sullivan

REVERSED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1648 Ex Parte Braun 10/508,143 WALSH 103(a) FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, LLP EXAMINER PENG, BO

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 Ex Parte Kawamura et al 11/411,487 SMITH 103(a) SHELL OIL COMPANY EXAMINER VASISTH, VISHAL V

1782 Ex Parte Bernig et al 10/523,130 SMITH 103(a) GERSTENZANG, WILLIAM C. NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, PA EXAMINER WOOD, ELLEN S

See In re Sullivan, 498 F.3d 1345, 1353 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (Failure to meaningfully address submitted evidence is error.)

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Day et al 11/557,601 ARBES 102(b)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 Streets & Steele-IBM Corporation EXAMINER NGUYEN, LOAN T

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Wilder 11/465,538 ROBERTSON 103(a) MITCHELL A. SMOLOW EXAMINER ISLAM, SYED A

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Honkura et al 10/546,059 FRANKLIN 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER MAI, HAO D

3737 Ex Parte Maschke 11/062,304 SAINDON 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2)
SIEMENS CORPORATION EXAMINER MEHTA, PARIKHA SOLANKI
3737 Ex Parte Scheirer et al 10/599,322 GRIMES 112(2)/103(a) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EXAMINER SANTOS, JOSEPH M

3761 Ex Parte Tippey et al 11/729,702 WALSH 103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER MARCETICH, ADAM M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1746 Ex Parte Durrance et al 10/210,260 SMITH 112(1)/103(a) 103(a) Christopher M. Goff (27839) ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP EXAMINER SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Kainth et al 11/796,585 FREDMAN 103(a) 103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER TREYGER, ILYA Y

AFFIRMED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Mukherji et al 11/611,173 SMITH 103(a) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. EXAMINER KIECHLE, CAITLIN ANNE

1743 Ex Parte Wu et al 11/451,993 SMITH 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER DEL SOLE, JOSEPH S

2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Erfani et al 09/895,948 SMITH 102(e)/103(a) Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc EXAMINER CURS, NATHAN M

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Stahmann et al 11/136,195 PRATS 103(a) SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. EXAMINER EXAMINER JANG, CHRISTIAN YONGKYUN
 
REHEARING
 
DENIED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1772 Ex Parte Benazzi et al 10/270,075 GAUDETTE 103(a) MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. EXAMINER NGUYEN, TAM M
 
GRANTED
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Almberg et al 10/684,585 WALSH 101 double patenting SCA Hygiene Products AB c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC EXAMINER STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F