ariosa

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte CHOPRA et al 12762141 - (D) MacDONALD 102 Garg Law Firm, PLLC TODD, GREGORY G

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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3671 Ex Parte Roessler 13955766 - (D) HOSKINS 103 103 DARDI & HERBERT, PLLC MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1626 Ex Parte BACANI et al 13039105 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON OTTON, ALICIA L

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Saito et al 12474134 - (D) BEST 103 GATES & COOPER LLP (General) BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2497 Ex Parte Tripp et al 14067032 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC RASHID, HARUNUR

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte Ebisawa et al 13028329 - (D) DIXON 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. NGUYEN, VU

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Taylor et al 11823371 - (D) MEYERS 101/103 IRELL & MANELLA LLP MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL

We also note that Appellants’ preemption argument does not alter our §101 analysis. Preemption concerns are fully addressed and made moot where a patent’s claims are deemed to disclose patent ineligible subject matter under the two-part framework described in Mayo and Alice. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc., 788 F.3d 1371, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2015). “While preemption may signal patent ineligible matter, the absence of complete preemption does not demonstrate patent eligibility.” Id.

3654 Ex Parte Kanzow et al 12659281 - (D) JESCHKE 102/103 Walter Ottesen, P.A. LIU, HENRY Y

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Lee 13074948 - (D) SCHOPFER 103/double patenting Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) HOUSTON, ELIZABETH

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Beeson et al 13280171 - (D) MORGAN 112(1)/103 AT&T Legal Dept. - [HDP] NGUYEN, TIEN M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte Paidimarri et al 13406849 - (R) PAK 102 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED GANNON, LEVI

kropa

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Huotari et al 10732540 - (D) SMITH 103 Mintz Levin/Nokia Technologies Oy TIV, BACKHEAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3636 Ex Parte Bussell et al 13357436 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 Stuart Bussell HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Robb et al 13558037 - (D) HORNER 103 41.50 102 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner / Zimmer LEWIS, RALPH A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3726 Ex Parte Norton et al 12205216 - (D) STAICOVICI 102/103 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC SALONE, BAYAN

When we look at the preamble of Appellants’ claimed invention, we note that a preamble usually will not limit the scope of the claim unless the preamble provides antecedence for ensuing claim terms and limits the claim accordingly.  This is what the jurisprudence means by giving life, meaning and vitality to the claims.  See Kropa v. Robie, 187 F.2d 150, 152 (CCPA 1951).  In this instance, there is nexus between the preamble, i.e., “[a] manually actuated robotic tool changer” and the claim limitation of a “piston movable along its axis . . . under manual actuation.”  The preamble recitation of a “manually actuated” robotic changer limits the claimed piston to a manually actuated piston, and thus, serves to structurally distinguish the claimed piston over other pistons such as the power driven or spring actuated piston 38 of Erickson '735 and the pneumatically driven piston 32 of Little.

Kropa v. Robie, 187 F.2d 150, 88 USPQ 478 (CCPA 1951) 707.07(f) , 2111.02

3747 Ex Parte Inuzuka et al 13454344 - (D) BAHR 102 102/103 41.50 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC MOUBRY, JAMES G

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2137 Ex Parte Haukness et al 12990945 - (D) HORVATH 102 Peninsula Patent Omim fRamhns;^ PARIKH, KALPIT

2166 Ex Parte Herger et al 13621131 - (D) NAPPI 103 LAW OFFICE OF IDO TUCHMAN (YOR) OBERLY, VAN HONG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte Xiang et al 13293437 - (D) SNAY 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL DINH, THAI T

hoch, glass

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Qian et al 13680524 - (D) PRATS 103/double patenting Emory University - Office of Tech Transfer DONOHUE, SEAN R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Otala 12830800 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 102 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP CHEUNG, HUBERT G

2183 Ex Parte Eichenberger et al 12250584 - (D) HOMERE 112(2)/103 Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C. IBM Corp. (WIP) HUISMAN, DAVID J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2487 Ex Parte Price et al 13443745 - (D) McNEILL 102/103 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP / Apple Inc. RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2637 Ex Parte Lust et al 13162169 - (D) MARGOLIES 102 41.50 112(1) HONEYWELL/SLW BELLO, AGUSTIN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Scavone et al 13101865 - (D) ADAMS 103 double patenting THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KASSA, TIGABU

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2178 Ex Parte Dewar et al 12649711 - (D) MOORE 103 103 Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts LLP IBM Lotus & Rational SW HASTY, NICHOLAS

See In re Hoch, 428 F.2d 1341, 1342 n.3 (CCPA 1970) (“Where a reference is relied on to support a rejection, whether or not in a ‘minor capacity,’ there would appear to be no excuse for not positively including the reference in the statement of the rejection.”).

Hoch, In re, 428 F.2d 1341, 166 USPQ 406 (CCPA 1970) 706.02(j) , 1207.03 , 2144.08

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte de Beer et al 12593747 - (D) LaVIER 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY KASSA, JESSICA M

1628 Ex Parte Dalziel et al 13650274 - (D) LaVIER 103 GENENTECH, INC. CORNET, JEAN P

1632 Ex Parte Yamanaka et al 13585729 - (D) MILLS 112(1) KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP CROUCH, DEBORAH

“[Application sufficiency under § 112, first paragraph, must be judged as of its filing date. It is an applicant’s obligation to supply enabling disclosure without reliance on what others may publish after he has filed an application on what is supposed to be a completed invention. If he cannot supply enabling information, he is not yet in a position to file.” In re Glass, 492 F.2d 1228, 1232 (CCPA 1974).

Glass, In re, 492 F.2d 1228, 181 USPQ 31 (CCPA 1974) 608.01(h) , 2124 , 2165.02

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 Ex Parte GOLDBERG 13355773 - (D) SMITH 103 GRIFFITHS & SEATON PLLC (IBM) DOAN, HAN V

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2456 Ex Parte Marshall et al 13396356 - (D) KHAN 102 102/double patenting AirWatch LLC SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI

2467 Ex Parte Laurila et al 11285107 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 Mintz Levin/Nokia Technologies Oy JONES, PRENELL P

2494 Ex Parte PARK et al 12705230 - (D) JEFFERY 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. HO, THOMAS

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Sali et al 13098497 - (D) Per Curiam 103 D. KLIGLER LP. SERVICES LTD. GRAY, RYAN M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Robertson 12636390 - (D) KIM 112(2) 103 41.50 103 VERIZON NAJARIAN, LENA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Rosenkrans et al 13340747 - (D) KINDER 112(1)/103 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2187 ARTERIS, INC., Requester, v. SONICS, INC., Patent Owner. Ex Parte 6961834 et al 09/977,510 95000669 - (D) SIU 112(1)/112(2)/103 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: DLA PIPER US LLP CAMPBELL, JOSHUA D original NGUYEN, THAN VINH

applied materials

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Herrmann 12739962 - (D) RANGE 102/103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation MARKOFF, ALEXANDER

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Mardigian et al 12450755 - (D) MORGAN 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC CHOWDHURY, NIGAR

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2811 Ex Parte OKUMOTO 13781404 - (D) McMANUS 103 Studebaker & Brackett PC ALBRECHT, PETER M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3689 Ex Parte SUESS et al 11924071 - (D) WORTH 101/102/103 CROWELL & MORING LLP GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3774 Ex Parte Serafin et al 12584482 - (D) STEPINA 103 41.50 112(2) CHRISTOPHER JOHN RUDY NELSON, CHRISTINE L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Scavone et al 13101851 - (D) ADAMS 103 double patenting THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KASSA, TIGABU

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1786 Ex Parte Strange et al 12066262 - (D) KENNEDY 103 112(1)/103 THE GRIFFITH LAW FIRM, A P.C. LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

See, e.g., In re Applied Materials, Inc., 692 F.3d 1289, 1297 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (“The outcome of optimizing a result-effective variable may still be patentable if the claimed ranges are critical and produce a new and unexpected result which is different in kind and not merely in degree from the results of the prior art.” (internal quotation marks omitted).

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2135 Ex Parte Walker et al 13473778 - (D) DROESCH 103 102/103 Polansky & Associates, P.L.L.C. MATIN, TASNIMA

2143 Ex Parte Johansson 13133542 - (D) NAPPI 103 103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. XIA, XUYANG

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Mielke et al 10935246 - (D) ADAMS 103 Abel Law Group, LLP SASAN, ARADHANA

1627 Ex Parte Goralczyk et al 13505854 - (D) ADAMS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Thirion et al 13147178 - (D) OGDEN 103 Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt LEE, REBECCA Y

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Pfeiffer 13252633 - (D) KHAN 103 Cozen O'Connor KHAN, IFTEKHAR A

2169 Ex Parte Nun et al 13648664 - (D) McNEILL 103 SAP SE c/o BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC WEINRICH, BRIAN E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Praden 13508021 - (D) GALLIGAN 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC DOSHI, AKSHAY

2447 Ex Parte KLEIN et al 13729463 - (D) JIVANI 103 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. WOLDEMARIAM, AYELE F

2456 Ex Parte Solomon et al 13475899 - (D) COURTENAY 103 Nicholson De Vos Webster & Elliott LLP CHOUDHURY, AZIZUL Q

2463 Ex Parte Niemela et al 12866756 - (D) SMITH 102/103 HARRINGTON & SMITH CROMPTON, CHRISTOPHER R

2474 Ex Parte Yaffe 12656368 - (D) NAPPI 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC HAILE, AWET A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte Warnke et al 13555289 - (D) BAHR 112(2)/103 Bishop Diehl & Lee, Ltd. GALLEGO, ANDRES F

3663 Ex Parte Theisen et al 12603012 - (D) BAHR 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL DAGER, JONATHAN M

3678 Ex Parte Hewitt et al 13071726 - (D) CALVE 103 Klintworth & Rozenblat IP LLC and Illinois Tool Works Inc. TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J

3678 Ex Parte Swiatowy et al 12885717 - (D) CALVE 103 Klintworth & Rozenblat IP LLC and Illinois Tool Works Inc. TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J

OPQA Ex Parte Jessen et al 13013250 - (D) HORVATH 103 InfoPrint Solutions/ Blakely GUILLERMETY, FRED

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2452 Ex Parte Darago et al 14164178 - (R) HAGY 103 John Ogilvie HOANG, HIEU T

McLaughlin

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2112 Ex Parte Pisek et al 13248900 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 Docket Clerk - SAMS CHAUDRY, MUJTABA M

2112 Ex Parte RADKE 14148019 - (D) SHIANG 102 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA - MICRON RIZK, SAMIR WADIE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Tohma 10703935 - (D) MEYERS 103 BGL RAJ, RAJIV J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Strommer et al 11329824 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC (STJ) MATHEW, SEEMA

3761 Ex Parte Nandrea et al 13033014 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY TREYGER, ILYA Y

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2138 Ex Parte Diare 13421060 - (D) KHAN 103 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise PORTKA, GARY J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2643 Ex Parte Hernandez et al 13351092 - (D) BEAMER 103 112(1)/103 DOVAS LAW P.C. NEALON, WILLIAM

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte OKABE et al 13276405 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC STAUBACH, CARL C

3752 Ex Parte Minion 12040145 - (D) DOUGAL 102/103 102/103 COREY MINION BOECKMANN, JASON J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Shaked et al 13073899 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL, P.C. LEVIN, MIRIAM A

1618 Ex Parte Hemstad 12305977 - (D) MAJORS 103 GE Healthcare, Inc. DONOHUE, SEAN R

1646 Ex Parte Goronzy et al 13231282 - (D) NEW 101 Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing HOWARD, ZACHARY C

1678 Ex Parte Penn et al 13825379 - (D) FREDMAN 101 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. CHEU, CHANGHWA J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Sczepan et al 12209448 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. JIANG, LISHA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2473 Ex Parte Feinberg et al 12985264 - (D) FRAHM 103 Ascenda Law Group, PC LIU, JUNG-JEN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 Ex Parte KILGARD 13111148 - (D) BEAMER 103 Artegis Law Group, LLP/NVIDIA GE, JIN

2627 Ex Parte Cruz-Hernandez et al 12696893 - (D) THOMAS 103 Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton, LLP MEHMOOD, JENNIFER

2659 Ex Parte VROOM 13633687 - (D) HOMERE 103 CARSTENS & CAHOON, LLP TZENG, FENG-TZER

2696 Ex Parte Nurmi 12732816 - (D) HUME 102/103 Alston & Bird LLP Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP LUBIT, RYAN A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Greither 13448744 - (D) REN 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. COMBER, KEVIN J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3743 Ex Parte CAVARRETTA et al 13437499 - (D) PLENZLER 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. LAU, JASON

Appellants do not identify any knowledge relied upon by the Examiner that was gleaned only from Appellants’ disclosure and that was not otherwise within the level of ordinary skill at the time of the invention. See In re McLaughlin, 443 F.2d 1392, 1395 (CCPA 1971).

McLaughlin, In re, 443 F.2d 1392, 170 USPQ 209 (CCPA 1971) 707.07(f) , 2145

REEXAMINATION

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 APPLE INC., Requester, v. VIRNETX INC., Patent Owner. Ex Parte 7921211 et al 11/840,560 95001789 - (R) SIU 102/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP Third-Party Requester: Sidley Austin LLP FOSTER, ROLAND G original LIM, KRISNA

genetic techs, agrizap

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Iraqi et al 13316591 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 RECHES PATENTS TALBOT, BRIAN K

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte McFarland 13611728 - (D) HOMERE 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION ABRAHAM, AHMED M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Posa et al 13209025 - (D) BUSCH 103 41.50 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP VILLECCO, JOHN M

see also Agrizap, Inc. v. Woodstream Corp., 520 F.3d 1337, 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (“This is a textbook case of when the asserted claims involve a combination of familiar elements according to known methods that does no more than yield predictable results.”)

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Kojima et al 12854454 - (D) CALVE 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC ANDEREGG, ZACHARY R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte McMaster et al 13068727 - (D) POLLOCK 102/103 101 Quine Intellectual Property Law Group P.C. SISSON, BRADLEY L

In sum, the claims before us merely inform the relevant audience of certain laws of nature: specifically, the relationship between the amount of rDNA and the number of cells from which rDNA has been obtained. See Genetic Techs. Ltd. v. Merial L.L.C., 818 F.3d 1369, 1379—80 (Fed. Cir. 2016), cert, denied, (U.S. Oct. 3, 2016) (finding claims unpatentable under § 101 where, “the novelty of looking to non-coding DNA to detect a coding region allele of interest resides in the novelty of the newly discovered natural law of linkage disequilibrium between coding and non-coding regions and adds little more than a restatement of the natural law itself’).

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte Gates et al 12646916 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Polsinelli — Apple Inc. c/o Polsinelli PC SOMERS, MARC S

2174 Ex Parte Fitzmaurice et al 12004432 - (D) MCMILLIN 103 Artegis Law Group, LLP NGUYEN, LE V

2191 Ex Parte Erdmann et al 12600024 - (D) SHIANG 103 PHILIPS LIGHTING B.V. BROPHY, MATTHEW J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2829 Ex Parte Grabau 12086649 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 NATH, GOLDBERG & MEYER DEHNE, AARON A

2842 Ex Parte Pearson et al 13289945 - (D) TIMM 103 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP CHENG, DIANA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Larsen et al 12113128 - (D) CAPP 103 Seed IP Law Group LLP/Scientific Games WEATHERFORD, SYVILA

3717 Ex Parte Larsen et al 12113134 - (D) CAPP 103 Seed IP Law Group LLP/Scientific Games WEATHERFORD, SYVILA

3763 Ex Parte Burton et al 13128066 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY EISENBERG, REBECCA E

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Borchert et al 12363863 - (D) CRAIG 103 MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES TOLENTINO, RODERICK

man machine

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2193 Ex Parte Aarts et al 13775201 - (D) KHAN 102/103/double patenting THE LAW OFFICE OF JAMES BAUDINO, PLLC IBM CORP. (AUS) WOOD, WILLIAM C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2495 Ex Parte Kass 13713483 - (D) SHIANG 102 ROCHESTER IP LAW DEPT. 917 IBM CORPORATION WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Bardsley et al 13078526 - (D) POLLOCK 103 103 INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC. PIHONAK, SARAH

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte GRAWE et al 13690736 - (D) ADAMS 102 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. BADIO, BARBARA P

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte Kojima et al 11522413 - (D) SQUIRE 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. DAHIMENE, MAHMOUD

1715 Ex Parte Lockhart et al 12920840 - (D) OWENS 103 Covestro LLC MEEKS, TIMOTHY HOWARD

1785 Ex Parte Ruskin 12801742 - (D) SQUIRE 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC RUMMEL, IAN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2121 Ex Parte Zywicki et al 13325515 - (D) McKONE 103 HONEY WET ,T ,/STW PAN, YUHUI R

2155 Ex Parte PALLETI et al 12757342 - (D) FRAHM 103 AOL Inc./Finnegan KHONG, ALEXANDER

2157 Ex Parte Kobayashi et al 13454791 - (D) COURTENAY 103 Paratus Law Group, PLLC PARK, GRACE A

See e.g., In re Man Mach. Interface Techs. LLC, 822 F.3d 1282, 1286 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (“We have noted that the phrase ‘adapted to’ generally means ‘made to,’ ‘designed to,’ or ‘configured to,’ though it can also be used more broadly to mean ‘capable of’ or ‘suitable for.’”) (citations omitted).

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2468 Ex Parte Gibbings 13526352 - (D) HAMANN 112(2) 102/103/double patenting LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC JAGANNATHAN, MELANIE

2662 Ex Parte Hunt 13019875 - (D) ENGLE 103 The Boeing Company c/o Vista IP Law Group LLP OSINSKI, MICHAEL S

2696 Ex Parte PARK et al 13241419 - (D) MacDONALD 103 H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC LIN, HANG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2892 Ex Parte Rothberg et al 13554895 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 41.50 103 LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION GORDON, MATTHEW E

2896 Ex Parte Hagleitner et al 13414286 - (D) DENNETT 103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. NARAGHI, ALI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte ARIMILLI et al 12425210 - (D) DOUGAL 101/103 Russell Ng PLLC (IBM AUS) RUBY, TRAVIS C

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1795 Spectrum Brands, Inc. Requester v. Patent of Energizer Brands, LLC Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte RE41,886 E et al 11/707,855 95001684 - (D) ROBERTSON 102/103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC DIAMOND, ALAN D original KALAFUT, STEPHEN J

breslow

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2139 Ex Parte HUANG et al 12870596 - (D) KENNY 102/103 41.50 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP/CISC SADLER, NATHAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Kawahara et al 13609494 - (D) HOMERE 103 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP PARK, SUNGHYOUN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Ichikawa et al 13004829 - (D) HORNER 112(1)/103 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP/Nike GORDEN, RAEANN

We are aware of no legal authority requiring that a specification enable a final product when a claim is directed to a transitory product. Rather, the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (“MPEP”) instructs that “for unstable and transitory chemical intermediates, the ‘how to make’ requirement [of 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph] does not require that the applicant teach how to make the claimed product in stable, permanent or isolatable form.” MPEP § 2164.01(b) (9th ed.) (July 2015 revision) (citing In re Breslow, 616 F.2d 516, 521 (CCPA 1980) (reversing rejections under 35 U.S.C. §§ 101 and 112, first paragraph, for lack of enablement and holding that chemical intermediates are patentable compositions of matter under § 101 even if they are “transitory, unstable, and non-isolatable”). 
...

In this case, as in Breslow, the claimed golf ball cover, while temporary, does exist.  Breslow, 616 F.2d at 518, 521 (the court noting that in the enablement rejection, the board “was too literal about the need for the artisan to be in possession of the claimed compounds in the sense of hold them for a time in his hands in a ‘reasonable stable’ form”)

Breslow, In re, 616 F.2d 516, 205 USPQ 221 (CCPA 1980) 2164.01(b)

3733 Ex Parte Schreiber et al 12601406 - (D) PLENZLER 103 41.50 112(2) Abel Law Group, LLP MAHMUD, ATIYA S

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2858 Ex Parte Kapser et al 12619405 - (D) DENNETT 102/103 102 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA SCHINDLER, DAVID M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3743 Ex Parte Tiegs 12646939 - (D) JESCHKE 103 102/103 RYLANDER & ASSOCIATES PC LAUX, DAVID J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2469 Ex Parte Cooper 13144904 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. JANGBAHADUR, LAKERAM

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3618 Ex Parte Drummond et al 13640276 - (D) HOELTER 103 SCULLY SCOTT MURPHY & PRESSER, PC JOHNS, HILARY LYNN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 Ex Parte Dane et al 13087722 - (D) HOSKINS 112(2)/102 HAYES SOLOWAY P.C. ACKUN, JACOB K

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Elias 11620424 - (D) BEAMER 103 APPLE c/o MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP LA OKEBATO, SAHLU

bristol-myers2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2473 Ex Parte Koch et al 13183123 - (D) HUME 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P. A. HUQ, OBAIDUL

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1653 Ex Parte Huber-Haag et al 12593462 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 K&L Gates LLP-Chicago PYLA, PAUL D

“To be particularly probative, evidence of unexpected results must establish that there is a difference between the results obtained and those of the closest prior art, and that the difference would not have been expected by one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention.” Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., 752 F.3d 967, 977 (Fed. Cir. 2014).

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1746 Ex Parte Kallinen 13137262 - (D) ROESEL 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T

1781 Ex Parte Maschmeyer et al 14814181 - (D) KENNEDY 103 CORNING INCORPORATED GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte SOUBRA 12966360 - (D) FETTING 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Trimble Navigation Limited ROTARU, OCTAVIAN

3685 Ex Parte Schneck et al 10219890 - (D) FETTING 103 41.50 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. AGWUMEZIE, CHINEDU CHARLES

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Ciarniello et al 12418607 - (D) FETTING 103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL

alice, mayo, amdocs

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1645 Ex Parte McBride et al 12377926 - (D) FLAX 101 Parker Highlander PLLC DEVI, SARVAMANGALA J N

We note, “[a]t some level, ‘all inventions . . . embody, use, reflect, rest upon, or apply laws of nature, natural phenomena, or abstract ideas,’” and whether one takes a macroscopic or microscopic view of a claim may be determinative on the issue. Alice, 134 S. Ct. at 2354 (quoting Mayo, 132 S. Ct. at 1293); and see Amdocs (Israel) Ltd. v. Openet Telecom, Inc., — F.3d — ,2016 WL 6440387 *9 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 1, 2016).

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

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

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte McAleese et al 12769997 - (D) SILVERMAN 102/103 103 41.50 103 Pillsbury Whithrop Shaw Pittman LLP (Kroger &Sunr) GATLING, STACIE D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Schollmayer 10429283 - (D) HARLOW 103 HARNESS, DICKEY, & PIERCE, P.L.C FISHER, ABIGAIL L

1636 Ex Parte BAKER et al 12950732 - (D) MAJORS 112(1)/101 Genomic Health, Inc. / McNeill Baur PLLC BROWN, MINDY G

1637 Ex Parte DAHL et al 13021141 - (D) SCHNEIDER 102 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP/ Complete Genomics, Inc. THOMAS, DAVID C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2686 Ex Parte Ludlow et al 12265666 - (D) HUME 103 PERKINS COIE LLP - SEA General BROWN, VERNAL U

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte SOUBRA 12966360 - (D) FETTING 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Trimble Navigation Limited ROTARU, OCTAVIAN

REEXAMINATION

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1754 Ex parte BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE,Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6616909 et al 09/492,246 90011112 - (R) GUEST 103 BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP TORRES VELAZQUEZ, NORCA LIZ original STRICKLAND, JONAS N

hoffmann

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Golomb et al 11296153 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 41.50 102/103 CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT LLP FRAZIER, BARBARA S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2433 Ex Parte Lukas et al 13685784 - (D) HAAPALA 102/103 Streets & Steele - Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. ANDERSON, MICHAEL D

2439 Ex Parte Hanes 11528127 - (D) THOMAS 103 HP Inc. JACKSON, JENISE E

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2675 Ex Parte Morovic et al 13546668 - (D) EVANS 102/103 HP Inc. ZHU, RICHARD Z

2688 Ex Parte Torline 14157014 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 102 41.50 102 ORACLE (Oracle formerly d/b/a Sun Microsystems) WONG, KIN C

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Ex Parte Ohsawa et al 11986949 - (D) SMITH 103 Husch Blackwell LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz PIZARRO CRESPO, MARCOS D

2881 Ex Parte Giles 11721729 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 Waters Technologies Corporation IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte HOURIET et al 12692897 - (D) MOHANTY 103 PANITCH SCHWARZE BELISARIO & NADEL LLP LONG, FONYA M

3667 Ex Parte Filev et al 13500017 - (D) LANEY 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3752 Ex Parte Lozier 13585129 - (D) ASTORINO 102 FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP GANEY, STEVEN J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte SVENDSEN et al 13433252 - (D) NAPPI 102/103 112(2) SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP KLICOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Ex Parte SAUNDERS 13690902 - (D) HUGHES 102/103 112(2) Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. KHAN, SUHAIL

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte Dick et al 12902871 - (D) SMITH 102/103 102 WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KOEHLER, P.A. BERMAN, JACK I

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Gutsche et al 13392103 - (D) JENKS 103 E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC

see also Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. v. Apotex Inc., 748 F.3d 1326, 1331 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (“Conclusive proof of efficacy is not necessary to show obviousness.”).

1613 Ex Parte Josso 12966373 - (D) NEWMAN 103 POLSINELLI PC ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S

1625 Ex Parte Berndt et al 12763806 - (D) SMITH 102 103 Agilent Technologies, Inc. in care of: CPA Global DRODGE, JOSEPH W

1625 Ex Parte Brandenburg et al 12524630 - (D) NEWMAN 103 BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION O DELL, DAVID K

1652 Ex Parte Reuter et al 12735374 - (D) CHANG 103 Welsh Flaxman & Gitler PROUTY, REBECCA E

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Lockwood et al 11937969 - (D) McMANUS 103 OSHA, LIANG LLP / SMITH DAVIS, SHENG HAN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Song et al 12987190 - (D) COURTENAY 102 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K

2154 Ex Parte Kliewe 13681965 - (D) Per Curiam 103/double patenting SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS HUTTON, NAN

2166 Ex Parte Lakshminath et al 11099203 - (D) BAIN 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM/ORACLE LO, ANN J

2173 Ex Parte Kodama et al 12329486 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC LOWENBERGER, AARON J

2176 Ex Parte Eames et al 13626228 - (D) HOWARD 103 Womble Carlyle Sanbridge & Rice LLP GARMON, BRIAN

2176 Ex Parte Worrall 12879301 - (D) HAMANN 103 BEB Clients/Lowe Graham Jones RIES, LAURIE ANNE

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Thursfield et al 12442410 - (D) BAIN 112(1)/112(2)/103 ADDMG - Harris HOLDER, BRADLEY W

2439 Ex Parte WALKER et al 12434260 - (D) BAIN 112(1)/112(2)/103 ADDMG - Harris HOLDER, BRADLEY W

2495 Ex Parte Kambayashi et al 12880513 - (D) KAISER 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LWIN, MAUNG T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Nishihara et al 12183786 - (D) PYONIN 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. CHOW, JEFFREY J

2623 Ex Parte Taylor et al 14205781 - (D) BENNETT 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY BOLOTIN, DMITRIY

2625 Ex Parte Salsman 12621581 - (D) BAIN 112(1)/112(2)/103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. PIZIALI, JEFFREY J

2648 Ex Parte Trappeniers et al 11961966 - (D) CRAIG 103 FAY SHARPE/LUCENT SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK

2689 Ex Parte Tucker 13597717 - (D) DIXON 103 Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. SWARTHOUT, BRENT

2699 Ex Parte Grossman et al 13715916 - (D) TROCK 103 Artegis Law Group, LLP BOST, DWAYNE D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2893 Ex Parte Meyer 12130138 - (D) TIMM 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA REAMES, MATTHEW L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Allan 12861250 - (D) MOHANTY 103 NCR Corporation SHEIKH, ASFAND M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte Amaitis et al 13561335 - (D) GUIJT 101 103/double patenting CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. HSU, RYAN

3744 Ex Parte Alers et al 13119456 - (D) MURPHY 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2687 Ex Parte Dittrich 10866106 - (R) DIXON 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC POPE, DARYL C

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex parte Satou et al. Ex Parte 6,955,680 B2 et al 10/118,572 90013343 - (D) MARTIN 103 102/103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD STRYKER CORPORATION THIRD PARTY REQUESTOR JOHN D. VOIG ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN original TRUONG, KEVIN THAO

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 MEXICHEM AMANCO HOLDING S.A. de C.V. Requester and Respondent v. HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8053404 et al 12/558,099 95001920 - (D) GUEST 103 HONEYWELL/FOX/BANNER THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: RYAN KROMHOLZ & MANION, S.C. MCKANE, ELIZABETH L original WEBB, GREGORY E

1796 INNOPHOS, INC. Requester v. Patent of ICL PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS, LP Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7,678,467 B2 et al 11/562,819 95002272 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 SENNIGER POWERS LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP (HARTFORD) KUGEL, TIMOTHY J original SZEKELY, PETER A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2821 GE LIGHTING INC. and OSRAM SYLVANIA INC., Requesters and Respondents v. EPISTAR CORPORATION, Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6465961 et al 09/939,340 95000680 - (D) McKEOWN 112(2) 103 DITTHAVONG & STEINER, P.C. FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: SUTTON MCAUGHAN DEAVER, PPLC FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DC) GAGLIARDI, ALBERT J original VANNUCCI, JAMES