REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Ubbels et al SMITH 112(2)/102(b)/103(a) STREETS & STEELE
method for inhibiting interaction between cations in water and organic acids in a mixture of water and oil
Gardner US. 5,008,026 April 16, 1991
Askestad U.S. 5,482,484 January 9, 1996
As stated in In re Rijckaert, 9 F.3d 1531, 1534 (Fed. Cir. 1993) (quoting from In re Oelrich, 666 F.2d at 581), "[t]he mere fact that a certain thing may result from a given set of circumstances is not sufficient [to establish inherency]" (emphasis in original).

Ex Parte Merdan TIMM 112(2)/103(a) CROMPTON, SEAGER & TUFTE, LLC
37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b)
system for manufacturing a stent
Tessier US 5,073,694 Dec. 17, 1991
Schell US 6,586,705 B1 Jul. 1, 2003
Wright US 5,267,381 Dec. 07, 1993
In re Smith, 36 F.2d 302, 303 (CCPA 1929) ("It will be borne in mind that it has been long established that a person may not patent a combination of device and material upon which the device works, nor limit other persons from the use of similar material by claiming a device patent.").

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Cavanna et al MACDONALD 103(a) AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
system for computing a cyclic redundancy code (CRC) by processing a data message a word at a time
Garrabrant U.S. 6,766,490 B1 Jul. 20, 2004
Direen U.S. 6,934,730 B2 Aug. 23, 2005

Ex Parte Brown et al DIXON 102(e) KONRAD, RAYNES & VICTOR LLP
method, system, and computer program of database system for processing predicates in an iterator function
Andrei US 6,801,905 B2 Oct. 5, 2004

Ex Parte Burdass DIXON 102(a)/102(e)/103(a) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC
system and method prefetching exception vectors
Nguyen U.S. 5,481,685 Jan. 2, 1996
Glass U.S. 5,784,602 Jul. 21, 1998
Birk U.S. 6,978,350 B2 Dec. 20, 2005 (FILED AUG. 29, 2002)

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Muhonen SAADAT 103(a) PERMAN & GREEN, LLP
mobile station having an adaptive mode
van den Heuvel GB 2 294 844 A May 8, 1996
Henry US 5,603,084 Feb. 11, 1997
Bridges US 6,546,246 B1 Apr. 8, 2003 (effectively filed Mar. 6, 1998)
Sainton US RE38,787 E Aug. 30, 2005 (filed Sep. 8, 1999)
"Where the legal conclusion [of obviousness] is not supported by facts it cannot stand." In re Warner, 379 F.2d 1011, 1017 (CCPA 1967).

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Sayag KIMLIN 103(a) WEAVER AUSTIN VILLENEUVE & SAMPSON LLP
integrated x-ray image capture and readout system
Alvarez 5,221,843 Jun. 22, 1993
Dewaele 5,757,021 May 26, 1998
Karellas 5,864,146 Jan. 26, 1999
Mueller WO 99/28765 Jun. 10, 1999
Budinski 5,912,944 Jun. 15, 1999
Floresta 6,239,516 B1 May 29, 2001
Mueller 6,373,074 B1 Apr. 16, 2002


BILSKI - AFFIRMED

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Toth HORNER 101 KRIEG DEVAULT LLP
method for a one game scratch match play, single elimination tournament

NUIJTEN - AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Roth SIU 101/112(1) HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY
providing a list of services in a module definition on which a module depends

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Johns et al LUCAS 102(e)/103(a) IBM CORP. (WIP)
direct memory access system with a tightly coupled arrangement of a cache, controller, and processor that makes software applications run faster
Ohba US 6,427,201 B1 July 30, 2002
Liao et al. US 6,681,296 B2 Jan. 20, 2004
Ollivier et al. US 6,737,881 B1 May 18, 2004 (filed Jun. 9, 2000)
Futral et al. US 2005/0033874 A1 Feb. 10, 2005 (filed Aug. 5, 2003)

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Senoh et al 102(b)/103(a) FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP
37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b)
device for weighing a seated vehicle passenger
Aoki (“Aoki ’325”) US 6,069,325 May 30, 2000
Aoki (“Aoki ’444”) US 6,323,444 B1 Nov. 27, 2001
Cooper US 6,448,512 B1 Sep. 10, 2002

Ex Parte Dadd BAUMEISTER 103(a) PEARNE & GORDON LLP
devices for regulating the pressure pulses and flow pulses that are emitted from the exhausts of internal combustion engines
Venter US 4,683,978 Aug. 4, 1987
Takagawa5 JP 5-332121 A Dec. 14, 1993

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Johansson et al ADAMS 103(a) BACON & THOMAS
non-folded paper container wall
Jaisle et al. US 3,997,696 Dec. 14, 1976
Zadravetz US 6,126,584 Oct. 3, 2000
Slat US 6,264,053 Jul. 24, 2001