thompson, kuhle

REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1786 Ex Parte Cleary et al 10/207,627 KIMLIN 103(a) E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY EXAMINER SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R
AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1786 Ex Parte Parsons et al 10/496,546 GARRIS dissenting-in-part and concurring-in-part NAGUMO 103(a) FERRELLS, PLLC EXAMINER SALVATORE, LYNDA

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Frye 10/200,734 HORNER 102(b)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(1) DAVIS, BROWN, KOEHN, SHORS & ROBERTS, P.C. EXAMINER NGUYEN, XUAN LAN T
REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2172 Ex Parte 6408307 et al 90/008,398 08/920,044 Ex parte Civix DDI LLC, Appellant and Patent Owner PER CURIAM concurring-in-part and dissenting-in-part TURNER 102(b)/103(a) FOR PATENT OWNER: LATHROP & GAGE LLP FOR THE THIRD PARTY REQUESTOR: Robert A. Saltzbert Morrison & Foerster LLP EXAMINER LEE, CHRISTOPHER E original EXAMINER ALAM, HOSAIN T

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Staffel et al 11/021,405 FREDMAN 103(a) KAMMER BROWNING PLLC EXAMINER MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA

1634 Ex Parte Herman 11/007,582 FREDMAN 103(a) SMITHS DETECTION INC. EXAMINER FORMAN, BETTY J

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Groezinger 10/591,198 PAK 103(a) Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC EXAMINER LIN, KUANG Y

1763 Ex Parte Toussaint et al 11/735,189 GUEST 103(a) COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY EXAMINER LACLAIR, DARCY D

See In re Thompson, 545 F.2d 1290, 1294 (CCPA 1976) (“Eliminating the cost of the preliminary step of wax impregnation would have been sufficient motivation”); In re Kuhle, 526 F.2d 553, 555 (CCPA 1975) (“deletion of the switch member (and other elements) found in Smith and Sherrard, thereby deleting their function, was an obvious expedient”).

Kuhle, In re, 526 F.2d 553, 188 USPQ 7 (CCPA 1975). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2144.04

1764 Ex Parte Adur et al 10/567,292 GARRIS 103(a) POLYONE CORPORATION EXAMINER BOYLE, ROBERT C

1772 Ex Parte Xiao et al 11/082,445 OWENS concurring NAGUMO 103(a) FINA TECHNOLOGY INC EXAMINER DANG, THUAN D

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2171 Ex Parte Ahokas 10/946,567 BROCKETTI 103(a) NOKIA CORPORATION c/o Ware, Fressola, Van Der Sluys & Adolphson LLP EXAMINER SALOMON, PHENUEL S

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3682 Ex Parte Cummins 11/384,593 PETRAVICK 102(b) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER BOVEJA, NAMRATA

3682 Ex Parte Srinivasan et al 09/805,336 FISCHETTI 101/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103(a) FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC EXAMINER JANVIER, JEAN D

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Carter et al 11/706,929 HOELTER 103(a) STEVEN WESEMAN CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION EXAMINER MORGAN, EILEEN P