REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1781 Ex Parte Gerns 10/467,203 PRATS 103(a)
Howard M. Peters PETERS, VERNY, JONES & SCHMITT, L.L.P. EXAMINER BEKKER, KELLY JO

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2857 Ex Parte Yuan et al 11/202,861 MacDONALD 102(b)
Siemens Corporation EXAMINER NGHIEM, MICHAEL P

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Anantharaman 11/211,021 NAGUMO 102(a,e)/102(b)/103(a)
HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. EXAMINER MCNALLY, DANIEL

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Barsade et al 10/113,114 CRAWFORD 102(e)/103(a)
INNOVAR, LLC EXAMINER RETTA, YEHDEGA

AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Sundstrom et al 10/232,727 TIMM 103(a)
DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH (DC)EXAMINER ROE, JESSEE RANDALL

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Parisi 11/174,701 BLANKENSHIP 102(e)/103(a)
BASCH & NICKERSON LLP EXAMINER ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S

2600 Communications
2626 Ex Parte Bagley et al 10/714,690 MacDONALD 101/103(a)
CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & PAUL, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER SHAH, PARAS D

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte Greenaway et al 10/373,143 McCARTHY 112(2)/103(a)/112(1) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b)
PEARNE & GORDON LLP EXAMINER BRAHAN, THOMAS J

Although the term “whereby” may serve to introduce results which flow naturally from functional or process limitations preceding the term, see Minton v. National Ass’n of Secs. Dealers, Inc., 336 F.3d 1373, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2003), the term must be interpreted in light of the claim as a whole and the Specification to give effect to the substance of the claimed subject matter, see Hoffer v. Microsoft Corp., 405 F.3d 1326, 1329-30 (Fed. Cir. 2005).

Minton v. Natl. Ass’n. of Securities Dealers, 336 F.3d 1373, 67 USPQ2d 1614 (Fed. Cir. 2003) . . . . . . . .2111.04, 2133.03(c)

Hoffer v. Microsoft Corp., 405 F.3d 1326, 74 USPQ2d 1481 (Fed. Cir. 2005) . . . . . . . 2111.04

3654 Ex Parte Starace 11/272,329 HORNER 112(2)/103(a)
FRASER CLEMENS MARTIN & MILLER LLC EXAMINER KRUER, STEFAN