REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte Dewey et al 10/875,464 FRANKLIN 103(a)
MILLER IP GROUP, PLC EXAMINER HAN, KWANG S

1741 Ex Parte Sasaki et al 10/492,604 OWENS 102(b)/103(a)
OLIFF & BERRIDGE, PLC EXAMINER DANIELS, MATTHEW J

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2192 Ex Parte Presler-Marshall et al 10/794,940 BARRY 103(a)
CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & PAUL, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER RUTTEN, JAMES D

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3687 Ex Parte Balinsky et al 11/481,797 CRAWFORD 102(b)/103(a)
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER IWARERE, OLUSEYE

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3773 Ex Parte Wilkinson 11/270,330 BAHR 103(a)
THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C. EXAMINER RYCKMAN, MELISSA K

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Castaneda 11/179,139 JEFFERY 101/102(b)/103(a)
CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & PAUL, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER LIANG, VEI CHUNG

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3652 Ex Parte McLellan et al 11/196,652 LEE 102(b)/103(a)
MCCORMICK, PAULDING & HUBER LLP EXAMINER RUDAWITZ, JOSHUA I

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 Ex Parte Gluck 10/892,865 HORNER 102(b)/103(a)
BARLOW, JOSEPHS & HOLMES, LTD. EXAMINER ROSS, DANA

To the extent that the definitions argued by Appellant (Br. 11) and provided by the Examiner (Ans. 12) are inconsistent with the definition provided in Appellant’s Specification, we rely upon the definition in Appellant’s Specification. Digital Biometrics, Inc. v. Identix, Inc., 149 F.3d 1335, 1346 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (when the intrinsic record is clear, we do not give weight to an inconsistent dictionary definition).

REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2875 Ex parte LUMINO DESIGNS, INC. 90/010,126 5,743,616 EASTHOM 102(b)
The Farrell Law Firm, P.C. EXAMINER NGUYEN, TUAN H original EXAMINER CARIASO, ALAN B

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1644 Ex Parte Xu 10/164,363 GRIMES 102(b)
ELI WEISS / OAKWOOD LAW GROUP, LLP EXAMINER HADDAD, MAHER M

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 Ex Parte Kumar 11/304,358 COURTENAY 103(a)
MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD EXAMINER KNOLL, CLIFFORD H

2165 Ex Parte Bestgen et al 10/977,801 HOMERE 101/102(b)/103(a)
IBM (ROC-BLF) C/O BIGGERS & OHANIAN, LLP EXAMINER VU, BAI D

2173 Ex Parte Roto et al 11/170,774 JEFFERY 102(e)/103(a)
Perman & Green, LLP EXAMINER LEE, TING ZHOU

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte Kaminsky et al 10/635,598 HOMERE 101/102(e)/103(a)
CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & PAUL, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER TANG, KAREN C

“A machine is a concrete thing, consisting of parts, or of certain devices and combination of devices. This includes every mechanical device or combination of mechanical powers and devices to perform some function and produce a certain effect or result.” In re Ferguson, 558 F.3d 1359, 1364 (quoting In re Nuijten, 500 F.3d 1346, 1355 (Fed. Cir. 2007), reh'g denied en banc, 515 F.3d 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2008), and cert. denied, 129 S. Ct. 70 (2008)).

Nuitjen, In re, Docket No. 2006-1371 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 20, 2007) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2106

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Nguyen et al 10/114,786 MARTIN 101/112(1)/112(2)/obviousness-type double patenting/103(a)
PAULEY PETERSEN & ERICKSON EXAMINER DANIEL JR, WILLIE J

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2856 Ex Parte Mimnagh-Kelleher et al 10/537,877 MacDONALD 102(e)/103(a)
PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EXAMINER SHAH, SAMIR M

REHEARING

DENIED

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte Burckart et al 10/723,924 JEFFERY 103
CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & PAUL, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER MURRAY, DANIEL C