REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1622 Ex Parte Siegert et al 11665840 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE & QUIGG LLP COVINGTON, RAYMOND K
1623 Ex Parte Dellinger et al 11387269 - (D) SNEDDEN 112(1)/obviousness-type double patenting Agilent Technologies, Inc. in care of: CPA Global CRANE, LAWRENCE E
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Tanaka et al 11727644 - (D) TIMM 112(1) POSZ LAW GROUP, PLC SHAH, SAMIR
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2188 Ex Parte Hinrichs 10999677 - (D) NEW 103 Wolff & Samson PC KIM, HONG CHONG
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2664 Ex Parte Olsson et al 10858628 - (D) HUGHES 103 STEVEN C. TIETSWORTH CHEN, CHIA WEI A
2696 Ex Parte Drzaic et al 10827745 - (D) GONSALVES 112(1)/102 E INK CORPORATION NGUYEN, JIMMY H
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2822 Ex Parte Su et al 11324967 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 112(1)/103 SLATER & MATSIL, L.L.P. PATTON, PAUL E
2836 Ex Parte Harris et al 11444931 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AMAYA, CARLOS DAVID
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3667 Ex Parte Dow 10091651 - (D) CRAWFORD 101/112(2)/103 HAMILTON, DESCANCTIS & CHA (GENERAL) BADII, BEHRANG
3695 Ex Parte Gill 10118647 - (D) KIM 112(1)/103 CAMPBELL STEPHENSON LLP OYEBISI, OJO O
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Yamada et al 10544721 - (D) McCARTHY 103 RADER FISHMAN & GRAUER PLLC DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID
3754 Ex Parte Strecker 11244915 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY NICOLAS, FREDERICK C
3767 Ex Parte Laermer et al 11897299 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 KENYON & KENYON LLP WILSON, LARRY ROSS
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1623 Ex Parte Nagasawa 12182354 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 103 Pepper Hamilton LLP PESELEV, ELLI
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1772 Ex Parte Butler et al 12506317 - (D) TORCZON 103 103 FINA TECHNOLOGY INC ETHERTON, BRADLEY
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Harris 10216268 - (D) THOMAS 112(2)/102 102 CURTIS, NEIL & ELWOOD, LLC CHEN, TE Y
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Ex Parte Ichihara 11004814 - (D) GONSALVES 103 103 FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP GONZALEZ, AMANCIO
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2829 Ex Parte Sandhu et al 11185186 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102/103 112(1)/102/103 Wells St. John P.S. MAI, ANH D
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Howard et al 10941303 - (D) LORIN 103 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY LASTRA, DANIEL
3626 Ex Parte DAMBROSIA 12061364 - (D) LORIN 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) FOLEY & LARDNER LLP REYES, REGINALD R
3691 Ex Parte Slaight et al 09737697 - (D) CRAWFORD 112(1)/103 102/103 Siemens Corporation AKINTOLA, OLABODE
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3769 Ex Parte Ferren et al 11973103 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103
THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND CLARENCE T. TEGREENE CRANDALL, LYNSEY P
3769 Ex Parte Ferren et al 11073361 - (D) FREDMAN 102/103 112(1)/102/103 IV - SUITER SWANTZ PC LLO CRANDALL, LYNSEY P
3769 Ex Parte Ferren et al 11072698 - (D) FREDMAN 112(2)/103 112(1)/103 THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND CLARENCE T. TEGREENE CRANDALL, LYNSEY P
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Mollison et al 11411734 - (D) SCHEINER 103 SQUIRE SANDERS (US) LLP BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE
1621 Ex Parte Dagle et al 11241321 - (D) SCHEINER 103 Frank S. Roseberg KEYS, ROSALYND ANN
1629 Ex Parte Prather et al 11867689 - (D) JENKS 112(1)/102 MCTAVISH PATENT FIRM BAEK, BONG-SOOK
1644 Ex Parte Lazar 11590736 - (D) SCHEINER 112(1) HOWSON & HOWSON LLP EWOLDT, GERALD R
Moreover, we disagree with Appellant's assertion that the Examiner used post-filing date evidence inappropriately in determining that the claims were not enabled as of the filling date. The prohibition against post-filing date art applies to “the impermissible application of later knowledge about later art-related facts . . . which did not exist on the filing date.” In re Hogan, 559 F.2d 595, 605 (CCPA 1977).2
2 Hogan involved claims directed to a solid polymer of propylene. The Specification disclosed only crystalline forms. The Examiner and the Board took the position that the claims encompassed both crystalline and amorphous forms of polypropylene, cited post-filing date references disclosing the production of amorphous forms, and found that the full breadth of the claims was not enabled. However, it was undisputed that amorphous forms did not exist at the time of filing, and the methods disclosed in the Specification would not have produced amorphous forms. The CCPA held that it was impermissible to test the claims‟ scope of enablement against “later knowledge about later art-related facts (here, amorphous polymers) which did not exist on the filing date.” Hogan, 559 F.2d at 605.
However, it is well settled that the “use of later publications as evidence of the state of art existing on the filing date of an application” is permissible (id.). See Plant Genetic Systems, N.V. v. DeKalb Genetics Corp., 315 F.3d 1335, 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (“Report of a first success after 1987 indicates failure or difficulty in or before 1987. Thus the district court properly used later reports as evidence of the state of the art existing in 1987.”). That is the case here. The postfiling date publications cited by the Examiner collectively show that several years of post-filing date experimentation, with a number of different animal models and experimental designs, failed to clarify the relevance and physiological role of resistin in humans (FF8).
Hogan, In re, 559 F.2d 595, 194 USPQ 527 (CCPA 1977) 2124, 2164.05(a)
Plant Genetic Sys., N.V. v. DeKalb Genetics Corp., 315 F.3d 1335, 65 USPQ2d 1452 (Fed. Cir. 2003) 2164.08
1653 Ex Parte Doshi 12075695 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1) Richard A. Wilhelm MARTIN, PAUL C
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte Rainville et al 11669994 - (D) PRAISS 103 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC WILLS, MONIQUE M
1763 Ex Parte Gurtler et al 11301626 - (D) McKELVEY 103 BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE LLC LEONARD, MICHAEL L
1767 Ex Parte VAPORCIYAN 12175497 - (D) CRUMBLEY 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY HEINCER, LIAM J
1775 Ex Parte Sullivan et al 11508598 - (D) OBERMANN 102/103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. HENKEL, DANIELLE B
1788 Ex Parte Kishioka et al 10765359 - (D) SCHAFER 112(1)/103 SUGHRUE-265550 DESAI, ANISH P
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2117 Ex Parte Hayhow 10666024 - (D) KRIVAK 103 Holland & Hart, LLP CHUNG, PHUNG M
2157 Ex Parte Oh et al 11497213 - (D) COURTENAY 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T
2161 Ex Parte Prince 11054701 - (D) COURTENAY 103 AOL Inc./Finnegan NGUYEN, THU N
2175 Ex Parte Kangru et al 11389129 - (D) DILLON 103 Pequignot + Myers LLC ZAHR, ASHRAF A
2177 Ex Parte Pletikosa et al 11460665 - (D) DILLON 103 RIM/FINNEGAN QUELER, ADAM M
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Chen et al 10826671 - (D) DANG 103 PHILIP H. BURRUS, IV PARRA, OMAR S
2424 Ex Parte Kamen et al 10008229 - (D) DIXON 101/112(1)/103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. RAMAN, USHA
2443 Ex Parte Berndt et al 10855022 - (D) KUMAR 102/103 SIEMENS CORPORATION DENNISON, JERRY B
2444 Ex Parte Zimler et al 10744063 - (D) GONSALVES 103 AT&T Legal Department - C CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B
2445 Ex Parte Beyda et al 10957143 - (D) JEFFERSON 103/obvious-type double patenting Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (SEN) Fritzsche Patent LIU, LIN
2452 Ex Parte Nguyen 09750475 - (D) THOMAS 103 SUGHRUE MION PLLC IBM/SVL NGUYEN, THU V
2473 Ex Parte Chekuri et al 11287890 - (D) HUME 112(1) Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP SKRIPNIKOV, ALEX
2492 Ex Parte Rits et al 10932213 - (D) EVANS 102/103 FOUNTAINHEAD LAW GROUP, PC MOORTHY, ARAVIND K
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Landschaft et al 11297724 - (D) GONSALVES 103 LSI Corporation HITT GAINES, PC MAGLOIRE, VLADIMIR
2659 Ex Parte Passaretti et al 10930156 - (D) EVANS 101/103 Maldjian Law Group LLC HAN, QI
2661 Ex Parte Yoon et al 10899491 - (D) HUGHES 103 DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP BERARDESCA, PAUL M
2664 Ex Parte THORN 11928128 - (D) DANG 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP DIEP, TRUNG T
2679 Ex Parte Guhring et al 11355338 - (D) POTHIER 103 SCHIFF HARDIN, LLP PRENDERGAST, ROBERTA D
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Ex Parte Lue et al 11100518 - (D) BUI 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP WEISS, HOWARD
2857 Ex Parte Miguelanez et al 11535851 - (D) WEINBERG 101/102 THE NOBLITT GROUP, PLLC LAU, TUNG S
2889 Ex Parte Im et al 11288769 - (D) JEFFERY 103 CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP HANLEY, BRITT D
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3695 Ex Parte Cheung et al 11456930 - (D) TURNER 112(2)/103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. DONLON, RYAN D
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3778 Ex Parte Lin 11122863 - (D) GREEN 112(1)/102/103 Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber Co., LPA HAND, MELANIE JO
