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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Gore et al 14104663 - (D) FREDMAN 103/OTDP LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK SONG, JIANFENG

1619 Ex Parte Samain et al 13378569 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 JONES ROBB, PLLC (w/Nony & Partners) PROSSER, ALISSA J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1798 Ex Parte Mott et al 14824635 - (D) ROBERTSON 102/103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY KWAK, DEAN P

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Tzur et al 13828226 - (D) FRAHM 103 Paradice and Li LLP/Qualcomm REN, ZHUBING

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2667 Ex Parte Zaitsev et al 14461216 - (D) CHUNG 102/103 LENOVO-JVL C/0 LESLIE A. VAN LEEUWEN YANG, WEI WEN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte Das et al 13835342 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. MARUF, SHEIKH

A central issue in this appeal is the proper construction of the limitation "a dopant concentration of at least 2.0 x 1019 cm-3 to a depth of 3000 A" as recited in claim 1. See Amazon.com, Inc. v. Barnesandnoble.com, Inc., 239 F.3d 1343, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2001) ("Only when a claim is properly understood can a determination be made ... whether the prior art anticipates and/or renders obvious the claimed invention."). The Examiner takes the position that the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation is that the doping regions have a dopant concentration of at least 2.0 x 1019 cm-3 and the doping regions are doped to a depth of 3000 A (see Final 3; Ans. 5). On the other hand, Appellant's position is that this limitation should be interpreted such that the doping regions have a dopant concentration profile of at least 2.0 x 1019 cm-3 all the way to a depth of 3000 A (see Appeal Br. 6-7; Reply Br. 2). 
...
This limitation, as recited in claim 1, uses the operative term, "to," which according to Appellant functions to indicate a limit or extent (Reply Br. 2). We find that the definition of "to" is that it is a function word that can serve a variety of different purposes including as an indication of movement, direction, contact, limit, extent, relative position, purpose, intention, tendency, result, proportion, etc. We first note that, though "to" is a function word that has a variety of different purposes, none of those purposes is as a coordinating conjunction as the Examiner's position requires. In addition, we find that one of ordinary skill in the art would have understood, in light of Appellant's Specification, that "to" as used in the limitation in question in claim 1 is a function word indicating a limit or extent. Thus, the broadest reasonable construction of the limitation in question is, as Appellant contends, the doping regions have a dopant concentration profile of at least 2.0 x 1019 cm-3 all the way to a depth of 3000 A.

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3679 Ex Parte Bellin et al 13510880 - (D) KERINS 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. LAMBE, PATRICK F

3679 Ex Parte SHAFER et al 14325589 - (D) GUIJT 102/103 ConocoPhillips Company WOOD, DOUGLAS S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3775 Ex Parte Asnis et al 14146347 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2466 Ex Parte Oksman et al 11732968 - (D) SAADAT 103 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC CRUTCHFIELD, CHRISTOPHER M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Ex Parte Pal 14032115 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 112(2)/103 103 Seed IP Law Group/DISH Technologies (290110) TERRELL, EMILY C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Keggenhoff et al 12544267 - (D) MURPHY 102/103 102/103 41.50 112(4) Covestro LLC REIS, RYAN ALEXANDER

3671 Ex Parte FOSTER et al 13711653 - (D) HOELTER 103 112(2) CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC MISA, JOAN D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Dumousseaux 11100566 - (D) FREDMAN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. CHUI, MEI PING

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Baker et al 14823441 - (D) HANLON 103 Burris Law, PLLC ROE, JESSEE RANDALL

1782 Ex Parte Finley et al 13847072 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 Sealed Air Corporation PATTERSON, MARC A

1787 Ex Parte Toyama et al 13910605 - (D) CASHION 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP SHUKLA, KRUPA

1789 Ex Parte Sugiura et al 13377289 - (D) INGLESE 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. WORRELL, KEVIN

2155 Ex Parte Bardwil 14489913 - (D) BEAMER 101 103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. C/O FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP HOFFLER, RAHEEM

2166 Ex Parte Bagley et al 11314984 - (D) WINSOR 103 CRGO LAW LIN, SHEW FEN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Ackley et al 13590116 - (D) BUSCH 103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. C/0 FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP CHOWDHURY, NIGAR

2498 Ex Parte AMULOTHU et al 14525339 - (D) DIXON 103 IBM END IPLA W (GLF) c/o Garg Law Firm, PLLC KING, JOHN B

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Huque et al 13583157 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 112(2)/103 Seed IP Law Group LLP/ST (EP ORIGINATING) DU, HUNG K

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2825 Ex Parte Sridhara 14679644 - (D) BEST 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED BUl,THA-OH

2857 Ex Parte POOLE 13398060 - (D) CASHION 101/103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC SCHECHTER, ANDREW M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3678 Ex Parte Emborg 14356509 - (D) GUIJT 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Osorio 13333235 - (D) FITZPATRICK 101/103 Stephen Eisenmann CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY

3737 Ex Parte Barthe et al 13863249 - (D) ADAMS 112(2) 103 Quarles & Brady LLP/Guided Therapy Systems, LLC MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP

3739 Ex Parte Cao et al 12893707 - (D) PRATS 103 Wiley Rein LLP GOOD, SAMANTHA M

3762 Ex Parte INUI et al 12570213 - (D) PESLAK 112(1) SUGHRUE-265550 BERTRAM, ERIC D

3763 Ex Parte Horvath et al 13138305 - (D) HOELTER 103 Dickinson Wright - BD CARPENTER, WILLIAM R

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1781 Ex Parte Anderson et al 14059040 - (D) OWENS 103 41.50 112(2) 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY VONCH, JEFFREY A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2449 Ex Parte Anantharaju 14231823 - (D) DEJMEK 103 MHKKG (CA Technologies) NGUYEN, TRUONG

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Blechman 14588304 - (D) COURTENAY 101 HolzerIPLaw, PC dba Holzer Patel Drennan BURGESS, JOSEPH D

The patent eligibility inquiry may contain underlying issues of fact. Mortg. Grader, Inc. v. First Choice Loan Servs. Inc., 811 F.3d 1314, 1325 (Fed. Cir. 2016). In particular, "[t]he question of whether a claim element or combination of elements is well-understood, routine and conventional to a skilled artisan in the relevant field is a question of fact." Berkheimer v. HP Inc., 881 F.3d 1360, 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2018). 
...
As additional support for their argument, Appellant (Reply Br. 5) also cites to the new examination procedure published online by the USPTO on April 19, 2018, entitled "Changes in Examination Procedure Pertaining to Subject Matter Eligibility, Recent Subject Matter Eligibility Decision (Berkheimer v. HP, Inc.)" (hereinafter "USPTO Memorandum").

Mortgage Grader, Inc. v. First Choice Loan Servs., 811 F.3d. 1314, 117 USPQ2d 1693 (Fed. Cir. 2015) 2106.04(a)(2)

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Stallings et al 11500208 - (D) CHUNG 103 103 VERIZON LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex Parte Henry et al 14695092 - (D) BENNETT 103 103 AT&T Legal Department - G&G FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Kim et al 13629641 - (D) HASTINGS 103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY SNELTING, ERIN LYNN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Berg et al 14448863 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Google Technology Holdings LLC (32367) SEYEDVOSOGHI, FARID

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Forman et al 12623221 - (D) POTHIER 103 101 HP Inc. KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE

3627 Ex Parte Fox 11139875 - (D) CRAWFORD 101 Garlick & Markison (IH) REFAI, RAMSEY

3681 Ex Parte Moshfeghi 13484259 - (D) BAUMEISTER 101 Makoui Law, PC REFAI, SAM M

3683 Ex Parte Amento et al 13751722 - (D) CHUNG 101 AT & T LEGAL DEPARTMENT-Toler MILLER, ALAN S

3686 Ex Parte Mun et al 14016650 - (D) WIEDER 101 James M Smedley LLC TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL

3692 Ex Parte Thomas et al 12917396 - (D) CLEMENTS 101 Vista IP Law Group LLP / Intuit Inc. MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3774 Ex Parte AMOS 13559229 - (D) GRIMES 103 KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC IWAMAYE, ANDREW MICHAEL

may

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Newton et al 12670834 - (D) FREDMAN 103/OTDP MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP GREENE, NAN A

The presumption of obviousness based on a reference disclosing structurally similar compounds may be overcome where there is evidence showing there is no reasonable expectation of similar properties in structurally similar compounds. In re May, 574 F.2d 1082, (CCPA 1978) ( appellant produced sufficient evidence to establish a substantial degree of unpredictability in the pertinent art area, and thereby rebutted the presumption that structurally similar compounds have similar properties). 

May, In re, 574 F.2d 1082, 197 USPQ 601 (CCPA 1978) 716.02(c) , 1207.03(a) , 2112.02 , 2144.08 , 2144.09

1653 Ex Parte Du et al 14005038 - (D) FLAX 103 HAUG PARTNERS LLP CHONG, STEPHEN M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1763 Ex Parte van de Wetering et al 14313112 - (D) RANGE 103 Cantor Colburn - SABIC General USELDING, JOHN E

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Ex Parte Ryynanen et al 11409517 - (D) HOFF 102/103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP c/o Alston & Bird LLP JOSEPH, DENNIS P

2632 Ex Parte Ling et al 14918793 - (D) FRAHM 103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD CADEAU, WEDNEL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3695 Ex Parte ODOM et al 13007475 - (D) KIM 101 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - Seattle SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Catlett 13774957 - (D) STAICOVICI 102/103 Parsons Behle & Latimer HERACKLIS, JAMES OMER

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte Vitek et al 14004189 - (D) SMITH 103 103 FAURECIA c/o Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C. MCCLAIN, WILLIAM E

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1722 Ex Parte REIFFENRATH et al 14660172 - (D) HASTINGS 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. MALLOY, ANNA E

1777 Ex Parte Liang et al 13894018 - (D) SNAY 103 LEYDIG VOIT & MA YER, LTD HUANG, RYAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Ex Parte Kolar et al 14633428 - (D) HORNER 102/103 Ford Global Technologies, LLC/ King & Schickli, PLLC WILHELM, TIMOTHY

3627 Ex Parte Zoldi et al 13367344 - (D) HOFF 101 Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. REFAI, RAMSEY

3628 Ex Parte Wu et al 13298949 - (D) FRAHM 101 Conduent/Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC EPSTEIN, BRIAN M

3631 Ex Parte ANTICUAR et al 14924798 - (D) CAPP 112(2) 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. GUAN, GUANG H

3654 Ex Parte Hubbard et al 14351349 - (D) STAICOVICI 112(2)/103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Otis Elevator MANSEN, MICHAEL R

3696 Ex Parte Sagalow et al 12390895 - (D) SILVERMAN 101 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD NIQUETTE, ROBERT R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Green et al 12895737 - (D) BAUMEISTER 101 PERKINS COIE LLP - SEA General BULLINGTON, ROBERT P

3744 Ex Parte HEIL et al 12512669 - (D) O'HANLON 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP RUPPERT, ERIC S

3775 Ex Parte FELDER 14023400 - (D) MILLS 103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP GIBSON, ERIC SHANE

heck, lemelson, intercontinental

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Yoshihara et al 14314728 - (D) BEST 103 HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C. BURKHART, ELIZABETH A

1727 Ex Parte Birke et al 12597377 - (D) BEST 103 41.50 103 RATNERPRESTIA LAIOS, MARIA J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2139 Ex Parte BLAKE et al 14692959 - (D) DEJMEK 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. HO, AARON D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2691 Ex Parte Simmons 14448472 - (D) PETTIGREW 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./ Atmel Corporation YANG, KWANG-SU

2689 Ex Parte Brodersen et al 12401350 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & G (Apple) HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Rothman et al 11282644 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 41.50 112(2)/101 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP/JPMorgan Chase DURAN, ARTHUR D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Robinson 13126466 - (D) JENKS 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KINNARD, LISA M

3744 Ex Parte Patel et al 13091705 - (D) HORNER 103 Kinney & Lange, P.A. COMINGS, DANIEL C

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte KITAZATO 14626216 - (D) AMUNDSON 102/103 OTDP OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. MARANDI, JAMES R

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte Ritter 14703607 - (D) DEJMEK 103 103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP LE, SARAH

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2822 Ex Parte LIN 14466412 - (D) HASTINGS 103 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. WALL, VINCENT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Burdick et al 13139537 - (D) JENKS 102/103 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP FALKOWITZ, ANNA R

"The use of patents as references is not limited to what the patentees describe as their own inventions or to the problems with which they are concerned. They are part of the literature of the art, relevant for all they contain." In re Heck, 699 F.2d 1331, 1332-33 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (quoting In re Lemelson, 397 F.2d 1006, 1009 (CCPA 1968).

Heck, In re, 699 F.2d 1331, 216 USPQ 1038 (Fed. Cir. 1983) 2123

Lemelson, In re, 397 F.2d 1006, 158 USPQ 275 (CCPA 1968) 2123

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Coleman et al 12191751 - (D) HASTINGS 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP FELTON, MICHAEL J

In addition, we emphasize that, although secondary considerations such as unexpected results must be taken into account, they do not necessarily control the obviousness conclusion. Intercontinental Great Brands (Kraft) v. Kellogg, 869 F.3d 1336, 1345--46 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (there are some prima facie obviousness cases so strong that they are impossible to overcome even with the best possible secondary indicia of nonobviousness)

1766 Ex Parte Scherzer et al 13588446 - (D) GARRIS 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) KAHN, RACHEL

1781 Ex Parte Shigeta 13639036 - (D) GARRIS 103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC SAWDON, ALICIA JANE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2173 Ex Parte Wilson 12913203 - (D) SHAW 103 Baker Botts LLP/CA Technologies BASOM, BLAINE T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2467 Ex Parte Wager et al 14381492 - (D) NAPPI 103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. WEI, SIREN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Ex Parte Susitaival et al 14793884 - (D) NAPPI 112(2)/103/OTDP BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. MIAH, LITON

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte OMULLAN et al 14704044 - (D) HANLON 102/103 Timothy M. Honeycutt HAGAN, SEAN P

2886 Ex Parte Hillis et al 13623041 - (D) REN 103 Elwha LLC c/o Polsinelli PC AMARA, MOHAMED K

2892 Ex Parte Castro et al 14838729 - (D) DELMENDO 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED ZHU, SHENG-BAI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Jacob Sushil et al 13554049 - (D) BAUMEISTER 101 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP YESILDAG, MEHMET

3629 Ex Parte Cloran 14136003 - (D) FETTING 101/103 103 FENWICK & WEST LLP MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A

3629 Ex Parte GIL et al 13326336 - (D) FETTING 103 101 Facebook/Fenwick FLEISCHER, MARK A

3629 Ex Parte Lutnick 11616756 - (D) JEFFERY 112(1)/101 103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A

3688 Ex Parte Prehofer et al 12329499 - (D) FETTING 103 101 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. REAGAN, JAMES A

3693 Ex Parte HAMOR 13958961 - (D) FETTING 101 Charles A. Rattner KHATTAR, RAJESH

3693 Ex Parte Priebatsch 14107677 - (D) WIEDER 101 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (BO) KHATTAR, RAJESH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Garbers et al 14461798 - (D) SAWERT Dissenting-in-Part ADAMS 112(2) 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY GILL, JENNIFER FRANCES

3762 Ex Parte McNamara et al 12425361 - (D) NEW 103 BRAEMAR MANUFACTURING, LLC WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL

packard

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Prencipe et al 12866766 - (D) FREDMAN 112(2)/103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY MILLIGAN, ADAM C

[The indefiniteness] requirement is not a demand for unreasonable precision. The requirement, applied to the real world of modem technology, does not contemplate in every case a verbal precision of the kind found in mathematics. Nor could it do so in a patent system that actually works, in practice, to provide effective protection for modem-day inventions. Rather, how much clarity is required necessarily invokes some standard of reasonable precision in the use of language in the context of the circumstances. 

In re Packard, 751, F.3d 1307, 1313 (Fed. Cir. 2014). 

Packard, In re, 751 F.3d 1307, 110 USPQ2d 1785 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2173.02 , 2173.05(a) , 2173.05(e) , 2173.06

1618 Ex Parte Prater et al 11603766 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. VU, JAKE MINH

1634 Ex Parte GELFAND et al 12421188 - (D) NEW 112(1)/101 ROCHE / KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP SISSON, BRADLEY L

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ex Parte Desai et al 13905429 - (D) OWENS 112(1)/103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. WALES, CHRISTINA H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3739 Ex Parte Daw et al 13362773 - (D) SHAH 103 C. R. Bard, Inc./BBS DELLA,JAYMI E

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 Ex Parte Puttaswamy Naga et al 13448661 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102/103 112(2) FAY SHARPE/NOKIA MOORAD, IMRAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Montgomery 13242489 - (D) BAHR 103 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. VENNE, DANIEL V

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte MURAMOTO et al 14327822 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 MOLEX, LLC LIU, TRACY

1618 Ex Parte Ashmore et al 14369088 - (D) FLAX 103 ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY c/o The Dow Chemical Company CABRAL, ROBERTS

1625 Ex Parte BRANDENBURG et al 14694155 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION DESAI, RITA J

1631 Ex Parte Lea et al 11632746 - (D) FREDMAN 103 TRASKBRITT, P.C. HARWARD, SOREN T

1633 Ex Parte Kinsella et al 13825543 - (D) PRATS 103 Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP LEA VITT, MARIA GOMEZ

1675 Ex Parte Riggs-Sauthier et al 14122384 - (D) PRATS 103 NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS COFFA, SERGIO

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 Ex Parte Smythe 14267950 - (D) BEST 102 41.50 103 INFINEUM USA L.P. VASISTH, VISHAL V

1797 Ex Parte Gentle et al 12382979 - (D) HOUSEL 112(1)/102 103 Botos Churchill IP Law LLP GAKH, YELENA G

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2194 Ex Parte Daum et al 13972991 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 GE GPO- Transportation- The Small Patent Law Group CHEN, ZHAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2844 Ex Parte SEGERS 14532908 - (D) HASTINGS 103 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG

2855 Ex Parte Beer et al 13809413 - (D) REN 102/103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) DEVITO, ALEX T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Gibbs 12674895 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 FULWIDER PATTON LLP VENNE, DANIEL V

3683 Ex Parte AGARWAL et al 13099504 - (D) AMUNDSON 112(1)/112(2) 101/103 Law Office of Jim Boice AUSTIN, JAMIE H

3696 Ex Parte Herr 12157734 - (D) CUTITTA 101/103 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. c/o Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP TROTTER, SCOTTS

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Kosa et al 14568216 - (D) NEW 103 Covidien LP TYSON, MELANIE RUANO

3782 Ex Parte HANNA 14267426 - (D) PLENZLER 103 FLYNN THIEL BOUTELL & TANIS, P.C. NEWHOUSE, NATHAN JEFFREY

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
3752 AIRBUS S.A.S. Requester, Cross-appellant and Respondent v. FIREPASS CORPORATION Patent Owner, Appellant and Respondent Ex Parte 7,207,392 et al 11199770 95001553 - (D) SONG 102 41.77 103 The Law Office of Roger S. Thompson THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP GRAHAM, MATTHEW C original GANEY, STEVEN J

REHEARING

DENIED
1618 BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC. Requester v. ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. Patent Owner Ex Parte 6521831 et al 95000196 - (R) FLAX 103 ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY c/o The Dow Chemical Company CABRAL, ROBERTS

gal

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Kim et al 13882715 - (D) MILLS 103 HARNESS, DICKEY, & PIERCE, P.L.C RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1718 Ex Parte Tam et al 12856747 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP- -Applied Materials YU, YUECHUAN

1724 Ex Parte Rhodes et al 13917758 - (D) OWENS 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL LYLES-IRVING, CARMEN V

1789 Ex Parte KUNTZ 13283830 - (D) FRANKLIN 102/103 CROWELL & MORING LLP MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2414 Ex Parte Behravan et al 13522106 - (D) BAIN 103 Sage Patent Group/Zacco NGUYEN, STEVEN HD

2455 Ex Parte Donin De Rosiere 12668924 - (D) MacDONALD 103 GREER, BURNS & CRAIN, LTD YU, XIANG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Huyi et al 13785622 - (D) MORGAN 103 Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (Google) HOANG, PHI

3638 Ex Parte ARLABÃN GABEIRAS et al 14134974 - (D) REIMERS 103 PONS9301/BSTZ SADLON, JOSEPH

3646 Ex Parte Stauffer 13156544 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP BURKE, SEAN P

3663 Ex Parte Sun 14502508 - (D) MARTIN 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L NGUYEN, CUONG H

3697 Ex Parte Arthur et al 14052397 - (D) CURCURI 103 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP GREGG, MARY M

3697 Ex Parte Chua 10893651 - (D) EVANS 101 IMPERIUM PATENT WORKS FU, HAO

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Wilke et al 12839156 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 K&L Gates LLP-Chicago LYNCH, ROBERT A

3737 Ex Parte Soltani et al 13176613 - (D) GUIJT 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP BRUTUS, JOEL F

3742 Ex Parte BAJAJ et al 13801127 - (D) HILL 102/103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP- -Applied Materials JENNISON, BRIAN W

3742 Ex Parte Forbes Jones et al 14524052 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED NGUYEN, HUNG D

3742 Ex Parte Kleinert et al 14059029 - (D) OSINSKI 103 ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC. PAIK, SANG YEOP

3744 Ex Parte Thompson 13114205 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier FURDGE, LARRY L

3761 Ex Parte CAMRAS et al 14473228 - (D) MARTIN 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP DEAK, LESLIE R

3762 Ex Parte Bischoff et al 13810169 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. NGANGA, BONIFACE N

3762 Ex Parte Leven 14091863 - (D) MAJORS 112(1)/103 41.50 103 Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. c/o Lowe Graham Jones EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES

3765 Ex Parte Turner 14227238 - (D) REIMERS 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY

3782 Ex Parte Benignos 13904740 - (D) ASTORINO 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J

3782 Ex Parte Flatebo et al 13901942 - (D) REIMERS 103 Brown, Winick, Graves, Gross, Baskerville and Schoenebaum, P.L.C BATTISTI, DEREK J

3782 Ex Parte Huerta et al 12313396 - (D) ENGELS 103 Cryovac Inc. HELVEY, PETER N.

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte McFadden 14215034 - (D) CHEN 101/103 103 Brian McFadden ALMAN!, MOHSEN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte Tapia 13831082 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 103 Lee & Hayes, PLLC LI, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Cernat et al 14378789 - (D) HANLON 103 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP BOLTON, WILLIAM A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3633 Ex Parte RULAND et al 14548517 - (D) KERINS 103 103 Harrington & Smith, Attorneys At Law, LLC IHEZIE, JOSHUA K

3671 Ex Parte Bianchi et al 14111081 - (D) BAHR 102/103 102/103 Neal Gerber & Eisenberg, LLP - Studio Torta MAYO-PINNOCK, TARA LEIGH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte McROBERTS et al 13858983 - (D) HILL 103 103 THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION MORGAN, EILEEN P

Design choice is an insufficient basis for a conclusion of obviousness where use of the claimed feature solves a stated problem. ... In re Gal, 980 F.2d 717, 719 (Fed. Cir. 1992) (design choice precluded when claimed structure and the function it performs are different from the prior art). Appellants' Specification states that the field coils 406 facing a front and a rear of the sander, and the relative offset of the brush boxes 432 with respect to the field coils, allows a reduced height sander that decreases user fatigue. Spec. ,r,r 5, 11, 32-34, and 36; Figs. 3-8. Reducing fatigue solves a problem.

3731 Ex Parte Decre et al 13126283 - (D) LAVIER 103 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P.A YABUT, DIANE D

3735 Ex Parte TERADA et al 13224452 - (D) MILLS 112(2)/101 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY

3744 Ex Parte Alekseev et al 14345717 - (D) BAHR 103 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL

3744 Ex Parte Schneider et al 13261402 - (D) BROWN 112(1) 103 MARSHALL & MELHORN, LLC RUSSELL, DEVON L

3761 Ex Parte GRAY et al 13653169 - (D) ASTORINO 103 103 KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC TOWNSEND, GUY K

3788 Ex Parte Tomes et al 14265920 - (D) SHAH 103 103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC POON, ROBERT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1674 Ex Parte SCHWARTZ et al 14482950 - (D) COTTA 101 103 Parker Highlander PLLC ZARA, JANE J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Hilkene et al 12939713 - (D) McMANUS 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP- -Applied Materials DAGENAIS-ENGLEHAR, KRISTEN A

1717 Ex Parte Kolb et al 13258029 - (D) PRAISS 103 41.50 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY DAGENAIS-ENGLEHAR, KRISTEN A

1781 Ex Parte ENDO et al 14597587 - (D) BEST 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. YANG, ZHEREN J

1782 Ex Parte King 14090275 - (D) McMANUS 103 CORNING INCORPORATED FROST, ANTHONY J

1783 Ex Parte HATTORI et al 15295855 - (D) INGLESE 103 KENEALY VAIDYA LLP DILLON, DANIEL P

1794 Ex Parte Senda et al 13808055 - (D) GUPTA 103 HOWSON & HOWSON LLP BAND, MICHAEL A

1797 Ex Parte DECOUX et al 14087612 - (D) HEANEY 102/103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. XU, XIAO YUN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2115 Ex Parte CHALAPURADUDI BANDIGOWDA et al 13753835 - (D) CHEN 103 Cozen O'Connor SHECHTMAN, SEAN P

2158 Ex Parte AGRAWAL et al 14230676 - (D) LENTIVECH 102/103 TUTUNJIAN & BITETTO, P.C. BOCCIO, VINCENT F

2181 Ex Parte Jayaseelan et al 13739161 - (D) McMILLIN 103 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. c/o Davidson Sheehan LLP HUSON, ZACHARY K

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Govindaraju 13714325 - (D) HUME 112(2) 102/103 APPLE c/o MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP LA JACKSON, JENISE E

2452 Ex Parte Liu et al 13800633 - (D) BUI 112(1)/112(2) 102/103 Keller Jolley Preece/Facebook AUNG, AYE M

2452 Ex Parte Shi et al 14791946 - (D) KRIVAK 102/103 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP/Magna GREENE, JOSEPH L

2474 Ex Parte Sahlin et al 14130596 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC ZHANG, ZHENSHENG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2618 Ex Parte Coutinho et al 13100980 - (D) POTHIER 103 MAYER & WILLIAMS PC HILL, SCHILLER D

2621 Ex Parte Alameh et al 14829107 - (D) STRAUSS 103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group CHOW, WING H

2644 Ex Parte XU et al 13724264 - (D) BUSCH 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP ELNOUBI, SAID M

2646 Ex Parte TRAU et al 15023985 - (D) KRIVAK 103 DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH (DC) LAFONTANT, GARY

2668 Ex Parte Wisniewski et al 14191688 - (D) JEFFERY 103 FGTL/Burgess Law Office, PLLC YANG,QIAN

2689 Ex Parte Colburn 14699013 - (D) MORGAN 103/OTDP CANTOR COLBURN LLP BEE, ANDREW W.

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2844 Ex Parte CHOI et al 14257459 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE P.L.C. (Marvell) YANG, AMY K

2851 Ex Parte YEO et al 14162340 - (D) SNAY 102 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. PARIHAR, SUCHIN

2862 Ex Parte MOTL et al 13398114 - (D) TIMM 101 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC NGON, RICKY

2864 Ex Parte Chen et al 14417439 - (D) SQUIRE 101 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. C/0 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C. AIELLO, JEFFREY P

2882 Ex Parte Tani et al 14416270 - (D) HANLON 103 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC LE, BAO-LUAN Q

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte GAU et al 14923579 - (D) CAPP 112(1) THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY KOTTER, KIP T

3623 Ex Parte Cohen et al 14030287 - (D) THOMAS 101 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) KASSIM, HAFIZ A

3624 Ex Parte Shevelenko et al 13437823 - (D) HUGHES 112(1)/103 101 Facebook/Fenwick SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N

3625 Ex Parte TEMARES et al 13104461 - (D) STRAUSS 112(2)/101/132 DENTONS US LLP (CITI CUSTOMER NUMBER) GARG, YOGESH C

3627 Ex Parte Bach 12872230 - (D) KOHUT 103 101 HERE Global/ Alston & Bird REFAI, RAMSEY

3627 Ex Parte Ferguson 12191788 - (D) STRAUSS 101/103 CENTRAL COAST PATENT AGENCY, INC SHEIKH, ASFAND M

3627 Ex Parte WALKER et al 13036189 - (D) CRAIG 112(2)/101 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. WILDER, ANDREW H

3629 Ex Parte Kister 13831096 - (D) LENTIVECH 101/103 ARRIS Enterprises, LLC PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT

3634 Ex Parte CHAPPUIS et al 14313538 - (D) WARNER 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL KELLY, CATHERINE A

3656 Ex Parte SAITO et al 14319665 - (D) BAHR 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP CICCHINO, PATRICK D

3658 Ex Parte NISHI et al 14450876 - (D) OSINSKI 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP SUAREZ, ERNESTO A

3665 Ex Parte Zagajac et al 14563101 - (D) REIMERS 101/102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL HUTCHINSON, ALAND

3674 Ex Parte XU et al 14228152 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 HALLIBURTON/POLSINELLI RUNYAN, SILVANAC

3677 Ex Parte Bellino et al 14485296 - (D) MARTIN 103 Dority & Manning, PA and General Electric Company SAETHER, FLEMMING

3682 Ex Parte Varghese et al 13756360 - (D) DANG 101 102/103 Facebook/Fenwick UBALE, GAUTAM

3683 Ex Parte Gilgur et al 12036167 - (D) LENTIVECH 101/103 Winstead PC (Dell) GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE

3684 Ex Parte Morton et al 13610236 - (D) FISCHETTI 101/103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A. CASEY, ALEXIS M

3691 Ex Parte French et al 13089231 - (D) McSHANE 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA KANERVO, VIRPI H

3692 Ex Parte Blair et al 14332107 - (D) BENNETT 103 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B

3692 Ex Parte Chan et al 14601914 - (D) THOMAS 101/103 Mastercard International Incorporated c/o Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B

3692 Ex Parte Marynowski et al 14862839 - (D) FISCHETTI 101 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) FELTEN, DANIEL S

3693 Ex Parte Chapin et al 13115983 - (D) BUI 101 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP MERCHANT, SHAHID R

3693 Ex Parte Greenstein 14088593 - (D) CURCURI 112(2)/101/103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC BORLING HAUS, JASON M

3693 Ex Parte Hockridge et al 14246932 - (D) HUME 101 103 DUANE MORRIS LLP - DC WARDEN, MICHAEL J

3693 Ex Parte Karaki 14508706 - (D) LENTIVECH 101/103 AKERMAN LLP WARDEN, MICHAEL J

3697 Ex Parte Balasubramanian et al 14026209 - (D) FISCHETTI 101 The Webb Law Firm/ Visa International APPLE, KIRSTEN SACHWITZ

3697 Ex Parte Phillips et al 13931025 - (D) KHAN 101/103 Mastercard International Incorporated c/o Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC GREGG, MARY M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Meijer et al 13501988 - (D) KERINS 103 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MACFARLANE, EVAN H

3731 Ex Parte Sargeant et al 14144884 - (D) NEW 103 Covidien LP TYSON, MELANIE RUANO

3731 Ex Parte Smith et al 11541105 - (D) HILL 103 MAYBACK & HOFFMAN, P.A. ORKIN, ALEXANDER J

3743 Ex Parte Barrows 14737833 - (D) BAHR 103 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. LAUX, DAVID J

3743 Ex Parte Greene et al 12991283 - (D) ENGELS 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - UTC Fire and Security HEYAMOTO, AARON H

3745 Ex Parte Hyatt et al 13630843 - (D) REIMERS 103 O'Shea Getz P.C. BEEBE, JOSHUA R

3762 Ex Parte Sharareh et al 11414009 - (D) COTTA 112(2) 102/103 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC EISEMAN, LYNSEY C

3771 Ex Parte Young 13508522 - (D) GUIJT 103 41.50 103 TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP STANIS, TIMOTHY A

3782 Ex Parte Carlisle 13919420 - (D) BROWN 102 MCKELLAR IP LAW, PLLC MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1744 GT WATER PRODUCTS, INC. Requester and Cross-appellant v. EUGENE H. LUOMA Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6,775,873 B2 et al 09734249 95001754 - (D) GUEST 102/103 Christensen, Fonder, Dardi & Herbert PLLC THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: Schlee IP International P.C. MCKANE, ELIZABETH L original CHIN, RANDALL E

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. Requester v. Patent of VIRNETX INC. Patent Owner Ex Parte 6839759 et al 10702522 95001746 - (R) POTHIER 102/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP POKRZYWA, JOSEPH R original ETIENNE, ARIO