Monday September 27, 2010

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
Ex Parte Tomes et al 10/367,417 McCOLLUM 103(a) MCKEE, VOORHEES & SEASE, P.L.C. EXAMINER ROBINSON, KEITH O NEAL

Ex Parte Ziegler et al 10/084,676 FREDMAN 112(2)/102(e)/103(a) CROWELL & MORING LLP EXAMINER FUBARA, BLESSING M

“The purpose of claims is not to explain the technology or how it works, but to state the legal boundaries of the patent grant. A claim is not ‘indefinite’ simply because it is hard to understand when viewed without benefit of the specification.” S3 Incorporated v. NVIDIA Corp., 259 F.3d 1364, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2001).

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Gehlsen et al 10/835,865 OWENS 102(b)/103(a) 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY EXAMINER CHANG, VICTOR S

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Oliver 10/724,318 HUGHES 102(e) Hewlett Packard Company EXAMINER VU, THANH T

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
Ex Parte McKenna et al 09/896,921 MANTIS MERCADER 103(a) KINNEY & LANGE, P.A. EXAMINER CHOWDHURY, SUMAIYA A

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Masuda et al 10/470,433 MANTIS MERCADER 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER HALEY, JOSEPH R

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Meier et al 10/964,111 WHITEHEAD, JR. 102(b) King & Spalding LLP EXAMINER BERHANE, ADOLPH D

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Brown et al 11/391,758 FISCHETTI 103(a)/112(2) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) DILLON & YUDELL LLP EXAMINER DANNEMAN, PAUL

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
Ex Parte Kolb 11/565,353 STAICOVICI 103(a) 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY EXAMINER RINEHART, KENNETH

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
Ex Parte Berndt et al 10/891,798 WHITEHEAD, JR. 112(2)/103(a) SIEMENS CORPORATION EXAMINER KIM, HEE SOO

“‘[T]he failure to provide explicit antecedent basis for terms does not always render a claim indefinite.’ . . . [D]espite the absence of explicit antecedent basis, ‘[i]f the scope of a claim would be reasonably ascertainable by those skilled in the art, then the claim is not indefinite.’” Energizer Holdings, Inc. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 435 F.3d 1366, 1370-71 (Fed. Cir. 2006). Antecedent basis can also be implied. Id. (holding that the term “anode gel” implicitly provided antecedent basis for a “zinc anode” in the same claim).

Energizer Holdings Inc. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 435 F.3d 1366, 77 USPQ2d1625 (Fed. Cir. 2006) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2173.05(e)

Ex Parte Chan et al 10/726,766 JEFFERY 103(a) IBM CORP. (WSM) c/o WINSTEAD SECHREST & MINICK P.C. EXAMINER NALVEN, ANDREW L

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Rollins et al 10/160,590 HOFF 103(a) MOTOROLA INC EXAMINER LIEU, JULIE BICHNGOC

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Bray 10/476,257 BARRETT 102(b)/103(a)/112(2) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC EXAMINER LEE, BENJAMIN P

VACATED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Dettinger et al 10/965,183 THOMAS 102(b)/101 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD N

REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) Original Art Unit 3661
Melvino Technologies, Ltd. Appellant and Patent Owner v. Transworks, Inc. Third Party Requestor 95/000,368 6,748,320 TURNER 102(b)/102(e)/103(a) PATENT OWNER: THOMAS, KAYDEN, HORSTEMEYER & RISLEY, LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTOR: GOODWIN PROCTER LLP EXAMINER CLARK, JEANNE MARIE original EXAMINER LOUIS JACQUES, JACQUES H

REHEARING GRANTED-IN-PART

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) Original Art Unit 2202
Ex parte PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Appellant and Patent Owner
90/006,563 & 90/006,698 5,335,277 TURNER 102/103 Counsel for Patent Owner: Thomas J. Scott, Jr. Goodwin Procter LLP Counsel for Third Party Requester: A.J. Usher, IV Law Office of A.J. Usher EXAMINER BROWNE, LYNNE HAMBLETON original EXAMINER CAIN, DAVID C

NEW

REVERSED

Ex Parte Baker et al
Ex Parte McKenna et al
Ex Parte Posnick

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

Ex Parte Hughes
Ex Parte Petryk et al
Ex Parte Vanderby et al

AFFIRMED

Ex Parte Acevedo
Ex Parte Butler
Ex Parte Craig et al
Ex Parte Denvir et al
Ex Parte Eriyama et al
Ex Parte Flores et al
Ex Parte GOUGH
Ex Parte Huang et al
Ex Parte Huynh
Ex Parte Kelkar et al
Ex Parte Li et al
Ex Parte Meurer
Ex Parte Mitjana
Ex Parte Musgrave et al
Ex Parte Nishino et al
Ex Parte Schnittgrund
Ex Parte Tsunogai
Ex Parte Yokoyama et al
Ex Parte Younes