Thursday December 9, 2010

REVERSED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Seifert 10/642,506 LUCAS STEPHENS THOMAS 102(b)/103(a) HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER LONG, ANDREA NATAE

[U]nless a reference discloses within the four corners of the document not only all of the limitations claimed but also all of the limitations arranged or combined in the same way as recited in the claim, it cannot be said to prove prior invention of the thing claimed and, thus, cannot anticipate under 35 U.S.C. § 102. Net MoneyIN, Inc. v. VeriSign et al., 545 F.3d 1359, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (emphasis added).

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Peterson et al 10/806,750 HOFF HAIRSTON MARTIN 102(e)/103(a) LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONC/O INTELLEVATE EXAMINER PRITCHETT, JOSHUA L

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte McPherson 10/871,214 HORNER McCARTHY O’NEILL 103(a) VIDAS, ARRETT & STEINKRAUS, P.A. EXAMINER KING, BRADLEY T

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3772 Ex Parte Beaudry 11/024,567 HORNER SILVERBERG STAICOVICI 112(1)/112(2)
Laura A. Dable RYAN KROMHOLZ & MANION, S.C. EXAMINER BROWN, MICHAEL A

3727 Ex Parte Bottema 11/423,760 BAHR BARRETT HORNER 103(a) FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. EXAMINER ROSE, ROBERT A

3736 Ex Parte Fraden 10/870,654 GRIMES ADAMS GREEN 103(a) WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP EXAMINER SMITH, FANGEMONIQUE A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Arvidson et al 10/298,129 KIMLIN PAK WARREN 103(a) DOW CORNING CORPORATION CO EXAMINER KUNEMUND, ROBERT M

2600 Communications
2618 Ex Parte Richman 10/602,539 NAPPI MARTIN RUGGIERO 103(a) RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP EXAMINER NGUYEN, LEE

“‘A reference may be said to teach away when a person of ordinary skill, upon reading the reference, would be discouraged from following the path set out in the reference, or would be led in a direction divergent from the path that was taken by the applicant.’” Ricoh Co., Ltd. v. Quanta Computer, Inc., 550 F.3d 1325, 1332 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (quoting Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 990 (Fed. Cir. 2006)).

Kahn, In re, 441 F.3d 977, 78 USPQ2d 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2006) . . . . . . . . . . . .2143.01, 2144

AFFIRMED

3671 Ex Parte Beaufort et al 11/388,378 BAHR EXAMINER NGUYEN, MAI T
1773 Ex Parte Holmuhamedov 10/423,453 NAGUMO EXAMINER TURK, NEIL N
1632 Ex Parte Sambanis et al 11/230,363 LEBOVITZ EXAMINER SINGH, ANOOP KUMAR
1649 Ex Parte Sharif 12/425,774 WALSH EXAMINER KOLKER, DANIEL E
2432 Ex Parte Stephenson 10/678,333 HAIRSTON EXAMINER LEMMA, SAMSON B
2452 Ex Parte Takano 10/388,355 LUCAS EXAMINER CHANG, JULIAN
2432 Ex Parte Thiele et al 10/650,440 HOMERE EXAMINER PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY
3718 Ex Parte Webb 10/288,298 MacDONALD EXAMINER YOO, JASSON H

REHEARING

DENIED

2186 Ex Parte Barda 10/836,521 LUCAS EXAMINER TSAI, SHENG JEN