miller labs., pearson, sinex, hack, benner, yoder

REVERSED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2189 Ex Parte Meiri et al 11/324,766 SIU 102(b)/103(a) MUIRHEAD AND SATURNELLI, LLC EXAMINER MACKALL, LARRY T

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3652 Ex Parte Brooks et al 10/520,499 O’NEILL 103(a) MACMILLAN SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC EXAMINER UNDERWOOD, DONALD W

3612 Ex Parte Nakajima et al 11/052,795 O’NEILL 112(2) MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP EXAMINER PATEL, KIRAN B

Miles Labs., Inc. v. Shandon, Inc., 997 F.2d 870, 875 (Fed. Cir. 1993) (if the claims “reasonably apprise those skilled in the art of the scope of the invention, § 112 demands no more”)

Miles Labs. Inc. v. Shandon Inc., 997 F.2d 870, 27 USPQ2d 1123 (Fed. Cir. 1993). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716.01(a)
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Larkin et al 11/215,794 O’NEILL 103(a) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. EXAMINER WEEKS, GLORIA R

3753 Ex Parte Ngo et al 11/735,941 BAHR 103(a) PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX EXAMINER MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte WANG et al 11/850,160 ADAMS 102(b) PHILIP S. JOHNSON EXAMINER BAUSCH, SARAE L

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2171 Ex Parte Ma et al 10/409,717 JEFFERY 102/103(a) LARSON NEWMAN, LLP EXAMINER NUNEZ, JORDANY

2192 Ex Parte Hughes et al 10/706,848 JEFFERY 112(2)/103(a) Siemens Corporation EXAMINER KISS, ERIC B

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Moore et al 11/131,311 NAPPI 102(e) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER FIGUEROA, MARISOL

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Yuda et al 11/374,702 O’NEILL 103(a) RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP EXAMINER WILLIAMS, THOMAS J

In re Pearson, 494 F.2d 1399, 1403 (CCPA 1974) (intended use of an old composition does not render composition claim patentable); In re Zierden, 411 F.2d 1325, 1328 (CCPA 1969) (“[M]ere statement of a new use for an otherwise old or obvious composition cannot render a claim to the composition patentable.”); In re Sinex, 309 F.2d 488, 492 (CCPA 1962) (statement of intended use in an apparatus claim failed to distinguish over the prior art apparatus); In re Hack, 245 F.2d 246, 248 (CCPA 1957) (“the grant of a patent on a composition or a machine cannot be predicated on a new use of that machine or composition”); In re Benner, 174 F.2d 938, 942 (CCPA 1949) (“no provision has been made in the patent statutes for granting a patent upon an old product based solely upon discovery of a new use for such product”).

Hack, In re, 245 F.2d 246, 114 USPQ 161 (CCPA 1957). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2112.02

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1623 Ex Parte Greve et al 10/984,628 FREDMAN 103(a) Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry LLPEXAMINER BLAND, LAYLA D

See In re Yoder, 204 Ct. Cl. 931 (Ct. Cl. 1974)(“While we traditionally do not require administrative proceedings to comply strictly with judicial rules of evidence, we have recognized that the probative value of uncorroborated hearsay may be insufficient to constitute substantial evidence supporting an administrative determination.”)

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2155 Ex Parte Gutta et al 09/875,594 STEPHENS 102(e) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EXAMINER WOO, ISAAC M

2197 Ex Parte WANG et al 10/818,760 HOMERE 103(a) CHRISTOPHER & WEISBERG, P.A. EXAMINER RUTTEN, JAMES D
2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte Mathur et al 09/817,917 COURTENAY 101/103(a) Vedder Price PC EXAMINER SHIN, KYUNG H

2452 Ex Parte Apostolopoulos et al 10/683,136 MacDONALD 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER DAILEY, THOMAS J
2600 Communications 2613 Ex Parte Young 11/111,279 MacDONALD 102(b)/103(a) WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. EXAMINER VANDERPUYE, KENNETH N
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Jansen et al 10/063,125 O’NEILL 112(2)/103(a) FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) EXAMINER SEVERSON, RYAN J

REHEARING

DENIED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Teutsch et al 10/399,547 HASTINGS 103(a) Greenblum & Bernstein EXAMINER MOORE, KARLA A