atmel, Dossel

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2489 Ex Parte Newton et al 13809204 - (D) HUGHES 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS HASAN, MAINUL

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Reigneau 12973539 - (D) YAP 103 Slater Matsil, LLP/ST- EP ELNAFIA, SAIFELDIN E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3656 Ex Parte Gila et al 12792301 - (D) ENGLE 112(2)/102 Patent Dept. - Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. YABUT, DANIEL D

In the context of a means-plus-function limitation, if one skilled in the art would be able to identity the structure, material, or acts for performing the claimed function, then the requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph are satisfied. See Atmel Corp. v. Info. Storage Devices, Inc., 198 F.3d 1374, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 1999); see also In re Dossel , 115 F.3d 942, 946-47 (Fed. Cir. 1997).

Atmel Corp. v. Information Storage Devices Inc., 198 F.3d 1374, 53 USPQ2d 1225 (Fed. Cir. 1999) 2163 , 2181

Dossel, In re, 115 F.3d 942, 42 USPQ2d 1881 (Fed. Cir. 1997) 2181 , 2185

3656 Ex Parte Schena 12766794 - (D) ENGLE 102 Patent Dept. - Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. YABUT, DANIEL D

3663 Ex Parte Eckhoff et al 12387331 - (D) MARSCHALL 112(2)/103 Advent, LLP/INTELLECTUAL VENTURES NGUYEN, CUONG H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Mettler 12013911 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. SIMPSON, SARAH A

3786 Ex Parte HULDIN et al 14245141 - (D) HOSKINS 103 Miles & Stockbridge KINNARD, LISA M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Adams et al 13347498 - (D) NEWMAN 103 112(1) NYEMASTER GOODE P.C. WESTERBERG, NISSA M

1618 Ex Parte BARRY et al 11833717 - (D) PRATS 103 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP RIDER, LANCE W

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2169 Ex Parte O'SULLIVAN et al 12102207 - (D) DIXON 103 103 STEVENS & SHOWALTER, L.L.P. WEINRICH, BRIAN E

2172 Ex Parte Carlsen et al 14004424 - (D) JIVANI 103 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS ELL, MATTHEW

2197 Ex Parte Salle et al 12261989 - (D) YAP 103 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise WHEATON, BRADFORD F

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2488 Ex Parte Yu et al 13863094 - (D) HAMANN 103 103 Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane PC Google Technology Holdings LLC LE, PETER D

2488 Ex Parte Yu et al 13863127 - (D) HAMANN 103 103 Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane PC Google Technology Holdings LLC LE, PETER D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Hatton 12607244 - (D) BEST 103 PPG Industries, Inc. TSCHEN, FRANCISCO W

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 Ex Parte Sampathkumar et al 13971114 - (D) SHIANG 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. TSAI, SHENG JEN

2137 Ex Parte Cervera Navas 12733234 - (D) MOORE 102/103 Taylor English Duma / Seagate BONE, DUSTIN

2153 Ex Parte Anderson et al 13537911 - (D) YAP 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION CHOI, YUK TING

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Gilje 13659417 - (D) STEPHENS 103 ARRIS Enterprises, LLC HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Hardt et al 12262465 - (D) MOORE 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL DU, HUNG K

2658 Ex Parte Henry 13731565 - (D) COURTENAY 101 103 FALATI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW SAINT CYR, LEONARD

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Belz et al 12446116 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 ANDREWS KURTH KENYON LLP AMRANY, ADI

2882 Ex Parte COHEN et al 13936010 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 Patti & Malvone Law Group, LLC KREUTZER, COLIN WRIGHT

rundell, leapfrog, bascom

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte Merck et al 14210598 - (D) DERRICK 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP MOORE, ALEXANDRA MARIE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Lei 13278095 - (D) REPKO 103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM/ORACLE GORTAYO, DANGELINO N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Huslak et al 11156190 - (D) SAADAT 103 AT&T Legal Department - SZ DUFFIELD, JEREMY S

2461 Ex Parte Ji et al 12061567 - (D) BARRY 103 KLARQUIST SPARKMAN LLP CLAWSON, STEPHEN J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Eckhoff et al 12387482 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 Advent, LLP/INTELLECTUAL VENTURES NGUYEN, CHUONG P

3646 Ex Parte Swartz 12154712 - (D) BROWN 101/112(1)/103 41.50 112(2)/112(4) Mitchell R. Swartz, ScD, EE, MD BURKE, SEAN P

3663 Ex Parte Eckhoff et al 12462933 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 Advent, LLP/INTELLECTUAL VENTURES NGUYEN, CHUONG P

3684 Ex Parte BURSEY 12240702 - (D) LORIN 103 Miles & Stockbridge DUNHAM, JASON B

Rendering automatic by computer that which is done by hand per se would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art. See In re Rundell , 48 F.2d 958 ([CCPA 1931]) and Leapfrog Enterprises Inc. v. Fisher- Price Inc. , 485 F.3d 1157 (Fed. Cir. 2007).

Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc. v. Fischer Price, Inc., 485 F.3d 1157, 82 USPQ2d 1687 (Fed. Cir. 2007) 2114 , 2143.01

3691 Ex Parte FLITCROFT et al 12268063 - (D) FETTING 101 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC KAZIMI, HANI M

“[A]n inventive concept can be found in the non-conventional and non generic arrangement of known, conventional pieces,” even if these pieces constitute generic computer-related components. Bascom Global Internet v. AT&T Mobility LLC , 827 F.3d 1341, 1350 (Fed. Cir. 2016). The instant claims are similar to those in Bascom in that as in Bascom, an intermediary is inserted between two otherwise conventional computer nodes to move the location where a process is otherwise ordinarily executed. In Bascom it was filtering and in the instant claims it is checking on credit use limitations. The reasons for moving are similar in both cases and are rooted in the ways of internet technology.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Chen et al 13532400 - (D) REIMERS 102/103 41.50 112(2) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LEE, LAURA MICHELLE

3724 Ex Parte VEENSTRA et al 13466650 - (D) REIMERS 102/103 41.50 112(2) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LEE, LAURA MICHELLE

3737 Ex Parte Amiot et al 12241724 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP (Zimmer Cas) SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Welker 12849562 - (D) STRAUSS 102 102/103 SAP SE SHEIKH, ASFAND M

3665 Ex Parte Gilman et al 12985719 - (D) BROWNE 101 101 41.50 101/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL SHAAWAT, MUSSA A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Bruszewski et al 13089545 - (D) STEPINA 103 103 Medtronic Vascular - APV Division SIMPSON, SARAH A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Royalty et al 12229713 - (D) GRIMES 103 BAYER CROPSCIENCE LP BRANSON, DANIEL L

1619 Ex Parte Torgerson et al 11436167 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY MATTISON, LORI K

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1746 Ex Parte Dimitrijevs et al 13653762 - (D) DERRICK 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. DULKO, MARTA S

1782 Ex Parte Toft et al 13382233 - (D) NAGUMO 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC SANDERSON, LEE E

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2197 Ex Parte ELIASSAF et al 13459356 - (D) PINKERTON 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise WHEATON, BRADFORD F

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte Middleton 12836418 - (D) BAIN 103 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC TANG, KAREN C

2474 Ex Parte Arsenault et al 13142249 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 Cowling WLG (Canada) LLP MERED, HABTE

2479 Ex Parte HWANG 13650408 - (D) GALLIGAN 102 Jefferson IP Law, LLP PASIA, REDENTOR M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Fiatal 13158706 - (D) JIVANI 103 NK Patent Law- Seven Networks BIBBEE, CHAYCE R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Joao 12589294 - (D) HAGY 101 RAYMOND A. JOAO, ESQ. GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L

3657 Ex Parte Hanna et al 12174163 - (D) STEPINA 112(2) 103 BrooksGroup NGUYEN, VU Q

3663 Ex Parte Wempen 13274477 - (D) PESLAK 103 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP CHEN, SHELLEY

3691 Ex Parte FEI et al 13417853 - (D) MEYERS 101 Hunton & Williams LLP/JPMorgan Chase KAZIMI, HANI M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Johnson 13155391 - (D) CALVE 103 NWAMU, P.C. BALDORI, JOSEPH B

3741 Ex Parte Dinu et al 13629512 - (D) BROWNE 103 Fletcher Yoder PC GE Power & Water DUGER, JASON H

3769 Ex Parte Shaya 13165052 - (D) CALVE 103 FITCH, EVEN, TAB IN & FLANNERY, LLP NGANGA, BONIFACE N

3788 Ex Parte Polando 13607500 - (D) REIMERS 103 DLA PIPER LLP (US) IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN

edwards3, abbott labs

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Ayoub et al 13915960 - (D) McNEILL 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC PHAM, K


Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2476 Ex Parte Konuskan et al 13882840 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 Sage Patent Group/Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ASEFA, DEBEBE A

The use of “i.e.,” in the intrinsic record is often definitional. Edwards Lifesciences LLC v. Cook Inc., 582 F.3d 1322, 1334 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (“[U]se of ‘i.e.’ signals an intent to define the word to which it refers.”); see also Abbott Labs. v. Novopharm Ltd., 323 F.3d 1324, 1330 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (holding that a patentee “explicitly defined” a term by using “i.e.” followed by an explanatory phrase). Here, in describing the difference between detecting a primary stream for single or dual stream transmissions, the Specification provides that for the dual stream transmission, an extra term is utilized and “[t]his extra term is due to the inter-stream interference, i.e., Si [the primary stream] and S2 [the secondary stream] will interfere with each other.” Spec. 11:13—20. As such, the broadest reasonable interpretation of “inter-stream interference,” consistent with the Specification, is the interference caused by the transmission of one stream on another concurrently transmitted stream.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Frigg et al 13527241 - (D) KORNICZKY 102 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP COTRONEO, STEVEN J


3737 Ex Parte Boernert et al 13000386 - (D) SCHOPFER 112(2)/102/103 PHILIPS INTELECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS SELKIN, SAUREL J

3763 Ex Parte Morriss et al 12011100 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Frost Brown Todd LLC Acclarent, Inc.  PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte Silver et al 11751619 - (D) NAGUMO 103 103 41.50 103 Keysight Technologies, Inc. PURINTON, BROOKE J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Nedden 12523007 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 double patenting YOUNG fr THOMPSON QIAN, YUN

1771 Ex Parte Andrews 12954947 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 INFINEUM USA L.P. MCAVOY, ELLEN M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2433 Ex Parte WHITEHOUSE 12976289 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP TRAN, ELLEN C

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2817 Ex Parte Bez et al 13158291 - (D) PRAISS 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/MICRON GOODWIN, DAVID J

2817 Ex Parte IN et al 13425156 - (D) McMANUS 102 H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC CARPENTER, ROBERT K

2896 Ex Parte Kjeang et al 11869277 - (D) RANGE 103 KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2476 Ex parte KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV. and PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION Appellant, Patent Owner Ex Parte 6047212 et al 90013465 - (D) SONG 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: COOLEY LLP ATTN: PATENT GROUP JASTRZAB, JEFFREY R original SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 Ex parte Kelly K. Houston, Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8926792 et al 14/305,195 90013530 - (D) ROBERTSON 102/103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC TORRES VELAZQUEZ, NORCA LIZ original MILLER, JONATHAN

BRCA

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1781 Ex Parte Gansen et al 14410757 - (D) DENNETT 112(1) STAAS & HALSEY LLP VONCH, JEFFREY A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2127 Ex Parte Feigenbaum et al 13691816 - (D) SHIANG 103 LAW OFFICE OF IDO TUCHMAN (AUS) AZAD, MD ABUL K

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2144 Ex Parte Creamer et al 11382315 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 CRGO LAW STORK, KYLE R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2479 Ex Parte Lakkis et al 12483987 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATFD CEHIC, KENAN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Wain et al 13006816 - (D) WIEKER 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY PAYER, HWEI-SIU C

3731 Ex Parte Elliott 14068509 - (D) FLAX 102/103 KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC YABUT, DIANE D

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1652 Ex Parte Lukyanov et al 11607828 - (D) CHANG 112(1)/101 101 BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP ROBINSON, HOPE A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2868 Ex Parte Wong et al 12972791 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 103 Keysight Technologies, Inc. NATALINI, JEFF WILLIAM

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Shah et al 13622636 - (D) CHANG 112(2) 103 UNILEVER PATENT GROUP WAX, ROBERT A

1615 Ex Parte Molenda et al 13515440 - (D) CHANG 103 NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, PA AL-AWADI, DANAH J

1644 Ex Parte Robinson et al 12214670 - (D) MAJORS 112(1)/112(2) 101/103 Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing EWOLDT, GERALD R

Given this broad disclosure, even if claim 1 did not foreclose certain combinations of cytokines and autoantibodies at present, the draftsperson may pursue these combinations through future claims, thus expanding the preemptive reach of Appellants’ invention drawn to the natural law.10 Cf. In re BRCA1- and BRCA2-Based Hereditary Cancer Test Patent Litig., 774 F.3d 755, 764 n. 4 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (“The preemptive nature of the claims is not ameliorated even if we accept Myriad’s argument that other methods of comparison exist. If the combination of certain routine steps were patent eligible, so too would different combinations of other routine steps.”)

BRCA1– and BRCA2–Based Hereditary Cancer Test Patent Litigation, In re, 774 F.3d 755, 113 USPQ2d 1241 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2106

1651 Ex Parte Blau et al 13440534 - (D) MILLS 103 Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing VISONE, THOMAS J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Wantling 13692376 - (D) NAGUMO 103 Hexion Inc. SHUKLA, KRUPA

1793 Ex Parte Gan et al 12265559 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP TURNER, FELICIA C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 Ex Parte Abdelhadi et al 12564151 - (D) POTHIER 103 Rolnik Law Firm, P.C. IBM Corp. (AUS/RCR) MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN

2463 Ex Parte Kwon et al 13925365 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 Slater Matsil, LLP ANWAR, MOHAMMAD S

2466 Ex Parte KIM et al 12349882 - (D) DROESCH 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS

2472 Ex Parte Luo et al 13777618 - (D) BUI 103 BGL/Huawei MUSA, ABDELNABI O

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte MATTILA et al 14157984 - (D) EVANS 101 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. NGUYEN, KIMBINH T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3612 Ex Parte RUSS 14225890 - (D) AMUNDSON, 102 MAIER & MAIER, PLLC PATEL, KIRAN B

3643 Ex Parte HUNG 13729071 - (D) CALVE 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. BURGESS, MARC R

3667 Ex Parte Dwan et al 13558804 - (D) ENGLE 102 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. /FGTL BADII, BEHRANG

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Contiliano et al 13494395 - (D) NEW 103 Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C. OU, JING RUI

3754 Ex Parte Selover 11110262 - (D) OSINSKI 103 41.50 103 Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/Masco Corporation LE, HUYEN D

3771 Ex Parte GUNARATNAM et al 11962621 - (D) HOELTER 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC STANIS, TIMOTHY A

garnero

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2143 Ex Parte Bastide et al 12826938 - (D) PINKERTON 103 Fabian Vancott IBM CORPORATION SUN, LI P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte IWAI et al 13405695 - (D) PESLAK 102/103 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP SAHNI, VISHAL R

Appellants first contend that one of ordinary skill in the art would understand that a thermally sprayed layer has a specific implied structure. Appeal Br. 10. Appellants support this contention with a declaration from Appellant Makoto Souwa stating that “one [of] ordinary skill in the art would understand, a thermally sprayed layer would have a structure that closely matches the unevenness and crevices of the underlying layer.” Id. at 11 (citing Souwa Decl. dated April 7, 2014,17). Appellants, relying on In re Garnero, 412 F. 2d 276, 279 (CCPA 1979), then argue that the implied structural characteristics of a thermally sprayed layer should be considered in the patentability analysis of a product by process claim.

Garnero, In re, 412 F.2d 276, 162 USPQ 221 (CCPA 1979) 2113

3675 Ex Parte Cusack et al 13630950 - (D) HOELTER 112(2)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY NEUBAUER, THOMAS L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Zhou et al 12697019 - (D) JESCHKE 102/103 Medtronic, Inc. WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL

3775 Ex Parte Bertram 13635212 - (D) COTTA 102/103 BELZER PC BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT

3779 Ex Parte Buerk et al 13461966 - (D) HOFFMANN 102 Whitmyer IP Group LLC HENDERSON, RYAN N

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3645 Ex Parte Cooke et al 13299680 - (D) PESLAK 103 101 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC HULKA, JAMES R

3685 Ex Parte Weller et al 12419115 - (D) SILVERMAN 102/103 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/VISA HALE, TIM B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Rivera 12960496 - (D) STEPINA 103 112(2) AVERILL & GREEN DUNIVER, DIALLO IGWE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Hemminghaus et al 12568167 - (D) NEW 103 SENNIGER POWERS LLP (MTC) HIRT, ERIN E

1653 Ex Parte Miller et al 13386209 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 K&L Gates LLP/Chicago BOWERS, ERIN M

1656 Ex Parte Bout et al 13002797 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102/103 Mallinckrodt LLC TSAY, MARSHA M

1673 Ex Parte Javanbakht et al 13488802 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 GrayRobinson, P.A. OLSON, ERIC

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2169 Ex Parte Sureshkumar 12180650 - (D) McNEILL 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/NOVELL TRUONG, CAM Y T

2182 Ex Parte McAnally et al 13003349 - (D) BARRY 103 THE OLLILA LAW GROUP LLC NGO, CHUONG D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2458 Ex Parte Trabelsi et al 13471078 - (D) DEJMEK dissenting BAIN 101 BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMANN LLP PATEL, RONAK

2495 Ex Parte Bittles et al 14093246 - (D) McNEILL 103 Zehrer Patent Serviees; LEWIS, LISA C

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Thoren et al 12452277 - (D) GARRIS 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC AMRANY, ADI

2844 Ex Parte LE 12054820 - (D) RANGE 112(1) 112(2)/103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC YESILDAG, LAURA G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Hoedl et al 13594214 - (D) PRATS 103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. COX, THADDEUS B

3762 Ex Parte Zhou et al 11000541 - (D) JESCHKE 112(1)/103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH

american academy, velander

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1759 Ex Parte Diamond et al 12777396 - (D) SMITH 103 Larson & Anderson, LLC KESSEL, MARIS R

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2818 Ex Parte Kozinsky et al 13716076 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP TAYLOR, EARL N

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Sheldon et al 11876666 - (D) GUIJT 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2178 Ex Parte Hamm et al 13076069 - (D) JEFFERY 103 103 MAHAMEDI IP LAW LLP HASTY, NICHOLAS

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1789 Ex Parte Huff et al 13270009 - (D) SMITH 103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP JUSKA, CHERYL ANN

Thus, we discern no reversible error in the Examiner’s assessment of the weight to be given to the submitted evidence. In re Am. Acad, of Sci. Tech Ctr., 367 F.3d 1359, 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (“[T]he Board is entitled to weigh the declarations and conclude that the lack of factual corroboration warrants discounting the opinions expressed in the declarations.”). See also Velander v. Garner, 348 F.3d 1359, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (“In giving more weight to prior publications than to subsequent conclusory statements by experts, the Board acted well within [its] discretion.”).

Am. Acad. of Sci. Tech. Ctr., In re, 367 F.3d 1359, 70 USPQ2d 1827 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2111 , 2111.01

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Tseng et al 14025620 - (D) DEJMEK 103/double patenting Facebook/Fenwick LE, JESSICA N

2194 Ex Parte Cardona et al 14566253 - (D) SAADAT 103 WALDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. IBM CORP. (WIP) ONAT, UMUT

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2463 Ex Parte Banerjee et al 14020838 - (D) MOORE 102/103 Suman Banerjee MARCELO, MELVIN C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Dennis 13317342 - (D) MOORE Dissenting ENGLE 103 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP PATEL, JITESH

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 APPLE, INC., EBAY, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., NETFLIX, INC., OFFICE DEPOT, INC., STAPLES, INC., and YAHOO!, INC. Requesters, Appellants, and Cross-Respondents v. INTERVAL LICENSING LLC Patent Owner, Respondent, and Cross-Appellant Ex Parte 6757682 et al 09/656,638 95001576 - (D) JEFFERY 102 EDELL, SHAPIRO & FINNAN, LLC HUGHES, DEANDRA M original RONES, CHARLES

inphi, wright2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Tang et al 13622123 - (D) SHIANG 103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP TRAN, LOI H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3668 Ex Parte Seiter et al 13177277 - (D) GREENHUT 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP RAMESH, KRISHNAN

3779 Ex Parte Cooper et al 12705439 - (D) FREDMAN 102/103 Patent Dept. - Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. EL ALAMI, RAJAA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1754 Ex Parte DOWBEN 13604927 - (D) HEANEY 103 102/103 The Kelber Law Group HORTON, DUJUAN A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Vogels et al 12460678 - (D) FLAX 112(1) TRASKBRITT, P.C. MARVICH, MARIA

A specification may satisfy the written description requirement when, at a minimum, ‘“the essence of the original disclosure’ conveys the necessary information — ‘regardless of how it’ conveys such information, and regardless of whether the disclosure’s ‘words [a]re open to different interpretation[s].’” Inphi Corp. v. Netlist, Inc., 805 F.3d 1350, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (quoting In re Wright, 866 F.2d 422, 424—25 (Fed.Cir.1989) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

Wright, In re, 866 F.2d 422, 9 USPQ2d 1649 (Fed. Cir. 1989) 2163 , 2163.03

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1744 Ex Parte GERLACH 13371987 - (D) HOUSEL 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY GRUN, ROBERT J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2193 Ex Parte Mockford 11977124 - (D) DANG 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION VU, TUAN A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Munsell et al 11828624 - (D) BENNETT 102/103 AT&T Legal Dept. - [HDP] THOMAS, JASON M

2449 Ex Parte Kuulusa 13935886 - (D) KOHUT 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. BUKHARI, SIBTE H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte Deflorian et al 12600870 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP MATHEW, FENN C

3782 Ex Parte Koenigkramer 12686075 - (D) HORNER 102/103 McCarter & English LLP ACCOUNT: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. PASCUA, JES F

packard

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Boncha et al 13100461 - (D) STEPHENS 103 41.50 103 Ascenda Law Group, PC HASAN, SYED Y

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Kitabata 12656042 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP STRIMBU, GREGORY J

3647 Ex Parte Chander et al 12543051 - (D) HORNER 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. /FGTL FABULA, MICHAEL A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Pepper et al 13015197 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC COTRONEO, STEVEN J

3738 Ex Parte Basamania et al 12408391 - (D) ENGELS 103 MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK, LLP PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D

3754 Ex Parte Rosam et al 14028012 - (D) BROWNE 102/103 Whitmyer IP Group LLC JACYNA, J CASIMER

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 Ex Parte Caspole et al 12849724 - (D) HOMERE 112(2)/103 MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL (AMD) BIRKHIMER, CHRISTOPHER D

“[C]laims are required to be cast in clear—as opposed to ambiguous, vague, indefinite—terms. It is the claims that notify the public of what is within the protections of the patent, and what is not.” In re Packard, 751 F.3d 1307, 1313 (Fed. Cir. 2014).

Packard, In re, 751 F.3d 1307, 110 USPQ2d 1785 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2173.02 , 2173.05(a) , 2173.05(e) , 2173.06

yanush, casey, twomey

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AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3667 Ex Parte McNeill et al 13967085 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 103 ZIOLKOWSKI PATENT SOLUTIONS GROUP, SC (ZPS) WONG, YUEN H

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte MOHR et al 14050954 - (D) CUTITTA 101 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP PATEL, DHAIRYA A

2497 Ex Parte YANG 14046063 - (D) KAISER 103 VMWARE, INC. HO, DAO Q

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2694 Ex Parte VanBlon et al 14258372 - (D) SHAW 102/103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC JAVED, MAHEEN I

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Winburne et al 13894508 - (D) HOFFMANN 102 HP Inc. GOKHALE, PRASAD V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Churchill et al 12432675 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 Vista IP Law Group - Interlace Medical SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN

Appellants do not point to any distinction between the structure set forth in claim 1 and that of Hibner. A recitation with respect to the manner in which a claimed apparatus is intended to be employed, as is the limitation “wherein actuation of the motor drive assembly causes the inner tube to rotate at a speed of at least about 3000 rotations per minute, and to oscillate translationally at a rate of about 1.5 to about 4 cycles per second,” does not differentiate the claimed apparatus from a prior art apparatus satisfying the structural limitations claimed. See, e.g., In re Yanush, 477 F.2d 958, 959 (CCPA 1973) (“Appellant’s use limitation does not impart a structural feature different from those of the prior art. . . . Whether a vibrator is operated gently to settle materials in a mold or more forcefully to ‘hammer’ them is a process limitation which does not limit or define the claimed apparatus.”); In re Casey, 370 F.2d 576, 579—80 (CCPA 1967).

A device claim “cannot properly be allowed unless [it] include[s] structural limitations defining invention over the prior art.” In re Twomey, 218 F.2d 593, 596 (CCPA 1955).

Casey, In re, 370 F.2d 576, 152 USPQ 235 (CCPA 1967) 2115

3735 Ex Parte Henderson et al 12248683 - (D) COTTA 102/103 Covidien LP BERHANU, ETSUB D

3771 Ex Parte Grilliot et al 12427871 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 double patenting HONEYWELL/WOOD PHILLIPS STUART, COLIN W

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3746 Ex Parte Tønnessen 14123075 - (R) HILL 103 Henry Query, P.C. HANSEN, KENNETH J

pilkington

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1652 Ex Parte Ballance et al 13855434 - (D) MAJORS 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP ROBINSON, HOPE A

1652 Ex Parte Ballance et al 11927600 - (D) MAJORS 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP ROBINSON, HOPE A

1653 Ex Parte Mercenier et al 13319964 - (D) SCHNEIDER 101/103 K&L Gates LLP-Chicago PYLA, PAUL D

“[T]he patentability of a claim to a product does not rest merely on a difference in the method by which that product is made. Rather, it is the product itself which must be new and unobvious.” In re Pilkington, 411 F.2d 1345, 1348 (CCPA 1969).

Pilkington, In re, 411 F.2d 1345, 162 USPQ 145 (CCPA 1969) 2173.05(p)

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Dinan 12819887 - (D) BUSCH 103 Sprint Corporation LU, WILLIAM

2645 Ex Parte Choi 12409398 - (D) DROESCH 103 Apple Inc. — FKM MAPA, MICHAEL Y

2649 Ex Parte Teller et al 13470677 - (D) HAMANN 103 McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP/ X Development LLC PAN, YUWEN

2673 Ex Parte HABER et al 13361064 - (D) McNEILL 102/103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise RUDOLPH, VINCENT M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3777 Ex Parte Pelissier et al 12775400 - (D) COTTA 103 DRIGGS, HOGG, DAUGHERTY & DEL ZOPPO CO., L.P.A. PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte Song et al 13602033 - (D) OGDEN 103 103 Lewis Roca Rothberger Christie LLP WANG, EUGENIA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2492 Ex Parte Park et al 12147967 - (D) PINKERTON 101 101 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED DAVIS, ZACHARY A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Vallés Navarro et al 13148509 - (D) DOUGAL 102 102 SHOEMAKER AND MATTARE, LTD c/o DAVIS & BUJOLD, P.L.L.C. WUJCIAK, ALFRED J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte Lepage 13702970 - (D) HILL 102 102/103 BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP PERREAULT, ANDREW D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1647 Ex Parte SALFELD et al 13736931 - (D) FLAX double patenting STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. ROMEO, DAVID S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte SAKAMOTO et al 12813141 - (D) SNAY 103 Capitol City TechLaw, PLLC MAYES, MELVIN C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2124 Ex Parte Kabir et al 12620506 - (D) THOMAS 112(1)/103 Mintz Levin/GE FINK, THOMAS ANDREW

2131 Ex Parte Greiner et al 13524468 - (D) STRAUSS 103 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION VILLANUEVA, LEANDRO R

2184 Ex Parte Bathiche et al 13974994 - (D) HAMANN 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION SNYDER, STEVEN G

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Marlow et al 14606183 - (D) EVANS 101 103 LKGlobal (EchoStar) ALATA, YASSIN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Yakovlev et al 13734772 - (D) COURTENAY 103 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP (SV) KASSA, ZEWDU A

2633 Ex Parte FANG 14734745 - (D) EVANS 112(2) double patenting Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd DEPPE, BETSY LEE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Dejong et al 13264447 - (D) DOUGAL 102/103 Silgan Dispensing Systems REIS, RYAN ALEXANDER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Chen et al 12863060 - (D) O’HANLON 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier FURDGE, LARRY L

3765 Ex Parte Urban 13417768 - (D) HOFFMANN 112(1)/112(2) 103 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. MORAN, KATHERINE M