lighting world, texas instruments, unique concepts

REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1743 Ex Parte Akiyama et al 10/757,413 GUEST 103(a)/37 C.F.R § 41.50(b) 112(1) 112(2) FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP EXAMINER HEITBRINK, JILL LYNNE

[W]e consider these claim terms to be nonce words or verbal constructs which are simply a substitute for the term “means” of § 112, paragraph 6. Specifically, the term “determinant” is no more than a verbal construct for the phrase “means for determining” and the phrase “marking applier” is no more than a verbal construct for the phrase “means for applying a marking.” See Lightning World, Inc. v. Birchwood Lighting, Inc., 382 F.3d 1354, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2004);

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2158 Ex Parte Golla 11/017,349 HOMERE 102(e) CAPITOL PATENT & TRADEMARK LAW FIRM, PLLC EXAMINER FILIPCZYK, MARCIN R

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3752 Ex Parte Bennett 10/443,302 O’NEILL 102(b)/103(a) THE NOBLITT GROUP, PLLC EXAMINER NGUYEN, DINH Q

3761 Ex Parte Olson et al 10/880,995 O’NEILL 102(a)/103(a) DORITY & MANNING, P.A. EXAMINER HAND, MELANIE JO

3765 Ex Parte Siegl 11/270,377 SPAHN 102(b)/103(a) KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP EXAMINER MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H

3767 Ex Parte Gesler 11/230,433 KAUFFMAN 102(b)/103(a) Christopher J. Fildes Fildes & Outland, P.C. EXAMINER PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Sakai et al 11/007,552 JEFFERY 103(a) STEVEN M. GREENBERG CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & PAUL, LLP EXAMINER CHOJNACKI, MELLISSA M

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3691 Ex Parte Chang et al 10/244,686 KIM 102(e)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER TINKLER, MURIEL S

See Texas Instr. Inc. v. United States Int'l Trade Comm'n, 988 F.2d 1165, 1171 (Fed. Cir. 1993) (claim language
cannot be mere surplusage. An express limitation cannot be read out of the claim); Unique Concepts, Inc. v. Brown, 939 F.2d 1558, 1563 (Fed. Cir. 1991) (two distinct claim elements should each be given full effect).

Texas Instruments, Inc. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 988 F.2d 1165, 26 USPQ2d 1018 (Fed. Cir. 1993) . . . .716.04
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Miller et al 10/346,698 SPAHN 102(b)/103(a) SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC EXAMINER ELEY, TIMOTHY V
REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3627 MICROBLEND TECHNOLOGIES Requester and Respondent v. ROHM & HAAS COMPANY Patent Owner and Appellant 95/001,027 7,250,464 DELMENDO 103(a) Patent Owner: STEPHEN E. JOHNSON, ESQ. ROHM & HAAS COMPANY Third Party Requester: ALBERT L. SCHMEISER SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS LLP EXAMINER DIAMOND, ALAN D original EXAMINER JASMIN, LYNDA C

AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Wehr et al 11/136,991 PRATS 103(a) CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO EXAMINER ZEMEL, IRINA SOPJIA

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3636 Ex Parte Himmel et al 11/871,362 CHEN 102(b)/103(a) Jerome R. Drouillard EXAMINER NELSON JR, MILTON

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Boylan et al 10/764,841 O’NEILL 103(a) WORKMAN NYDEGGER/Abbott EXAMINER SEVERSON, RYAN J

3761 Ex Parte Van Dyke 11/116,654 O’NEILL 103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER CHAPMAN, GINGER T

REHEARING

DENIED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Coppinger et al 11/189,192 JEFFERY 101/102/103 STEVEN M. GREENBERG CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & PAUL, LLP EXAMINER TANK, ANDREW L

NEW

REVERSED


2186 Ex Parte Clark et al 11/008,316 HOMERE 103(a) Kunzler Needham Massey & Thorpe EXAMINER ALSIP, MICHAEL

AFFIRMED-IN-PART3632 Ex Parte Cavello et al 10/728,674 GREENHUT 102(b)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER STERLING, AMY JO

1713 Ex Parte Fortin et al 11/457,911 HASTINGS 103(a) MARKS & CLERK EXAMINER DAHIMENE, MAHMOUD

AFFIRMED

2185 Ex Parte Sen et al 11/132,081 HOMERE 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER DOAN, DUC T
2617 Ex Parte Sylvain 10/999,392 RUGGIERO 103(a) WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. EXAMINER GONZALEZ, AMANCIO
2185 Ex Parte Thayer 11/115,675 ZECHER 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER CHOE, YONG J

3689 Ex Parte Borg et al 09/820,457 OWENS 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER NGUYEN, TAN D