REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
Ex Parte Lemmens WALSH 103(a) GE HEALTHCARE BIO-SCIENCES CORP.

Ex Parte Reddy et al GRIMES 102(b)/103(a) DR. REDDY''S LABORATORIES, INC.

"[T]he examiner must provide some evidence or scientific reasoning to establish the reasonableness of the examiner’s belief that the functional limitation is an inherent characteristic of the prior art" before the burden is shifted to Applicants to disprove the inherency. Ex parte Skinner, 2 USPQ2d 1788, 1789 (BPAI 1986). quoted in precedential opinion Ex parte THOMAS J. WHALEN II et al

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Chupka et al TIMM 103(a) WEGMAN HESSLER & VANDERBURG

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Thursfield HOFF 102(e)/103(a) US PHILIPS CORPORATION

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Van Den Enden RUGGIERO 102(b)/103(a) BLANK ROME LLP

Ex Parte Gleason TURNER 102(b)/103(a) TRASK BRITT, P.C./ MICRON TECHNOLOGY

“Even when guidance is not provided in explicit definitional format, the specification may define claim terms by implication such that the meaning may be found in or ascertained by a reading of the patent documents.” Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (en banc)

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Cronce MOHANTY 102(e) VIRTUAL LAW PARTNERS LLP

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Ranieri et al KERINS 102(b)/103(a) PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN, LLP

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Giacalone MACDONALD 102(e)/103(a) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Thiery et al HOFF 102(b) FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP

Under the doctrine of inherency, if a claimed element is not expressly disclosed in a prior art reference, the reference nevertheless anticipates the claim if the missing element is necessarily present in the reference, and it would be so recognized by skilled artisans. Rosco, Inc. v. Mirror Lite Co., 304 F.3d 1373, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2002) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted). To anticipate the claim, the missing element must be necessarily present in the prior art—not merely probably or possibly present. Id.

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Beichl et al MEDLEY 103(a) Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Reutter PRATS 102(b)/103(a) BACON & THOMAS, PLLC