REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
Ex Parte Hursey ADAMS 103(a) KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP
composition for promoting the formation of clots in blood
Hursey et al. (Hursey I) US 4,822,349 Apr. 18, 1989
Hursey et al. (Hursey II) WO 02/30479 A1 Apr. 18, 2002

[O]bviousness requires a suggestion of all the elements in a claim (CFMT, Inc. v. Yieldup Int’l Corp., 349 F.3d 1333, 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2003)) and “a reason that would have prompted a person of ordinary skill in the relevant field to combine the elements in the way the claimed new invention does.” KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 418 (2007)

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Schembri et al GREEN 102(e)/103(a) AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
method for separating and detecting a first chemical moiety and a second chemical moiety in a sample
Brevnov 6,942,974 B2 Sept. 13, 2005

“We must still be careful not to allow hindsight reconstruction of references to reach the claimed invention without any explanation as to how or why the references would be combined to produce the claimed invention.” Innogenetics, N.V. v. Abbott Labs., 512 F.3d 1363, 1374 n.3 (Fed. Cir. 2008)

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Tanaka et al CRAWFORD 103(a) FENWICK & WEST, LLP
method and apparatus for location-sensitive subsidized cell phone billing
Owensby US 2002/0077130 A1 Jun. 20, 2002
Jones US 6,411,891 B1 Jun. 25, 2002

Ex Parte Bosch et al LEE 102(b)/103(a) STRIKER, STRIKER & STENBY
handle for an electric tool
Wursch et al. (Wursch) US 2002/0145724 A1 Oct. 10, 2002
Suzuki et al. (Suzuki) US 2004/0144552 A1 Jul. 29, 2004

Ex Parte LaRue ADAMS 102(b)/103(a) BABCOCK & WILCOX POWER GENERATION GROUP, INC.
over fire port arrangement for a fossil fuel fired furnace or boiler
Kramer et al. US 5,809,913 Sep. 22, 1998

Obviousness requires a suggestion of all the elements in a claim (CFMT, Inc. v. Yieldup Int’l Corp., 349 F.3d 1333, 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2003)) and "a reason that would have prompted a person of ordinary skill in the relevant field to combine the elements in the way the claimed new invention does." KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 418 (2007).

Ex Parte Landis et al ADAMS 102(b)/103(a) FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY
tamper-evident lid
Ingemann US 4,529,100 Jul. 16, 1985
Roth et al. US 5,085,339 Feb. 4, 1992
Reil et al. US 5,114,068 May 19, 1992

Ex Parte Heinstein et al BAHR 103(a) KENYON & KENYON LLP
method of diagnosing an adjusting device situated in an exhaust duct of an internal combustion engine
Takakura US 6,477,830 B2 Nov. 12, 2002
Ueno US 7,062,968 B2 Jun. 20, 2006

In making a rejection on the basis of obviousness, the examiner has the initial duty of supplying the requisite factual basis and may not, because of doubts that the invention is patentable, resort to speculation, unfounded assumptions or hindsight reconstruction to supply deficiencies in the factual basis. In re Warner, 379 F.2d 1011, 1017 (CCPA 1967).

BILSKI - AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Verhaegh et al FETTING 101/102(b)/103(a)/112(2) US Philips Corporation
37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b)
way of determining a schedule for executing a plurality of tasks requiring a plurality of resources

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Kamins et al NAGUMO 103(a) HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY
structures comprising nanowires comprised of two materials embedded in a matrix, and methods of making such structures
Jun Li et al. US 6,831,017 B1 14 December 2004, filed 5 April 2002

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Angel MOORE 112(1)/103(a) MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL, P.C.
tracheal breathing tube having additional conduits
McGrail 4,584,998 Apr. 29, 1986
Heinen, Jr. 5,372,131 Dec. 13, 1994
Frass 5,499,625 Mar. 19, 1996
Pagan 6,148,818 Nov. 21, 2000
Weaver 6,770,066 B1 Aug. 03, 2004

Ex Parte Dent et al GREEN 102(b)/103(a) Diehl Servilla LLC
iontophoretic drug delivery device
Bremer US 4,215,696 Aug. 5, 1980
Jones US 4,911,688 Mar. 27, 1990
Untereker US 5,395,310 Mar. 7, 1995
Wright US 5,499,628 Mar. 19, 1996