cortright, wiggins

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Yu 13792203 - (D) MEYERS 103 41.50 102 STEVEN YU GILBERT, WILLIAM V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte Kurtz et al 13438740 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP LAGUARDA, GONZALO

3781 Ex Parte Lagler 14213362 - (D) STAICOVICI 112(2)/103 PAULEY ERICKSON & KOTTIS KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS

Furthermore, “[p]rior art references may be ‘indicative of what all those skilled in the art generally believe a certain term means . . . [and] can often help to demonstrate how a disputed term is used by those skilled in the art.’”  In re Cortright, 165 F.3d 1353, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (citation omitted). 

Cortright, In re, 165 F.3d 1353, 49 USPQ2d 1464 (Fed. Cir. 1999) 2111 , 2164.04

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Walter et al 14294672 - (D) SQUIRE 103 Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, PA QIAN, YUN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2848 Ex Parte Kako et al 14307421 - (D) GARRIS 112(1)/102/103 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC SINCLAIR, DAVID M

2886 Ex Parte Smith 13766598 - (D) DELMENDO 102 Silicon Valley Patent Group LLP AKANBI, ISIAKA O

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3651 Ex Parte Miller et al 12759189 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP COLLINS, MICHAEL

3673 Ex Parte Huang et al 12176337 - (D) GUIJT 102 102/103 YUMING HUANG GALL, LLOYD A

The Examiner’s rejection is pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 102(b), and evidence of secondary considerations, such as unexpected results, is not relevant to a rejection under § 102(b).  See In re Wiggins, 488 F.2d 538, 543 (CCPA 1973).

Wiggins, In re, 488 F.2d 538, 179 USPQ 421 (CCPA 1973) 2121.02 , 2131.04 , 2173.02 , 2173.05(b)

REEXAMINATION

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2465 REG SYNTHETIC FUELS, LLC Requester v. Patent of NESTE OIL OYJ Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8,187,344 B2 et al 12/354,654 95002084 - (R) ROBERTSON 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: FOLEY & LARDNER LLP XU, LING X original WYLLIE, CHRISTOPHER T

eli lilly4

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Lindberg et al 13654976 - (D) CURCURI 102 Thomson Reuters c/o Intellectual Property KERZHNER, ALEKSANDR

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Ex Parte Kalliske et al 13981764 - (D) McCARTHY 103 103 L.C. BEGIN & ASSOCIATES, PLLC FRISBY, KEITH J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3754 Ex Parte Meressa 13657806 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 102/103 YBIRHAN G. MERESSA KLOTZ, WILLIAM R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1678 Ex Parte Feldstein et al 13696109 - (D) FREDMAN 101/103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2133 Ex Parte Zettler et al 13472569 - (D) CUTITTA 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC CHERY, MARDOCHEE

2167 Ex Parte Lundberg 14608520 - (D) WINSOR 101 41.50 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. HOANG, HAU HAI

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Karaoguz et al 10675458 - (D) DIXON 102 GARLICK & MARKISON (BRCM) LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N

2688 Ex Parte TAJIMA et al 14743133 - (D) PYONIN double patenting KEATING & BENNETT, LLP SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA BUTCHER, BRIAN M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Rashidi 13209110 - (D) LEE 102/103/double patenting Wiley Rein LLP SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY

As the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit explained, for anticipation, the dispositive question is “whether one skilled in the art would reasonably understand or infer from a prior art reference that every claim element is disclosed in that reference.” Eli Lilly and Co. v. Los Angeles Biomedical Res. Inst, at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 849 F.3d 1073, 1074-1075 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (citation omitted).

merck3

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2853 Ex Parte Buskirk et al 14272622 - (D) HEANEY 102/103 THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C. VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3659 Ex Parte GOLESKI et al 14057325 - (D) SILVERMAN 102 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL HLAVKA, DAVID J

The rejection relies upon a construction of the expression “supported for rotation” that would render superfluous the words “for rotation.” “A claim construction that gives meaning to all the terms of the claim is preferred over one that does not do so.” Merck & Co. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., 395 F.3d 1364, 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2005). Ascribing meaning to the phrase “for rotation” here requires that the identified element be capable of rotation. An element that is fixed to another structure, such that it cannot rotate, is not “supported for rotation,” per claim 17.

Merck & Co., Inc., v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., 395 F.3d 1364, 73 USPQ2d 1641 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2111.01

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte Schultze et al 13508541 - (D) JURGOVAN 102 112(2) Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP MANSEN, MICHAEL R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Peregrine et al 13586339 - (D) CASHION 103 BGL/Ann Arbor BRUNSMAN, DAVID M

1736 Ex Parte Böhringer et al 12595728 - (D) ROSS 103 41.50 103 Brannon Sowers & Cracraft PC HENDRICKSON, STUART L

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2113 Ex Parte Schade et al 13988176 - (D) SHIANG 102 BGL/Ann Arbor MEHRMANESH, ELMIRA

2126 Ex Parte Schindele et al 13392877 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP MIA, MD N

2157 Ex Parte BYRNE et al 13037187 - (D) KHAN 112(1) 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP/IBM SVL SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA

2166 Ex Parte Bakre et al 14318460 - (D) SAADAT 103 Gilliam IP PLLC (NetApp) MCQUITERY, DIEDRA M

2168 Ex Parte Pickelsimer 13187878 - (D) CUTITTA 101/103 Culhane Meadows PLLC OWYANG, MICHELLE N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Inayatullah et al 14502749 - (D) CUTITTA 103 Fletcher Yoder, P.C. NBCUniversal Media, LLC ALAM, MUSHFIKH I

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2656 Ex Parte Salfati et al 14090505 - (D) HUME 103 MOSER TABOADA / VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP. ZENATI, AMAL S

2668 Ex Parte Branch et al 13944747 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 The Law Office of James Baudino, PLLC CHEN, XUEMEI G

2688 Ex Parte Sapozhnikov et al 14167575 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 112(1) HolzerlPLaw, P.C. dba Holzer Patel Drennan EVANS, JEFFERSON A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2855 Ex Parte NAMISAKI et al 14478291 - (D) SNAY 102/103 BIRCH, STEWART, KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP ROYSTON, JOHN M

2875 Ex Parte Provitola 14980398 - (D) BEST 103 41.50 102/103 ANTHONY I. PROVITOLA SONG, ZHENG B

2893 Ex Parte KANG et al 13175133 - (D) HEANEY 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP SCHOENHOLTZ, JOSEPH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3638 Ex Parte Gompper 14467514 - (D) JURGOVAN 102 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO SADLON, JOSEPH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte Horsting 13218543 - (D) SMEGAL 103 Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. STAUBACH, CARL C

3762 Ex Parte Ball 13550730 - (D) HILL 103/double patenting Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP LEVICKY, WILLIAM J

morse

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Ohrn et al 13822231 - (D) NEW 101 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (SF) BORIN, MICHAEL L

The abstract idea exception prevents patenting a result where “it matters not by what process or machinery the result is accomplished.” O’Reilly v. Morse, 56 U.S. 62, 113 (1853). 

O’Reilly v. Morse, 56 U.S. (15 How.) 62 (1854) 706.03(a) , 2106

1639 Ex Parte Kronick et al 13116998 - (D) PRATS 103 Agilent Technologies, Inc. GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Lu et al 12970011 - (D) ROSS 103 Armstrong World Industries, Inc. HUANG, CHENG YUAN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2153 Ex Parte Zhu et al 13306820 - (D) WINSOR 103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM/ORACLE VO, CECILE H

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2674 Ex Parte YAMAGUCHI 14730411 - (D) McNEILL 103 KEATING & BENNETT, LLP SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA DEMETER, HILINA K

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Burbank et al 14143738 - (D) HOELTER 103 103 C. R. Bard, Inc./BBS EISEMAN, ADAM JARED

3766 Ex Parte Phillips et al 11693328 - (D) SCHEINER 103 103 MEDTRONIC, INC. (NEURO/MRG) LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI

3786 Ex Parte Van Stevendaal et al 13575828 - (D) WARNER 101/103 112(2) 41.50 112(2) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KINNARD, LISA M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2474 Ex Parte Chen et al 13455025 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Qualcomm /Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP NOWLIN, ERIC

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex Parte Nuutinen et al 13148722 - (D) NAPPI 103 Keysight Technologies, Inc. C/O CPA Global FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS

2653 Ex Parte Gamble 12658000 - (D) BENNETT 102/103 Oliver W. Gamble PHAN, JOSEPH T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Harrison 13398981 - (D) McGEE 103 MOSER TABOADA AMRANY, ADI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Mack 14777478 - (D) HORNER 103 THE LAW OFFICE OF JAMES E. RULAND, PLC SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3726 Ex Parte Gale et al 13112960 - (D) PESLAK 103 SQUIRE PB (Abbott) KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M

3742 Ex Parte Casner 12895984 - (D) PESLAK 102/103 CORRIGAN LAW OFFICE LAFLAME JR, MICHAEL A

3763 Ex Parte BOURGEOIS et al 13354029 - (D) O’HANLON 103 POLSINELLI PC LEE, WENG WAH

enfish

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1636 Ex Parte Lubys 12167527 - (D) FREDMAN 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP AULT, ADDISON D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Zenor 12964481 - (D) HOMERE 101 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Nielsen) CASTRO, ALFONSO

Rather, we agree with Appellant’s argument that the Examiner has too broadly characterized the claims. See Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corp., 822 F.3d 1327, 1337 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (“describing the claims at such a high level of abstraction and untethered from the language of the claims all but ensures that the exceptions to § 101 swallow the rule.”) 

2449 Ex Parte Srivastava et al 13368107 - (D) MacDONALD 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION CELANI, NICHOLAS P

2458 Ex Parte Keskitalo 13578510 - (D) MacDONALD 102 Alston & Bird LLP Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP SCOTT, MARK A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Reyes et al 13425776 - (D) CAPP 112(2)/102/103 Schwabe Williamson &Wyatt/SFC/NuScale O'CONNOR, MARSHALL P

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Gutierrez et al 13819427 - (D) WARNER 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EISEMAN, ADAM JARED

3745 Ex Parte Azad et al 12985571 - (D) KINDER 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION PETERS, BRIAN O

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Ex Parte Board et al 14197597 - (D) Per Curiam 103 FGTL/Burgess Law Office, PLLC CONDRA, DARLENE P

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2618 FRONT ROW TECHNOLOGIES Patent Owner and Appellant v. MLB ADVANCED MEDIA, L.P. Requester and Respondent Ex Parte 7149549 et al 09/708,776 95001565 - (D) JEFFERY 112(1) Foster Pepper PLLC Third Party Requester: Foley & Lardner, LLP NASSER, ROBERT L

best

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Wang et al 13121742 - (D) FLAX 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO, LLP DONOHUE, SEAN R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2173 Ex Parte Grant 13044397 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Blank Rome LLP Apple - Blank Rome CHUNG, ANDREW

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3661 Ex Parte Kurzweil 10734616 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) NOLAN, PETER D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Reo et al 12434515 - (D) NEW 103 SPINAL KINETICS, Inc. JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T

3741 Ex Parte McCune et al 13428491 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY GOYAL, ARUN

3745 Ex Parte Enevoldsen et al 13352627 - (D) JESCHKE 112(2)/103 SIEMENS CORPORATION CHRISTENSEN, DANIELLE M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Roberson et al 13278710 - (D) KENNEDY 103 103 NASA JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TALBOT, BRIAN K

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2489 Ex Parte Liu et al 13320910 - (D) WINSOR 103 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS CHANG, DANIEL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3652 Ex Parte MALIN 12689701 - (D) YAP 103 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. TIGHE, BRENDAN P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Verard et al 13519201 - (D) CHANG 102/103 103 41.50 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS DORNA, CARRIE R

3744 Ex Parte Army et al 13186577 - (D) BROWNE 103 112(2) Cantor Colburn LLP - Hamilton Sundstrand MA, KUN KAI

3786 Ex Parte Carp et al 11766444 - (D) JENKS 103 103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP GUPTA, VANI

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Lindemann et al 11079855 - (D) SCHEINER 103 Abel Law Group, LLP KARPINSKI, LUKE E

1651 Ex Parte Bayer et al 13492230 - (D) SCHNEIDER 101/112(1)/103 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO MARX, IRENE

In order to be limiting, the intended use must create a structural difference between the claimed composition and the prior art composition. In the instant case, the intended use does not create a structural difference, thus, the intended use is not limiting.  “The claiming of a new use . . . which is inherently present in the prior art does not necessarily make the claim patentable.”  In re Best, 195 USPQ 430, 433 (CCPA 1977).

Best, In re, 562 F.2d 1252, 195 USPQ 430 (CCPA 1977) 2112, 2112.01, 2112.02, 2114

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1781 Ex Parte Jonza et al 14363123 - (D) DERRICK 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY ZHANG, MICHAEL N

1791 Ex Parte Prakash et al 14050840 - (D) PRAISS 103 King & Spalding DEES, NIKKI H

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2196 Ex Parte Serghi et al 11274302 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 Kramer & Amado, P.C. MILLS, PAUL V

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2438 Ex Parte Kluesing et al 14109733 - (D) HUME 112(1)/103 Polsinelli PC Dropbox NAGHDALI, KHALIL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Ex Parte Fakhrai et al 13346702 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 101 ADELI LLP PALAVECINO, KATHLEEN GAGE

3626 Ex Parte Apshago et al 13356329 - (D) MOORE 101 Conley Rose, P.C. Conduent PAULS, JOHN A

3626 Ex Parte Liao et al 12858494 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION LULTSCHIK, WILLIAM G

3631 Ex Parte Paton-Ash et al 13065152 - (D) BARRETT 112(2) 112(2)/103 Ansel M. Schwartz SAFAVI, MICHAEL

3689 Ex Parte Lundberg 11098761 - (D) BUSCH 112(2) 101/103 FIALA & WEAVER P.L.L.C. WEISENFELD, ARYAN E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Barker 13040760 - (D) SCANLON 103 Lowe Graham Jones Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp TON, MARTIN TRUYEN

3731 Ex Parte Carrillo et al 13033027 - (D) NEWMAN 102/103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP DAVID, SHAUN L

3731 Ex Parte Gerber et al 11679446 - (D) ENGELS 103 Whitmyer IP Group LLC TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L

3741 Ex Parte Davis et al 13368677 - (D) STAICOVICI 112(2) 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M

3744 Ex Parte Hart et al 11992068 - (D) KINDER 102/103 SHELL OIL COMPANY ALOSH, TAREQ M

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. Requester v. Patent of VIRNETX INC. Patent Owner Ex Parte 6839759 et al 10/702,522 95001746 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP POKRZYWA, JOSEPH R original ETIENNE, ARIO

arendi

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte SCHOLZ et al 14487134 - (D) LaVIER 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY DICKINSON, PAUL W

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte Bradshaw et al 12242811 - (D) DROESCH 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP / Google KUDDUS, DANIEL A

2157 Ex Parte Itzhak et al 10485108 - (D) SAADAT 103 Oath Inc./Finnegan PARK, GRACE A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte BASSLER et al 14418490 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC ING, MATTHEW W

And “references to ‘common sense’ . . . cannot be used as a wholesale substitute for reasoned analysis and evidentiary support.” Arendi S.A.R.L. v. Apple, Inc., 832 F.3d 1355, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2016).

3644 Ex Parte Domel et al 13324537 - (D) SHAW Dissenting BUI 103 Reising Ethington PC BONZELL, PHILIP J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Nelson et al 12288746 - (D) JENKS 102 KOLISCH HARTWELL, P.C. MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Marcus 13474618 - (D) BROWN 102/103 103 Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP CHIN-SHUE, ALVIN CONSTANTINE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Gunderson et al 12262443 - (D) STEPHENS 103 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Iraqi et al 13310807 - (D) CASHION 112(2)/103 RECHES PATENTS THOMAS, BINU

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2628 Ex Parte Anderson et al 13209058 - (D) BAUMEISTER 112(1)/112(2) 102/103 41.50 102/103 Baker & Hostetler LLP (MICROSOFT CORPORATION) MISHLER, ROBIN J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Kaundinya et al 12949668 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP GOLDBERG, IVAN R

3629 Ex Parte Yendluri 12073642 - (D) HAMANN 102 101 VENABLE LLP PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT

3643 Ex Parte Tsengas 13929851 - (D) BROWNE 112(2)/112(4) 112(1)/112(2)/112(4)/103 Law Offices of John D. Gugliotta, P.E. Esq., LPA TSANG, LISA L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte Shi 13126463 - (D) SCANLON 103 WANG & HO DESAI, KAUSHIKKUMAR A

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3682 Ex Parte Walker et al 11926769 - (D) DIXON 101 ALSTON & BIRD LLP BROWN, LUIS A

ppc

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Reo et al 12434515 - (D) NEW 103 SPINAL KINETICS, Inc JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T

This is consistent with the Board’s past construction of the term “configured to.”  See PPC Broadband, Inc. v. Corning Optical Communications RF, LLC, 815 F.3d 734, 744–45 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (“[C]omponents that are shaped or configured to fit one another ‘are sized and dimensioned to abut one another’”). 

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Roberson et al 13278710 - (D) KENNEDY 103 103 NASA JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TALBOT, BRIAN K

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1651 Ex Parte Bayer et al 13492230 - (D) SCHNEIDER 101/112(1)/103 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO MARX, IRENE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Strobel et al 13915603 - (D) SAADAT 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC AHN, SUNG S

2683 Ex Parte Patrick et al 12126191 - (D) SAADAT 112(2) 102/103 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP (TTi) YANG, JAMES J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Apshago et al 13356329 - (D) MOORE 101 Conley Rose, P.C. Conduent PAULS, JOHN A

3631 Ex Parte Paton-Ash et al 13065152 - (D) BARRETT 112(2)/103 Ansel M. Schwartz SAFAVI, MICHAEL

3643 Ex Parte Tsengas 13929851 - (D) BROWNE 112(2)/112(4) 112(1)/112(2)/112(4)/103 Law Offices of John D. Gugliotta, P.E. Esq., LPA TSANG, LISA L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Barker 13040760 - (D) SCANLON 103 Lowe Graham Jones Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. TON, MARTIN TRUYEN

3731 Ex Parte Carrillo et al 13033027 - (D) NEWMAN 102/103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP DAVID, SHAUN L

3731 Ex Parte Gerber et al 11679446 - (D) ENGELS 103 Whitmyer IP Group LLC TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L

OPQA Ex Parte SHANAHAN et al 13083492 - (D) JURGOVAN 101 Mersenne Law JUNG, ALLEN J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. Requester v. Patent of VIRNETX INC. Patent Owner Ex Parte 6839759 et al 10/702,522 95001746 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP POKRZYWA, JOSEPH R

depuy spine, KSR

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1756 Ex Parte RIM et al 13631457 - (D) CASHION 102 Okamoto & Benedicto LLP CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 Ex Parte Pendharkar et al 12712186 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 FisherBroyles, LLP TSUI, DANIEL D

2182 Ex Parte Arslan et al 11919270 - (D) CHEN 102/103 QUALLCOMM INCORPORATED GIROUX, GEORGE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2658 Ex Parte Briand et al 13981035 - (D) SHIANG 101 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson DORVIL, RICHEMOND

3711 Ex Parte TACHIBANA et al 13690651 - (D) BROWN 103 BIRCH, STEWART, KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN

3786 Ex Parte Woerlein 11750353 - (D) GRIMES 112(2)/103 Tucker Ellis LLP Brainlab AG BRUTUS, JOEL F

 See DePuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., 567 F.3d 1314, 1326 (Fed. Cir. 2009)  (“Although predictability is a touchstone of obviousness, the ‘predictable result’ discussed in KSR [KSR Intern. Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398 (2007)] refers not only to the expectation that prior art elements are capable of being physically combined, but also that the combination would have worked for its intended purpose.”);

KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 82 USPQ2d 1385 (2007)  2141 ,   2144.05 ,   2145 ,   2216 ,   2242 ,   2286 ,   2616 ,   2642 ,   2686.04

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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AFFIRMED
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