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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Mathiesen et al 11597454 - (D) GRIMES 103 Mintz Levin/Special Group MILLIGAN, ADAM C

"'[C]losed' transition phrases such as 'consisting of are understood to exclude any ... ingredients not specified in the claim." AFG Indus., Inc. v. Cardinal JG Co., 239 F.3d 1239, 1245 (Fed. Cir. 2001). The claims therefore do not encompass any granulates that include ingredients other than those expressly specified. Piene's granules include a binder (in addition to any calcium compound, sorbitol, and mannitol they might also potentially include), and the binders suggested by Piene do not include any of the three components of the claimed granules. We therefore agree with Appellants that the claimed invention would not have been obvious based on Piene.

AFG Industries, Inc. v. Cardinal IG Company, Inc., 239 F.3d 1239, 57 USPQ2d 1776 (Fed. Cir. 2001) . . . . . . . 2111.03

1616 Ex Parte Agrawal et al 15154458 - (D) FITZPATRICK 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. SHIN, MONICA A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1718 Ex Parte Keil et al 13303386 - (D) NAGUMO 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Lam) JAVED, MIRZA ISRAR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Lee et al 14270117 - (D) FRAHM 112(2)/101/103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM/ORACLE CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 Ex Parte Tarnowski 14509633 - (D) DENNETT 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP / Vestas QUIGLEY, THOMAS K

2858 Ex Parte KAUTZ et al 14577404 - (D) HOUSEL 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L ZHANG, HAIDONG

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte Van Deloo et al 13691191 - (D) SILVERMAN Dissenting-in-part SHAH 101/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA ALLEN, AKIBA KANELLE

3643 Ex Parte McIntyre et al 13857403 - (D) OSINSKI Dissenting HOELTER 102/103 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO NGUYEN, SON T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Lefevre et al 13829990 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION DION, MARCEL T

3753 Ex Parte TOENNESMANN et al 14612303 - (D) HORNER 102 41.50 112(2) PATENT LAW OFFICES OF DR. NORMAN B. THOT HICKS, ANGELISA

3772 Ex Parte GERVAIS et al 13164182 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte Kelso et al 13645447 - (D) PRATS 103 103 McDermott Will & Emery LLP FORMAN, BETTY J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1736 Ex Parte Hondroulis et al 13947701 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP SOLIMAN, HAYTHAM

1747 Ex Parte Deal 13878925 - (D) KENNEDY 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC FISCHER, JUSTIN R

1765 Ex Parte Luberski 13449213 - (D) SNAY 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP VALDEZ, DEVE E

1765 Ex Parte Tamura et al 14391569 - (D) SNAY 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP VALDEZ, DEVE E

1787 Ex Parte Deneil et al 14382973 - (D) KENNEDY 103 102 41.50 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. HUANG, CHENG YUAN

1789 Ex Parte FITZPATRICK 13342656 - (D) SMITH 103 112(1)/103 McCarter & English, LLP / Albany International PIZIALI, ANDREW T

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2125 Ex Parte CHEN 14023409 - (D) AMUNDSON 102/103 Hongxia Chen LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte Luengen et al 14855383 - (D) KUMAR 102/OTDP MICROSOFT CORPORATION HARRISON, CHANTE E

2631 Ex Parte Khandekar et al 15172707 - (D) JEFFERY 112(2) 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C./QUALCOMM LAM, KENNETH T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Tokumaru et al 14348753 - (D) DENNETT 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. PASKO, NICHOLAS R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Krishnapuram et al 12916665 - (D) HAGY 103 101/103 Russell Ng PLLC (IBM AUS) VAN BRAMER, JOHN W

3623 Ex Parte Derebail et al 13847012 - (D) SHAH 101/103 OTDP Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN

3623 Ex Parte Derebail et al 14230564 - (D) SHAH 101/102 OTDP Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN

3624 Ex Parte Carrato et al 12330821 - (D) LORIN 101 IBM (END-KLS) c/o Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP KONERU, SUJAY

3626 Ex Parte Hyde et al 13374747 - (D) HOWARD 101/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC MORGAN, ROBERT W

3686 Ex Parte Prasad et al 12581490 - (D) MOHANTY 101 ALSTON & BIRD LLP NG, JONATHAN K

3691 Ex Parte BARFIELD et al 14164862 - (D) DEJMEK 101 VERIZON KLOBERG, PAUL R

3691 Ex Parte Lutnick et al 14263112 - (D) MOHANTY 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K

3692 Ex Parte Davis et al 10811093 - (D) LORIN 112(1)/102/103 101 W&C IP ANDERSON, JOHN A

3694 Ex Parte Howe et al 13956161 - (D) MEDLOCK 102/103 101 MasterCard c/o Ballard Spahr LLP ANDERSON, MICHAEL W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 Ex Parte Cataudella et al 14660976 - (D) GREENHUT 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY CHEUNG, CHUN HO!

3744 Ex Parte Sun et al 14383750 - (D) CALVE 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. TANENBAUM, TZVI SAMUEL

AFG, xiao, chef america, princeton, dystar

REVERSED
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2169 Ex Parte Liu et al 10/920,915 HUGHES 102(e) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER HOANG, SON T

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Kobayashi et al 11/204,038 HORNER 102(b) KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP EXAMINER LE, TAN

3684 Ex Parte Hicks et al 11/159,914 TURNER 112(1)/102(b)/103(a) SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS EXAMINER MARCUS, LELAND R

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Costea et al 10/346,898 ASTORINO 102(b)/103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER KIDWELL, MICHELE M

3761 Ex Parte King 10/704,860 GREEN 112(1)/102(b) Susan Clark King EXAMINER HAND, MELANIE JO

“Consisting of” is a closed transitional phrase that is “understood to exclude any elements, steps, or ingredients not specified in the claim.” AFG Indus., Inc. v. Cardinal IG Co., Inc., 239 F.3d 1239, 1245 (Fed. Cir. 2001).

AFG Industries, Inc. v. Cardinal IG Company, Inc., 239 F.3d 1239, 57 USPQ2d 1776 (Fed. Cir. 2001) . . . . . . . 2111.03

3777 Ex Parte Mathew 10/681,634 ASTORINO 103(a) MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD EXAMINER RAMIREZ, JOHN FERNANDO

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Saito et al 10/315,583 SMITH 102(b)/103(a) 102(b)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER STACE, BRENT S

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Nowlin et al 09/991,089 HOMERE 102(e)/103(a) 102(e)
TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. EXAMINER PEACHES, RANDY
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Koningstein et al 10/750,451 PETRAVICK 102(e)/103(a) 102(e)/103(a) Straub & Pokotylo EXAMINER BEKERMAN, MICHAEL

In re Xiao, No. 2011-1195, 2011 WL 4821929, at *3-4 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 12, 2011) (non-precedential) (non-functional descriptive material, being useful and intelligible only to the human mind, is given no patentable weight)

3654 Ex Parte Duke et al 11/446,005 STAICOVICI 102(b)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102(b) THE GATES CORPORATION EXAMINER REESE, ROBERT T

AFFIRMED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1723 Ex Parte Westervelt et al 10/837,787 BEST 103(a) Gesmer Updegrove LLP EXAMINER MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM

1731 Ex Parte Kolodziej et al 11/592,589 GAUDETTE 103(a) MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION EXAMINER WOOD, JARED M

1771 Ex Parte De Rezende Pinho et al 10/480,966 TIMM 103(a) Albemarle Netherlands B.V. EXAMINER SINGH, PREM C

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2473 Ex Parte Roy et al 12/698,671 SIU 103(a) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED EXAMINER TRAN, TUNG Q

2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Ugail 11/072,065 SIU 103(a)/101 Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP EXAMINER REPKO, JASON MICHAEL

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2815 Ex Parte Schaepkens et al 10/817,531 STRAUSS 102(e)/103(a) GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (PCPI) C/O FLETCHER YODER EXAMINER CHU, CHRIS C

Chef America, Inc. v. Lamb-Weston, Inc., 358 F.3d 1371, 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (Ordinary, simple English words whose meaning is clear and unquestionable, absent any indication that their use in a particular context changes their meaning, are construed to mean exactly what they say.)

Chef America, Inc. v. Lamb-Weston, Inc., 358 F.3d 1371, 69 USPQ2d 1857 (Fed. Cir. 2004).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2111.01

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Fransen et al 11/087,631 FREDMAN 112(1)/103(a) HOYNG MONEGIER LLP EXAMINER VALENTI, ANDREA M

3687 Ex Parte Thoren 10/843,304 TURNER 103(a) BACON & THOMAS, PLLC EXAMINER ADE, OGER GARCIA

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Solem et al 11/343,382 WALSH 103(a) Edwards Lifesciences LLC EXAMINER MCEVOY, THOMAS M

See Princeton Biochemicals, Inc. v. Beckman Coulter, Inc., 411 F.3d 1332, 1338-1339 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (affirming obviousness where motivation was found in the knowledge of those skilled in the art at the time, and where the nature of the problem also supplied a motivation). “In other words, the nature of the problem called for exactly the solutions in the prior art.” Id. at 1339. Accord, DyStar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG v. C.H. Patrick Co., 464 F.3d 1356, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (“the ‘evidence’ of motive will likely consist of an explanation of the well-known principle or problem-solving strategy to be applied”).

Dystar textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG v. C. H. Patrick Co., 464 F.3d 1356, 1360, 80 USPQ2d 1641, 1645 (Fed. Cir. 2006) . . . . . . . . . . . .2143.01, 2144

3733 Ex Parte Myint et al 11/268,786 FREDMAN 102(a)/103(a) STOEL RIVES LLP - SLC EXAMINER CARTER, TARA ROSE E

3767 Ex Parte Peterson et al 11/247,436 LEE 112(2)/103(a) Faegre Baker Daniels LLP EXAMINER HALL, DEANNA K

3774 Ex Parte Hlavka et al 10/622,207 BAUMEISTER 112(1) Leason Ellis LLP EXAMINER MATTHEWS, WILLIAM H

REHEARING
 
DENIED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1773 Ex Parte Chandler 11/401,198 SMITH 103(a) FOLEY & LARDNER LLP EXAMINER WARDEN, JILL ALICE