REVERSED

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Cohen-solal NAPPI 103(a) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS
device that allows the picture in picture on a television display to be repositioned or resized
Inagaki US 5,999,214 Dec. 7, 1999
Cox US 6,154,724 Nov. 28, 2000
A rejection based on § 103 must rest upon a factual basis rather than conjecture or speculation. "Where the legal conclusion [of obviousness] is not supported by the facts it cannot stand." In re Warner, 379 F.2d 1011, 1017 (CCPA 1967). See also In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 988.

Ex Parte Simpson et al RUGGIERO 102(e) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
printing system that includes a personal computer and a printer having multiple output trays
Nozawa US 6,781,709 B2 Aug. 24, 2004 (filed Dec. 12, 2000)
“‘Inherency, however, may not be established by probabilities or possibilities. The mere fact that a certain thing may result from a given set of circumstances is not sufficient.’” Continental Can Co. USA, Inc. v. Monsanto Co., 948 F.2d 1264, 1269 (Fed. Cir. 1991) (quoting Hansgirg v. Kemmer, 102 F.2d 212, 214 (CCPA 1939).

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Kimura HAIRSTON 103(a) COOK, ALEX, McFARRON, MANZO, CUMMINGS & MEHLER, LTD.
light extraction and scattering from a light scattering body of a light emitting display device
Ooi US 5,206,746 Apr. 27, 1993
Jones US 5,920,080 Jul. 6, 1999
Shibata US 6,147,451 Nov. 14, 2000
Abe US 6,617,784 B1 Sep. 9, 2003 (filed Jun. 8, 1998)
Duggal US 6,777,871 B2 Aug. 17, 2004 (filed Mar. 31, 2000)

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Storm SONG 103(a) Webb Ziesenheim Bruening Logsdon Orkin & Hanson
device for displaying information, such as advertisements, on a lorry (i.e., tractor-trailer truck)
Woodard US 3,430,374 Mar. 4, 1969
Witten US 4,518,188 May 21, 1985

NUIJTEN - AFFIRMED

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
Ex Parte Balloni et al BARRETT 102(b)/103(a) PETER VOGELGE HEALTHCARE
remote or collaborative control of an imaging system
Wood US 5,715,823 Feb. 10, 1998
See In re Nuijten, 500 F.3d 1346, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2007) ("If a claim covers material not found in any of the four statutory categories, that claim falls outside the plainly expressed scope of § 101 even if the subject matter is otherwise new and useful."). "Manufactures" are tangible articles or commodities. Id. at 1356. Thus, a "signal" cannot be patentable subject matter because it is not within any of the four categories. Id. at 1357. Similarly, a "paradigm" does not fit within any of the four categories. In re Ferguson, 558 F.3d 1359, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2009).

BILSKI - REVERSED: NEW GROUNDS 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b)

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Dang FISCHETTI 101/103(a) DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP
37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b)
a computer- implemented method for receiving input data relating to a person's medical claim

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Nielsen FISCHETTI 102/103 MICHAEL CHAN NCR CORPORATION
system and method for analyzing a self-service network, selecting advertisements for self service terminals, to a data warehouse and to a self-service terminal
De Leo US 6,381,626 B1 Apr. 30, 2002

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Provencher et al WHITEHEAD, JR. 103(a) HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY
37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b)
computer keyboard having a keypad capable of operating in a PC mode and a telephone mode
Haber US 5,375,165 Dec. 20, 1994
Kim US 6,281,812 B1 Aug. 28, 2001
Clapper US 2003/0011571 A1 Jan. 16, 2003

Ex Parte Nikiforov HAIRSTON 102(b)/103(a) WESTMAN, CHAMPLIN & KELLY, P.A.
37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b)
method and computer implemented method of processing images such as fingerprints
Hara US 5,703,958 Dec. 30, 1997
Takhar US 6,002,787 Dec. 14, 1999
Funada US 2002/0164056 A1 Nov. 7, 2002

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Greenberg et al CRAWFORD 103(a) Frank C. Nicholas CARDINAL LAW GROUP
systems and methods for online purchasing and selling of commodities
Walker US 5,794,207 Aug. 11, 1998
O’Neill US 6,219,653 B1 Apr. 17, 2001
Pool US 6,460,020 B1 Oct. 1, 2002

Ex Parte Crittenden O’NEILL 103(a) LINIAK, BERENATO & WHITE, LLC
wood composite door skin
Green US 5,074,087 Dec. 24, 1991
Lynch EP 0 688 639 A2 Dec. 27, 1995
Nickel EP 1 190 825 A2 Mar. 27, 2002

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Crosser HORNER 102(b) EMCH, SCHAFFER, SCHAUB & PORCELLO CO
color identification of tools
Arnold US 5,819,606 Oct. 13, 1998