REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

Ex Parte Bruck et al COLAIANNI 103(a) LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP
Casing tube with thermally insulating beads
Usui 5,104,627 Apr. 14, 1992
Iida 5,278,125 Jan. 11, 1994
Breuer 5,413,767 May 9, 1995
Degen DE 10032023 Jan. 10, 2002

2100 Computer Architecture and Software

Ex Parte Pierre Cote et al DANG 103(a) MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Discoverability and navigation of hyperlinks via tabs
Nielsen US 5,963,950 Oct. 5, 1999
Allen US 5,940,614 Aug. 17, 1999
Wistendahl US 5,708,845 Jan 13, 1998

Ex Parte Beckley et al COURTENAY 102(b)/103(a) DORITY & MANNING, PA & MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA, INC
Self-contained radio apparatus for transmission of data
Shoji US 6,670,924 B1 Dec. 30, 2003
Pollack US 6,899,153 B1 May 31, 2005

2600 Communications

Ex Parte Morper HAIRSTON 102(e)/103(a) BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
Method and device for authenticated access of a station to local data
Oka US 6,091,945 Jul. 18, 2000
Sormunen US 6,112,078 Aug. 29, 2000
Wenzel US 2002/0034939 A1 Mar. 21, 2002

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs

Ex Parte Carman et al SCHEINER 102(b)/112(2) K&L GATES LLP
Multiple use handle support for distributing forces
Stephens (US Patent 5,331,989, issued July 26, 1994)

Ex Parte Moon et al COLAIANNI 103(b) HARNESS DICKEY & PIERCE, PLC
Circuit board having a heating means and a hermetically sealed multi-chip
Kunii (JP 06-268113, published Sept. 22, 1994)
Schulman (US 5,750,926, published May 12, 1998)
Goto (WO 90/16141, published Dec. 27, 1990)
Carr (US 3,289,046, published Nov. 29, 1966)

Ex Parte Berenstein et al BAHR 102(b)/103(a) VISTA IP LAW GROUP LLP
Expandable body cavity liner device
Oddo 2,849,002 (Aug. 26, 1958)

Ex Parte Bergman WALSH 112(2)/103(a) James L. Young Westman, Champlin & Kelly, P.A.
Hand-held vessel
Fredette 1,590,572, June 29, 1926.
Vaughn 3,536,285, Oct. 27, 1970.
Biggio 4,860,891, Aug. 29, 1989.
Effertz 5,277,733, Jan. 11, 1994.
Kerr 5,033,704, Jul. 23, 1991.

"The entirety of the evidence must be reviewed in order to determine whether the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the field." In re Kumar, 418 F.3d 1361, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2005).

Ex Parte Gomez MILLS 102(b)/103(a) MCCORMICK, PAULDING & HUBER LLP
Method and apparatus for protecting the distal lens of endoscopes
Dohm et al. US 5,720,391 Feb 24, 1998
Beane et al. US 2002/0022762 A1 Feb. 21, 2002
Lantz US 6,910,582 B2 Jun. 28, 2005

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

Ex Parte Rife et al LANE 103(a) US Naval Research Laboratory
Fluidic force discrimination

“[D]iscovery of an optimum value of a result effective variable in a known process is ordinarily within the skill of the art. . . . It is well settled that a prima facie case of obviousness may be rebutted ‘where the results of optimizing a variable, which was known to be result effective, (are) unexpectedly good.’” In re Boesch, 617 F.2d 272, 276 (CCPA 1980) (quoting In re Antonie, 559 F.2d 618, 620 (CCPA 1977)).

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs

Ex Parte Williams STAICOVICI 112(1)/103(a) SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP
Liquid storage
Moody US 3,756,410 Sep. 4, 1973
Kuno US 4,902,432 Feb. 20, 1990
Kirschner US 5,115,956 May 26, 1992
Kraus US 5,749,500 May 12, 1998
Plester US 5,776,333 Jul. 7, 1998
Acernese US 5,788,858 Aug. 4, 1998
Sawan US 5,817,325 Oct. 6, 1998

Ex Parte Hough et al MEDLEY 102(b)/103(a) Pitney Bowes, Inc.
OPTICAL SENSOR CLEANER
Kalbow 4,055,029 Oct. 25, 1977
Gelardi et al. 5,457,843 Oct. 17, 1995
Beeson 5,589,865 Dec. 31, 1996
Kikuchi et al. 6,353,233 Mar. 5, 2002

“Under the proper legal standard, a reference will teach away when it suggests that the developments flowing from its disclosures are unlikely to produce the objective of the applicant's invention.” Syntex (U.S.A) v. Apotex, Inc., 407 F.3d 1371, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2005), citing In re Gurley, 27 F.3d 551, 553 (Fed. Cir. 1994).

Ex Parte Schneider et al LEBOVITZ 103(a) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC
Device for supplying a respiratory gas
Gruenke (US 5,134,995, issued Aug 4, 1992)
Rapoport (US 5,546,933, issued Aug. 20, 1996)
Taube (US 5,388,575, issued Feb. 14, 1995)

Ex Parte Poole et al HORNER 102(b)/103(a) non-statuatory obviousness double patenting ROBERT A. PARSONS
Self adjusting grooved pliers
Daugherty US 2,622,464 Dec. 23, 1952
Reich US 4,726,265 Feb. 23, 1988
Liou US 6,019,020 Feb. 1, 2000
Martinka US 2003/0101852 A1 Jun. 5, 2003
Poole US 7,017,458 B2 Mar. 28, 2006