pall corp

REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1789 Ex Parte Dybing 10/646,852 ADAMS 102(e)/103(a) KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP EXAMINER WONG, LESLIE A
AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Knighton et al 10/911,783 JEFFERY 1o3(a) BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN LLP EXAMINER PANNALA, SATHYANARAYA R

2185 Ex Parte Stevens 10/956,840 COURTENAY 112(2)/112(1)/102(b)/103(a) RSW IP Law IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER THAI, TUAN V
REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2883 CORNING, INC. Requestor v. VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES Patent Owner, Appellant 95/001,215 7,567,742 EASTHOM 102(b)/102(e)/103(a) BLANK ROME LLP Third Party Requester: Nixon Peabody LLP EXAMINER HUGHES, DEANDRA M original EXAMINER HEALY, BRIAN

EXAMINER AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
1753 Ex parte TRONOX, LLC Appellant and Patent Owner 90/006,955 6,638,401 DELMENDO 305/112(1)/112(2)/102(b)/103(a) WILMERHALE/BOSTON EXAMINER DIAMOND, ALAN D C Clark Dougherty Jr McAfee & Taft original EXAMINER PHASGE, ARUN S

In claim drafting, “[t]he use of the word ‘about,’ avoids a strict numerical boundary to the specified parameter.” Pall Corp. v. Micron Separations, Inc., 66 F.3d 1211, 1217 (Fed. Cir. 1995). Therefore, “[i]ts range must be interpreted in its technologic and stylistic context.” Id.
AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 Ex Parte Rich et al 10/760,464 GUEST 103(a) VOLENTINE & WHITT PLLC EXAMINER MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2121 Ex Parte Bailey et al 11/344,930 DANG 102(b) IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER CHANG, SUNRAY

NEW

REVERSED

3771 Ex Parte Knepper 11/035,124 BAHR 102(e) FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP EXAMINER DEMILLE, DANTON D

AFFIRMED

2164 Ex Parte Hoth et al 11/106,412 ROBERTSON 102(b)/103(a) IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER HOTELLING, HAROLD A

2441 Ex Parte Issa 10/927,291 NAPPI 103(a) FlashPoint Technology and Withrow & Terranova EXAMINER HIGA, BRENDAN Y

2161 Ex Parte Khan et al 10/814,365 MORGAN 103(a) GOOGLE / FENWICK EXAMINER DAYE, CHELCIE L

2838 Ex Parte Lomax et al 11/184,634 RUGGIERO 102(b)/103(a) FOGG & POWERS LLC EXAMINER LAXTON, GARY L

2191 Ex Parte Opaterny 10/768,732 ZECHER 103(a) SIEMENS CORPORATION EXAMINER
CHEN, QING

3694 Ex Parte Trivedi 10/097,866 FETTING 103(a) VERIZON EXAMINER MONFELDT, SARAH M

REHEARING DENIED

3685 Ex Parte Obrea et al 11/142,619 FETTING 102 PITNEY BOWES INC. EXAMINER HUANG, TSAN-YU J

REMANDED

1781 Ex Parte Coleman et al 11/250,425 BARTLETT reply brief not considered FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY EXAMINER BEKKER, KELLY JO

DISMISSED

1611 Ex Parte Pinna et al 11/289,474 JORDAN abandoned OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER ORWIG, KEVIN S