner Ex Parte 6839759 et al 10/702,522 95001746 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP POKRZYWA, JOSEPH R

depuy spine, KSR

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1756 Ex Parte RIM et al 13631457 - (D) CASHION 102 Okamoto & Benedicto LLP CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 Ex Parte Pendharkar et al 12712186 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 FisherBroyles, LLP TSUI, DANIEL D

2182 Ex Parte Arslan et al 11919270 - (D) CHEN 102/103 QUALLCOMM INCORPORATED GIROUX, GEORGE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2658 Ex Parte Briand et al 13981035 - (D) SHIANG 101 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson DORVIL, RICHEMOND

3711 Ex Parte TACHIBANA et al 13690651 - (D) BROWN 103 BIRCH, STEWART, KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN

3786 Ex Parte Woerlein 11750353 - (D) GRIMES 112(2)/103 Tucker Ellis LLP Brainlab AG BRUTUS, JOEL F

 See DePuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., 567 F.3d 1314, 1326 (Fed. Cir. 2009)  (“Although predictability is a touchstone of obviousness, the ‘predictable result’ discussed in KSR [KSR Intern. Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398 (2007)] refers not only to the expectation that prior art elements are capable of being physically combined, but also that the combination would have worked for its intended purpose.”);

KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 82 USPQ2d 1385 (2007)  2141 ,   2144.05 ,   2145 ,   2216 ,   2242 ,   2286 ,   2616 ,   2642 ,   2686.04

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1784 Ex Parte Ito et al 13982613 - (D) HOUSEL 103 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. SCHLEIS, DANIEL J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2121 Ex Parte Asenjo et al 14087977 - (D) POTHIER 103 112(2)/103 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION / AT&W HUNTLEY, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3612 Ex Parte BOBBA et al 13288298 - (D) BUI 112(2)102/103 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP CHENEVERT, PAUL A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1763 Ex Parte WANG et al 12403901 - (D) REN 102/103 Cardinal Health, Inc. CAI, WENWEN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2121 Ex Parte Toh 13929138 - (D) POTHIER 103 YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. WYNNE, DAVID J

2172 Ex Parte Migos et al 13076411 - (D) SAADAT 103 DENTONS US LLP.- Apple TAN, ALVIN H

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2665 Ex Parte Nempont et al 14438229 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS CHOI, TIMOTHY WING HO

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Lando 14323979 - (D) SNAY 103 Bay Area Technolgy Law Group PC COLLINS, DARRYL J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Favre et al 13700643 - (D) JURGOVAN 101 TUTUNJIAN & BITETTO, P.C. JEANTY, ROMAIN

3623 Ex Parte LaFever et al 13764773 - (D) DEJMEK 101/103 Blank Rome LLP - Houston General BOSWELL, BETH V

3689 Ex Parte Hamilton et al 12330699 - (D) MEDLOCK 102/103 101/112(2) Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C. ARAQUE JR, GERARDO

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Kempker et al 12620999 - (D) KERINS 103 James E. Shultz Jr. NGUYEN, PHONG H

3761 Ex Parte Ruman et al 12580847 - (D) PESLAK 102/103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. KIDWELL, MICHELE M

ariosa, alice

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte Raghu 13540334 - (D) BAUMEISTER 102 VMWARE, INC. RUBIN, BLAKE J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Coffield et al 13393969 - (D) CHUNG Concurring POTHIER 112(2)/102 ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. AUNG, SAN M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Richard 12195806 - (D) PRATS 112(1)/103 103 KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC HELM, CARALYNNE E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Shehan et al 13436584 - (D) FISCHETTI 112(2)/103 101/103 41.50 101 HAMILTON DESANCTIS & CHA LLP UBER, NATHAN C

Appellants do not identify any claimed features that would constitute “significantly more” than the abstract idea, in accord with Alice. Furthermore, “[t]he Supreme Court has made clear that the principle of preemption is the basis for the judicial exceptions to patentability” and “[f]or this reason, questions on preemption are inherent in and resolved by the § 101 analysis.” Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc., 788 F.3d 1371, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (citing Alice, 134 S. Ct. at 2354). Although “preemption may signal patent ineligible subject matter, the absence of complete preemption does not demonstrate patent eligibility.” Id. 

Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int'l, 573 U.S. _, 134 S. Ct. 2347, 110 USPQ2d 1976 (2014) 2103 , 2106

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3726 Ex Parte Gottlieb 13347806 - (D) PESLAK 112(2)/102/103 112(1) DOUGLAS J. VISNIUS TRAVERS, MATTHEW P

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1674 Ex Parte Bandholtz et al 14148483 - (D) NEW 102 PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR, LLP POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Ex Parte Arriola et al 13442560 - (D) BENNETT 103 Trellis IP Law Group/ Sony Corp. CHEN, CAI Y

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte Yamada et al 12691116 - (D) BEST 103 AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP CULLER, JILL E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Ex Parte Melcher et al 13074520 - (D) BENNETT 103 112(2)/101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY GARG, YOGESH C

3686 Ex Parte Song et al 12833428 - (D) KUMAR 101 GE Healthcare, IP Department LUBIN, VALERIE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Boschetti Sacco 12298625 - (D) BARRETT 112(2) 101/103 YOUNG & THOMPSON CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY

3742 Ex Parte Vinegar et al 13567799 - (D) DOUGAL 102/103/double patenting SHELL OIL COMPANY PAIK, SANG YEOP

3752 Ex Parte Biagi et al 11876799 - (D) GUIJT 102 112(2) Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/Masco Corporation LEE, CHEE-CHONG

3772 Ex Parte Munzel 12714804 - (D) SMEGAL 112(2)/103 Blue Filament Law HICKS, VICTORIA J

3782 Ex Parte Buchhalter 13989862 - (D) CALVE 103 MAIER & MAIER, PLLC BATTISTI, DEREK J

3788 Ex Parte Smalley 13268264 - (D) OSINSKI 102/103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP POON, ROBERT

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte Dettinger et al 13758492 - (D) MACDONALD 101 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP FLYNN, KEVIN H

natron

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1653 Ex Parte Marfurt 13105375 - (D) MAJORS 103 NIXON PEABODY LLP BARRON, SEAN C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1745 Ex Parte Whitmore 13585180 - (D) DERRICK 103 ADE & COMPANY INC. BELL, WILLIAM P

1754 Ex Parte RIKER et al 14182831 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Moser Taboada / Applied Materials, Inc. BAND, MICHAEL A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Ex Parte VanDuyn et al 13110715 - (D) BEAMER 102 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP (DISH) DISH Network L.L.C. CHEN, CAI Y

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2859 Ex Parte Gorbold et al 13467735 - (D) McGEE 102/103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. WILLIAMS, ARUN C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Roussos 13948305 - (D) HORNER 103 PAULEY ERICKSON & KOTTIS KRUER, KEVIN R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Grejda et al 13792964 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 103 41.50 103 CORNING INCORPORATED EDWARDS, LAURA ESTELLE

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2455 Ex Parte Zhou et al 13400527 - (D) JEFFERY 103 103 41.50 103 Slater Matsil, LLP/HW/FW/HWC HENRY, MARIEGEORGES A

We reach this conclusion despite the fact that claim 6 is dependent, and whose sole limitation is conditional. A dependent claim is a claim to the invention of the parent claim with the added feature: it is not a claim to the added feature alone. Natron Corp. v. Schurka U.S.A. Inc., 558 F.3d 1352, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2009). Therefore, our analysis of a conditional limitation is the same regardless of whether the limitation appears in an independent claim or a dependent claim.

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1655 Ex Parte Theil 14219472 - (D) SCHNEIDER 112(2)/103 BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP KOSAR, AARON J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1789 Ex Parte Schumacher et al 13404867 - (D) INGLESE 102/103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP PIZIALI, ANDREW T

1789 Ex Parte Schumacher et al 14196799 - (D) INGLESE 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP PIZIALI, ANDREW T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2875 Ex Parte Randolph et al 13649531 - (D) HEANEY 102/103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. BANNAN, JULIE A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte ADDALA et al 12718625 - (D) BUSCH 103 101 MILES & STOCKBRIDGE P.C. Oracle International Corporation FLEISCHER, MARK A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte OHMI et al 12950798 - (D) JESCHKE 103 GRIFFIN & SZIPL, PC MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M

3782 Ex Parte Hiniduma-Lokuge 13231936 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1756 Ex Parte Shiao et al 12885757 - (D) INGLESE 103 PAUL AND PAUL TRINH, THANH TRUC

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2839 BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC. Requester, Respondent, and Cross-Appellant v. ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant, and Cross-Respondent Ex Parte 6521831 et al 09/941,341 95000196 - (D) JEFFERY 103 The Jackson Patent Group, LLC For THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: UNGERMAN IP PLLC GELLNER, JEFFREY L original NASRI, JAVAID H

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Oku et al 13376708 - (D) HEANEY 103 CLARK & BRODY KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2858 Ex Parte Lui et al 13064993 - (D) BEST 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte Moore 13320344 - (D) LANEY 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 Quine Intellectual Property Law Group, P.C. PERREAULT, ANDREW D

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte KOMATSU et al 13772838 - (D) MORGAN 103 103 OLIFF PLC PATEL, VIPIN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte RIDGE et al 13898720 - (D) GUPTA 103 McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC LUK, VANESSA TIBAY

see also In re Ethicon, Inc., 844 F.3d 1344, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (“The normal desire of artisans to improve upon what is already generally known can provide the motivation to optimize variables such as the percentage of a known polymer for use in a known device.”).

1787 Ex Parte Abrami et al 13156740 - (D) OGDEN 103 PPG Industries, Inc. ROBINSON, ELIZABETH A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2135 Ex Parte BEESON et al 14099820 - (D) BARRY 103 WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, LLP GIARDINO JR, MARK A

2158 Ex Parte Dalessio et al 13770198 - (D) EVANS 102/103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP HEFFERN, JAMES E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Goswitz et al 13569102 - (D) McNEILL 103 AT&T Legal Dept. - [HDP] HUANG, JEN-SHI

2423 Ex Parte Howcroft et al 11503517 - (D) STRAUSS 112(1)/112(2)/103 AT&T Legal Department - G&G LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2845 Ex Parte Lindemann et al 13054152 - (D) CASHION 101/103 THE OLLILA LAW GROUP LLC WILLIAMS, HOWARD L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Belenky et al 12253703 - (D) DEJMEK 101/103 Liang IP, PLLC DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA

3669 Ex Parte Boucher et al 14162176 - (D) DIXON Dissenting-in-part CRAIG 101 103 GREER, BURNS & CRAIN, LTD BOOMER, JEFFREY C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Furlong et al 13117216 - (D) LANEY 103 Fletcher Yoder PC Johnson Controls, Inc. COX, ALEXIS K

3782 Ex Parte LYTLE 13886638 - (D) OSINSKI 103 NEWHOPE LAW, PC THEIS, MATTHEW T

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex Parte Aylor 11706676 - (D) KERINS 112(1) ROBERT B. AYLOR ABDOSH, SAMIR

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 ARTERIS, INC. and QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, Requester, v. SONICS, INC., Patent Owner. Ex Parte 7266786 et al 10/288,973 95000671 - (D) BAUMEISTER Dissenting SIU 314 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP SORRELL, ERON J original RIMELL, SAMUEL G

2166 NEST LABS, INC., Requester, Respondent, and Cross-Appellant v. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Patent Owner, Appellant, and Cross-Respondent Ex Parte 7634504 et al 11/421,833 95002041 - (D) McKEOWN 112(1)/112(2)/314/102 Honeywell/Husch Third Party Requestor: FISH & RICHARDSON PC (TC) ENGLAND, DAVID E original WOO, ISAAC M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 AMERICAN TORCH TIP CO. Requester v. HYPERTHERM, INC. Patent Owner Ex Parte 6841754 et al 10/094,000 95001979 - (S) SONG 101 PROSKAUER ROSE LLP Third Party Requester: Mark Rubio ENGLISH, PETER C original PASCHALL, MARK H

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex parte JOHN T. ZIEMBA Appellant Ex Parte 8418852 et al 12/798,764 90013486 - (R) MARTIN 103 ERNEST D. BUFF AND ASSOCIATES, LLC. THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: STOEL RIVES LLP-SLC FETSUGA, ROBERT M original CHU, KING M