datamize, solomon, miyazaki

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1625 Ex Parte Banholzer et al 10/977,753 WALSH concurring FREDMAN 103(a) MICHAEL P. MORRIS BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION EXAMINER DESAI, RITA J

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Hayami et al 10/864,538 COLAIANNI 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER KACKAR, RAM N

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte Banerjee et al 10/640,847 BISK 102(e) Yudell Isidore Ng Russell PLLC EXAMINER CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Borchard 10/423,395 HAHN 103(a) Christie Parker & Hale LLP EXAMINER ALLEN, STEPHONE B

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte Adifon et al 10/520,756 McCARTHY 102(b)/103(a) OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY EXAMINER KRUER, STEFAN

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3718 Ex Parte Giobbi 10/630,141 KAUFFMAN 103(a) NIXON PEABODY LLP EXAMINER YOO, JASSON H

3723 Ex Parte Ashfield 10/674,852 McCARTHY 102(b)/103(a) MICHAEL, BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP EXAMINER ELEY, TIMOTHY V

3731 Ex Parte Palumbo et al 11/157,833 McCOLLUM 102(e) BACON & THOMAS, PLLC EXAMINER LANG, AMY T

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1775 Ex Parte Deckman et al 11/880,207 COLAIANNI 103(a) 103(a) ExxonMobile Research and Engineering Company EXAMINER GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN

1767 Ex Parte Hong et al 11/761,332 GAUDETTE 102(b)/obviousness-type double patenting 102(b)/103(a) Kilyk & Bowersox, P.L.L.C. EXAMINER PEPITONE, MICHAEL F

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2197 Ex Parte Ireland 10/709,917 COURTENAY 103(a) 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. EXAMINER WANG, RONGFA PHILIP

The Federal Circuit Court has held in post-issuance patent infringement cases that the definiteness requirement “does not compel absolute clarity” and “only claims ‘not amenable to construction’ or ‘insolubly ambiguous’ are indefinite.” Datamize, LLC v. Plumtree Software, Inc., 417 F.3d 1342, 1347 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (citations omitted). The claim as a whole must be considered to determine whether it apprises one of ordinary skill in the art of its scope, and therefore serves the notice function required by 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph by providing clear warning to others as to what constitutes the infringement of the patent. Solomon v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 216 F.3d 1372, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2000)(emphasis added).

Solomon v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 216 F.3d 1372, 55 USPQ2d 1279 (Fed. Cir. 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2172
However, when a patent application is pending before the USPTO, “if a claim is amenable to two or more plausible claim constructions, the USPTO is justified in requiring the applicant to more precisely define the metes and bounds of the claimed invention by holding the claim unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as indefinite.” Ex parte Miyazaki, 89 USPQ2d 1207, 1211 (BPAI 2008) (precedential).

Thus, a claim that is not indefinite under the Federal Circuit Court’s “insolubly ambiguous” standard (as applied to issued patent claims), may be considered indefinite under the USPTO Miyazaki standard of review that employs a lower threshold of ambiguity for pending patent application claims.

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte Miyazaki 10/255,626 DANG 103(a) 102(e)/103(a) BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH EXAMINER SERRAO, RANODHI N

2600 Communications
2614 Ex Parte Kenoyer et al 10/105,752 THOMAS 103(a) 103(a) WONG, CABELLO, LUTSCH, RUTHERFORD & BRUCCULERI, L.L.P. EXAMINER RAMAKRISHNAIAH, MELUR

2617 Ex Parte Wang et al 10/514,311 BAUMEISTER 103(a) 103(a) Robert D. Shedd, Patent Operations THOMSON Licensing LLC EXAMINER SAMS, MATTHEW C

2625 Ex Parte Morovic 11/256,947 JEFFERY 103(a) 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER CAMMACK, DAVID S

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Cassoni 10/815,202 McCARTHY 103(a) 103(a) Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC EXAMINER YEAGLEY, DANIEL S

3665 Ex Parte Lazarz et al 11/091,996 McCARTHY 102(b)/103(a) 102(b)/103(a) OSTROLENK FABER LLP EXAMINER NGUYEN, CHUONG P

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Stemmle 11/187,384 SPAHN 102(b) 102(b)/103(a) PITNEY BOWES INC. EXAMINER TRUONG, THANH K

3724 Ex Parte Walker et al 11/375,661 LEE 103(a) 103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER MICHALSKI, SEAN M

3765 Ex Parte Powell et al 11/070,582 SPAHN 103(a) 103(a) SHERIDAN ROSS PC EXAMINER QUINN, RICHALE LEE

AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte Bossidan et al 10/575,293 COLAIANNI 112(1) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER RODEE, CHRISTOPHER D

1742 Ex Parte Brown Ex parte THE BOEING COMPANY Appellant 11/314,475 SCHAFER 103(a) DUKE W. YEE YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. EXAMINER HAUTH, GALEN H

1745 Ex Parte Stevens et al 10/838,108 TIMM 102(b)/103(a) Becton, Dickinson and Company EXAMINER KOCH, GEORGE R

1771 Ex Parte Lloyd et al 10/738,078 FRANKLIN 103(a) SHELL OIL COMPANY EXAMINER MCAVOY, ELLEN M

1787 Ex Parte Church et al 11/956,672 FRANKLIN 103(a) WHYTE HIRSCHBOECK DUDEK S C EXAMINER CHEN, VIVIAN

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Rosenthal et al 10/289,662 HUGHES 101/102(b)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER SAXENA, AKASH

2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Braun 09/940,616 MANTIS MERCADER 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER POPE, DARYL C

2612 Ex Parte Breed et al 11/502,039 RUGGIERO 103(a) BRIAN ROFFE, ESQ EXAMINER LABBEES, EDNY

2612 Ex Parte Lax 12/237,623 WHITEHEAD, JR. 103(a) KELLY LOWRY & KELLEY, LLP EXAMINER YACOB, SISAY

2617 Ex Parte Bednasz 10/829,637 FRAHM 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103(a) COATS & BENNETT/SONY ERICSSON EXAMINER CUMMING, WILLIAM D

2617 Ex Parte Leung 11/156,097 PER CURIAM 102(e) KAM LUNG LEUNG EXAMINER CHO, UN C

2618 Ex Parte Nurminen et al 11/054,048 KOHUT 103(a) Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP EXAMINER PAN, YUWEN

2627 Ex Parte Adelmann 11/702,721 JEFFERY 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER SIMPSON, LIXI CHOW

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Iyer et al 11/327,930 HAHN 103(a) TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. EXAMINER BLUM, DAVID S

2817 Ex Parte Pfeiffer et al 11/619,765 JEFFERY 103(a) Frank V. DeRosa, Esq. F. CHAU & ASSOCIATES, LLC EXAMINER JOHNSON, RYAN

2837 Ex Parte Elliott et al 10/154,038 RUGGIERO 103(a) HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP EXAMINER BENSON, WALTER

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte Tucker 12/180,269 SPAHN 112(1)/103(a) The Affordable Patent Service EXAMINER ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J

3652 Ex Parte Hoe et al 10/184,233 HORNER 103(a) FELLRS, SNIDER, BLANKENSHIP, BAILEY & TIPPENS, P.C EXAMINER UNDERWOOD, DONALD W

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Hertweck et al 11/595,544 FRANKLIN 102(b)/103(a) Bausch & Lomb Incorporated EXAMINER MILES, JONATHAN WADE

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
1723 Ex Parte 6979117 et al Vita-Mix Corporation Requester v. K-TEC, Inc. Patent Owner 95/000,228, 90/009,113, 90/008,814 ROBERTSON 102(e)/103(a) HOLLAND & HART EXAMINER STEIN, STEPHEN J original EXAMINER COOLEY, CHARLES E

REHEARING

DENIED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 Ex Parte Blanton et al 11/593,762 POTHIER 103(a) WARN PARTNERS, P.C. EXAMINER HUYNH, KIM T