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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Peerlings et al 12358356 - (D) McKELVEY 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE & QUIGG LLP SERGENT, RABON A

1771 Ex Parte Blanchard 10551914 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte May et al 11290883 - (D) HOFF 103 IBM CORPORATION GORNEY, BORIS

2478 Ex Parte Hornback et al 10745091 - (D) HOFF 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP LI, GUANG W

2488 Ex Parte Ratakonda et al 10840403 - (D) HUME 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 MCINTYRE HARBIN & KING LLP PE, GEEPY

See Sjolund v. Musland, 847 F.2d 1573, 1577 (Fed. Cir. 1988) (“[T]he preamble of a Jepson claim is impliedly admitted to be prior art.”).

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Busson et al 10150524 - (D) EVANS 102/103 STMICROELECTRONICS S.A. ALLEN, DYER, DOPPELT, MILBRATH & GILCHRIST P.A. HU, RUI MENG

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 Ex Parte Wills et al 11415272 - (D) KAMHOLZ 103 GE GPO- Transportation- The Small Patent Law Group TO, TUAN C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3748 Ex Parte Yang et al 11401260 - (D) MARTIN 103 KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP CHANG, CHING

3772 Ex Parte Fleming 11144514 - (D) GREEN 112(1)/103 HONEYWELL/CONLEY ROSE NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN

3773 Ex Parte Schwartz et al 10758372 - (D) MILLS 102/103 BARNES & THORNBURG LLP WOO, JULIAN W

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte OCONNER et al 10745837 - (D) JEFFERY 103 103 Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP c/o CPA Global LIN, SHEW FEN

The doctrine of claim differentiation "create[s] a presumption that each claim in a patent has a different scope." Comark Communications, Inc. v. Harris Corp., 156 F.3d 1182, 1187 (Fed.Cir.1998). The difference in meaning and scope between claims is presumed to be significant "[t]o the extent that the absence of such difference in meaning and scope would make a claim superfluous." Tandon Corp. v. United States Int'l Trade Comm'n, 831 F.2d 1017, 1023 (Fed.Cir.1987).

Free Motion Fitness, Inc. v. Cybex Intern., Inc., 423 F. 3d 1343, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2005)

2197 Ex Parte Jarvis et al 10952073 - (D) HOFF 102/103 102/103 HAMILTON & TERRILE, LLP COYER, RYAN D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Provitola 11873389 - (D) HOFF 102/103 102/103 Anthony I. Provitola HOLDER, ANNER N

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Taranta et al 10936238 - (D) PRATS 103 FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG PURDY, KYLE A

1635 Ex Parte Brown et al 10142666 - (D) GREEN 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP GIBBS, TERRA C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Peters 11013434 - (D) SMITH 103 PRAXAIR, INC. CHANDRA, SATISH

1735 Ex Parte Yoshihara 11559654 - (D) SMITH 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI

1773 Ex Parte Spohn et al 12014194 - (D) SMITH obviousness-type double patenting PRAXAIR, INC. NAGPAUL, JYOTI

1773 Ex Parte Spohn et al 12014270 - (D) SMITH obviousness-type double patenting PRAXAIR, INC. NAGPAUL, JYOTI

1773 Ex Parte Spohn et al 12014237 - (D) SMITH obviousness-type double patenting PRAXAIR, INC. NAGPAUL, JYOTI

1773 Ex Parte Spohn et al 12014228 - (D) SMITH obviousness-type double patenting PRAXAIR, INC. NAGPAUL, JYOTI

1773 Ex Parte Spohn et al 12014248 - (D) SMITH obviousness-type double patenting PRAXAIR, INC. NAGPAUL, JYOTI

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Kulkarni et al 12017816 - (D) DIXON 102 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. LU, KUEN S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Kikinis 10171230 - (D) RUGGIERO 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. HICKS, CHARLES N

2427 Ex Parte Frisco et al 10428234 - (D) MOORE 103 ALLEN, DYER, DOPPELT, MILBRATH & GILCHRIST, P.A. DUFFIELD, JEREMY S

2435 Ex Parte Xue 10666889 - (D) DIXON 103 HAVERSTOCK & OWENS LLP TO, BAOTRAN N

2448 Ex Parte Ford et al 11485795 - (D) FISHMAN 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY CHAMBERS, MICHAEL A

2454 Ex Parte White et al 10658439 - (D) DIXON 103 HAVERSTOCK & OWENS LLP PARK, JEONG S

2454 Ex Parte Russo et al 10737131 - (D) KUMAR 102 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP LIN, WEN TAI

2472 Ex Parte Wu 11564298 - (D) RUGGIERO 103 NORTH AMERICA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION LEE, CHI HO A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2662 Ex Parte Chu 11771480 - (D) DANG 103 VERIZON PRABHAKHER, PRITHAM DAVID

2688 Ex Parte Lee 10865868 - (D) BUSCH 103 STAAS & HALSEY LLP ALUNKAL, THOMAS D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2832 Ex Parte Thorne et al 10537618 - (D) POTHIER 103 BURNS & LEVINSON, LLP WARREN, DAVID S

2837 Ex Parte Shu et al 11507748 - (D) KRIVAK 102 HolzerIPLaw, P.C. LEYKIN, RITA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte OMAHONY et al 11557376 - (D) ADAMS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC TREYGER, ILYA Y  

REHEARING  

DENIED  
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Bease et al 11239295 - (R) WARREN 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BLAN, NICOLE R