unigene, comiskey, cybersource

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1648 Ex Parte Neubardt 11/091,089 SCHEINER 103(a) LAW OFFICE OF LEO ZUCKER EXAMINER FOLEY, SHANON A

1651 Ex Parte Tyszka et al 11/009,901 PRATS 103(a) GATES & COOPER LLP EXAMINER GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN

Thus, “[o]bviousness requires more than a mere showing that the prior art includes separate references covering each separate limitation in a claim under examination.” Unigene Laboratories, Inc. v. Apotex, Inc., 655 F.3d 1352, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2011).

1656 Ex Parte Huang et al 11/187,394 SCHEINER 103(a) OCCHIUTI ROHLICEK & TSAO, LLP EXAMINER CARLSON, KAREN C

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Linden et al 10/501,225 ROBERTSON 103(a) LUCAS & MERCANTI, LLP EXAMINER LIGHTFOOT, ELENA TSOY

1781 Ex Parte Horiuchi et al 10/537,493 PRATS 103(a) SUGHRUE-265550 EXAMINER BADR, HAMID R

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2884 Ex Parte Hamann et al 11/519,393 MANTIS MERCADER 102(b)/103(a) FLEIT GIBBONS GUTMAN BONGINI & BIANCO P.L. EXAMINER KIM, KIHO

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Sandberg et al 10/693,700 McCARTHY 103(a)/non-statutory obviousness-type double patenting DEL CHRISTENSEN SHELL OIL COMPANY EXAMINER PAIK, SANG YEOP
AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2158 Ex Parte Hodes 10/788,532 DROESCH 103(a) 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 ALAN S. HODES EXAMINER HASAN, SYED HAROON

Our reviewing courts have “refused to find processes patentable when they merely claimed a mental process standing alone and untied to another category of statutory subject matter even when a practical application was claimed.” In re Comiskey, 554 F.3d 967, 979 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (en banc); accord CyberSource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc., 654 F.3d 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2011).

2161 Ex Parte Rabaioli 10/381,808 COURTENAY 103(a) 103(a) STAAS & HALSEY LLP EXAMINER LU, CHARLES EDWARD

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Sheffield et al 11/945,082 BROWN 103(a) 103(a) Parks IP Law LLC EXAMINER WOOD, KIMBERLY T

3685 Ex Parte Bly et al 09/990,911 BARRY 101/112(2) 101/103(a) MACMILLAN, SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC EXAMINER NILFOROUSH, MOHAMMAD A

3693 Ex Parte Subbu et al 10/781,805 LORIN 103(a) 101 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY EXAMINER BORLINGHAUS, JASON M

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Jimenez 10/444,136 McCARTHY 102(b)/103(a) 102(b) WOLFF LAW OFFICE, PLLC EXAMINER LEE, LAURA MICHELLE
REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3619 Ex Parte 6325414 et al ELESYS NORTH AMERICA, INC. Requester, Respondent v. AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant BRIAN ROFFE, ESQ 95/001,011 90/008,348 SONG 103(a) 103(a) Patent Owner: BRIAN ROFFE, ESQ Third Party Requester: BRINKS, HOFER, GILSON, & LIONE EXAMINER KAUFMAN, JOSEPH A original EXAMINER TO, TOAN C

REHEARING DENIED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2871 Ex Parte 6373537 et al Ex parte LG DISPLAY CO., LTD. 90/008,146 SIU 103(a) Patent Owner: MCKENNA LONG & ALDRIDGE LLP Third Party Requester: BRUCE L. LAGERMAN EXAMINER CHOI, WOO H original EXAMINER TON, MINH TOAN T

EXAMINER AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3712 Ex Parte 6,546,924 et al Ex parte ProBatter Sports, LLC, Patent Owner and Appellant 90/010,151 ROBERTSON 102(b)/103(a) 112(1) FOR PATENT OWNER: GRIMES & BATTERSBY, LLP FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: WOODARD, EMHARDT, MORIARTY MCNETT & HENRY LLP EXAMINER DAWSON, GLENN K original EXAMINER RICCI, JOHN A

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Abraham 10/995,061 FRANKLIN 103(a) HAMILTON, BROOK, SMITH & REYNOLDS, P.C. EXAMINER PERREIRA, MELISSA JEAN

1652 Ex Parte Koeberl et al 10/761,530 ADAMS 102(b)/103(a) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC EXAMINER RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM

1653 Ex Parte Consigny et al 11/170,750 ADAMS 112(1) SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY (US) LLP EXAMINER FORD, ALLISON M

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Johansson 10/558,832 PAK 103(a) VENABLE LLP EXAMINER D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P

1763 Ex Parte Bernard et al 11/300,995 WARREN 103(a) PITNEY BOWES INC. EXAMINER NGUYEN, THUY-AI N

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Keohane et al 11/186,701 MANTIS MERCADER 103(a) IBM CORP (AP) C/O AMY PATTILLO EXAMINER ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S

2185 Ex Parte Gold et al 10/684,001 BLANKENSHIP 103(a)/obviousness-type double patenting 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER CAMPOS, YAIMA

2186 Ex Parte Alderegula et al 11/124,745 LUCAS 103(a) IBM (RPS-BLF) c/o BIGGERS & OHANIAN, LLP EXAMINER DUDEK JR, EDWARD J

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Renbarger 10/837,807 PETRAVICK 103(a) BARNES & THORNBURG LLP EXAMINER MOSSER, ROBERT E