REVERSED

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Ito KERINS 103(a) WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP

article-transporting apparatus which includes an overhead traveling carriage

"If a proposed modification or combination of the prior art would change the principle of operation of the prior art device being modified, then the teachings of the references are not sufficient to render the claims prima facie obvious. In re Ratti, 270 F.2d 810, 813 (CCPA 1959)"

Toniolo US 4,431,359 Feb. 14, 1984
McManus US 4,736,971 Apr. 12, 1988
Shiaku JP 09 077455 A Mar. 25, 1997

BILSKI - AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Petculescu et al HUGHES 101/112(2)/102(b) Amin & Turocy, LLP
system and method for automating the generating and building of dimensional models utilizing simplified analysis heuristics

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Wu et al NAGUMO 102(e)/103(a) DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
breathable elastic composite materials
Walton et al. U.S. 6,794,024 B1 Sept. 21 2004 (filed 25 October 2000)
Mackay US 2001/0042938 A1 Nov. 22 2001 (filed 14 October 1999)

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
Ex Parte Kumhyr et al HOMERE 102(b)/103(a) IBM CORP (YA)
37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b)

method and system for providing a translator with context information

"Our reviewing court has recently held that transitory, propagating signals, such as carrier waves, are not within any of the four statutory categories (process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter). Therefore, a claim directed to computer instructions embodied in a signal is not statutory under 35 U.S.C. § 101. In re Nuijten, 500 F.3d 1346, 1357 (Fed. Cir. 2007) "

Chou US 5,583,761 Dec. 10, 1996
Stone US 5,903,859 May 11, 1999

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Pharn HAIRSTON 102(b)/103(a) STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
network monitoring method and apparatus
Oliver US 4,766,386 Aug. 23, 1988
Bjork US 5,128,619 Jul. 7, 1992
Hulina US 5,521,512 May 28, 1996
Chong US 6,417,672 B1 Jul. 9, 2002
Karam US 6,614,236 B1 Sep. 2, 2003
Lo US 6,980,007 B1 Dec. 27, 2005 (filed Mar. 27, 2003)

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security
Ex Parte Stolpmann et al LEBOVITZ 102(b)/103(a) HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.
mattresses configured to support a patient
Maier US 6,223,369 B1 May 1, 2001
Fiore US 4,665,573 May 19, 1987
Ward US 6,202,239 B1 Mar. 20, 2001
Stolpmann US 6,212,718 B1 Apr. 10, 2001
Henley US 6,430,766 B1 Aug. 13, 2002

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Misek et al MILLS 103(a)/112(2) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
absorbent feminine care article
Weisman et al. US 4,673,402 Jun. 16, 1987
Richards et al. US 5,607,414 Mar. 4, 1997