animal

REVERSED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1629 Ex Parte Wang 10/651,305 FREDMAN 103(a) LADAS & PARRY LLP EXAMINER POLANSKY, GREGG

1633 Ex Parte Geistlich et al 10/299,008 MILLS 103(a) ROTHWELL, FIGG, EXAMINER ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. HIRIYANNA, KELAGINAMANE T

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1772 Ex Parte Flaherty et al 11/276,841 METZ 103(a) Larson & Anderson, LLC EXAMINER WHITE, DENNIS MICHAEL

2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Roth et al 10/514,412 BARRY 103(a) BACON & THOMAS, PLLC EXAMINER SINGH, HIRDEPAL

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2826 Ex Parte Blanchard 11/342,484 KRIVAK 103(a) MAYER & WILLIAMS PC EXAMINER DICKEY, THOMAS L

2833 Ex Parte Lavenuta 10/328,216 HAHN 103(a) Florek & Endres PLLC EXAMINER LEE, KYUNG S

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Oslund et al 10/100,686 GRIMES 103(a) Covidien EXAMINER TOWA, RENE T

3763 Ex Parte Khieu et al 11/647,278 GRIMES 103(a) SJM/AFD-WILEY EXAMINER STIGELL, THEODORE J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte kaminsky et al 10/635,587 PERRY 103(a) 103(a) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O''KEEFE, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER NAJEE-ULLAH, TARIQ S

2471 Ex Parte Raith et al 10/807,975 ZECHER 112(2) 102(e)/103(a) COATS & BENNETT, PLLC EXAMINER FAROUL, FARAH

See generally Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Quigg, 932 F.2d 920, 923 (Fed. Cir. 1991) (“The use of a negative limitation to define the metes and bounds of the claimed subject matter is a permissible form of expression.”) (citation omitted).

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3695 Ex Parte Deane et al 10/449,258 FETTING 103(a) 103(a) LAW OFFICES OF PETER H. PRIEST, PLLC EXAMINER WEIS, SAMUEL

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Thompson et al 11/454,076 PRATS 102(b)/103(a) 103(a) MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS, LLP (SF) EXAMINER MARCETICH, ADAM M

AFFIRMED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1759 Ex Parte Allardyce et al 11/588,520 GAUDETTE 103(a) John J. Piskorski Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC EXAMINER WONG, EDNA

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Multer et al 09/753,537 GONSALVES 102/103(a) Thomas B. Haverstock EXAMINER ABEL JALIL, NEVEEN

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2485 Ex Parte Kim et al 10/869,632 SMITH 103(a) ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES EXAMINER TORRENTE, RICHARD T

2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Boer et al 10/621,862 WHITEHEAD, JR. 103(a) Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP EXAMINER MALEK, LEILA

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2815 Ex Parte Heo et al 11/227,491 KRIVAK 102(b)/103(a) ROBERT E. BUSHNELL & LAW FIRM EXAMINER JACKSON JR, JEROME

2858 Ex Parte Bosselmann et al 10/533,014 SMITH 103(a) SIEMENS CORPORATION EXAMINER VALONE, THOMAS F

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Sanchez-Martinez 11/576,111 ADAMS 103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER SIMPSON, SARAH A

3731 Ex Parte Van Wyk 10/937,210 ADAMS 103(a) SMITH PATENT CONSULTING, LLC EXAMINER SONNETT, KATHLEEN C

3733 Ex Parte CAPOTE 11/876,021 ADAMS 103(a) Medtronic, Inc. (Spinal) EXAMINER CUMBERLEDGE, JERRY

3735 Ex Parte Gordon 11/181,108 ADAMS 101/102(b) Alan G. Towner Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon EXAMINER NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN