sonix

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte Noller et al 13821759 - (D) COLAIANNI 112(1)/103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PHAM, THOMAS T

1777 Ex Parte SZABO et al 14331856 - (D) COLAIANNI 102/103 BLG(BL) Borden Ladner Gervais LLP MENON, KRISHNAN S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Epstein 14105034 - (D) GALLIGAN 103 SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON & WYATT, P.C. DAYE, CHELCIE L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2648 Ex Parte Poussiere et al 12699531 - (D) SHAW 102/103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA HUANG, WEN WU

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 Ex Parte Karlsson et al 14002955 - (D) HASTINGS 102/103 ERICSSON INC. RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS 0

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Bohlen et al 14309499 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 Dority & Manning, P.A. and Hunter Douglas Inc MITCHELL, KATHERINE W

3646 Ex Parte SABLON 14078940 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC NOLAN, JOHN T

3661 Ex Parte OKAMOTO 14243142 - (D) CAPP 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC LOUIE, WAE LENNY

3683 Ex Parte Schimpf et al 11534681 - (D) JURGOVAN 101/103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC PEACHER, LORENA R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Seiler et al 13454468 - (D) GRIMES 103 ALCON NGANGA, BONIFACE N

3765 Ex Parte Hauser 15187124 - (D) SONG 103 GORDON & JACOBSON, P.C. MOHANDESI, JILA M

3779 Ex Parte Kindler 14013366 - (D) BROWN 103 41.50 112(2) KS - Whitmyer IP Group LLC BOLER, RYNAE E

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1651 Ex Parte Morita et al 11455112 - (D) MILLS 103 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC KIM, TAEYOON

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2481 Ex Parte Krishnan et al 13630105 - (D) JURGOVAN 112(2)/103 112(1)/112(2) 41.50 112(1)/112(2) STEVENS & SHOWALTER, LLP Box AVAYA Inc. PEREZ FUENTES, LUIS M

The specification may support claimed terminology for purposes of 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph by providing examples of what is meant by the claimed term. Sonix Technology Co., Ltd. v. Publications Int 'l, Ltd., 844 F.3d 1370, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2017). ...

Reviewing paragraph 57 of the Specification, we find several examples of what is meant by the claimed "aspects of the conversation" set forth there. Such examples include "providing too much information," "asking unusual questions," and "business offers." We find these examples in paragraph 57 render the claimed limitation definite. Accordingly, we do not sustain the Examiner's rejection on this basis.

2492 Ex Parte Fosdick 11106286 - (D) NAPPI 103 103 SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS PAN, PEILIANG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 Ex Parte Rengert 14821401 - (D) McGEE 103 103 Panasonic Avionics Corporation !MAS, VLADIMIR

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3656 Ex Parte Clauss et al 14007728 - (D) IPPOLITO 103 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation JOHNSON, VICKY A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte TULLOCH et al 13691677 - (D) GRIMES 103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON LLP ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte Wegner et al 13883658 - (D) INGLESE 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP YOUNG, WILLIAM D

1767 Ex Parte Ringot 14116112 - (D) ROSS 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C

1787 Ex Parte Melik et al 13293619 - (D) WILSON 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY NELSON, MICHAEL B

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2143 Ex Parte BEACH 13599070 - (D) HOWARD 103 Dority & Manning P.A. and Google LLC SPRATT, BEAU D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte DESJARDINS 13096529 - (D) ENGLE 103 GOUDREAU GAGE DUBUC SECHSER, JILL D

2484 Ex Parte Shupe 14495377 - (D) KHAN 103 ARRIS Enterprises, LLC PARK, SUNGHYOUN

2856 Ex Parte Komninos 13925982 - (D) REN 103 Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.C. ROGERS, DAVID A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 Ex Parte Wilkerson 12831307 - (D) BROWNE 112(1)/103 103 41.50 101 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L KAN, YURI

3667 Ex Parte Conrad 14577314 - (D) CAPP 112(2) Lightfoot & Alford PLLC (BHTI) TESTARD!, DAVID A

3688 Ex Parte McCann et al 12608673 - (D) AMUNDSON 101 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP CAO, VINCENT M

3694 Ex Parte Ivanoff et al 14971618 - (D) KIM 112(1)/102/103 101 41.50 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. MILEF, ELDA G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Navarro et al 14036819 - (D) OSINSKI 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) MENDOZA-WILKENFE, ERIK

3779 Ex Parte Wimmer 11311095 - (D) BROWN 103 KS - Whitmyer IP Group LLC BOLER, RYNAE E

amgen3, symbol tech.

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1648 Ex Parte Collins et al 11891812 - (D) MAJORS Concurring ADAMS 112(1)/OTDP 41.50 OTDP DAVIS, BROWN, KOEHN, SHORS & ROBERTS, P.C. CHESTNUT, BARRY A

See, e.g., Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 1353 (Fed. Cir. 2009) ("[A] patent need not have issued directly from a divisional application to receive § 121 protection. . . . [I]ntervening continuation applications do not render a patent ineligible for § 121 protection so long as they descended from a divisional application filed as a result of a restriction requirement"). To clarify, insofar as the Examiner is suggesting on the present record that § 121 does not apply, the Examiner may be correct, and this remand should not be understood as indicating otherwise. But the record is wanting for a sufficient analysis on that question.
...

The Examiner should address the Office's prior position in the Restriction as compared with the Examiner's position on appeal that the pending claims are "not patentably distinct" from the patent claims cited in support of the double patenting rejections. See, e.g., Ans. 6, 8. Lastly, the Examiner should determine whether the claims remain in consonance. See Symbol Techs., Inc. v. Opticon, Inc., 935 F.2d 1569, 1579 (Fed. Cir. 1991) ("Consonance requires that the line of demarcation between the 'independent and distinct inventions' that prompted the restriction requirement be maintained .... Where that line is crossed the prohibition of the third sentence of Section 121 does not apply.")

35 USC 121 third sentence:

A patent issuing on an application with respect to which a requirement for restriction under this section has been made, or on an application filed as a result of such a requirement, shall not be used as a reference either in the Patent and Trademark Office or in the courts against a divisional application or against the original application or any patent issued on either of them, if the divisional application is filed before the issuance of the patent on the other application.

Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 92 USPQ2d 1289 (Fed. Cir. 2009) 2113

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Ex Parte Jones et al 14032560 - (D) ENGLE 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP/Walmart Apollo TERRELL, EMILY C

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 Ex Parte PODROG 13466125 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 NOVA IP LAW, PLLC GONZALEZ, JULIO CESAR

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Trowbridge et al 14505408 - (D) BAHR 102/103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC. c/o Patent Ingenuity, P.C. BALDOR!, JOSEPH B

3735 Ex Parte Moon et al 13292923 - (D) BAYAT 103 41.50 112(2) Acuity Law Group, P.C. BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN

3737 Ex Parte Amthor et al 14349333 - (D) FREDMAN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KINNARD, LISA M

3765 Ex Parte Yeung et al 13342872 - (D) CRAWFORD 112(1)/112(2)/103 TI Law Group, PC ANNIS, KHALED

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2466 Ex Parte Hosein et al 12353840 - (D) POTHIER 103 103 Slater Matsil, LLP/HW/FW/HWC TRAN, THINHD

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Pimenta et al 13997344 - (D) NEW 103/OTDP COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY CHANG, KYUNG SOOK

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Busing et al 12933092 - (D) WILSON 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation BELL, SPENCER E

1791 Ex Parte Arora et al 13691176 - (D) ROSS 103 Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte Jun et al 14814738 - (D) REN 102/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED GANNON, LEVI

2864 Ex Parte BØ 13325708 - (D) NAGUMO 101 SCHLUMBERGER INFORMATION SOLUTIONS LIAO, CHRISTINE Y

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Volnak 12422055 - (D) BEAMER 101/103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP ELCHANTI, TAREK

3628 Ex Parte Peltz et al 12251259 - (D) KIM 101 41.50 101 Hewlett Packard Enterprise ALLEN, AKIBA KANELLE

3643 Ex Parte Shigyo et al 14236192 - (D) CAPP concurring STEPINA 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA

3689 Ex Parte Raikula 14102389 - (D) CUTITTA 112(1)/101/103 PROSKAUER ROSE LLP MINCARELLI, JAN P

3692 Ex Parte Zhou et al 11965636 - (D) BAYAT 101 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Perez-Cruet et al 14211802 - (D) HOSKINS 103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC LEGETTE-THOMPSON, TIFFANY

johnston1, hanlon

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1795 Ex Parte Zhou et al 11924763 - (D) OWENS 103 SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte Braun et al 14490257 - (D) DIXON 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP PATEL, JIGAR P

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Stuntebeck et al 14498253 - (D) SILVERMAN 102 Thomas I Horstemeyer, LLP (VMW) IQBAL, KHAWAR

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Chobotov et al 12245620 - (D) SCHEINER 103 Foley & Lardner LLP SHIPMON, TIFFANYP

3762 Ex Parte Snyder 12096756 - (D) BROWNE 112(1)/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LEVICKY, WILLIAM J

3772 Ex Parte Bolla 13583867 - (D) GREENHUT 103 PAULEY ERICKSON & KOTTIS NGUYEN,CAMTUTRAN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2891 Ex Parte LEE et al 14628357 - (D) WILSON OTDP 103 MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (WA) GONDARENKO, NATALIA A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Felix et al 13063605 - (D) FLAX 103 103 41.50 103 Workman Nydegger JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Davis et al 12064063 - (D) COTTA 103 THOMAS I HORSTEMEYER, LLP DONOHUE, SEAN R

While Appellants argue that "it cannot be that [ the monodispersed state of Josephson's colloids] exists other than theoretically" (App. Br. 22), Appellants do not provide evidence to support this argument. See, Johnston v. IVAC Corp., 885 F.2d 1574, 1581 (Fed. Cir. 1989) ("Attorneys' argument is no substitute for evidence.")

1619 Ex Parte Stella et al 13585890 - (D) LAVIER 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY PROSSER, ALISSA J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte CHIU et al 14490423 - (D) GUPTA 103 Patterson & Sheridan - The Boeing Company c/o Patterson & Sheridan, LLP MARTIN, BETHANY LAMBRIGHT

1777 Ex Parte Stamey et al 12139800 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ & COHN LLP KIM, VICKIE Y

In re Hanlon, 285 F.2d 829, 831 (CCPA 1961) ("[A] mere change in shape or form is not patentable unless the changed element performs a new function"). 

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte Mannon et al 14149575 - (D) SHAW 103 HONEYWELL/S&S NGUYEN, PHUONG H

2181 Ex Parte Garibay et al 14956373 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC LEE, CHUN KUAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Jung et al 11434568 - (D) CUTITTA 103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC HOLDER, ANNER N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2845 Ex Parte LEE 13468452 - (D) SNAY 103 Russell Ng PLLC (LENOVO) ISLAM, HASAN Z

2854 Ex Parte Zindl et al 13147107 - (D) GARRIS 103 LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK EVANISKO, LESLIE J

2894 Ex Parte Prokes et al 14192935 - (D) DELMENDO 103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY KEBEDE, BROOK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte BYRD 13486274 - (D) HAGY 102/103 101/103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC KASSIM, HAFIZ A

3629 Ex Parte Kanter et al 13307500 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 101 Facebook/Fenwick WHITAKER, ANDREW B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Bakker et al 14126580 - (D) ADAMS 101/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY & STANDARDS WEARE, MEREDITH H

3735 Ex Parte Hermann et al 12982823 - (D) ADAMS 112(1)/103 Vista IP Law Group LLP GILBERT, SAMUEL G

3744 Ex Parte Taras et al 13988568 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier JONES, GORDON A

3754 Ex Parte Newton 14356756 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier MELARAGNO, MICHAEL

3779 Ex Parte Ratnakar 12172237 - (D) SCHNEIDER 102/103 JDM Patent Law PLLC LEUBECKER, JOHN P

hutchison, man machine, giannelli, aspex

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Jung et al 13459390 - (D) POTHIER 103 Otterstedt, Ellenbogen & Kammer, LLP CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2448 Ex Parte Liu et al 13719414 - (D) NAPPI 103 ARRIS Enterprises, LLC VU, VIET D

2481 Ex Parte Rathi et al 14191512 - (D) SHIANG 103 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP/Magna NOH, JAE NAM

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2688 Ex Parte Lakshmikumaran et al 15062827 - (D) SHIANG 102 ORACLE (Oracle formerly d/b/a Sun Microsystems) EVANS, JEFFERSON A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Ex Parte NESE et al 14268640 - (D) GAUDETTE 102/103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP MUNOZ, ANDRES F

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Wetsch et al 12550330 - (D) O'HANLON 102/103 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - NEW YORK TAWFIK, SAMEH

The Examiner determines that "the limitations followed by the terms 'configured to' and 'adapted to' are not positively [re]cited limitations and not fully given patentable weight." Id. at 5 (we understand the Examiner to mean the limitations following the terms "configured to" and "adapted to"). Continuing, the Examiner determines that "the recitation that an element is 'adapted to' perform a function is not a positive limitation but only requires the ability to so perform" and "does not constitute a limitation in any patentable sense." Ans. 6 (citing In re Hutchison, 154 F.2d 135 (CCPA 1946)). 
...

We further agree with Appellants that the Examiner has improperly failed to address the "configured to" and "adapted to" recitations of claim 1. See Appeal Br. 11-12. "[T]he phrase 'adapted to' generally means 'made to,' 'designed to,' or 'configured to,' though it can also be used more broadly to mean 'capable of or 'suitable for."' In re Man Mach. Interface Techs. LLC, 822 F.3d 1282, 1286 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (citing In re Giannelli, 739 F.3d 1375, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2014)). In Giannelli, the court looked to the written description of the application and determined that the phrase "adapted to," in view of the specification, has a narrower meaning than "capable of' or "suited for." Giannelli, 739 F.3d at 1379; see also Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Marchan Eyewear, Inc., 672 F.3d 1335, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (holding that "adapted to" required elements to be "designed or configured to accomplish the specified objective, not simply that they can be made to serve that purpose"). In this case, we likewise look to Appellants' Specification to discern the meaning of "configured to" and "adapted to."

Giannelli, In re, 739 F.3d 1375, 109 USPQ2d 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2111.04

3738 Ex Parte PACETTI 12882978 - (D) FLAX 103 SQUIRE PB (Abbott) SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE

3754 Ex Parte Painchaud et al 12891366 - (D) PESLAK 103 ST. ONGE STEW ARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC MELARAGNO, MICHAEL

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1651 Ex Parte YUAN et al 13346426 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103 Riverside Law LLP VANBUREN,LAURENK

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte WACH 15004507 - (D) SONG 103 103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. c/o Marsh Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP NGUYEN, KIEN T

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte Jung 13951853 - (D) PINKERTON 103 Hall Estill Attorneys at Law (Seagate Technology LLC) PATEL, JIGAR P

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Ex Parte Conzola et al 14161116 - (D) BEAMER 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC JOSEPH, DENNIS P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte CHOI et al 14872285 - (D) McGEE 102/103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. TRA, ANH QUAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Hammad et al 11764343 - (D) HOWARD 101/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA MARCUS, LELAND R

3623 Ex Parte Rathbun et al 11955478 - (D) LORIN 101 PITNEY BOWES INC. BOSWELL, BETH V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Hill et al 12978935 - (D) FLAX 103 DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC (STJ) MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP

3742 Ex Parte Weiss et al 14253601 - (D) BROWNE 103 OHLANDT, GREELEY, RUGGIERO & PERLE, LLP LAFLAME JR, MICHAEL A

3761 Ex Parte Roe et al 14156768 - (D) BROWN 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY TREYGER, IL YA Y

McRO, morse

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Ex Parte Roberts 14208867 - (D) DENNETT 103 FAY SHARPE LLP LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE

2145 Ex Parte Cheah 13612584 - (D) FRAHM 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. STITT, ERIK V

2145 Ex Parte Cheah 13618881 - (D) FRAHM 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. STITT, ERIK V

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 Ex Parte Oberli et al 14440665 - (D) OWENS dissenting NAGUMO 103 112(2)/112(4) WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. ALI, WAQAAS A

2621 Ex Parte Lira 14176585 - (D) CUITTA 102 102/103 Keller Jolley Preece/Facebook BUKOWSKI,KENETH

3664 Ex Parte Mannon et al 14149619 - (D) SHAW 102/103 102/103 HONEYWELL/S&S PECHE, JORGE 0

AFFIRMED
2686 Ex Parte Fraignac et al 14127584 - (D) McNEILL 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. ADNAN, MUHAMMAD

3621 Ex Parte Hochstatter et al 13029760 - (D) McNEILL 101/103 Ascenda Law Group, PC HOAR, COLLEEN A

"The abstract idea exception prevents patenting a result where 'it matters not by what process or machinery the result is accomplished."' McRO, Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games America Inc., 837 F.3d 1299, 1312 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (quoting O'Reilly v. Morse, 56 U.S. (15 How.) 62, 113 (1853)). "We therefore look to whether the claims ... focus on a specific means or method that improves the relevant technology or are instead directed to a result or effect that itself is the abstract idea and merely invoke generic processes and machinery." McRO, 837 F.3d at 1314. 

McRO, Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games America, Inc. 837 F.3d 1299, 120 USPQ2d 1091 (Fed. Cir. 2016)   2106 ,   2106.04 ,   2106.04(a) ,   2106.04(a)(1) ,   2106.04(a)(2) ,2106.05 ,   2106.05(a) ,   2106.05(b) ,   2106.05(c) ,   2106.05(f) ,   2106.06(b)

O’Reilly v. Morse, 56 U.S. (15 How.) 62 (1854) 706.03(a) , 2106 , 2106.04(b) , 2106.05(f)

3626 Ex Parte Sirica et al 13632629 - (D) JEFFERY 101 Howard IP Law Group TIEDEMAN, JASON S

3681 Ex Parte Smallwood et al 13354849 - (D) BEAMER 101/OTDP Facebook/Fenwick REFAI, SAM M

3689 Ex Parte Schepers et al 12997893 - (D) FRAHM 112(1) 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MINCARELLI, JAN P

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
2914 Ex parte SONOS, INC. Ex Parte D559197 et al 90013497 - (D) MARTIN 102 KPPB LLP ( Sonos ) For THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: CHRISTOPHER JOHN ROURK JACKSON WALKER LLP LY,DARLINGTON

AFFIRMED
2617 MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC, Requester, Respondent, and Cross-Appellant v. INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC, Patent Owner, Appellant, and Cross-Respondent. Ex Parte 7,120,462 et al 11/305,996 95002075 - (D) McKEOWN 103 2nd Reexam Group - Polsinelli PC NOVAK DRUCE & QUIGG LLP For Third-Party Requester: KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP NGUYEN,MINHDIEUT original NGUYEN, HUY D

REHEARING

DENIED
2693 Ex parte HAN DINGNAN Ex Parte 8976127 et al 13/202,574 90013699 - (R) HOFF 103 HAN DINGNAN For THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: NKPATENTLAW BONSHOCK, DENNIS G original NGUYEN, KIMNHUNG T

howard

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1632 Ex Parte Young et al 11574622 - (D) PRATS 101 FISH IP LAW, LLP WILSON, MICHAEL C

1644 Ex Parte Cannon et al 14040850 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102/103 MCTAVISH PATENT FIRM TIJEDES, AMYE

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ex Parte King et al 14107044 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 LANXESS Solutions US Inc. RODD, CHRISTOPHER M

1786 Ex Parte Dörr et al 13376807 - (D) WILSON 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) TATESURE, VINCENT

1789 Ex Parte Schmitz et al 13636767 - (D) HANLON 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) WORRELL, KEVIN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2139 Ex Parte Moon et al 14512885 - (D) BENNETT 103 William Park & Associates LTD. THOMAS, JAMES JORDAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2463 Ex Parte VIJAYASANKAR et al 14540111 - (D) BENNETT 112(1)/112(2) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED MARCELO, MEL VIN C

2469 Ex Parte Jovanovic et al 14336720 - (D) CHEN 103 Fogg & Powers LLC/Commscope ZUNIGA ABAD, JACKIE

2477 Ex Parte Luo et al 14484194 - (D) BENNETT 103 Qualcomm /Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP ULYSSE, JAEL M

2487 Ex Parte Liang et al 12774491 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 101/103/OTDP Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton/Qualcomm BECK, LERON

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2658 Ex Parte Gao et al 12381036 - (D) CURCURI 101/103 MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL, P.C. OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Jones et al 13598734 - (D) THOMAS 101 COOPER LEGAL GROUP / ORACLE SEREBOFF, NEAL

3628 Ex Parte WEISS 13648162 - (D) REPKO 101 41.50 101 HOLLAND & HART, LLP JOSEPH, TONY A S

3629 Ex Parte Karelin et al 12121403 - (D) HUTCHINGS 101/103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A

3633 Ex Parte Oh 14320603 - (D) McCARTHY 102/103 IMPERIUM PATENT WORKS IHEZIE, JOSHUA K

Instead, the Examiner cites Howard v. Detroit Stove Works, 150 U.S. 164, 170 (1893) for the per se rule that "forming in one piece an article which has formerly been formed in two pieces and put together involves only routine skill in the art." (Final Act. 4 & 5). In Detroit Stove Works, the Court held that it would have been obvious to cast a one-piece grate for a circular stove having the shape of a prior art grate that was cast in two pieces for use for burning coal. Id. at 169 & 170. Molding a foam plastic part so as to form a skin layer having desired properties different from those of the foam body beneath is both more complicated, and less predictable, than casting a metal grate as a unitary body. In view of this added complication and loss of predictability, we are not persuaded that the prior art practice of laminating a low-friction, polymeric film onto a foam body of a sports board would have suggested, per se, attempting to mold the outer foam layer in such a manner as to form a comparable skin layer. Although the Examiner represents in the "Response to Arguments" section of the Final Action that "forming the two pieces [ the outer foam layer and the film] of the prior art into one piece [ would have been] obvious to get predictable and expected results as set forth in the rejection" (see Final Act. 10), the Examiner does not direct us to where those predictable and expected results might be articulated.

3643 Ex Parte Schröder 13650749 - (D) HORNER 103 LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK WANG, MICHAEL H

3657 Ex Parte MIYAHARA et al 14090446 - (D) STEPINA 103 DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH (DC) NGUYEN, XUAN LANT

3671 Ex Parte Heald 14977989 - (D) REIMERS 103 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC CHU, KATHERINE J

3676 Ex Parte Collins 13293295 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC SEBESTA, CHRISTOPHER J

3677 Ex Parte Lowe et al 14493102 - (D) MARTIN 112(1)/103 41.50 112(2) SCHULTZ & ASSOCIATES, P.C. O BRIEN, JEFFREY D

3688 Ex Parte Jain 14287000 - (D) CRAIG 103 41.50 101 HAMILTON DESANCTIS & CHA LLP MACASIANO, MARILYN G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Sciandra 14460742 - (D) MARTIN 103 SIMPSON & SIMPSON, PLLC PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO

3721 Ex Parte HOEPNER et al 13669904 - (D) HOELTER 102/103 SCHOPPE, ZIMMERMANN , STOCKELER & ZINKLER C/O KEA TING & BENNETT, LLP RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J

3726 Ex Parte Dubugnon et al 13321276 - (D) MARTIN 103 MANELLI SELTER PLLC HOLLY, LEE A

3738 Ex Parte Dobrilovic 14051787 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102 Mcinnes & McLane, LLP (JAM) SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE

3746 Ex Parte MAYR et al 13384328 - (D) REIMERS 102/103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP SOLAK, TIMOTHY P

3753 Ex Parte TOKOSHIMA et al 14182752 - (D) MARTIN 102/103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D

3772 Ex Parte Nussbaum 14746357 - (D) ASTORINO 103 FULWIDER PATTON LLP HICKS, VICTORIA J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1632 Ex Parte Fernandes et al 12062230 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 103 41.50 103 MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. SGAGIAS, MAGDALENE K

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1799 Ex Parte Steuer et al 13719284 - (D) BEST 103 103 S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. MULL, HOLLY MICHAELA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2179 Ex Parte Birnbaum et al 12502755 - (D) CHUNG 102/103 103 Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton/Immersion THERIAULT, STEVENB

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2448 Ex Parte Yang et al 14568481 - (D) BAIN 102/103 102/103 Entit Software LLC SOWA, TIMOTHY JOHN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3669 Ex Parte Sharma et al 14289761 - (D) MARTIN 112(2)/103 112(2) BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL CASS, JEAN PAUL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Orlando 14256984 - (D) KORNICZKY 102/103 102 Vista IP Law Group LLP ROSE, ROBERT A

3744 Ex Parte KAKIUCHI et al 13650908 - (D) KERINS 112(2) 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BRADFORD, JONATHAN

3748 Ex Parte Gokhale et al 12555043 - (D) WOOD 101/112(2)/103 112(2) GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY SHEPPARD, JASON A

3762 Ex Parte Johnson et al 14595771 - (D) JENKS 103 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA TEJANI, ANKIT D

3763 Ex Parte Blinman et al 12605199 - (D) GUIJT 102 102 DUBOIS, BRYANT, & CAMPBELL, LLP FLICK, JASON E

3763 Ex Parte Bracken et al 13762803 - (D) SCHOPPER 102 103 RUTAN & TUCKER, LLP DARB, HAMZA A.

3788 Ex Parte Zimmer 13474376 - (D) STAICOVICI 112(1)/112(2)/103/OTDP 103 BGL PERREAULT, ANDREW D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Shimohirao et al 14572958 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY ROBERTS, LEZAH

1616 Ex Parte Gobbi et al 12665698 - (D) NEW 103 ARENT FOX LLP PRYOR, ALTON NATHANIEL

1629 Ex Parte Kopsel 12744571 - (D) PRATS 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) LEE, WILLIAM Y

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1722 Ex Parte Hattori et al 13498327 - (D) SNAY 103 JCIPRNET MALLOY, ANNA E

1723 Ex Parte Amendola et al 13811013 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP DIGNAN, MICHAEL L

1747 Ex Parte Niwa 13856374 - (D) WILSON 103 THORPE NORTH & WESTERN, LLP. LY, KENDRA

1766 Ex Parte Chu et al 13321998 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 HODGSON RUSS LLP KAHN, RACHEL

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2121 Ex Parte Miner 13927494 - (D) HOFF 103 Law Office of William F. Ryann WYNNE, DAVID J

2126 Ex Parte Tang et al 13624039 - (D) POTHIER 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY DUNN, DARRIN D

2171 Ex Parte Parsons 14148656 - (D) FRANKLIN 102/103 Adobe / Finch & Maloney PLLC NUNEZ, JORDANY

2171 Ex Parte Parsons 14193453 - (D) FRANKLIN 102/103 Adobe / Finch & Maloney PLLC NUNEZ, JORDANY

2171 Ex Parte Parsons 14193441 - (D) FRANKLIN 102/103 Adobe / Finch & Maloney PLLC NUNEZ, JORDANY

2177 Ex Parte Lau et al 13229695 - (D) BENNETT 103 ARENT FOX LLP& Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC CHEN, YAHAO

2194 Ex Parte Durham et al 13943408 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 112(2)/101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/Intel YUN, CARINA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2414 Ex Parte LEE et al 14093231 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP D AGOSTA, STEPHEN M

2433 Ex Parte Michiels et al 14313402 - (D) HUGHES 103 NXP B.V. WOLDEMARIAM, NEGA

2443 Ex Parte Tebbe et al 13751513 - (D) STRAUSS 102 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. (SAP) SAYOC, KRISTOFFER LS

2447 Ex Parte Lee et al 13296541 - (D) REPKO 103 GREER, BURNS & CRAIN, LTD NGUYEN, HAO HONG

2459 Ex Parte Hamedi 11064140 - (D) REIMERS 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise TIV, BACKHEAN

2461 Ex Parte Chen et al 12702551 - (D) BAIN 103 Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm DUFFY, JAMES P

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Hwang et al 14160276 - (D) MORGAN 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION LHYMN, SARAH

2621 Ex Parte Seo et al 14546303 - (D) HUME 103 Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - QUAL CERULLO, LILIANA P

2643 Ex Parte Hamalainen et al 14434489 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Nokia Technologies Oy GELIN, JEAN ALLAND

2649 Ex Parte Gartner et al 13159189 - (D) BUSCH 103 41.50 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. SHERIF, FATUMA G

2658 Ex Parte KASTNER et al 14616374 - (D) CLEMENTS 101/102 PERKINS COIE LLP - PAO General OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Ex Parte HAN et al 12943398 - (D) HANLON 103 Riverside Law LLP/Universal Display Corporation KIELIN, ERIK J

2858 Ex Parte Morys et al 11993430 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1)/112(2)/103 112(1)/112(2)/103 Tumey LLP - HES SCHINDLER, DAVID M

2864 Ex Parte Sheng 13824538 - (D) HASTINGS 101 Patent Docketing PEREZ BERMUDEZ, Y ARITZA H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Baldischweiler et al 10575964 - (D) HUME 101/103 Workman Nydegger ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINAE

3621 Ex Parte Colgrave 14563896 - (D) LORIN 112(1)/112(2)/103 112(2)/101/OTDP IBM Poughkeepsie C/O: Fabian VanCott COPPOLA, JACOB C

3621 Ex Parte Colgrave 10561260 - (D) LORIN 103 101 IBM Poughkeepsie C/0: Fabian VanCott COPPOLA, JACOB C

3621 Ex Parte Walker et al 11681441 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 101 ALSTON & BIRD LLP CROSS, MICHAEL J

3622 Ex Parte Murray et al 12191412 - (D) BRANCH 112(2)/101/103 COOLEY LLP MUNSON, PATRICIA H

3624 Ex Parte Milton et al 13769736 - (D) SILVERMAN 102 101 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP ROTARU, OCTAVIAN

3625 Ex Parte Stibel et al 13475377 - (D) BAIN 101 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP AIRAPETIAN, MILA

3625 Ex Parte Tarinelli et al 11187310 - (D) BAIN 101 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP AIRAPETIAN, MILA

3625 Ex Parte Zamani 13037177 - (D) CHEN 101 DLA PIPER LLP (US ) DESAI, RESHA

3628 Ex Parte Barillec et al 12661527 - (D) FISCHETTI 101 Thompson Hine LLP JOSEPH, TONY A S

3628 Ex Parte Jain et al 13344596 - (D) MORGAN 101 MICROSOFT CORPORATION CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIER

3629 Ex Parte Ponnalagu et al 12885870 - (D) STEPHENS 103 101 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC BAHL, SANGEETA

3647 Ex Parte Malek et al 13878855 - (D) MARTIN 112(2) 103 Karceski IP Law, PLLC BADAWI, MEDHAT

3649 Ex Parte Frader-Thompson et al 12946011 - (D) MARTIN 112(1)/112(2) 103 AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP BORISSOV, IGOR N

3659 Ex Parte Hoffman et al 14282274 - (D) KORNICZKY 112(1)/102 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL HLAVKA, DAVID J

3681 Ex Parte LEMPHERS et al 13830666 - (D) KRIVAK 112(1)/103 101 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP BRADY, MARIE P.

3682 Ex Parte Grigoroscuta et al 12474341 - (D) FINAMORE 102/103 101/102 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 DAGNEW, SABA

3682 Ex Parte Peterson et al 13916107 - (D) MORGAN 101/103 TARGET BRANDS, INC. REINHARDT, RICHARD G

3685 Ex Parte Nishimura et al 13565002 - (D) BENNETT 101/103 YEE AND ASSOCIA TES, P.C. WINTER, JOHN M

3685 Ex Parte OCONNELL et al 13444947 - (D) EVANS 112(2)/102/103 Brown & Michaels (END) c/o Brown & Michaels, PC IMMANUEL, ISIDORA I

3686 Ex Parte Metzger 13174856 - (D) DEJMEK 101 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner I Zimmer TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL

3689 Ex Parte Waite et al 13690574 - (D) FINAMORE 112(2)/103 GARDNER GROFF GREENWALD & VILLANUEVA. PC MINCARELLI, JAN P

3691 Ex Parte COX et al 13739204 - (D) FINAMORE 103 112(2)/101 MASTERCARD C/O Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS

3691 Ex Parte Rekhi et al 13286938 - (D) FINAMORE 101 Maschoff Brennan/ PayPal CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS

3691 Ex Parte Rekhi et al 13543073 - (D) FINAMORE 101 Maschoff Brennan/ PayPal CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS

3693 Ex Parte Boswell et al 10028284 - (D) SILVERMAN 101 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP KHATTAR, RAJESH

3694 Ex Parte Crawford et al 10969767 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 101/103 41.50 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP CRANFORD, MICHAEL D

3694 Ex Parte Mehew et al 12890296 - (D) McCARTNEY 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP CRANFORD, MICHAEL D

3695 Ex Parte GREBECK et al 14059194 - (D) HUTCHINGS 101 Bookoff McAndrews DONLON, RYAN D

3696 Ex Parte FLITCROFT et al 14150231 - (D) CRAWFORD 101 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC CHANG, EDWARD

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte House et al 12490026 - (D) BROWN 112(1)/101 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. c/o Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP HSU, RYAN

3723 Ex Parte Van Der Veen et al 13062430 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 McNair Law Firm, P.A. - Husqvarna MORGAN, EILEEN P

3724 Ex Parte Weiland et al 14470792 - (D) KORNICZKY 112(2) 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP RILEY, JONATHAN G

3743 Ex Parte Maguire 14272721 - (D) WARNER 103 FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP LAU, JASON

3745 Ex Parte DAVIDSON et al 14290352 - (D) BROWN 103 McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L

3753 Ex Parte Uhland et al 12987563 - (D) KERINS 103 112(2) CROWELL & MORING LLP REID, MICHAEL ROBERT

3753 Ex Parte Schroeder 14121298 - (D) MARTIN 103 Paul M. Denk TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE

3762 Ex Parte Hauck et al 11647296 - (D) LEBOVITZ 112(2) 103 Wiley Rein LLP NGANGA, BONIFACE N

3765 Ex Parte Polstein et al 13459590 - (D) STEPHENS 103 Beusse, Wolter, Sanks & Maire PLLC TRIEU, TIMOTHY K

3782 Ex Parte GUM 14287117 - (D) GUIJT 103 41.50 103 KF ROSS PC ATTEL, NINA KAY