sinclair

custom search

Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 YUMIOKA, Rina 14538113 JENKS 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. THOMAS, TIMOTHY P

1615 Gerhard Schmidmaier et al. 15091812 TOWNSEND 103 BakerHostetler SINGH, RANDEEP

“Reading a list and selecting a known compound to meet known requirements is no more ingenious than selecting the last piece to put into the last opening in a jig-saw puzzle.  It is not invention.”  Sinclair & Carroll Co. v. Interchemical Corp., 325 U.S. 327, 335 (1945)

Sinclair & Carroll Co. v. Interchemical Corp., 325 U.S. 327, 65 USPQ 297 (1945) 2144.07

1617 Schense, Jason et al. 13226618 CHANG 103/OTDP Pabst Patent Group LLP BROWE, DAVID

1618 NUTRAMAX LABORATORIES, INC. 15244374 GRIMES 102/103 112(2) KING & SCHICKLI, PLLC WESTERBERG, NISSA M

1636 Gregory Lohman et al. 13829489 COTTA 103 New England Biolabs, Inc. BROWN, MINDY G

1636 Collins, James J. et al. 13224776 FREDMAN 103 NIXON PEABODY LLP BROWN, MINDY G

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Anthony A. Digiovanni 14257762 MCGEE 103 Traskbritt, P.C. / Baker Hughes, Inc. CHRISTIE, ROSS J

1716 Haoquan Yan et al. 14705430 NAGUMO 101/103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Lam) KLUNK, MARGARET D

1731 Anthony A. Digiovanni 15400617 MCGEE 103 Traskbritt, P.C. / Baker Hughes, Inc. Baker Hughes, Inc. CHRISTIE, ROSS J

1732 Wong, Raymond J. et al. 13800317 ANKENBRAND 103 Kilyk & Bowersox, P.L.L.C. PATEL, SMITA S

1781 James Frederick. Krier et al. 14689515 CASHION 103 Quinn IP Law / Visteon SAWDON, ALICIA JANE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2133 Thierry Quere et al. 13698307 DIXON 102 THOMSON Licensing CHERY, MARDOCHEE

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Adeel Abbas et al. 15259512 STRAUSS 103 GAZDZINSKI & ASSOCIATES, PC HALLENBECK-HUBER, JEREMIAH CHARLES

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2627 James Trethewey et al. 13687167 McCARTNEY 102/103 International IP Law Group, P.L.L.C. YODICHKAS, ANEETA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 CHIBA, Shingo et al. 15238801 McMANUS 102 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC VU, HIEN D

2862 Arora, Deepesh et al. 14462068 INGLESE 101 Keysight Technologies, Inc. ANDERSON, LYNNE D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3642 Mathew V. Kaye 13994703 SONG Dissenting FITZPATRICK 112(1)/112(2)/103 FISHMAN STEWART PLLC TSANG, LISA L

3673 Conner, James E. et al. 14780714 HILL 103 Thrive IP HARE, DAVID R

3682 John Newman. Faith et al. 13928833 SILVERMAN 102/103 JOHNSON, ROBERT C JOHNSON, ROBERT C

3685 David Morin et al. 13620096 FETTING 103 41.50 101 Facebook/Fenwick AGWUMEZIE, CHINEDU CHARLES

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3726 Xie, Ming et al. 13687117 HOELTER 102/103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY c/o Trego, Hines & Ladenheim, PLLC KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M

3731 Ronald Zwaga et al. 13824834 PESLAK 103 THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C. TECCO, ANDREW M

3745 Kevin Mercer et al. 14710158 CALVE 102/103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier NGUYEN, NINH H

3752 ZOLLER, Uwe 13190402 FITZPATRICK 102/103 Robinson & Cole LLP BOECKMANN, JASON J

3791 Matthew J. Olson et al. 13719687 MAJORS 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP CERIONI, DANIEL LEE

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Sayeeda Mazed 15330358 WISZ 103 112(1)/103 41.50 103 Sayeeda Mazed PARK, HAEJIN S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Whirlpool Corporation 13923437 INGLESE 103 103 Whirlpool Corporation / McGarry Bair PC LEE, DOUGLAS

1777 Jonathan M. Dietz 13970242 HANLON 103 112(4) MEYER UNKOVIC & SCOTT LLP HUANG, RYAN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2139 HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP 14446191 GALLIGAN 103 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise WESTBROOK, MICHAEL L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3685 Vijay K. Aggarwal et al. 13586242 NAPPI 112(2)/103 112(1) GIBB & RILEY, LLC CASTILHO, EDUARDO D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 MTU Aero Engines AG 14384452 HOFFMANN 103 112(2) Abel Schillinger, LLP NORTON, JOHN J

3761 Alain Mariller 12937868 GREENHUT 103 112(2) Harness Dickey (Troy) HOANG, MICHAEL G

3762 Brian T. Branecky 13680907 PESLAK 112(2)/103 112(1)/103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) LIN, KO-WEI

3783 Bubenik, Janko et al. 13878305 GREENHUT 103 112(2) KLEIN, O'NEILL & SINGH, LLP ZAMORY, JUSTIN L

3791 David R. Whittaker et al. 13157627 DOUGAL 103 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. NGUYEN, HUONG Q

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Marsh, David A. et al. 13746592 KATZ 102 102/103 41.50 103 ALLERGAN, INC. MILLIGAN, ADAM C

1616 Mohammad, Hassan 13992946 NEW 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. LIU, SUE XU

1633 Chang, Esther H. et al. 12216715 VALEK 103 MEDLER FERRO WOODHOUSE & MILLS PLLC EPPS -SMITH, JANET L

1633 Preethi H. Gunaratne et al. 14059027 MAJORS 103 BENJAMIN A. ADLER POPA, ILEANA

1644 Zurawski, Gerard et al. 14887151 KATZ 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP HUYNH, PHUONG N

1653 Mangala P. Bajpai 12054129 FREDMAN 103 JENSEN & PUNTIGAM, P.S. MARTIN, PAUL C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Thorsten Hofmann et al. 14200264 SMITH 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) PHAM, THOMAS T

1725 Suss, Matthew et al. 14024540 PRAISS 103 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY LEONG, JONATHAN G

1764 Paola Massari et al. 13698608 DENNETT 102/103 LyondellBasell Industries KRYLOVA, IRINA

1798 Koshin Hamasaki et al. 14768771 REN 112(2) 103 MATTINGLY & MALUR, PC TURK, NEIL N

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Kirk J. Krauss 15081438 SHAW 103 MOLLBORN PATENTS, INC. KHOSHNOODI, FARIBORZ

2164 Tracy Ann. Weber et al. 15040265 SHAW 103 Change Healthcare LLC and Alston & Bird LLP c/o Alston & Bird LLP MAHMOOD, REZWANUL

2176 Michael Pierre. Carlson et al. 12822684 HAGY 112(1)/112(2)/101 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC DYER, ANDREW R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Scott Stilwell et al. 15130542 NAPPI 102/103 ARRIS Enterprises LLC NEWLIN, TIMOTHY R

2454 Fremlin, John Torres. et al. 13799581 DIRBA 103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P./FACEBOOK INC. NGANKAM, PATRICK F

2486 Benjamin Hendricks 13756097 NAPPI 112(1) 103 MAYER & WILLIAMS PC KWON, YONG JOON

2498 John Sidney. Stewart 15114560 BISK 103 MYERS WOLIN, LLC DUFFIELD, JEREMY S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 KIM, Tae-Young et al. 15480004 JEFFERY 102 41.50 102 Jefferson IP Law, LLP NGUYEN, TU X

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2862 Philip William. Kitchenside 14151594 TIMM 103 112(2)/101 WesternGeco L.L.C. FAIRBANKS, BRENT ALAN

2874 Van Der Mark, Martinus Bernardus. et al. 14439734 RANGE 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS CHU, CHRIS H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Silvio Tavares et al. 13447024 CRAIG 101/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA

3628 Dennis Mack 13073056 FETTING 101 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (United Parcel Service, Inc.) ZEROUAL, OMAR

3649 Howard W. Lutnick et al. 13336534 McCARTNEY 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. ZARE, SCOTT A

3656 NISHIMURA, Atsuhiro et al. 14720116 STAICOVICI 112(1)/112(2)/103 103/OTDP GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP MCGOVERN, BRIAN J

3683 Stephen Merwarth et al. 13456050 CHEN 101 Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP KO MILLER, ALAN S

3685 Rodriguez, Alan F. et al. 11818693 FETTING 112(2)/101/103 41.50 112(2)/101 Mr. Christopher John Rourk Jackson Walker LLP WINTER, JOHN M

3685 David Morin et al. 12623004 FETTING 101/103 41.50 101 Facebook/Fenwick RAVETTI, DANTE

3685 Devi Poellnitz 12854108 BUI 112(2) 101 Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP OBEID, MAMON A

3686 VENTEGRA, LLC. 14223623 PYONIN 101 LOCKE LORD LLP LE, LINH GIANG

3688 Tara Chand. Singhal 13769515 FETTING 101/103 Tara Chand Singhal PATEL, DIPEN M

3689 Woodard, Bridget et al. 12898204 FETTING 103 101 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP/Oracle WEISENFELD, ARYAN E

3693 Clark, Andrew et al. 13189128 MEDLOCK 101 Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP BARTLEY, KENNETH

3694 Ronald Scott. Alcorn et al. 14487652 MEDLOCK 101 112(1) KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP RANKINS, WILLIAM E

3695 Jacob Loveless 14348919 CYGAN 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

3695 Richard K. MacWilliams et al 13295420 MEYERS 101 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. LIU, CHIA-YI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Michael Nuttal 12854329 HORNER 112(1) 103 BGL HONG, THOMAS J

3731 Flam, Steve A. 13774203 CAPP 112(2)/103 Baker Donelson WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M

3736 Zambaux, Jean-Pascal et al. 13813182 CAPP 112(1)/112(2) 103 KING & SCHICKLI, PLLC ACKUN, JACOB K

3763 Caroline Schmid et al. 14039052 STEPINA 103 Strain & Strain PLLC THOMPSON, JASON N

3783 Foulds, Ian G. et al. 14867393 HILL 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B

3791 Ennett, Colleen et al. 14424055 HOELTER 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LIU, CHU CHUAN

3792 Uday N. Kumar et al. 15120655 SCHOPFER 103 SHAY GLENN LLP GETZOW, SCOTT M

3793 John C. Docherty et al. 14543429 STAICOVICI 103/OTDP Novadaq Technologies ULC c/o Morrison & Foerster LLP SMITH, RUTH S

Rehearing

Granted
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Adam Michalik et al. 14652716 COURTENAY 103 41.50 103 ABB - Whitmyer IP Group LLC HINSON, RONALD

Denied
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Thomas A. Howell et al. 13358588 MACDONALD 112(2) 101/103 IPVENTURE, INC. GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L

3683 PALLARI, Vincent Francis. et al. 11847686 MOHANTY 101 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP/Oracle MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

mcdaniel

custom search

Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 McGeer, Patrick L. et al. 13195216 COTTA 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA

1639 David R. Rank et al. 14318324 COTTA 102/103 Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2113 Steve Rabin 14288747 PINKERTON 101 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. MASKULINSKI, MICHAEL C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2432 Subbayya Chowdary. Yanamadala et al. 13280205 CYGAN 112(1) NORTH WEBER & BAUGH LLP POPHAM, JEFFREY D

2483 Jonatan Samuelsson et al. 13637242 BISK 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC SECHSER, JILL D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Onoyama, Yusuke et al. 14289259 WEINSCHENK Dissenting HOMERE 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) GYAWALI, BIPIN

2683 Lucian Cristache 13921976 DIXON 103 LOWE GRAHAM JONES, PLLC KHAN, OMER S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2818 Achim Trautmann et al. 14917009 PRAISS 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP VU, DAVID

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Brian Scott. Johnson et al. 14193219 THOMAS 101 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (eBay Inc.) SEIBERT, CHRISTOPHER B

3673 Luke Gibson et al. 14631140 HORNER 102/103 HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. HARE, DAVID R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Eichler, Michael 14229743 STAICOVICI 103 Walter Ottesen, P.A. HERBERMANN, ERICH G.

3775 Ex parte JÖRG MAYER et al. 13522611 HORNER 103 RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP SIPP, AMY R

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Siddarth K. Shevgoor et al. 14185831 ADAMS 102/103 103/OTDP 41.50 103 Kirton McConkie Craig Metcalf FISHER, MELISSA L

1626 Eli Lilly and Company 15506017 GRIMES OTDP 112(4) ELI LILLY & COMPANY COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1799 Tom Claes et al. 12299271 BEST 103 103 KING & SCHICKLI, PLLC BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Alan Edward. Baratz et al. 13381270 CYGAN 102 102 Setter Roche LLP MIRZA, ADNAN M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3791 Ex parte GÖRAN BJÖRN et al. 13270691 CALVE 102/103 101/102/103 Pilloff & Passino LLP KUHLMAN, CATHERINE BURK

3793 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPUS N.V. 14385247 STEPINA 103 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS SMITH, RUTH S

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Haksar, Priyanka Bansilal. et al. 14416171 GRIMES 103 Gruneberg and Myers PLLC CHANNAVAJJALA, LAKSHMI SARADA

1612 Swapna Basa et al. 15347837 HARDMAN 103/OTDP THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY LIU, TRACY

1612 Swapna Basa et al. 15347824 HARDMAN 103/OTDP THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY LIU, TRACY

1618 Ulf Fritz et al. 14720428 GRIMES 103 KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC CHLIENTZ, LEAH H

1631 Nicholas Johnson et al. 13486982 PRATS 101 KPPB LLP WOITACH, JOSEPH T

1644 Bruce Blazar et al. 11919901 SMITH 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. DIBRINO, MARIANNE

1653 Taghizadeh, Rouzbeh R. 15241585 NEW 101/102/103 41.50 102 GOODWIN PROCTER LLP XU, QING

Because Fong discloses the same composition as claim 31, we sustain the Examiner’s rejection of the claim as anticipated and obvious.  In re McDaniel, 293 F.3d 1379, 1385 (Fed. Cir. 2002) (“It is well settled that ‘anticipation is the epitome of obviousness.’”) 

1653 Costas, Carlos R. et al. 14218836 FREDMAN 103 LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP BARRON, SEAN C

1655 Joshua H. Wurzer 14206942 ADAMS 102/103 Casimir Jones, S.C. MELLER, MICHAEL V

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 Chorian, Steve F. et al. 14509430 DELMENDO 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford ROE, CLAIRE LOUISE

1746 Richard Lindner et al. 13417815 SMITH 103 FisherBroyles, LLP - MAIN CN RIVERA, JOSHEL

1774 Doerr, Martin et al. 13638038 GAUDETTE 102/103 PAUL AND PAUL HOWELL, MARC C

1784 Ucasz, Mark T. et al. 14617628 CASHION 112(1) 102/103 O''''Shea Getz P.C. WANG, XIAOBEI

1787 Karthikeyan Murugesan et al. 14102880 SMITH 103 Hoffman Warnick LLC NELSON, MICHAEL B

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2468 Boon Loong. Ng 13543172 PYONIN 103 Kunzler Bean & Adamson - Lenovo YANG, ZHAOHUI

2476 Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ) 14428406 RAEVSKY 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC SLOMS, NICHOLAS

2486 Ling Feng. Huang et al. 13801622 MORGAN 103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED Formerly KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP NGUYEN, KATHLEEN V

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Jussi-Pekka Koskinen et al. 15197048 NAPPI 102/103 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Nokia Technologies Oy KHAN, SUHAIL

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Thorsten Schrank et al. 15230628 DIXON 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP BOLTON, WILLIAM A

2853 HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 15819690 PRAISS 103 HP Inc. THIES, BRADLEY W

2853 HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 15819736 PRAISS 103 HP Inc. THIES, BRADLEY W

2861 Archer, Geoffrey Russell. 14350757 GAUDETTE 103 Tomlinson McKinstry, P.C. COURSON, TANIA C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Bo Hu et al. 13167657 MOORE 103 101 Facebook/Fenwick CHOI, PETER H

3622 Lindsay, Robert Taaffe. et al. 12472318 GRIMES 103 101 Facebook/Fenwick CHOI, PETER H

3623 Steven Dennis. Flinn et al. 13269958 WIEDER 101 MANYWORLDS, INC. BOYCE, ANDRE D

3623 Marwan Shaban et al. 12683269 SHAH 101 Garlick & Markison (IH) BOYCE, ANDRE D

3625 Anand Varadarajan 14720016 WIEDER 101/OTDP THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI

3628 Daniel Lievens et al. 14200301 MEDLOCK 101 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (United Parcel Service, Inc.) TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL

3641 Alan Hudson et al. 15159847 HOSKINS 102/103 MCKELLAR IP LAW, PLLC FREEMAN, JOSHUA E

3679 Hin Chiu 14977184 HOFFMANN 103 LOCKE LORD LLP LAMBE, PATRICK F

3683 Peter GROARKE 13470664 SHAW 103 101 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC FEACHER, LORENA

3685 Oliver S. C. Quigley et al. 15169260 DIXON 103/OTDP 101 Mattingly & Malur, PC - Square CHOO, JOHANN Y

3686 Stephen Trey. Moore 14193196 THOMAS 101 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (AU) NAJARIAN, LENA

3686 Namal Nawana et al. 13803763 MEDLOCK 101 41.50 101 Mintz Levin/DePuy Synthes Spine NGUYEN, TRAN N

3695 Kimberly Dunwoody et al. 14301352 MEDLOCK 112(2)/101/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP LIU, CHIA-YI

3695 Schultz, R. Steven. et al. 14072200 ARPIN 101 Michael L. Wach SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Stephanie Pasko et al. 13925617 HILL 103 112(1)/103 Philip H. Burrus, IV Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC HADEN, SALLY CLINE

3783 Spencer A. Jones et al. 14790386 HOSKINS 103 EVAN LAW GROUP LLC WILSON, LARRY ROSS

3791 David C. Hacker et al. 13455760 HOSKINS 112(1) 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA, PLLC ATTN: MDT SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES MATTERS FERNANDES, PATRICK M

3793 Eric W. Lindekugel et al. 14190591 PLENZLER 103 103 41.50 103 BD/Rutan & Tucker, LLP MATTSON, SEAN D

Rehearing

Denied
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Flygare, John A. et al. 13650277 FREDMAN 103 DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH (DC) KOSTURKO, GEORGE W

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1799 PURUSHOTHAMAN, Suresh et al. 14648571 ROBERTSON 103 KING & SCHICKLI, PLLC PRAKASH, GAUTAM

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2859 Taylor, Kendrick J. et al. 14478473 HASTINGS 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL FANTU, YALKEW

alton

custom search

Reversed
1618 Deepak Ramesh. Thakker et al. 13267243 FREDMAN 103 MEDTRONIC, INC. (NEURO/MRG) DICKINSON, PAUL W

1718 Nam, Sang Ki. et al. 13403760 REN 103 PENILLA IP, APC and Lam Research Corp. KENDALL, BENJAMIN R

1768 James A. Belmont et al. 14381612 HOUSEL 103 Cabot Corporation/ LAK NERANGIS, VICKEY M

1774 Yvan Corten 14401938 INGLESE 102/103 KING & SCHICKLI, PLLC HOWELL, MARC C

2159 Julian Tibble 13411234 SZPONDOWSKI 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (SV) ALMANI, MOHSEN

2436 John Anderson Fergus. Ross et al. 14299390 HAGY 103 GE GLOBAL PATENT OPERATION LE, KHOI V

Affirmed-in-Part
1611 Manuela Koehler et al. 13578061 SMITH 112(1)/103 103 Abel Schillinger, LLP FISHER, MELISSA L

However, if “a person of ordinary skill in the art would have understood the inventor to have been in possession of the claimed invention at the time of filing, even if every nuance of the claims is not explicitly described in the specification, then the adequate written description requirement is met.”  In re Alton, 76 F.3d 1168, 1175 (Fed. Cir. 1996)

Alton, In re, 76 F.3d 1168, 37 USPQ2d 1578 (Fed. Cir. 1996) 2145 , 2163 , 2163.06 , 2164.05

2426 Justin Tidwell et al. 14589947 SILVERMAN 112(2)/103 103 GAZDZINSKI & ASSOCIATES, PC RABOVIANSKI, JIVKA A

Affirmed
1654 UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 15100687 ADAMS 112(1)/103/OTDP DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP REYNOLDS, FRED H

1779 Matthias Schwender et al. 13261514 MCGEE 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. AN, MICHAEL J

1789 Young-Hwa Kim et al. 12364962 DENNETT 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P. A. PIZIALI, ANDREW T

1791 Voelker, Karl Manfred. et al. 13201186 DELMENDO 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC DICUS, TAMRA

3623 James Neal. Richter 13961586 HUME 101 Kraguljac Law Group/Oracle MANSFIELD, THOMAS L

3628 Vernon Rory. Jones et al. 13226292 HUME 101/103 Vierra Magen Marcus LLP CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH

3711 Johan Adam Du Preez et al 13131317 ASTORINO 112(1) 112(2) LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD BALDORI, JOSEPH B

3748 United Technologies Corporation 14767180 ASTORINO 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Pratt & Whitney HU, XIAOTING

Rehearing

Denied 
1718 ANSELL, OLIVER et al. 14285730 HASTINGS 103 VOLENTINE, WHITT & FRANCOS, PLLC KENDALL, BENJAMIN R

schulpen, multilayer

custom search

Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Kouda, Tohru et al. 11165200 JENKS 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. WESTERBERG, NISSA M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1788 Vogel, Roland et al. 13811663 INGLESE 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP MANGOHIG, THOMAS A

In re Schulpen, 390 F.2d 1009, 1013 (CCPA 1968) (explaining that an obviousness rejection cannot stand when the modification proposed by the Examiner would run counter to the teaching of a prior art reference). 

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Linda Tong et al. 14329796 MEDLOCK 103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP SITTNER, MICHAEL J

3674 Flotek Chemistry, LLC 14857097 HOFFMANN 102/103 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. SUE-AKO, ANDREW B.

3697 Akli Adjaoute 14815940 STEPHENS 101 Hovey Williams LLP OYEBISI, OJO O

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Zhang, Yu et al. 14091016 FITZPATRICK 112(2)/103 PROSKAUER ROSE LLP STAPLETON, ERIC S

3785 Mark D'Angelo et al. 14125663 HOFFMANN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS WOODWARD, VALERIE LYNN

When the phrase “consists of” appears in a clause in the claim body, rather than immediately following the preamble, there is an “exceptionally strong presumption that a claim term set off with ‘consisting of’ is closed to unrecited elements.”  Multilayer Stretch Cling Film Holdings, Inc. v. Berry Plastics Corp., 831 F.3d 1350, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2016).

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2465 Nimal K. K. Gamage et al. 15012801 MacDONALD 103 103 Keysight Technologies, Inc. LAM, YEE F

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Celine Farcet et al. 14116015 MAJORS 103 POLSINELLI PC TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V

1656 Mikhail Kharisovich. Ziyatdinov et al. 13432519 SMITH 103 CERMAK NAKAJIMA MCGOWAN LLP LEE, JAE W

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ponomarev, Sergey G. 13644268 McMANUS 103 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP LEE, DOUGLAS

1722 Kouki Sagou et al. 13806146 CASHION 103 JCIPRNET MALLOY, ANNA E

1723 Harris, W. Porter. et al. 14841617 HASTINGS 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP ZENG, LINGWEN R

1733 Takeshi Nishiuchi et al. 14780264 INGLESE 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC SU, XIAOWEI

1765 Becker, Heinrich et al. 14913086 GAUDETTE 102 103 Kim IP Law Group PLLC MC GINTY, DOUGLAS J

1789 Kunze, Ulrich E. et al. 14134538 HASTINGS 112(1)/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY PIZIALI, ANDREW T

1792 Luckhardt, Christoph 14381617 RANGE 103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP SMITH, PRESTON

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Gregory James. Lipinski et al. 14982857 SHAW 101 Gilliam IP PLLC (Broadcom) CONTINO, PAUL F

2143 Roddy Mckee. Bullock 14664843 CYGAN 101/103 Roddy M. Bullock YOON, ERIC

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2456 John I. Okimoto et al. 13305958 HAGY 103 ARRIS Enterprises, LLC CHOUDHURY, AZIZUL Q

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Jagannath Ghoshal et al. 15063383 DIRBA 103 SPRINT TAYLOR, BARRY W

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Rodrigo Alejandro. Acuna Agost et al. 14174196 MEDLOCK 101 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP STERRETT, JONATHAN G

3623 Vishwanath Bandoo. Pargaonkar et al. 13260293 FETTING 102/103 101 MICRO FOCUS LLC SWARTZ, STEPHEN S

3627 Ex parte NOCHTA 11483478 SHAH 101 Fountainhead Law Group P.C. SHEIKH, ASFAND M

3647 DeMonte, Todd R. et al. 14276372 HOELTER 103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. BURGESS, MARC R

3665 Mark E. Krugman et al. 14260417 HOELTER 103 101 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL WALLACE, DONALD JOSEPH

3681 John Hegeman et al. 12611874 FETTING 101 Facebook/Fenwick LI, SUN M

3681 Sean Michael. Bruich 13658536 FETTING 102 101 Facebook/Fenwick REFAI, SAM M

3682 David Selinger et al. 12012323 FETTING 101 James A. D. White VLP Law Group WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J

3683 Marin Litoiu et al. 12023708 FETTING 102/103 101 The Steadman Law Firm PLLC YOUNG, ASHLEY YA-SHEH

3692 Salmon, Diane et al. 14244488 BELISLE 101 LOEB & LOEB, LLP WONG, ERIC TAK WAI

3693 Matthew Hanmer 14500578 FETTING 101 Harness Dickey (Mastercard) MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M

3693 Davide Messina et al. 14451818 FETTING 103 101 MASTERCARD C/O Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA

3694 Patricia M. Mckernan et al. 14171529 RAEVSKY 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP RANKINS, WILLIAM E

3697 Art Porth et al. 15373170 BUI 101 Richards Patent Law P.C. FU, HAO

3697 Shashi Kapur et al 13159936 PYONIN 101/103 Toering Patents PLLC LIU, I JUNG

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3734 David Woodhouse et al. 14813470 HOFFMANN 103 Ford Global Technologies, LLC/ King & Schickli, PLLC BATTISTI, DEREK J

3772 Kwang Bum Park et al. 13642570 DOUGAL 102/103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP NELSON, MATTHEW M

3785 John Power et al. 12583256 WOOD 103 NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS LOUIS, LATOYA M

3794 Shawn L. Stewart 14696779 HOFFMANN 103 Global Intellectual Property Agency, LLC DEMIE, TIGIST S

Reexamination

Rehearing

Granted-in-Part 
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 VICOR CORPORATION, Requester, v. SYNQOR, INC., Patent Owner. 7272021 et al. 95/001,637 11/407,699 95001637 SIU 102/103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. NGUYEN, LINH M original BERHANE, ADOLF D

daiichi

custom search

Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 AMMERMANN, Eberhard et al. 14799692 VALEK 103 McBee Moore Woodward & Vanik IP, LLC PURDY, KYLE A

Daiichi Sankyo Co. v. Matrix Labs., Ltd., 619 F.3d 1346, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (“[T]he lead compound analysis must, in keeping with KSR, not rigidly focus on the selection of a single, best lead compound.”). 

1615 WHITE, Geoffrey et al. 14925125 GRIMES 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PALENIK, JEFFREY T

1616 James D. Pipkin et al. 13335780 COTTA 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP LIU, SUE XU

1618 Cristianne Johanna Ferdinand. Rijcken et al. 14129529 COTTA 103 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP VU, JAKE MINH

1627 Jack Rubinstein et al. 14771536 TOWNSEND 103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP KANTAMNENI, SHOBHA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1785 Levi J. Patton 13590892 NAGUMO 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 Honigman LLP/Nike Honigman LLP/Nike

1789 Martin Wildeman et al. 13275765 HOUSEL 103 J.M. Robertson, LLC JUSKA, CHERYL ANN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2449 Tuna Toksoz 14231627 DIRBA 103 McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP/Google LLC BUKHARI, SIBTE H

2487 Zvi Minkovitch 15877404 PINKERTON 103 May Patents Ltd. c/o Dorit Shem-Tov JOISIL, BERTEAU

2494 Masayuki Abe 14371110 MORGAN Dissenting THOMAS 101 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PARSONS, THEODORE C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3683 Hueter, Geoffrey J. et al. 12416083 NAPPI 101 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Peggy Lynne. Vazzano 12853763 HOFFMANN 103 MICHAEL W. GOLTRY CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER

3734 Albert Lawrence. Baner et al. 14919022 SCHOPFER 103 Nestle Purina Petcare Global Resources, Inc HELVEY, PETER N.

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Andrew Harlan. Weisberg 13172386 DOUGAL 112(2)/102 102/103 Barcelo, Harrison & Walker, LLP DESAI, KAUSHIKKUMAR A

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Wiatr, Christopher L. et al. 14585218 NEW 112(1)/112(2) 103 KILYK & BOWERSOX, P.L.L.C. ORWIG, KEVIN S

1619 John-Paul Mua et al. 14965069 ADAMS 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP NGUYEN, JOHN P

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Pickett, Nigel et al. 14483870 DELMENDO 103 Nanoco c/o Blank Rome LLP CLEVELAND, MICHAEL B

1732 XUE, Chenchen et al. 14581074 INGLESE 112(4)/103 Brooks Kushman P.C. / Masco Corporation COHEN, STEFANIE J

1734 BALFE, Michael Charles. et al. 14150005 INGLESE 103 GROGAN, TUCCILLO & VANDERLEEDEN, LLP NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA

1777 Jonathan F. Hester et al. 15206659 REN 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY PATEL, PRANAV N

1799 Wanis, Sameh S. 14165085 GAUDETTE 112(1)/103 SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, LLP NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION HENKEL, DANIELLE B

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Stefano Stefani et al. 14695377 BISK 101/102/103 OTDP THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP NGUYEN, THU N

2182 Ligong Chen 13690034 CUTITTA 112(2)/101 Ligong Chen MALZAHN, DAVID H

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2636 Shojirou Kido 14829693 RAEVSKY 112(1)/103 MARK D. SARALINO (PAN) RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP LIU, LI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 William R. Oden et al. 11245240 CALVE 101/103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP SWARTZ, STEPHEN S

3623 Ethan Hadar 12728616 SZPONDOWSKI 103 101 Baker Botts LLP/CA Technologies STERRETT, JONATHAN G

3624 Filippo Balestrieri et al. 13357850 SHAH 112(1)/101 MICRO FOCUS LLC ROTARU, OCTAVIAN

3624 Max Yankelevich et al. 13360940 GRIMES 101 Baker Botts L.L.P. KONERU, SUJAY

3624 Carsten Franke et al. 14136454 MEDLOCK 103 101 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (ABB) STEWART, CRYSTOL

3628 Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 13707493 HOWARD 101 PVF -- PARC c/o PARK, VAUGHAN, FLEMING & DOWLER LLP JOSEPH, TONYA S

3628 Lievens, Daniel et al. 14200328 CASS 101/103 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (United Parcel Service, Inc.) ZEROUAL, OMAR

3629 Timothy Kendall et al. 12419958 McSHANE 101/103 Facebook/Fenwick MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A

3631 Walther, Linda M. et al. 15674744 HOELTER 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP MORRIS, TAYLOR L

3647 Alan B. Minick et al. 14629558 HOELTER 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BURGESS, MARC R

3649 Michael Cole et al. 14509099 STEPHENS 101 WEITZMAN LAW OFFICES, LLC ZARE, SCOTT A

3683 Richard M. Haas et al. 14945751 MEDLOCK 101 IBM Corporation - Endicott Drafting Center WALKER III, GEORGE H

3688 Lauren Van Heerden et al. 14502407 BUI 101 DUANE MORRIS LLP - DC CAO, VINCENT M

3688 Armon, Gilad et al. 14258295 DROESCH 101 The Roy Gross Law Firm, LLC FRUNZI, VICTORIA E.

3692 Nayler, Jeff et al. 14090503 NAPPI 101 NCR Corporation TINKLER, MURIEL S

3693 ITG SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, INC. 14299821 BAUMEISTER Concurring WHITEHEAD JR. 101 Prince Lobel Tye LLP BORLINGHAUS, JASON M

3693 Ryan Misch et al. 13679168 SZPONDOWSKI 101/103 Faegre Baker Daniels/State Farm KWONG, CHO YIU

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Baxter D. Montgomery 12710346 HOFFMANN 101 Ari Pramudji Pramudji Law Group PLLC SAINT-VIL, EDDY

3774 Ganey, Timothy et al. 14851964 HOELTER 103 Vivex Biologics Group, Inc. ISABELLA, DAVID J

Reexamination

Reversed
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1785 Ex parte NATURAL ALTERNATIVES INTERNATIONAL, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 5965596 et al. 90013923 LEBOVITZ 102/103 Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C. For Third Party Requester: Hoffman & Baron, LLP KUGEL, TIMOTHY J