REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

Ex Parte Varatharajan et al DELMENDO 102(b)/103(a) GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
hybrid power plants with integrated fuel cells
Domeracki 5,413,879 May 9, 1995
Rosen 6,213,234 B1 Apr. 10, 2001

2100 Computer Architecture and Software

Ex Parte Connor THOMAS 103(a) KENYON & KENYON LLP
command-response bus protocol
Habusha 6,205,498 B1 Mar. 20, 2001
Elzur 2004/0034725 A1 Feb. 19, 2004 (filed Aug. 14, 2003)

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security

Ex Parte Yamade COURTENAY 103(a) Morrison & Foerster LLP
data transmission device
Ramaley 6,687,741 B1 Feb. 3, 2004
Kakimoto 6,775,688 B1 Aug. 10, 2004

Ex Parte Baratakke et al DANG 102(e) IBM CORP
data processing system
Kalkunte 6,567,417 B2 May 20, 2003

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

Ex Parte Fitz BAHR 103(a) WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P.
extension guide fitting for drawers
Julius Blum GmbH AT 004518 U1, published Aug. 27, 2001
Fleisch 5,895,102 Apr. 20, 1999

Ex Parte Menefee BAHR 102(b) ATK c/o Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.
shotgun shell
Bilsbury 4,479,438 Oct. 30, 1984

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs

Ex Parte Axe et al HORNER 102(b) MACMILLAN SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC
air cycle air conditioning system
Sauterleute et al. 6,505,474 B2 Jan. 14, 2003

REVERSED, new ground of rejection (BILSKI) under 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b)

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

Ex Parte Delta et al HORNER 112(2)/101/103(a) PAULY, DEVRIES SMITH & DEFFNER, L.L.C.
extended hours trade filtering
Sposito 2001/0042033 A1 Nov. 15, 2001
Kirwin 2002/0029180 A1 Mar. 7, 2002
Vogel 6,944,599 B1 Sep. 13, 2005

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

Ex Parte Tiner et al GAUDETTE 103(a) PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP
(LCD) improved method for transferring a large area substrate onto a substrate support
Matsumura 5,823,736 Oct. 20, 1998
Ushikawa 6,140,256 Oct. 31, 2000
Schaper 6,313,441 B1 Nov. 06, 2001
Shang 6,676,761 B2 Jan. 13, 2004

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security

Ex Parte Terribile THOMAS 103(a) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C.
apparatus, method, and computer readable medium for building a table to select most frequently used Internet site names
Peercy 5,960,429 Sep. 28, 1999
Swildens 2001/0034792 A1 Oct. 25, 2001 (Filed Feb. 7, 2001)
Doyle 2002/0099807 A1 Jul. 25, 2002 (Filed Jan 22, 2001)
Chauvel 6,826,652 B1 Nov. 30, 2004 (Filed Jun. 9, 2000)

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

Ex Parte Zver et al JEFFERY 103(a) Siemens Corporation
power supply that provides alternate sources of power
Edevold 6,292,379 B1 Sep. 18, 2001
Rossow 6,923,285 B1 Aug. 2, 2005 (filed Feb. 1, 2000)