Thursday October 28, 2010

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
Ex Parte Malaviya et al 10/195,341 GRIMES 112(1)/112(2) BARNES & THORNBURG LLP EXAMINER BARNHART, LORA ELIZABETH

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Boisselle et al 10/669,745 NAGUMO 103(a) MARSHALL & MELHORN, LLC EXAMINER LAZORCIK, JASON L

Ex Parte Sosalla et al 10/738,269 GARRIS 103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
TARA POHLKOTTE EXAMINER FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
Ex Parte Srinivasan et al 10/314,680 HAIRSTON 103(a) Wilson Ham & Holman EXAMINER CHOU, ALAN S

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Ueki 10/714,864 HAHN 103(a) LOUIS WOO EXAMINER HALEY, JOSEPH R

The scope of claimed limitations is determined by giving the terms in claims their ordinary and accustomed meaning while interpreting the claims as broadly as is reasonable and consistent with the specification. See In re Thrift, 298 F.3d 1357, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2002).

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and ComponentsEx Parte Wachtmann 10/670,673 KRIVAK 103(a) Sunnstein Kahn Murphy & Timbers, L.L.P. EXAMINER PIZARRO CRESPO, MARCOS D

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
Ex Parte Coleman 10/969,414 HORNER 102(b)/103(a) David V. Radack Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC EXAMINER HOOK, JAMES F

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Molaire 10/888,484 SMITH 103(a) MARK G. BOCCHETTI EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY EXAMINER GILLESPIE, BENJAMIN

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Keller et al 10/469,711 LEE 102(b)/103(a) PRICE HENEVELD COOPER DEWITT & LITTON, LLP EXAMINER LE, MARK T

REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER REVERSED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) Original Art Unit 1621
FARMABIOS, S.P.A. Requester and Respondent v. Patent of HOVIONE LIMITED Patent Owner and Appellant 95/000,087 6,528,666 LEBOVITZ 103(a) FOR APPELLANT: EDWARD A. MEILMAN DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO, LLP FOR THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: JAMES V. COSTIGAN HEDMAN & COSTIGAN, P.C. EXAMINER HUANG, EVELYN MEI original EXAMINER DAVIS, BRIAN J

AFFIRMED

Ex Parte Brown 10/286,233 EXAMINER DIVECHA, KAMAL B
Ex Parte Hamper et al 11/411,706 EXAMINER SINGH, PREM C
Ex Parte Langer et al 10/974,501 EXAMINER LEWIS, TISHA D
Ex Parte Malessa 10/557,562 EXAMINER SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO
Ex Parte Prasad et al 10/707,671 EXAMINER MONIKANG, GEORGE C
Ex Parte TRAUSCH 11/277,411 EXAMINER CHEN, JOSE V
Ex Parte Wheeler et al 11/216,397 EXAMINER GEHMAN, BRYON P
Ex Parte Whitson et al 11/228,129 EXAMINER MEYERS, MATTHEW S