REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1792 Ex Parte Kumar et al 10/558,018 FRANKLIN 103(a) UNILEVER PATENT GROUP EXAMINER BLAN, NICOLE R

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Dee et al 10/990,609 SIU 102(b)/103(a) WONG, CABELLO, LUTSCH, RUTHERFORD & BRUCCULERI, LLP EXAMINER LODHI, ANDALIB FT

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3656 Ex Parte Biester 10/415,418 HORNER 103(a) CONLEY ROSE, P.C. David A. Rose EXAMINER PILKINGTON, JAMES

3671 Ex Parte Hall et al 11/075,896 O’NEILL 103(a) DEERE & COMPANY EXAMINER MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Brud et al 10/737,101 O’NEILL 102(b)/103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. TARA POHLKOTTE EXAMINER ZALUKAEVA, TATYANA

Consistent with the principle that all limitations in a claim must be considered to be meaningful, it is improper to rely on the same structure in the Rönnberg reference as being responsive to two different elements (first and second attachment members) in claims 1, 43, and 44. See, Lantech, Inc. v. Keip Machine Co., 32 F.3d 542 (Fed. Cir. 1994) (in infringement context, a single conveyor held to not meet claim element requiring at least two conveyors); In re Robertson, 169 F.3d 743 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (claim requiring three separate means not anticipated by structure containing two means where one of the two means was argued to meet two of the three claimed means).

Robertson, In re, 169 F.3d 743, 49 USPQ2d 1949 (Fed. Cir. 1999) . . . . 2112, 2114, 2163, 2163.07(a)

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Crabtree 11/552,397 O’NEILL 102(b)/103(a) FREUDENBERG-NOK GENERAL PARTNERSHIP EXAMINER SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P

REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3673 MODEC INTERNATIONAL, LLC, Requester and Respondent v. Patent of AKER KVAERNER ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY AS, Patent Owner and Appellant 95/000,414 6,851,894 LEBOVITZ 103(a) FOR PATENT OWNER: WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, LLP FOR THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: ANDREWS KURTH, LLP EXAMINER DAWSON, GLENN K original EXAMINER SAFAVI, MICHAEL

AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1781 Ex Parte Chang et al 11/344,426 WALSH 103(a) BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. EXAMINER GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A

1793 Ex Parte Collins et al 11/838,638 MARTIN 102(e)/obviousness-type double patenting FENNEMORE CRAIG, P.C. EXAMINER MAI, NGOCLAN THI

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Semerdzhiev 10/846,098 BLANKENSHIP 103(a) SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP EXAMINER LEE, WILSON

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3687 Ex Parte Lessmoellmann et al 10/408,755 FETTING 101/103(a) SAP/BSTZ BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN LLP EXAMINER FRENEL, VANEL

REHEARING

DENIED

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2455 Ex Parte Fremantle et al 10/402,185 LUCAS 103(a) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & PAUL, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER ISMAIL, SHAWKI SAIF

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Ex Parte OLIVER et al 09/036,236 MOHANTY 112(6) ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC EXAMINER DUNHAM, JASON B