REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Hirayama et al McKELVEY 103(a)/112(2) 37 C.F.R. 41.50(b) McDermott Will & Emery

With due respect, we believe the Examiner's ultimate conclusion of obviousness was based on hindsight as a result of a consideration of Sanyo's specification and not the prior art. In re McLaughlin, 58 CCPA 1310, 1313-14, 443 F.2d 1392, 1395 (CCPA 1971). The only evidence suggesting a "not less than 3.5" ratio is Sanyo's specification.

McLaughlin, In re, 443 F.2d 1392, 170 USPQ 209 (CCPA 1971) . . . . . 707.07(f) , 2145

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
Ex Parte Donovan et al HOFF 102(a)/103(a) VERIZON

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Shaked HAIRSTON 103(a) HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Gilham FETTING 103(a) SHOEMAKER AND MATTARE, LTD

Ex Parte Stiller SILVERBERG 103(a) KENYON & KENYON LLP

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Shah et al SILVERBERG 102(b)/103(a) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C.

Ex Parte Weber et al LANE 102(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
Ex Parte Fredrick SCHEINER 102(b)/112(2) AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.

During examination, the PTO must interpret terms in a claim using "the broadest reasonable meaning of the words in their ordinary usage as they would be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art, taking into account whatever enlightenment by way of definitions or otherwise that may be afforded by the written description contained in the applicant’s specification." In re Morris, 127 F.3d 1048, 1054 (Fed. Cir. 1997).
Nevertheless, "courts must not ‘import[ ] limitations from the specification into the claim.’ . . . [I]t is improper to ‘confin[e] the claims to th[e] embodiments’ found in the specification . . . ." In re Trans Texas Holdings Corp., 498 F.3d 1290, 1299 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (citations omitted, bracketed text in internal quotes in original).

Morris, In re, 127 F.3d 1048, 44 USPQ2d 1023 (Fed. Cir. 1997) . . . 904.01 , 2106, 2111, 2163, 2173.05(a) , 2181

Trans Texas Holdings Corp., In re, 498 F.3d 1290, 83 USPQ2d 1835 (Fed. Cir. 2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2286, 2686.04

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Poutre SILVERBERG 102(b) DEERE & COMPANY

Ex Parte Suermondt et al FETTING 102(b)/103(a)/101 37 CFR § 41.50(b) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Storbeck et al McCARTHY 103(a) NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, PA