REVERSED

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
Ex Parte Banerjee et al HOMERE 103(a) IBM CORPORATION (SS)
method and system for managing a subscriber’s access to an online subscription service
Drosset US 6,662,231 Dec. 9, 2003
Nye US 2003/0028548 Feb. 6, 2003
Davis US 2002/0040395 Apr. 4, 2002

Ex Parte Smith SIU 101/103(a) IBM Corporation
37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) - NUIJTEN
server-initiated predictive failure analysis (PFA) on disk drives
Warwick US 6,460,151 B1 Oct. 1, 2002
Our reviewing court has 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), reh’g
denied en banc, 515 F.3d 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2008), cert. denied, 129 S. Ct. 70
(2008).

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Li et al KRIVAK 103(a) INTEL/BSTZ
adaptive receiver architecture
Subramanian US 2002/0015401 A1 Feb. 7, 2002
McCorkle US 2002/0064245 A1 May 30, 2002 (filed Oct. 10, 2001)
McCorkle US 2003/0054764 A1 Mar. 20, 2003 (filed Oct. 11, 2002)
Miller US 2003/0067963 A1 Apr. 10, 2003 (filed Aug. 8, 2002)
Arslan US 2004/0022335 A1 Feb. 5, 2004 (filed Aug. 1, 2002)
Ho US 2004/0042561 A1 Mar. 4, 2004 (filed Aug. 30, 2002)
“Conception is defined as formation in the mind of the inventor, of a
definite and permanent idea of the complete and operative invention, as it is
hereafter to be applied in practice.” Brand v. Miller, 487 F.3d 862, 869 n.4
(Fed. Cir. 2007) (citations omitted) (internal quotation marks omitted).

Reasonable diligence can be shown by establishing that “the attorney
worked reasonably hard on the particular application in question during the
continuous critical period.” Bey v. Kollonitsch, 806 F.2d 1024, 1027 (Fed.
Cir. 1986).

Ex Parte Bonelli et al HAIRSTON 103(a) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
serial data link with an automatic power down function
Chan US 6,259,745 B1 Jul. 10, 2001
Wells US 6,317,839 B1 Nov. 13, 2001
Kuo US 2002/0075051 A1 Jun. 20, 2002 (filed Dec. 20, 2000)
Mages US 2003/0038676 A1 Feb. 27, 2003 (filed Aug. 27, 2001)

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Prasher TIMM 103(a) BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC
cooling a integrated circuit die with a cooling system that includes microchannels
Messina et al. U.S. Patent No. 5,239,200, August 24, 1993
Chu et al. U.S. Patent No. 6,489,551 B2, December 3, 2002
Ritchie U.S. Patent No. 3,232,719, February 1, 1966
Law et al. U.S. Patent No. 6,711,904 B1, March 30, 2004
Otey U.S. Patent No. 6,410,971 B1, June 25, 2002

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Huber et al STAICOVICI 102(b)/103(a) FRASER CLEMENS MARTIN & MILLER LLC
splined couplings for transmitting torque between two components
Mangas US 5,716,276 Feb. 10, 1998
Mancuso US 6,026,700 Feb. 22, 2000

Ex Parte Chapman et al STAICOVICI 102(b) PITNEY BOWES INC.
paper handling system
Hirano US 6,213,456 B1 Apr. 10, 2001

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Wilson et al McCOLLUM 112(1)/103(a) WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP
service unit for providing a convenience service to a cab of a tractor trailer
Smith et al., US 2,746,372, May 22, 1956
Wetherell, US 6,109,049, Aug. 29, 2000
Kenney et al., US 5,957,329, Sep. 28, 1999
Whiteman, US 4,632,019, Dec. 30, 1986
Takach, US 2,646,496, Jul. 21, 1953
Holmes, US 2,962,951, Dec. 6, 1960
“It is fundamental that rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103 must be based on evidence comprehended by the language of that section.” In re Grasselli, 713 F.2d 731, 739 (Fed. Cir. 1983).

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Shah WHITEHEAD, JR. 102(b)/103(a) AT&T Legal Department - T&W
handing off a call if the quality level of the communication is reduced
Wadin US 5,329,635 Jul. 12, 1994
Karlsson US 5,499,386 Mar. 12, 1996
Simosson US 2001/0041537 A1 Nov. 15, 2001
Kransmo US 6,597,911 B1 Jul. 22, 2003
Jagadeesan US 2005/0059400 A1 Mar. 17, 2005

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Bill et al HOFF 103(a) TUROCY & WATSON, LLP
37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b)
memory cell array comprising a semiconductor device that includes a polymer memory cell coupled to a vertical JFET
Lazzaroni US 4,663,001 May 5, 1987
Perner US 6,636,436 B2 Oct. 21, 2003
Noble US 2004/0132232 A1 Jul. 8, 2004
Rinerson US 6,917,539 Jul. 12, 2005

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Gauselmann GREEN 103(a) PATENT LAW GROUP LLP
gaming method
Frohm US 6,234,987 B1 May 22, 2001
Bennett US 6,224,482 B1 May 1, 2001

Ex Parte Brown GRIMES 102(b) VIDAS, ARRETT & STEINKRAUS, P.A.
helical stent
Barclay et al., US 2002/0082682 A1, Jun. 27, 2002

BILSKI - AFFIRMED

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Hardwick HOFF 101/103(a) FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
synthesis of digital speech samples corresponding to a selected voicing state
Griffin US 5,701,390 Dec. 23, 1997
Bilski held that there is no danger of pre-emption of fundamental principles "[s]o long as the claimed process is limited to a practical application of a fundamental principle to transform specific data, and the claim is limited to a visual depiction that represents physical objects or substances." Bilski, 545 F.3d at 963.