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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1636 Ex Parte FISHER et al 09293670 - (D) PRATS 112(1)/103 Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP WESSENDORF, TERESA D

As the Federal Circuit has noted:

A claim will not be invalidated on section 112 grounds simply because the embodiments of the specification do not contain examples explicitly covering the full scope of the claim language. That is because the patent specification is written for a person of skill in the art, and such a person comes to the patent with the knowledge of what has come before. Placed in that context, it is unnecessary to spell out every detail of the invention in the specification; only enough must be included to convince a person of skill in the art that the inventor possessed the invention and to enable such a person to make and use the invention without undue experimentation.

Falkner v. Inglis, 448 F.3d 1357, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (quoting LizardTech, Inc. v. Earth Resource Mapping, PTY, Inc., 424 F.3d 1336, 1345 (Fed.Cir.2005)).

LizardTech, Inc. v. Earth Resource Mapping, Inc., 424 F.3d 1336, 76 USPQ2d 1724 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2161.01, 2163

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1775 Ex Parte Stewart et al 11784719 - (D) OBERMANN 103 USDA, ARS, OTT BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Knutson et al 10084773 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 THOMSON MULTIMEDIA LICENSING INC. SHEPARD, JUSTIN E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Fuchs et al 11188545 - (D) ASTORINO 112(1)/103 STRIKER, STRIKER & STENBY LOW, LINDSAY M

3761 Ex Parte Carlucci et al 10239599 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KIDWELL, MICHELE M

3767 Ex Parte Ghannoum et al 10641947 - (D) REIMERS Concurring McCARTHY 112(2) ALCON GRAY, PHILLIP A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Brandon 12123513 - (D) BEST 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY INC DOUYETTE, KENNETH J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Damm et al 10303882 - (D) WARD 103 103 Kramer & Amado, P.C. PATEL, DHAIRYA A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3651 Ex Parte Sherman et al 11216531 - (D) MORRISON 103 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. KUMAR, RAKESH

As to the “ornamental shape”, it has long been held that features that relate to “ornamentation only and have no mechanical function whatsoever” cannot be relied upon for patentability of a claim in a utility patent application. In re Seid, 161 F.2d 229, 231 (CCPA 1947).

Seid, In re, 161 F.2d 229, 73 USPQ 431 (CCPA 1947) 2144.04

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte Yoo 11344630 - (D) NAGUMO 103 DUANE MORRIS LLP (TSMC) RUGGLES, JOHN S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2158 Ex Parte Thomsen 11314709 - (D) HUGHES 101/102 SAP AG c/o BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC HOCKER, JOHN P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2823 Ex Parte Akram et al 11384069 - (D) ARPIN 103 TRASK BRITT, P.C./ MICRON TECHNOLOGY STARK, JARRETT J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Fielden 11104231 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Clifford Kraft BELLINGER, JASON R

3634 Ex Parte Newman 11096784 - (D) OSINSKI 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP PUROL, DAVID M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 Ex Parte Waggoner et al 11291069 - (D) POWELL 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP LEWIS, JUSTIN V
 
REHEARING  

DENIED
Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2743 Ex parte RONALD A. KATZ TECHNOLOGY LICENSING L.P. Appellant 90010044 90008229 90/010,130 5974120 08/480,185 CHEN 102 COOLEY LLP KIELIN, ERIK J original WOO, STELLA L

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3686 Ex Parte Hatlestad et al 10787045 - (R) TURNER 102/103 SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. RANGREJ, SHEETAL