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REVERSED
2163 Ex Parte Adema et al 10609981 - (D) COURTENAY 102/103 STREETS & STEELE - IBM CORPORATION PHAN, TUANKHANH D

2177 Ex Parte Hopkins 10287177 - (D) DILLON 103 37 CFR 40.51(b) 103 SALESFORCE.COM, INC. TRAN, QUOC A

2447 Ex Parte Parry 10144922 - (D) DILLON 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY TANG, KAREN C

2678 Ex Parte Imamura 11592248 - (D) ANDERSON 102 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. BRIER, JEFFERY A

2895 Ex Parte Doris et al 10710272 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC TSAI, H JEY

3628 Ex Parte Sharp 10292686 - (D) CRAWFORD 102(e) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP CAMPBELL, SHANNON S

3628 Ex Parte Milanes Garcia-Moreno 10472221 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. BORISSOV, IGOR N

3651 Ex Parte Christie 11745262 - (D) SAINDON 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY BURGESS, RAMYA PRAKASAM

3695 Ex Parte Kim et al 09837291 - (D) CRAWFORD 102(e)/103 LOWE HAUPTMAN & HAM, LLP OYEBISI, OJO O

3768 Ex Parte Poland 11911121 - (D) SCHEINER 102 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EVOY, NICHOLAS LANE

3773 Ex Parte Schmieding et al 11155742 - (D) FREDMAN 103 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP MASHACK, MARK F

3726 Ex Parte Naumann 11522104 - (D) HILL 102 PROSKAUER ROSE LLP CIGNA, JACOB JAMES 

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
3774 Ex Parte Meyer et al 11873058 - (D) SPAHN 102(e) 102(e) VIDAS, ARRETT & STEINKRAUS, P.A. STEWART, ALVIN J

AFFIRMED
1637 Ex Parte Nurmi et al 10579137 - (D) JENKS 102(e) JAMES C. LYDON MUMMERT, STEPHANIE KANE

1658 Ex Parte Tovi et al 11416856 - (D) JENKS 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP NIEBAUER, RONALD T

1734 Ex Parte Wolf et al 11752403 - (D) PAK 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP NGUYEN, NGOC YEN M

1761 Ex Parte Nappa et al 12517577 - (D) KRATZ 103 E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY HARDEE, JOHN R

1763 Ex Parte Kish et al 11343099 - (D) DELMENDO 112(2)/103 102(b)/102(e)/103 CHRISTOPHER JOHN RUDY AHVAZI, BIJAN

The mere fact that the term “about” permits some tolerance does not, in and of itself, support a rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 2. In this case, the Examiner failed to explain why one skilled in the relevant art would not have been able to ascertain the scope of the claim in view of the recited term “about.” Amgen, Inc. v. Chugai Pharm. Co., Ltd, 927 F.2d 1200, 1218 (Fed. Cir. 1991) (holding that a specific activity of “at least about 160,000” was indefinite where the scope of the limitation was in doubt, “especially when . . . there is close prior art,” but cautioning that the holding “should not be understood as ruling out any and all uses of this term in patent claims”).

Amgen, Inc. v. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., 927 F.2d 1200, 18 USPQ2d 1016 Fed. Cir. 1991) 2138, 2138.04, 2143.02, 2163, 2163.02, 2164.08, 2165.04, 2173.05(b), 2411.01
HARMON 4: 98; 5: 9, 28, 37, 59, 81, 91, 97, 116, 269, 280; 12: 277; 18: 152; 19: 476; 20: 176, 241
DONNER 4: 30, 44, 59, 64, 65, 69; 5: 129, 140, 142; 7: 338; 8: 647; 9: 156, 507, 718, 719, 723, 881, 884-86; 10: 127, 541

1776 Ex Parte Beall et al 11895312 - (D) KIMLIN 103 CORNING INCORPORATED ORLANDO, AMBER ROSE

2159 Ex Parte Lewis et al 10907483 - (D) SAADAT 102(e)/103 Fogg & Powers LLC BLACK, LINH

2166 Ex Parte Chatterjee et al 10600390 - (D) BRANCH 103 IBM CORPORATION HARPER, ELIYAH STONE

2168 Ex Parte Wang et al 11540038 - (D) DANG 102 HICKMAN PALERMO TRUONG BECKER BINGHAM WONG/ORACLE KIM, CHONG R

2171 Ex Parte Malone et al 11741511 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SALOMON, PHENUEL S

2194 Ex Parte Lucas 11260794 - (D) DANG 102/103 RSW IPLAW/SEB IBM CORPORATION DAO, TUAN C.

2427 Ex Parte Sandoval 11257098 - (D) DILLON 102(e)/103 Great Lakes Intellectual Property, PLLC /CableLabs ALATA, YASSIN

2438 Ex Parte Thomson 11342774 - (D) BENOIT 102/103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP CHANG, KENNETH W

2438 Ex Parte Jung et al 11526213 - (D) DANG 101/112(2)/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC HERZOG, MADHURI R

2644 Ex Parte Buddhikot et al 11017997 - (D) McKONE 103 WALL & TONG, LLP/ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. CAI, WAYNE HUU

2646 Ex Parte Chang et al 11565438 - (D) DANG 112(1)/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. GU, YU

2695 Ex Parte Altas et al 11731975 - (D) McKONE 112(1)/112(2) 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LAM, VINH TANG

2696 Ex Parte Kim et al 11588221 - (D) THOMAS 103 LOWE HAUPTMAN & HAM, LLP CRAWLEY, KEITH L

3637 Ex Parte Oberhaus et al 11325971 - (D) BUNTING 103 Paul M. Denk CHEN, JOSE V

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
3625 SAP AMERICA, INC. Requestor, Cross-Appellant, Respondent v. ELCOMMERCE.COM, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant, Respondent 95000557 6947903 09/546,347 SAINDON 103 DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES Third Party Requester:FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LL DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES original SMITH, JEFFREY A