REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1642 Ex Parte Scholl et al 11/830,625 WALSH concurring ADAMS 103(a) MYRIAD GENETICS INC. EXAMINER AEDER, SEAN E

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Augustine 11/346,500 HANLON 103(a) LyondellBasell Industries EXAMINER HAILEY, PATRICIA L

See In re Slocombe, 510 F.2d 1398, 1404 (CCPA 1975) (catalytic effects are a particularly unpredictable aspect of chemistry). For this reason, the § 103(a) rejection will be reversed.

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2176 Ex Parte Bravery et al 10/976,262 STEPHENS 102(b) IBM CORP (YA) C/O YEE & ASSOCIATES PC EXAMINER HUTTON JR, WILLIAM D

2184 Ex Parte Ellis et al 10/946,922 HOMERE 103(a) Duke W Yee Yee & Associates, P.C. EXAMINER NAM, HYUN

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Wand et al 10/268,263 HUGHES 102(e) SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P.
(MICROSOFT CORPORATION) EXAMINER PATEL, DHAIRYA A

Anticipation by inherent disclosure is “appropriate only when the reference discloses prior art that must necessarily include the unstated limitation;” otherwise, the reference “cannot inherently anticipate the claims.” Transclean Corp. v. Bridgewood Servs., Inc., 290 F.3d 1364, 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2002) (citation omitted); see In re Robertson, 169 F.3d 743, 745 (Fed. Cir. 1999).

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

2600 Communications

2613 Ex Parte Centanni et al 10/734,803 SAADAT 103(a) WALL & TONG, LLP/
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. EXAMINER CURS, NATHAN M

2617 Ex Parte Borjesson 10/534,139 SAADAT 102(b)/103(a) MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC EXAMINER TORRES, MARCOS L

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3664 Ex Parte Gade et al 10/696,517 O’NEILL 102(b) DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC EXAMINER MANCHO, RONNIE M

3671 Ex Parte Broadway 10/173,937 PATE III 103(a) Johnnie B. Broadway III EXAMINER
HARTMANN, GARY S

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3721 Ex Parte Fehrle et al 11/351,087 McCARTHY 102(b)/103(a) STRIKER, STRIKER & STENBY EXAMINER LOW, LINDSAY M

3724 Ex Parte Fleming et al 10/421,025 STAICOVICI 103(a) SANDIA CORPORATION EXAMINER PAYER, HWEI SIU CHOU

3761 Ex Parte Sawyer et al 11/026,879 O’NEILL 102(b)/103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F

3761 Ex Parte Tachauer et al 10/703,696 KERINS 102(b)/103(a) FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) EXAMINER STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F

3782 Ex Parte Vilacha Zanoni et al 09/745,098 McCARTHY 102(b)/103(a) David C. Jenkins
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC EXAMINER NEWHOUSE, NATHAN JEFFREY

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Day et al 10/955,737 JEFFERY 103(a) IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER LE, HUNG D

2193 Ex Parte Lutz et al 10/999,154 DIXON 103(a) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC EXAMINER
YAARY, MICHAEL D

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Ex Parte Anderson 10/080,671 DIXON 102(e)/103(a) STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. EXAMINER PATEL, CHIRAG R

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3663 Ex Parte Dulka et al 11/024,952 BARRETT Concurring-in-Part PATE III 112(1)/103(a) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. EXAMINER MONDT, JOHANNES P

Appellants argue that this Board has “specifically condoned sub-generic additions where a genus including the sub-generic element and multiple species within the sub-generic element were originally disclosed, as long as the sub-generic element is reasonably communicated to those skilled in the art.” App. Br. 8 (citing Ex parte Sorenson, 3 USPQ2d 1462 (BPAI 1987)). ... As such, we cannot find by a preponderance of the evidence that one of ordinary skill would fail to recognize that Appellants had possession of the scope now claimed as of the time of the filing of the application.

REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2616 BELKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. CISCO LINKSYS LLC D-LINK SYSTEMS, INC. AND NETGEAR, INC. Requester and Appellant v. OPTIMUMPATH, LLC. Patent Owner and Respondent 95/001,089 7,035,281 SIU 102/103/312/313/315 PATENT OWNER: TONY D. ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGY LEGAL COUNSEL LLC THIRD PARTY REQUESTER HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP EXAMINER HUGHES, DEANDRA M original EXAMINER NGUYEN, TOAN D

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Curatolo et al 09/770,562 ADAMS 102(a)/102(b)/103(a) CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP EXAMINER FUBARA, BLESSING M

1653 Ex Parte McCafferty 10/444,117 MILLS 103(a) DANN, DORFMAN, HERRELL & SKILLMAN EXAMINER MARTIN, PAUL C

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Strang 10/469,592 HANLON 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER MOORE, KARLA A

1761 Ex Parte Janssen 10/587,267 NAGUMO 103(a) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC EXAMINER
SZEKELY, PETER A

1771 Ex Parte Merrill 10/793,005 FRANKLIN 102(b)/103(a) FINA TECHNOLOGY INC EXAMINER BOYER, RANDY

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Kleewein et al 10/711,808 DANG 103(a) IP AUTHORITY, LLC RAMRAJ SOUNDARARAJAN EXAMINER MORRISON, JAY A

2171 Ex Parte Friedman et al 09/997,713 JEFFERY 103(a) BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. EXAMINER BAUTISTA, XIOMARA L

2600 Communications
2614 Ex Parte Harris 10/846,848 HOFF 102(b)/103(a) O'Shea Getz P.C. EXAMINER ENSEY, BRIAN

2626 Ex Parte Mills et al 10/188,152 NAPPI 103(a) AT&T Legal Department - JW EXAMINER YEN, ERIC L

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2858 Ex Parte Melichar 11/081,979 SAADAT 103(a) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. EXAMINER TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA