Reversed
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1613 BEIERSDORF AG 16619513 ADAMS 112(1)/112(2)/112(4)/103 Abel Schillinger, LLP SONG, JIANFENG
In addition, Examiner finds that because the foregoing negative limitations in Appellant’s claims 58, 60, and 61 lack written descriptive support the claims are indefinite (see id. at 5). We are not persuaded.
“[A] reference need not state a feature’s absence in order to disclose a negative limitation.” AC Techs., S.A. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 912 F.3d 1358, 1367 (Fed. Cir. 2019). Instead, it was reasonable for the Board to find that, in the context of Garrett, a skilled artisan would recognize that the reference discloses a complete formulation—excluding the possibility of an additional active ingredient. See, e.g., Novartis Pharms. Corp. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc., 21 F.4th 1362, 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2022) (recognizing that for negative limitations, “the disclosure must be read from the perspective of a person of skill in the art”). It is undisputed that Garrett discloses dapsone formulations that lack adapalene. The Board thus did not err in concluding that Garrett discloses the negative adapalene claim limitation.
Almirall, LLC v. Amneal Pharms. LLC, 28 F.4th 265, 273–274 (Fed. Cir. 2022) (alteration in original).
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2124 Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC et al. 16362236 BALTATZIS 103 MERCK/FENWICK SILICON VALLEY CENTER BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT
2166 Oracle International Corporation 16147314 NAPPI 103 HICKMAN BECKER BINGHAM LEDESMA/ORACLE YEN, SYLING
2177 International Business Machines Corporation 15005073 JENKS 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC HUYNH, THU V
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2483 International Electronic Machines Corp. 15954996 CRAIG 103 41.50 112(2) LaBatt, LLC LEE, JIMMY S
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2852 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 16646601 KENNEDY 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LINDSAY JR, WALTER LEE
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3623 Omnicell, Inc. 16929705 STRAUSS 101/103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast BOYCE, ANDRE D
3624 Ipsos-Insight, LLC 15439089 CAPP 103 Patent Docket Department Armstrong Teasdale LLP DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H
3645 BHP Billiton Petroleum (Deepwater) Inc. 15968946 ASTORINO 103 Baker Botts L.L.P. HULKA, JAMES R
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2177 International Business Machines Corporation 16552557 FRAHM 102 103 IBM CORPORATION - PATENTS+ TEAM BLACKWELL, JAMES H
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Affirmed
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1641 AstraZeneca AB 17660317 ADAMS 103/OTDP STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. Astra Zeneca/MedImmune WEN, SHARON X
1643 TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC. 16088727 ADAMS 112(1) BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP DENT, ALANA HARRIS
1649 DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED 14437459 ADAMS 103 CHRISTENSEN O'CONNOR JOHNSON KINDNESS PLLC BALLARD, KIMBERLY
1652 NewSouth Innovations Pty Ltd 15837818 SCHNEIDER 112(1)/112(2) FOLEY HOAG, LLP (General) ROBINSON, HOPE A
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1735 MAGNUS METAL LTD. 16816373 KENNEDY 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast YOON, KEVIN E
1795 Applied Materials, Inc. 15957076 HOUSEL 103 AMAT / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP RUFO, LOUIS J
1795 California Institute of Technology 16107642 REN 103 Joseph R. Baker, APC Gavrilovich, Dodd & Lindsey LLP JAIN, SALIL
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2126 National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC 15837326 STRAUSS 102/103 101 Sandia National Laboratories KUO, CHARLES C
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2443 Oracle International Corporation 16259068 DIXON Dissenting SHIANG 112(2) 112(1)/103 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) TODD, GREGORY G
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2643 NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY 17187123 HUME 103 SQUIRE PB (Nokia)Nokia Technologies GELIN, JEAN ALLAND
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2881 ICT Integrated Circuit Testing Gesellschaft fur Halbleiterpruftechnik mbH 16359831 HASTINGS 103 AMAT / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP OSENBAUGH-STEWAR, ELIZA W
2884 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 17274456 MCGEE 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KIM, KIHO
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3624 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 16036031 BUI 103 CRGO Global ATTN: STEVEN M. GREENBERG, ESQ. SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N
3664 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation 15978830 HILL 102/103 The Small Patent Law Group, LLC JOHNSON, KYLE T
3668 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15934444 CAPP 112(2) 102/103 Brooks Kushman P.C./Ford ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A
3683 Craig Reines 14690211 SHAH 112(2) 103 41.50 101 Mintz Levin/San Diego Office GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN
3683 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 16842277 LORIN 112(1) 101 Foley IP Law, PLLC Microsoft WAESCO, JOSEPH M
3688 TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC 16724879 MEDLOCK 101 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA
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3741 United Technologies Corporation 15216168 GUIJT 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Pratt & Whitney BURKE, THOMAS P
Rehearing
Denied
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1797 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 16777230 COLAIANNI 103 Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP XU, XIAOYUN
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2899 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 15954353 REN Concurring BEST 112(1) onsemi (AS) YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI
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3688 Google LLC 15628310 MEDLOCK 103 Dority & Manning P.A. and Google LLC DURAN, ARTHUR D
