Thursday August 19, 2010

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
Ex Parte Postajian 11/059,075 WALSH 103(a) KELLY LOWRY & KELLEY, LLP
Examiner Name: FRAZIER, BARBARA S

“Obviousness does not require absolute predictability. Only a reasonable expectation that the beneficial result will be achieved is necessary to show obviousness.” In re Merck & Co., Inc., 800 F.2d 1091, 1097 (Fed. Cir. 1986) (citations omitted).

Merck & Co., Inc., In re, 800 F.2d 1091, 231 USPQ 375 (Fed. Cir. 1986) . . . . . . . .707.07(f), 716.02, 2143.02, 2144.08, 2144.09, 2145

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte SHIMA et al 11/307,956 KIMLIN 102(b)/103(a) NDQ&M WATCHSTONE LLP
Examiner Name: TRINH, THANH TRUC

The mere fact that the prior art could be modified does not make the modification obvious under § 103 unless the prior art suggested the desirability of the modification. In re Gordon, 733 F.2d 900, 902 (Fed. Cir. 1984).

Gordon, In re, 733 F.2d 900, 221 USPQ 1125 (Fed. Cir. 1984) . . . . . . . . . .2143.01, 2144.08

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Crabtree 10/433,260 HUGHES 102(b)/103(a) Nixon & Vanderhye, PC
Examiner Name: STACE, BRENT S

Ex Parte Candy Wong et al 10/271,302 BARRY 102(b)/103(a) IBM CORPORATION
Examiner Name: NUNEZ, JORDANY

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Potts 10/948,639 BARRETT 102(b)/103(a) CATERPILLAR c/o LIELL, MCNEIL & HARPER
Examiner Name: YEAGLEY, DANIEL S

Ex Parte Conaway et al 10/805,685 O’NEILL 102(b)/103(a) ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT
Examiner Name: AVERY, BRIDGET D

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
Ex Parte Ludtke et al 09/794,677 JEFFERY 112(1)/101/102(a) Gregory J. Koerner Redwood Patent Law
Examiner Name: ENG, DAVID Y

see also David J. Kappos, Subject Matter Eligibility of Computer Readable Media, 1351 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 212 (Feb. 23, 2010).

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
Ex Parte Dunn et al 10/835,929 O’NEILL 103(a) KNOBLE, YOSHIDA & DUNLEAVY
Examiner Name: CAMPBELL, VICTORIA P

NEW

REVERSED

Ex Parte Postajian
Ex Parte Toney

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

Ex Parte D’AMATO

AFFIRMED

Ex Parte Bachstein et al
Ex Parte Heikes et al
Ex Parte Jayne et al
Ex Parte Setton