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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Kjellin 12744773 - (D) PRAISS 112(1)/102 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. SHAH, SAMIR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte Miller et al 13653785 - (D) HOMERE 103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP TO, BAOQUOC N

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Birnbaum et al 13104129 - (D) BAHR 102/103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY TRAN, THIEN S

3754 Ex Parte Matz et al 13636140 - (D) KNIGHT 103 BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. (UTC) GRUBY, RANDALL A

3788 Ex Parte Wauters et al 12449488 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 41.50 112(2) Levy & Grandinetti DESAI, KAUSHIKKUMAR A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3679 Ex Parte Howard et al 12724947 - (D) O’HANLON 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 103 LAW OFFICES OF MARK L. BERRIER LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3778 Ex Parte KOCH 13044167 - (D) BROWN 103 112(2) MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC HO, TAN-UYEN THI

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex Parte Yao et al 13869479 - (D) HAGY 103 BGL/Huawei VLAHOS, SOPHIA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Lehmann et al 13722342 - (D) BUSCH 112(1) 112(1)/101/103 Jones Day For SAP YESILDAG, MEHMET

3744 Ex Parte BRUNNER et al 13457974 - (D) CAPP 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. FLANIGAN, ALLEN J

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Morinville 13244610 - (D) DANG 103 LAW OFFICES OF MARK L. BERRIER BOYCE, ANDRE D

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex parte HANS RUDOLF MILLER, MARTIN ULMANN, and RUDOLF MOSER Ex Parte 6011040 et al 90013445 - (D) DERRICK 102 102/103 MILLEN WHITE ZELANO & BRANIGAN THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: PABST PATENT GROUP LLP JOSEPH E. CWIK, AMIN TALATI & UPADHYE, LLC DIAMOND, ALAN D

Appellants must establish a nexus between the proffered objective evidence and the merits of the claimed invention for the objective evidence to be accorded substantial weight.  In re Kao, 639 F.3d 1057, 1068 (Fed. Cir. 2011).  “A prima facie case of nexus is made when the patentee shows both that there is commercial success, and that the product that is commercially successful is the invention disclosed and claimed in the patent.”  Crocs, Inc. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 598 F.3d 1294, 1310‒11 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (citing In re GPAC Inc., 57 F.3d 1573, 1580 (Fed. Cir. 1995)).  “Where the offered secondary consideration actually results from something other than what is both claimed and novel in the claim, there is no nexus to the merits of the claimed invention.”  Kao, 639 F.3d at 1068. 

Kao, In re, 639 F.3d 1057, 98 USPQ2d 1799 (Fed. Cir. 2011) 2111.05 , 2112.01 , 2153.02

GPAC, In re, 57 F.3d 1573, 35 USPQ2d 1116 (Fed. Cir. 1995) 716.03 , 2145