Wednesday December 22, 2010

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Boulais et al 10/219,668 WALSH 103(a) KENYON & KENYON LLP EXAMINER
YOUNG, MICAH PAUL

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Ex Parte Ibarra 10/859,436 CRAWFORD 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) MORRISS OBRYANT COMPAGNI, P.C. EXAMINER AIRAPETIAN, MILA

With respect to temperament, Stillman’s determining of a person’s mood through analyzing their voice meets the definition of “temperament” under a broadest reasonable interpretation. See In re Am. Acad. of Sci. Tech. Ctr., 367 F.3d 1359, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2004). While Appellant may have intended a more narrow or specific definition of temperament, such a definition is not set forth in the claim. See CollegeNet, Inc. v. ApplyYourself, Inc., 418 F.3d 1225, 1231 (Fed. Cir. 2005).

American Academy of Science Tech. Center, In re, 367 F.3d 1359, 70 USPQ2d 1827 (Fed. Cir. 2004) . . . . . 2111, 2111.01

3677 Ex Parte Pylant et al 11/485,081 TIERNEY 102(b) ISABELLE R. MCANDREWS EXAMINER LAVINDER, JACK W

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3689 Ex Parte Wilson et al 09/896,559 CRAWFORD 103(a) ALSTON & BIRD, LLP EXAMINER NGUYEN, TAN D

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Bergersen 10/665,441 McCARTHY 102(b)/103(a) PATENTS+TMS, P.C. EXAMINER LEWIS, RALPH A

see Rexnord Corp. v. Laitram Corp., 274 F.3d 1336, 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2001)(“[A] claim term should be construed consistently with its appearance . . . in other claims of the same patent.”)

Rexnord Corp. v. Laitram Corp., 274 F.3d 1336, 60 USPQ2d 1851 (Fed. Cir. 2001). . . 2111.01

REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2851 Ex parte Printless Previews, LLC., Appellant 90/007,996 90/009,092 5,841,512 SCHAFER 103(a) SEAN A. LUNER DOVEL & LUNER LLP EXAMINER ESCALANTE, OVIDIO original EXAMINER RUTLEDGE, DELLA J

AFFIRMED

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REHEARING

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