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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1617 SOL-GEL TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 17016528 GRIMES 103 Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP BROWE, DAVID

“We do not charge a person of ordinary skill in the art to know all arts; rather, we presume he knows the teachings of all the prior art in the field of his endeavor at the time the invention was made.” Netflix, Inc. v. DivX, LLC, 80 F.4th 1352, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2023) (internal quotation marks omitted). “[T]he purpose of the analogous art test . . . is to examine whether a reference can be considered as prior art to the challenged patent [or application] in the first place.” Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH v. Mylan Pharms. Inc., 66 F.4th 1373, 1377 (Fed. Cir. 2023).

“Thus, for an obviousness determination, a reference may only qualify as prior art that a person of ordinary skill in the art would look to if it is ‘analogous to the claimed invention.’” Netflix, 80 F.4th at 1358 (quoting In re Bigio, 381 F.3d 1320, 1325 (Fed. Cir. 2004)). “This inquiry ‘is meant to defend against hindsight.’” Id. (quoting In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 987 (Fed. Cir. 2006)).

Two separate tests define the scope of analogous prior art: (1) whether the art is from the same field of endeavor, regardless of the problem addressed and, (2) if the reference is not within the field of the inventor’s endeavor, whether the reference still is reasonably pertinent to the particular problem with which the inventor is involved. Bigio, 381 F.3d at 1325.

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1713 DENSO CORPORATION 16813995 SCHNEIDER 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC ALLEN, JOSHUA L

1761 Toyota Motor Corporation et al. 16255416 TIMM 102/103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP KUMAR, PREETI

1793 SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 15604833 HASTINGS 103 OLIFF PLC TRAN, LIEN THUY

1795 California Institute of Technology 15683587 KENNEDY 103 Joseph R. Baker, APC Gavrilovich, Dodd & Lindsey LLP KEELING, ALEXANDER W

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2153 Oracle International Corporation 17448489 SILVERMAN 103 Invoke / Oracle LIN, ALLEN S

2161 SAP SE 15799890 FRAHM 103 Fountainhead Law Group P.C./SAP SAMARA, HUSAM TURKI

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2421 Sky CP Limited 16240035 COURTENAY 103 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP SALCE, JASON P

2431 VMware, Inc. 16276692 REN 103 Kim & Stewart LLP- VMware ALMAMUN, ABDULLAH

2434 VMWARE, INC. 16997084 DIXON 103 Quarles & Brady LLP/Broadcom Patents WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H

2443 Franz-Josef Götz et al. 16259026 DIXON 102/103 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC PENA-SANTANA, TANIA M

2465 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) 15125757 SAADAT 103 ERICSSON INC. THAI, CAMQUYEN

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2612 Cerence Operating Company 17315759 HUME 112(1)/102/103 41.50 112(2)/103 OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP GE, JIN

2613 Imagination Technologies Limited 17221005 DEJMEK 103 Potomac Law Group PLLC (IMGTEC) LHYMN, SARAH

2685 BI Incorporated 16821012 OWENS 103 OSHA BERGMAN WATANABE & BURTON LLP SMALL, NAOMI J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2857 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 16793660 GUPTA 103 onsemi (DW) QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT

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

3646 Imagination Technologies Limited 16689544 SCHOPFER 102 Potomac Law Group PLLC (IMGTEC) ISSING, GREGORY C

Affirmed-in-Part 

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1759 MARS, INCORPORATED 15520442 HOUSEL 103 112(2) Mars, Incorporated Mars Docketing Department GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1613 L'OREAL 14900833 KATZ 112(1)/112(2)/103 POLSINELLI PC (DC OFFICE) SONG, JIANFENG

1649 Biogen MA Inc. 16095475 SCHNEIDER 103 Biogen Inc. CHOATE, HALL & STEWART LLP MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE

1653 Juliana WODA et al. 14051164 WISZ 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. LANDAU, SHARMILA GOLLAMUDI

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1712 CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 16396342 REN 103 Abel Schillinger, LLP WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P

1735 ARCELORMITTAL 16064096 HASTINGS 103 Davidson Kappel LLC SMITH, CATHERINE P

1761 Bradley University et al. 15682146 KENNEDY 103 Randall Danskin, PS KUMAR, PREETI

1778 Cytiva Sweden AB 15750227 KENNEDY 103 EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP KURTZ, BENJAMIN M

1786 Merck Patent GmbH 16075363 COLAIANNI 103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) YANG, JAY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2111 Université de Bretagne Sud 17299461 JENKS 101 Conley Rose, P.C. NGUYEN, STEVE N

2119 Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. 16907464 SILVERMAN 112(1)/112(2) ROCKWELL AUTOMATION / AT&W LINDSAY, BERNARD G

2124 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15245934 NAPPI 103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. FIGUEROA, KEVIN W

2127 Google LLC 16346313 NALVEN 103 Dority & Manning P.A. and Google LLC JABLON, ASHER H.

2179 Apple Inc. 17516495 SAADAT 103 DLA Piper LLP (US) - Apple VU, THANH T

2184 QUALCOMM Incorporated 16569816 BALTATZIS 103 W&T/Qualcomm PHAN, DEAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2416 QUALCOMM Incorporated 15713478 HUME 103 Arent Fox, LLP and Qualcomm, Incorporated PREVAL, LIONEL

2425 Edge Networks, Inc. 16578159 BAER 103 Krishna Kalidindi SCHNURR, JOHN R

2442 VMware, Inc. 17466506 HORVATH 101/103 Kim & Stewart LLP- VMware MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN

2451 Cisco Technology, Inc. 16853622 REN 103 Cisco/BIG (Behmke Innovation) WOOLCOCK, MADHU

2451 Schlumberger Technology Corporation 17310376 SHAPIRO 103 Schlumberger Technology Corporation CHOUAT, ABDERRAHMEN

2466 SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS 16343936 KOKOSKI 112(1)/103 R. Brian Drozd LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS

2473 Apple Inc. 17032641 CRAIG 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. BOKHARI, SYED M

2496 eBay Inc. 16450428 HUME 103 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P./eBay Inc. AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2896 ASM IP Holding B.V. 16105761 CASHION 103 Snell & Wilmer (ASM IP Holding B.V.) BELL, LAUREN R

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

3622 iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc. 16185656 HUME 103 HarnessIP (iHeart) POUNCIL, DARNELL A

3624 NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH 15976894 HOMERE 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office HO, THOMAS Y

3625 Oath Inc. 16286812 MEDLOCK 101 Cooper Legal Group LLC KANG, TIMOTHY J

3628 NHN PAYCO CORPORATION 15371423 MEDLOCK 101 H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC KIRK, BRYAN J

3691 eBay Inc. 15590842 FRAHM 101 FIG. 1 Patents/eBay ALI, HATEM M

3696 Riv Data Corp. 16252093 RAEVSKY 103 101 NIXON PEABODY LLP JACOB, WILLIAM J

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

3761 Bystronic Laser AG 16757913 PER CURIUM 102/103 112(1)/112(2) Jacob Eisenberg BelayIP DODSON, JUSTIN C

Rehearing

Denied

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry 

1615 Zoono Group Ltd 17180161 GRIMES 112(2) 112(2)/103 LAW OFFICES OF HOWARD L. HOFFENBERG, ESQ. HELM, CARALYNNE E

Reexamination

Affirmed

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1793 General Mills, Inc. 16613685 REN 103 DIEDERIKS & WHITELAW, PLC TRAN, LIEN THUY

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2454 WAG ACQUISITION, LLC et al. 90014833 8,327,011 13/374,942 CHEN 102 ERNEST D. BUFF & ASSOCIATES, LLC THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: VANABLE LLP WASSUM, LUKE S