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Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 First Solar, Inc. 16770388 WILSON 112(a)/112(b)/103 MacMillan, Sobanski and Todd, LLC - FIRST SOLAR WHITE, SADIE

1777 Waters Technologies Corporation 15752121 FRANKLIN 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP / Waters PEO, KARA M

1783 Apple Inc. 15617825 OWENS 103 41.50 112(a) APPLE INC./BROWNSTEIN c/o Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA

1784 ImerTech SAS 14774947 WILSON 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP IVEY, ELIZABETH D

1797 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15322495 FRANKLIN 102(a)(1)/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KILPATRICK, BRYAN T

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2121 Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company 16786218 CURCURI 103 Burris Law, PLLC RUTTEN, JAMES D

2146 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology 15752686 BAUMEISTER 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC JOHANSEN, JOHN E

2152 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP 15334009 HUGHES 103 MICRO FOCUS LLC ADAMS, CHARLES D

2154 International Business Machines Corporation 15182537 WHITEHEAD JR. 103 IBM IP LAW (GLF) c/o Garg Law Firm, PLLC GUYEN, THU N

2166 Teradata US, Inc 16234666 HOMERE 102/103 Randy Campbell TERADATA US, INC. PHAM, KHANH B

2169 AirWatch LLC 14811301 SAADAT 103 Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP (VMW) PEREZ-ARROYO, RAQUEL

2173 Apple Inc. 15978110 THOMAS 103 Fernando & Partners, LLP HOPE, DARRIN

2196 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 15894980 BAUMEISTER 102(a)(2)/103 IBM Corporation - Patent Center KIM, SISLEY NAHYUN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2443 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC 16102558 HUGHES 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION NANO, SARGON N

2444 Nutanix, Inc. 16206237 ARPIN 102(a)(1)/103 STOEL RIVES LLP - SEA HAJ SAID, FADI

2449 Nicira, Inc. 15665111 BEAMER 103 ADELI LLP NGUYEN, THUONG

2477 Thomas Griffin 16048270 ENGLE 103 Blake D. Stovall SEFCHECK, GREGORY B

2482 EMC IP Holding Company LLC 15709591 EVANS 103 BAINWOOD HUANG AND ASSOCIATES LLC KELLEY, CHRISTOPHER S

2483 Hrayr Shahinian et al. 15942936 EVANS 103 THORNE & HALAJIAN, LLP ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

2488 Magna Electronics Inc. 16177556 CRAIG 103 HONIGMAN LLP/MAGNA WONG, ALLEN C

2495 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd 16209774 DEJMEK 103 Docket Clerk - SEC GEE, JASON KAI YIN

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2613 HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 16342499 MANTIS MERCADER 103 HP Inc. LHYMN, SARAH

2626 Au Optronics Corporation 16439722 KOHUT 103 JCIPRNET CRAWLEY, KEITH L

2644 NXP USA, Inc. 16414267 EVANS 103 NXP USA, INC. ELNOUBI, SAID M

2653 Robert Bosch GmbH 16079710 COURTENAY 101 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Bosch) ELAHEE, MD S

2674 FARO Technologies, Inc. 16126099 BENNETT 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP - FARO TECHNOLOGIES INC. DEMETER, HILINA K

2689 iControl Networks, Inc. 14202573 HUME 102(e)/103 BakerHostetler / Comcast JIANG, YONG HANG

2689 Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company 16122149 CURCURI 103 Burris Law, PLLC WONG, ALBERT KANG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2814 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 16217661 SNAY 103 Muir Patent Law, PLLC BRASFIELD, QUINTON A

2818 Texas Instruments Incorporated 14531177 FRANKLIN Dissenting HANLON 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED HO, HOANG QUAN TRAN

2844 Biological Innovation and Optimization Systems, LLC 16591444 INGLESE 103 MLO CHAN, WEI

2855 Texas Instruments Incorporated 15973964 FRANKLIN 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED KAPLAN VERBITSKY, GAIL

2875 Richard Belliveau et al. 17325259 BUI 103 41.50 103 WALTER J. TENCZA JR. TUMEBO, TSION M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3623 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC 15420906 CRAWFORD 103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Microsoft) STIVALETTI, MATHEUS R

3685 Cryptography Research, Inc. 15203722 MEDLOCK 112(a)/112(b)/101 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP / Rambus OUSSIR, EL MEHDI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3685 Clover Network, Inc. 15685809 LORIN 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP AGWUMEZIE, CHINEDU CHARLES

3711 DEAN KATZ 16005282 MURPHY 102/103 41.50 112(2) Greenberg Traurig, LLP PIERCE, WILLIAM M

3715 Gregory Mark 15928907 BROWN 103 Alliance IP, LLC - General ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D

3731 Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC 15214415 ASTORINO 103 Mintz Levin/EES FRY, PATRICK B

3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 15653892 BAHR 103 Snell & Wilmer (Pratt & Whitney) LAMBERT, WAYNE A

3791 Devin McCombie et al. 12469137 SONG 101 Acuity Law Group, P.C. JANG, CHRISTIAN Y

The PTO published revised guidance on the application of Section 101. 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance, 84 Fed. Reg. 50 (Jan. 7, 2019) (“Guidance”). The Guidance provides that in conducting Step One analysis of the Alice framework, we first look to whether the claim recites:

                    Prong 1: any judicial exceptions, including certain groupings

                    of abstract ideas (i.e., mathematical concepts, certain

                    methods of organizing human activity, or mental

                    processes); and

                    Prong 2: additional elements that integrate the judicial

                    exception into a practical application.

See Guidance, 84 Fed. Reg. at 53–55 (Step 2A).

...

Moreover, even if the determination and regulation of an alarm condition are considered to be performable in the human mind, “the mere recitation of a judicial exception does not mean that the claim is ‘directed to’ that judicial exception” if the additional elements integrate the judicial exception into a practical application under Guidance, Prong 2. Reply Br. 4. Indeed, we agree with the Appellant that the recited additional elements integrate the judicial exception into a practical application.

2106 Patent Subject Matter Eligibility [R-10.2019]

3791 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15566926 STEPINA 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS FOLEY, AVERY MITCHELL

3793 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15745227 FITZPATRICK 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KOLKIN, ADAM D.

Affirmed-in-Part

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1746 GATES CORPORATION 16379723 SNAY 112(2) 112(4)/103 GATES CORPORATION GOFF II, JOHN L

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2161 Expedia, Inc. 15359419 MANTIS MERCADER 103 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP NGUYEN, CINDY

2165 VMWARE, INC. 15190936 BAER 103 101 Olympic Patent Works PLLC SYED, FARHAN M

2171 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 16192181 JURGOVAN 103 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL SAMWEL, DANIEL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2496 Nicira, Inc. 16179769 BENNETT 103 103 ADELI PATEL, HARESH N

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2628 CONTROLRAD SYSTEMS INC. 15564251 ENGLE Dissenting THOMAS 102 102/103 41.50 112(2)/103 Edward Stemberger Manelli Selter PLLC CHOWDHURY, AFROZA Y

2643 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 16634597 KOHUT 103 103 Bejin Bieneman PLC Ford Global Technologies, LLC MADANI, FARIDEH

2651 Starkey Laboratories, Inc. 16235629 HUGHES 102/103 102/103 MRG/Starkey c/o Mueting Raasch Group NI, SUHAN

2657 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15636066 BUI 103 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP-Microsoft NEWAY, SAMUEL G

2658 Google LLC 16556358 THOMAS 102(e)/103 OTDP HONIGMAN LLP- GOOGLE DOCKETING DEPARTMENT ADESANYA, OLUJIMI A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3761 NESTEC S.A. 14898802 SHAH 103 102(a)(1)/103 K&L Gates LLP-Nestec ABDEL-RAHMAN, AHMAD

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 LANXESS Deutschland GmbH 15754073 JENKS  103 LANXESS CORPORATION MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1714 RIKKYO EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION et al. 14442321 GAUDETTE 112(1)/112(2) 101

Christensen, Fonder, Dardi & Herbert PLLC KUNEMUND, ROBERT M

1714 Applied Materials, Inc. 16266646 HASTINGS 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPLIED MATERIALS BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A

1718 Rolls-Royce Corporation et al. 16217961 HASTINGS 112(2)/101 103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A. Rolls-Royce Corporation BAREFORD, KATHERINE A

1729 LOCKHEED MARTIN ENERGY, LLC 15024344 KENNEDY 103 BakerHostetler / Lockheed CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG

1777 ASAHI KASEI MEDICAL CO., LTD. 15736568 HANLON 102(d) 102(a)(1)/103

GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. MENON, KRISHNAN S

1782 IP & Patent Management UG (haftungsbeschr¿nkt) 15321855 GUPTA  103 Arthur M Reginelli SANDERSON, LEE E

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2116 Green Hills Software, Inc. 14205397 KOHUT 103 Barcelo, Harrison & Walker, LLP DMAN, CHAD G

2132 Oracle International Corporation 15252635 JURGOVAN 103 Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel (Oracle) PAPERNO, NICHOLAS A

2147 Within Technologies Ltd. 15986750 PYONIN  101 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (SV) COTHRAN, BERNARD E

2148 University of South Florida 15118178 BUSCH 101 Thomas Horstemeyer (USF) JOHNSON, CEDRIC D

2156 Thomson Reuters Global Resources (TRGR) 14460222 ENGLE 103 101/103 FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP RAAB, CHRISTOPHER J

2161 Informatica LLC 15150296 BEAMER 102 Reed Smith LLP NGUYEN, CAM LINH T

2174 Crown Equipment Corporation 15815788 CHUNG 103 STEVENS & SHOWALTER LLP Crown Equipment ABOU EL SEOUD, MOHAMED

2175 Torrential Data Solutions, Inc. 14722264 CUTITTA 103 OTDP Toering Patents PLLC NABI, REZA U

2177 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. 15265074 HUGHES 103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP HEFFINGTON, JOHN M

2182 Imagination Technologies Limited 16791323 THOMAS concurring-in-part, dissenting-in-part BAUMEISTER 112(b)/101/103 Potomac Law Group PLLC (IMGTEC) VICARY, KEITH E

2187 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 16360403 ARPIN 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED CORCORAN, BRIAN J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2415 QUALCOMM Incorporated 14869028 BENNETT 103 Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm OVEISSI, MANSOUR

2421 CRACKLE, INC. 15495608 EVANS  102(a)(1)/103 Procopio ¡V SPE VU, NGOC K

2447 Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. 15398205 CRAIG 103 McLean IP Global TANG, KAREN C

2451 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. 15830843 KOHUT 103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP CHOU, ALAN S

2459 International Business Machines Corporation 15809817 FRAHM 103 103/OTDP 41.50 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC TIV, BACKHEAN

2463 QUALCOMM Incorporated 16675803 SHAW 103 Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm MARCELO, MELVIN C

2468 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL) 15972678 THOMAS 112(b)/103 ERICSSON INC. CHU, WUTCHUNG

2481 James Hoffman 13481620 FRAHM 103 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP BENNETT, STUART D

2483 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15917997 SAADAT 103 Bejin Bieneman PLC Ford Global Technologies, LLC KIM, MATTHEW DAVID

2495 Darktrace Limited 16390801 HUGHES 103 RUTAN & TUCKER, LLP LEWIS, LISA C

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2612 Lowe's Companies, Inc. 15903501 MANTIS MERCADER 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP HE, WEIMING

2613 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC 16028301 KOHUT 103 Newport IP, LLC LHYMN, SARAH

2625 Sony Corporation 16292852 WHITEHEAD JR. 103/OTDP MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (SONY) GYAWALI, BIPIN

2642 Uber Technologies, Inc. 16298062 DEJMEK 103 Mahamedi IP Law LLP (Uber) FANG, PAKEE

2644 Sony Corporation 15765920 KUMAR 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (SONY) JACKSON, BLANE J

2646 LOON LLC 16277014 SHAW 103 SoftBank Corp. BOTOS CHURCHILL IP LAW LLP KELLEY, STEVEN SHAUN

2646 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 16085358 McNEILL 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. KELLEY, STEVEN SHAUN

2647 Unify GmbH & Co. KG 16909191 BUI  103 Unify c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (SEN) HAMMONDS, MARCUS C

2659 Apple Inc. 15937653 ENGLE 103 DENTONS US LLP - Apple SHARMA, NEERAJ

2687 Universal Electronics Inc. 16731507 COURTENAY III 112(1)/102(e)/103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP MURPHY, JEROLD B

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2856 Gems Sensors, Inc. 15263928 HANLON 103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP GRAVES, TIMOTHY P

2857 Intel Corporation 14865894 FRANKLIN 103 Jordan IP Law, LLC KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3617 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC. 16281668 KAUFFMAN 102(a)(1)/103 Rockwell Automation, Inc./FY LE, MARK T

3626 International Business Machines Corporation 15867216 CRAWFORD 112(a)/101 IBM IPLAW (GLF) c/o Garg Law Firm, PLLC ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K

3681 Oath (Americas) Inc. 14498494 LORIN 101 Bookoff McAndrews ROBINSON, KYLE G

3682 ARRIS Enterprises, Inc. 14662485 HUTCHINGS 103 101 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP (Arris/Commscope) DAGNEW, SABA

3683 ADP, LLC 14662049 BAYAT 101 Duke W. Yee - ADP Yee & Associates, P.C. HENRY, MATTHEW D

3683 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15682321 LORIN 103 101 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP-Microsoft MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

3683 The Nielsen Company (US), LLC 14985426 LORIN 101 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Nielsen IQ) WALKER III, GEORGE H

3685 ARRIS Enterprises, Inc. 14461536 HUTCHINGS 112(1)/103 101 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP (Arris/Commscope) SAX, TIMOTHY P

3691 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC 15784364 MEDLOCK 101 WORKMAN NYDEGGER/MICROSOFT HILMANTEL, ADAM J

3693 INTUIT INC. 15385078 FISCHETTI 112(1)/101/103 41.50 112(2) DLA PIPER LLP US ¡V INTUIT LOTHERY, BERNADINE

3693 INTUIT INC. 14981642 FISCHETTI 101 DLA PIPER LLP US - INTUIT CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA

3693 LIFESCALE IP LIMITED 14978630 CRAWFORD 103 101/103 Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP (Philadelphia) BORLINGHAUS, JASON M

3694 PAYACTIV Inc. 14849851 BAYAT 101 PayActiv, Inc. SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z

3697 Charles BAKER et al. 12971401 FISCHETTI 101 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) OYEBISI, OJO O

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3736 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft 16465769 PLENZLER 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC ISLAM, SANJIDUL

3771 JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC. 15875732 ASTORINO 103 JOSEPH F. SHIRTZ JOHNSON & JOHNSON BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE

3786 Ethicon, Inc. 16019814 FITZPATRICK 103 112(b) DITTHAVONG, STEINER, & MLOTKOWSKI TALAPATRA, TRISHA

3791 Medtronic, Inc. 15604044 INGLESE 102(a)(1)/103 101/102(a)(1)/103 Medtronic, Inc. BLAKE, CONNOR W

3792 PACESETTER, INC. 16262645 KAUFFMAN 112(a)/112(b)/102(a)(1) 112(a)/112(b)/101 Pacesetter, Inc. The Small Patent Law Group, LLC EISEMAN, LYNSEY C

Rehearing

Granted 

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1735 Howard, John 15343982 GAUDETTE 103 FisherBroyles, LLP GAMINO, CARLOS J

Denied

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1635 Markus Kostrzewa et al. 12695235 LEBOVITZ 101 BENOIT & COTE SKIBINSKY, ANNA

1656 Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC et al. 15818450 NEW 103 Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC HOLLAND, PAUL J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2465 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 15778261 KUMAR 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC WYLLIE, CHRISTOPHER T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3771 C.R.Bard, Inc. 15061719 SILVERMAN Dissenting-in-part BAUMEISTER 102(a)(1)/103 Andrew D. Dorisio BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE

Reexamination

Reversed

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1799 WILSON WOLF MANUFACTURING CORPORATION et al. 90014538 9,732,317 14/321,933 ROBERTSON 102(b) Padda Law Group JASTRZAB, KRISANNE MARIE THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP

Affirmed-in-Part

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1651 INNOVATIVE BIOCERAMIX INC (PATENT OWNER) et al. 90014322 8,475,811 12/148,741 INGLESE 103 103 HH Bennett, LLC MCKANE, ELIZABETH L THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: HESLIN ROTHERNBERG FARLEY & MESITI PC

Affirmed

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2653 NSIXTY LLC (PATENT OWNER) et al. 90014031 9,313,456 14/084,258 CHEN 103 MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC KE, PENG THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: WEIDE & MILLER, LTD. (GENERAL)

Reissue

Affirmed

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3638 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 15655649 9,086,850 13/545,882 OSINSKI  251/112(1)/112(2)/102(b) 251/112(1)/112(2)/102(b)/112(e)/103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC ENGLISH, PETER C