Friday October 29, 2010

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
Ex Parte Thomas et al 11/358,383 ADAMS 102(b) COOK ALEX LTD. EXAMINER DICKINSON, PAUL W

Ex Parte Pfrengle et al 10/976,624 PRATS 102(b)/103(a) MICHAEL P. MORRIS BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION EXAMINER O DELL, DAVID K

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Streuer et al 10/273,094 COLAIANNI 103(a) LATHROP & CLARK LLP EXAMINER HODGE, ROBERT W

Ex Parte Heinis et al 10/437,665 OWENS 102(b) JENNIFER D. ADAMSON SHELL OIL COMPANY EXAMINER COONEY, JOHN M

Ex Parte Ganguli et al 10/811,230SMITH 103(a) PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX EXAMINER GAMBETTA, KELLY M

Ex Parte Bruchmann et al 10/510,438 COLAIANNI 103(a) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC EXAMINER AMAKWE, TAMRA L

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Falconer et al 10/813,009 SAADAT 102(e)/103(a) SMART & BIGGAR EXAMINER WENDELL, ANDREW

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
Ex Parte Schmidt et al 11/145,472 PATE III 102(b) STRIKER, STRIKER & STENBY EXAMINER NGUYEN, TU MINH

Ex Parte Zilla et al 10/834,360 TIERNEY 103(a) HAUGEN LAW FIRM EXAMINER SWEET, THOMAS

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Boertjes et al 10/067,190 HAIRSTON 112(1)/103(a) BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON, L.L.P. EXAMINER RAYMOND, RICHARD L

Ex Parte Heuscher et al 10/545,265 RUGGIERO 102(b)/103(a) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EXAMINER TSAI, TSUNG YIN

REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) Original Art Unit 1621
Ex parte i2 Technologies, US, Inc., Appellant and Patent Owner 90/008,630 5,764,543 SIU 102(b) PATENT OWNER: BOOTH UDALL, PLC THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: Paul A. Harrity Harrity Snyder, LLP EXAMINER STEELMAN, MARY J

“The determination of whether a reference is a ‘printed publication’ under 35. U.S.C. § 102 involves a case-by-case inquiry into the facts and circumstances surrounding the reference's disclosure to members of the public.” In re Klopfenstein, 380 F.3d 1345, 1350 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (citation omitted).

“The statutory phrase ‘printed publication’ has been interpreted to give effect to ongoing advances in the technologies of data storage, retrieval, and dissemination.” In re Hall, 781 F.2d 897, 898 (Fed. Cir. 1986) (citation omitted). “Because there are many ways in which a reference may be disseminated to the interested public, ‘public accessibility’ has been called the touchstone in determining whether a reference constitutes a ‘printed publication’ bar under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).” Id. at 898-99 (citation omitted).

Our reviewing court has explained that a reference is “‘publicly accessible”’ upon a satisfactory showing that: (1) the “document has been disseminated”; or (2) “otherwise made available to the extent that persons interested and ordinarily skilled in the subject matter or art exercising reasonable diligence, can locate it and recognize and comprehend therefrom the essentials of the claimed invention without need of further research or experimentation.” Bruckelmyer v. Ground Heaters, Inc., 445 F.3d 1374, 1378 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (quoting In re Wyer, 655 F.2d 221, 226 (CCPA 1981)).

Klopfenstein, In re, 380 F.3d 1345, 72 USPQ2d 1117 (Fed. Cir. 2004) . . . . . . . 2128.01

Hall, In re, 781 F.2d 897, 228 USPQ 453 (Fed. Cir. 1986). . . . . . . . . .2128, 2128.01, 2128.02

Bruckelmyer v. Ground Heaters, Inc., 445 F. 3d 1374, 78 USPQ2d 1684 (Fed. Cir. 2006). . . . . . . . . . . . . 2127

[T]he key inquiry is whether or not the reference was made “publicly accessible” such that “before the critical date the reference must have been sufficiently accessible to the public interested in the art” In re Cronyn, 890 F.2d 1158, 1160 (Fed. Cir. 1989) (quoting Constant v. Advanced Micro-Devices, Inc., 848 F.2d 1560, 1568 (Fed. Cir. 1988).

Constant v. Advanced Micro-Devices, Inc., 848 F.2d 1560, 7 USPQ2d 1057 (Fed. Cir. 1988) . . . . . .706.02, 2128.02, 2129, 2145

[T]he key inquiry is whether a reference has been made publicly accessible and there is no “limit . . . to finding something to be a ‘printed publication’ only when there is distribution and/or indexing” In re Klopfenstein, 380 F.3d 1345, 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2004).

AFFIRMED

Ex Parte Carter 11/217,005 EXAMINER KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS
Ex Parte Dawson et al 10/401,861 EXAMINER KACKAR, RAM N
Ex Parte Gao et al 10/900,715 EXAMINER BEST, ZACHARY P
Ex Parte Leeuwen 10/377,915 EXAMINER MCAVOY, ELLEN M
Ex Parte Prohaska et al 09/858,145 EXAMINER CARLSON, JEFFREY D

REHEARING

DENIED

Ex Parte Lee et al 10/117,910 EXAMINER LE, HOA VAN
Ex Parte Wilson et al 11/203,025 EXAMINER PAK, HANNAH J

GRANTED

Ex Parte Feldman et al 10/092,746 EXAMINER WANG, QUAN ZHEN