hogan

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1626 Ex Parte Cai et al 11/852,433 GRIMES 112(1) ELMORE PATENT LAW GROUP, PC EXAMINER COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P

A later state of the art cannot be relied on as evidence that a claimed invention was not enabled as of its filing date. See In re Hogan, 559 F.2d 595, 606 (CCPA 1977) (“Appellants disclosed, as the only then existing way to make [the claimed ‘solid polymer’], a method of making the crystalline form. To now say that appellants should have disclosed in 1953 the amorphous form which on this record did not exist until 1962, would be to impose an impossible burden on inventors and thus on the patent system.”).

Hogan, In re, 559 F.2d 595, 194 USPQ 527 (CCPA 1977) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2124, 2164.05(a)

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1774 Ex Parte Krull et al 11/858,944 SMITH 102(b)/103(a) REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. EXAMINER ANDERSON, DENISE R

1781 Ex Parte Bartkowska et al 11/867,223 SMITH 103(a) UNILEVER PATENT GROUP EXAMINER BEKKER, KELLY JO

1781 Ex Parte Ishida et al 11/090,076 HANLON 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER BADR, HAMID R

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte Sartain et al 11/217,102 HORNER 102(b)/103(a) DORITY & MANNING, P.A. EXAMINER DONDERO, WILLIAM E

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte Davis et al 11/112,926 MILLS 103(a) MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP EXAMINER POHNERT, STEVEN C

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Ex Parte Samuels et al 12/017,241 McKELVEY 102(b) E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY EXAMINER KHAN, TAHSEEN

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Martin et al 11/252,438 MANTIS MERCADER 102(b) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER BASHORE, WILLIAM L

2185 Ex Parte Parkinson 10/939,274 SMITH 112(1)/102(b)/103(a) TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. EXAMINER YU, JAE UN
REHEARING

DENIED

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