REVERSED

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Geiger OWENS 103(a) SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P.A.
pupilometer and a system and method which use the pupilometer to monitor vital signs
Stark 6,260,968 B1 Jul. 17, 2001
West 2002/0013518 A1 Jan. 31, 2002

"‘rejections on obviousness grounds cannot be sustained by mere conclusory statements; instead, there must be some articulated reasoning with some rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion of obviousness’" KSR Int’l. Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 418 (2007) quoting In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 988 (Fed. Cir. 2006).

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Castellon STAICOVICI 102(b)/103(a) BLANK ROME LLP
mounting assembly for a drive shaft in a universal joint yoke
Debisschop US 6,135,667 Oct. 24, 2000
Ikeda US 6,443,650 B2 Sep. 3, 2002

It is elementary that to support an obviousness rejection all words in a claim must be considered in judging the patentability of that claim against the prior art. In re Wilson, 424 F.2d 1382, 1385 (CCPA 1970)

BILSKI - REVERSED
37 C.F.R §41.50(b)

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Johnson et al FETTING 103(a) SCHWEGAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A.
method and apparatus to assess the credit of healthcare patients
Schoenbaum US 2002/0147617 A1 October 10, 2002
Baldwin, JR. US 2003/0050795 A1 March 13, 2003
Hutchins US 2004/0111292 A1 June 10, 2004

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Manning SILVERBERG 112(2)/102(b)/103(a) Liniak, Berenato & White
belt tensioner assembly for an internal combustion engine
Giese (as translated) P4243451.3 Jun. 23, 1994
Bogl (as translated) DE 198 49 659 A1 May 4, 2000
Bogl (US equivalent) US 6,511,393 B1 Jan. 28, 2003

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Kiesewetter et al SILVERBERG 102(b)/103(a) ROBERT W. BECKER & ASSOCIATES
exhaust muffler for an internal combustion engine
Lux US 4,164,989 Aug. 21, 1979
Nagai US 5,139,107 Aug. 18, 1992

Ex Parte Bacher MILLS 103(a) ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC
medical instrument with a shaft
Strait US 2,334,449 Nov. 16, 1943
LeMarie, III et al. US 5,366,477 Nov. 22, 1994