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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2492 Ex Parte Wurster et al 14284317 - (D) HUME 102/103 The Marbury Law Group/Qualcomm MEJIA, FELICIANO S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2859 Ex Parte Ackermann et al 13390867 - (D) DROESCH 103 41.50 112(2) HENRY M FEIEREISEN, LLC FANTU, YALKEW

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3651 Ex Parte Corlett et al 13994263 - (D) BENNETT 103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP NICHOLSON III, LESLIE AUGUST

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Mao et al 12194508 - (D) NEW 103 103 41.50 103 AKA CHAN LLP EIDE, HEIDI MARIE

We are not persuaded by the Examiner’s conclusion because the Examiner has failed to articulate a  reason as to why such a difference in thicknesses would be an obvious design choice to a person of ordinary skill. See, e.g., Ex Parte Nizar Lahoui, Appeal 2016-006912, 2017 WL 818785, at *2 (PTAB, February 27, 2017) (stating that a particular placement of an element is a design choice does not make it obvious; a reason must be offered as to why a skilled artisan would have made the specific design choice). 

However, merely asserting that the change is an obvious design choice is insufficient. See Cutsforth, Inc. v. MotivePower, Inc., 636 Fed. Appx. 575, 578 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (unpublished) (stating that a particular placement of an element is a design choice does not make it obvious; a reason must be offered as to why a skilled artisan would have made the specific design choice).

3732 Ex Parte Dacremont 12865810 - (D) ADAMS 103 112(2)/103 LUCAS & MERCANTI, LLP EIDE, HEIDI MARIE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2488 Ex Parte Jain 14476585 - (D) HUME 102/103 International IP Law Group, P.L.L.C. AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3687 Ex Parte Baumgarten et al 12449321 - (D) WIEDER 103 HENRY M FEIEREISEN, LLC CRAWLEY, TALIA F

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 Ex Parte Gissel et al 13159119 - (D) JEFFERY 103 PATENT PORTFOLIO BUILDERS, PLLC TSAI, SHENG JEN