Monday December 6, 2010

REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1728 Ex Parte Larcher et al 10/549,530 PAK FRANKLIN WARREN 102(e)/103(a) BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY, PC EXAMINER CHAN, HENG M

REVERSED-IN-PART, VACATED-IN-PART, § 41.50(b)

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3734 Ex Parte DiFrancesco et al 10/788,111 FREDMAN GREEN WALSH 102(b)/103(a)/112(2) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) AKC PATENTS

“A single patent may include claims directed to one or more of the classes of patentable subject matter, but no single claim may cover more than one subject matter class.” Microprocessor Enhancement Corp. v. Texas Instr. Inc., 520 F.3d 1367, 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (citing IPXL Holdings, L.L.C. v. Amazon.com Inc., 430 F.3d 1377, 1384 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (holding indefinite a claim covering both an apparatus and a method of using that apparatus)).

IPXL Holdings v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.2d 1377, 77 USPQ2d 1140 (Fed. Cir. 2005).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2173.05(p)

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2115 Ex Parte Gomm et al 11/496,361 JEFFERY HUGHES STEPHENS 102(b) ROUND LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK, LLP EXAMINER CAO, CHUN

AFFIRMED

3622 Ex Parte Carrez et al 10/969,916 EXAMINER HOAR, COLLEEN A
2128 Ex Parte Dotaro et al 10/253,809 EXAMINER PATEL, SHAMBHAVI K
2628 Ex Parte Dresevic et al 11/075,727 EXAMINER CASCHERA, ANTONIO A
2447 Ex Parte Fischer 10/004,089 EXAMINER TANG, KAREN C
3691 Ex Parte Muller et al 11/706,459 EXAMINER HAMILTON, LALITA M
2432 Ex Parte Sasaki 10/128,234 EXAMINER NOBAHAR, ABDULHAKIM
1613 Ex Parte Xia et al 11/373,571 EXAMINER BASQUILL, SEAN M