eaton2, mintz

REVERSED
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2155 Ex Parte Gulin et al 11/243,284 JEFFERY 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC, P.A. EXAMINER BUI, THUY T

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte DeFigueiredo et al 11/583,415 BAHR 103 PITNEY BOWES INC. EXAMINER CICCHINO, PATRICK D

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Clarke et al 10/533,842 SCHEINER 103 OSTROLENK FABER LLP EXAMINER Wiest, Philip

3763 Ex Parte Noda et al 11/765,536 GRIMES 102/103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES EXAMINER CHANDER, DIVA KAKAR

See Eaton Corp. v. Rockwell Int’l Corp., 323 F.3d 1332, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (“When limitations in the body of the claim rely upon and derive antecedent basis from the preamble, then the preamble may act as a necessary component of the claimed invention.”).

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2182 Ex parte MICROLINC, LLC, Appellant and Patent Owner 90/009,376 6,009,488 08/965,760 TURNER 112(2)/103 305 LAW OFFICES OF EUGENE M. CUMMINGS, P.C. EXAMINER CHOI, WOO H original EXAMINER SHIN, CHRISTOPHER B

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2873 LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD. Third Party Requester and Appellant v. FUJIFILM, CORP. Patent Owner and Respondent 95/001,450 7,535,658 11/932,081 TURNER 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS, LLP. (PA) EXAMINER HUGHES, DEANDRA M original EXAMINER COLLINS, DARRYL J

The mere recitation of the words “common sense” without any support adds nothing to the obviousness equation. Within the statutory test to determine if a claimed invention has advanced its technical art field enough to warrant an exclusive right, “common sense” is a shorthand label for knowledge so basic that it certainly lies within the skill set of an ordinary artisan. Mintz v. Dietz & Watson, Inc., --- F.3d ----, 2012 WL 1940157, *4 (Fed. Cir. 2012).

AFFIRMED
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Steger 10/224,309 MacDONALD 103 Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt EXAMINER PHAM, KHANH B

2600 Communications
2618 Ex Parte Nuovo et al 10/451,693 GONSALVES 103 Harrington & Smith, Attorneys At Law, LLC EXAMINER LU, ZHIYU

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3739 Ex Parte Winter 11/602,635 GRIMES 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES EXAMINER SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH
 
REHEARING

DENIED
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2189 Ex Parte Rickard et al 11/145,403 HOMERE 112(1) Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens, P.C. EXAMINER VO, THANH DUC

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2829 Ex Parte Duerksen et al 10/857,935 HOMERE 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER TRAN, THANH Y

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3782 Ex Parte Gully 11/510,219 BAHR 102/103 Carmen Patti Law Group, LLC EXAMINER PASCUA, JES F