REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Groitzsch et al KIMLIN 102(b)/103(a) KENYON & KENYON LLP

Ex Parte Pospichal et al NAGUMO 102(b)/103(a) MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Frey et al SIU 102(e) SAP/BSTZ BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN LLP

Ex Parte Gartner et al SIU 101/103(a) SUGHRUE MION, PLLC

“[T]o satisfy the ‘substantial’ utility requirement, an asserted use must show that that claimed invention has a significant and presently available benefit to the public.” In re Fisher, 421 F.3d 1365, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2005). An application must also “disclose a use which is not so vague as to be meaningless.” Id.

Fisher, In re, 421 F.3d 1365, 76 USPQ2d1225 (Fed. Cir. 2005) . . . .. . . . . . . .2106, 2107.01

Ex Parte Macy et al LUCAS 101 INTEL/BSTZ BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN LLP

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
Ex Parte Cheline et al STEPHENS 102(e)/103(a) Hughes Electronics Corporation

Ex Parte Boivie et al BARRETT 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Frank EASTHOM 102(e) MOTOROLA, INC.

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Brown MOHANTY 103(a) JOEL I. ROSENBLATT

Ex Parte Caporali HORNER 103(a) WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
Ex Parte Crow PATE III 102(b)/103(a) CROMPTON, SEAGER & TUFTE, LLC

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Gaggar et al HANLON 102(a)/103(a) LARSON & ANDERSON, LLC

One of ordinary skill in the art is presumed to have skills apart from what the prior art references expressly disclose. In re Sovish, 769 F.2d 738, 742 (Fed. Cir. 1985).

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Fitzgerald et al TURNER 102(b)/103(a) Siemens Corporation

Ex Parte Hirsch et al HORNER 102(b)/103(a) LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
Ex Parte Parsons McCARTHY 112(2)/103(a) HUSCH BLACKWELL SANDERS, LLP

Properties of preferred embodiments described in the specification which are not recited in a claim do not limit the reasonable scope of the claim. E-Pass Techs., Inc. v. 3Com Corp., 343 F.3d 1364, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2003).

E-Pass Techs., Inc. v. 3Com Corp., 343 F.3d 1364, 67 USPQ2d 1947 (Fed. Cir. 2003).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2106, 2111.01

Breadth does not imply indefiniteness. In re Miller, 441 F.2d 689, 693 (CCPA 1971).

Miller, In re, 441 F.2d 689, 169 USPQ 597 (CCPA 1971) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2173.04