venner, leapfrog

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Rauser et al 10/994,004 FREDMAN 103(a) WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP EXAMINER DICKINSON, PAUL W

1631 Ex Parte Kai 11/587,346 WALSH 103(a) MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (WA) EXAMINER BORIN, MICHAEL L
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1788 Ex Parte Tachibana et al 10/902,879 OWENS 103(a) Edwards Neils PLLC EXAMINER DESAI, ANISH P

2163 Ex Parte Halcrow et al 11/165,448 JEFFERY 103(a) IBM AUSTIN IPLAW (DG) C/O DELIZIO GILLIAM, PLLC EXAMINER HWA, SHYUE JIUNN
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Kumhyr et al 11/014,564 HOMERE 103(a) IBM CORP (YA) C/O YEE & ASSOCIATES PC EXAMINER MOBIN, HASANUL

2172 Ex Parte BYBEE et al11/462,738 JEFFERY 102(e) Street & Steele-IBM Corporation EXAMINER GREENE, SABRINA LETICIA

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 Ex Parte Bandhauer 10/977,190 STAICOVICI 103(a) PEDERSEN & COMPANY, PLLC EXAMINER SOTOMAYOR, JOHN B

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3764 Ex Parte Molter et al 11/182,686 HORNER 102(b)/103(a) Michael B. McMurry EXAMINER RICHMAN, GLENN E
AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Ex Parte Chuang et al 11/216,666 HAHN 102/103(a) 103(a) RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP EXAMINER WELLS, KENNETH B

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Sharrow 10/375,634 KAUFFMAN 102(b)/103(a) 103(a) SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC EXAMINER TOWA, RENE T
AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Nelson et al 10/953,987 McKELVEY 102(b)/103(a) BEMIS COMPANY, INC. EXAMINER KRUER, KEVIN R

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2113 Ex Parte Zheng et al 11/809,664 JEFFERY 103(a) HAVERSTOCK & OWENS LLP EXAMINER MCCARTHY, CHRISTOPHER S

And even if we were to assume that claim 1’s automatic functionality somehow precludes any manual activity whatsoever (which it does not for the reasons noted above), it is well settled that where, as here, merely providing an automatic means to replace manual activity to accomplish the same result (i.e., executing an application and completing a set of test features) is an obvious improvement. See In re Venner, 262 F.2d 91, 95 (CCPA 1958). Nor have Appellants shown that automatically performing these functions in lieu of at least some manual interaction would have been uniquely challenging or otherwise beyond the level of ordinarily skilled artisans. See Leapfrog Enters., Inc. v. Fisher-Price, Inc., 485 F.3d 1157, 1162 (Fed. Cir. 2007).

Venner, In re, 262 F.2d 91, 120 USPQ 193 (CCPA 1958) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2144.04

Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc. v. Fischer Price, Inc., 485 F.3d 1157, 82 USPQ2d 1687 (Fed. Cir. 2007) . . . 2143.01
2167 Ex Parte Dettinger et al 10/932,709 HOMERE 102(b)/103(a) IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER TIMBLIN, ROBERT M

2175 Ex Parte Stoner et al 10/725,505 JEFFERY 102(b) VERIZON EXAMINER TRAN, MYLINH T

2179 Ex Parte Moesgaard Kjeldsen et al 10/957,123 HOMERE 102(e) RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP EXAMINER LO, WEILUN

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Zhang et al 10/289,048 BROCKETTI 102(b)/103(a) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. EXAMINER D AGOSTA, STEPHEN M

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Gauselmann 10/458,002 BAHR 103(a) PATENT LAW GROUP LLP EXAMINER HARPER, TRAMAR YONG
REHEARING

DENIED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2172 Ex Parte Edwards et al 10/973,123 HOMERE 103(a) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER ABDUL-ALI, OMAR R