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1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1723 Ex Parte Klug et al 11/254,426 FRANKLIN 103(a) FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, LLP EXAMINER BAND, MICHAEL A

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Kuramochi 09/785,230 WINSOR 103(a) STAAS & HALSEY LLP EXAMINER WONG, LESLIE

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2478 Ex Parte Nidd 10/062,108 WHITEHEAD, JR. 102(e)/103(a) ANNE VACHON DOUGHERTY EXAMINER BRUCKART, BENJAMIN R

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte Bolle et al 09/789,957 FISCHETTI 103(a) PERMAN & GREEN, LLP EXAMINER BORISSOV, IGOR N

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte Boucher et al 11/253,987 WALSH concurring and dissenting FREDMAN 112(1)/112(2)/103(a) ROBIC EXAMINER CROW, ROBERT THOMAS

In my view, the Majority opinion fails to appreciate the high level of skill of the ordinary artisan which results in their erroneous conclusion of law.

As evidence of this high level of skill in the art at the time of invention, after a six minute Google Scholar search using “microarray”, “normalization” and “dilution” as search terms, I identified the Schuchhardt reference.
AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Hansenne et al 10/367,700 GRIMES 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER HUI, SAN MING R

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Cuckson et al 10/404,819 STEPHENS 103(a) Qwest Communications International Inc. EXAMINER LE, MICHAEL

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Ex Parte Spring 11/052,458 HOFF 102(b)/103(a) FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP EXAMINER MOVVA, AMAR

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3727 Ex Parte Siddiqui et al 10/683,231 SAINDON 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103(a) AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. EXAMINER MULLER, BRYAN R