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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Ansorge et al 11794515 - (D) PAK 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY AKRAM, IMRAN

1726 Ex Parte Junge et al 11215151 - (D) GARRIS 103 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3618 Ex Parte Pedret et al 11538972 - (D) DeFRANCO 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. / LEAR CORPORATION EBNER, KATY MEYER

3641 Ex Parte Moore et al 11317647 - (D) MORRISON 102/103 SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. (Main) LEE, BENJAMIN P

3653 Ex Parte Takahashi 11938372 - (D) BROWNE 103 Mr. Ryoichi Harada BUTLER, MICHAEL E

3663 Ex Parte Pickens et al 11673484 - (D) THOMAS 103 MERCHANT & GOULD EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte Miyamoto et al 11522357 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. HSU, RYAN

3752 Ex Parte Lawyer et al 12215661 - (D) BROWNE 112(2)/102/103 William M. Hobby III KIM, CHRISTOPHER S

Further, the Examiner’s interpretation of “sprinkler housing” renders the claim terminology “sprinkler” meaningless.  Claims are construed with an eye toward giving effect to all terms in the claim.  Eicon Inc. v. Straumann Co., 441 F.3d 945, 950 (Fed. Cir. 2006).  See Stumbo v. Eastman Outdoors, Inc., 508 F.3d 1358, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (denouncing claim constructions which render phrases in claims superfluous).  Accordingly, the Examiner’s claim construction which reads the limitation “sprinkler” out of the claim is in error. 

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Ritter et al 10951972 - (D) HOUSEL 103 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. TALBOT, BRIAN K

1777 Ex Parte Savage et al 11776098 - (D) NAGUMO 112(1)/112(2)/103 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. GIONTA FITZSIMMON, ALLISON

1777 Ex Parte KIM et al 12397102 - (D) KIMLIN 102/103 102/103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP XU, XIAOYUN

1781 Ex Parte Renavikar et al 11297722 - (D) TIMM 103 102/103 Winkle, PLLC c/o CPA Global MEHTA, MEGHA S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex Parte Fonte 11460100 - (D) SPAHN 103 102/103 Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE

3651 Ex Parte Ackley 11605328 - (D) HOSKINS 102/103 112(1) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SINGH, KAVEL

3654 Ex Parte Mohr et al 11027286 - (D) GREENHUT 103 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Xu et al 11711460 - (D) COURTENAY 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. MENGESHA, MULUGETA A

2452 Ex Parte Dawson et al 11243658 - (D) ANDERSON 103 Whitham, Curtis, & Christofferson. P.C. CHANG, JULIAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2874 Ex Parte Marquis et al 11764894 - (D) KALAN 103 VERIZON BEDTELYON, JOHN M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Ex Parte Zivin 11517973 - (D) HOFFMANN 112(1) 112(1)/102 COOPER & DUNHAM, LLP ZUKANOVICH,BRANDY A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Baggot et al 11498864 - (D) KAUFFMAN 102/103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. CHOI, STEPHEN

3778 Ex Parte Roe et al 11133973 - (D) GROSSMAN 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY ANDERSON, CATHARINE L

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Whirlpool Corporation Requester v. LG Electronics Inc. Patent Owner and Appellant 95001561 7,762,098 12/125,117 GUEST 103 102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DC) THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: Michael A. Hawes ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN original TAPOLCAI, WILLIAM E

AFFIRMED
3401 SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. Requester, Cross-Appellant, Respondent v. SYNTHES (U.S.A.) Patent Owner, Appellant, Respondent 90009378 6623486 SONG 103 WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP Third Party Requester: Hunton & Williams, LLP REIP, DAVID OWEN original GARRETT, ROBERT E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Whirlpool Corporation Requester v. LG Electronics Inc. Patent Owner and Appellant 95001523 7,428,820 12/125,117 GUEST 112(2) 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DC) THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: Michael A. Hawes ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN original TAPOLCAI, WILLIAM E

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1635 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V., MAXPLANCK-INNOVATION GMBH, WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, AND ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Defendants-Appellants, AND ROBERT L. CARET, JAMES R. JULIAN, JR., DAVID J. GRAY, AND JAMES P. MCNAMARA, Defendants-Appellants. 2012-1540, -1541, -1661 7,056,704 10/832,432 7,078,196 10/832,248 REYNA Dissenting MOORE no exclusive original jurisdiction/indispensable party Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP; Irell & Manella, LLP BOWMAN, AMY HUDSON