distefano

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1656 Ex Parte Schmidt-Dannert et al 14354183 - (D) SCHNEIDER 112(1) Mueting, Raasch & Gebhardt, P.A. University of Minnesota CARLSON, KAREN C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte KOMINAMI 13105707 - (D) BEST 103 BIRCH, STEWART, KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP FELTON, MICHAEL J

1793 Ex Parte Myllärinen et al 13318881 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC WONG, LESLIE A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 Ex Parte Alles et al 10187221 - (D) PINKERTON 112(1)/112(2) MICROSOFT CORPORATION BLAIR, DOUGLAS B

2466 Ex Parte Armstrong et al 13334306 - (D) PINKERTON 102/103 Patterson & Sheridan LLP HAQUE, ABUSAYEED M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2884 Ex Parte Coleman et al 13759372 - (D) RANGE concurring-in-part TIMM 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Williams 12194237 - (D) HOELTER 103 MCNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR

3737 Ex Parte Hendriks et al 13264388 - (D) BROWN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS JUNG, UNSU

3749 Ex Parte Smith 12822307 - (D) BROWN 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL TOMPKINS, ALISSA JILL

3753 Ex Parte Den Dulk et al 13375789 - (D) MEDLOCK 112(4)/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KEASEL, ERIC S

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Lesieur nee Boivin et al 12299261 - (D) COTTA 112(2)/103 112(2)/103 YOUNG & THOMPSON KISHORE, GOLLAMUDI S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Baker et al 12420251 - (D) RANGE 102/103 112(4) Burris Law, PLLC TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI

1734 Ex Parte POUGET et al 13446617 - (D) OWENS 103 103 MMWV IP, LLC LEE, REBECCA Y

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Bezancon et al 13364254 - (D) HAGY 103 103 DLA PIPER LLP (US) SINGH, GURKANWALJIT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1754 Ex Parte Reiter et al 12179131 - (D) INGLESE 112(1)/112(2)/103/double patenting Hall Estill Attorneys at Law (Seagate - MKM) BAND, MICHAEL A

1765 Ex Parte Wanzke et al 12920917 - (D) WILSON 103/double patenting PEPPER HAMILTON LLP ZEMEL, IRINA SOPJIA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte Nuggehalli et al 13328816 - (D) PINKERTON 112(2)/102 101 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP BHATIA, AJAY M

2191 Ex Parte Wenda et al 14194839 - (D) McNEILL 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY BROPHY, MATTHEW J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Ex Parte Klemm et al 13591049 - (D) KRIVAK 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. WHIPPLE, BRIAN P

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Bainbridge et al 13490729 - (D) MORGAN 112(2) Rutan & Tucker, LLP CADEAU, WEDNEL

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 Ex Parte Petrucci et al 13838190 - (D) DELMENDO 103 41.50 103 Cantor Colburn LLP-General Motors GILMAN, ALEXANDER

2864 Ex Parte Knodel et al 12998054 - (D) PAK 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC BLOSS, STEPHANIE E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Dom et al 13443834 - (D) WINSOR 102/103 101 41.50 101 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM / Yahoo Holdings BOYCE, ANDRE D

3627 Ex Parte Patterson et al 12358790 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 101/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/VISA CHEIN, ALLEN C

3662 Ex Parte Crombez et al 13655805 - (D) MacDONALD 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL SMITH, JELANI A

3673 Ex Parte DeFranks et al 13008720 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP CONLEY, FREDRICK C

3689 Ex Parte Milman 14225395 - (D) WIEDER 112(1)/112(2)/101/103 James Edward Shultz Jr. MCATEE, PATRICK

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Hadba et al 12727380 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 Covidien LP ORKIN, ALEXANDER J

3732 Ex Parte Bellanca et al 13533406 - (D) NEWMAN 112(2)/102/103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner / Zimmer SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P

3742 Ex Parte MIDDLETON et al 13084764 - (D) OSINSKI 112(1)/103 WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, LLP VAN, QUANG T

3747 Ex Parte JACQUES et al 13803475 - (D) LANEY 103 Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (GM) LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY

3752 Ex Parte Becks et al 11922471 - (D) CALVE 103 GREER, BURNS & CRAIN, LTD KIM, CHRISTOPHER S

OPQA Ex Parte Patel et al 12713591 - (D) NAPPI 101/102/103 Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP - Oracle International Corporation JUNG, ALLEN J

We concur with the Examiner. The claims do not recite a functional relationship between the specific contents of the tables and the claimed, system, thus the difference between the data in the tables of Raghupathy and the claimed data to not provide a patentable distinction. “Once it is determined that the limitation is directed to printed matter, one must then determine if the matter is functionally or structurally related to the associated physical substrate, and only of the answer is ‘no’ is the printed matter owed no patentable weight.” In re Distefano, 808 F.3d. 845, 851 (Fed Cir. 2015). 

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2137 Ex Parte GOTO et al 13676205 - (D) McNEILL 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC BLUST, JASON W

2153 Ex Parte Seaman et al 13117135 - (R) YAP 103 Cesari Intellectual Property Law NGUYEN, KIM T

allergan

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte Auriemma et al 12205470 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC BELANI, KISHIN G

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Stucki et al 12295690 - (D) MORGAN 103 RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP MCKIE, GINA M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 Ex Parte Bieltz et al 13404153 - (D) HOSKINS 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP CASTRO, PAUL A

3675 Ex Parte Bertini et al 13055306 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 Silvia Salvadori, P.C. BYRD, EUGENE G

3741 Ex Parte Exner 13621986 - (D) CAPP 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY DUGER, JASON H

3745 Ex Parte Ring 13325026 - (D) SCHOPFER 112(1)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT

3779 Ex Parte Piskun 12547258 - (D) GRIMES 103 Covidien LP NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1799 Ex Parte Selker et al 12008447 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 103 Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP HASSAN, LIBAN M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Lesch et al 12522646 - (D) GRIMES 112(1)/103 PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT ATTORNEYS, LLC NGUYEN, QUANG

Appellants have provided no other evidence to show that the claimed method produces cells that survive for at least 144 hours, but in any case “[t]he written description requirement requires possession as shown in the specification, not as shown by prior experimental work.” Allergan, Inc. v. Sandoz lnc., 796 F.3d 1293, 1309 (Fed. Cir. 2015).

1656 Ex Parte Bonny 13244582 - (D) PAULRAJ 103 MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (WA) LEE, JAE W

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Kanzaki et al 13634128 - (D) INGLESE 103 41.50 112(2)/103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC HEINCER, LIAM J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex Parte FREIMAN 12417480 - (D) DANG 103 PANITCH SCHWARZE BELISARIO & NADEL LLP FABER, DAVID

2193 Ex Parte GOLENDER et al 14269860 - (D) SHAW 103/double patenting Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP c/o CPA Globa VU, TUAN A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2466 Ex Parte Mani 12875281 - (D) KAISER 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. OH, ANDREW CHUNG SUK

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Ex Parte Faenger 14190420 - (D) KUMAR 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP BRAY, STEPHEN A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2875 Ex Parte Athalye et al 13800517 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. SONG, ZHENG B

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Gibbs 12674892 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 FULWIDER PATTON LLP VENNE, DANIEL V

3617 Ex Parte Roeckle 13576695 - (D) SHIANG 102/103 FACTOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, LTD. LE, MARK T

3618 Ex Parte Lucas 13745953 - (D) DANG 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford JOHNS, HILARY LYNN

3663 Ex Parte Stayton et al 13206369 - (D) WINSOR 103 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP CHEN, SHELLEY

3671 Ex Parte Tack 13121634 - (D) GREENHUT 103 THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C. MISA, JOAN D

3744 Ex Parte Monk et al 12484838 - (D) CAPP 112(2)/103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier ATKISSON, JIANYING CUI

3745 Ex Parte Cahill et al 12867842 - (D) PLENZLER 103 KINNEY & LANGE, P.A. LAMBERT, WAYNE A

3761 Ex Parte Miyasaka 13700361 - (D) DANIELS 103 Coviden (Senniger Powers) KLEIN, BENJAMIN JACOB

3777 Ex Parte Edgar et al 12129624 - (D) JENKS 112(2)/103/double patenting FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (AU) CHAO, ELMER M

3781 Ex Parte Bryan et al 13283923 - (D) ASTORINO 103 Armstrong Teasdale LL CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER

OPQA Ex Parte Dettinger et al 13758427 - (D) MacDONALD 103 101 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP JUNG, ALLEN J

OPQA Ex Parte Dettinger et al 13758492 - (D) MacDONALD 103 101 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP JUNG, ALLEN J

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1763 Ex Parte Hansen et al 14361003 - (D) OWENS 103 Abel Law Group, LLP USELDING, JOHN E

genentech, Netzer

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2153 Ex Parte Carroll 14983786 - (D) YAP 103 Christopher Carroll VO, CECILE H

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2446 Ex Parte Thilderkvist et al 14061517 - (D) BUI 103 ABB - Whitmyer IP Group LLC GUZMAN, JAVIER O

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte Queen et al 13832854 - (D) HANLON 102/103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP MARINI, MATTHEW G

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Messerges et al 13330565 - (D) FETTING 103 Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane P.C. Google Inc. VIG, NARESH

3636 Ex Parte Miller 13218874 - (D) SHIANG 103 CESARI AND MCKENNA, LLP BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Guo et al 13095947 - (D) BROWNE 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY PETERS, BRIAN O

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Eriksen et al 12951414 - (D) CUTITTA 103 112(2) SIEMENS CORPORATION AUNG, SAN M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3754 Ex Parte Gupta 11742544 - (D) GUIJT 102 102 GILBRETH & ASSOCIATES, P.C. JACYNA, J CASIMER

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2141 Ex Parte Davidson et al 12045630 - (D) ENGLE 103 Fletcher Yoder, P.C. NBCUniversal Media, LLC WONG, WILLIAM

 Claim 1 is a method “comprising” certain steps.  The Federal Circuit has held “the open-ended term ‘comprising’ . . . . means that the named elements are essential, but other elements may be added and still form a construct within the scope of the claim.”  Genentech, Inc. v. Chiron Corp., 112 F.3d 495, 501 (Fed. Cir. 1997); David Netzer Consulting Eng’r LLC v. Shell Oil Co., 824 F.3d 989, 998 (Fed. Cir. 2016).  Thus, the claims as presently written do not preclude tracking and displaying additional information.

Genentech, Inc. v. Chiron Corp., 112 F.3d 495, 42 USPQ2d 1608 (Fed. Cir. 1997) 2111.03 , 2138.05 , 2163

2159 Ex Parte Hanneman et al 13473568 - (D) MORGAN 103 101 Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP/ The Boeing Company SPIELER, WILLIAM

2176 Ex Parte Jenkins et al 11873681 - (D) ANDERSON 103 NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP SCHALLHORN, TYLER J

2185 Ex Parte Yap et al 13621994 - (D) HAGY 112(2)/103 International IP Law Group, P.L.L.C. PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2657 Ex Parte Ajmera et al 13538988 - (D) DESHPANDE 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC JACKSON, JAKIEDA R

2657 Ex Parte Ajmera et al 13600951 - (D) DESHPANDE 112(1) 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC JACKSON, JAKIEDA R

2685 Ex Parte Pennington et al 13552566 - (D) EVANS 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP WU, ZHEN Y

2686 Ex Parte Seban et al 12739562 - (D) YAP 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC ADNAN, MUHAMMAD

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2884 Ex Parte Yan et al 13433361 - (D) HEANEY 102/103 SIEMENS CORPORATION VALENTINER, JEREMY SCOTT

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte DRESDEN 12899923 - (D) FETTING 103/double patenting LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP OSMAN BILAL AHME, AFAF

3622 Ex Parte Malden et al 12541028 - (D) CRAIG 112(1)/112(2) 101/103 HP Inc. SITTNER, MICHAEL J

3623 Ex Parte Evens et al 12720178 - (D) EVANS 101 Target Brands, Inc FEACHER, LORENA R

3624 Ex Parte Balestrieri et al 13260258 - (D) FETTING 103 101 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP (DXC) BYRD, UCHE

3625 Ex Parte Ranganath et al 13764740 - (D) EVANS 101 Facebook/Fenwick GARG, YOGESH C

3629 Ex Parte Jasthi et al 10898713 - (D) FETTING 101/103 Siemens Corporation EVANS, KIMBERLY L

3629 Ex Parte Mengerink et al 10968197 - (D) FETTING 101/103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY EVANS, KIMBERLY L

3634 Ex Parte Kieffer et al 13533430 - (D) McNEILL 103 FREDRIKSON & BYRON, P.A. CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET

3661 Ex Parte Wright et al 14251783 - (D) YAP 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford NOLAN, PETER D

3681 Ex Parte MacNeille et al 13185975 - (D) MEYERS 103 41.50 101 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL NGUYEN, THUY N

3685 Ex Parte Jakobsson et al 12955825 - (D) CRAWFORD 112(4) 101/103 PARK, VAUGHAN, FLEMING & DOWLER LLP PVF - PARC OBEID, MAMON A

3686 Ex Parte PRASHANTH G. 12178470 - (D) FETTING 103 HONEYWELL/LKGlobal HOLCOMB, MARK

3689 Ex Parte Lundberg 13309127 - (D) JEFFERY 101/103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. MOONEYHAM, JANICE A

3694 Ex Parte Smith et al 14452419 - (D) SHAH 101 Jackson Walker LLP NGUYEN, TIEN C

3695 Ex Parte Kendrick et al 13908656 - (D) FETTING 101/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. DONLON, RYAN D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Cohen et al 12651031 - (D) FLAX 112(2) 103 DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC (STJ) COOK, CHRISTOPHER L

3749 Ex Parte Blanchard et al 13098252 - (D) STEPINA 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY BARGERO, JOHN E

3763 Ex Parte Ginggen 12619900 - (D) BROWNE 103 NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP GILBERT, ANDREW M

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1624 Ex Parte Smith et al 14160725 - (D) GRIMES 103 Sun Chemical Corporation, c/o Frost Brown Todd LLC MCDOWELL, BRIAN E

union pac.

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Merlet et al 13126238 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 Armstrong Teasdale LLP BROWN, COURTNEY A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Theriault 14161205 - (D) DELMENDO 103 LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP PICHLER, MARIN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3663 Ex Parte Pitsch et al 12916809 - (D) STEPHENS 103 Quinn IP Law MUSTAFA, IMRAN K

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3775 Ex Parte Belliard et al 13554196 - (D) PESLAK 103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner / Zimmer SIPP, AMY R.

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte Hays et al 13550365 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION HARMON, COURTNEY N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Orensteen et al 13509222 - (D) KRATZ 103 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY DOAK, JENNIFER L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Mohr 13868528 - (D) PESLAK 112(2)/102/103 41.50 112(1) Simpson & Simpson, PLLC VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR

“The definiteness inquiry focuses on whether those skilled in the art would understand the scope of the claim when the claim is read in light of the rest of the [S]pecification. Even if the written description does not enable the claims, the claim language itself may still be definite.” Union Pacific Resources Co. v. Chesapeake Energy Corp., 236 F.3d 684, 692, (Fed. Cir. 2001) (citation omitted). 

Union Pacific Resources Co. v. Chesapeake Energy Corp., 236 F.3d 684, 57 USPQ2d 1293 (Fed. Cir. 2001) 2164.06(a)

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1621 Ex Parte De Vries et al 11955072 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 FITZPATRICK CELLA HARPER & SCINTO CRUZ, KATHRIEN ANN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Utlaut et al 12812221 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Scheinberg & Associates, PC CHEN, KEATH T

1734 Ex Parte Kurtin et al 13536857 - (D) WILSON 112(1)/102 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN KOSLOW, CAROL M

1793 Ex Parte Miljkovic et al 14789853 - (D) BEST 103 double patenting FISH & TSANG LLP YOO, HONG THI

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2433 Ex Parte Olson et al 11696856 - (D) KUMAR 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Cisco Systems TRAN, ELLEN C

2461 Ex Parte MEDAPALLI 14672861 - (D) PYONIN 102/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. LEVITAN, DMITRY

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2887 Ex Parte Mindeman et al 13838252 - (D) DENNETT 103 WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KOEHLER, P.A. LY, TOAN C

2894 Ex Parte Romig et al 14189404 - (D) REN 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED TRAN, TONY

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Betses et al 13090946 - (D) MacDONALD 101/103 Kacvinsky Daisak Bluni PLLC-Boston PORTER, RACHEL L

3641 Ex Parte Mohler 11998908 - (D) ENGELS 102/103 Lang Patent Law LLC JOHNSON, STEPHEN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte Malone et al 13423368 - (D) STEPINA 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL GIMIE, MAHMOUD

3768 Ex Parte Rehrig et al 12608234 - (D) MAJORS 103 Lowe Graham Jones Boston Scientific Corporation SAKAMOTO, COLIN T

3776 Ex Parte Hardesty 13023154 - (D) BROWNE 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY DOAN, ROBYN KIEU

burhans, gibson

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1637 Ex Parte Wittwer et al 13299040 - (D) FREDMAN 102/double patenting BARNES & THORNBURG LLP (Biofire) CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 Ex Parte FRANCIS et al 13345041 - (D) ROSS 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. BOYER, RANDY

 See In re Burhans, 154 F.2d 690, 692 (CCPA 1946) (“There is no merit in the point here in the absence of any proof in the record that the order of performing the steps produces any new and unexpected results.”); In re Gibson, 39 F.2d 975, 976 (CCPA 1930) (selection of any order of mixing ingredients is prima facie obvious.). However, Gibson and Burhans are applicable to situations where one of ordinary skill in the art would have reasonably expected from the steps described in the applied prior art that changing the order of steps would produce substantially the same result.

Burhans, In re, 154 F.2d 690, 69 USPQ 330 (CCPA 1946) 2144.04

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2153 Ex Parte Gross 12973378 - (D) KIM 101/103 Law Office of J. Nicholas Gross, Prof. Corp. VO, CECILE H

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2682 Ex Parte VAANANEN 13625082 - (D) DROESCH 103 Mikko Kalervo Vaananen WANG, JACK K

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Brandt 12367270 - (D) HOELTER 103 41.50 112(2) Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt/SFC BUTLER, MICHAEL E

3685 Ex Parte Barnes 13073837 - (D) SILVERMAN 102 Laurence & Phillips IP Law LLP AGWUMEZIE, CHINEDU CHARLES

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Fujieda et al 13376477 - (D) BROWN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. CHEN, KUANGYUE

3769 Ex Parte WITTENBERGER et al 12844388 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 Christopher & Weisberg, P.A. DOWNEY, JOHN R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Vela Becerra et al 13733975 - (D) OBERMANN 103 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A

1779 Ex Parte Højsgaard 12934357 - (D) INGLESE 103 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC BREWSTER, HAYDEN R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2459 Ex Parte Stewart et al 13450625 - (D) HAGY 102 102 MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL, P.C. NGUYEN, MINH CHAU

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Mori et al 13814117 - (D) FREDMAN 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. DONOHUE, SEAN R

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte EVANS et al 14560758 - (D) INGLESE 112(2)/103 THE CLOROX COMPANY DELCOTTO, GREGORY R

1765 Ex Parte Hager et al 13456445 - (D) HEANEY 103 Covestro LLC COONEY, JOHN M

1792 Ex Parte Bell 13601881 - (D) GUPTA 103 The Marbury Law Group, PLLC WILLIAMS, LELA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2145 Ex Parte Nadiadi et al 13733600 - (D) PINKERTON 103/double patenting LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC AYAD, MARIA S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2448 Ex Parte Gupta et al 13177998 - (D) NAPPI 103 GIBB & RILEY, LLC EDWARDS, JAMES A

2467 Ex Parte Terpstra 13801398 - (D) PINKERTON 102/103 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC CATTUNGAL, AJAY P

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Maison 13936160 - (D) BARRY 102/103 THE LAW OFFICE OF JAMES BAUDINO, PLLC IBM CORP. (AUS) AMINI, JAVID A

2636 Ex Parte Shachor et al 13759087 - (D) BEAMER 103 Clements Bernard Walker PLLC LIU, LI

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2815 Ex Parte Weiss et al 12745683 - (D) DENNETT 103 Cozen O'Connor CHEN, DAVID Z

2816 Ex Parte Butz et al 13206271 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP BOYLE, ABBIGALE A

2872 Ex Parte Merces 13428459 - (D) HASTINGS 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP DUNNING, RYAN S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte FEBONIO et al 11566358 - (D) ASTORINO 101 YEE AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. MARCUS, LELAND R

3623 Ex Parte Johnston 13444779 - (D) REPKO 102 101 TEMMERMAN LAW OFFICE FIELDS, BENJAMIN S

3647 Ex Parte Schibli et al 13123329 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 RECHES PATENTS WANG, MICHAEL H

3651 Ex Parte Springer et al 13927484 - (D) STRAUSS 103 Armstrong Teasdale LLP RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L

3654 Ex Parte James 13630205 - (D) BARRY 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY TRUONG, MINH D

3654 Ex Parte Yuan et al 14056444 - (D) CALVE 102/103 GATES CORPORATION LIU, HENRY Y

3676 Ex Parte Palidwar et al 12683338 - (D) WARNER 102/103 McDermott Will & Emery LLP BUTCHER, CAROLINE N

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Supe-Dienes 13087077 - (D) SMEGAL Dissenting HORNER 102 Spencer Fane LLP NGUYEN, PHONG H

3746 Ex Parte Paluncic et al 13324200 - (D) LORIN 103 SENNIGER POWERS LLP KASTURE, DNYANESH G

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3683 Ex Parte RIGGS et al 11873969 - (R) CRAWFORD 101/103 Bauer Law Offices MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

DENIED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1653 Ex Parte Cote et al 11708829 - (R) FLAX 102/103 IDP Patent Services AFREMOVA, VERA

warner-jenkinsen

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Diegelmann et al 12797662 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 WHITHAM, CURTIS & COOK, P.C. GHALI, ISIS A D

Moreover, because the claim requires both promoting hemostasis and “stanching” separate and apart from promoting hemostasis, and because each limitation in a claim is material to defining the scope of the invention, Warner-Jenkins on Co., Inc. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co., 520 U.S. 17, 29 (1997) (“Each element contained in a patent claim is deemed material to defining the scope of the patented invention”), we construe the term “stanch” as used in claim 19 to mean stopping or restricting the flow of blood to a wound.

Warner-Jenkinsen Co. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co., 520 U.S. 17, 41 USPQ2d 1865 (1997) 2144.05 , 2183 , 2184 , 2186

1649 Ex Parte BARON et al 12763926 - (D) COTTA 112(1)/101 Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP ULM, JOHN D

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte KALJURA 14432422 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP NGUYEN, PHU HOANG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2867 Ex Parte NAGPAL et al 13238418 - (D) GARRIS 103 HONEYWELL/WOOD PHILLIPS ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Shafer et al 13188831 - (D) PESLAK 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. SEHN, MICHAEL L

3762 Ex Parte Davis et al 12771475 - (D) ADAMS 112(2)/102 41.50 102 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT , P.A ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO

3762 Ex Parte Kelly et al 12537362 - (D) FREDMAN 103 PAULY, DEVRIES SMITH & DEFFNER, L.L.C. MAHMOOD, NADIA AHMAD

3762 Ex Parte Torgerson et al 12579036 - (D) GUIJT 102/103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT , P.A LEVICKY, WILLIAM J

3766 Ex Parte Barker et al 13864030 - (D) FLAX 103 41.50 103 Lowe Graham Jones Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. PLATES KI, ERIN M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Diegelmann et al 11884363 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 103 WHITHAM, CURTIS & COOK, P.C. GHALI, ISIS A D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Grinberg 12055075 - (D) HOFFMANN 112(1)/103 112(1) RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP BOSWORTH, KAMI A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Maeda et al 13719926 - (D) MILLS 112(1)/double patenting FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Trouillet-Fonti et al 13320718 - (D) ROSS 103 DENTONS US LLP ZEMEL, IRINA SOPJIA

1791 Ex Parte She et al 12735269 - (D) OWENS 103 Nestle Purina Petcare Global Resources, Inc SAYALA, CHHAYA D

1792 Ex Parte Eaton et al 13625935 - (D) BEST 103 41.50 103 Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. WILLIAMS, LELA

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2648 Ex Parte Kazmi et al 13814971 - (D) KUMAR 103 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson HUANG, WEN WU

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3600 Ex Parte Koningstein 10748682 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 Foley & Lardner LLP PLUCINSKI, JAMISUE A

3629 Ex Parte Bhagwan et al 12195126 - (D) THOMAS 101/103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP - IBM ARC DIVISION PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT

3674 Ex Parte Van Den Berg et al 12743314 - (D) STEPHENS 102/103 SHELL OIL COMPANY ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Casement et al 11197743 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 Sheridan Ross PC NELSON, MATTHEW M

unigene, interconnect

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte Yonezawa 11215432 - (D) DEJMEK 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC NGUYEN, THU N

Additionally, “[o]bviousness requires more than a mere showing that the prior art includes separate references covering each separate limitation in a claim under examination.” Unigene Labs., Inc. v. Apotex, Inc., 655 F.3d 1352, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2011). Moreover, while it is well-established that any obviousness analysis must, on some level, rely on hindsight, it is impermissible to engage in a hindsight reconstruction of the claimed invention, using the applicant’s invention as a template and selecting elements from references to fill the gaps. Interconnect Planning Corp. v. Feil, 774 F.2d 1132, 1143 (Fed. Cir. 1985).

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2468 Ex Parte Nason et al 11674771 - (D) SHIANG 103 MITEL NETWORKS CORP. c/o MICHELLE WHITTINGTON PERRY + CURRIER INC. (FOR MITEL) PHUNG, LUAT

2673 Ex Parte Nara 12625971 - (D) PINKERTON 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC WALLACE, JOHN R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 Ex Parte Elliott 13477692 - (D) ASTORINO 103 Caterpillar c/o LEYDIG, VOIT & MAYER, LTD NGUYEN, NGA X

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Aquino et al 13644781 - (D) McCARTHY 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC ALIE, GHASSEM

3742 Ex Parte Kohl et al 13231556 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. SINGH, AMIT K

3744 Ex Parte Schwerer et al 12920651 - (D) PESLAK 103 FACTOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, LTD. SULLENS, TAVIA L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte Tompkins 13191312 - (D) GUIJT 102 102/103 DOCKET CLERK COLLADO, CYNTHIA FRANCISCA

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Kaes et al 13181773 - (D) McMANUS 103 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY FISCHER, JUSTIN R

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte HAKURA et al 14058053 - (D) BEAMER 103 Artegis Law Group, LLP/NVIDIA HE, WEIMING

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2853 Ex Parte Murphy et al 14900957 - (D) KUMAR 112(2) 103 HP Inc. VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3695 Ex Parte KANJLIA et al 14109017 - (D) MEYERS 101 Finnegan/Capital One DONLON, RYAN D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3722 Ex Parte Piper 12822941 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 Klintworth & Rozenblat IP LLC GATES, ERIC ANDREW

3763 Ex Parte Dimashkieh et al 13822627 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Richard C. Litman DARB, HAMZA A.

3763 Ex Parte Senarith et al 13840196 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC (STJ) STIGELL, THEODORE J

3775 Ex Parte Kang et al 13178148 - (D) SMITH 103 MILLER, MATTHIAS & HULL LLP BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
2764 Ex Parte 6,173,267 B1 et al Ex Parte Cairns 90/012,264 09028718 13589343 - (D) SIU 101/103 DAVID M. QUINLAN, P.C. THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: LOEB & LOEB, LLP WORJLOH, JALATEE