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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 BASF SE 15126706 ADAMS 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP
VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE

1623 ROQUETTE FRERES 16471753 TOWNSEND 103 OLIFF PLC
KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY

1644 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 15487619 FREDMAN 112(1)/102/OTDP Cantor Colburn-WARF WEN, SHARON X

In addition, the claims here are drawn to a product-by-process format. “[I]f an inventor invents a product whose structure is either not fully known or too complex to analyze . . . this court clarifies that the inventor is absolutely free to use process steps to define this product. The patent will issue subject to the ordinary requirements of patentability. The inventor will not be denied protection. Because the inventor chose to claim the product in terms of its process, however, that definition also governs the enforcement of the bounds of the patent right.” Abbott Labs. v. Sandoz, Inc., 566 F.3d 1282, 1294 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (en banc). And “nesting of the product-by-process limitation within a method of treatment claim does not change the proper construction of the product-by-process limitation itself.” Biogen v. EMD Serono, 976 F.3d 1326, 1334 (Fed. Cir. 2020). ...

This type of product-by-process limitation has been “developed in response to the need to enable an applicant to claim an otherwise patentable product that resists definition by other than the process by which it is made.” In re Thorpe, 777 F.2d 695, 697 (Fed. Cir. 1985).

However, “the patentability of a claim to a product does not rest merely on a difference in the method by which that product is made.” In re Pilkington, 411 F.2d 1345, 1348 (CCPA 1969). The product-by-process limitation of claim 1 therefore requires orally administering an antibody preparation that is structurally the same as one produced by the recited method.

Thorpe, In re, 777 F.2d 695, 227 USPQ 964 (Fed. Cir. 1985) 706.02(m) , 2113

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1724 ZAF ENERGY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED 17087161 COLAIANNI 103 Brooks Kushman
GREENE, PATRICK MARSHALL

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2117 Senthil SUNDARAM et al. 13110172 BEAMER 103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD (ABB)
LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN

2125 Conectric, LLC 15184887 GUPTA 103 41.50 112(2) PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP CHEN, YING YU

2183 Imagination Technologies Limited 14745880 DEJMEK 102/103 Potomac Law Group PLLC (IMGTEC) HUISMAN, DAVID J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2495 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 15908511 BUSCH 102/103 Comcastc/o Ballard Spahr LLP LE, THANH T

2499 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 16211703 COURTENAY 102/103 Calderon Safran & Cole, P.C. SHEHNI, GHAZAL B

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2688 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 16751297 HUME 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP HAILE, BENYAM

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2824 Shanghai Denglin Technologies Co. Ltd 16025226 REN 103 41.50 112(2) Zhong Law, LLC HUR, JUNG H

2839 Bender Gmbh & Co. KG 16030918 WILSON 102/103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC - WASHINGTON, DC NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL

2839 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. 16616657 HEANEY 102/103 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP (Motorola) (Motorola Solutions, Inc) SREEVATSA, SREEYA

2857 Conectric, LLC 15184896 CASHION 103 PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP ALKAFAWI, EMAN A

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

3622 Hypertherm, Inc. 15359880 CALVE 103 CESARI AND MCKENNA, LLP ANDREI, RADU

3663 Robert Bosch GmbH 15718015 STAICOVICI 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP EVANS, GARRETT F

3698 Apple Inc. 16581614 FETTING 103 DENTONS US LLP – Apple ANDERSON, JOHN A

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

3711 EPOCH LACROSSE LLC 15352794 PER CURIAM 112(2) 41.50 112(1)/103 H. JAY SPIEGEL - H. JAY SPIEGEL & ASSOCIATES KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE

3735 Stolle Machinery Company, LLC 15382850 BROWN 102/103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT LLC COLLINS, RAVEN

Affirmed-in-Part 

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1754 Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH 16010095 KENNEDY 102/103 112(2) Continental Intellectual Property TAUFIQ, FARAH N

1782 Berry Plastics Corporation 15367556 MCGEE 103 103 41.50 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (IN)
HOCK, ELLEN SUZANNE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2161 TERADATA US, INC. 13728345 HUME 103 103 Randy Campbell TERADATA US, INC.
AGHARAHIMI, FARHAD

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2419 Cisco Technology, Inc. 16294861 CRAIG 103 103 41.50 112(2) Lee & Hayes PC/Cisco
PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R

2438 PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V. 16094283 CUTITTA 102 102/103 Signify Holding B.V.
VU, PHY ANH TRAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2632 ARRIS Enterprises LLC 16709581 SAADAT 103 112(2)/101 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP (Arris/Commscope) MALEK, LEILA

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 L'OREAL 15582076 GRIMES 103 POLSINELLI PC (L'Oreal USA)
VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE

1634 Evonik Operations GmbH 15555531 ADAMS 103 Law Office of Michael A. Sanzo, LLC
GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1734 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 15786964 MCGEE 103 ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP - New York
WANG, NICHOLAS A

1749 THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD. 15564710 HOUSEL 112(4)/103 THORPE NORTH & WESTERN/YOKOHAMA BOOTH, ALEXANDER D

1759 NESTEC S.A. 15558344 HASTINGS 103 K&L Gates LLP-Nestec S.A. GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A

1786 SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD 14903197 TIMM 103 LEE IP LAW, P.C. DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M

1786 SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. 16789700 KENNEDY 103 OLIFF PLC LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

1797 Unicorn Pharmaceuticals Inc. 17529787 FRAHM 101 103 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) XU, XIAOYUN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2152 SAP SE 15386969 DEJMEK 101 Fountainhead Law Group P.C. KIM, PAUL

2156 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba et al. 14206819 HOMERE 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP OBISESAN, AUGUSTINE KUNLE

2177 Adobe Inc. 15469178 WHITEHEAD JR. Dissenting PYONIN 103 FIG. 1 Patents ZUBERI, MOHAMMED H

2191 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 14846595 BEAMER 103 WORKMAN NYDEGGER/MICROSOFT BROPHY, MATTHEW J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2419 The Procter & Gamble Company 16437115 GALLIGAN 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY DENNISON, JERRY

2424 VideoAmp, Inc. 16120149 FRAHM 103 BUCHALTER FLYNN, RANDY A

2458 General Electric Company 15958860 CRAIG 103 The Small Patent Law Group, LLC BATES, KEVIN T

2462 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 16112342 CUTITTA 103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. MILLS, DONALD L

2468 QUALCOMM Incorporated 15905425 SAADAT 112(1) 103 Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm KASSIM, KHALED M\

2498 EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC 16722661 MacDONALD 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP/DELL-VCE WALIULLAH, MOHAMMED

2611 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 16498730 SAADAT 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS WU, YANNA

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2656 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 16131968 HORVATH 103 BakerHostetler / Comcast
KOETH, MICHELLE M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2832 YANJUN CHE 14252778 ROBERTSON 112(1)/101 Yanjun Che
NGUYEN, VIET P

2842 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 16507883 KENNEDY 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL
CHEN, PATRICK C

2857 CGG SERVICES SAS 16032429 GUPTA 102 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC
PEREZ BERMUDEZ, YARITZA H

2894 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 16459033 MCKONE 102 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED TURNER, BRIAN

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

3624 Airbus Operations GmbH et al. 15388066 FETTING 101/103 LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK CHOY, PAN G

3628 K.L. HARRING TRANSPORTATION LLC 15290254 FETTING 103 112(1)/112(2) VOLPE KOENIG ELCHANTI, ZEINA

3643 KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 16846613 HILL 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC LARSEN, JEFFREY R

3685 Self Financial, Inc. 17015761 CRAWFORD 112(1)/112(2) 101 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (TC) OBEID, MAMON A

3687 Arnold Chase et al. 16044663 MEDLOCK 103 101 McCormick, Paulding & Huber, PLLC WERONSKI, MATTHEW S

3697 Dionda Gatling 15718992 FETTING 101 Armstrong Teasdale LLP FU, HAO

Rehearing

Denied

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

3685 Robert Gierkink et al. 13045843 WIEDER 101 Invoke / Oracle AGWUMEZIE, CHINEDU CHARLES

abbott labs3

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
Ex Parte Reguri et al 11/219,976 LEBOVITZ 102(b) DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES, INC. EXAMINER MABRY, JOHN

There is no per se prohibition of patenting a “new form” of a compound. To the contrary, there are numerous cases in which a new form of a known compound was determined to be patentable. See, e.g., Abbott Labs. v. Sandoz Inc., 566 F.3d 1282 (Fed. Cir. 2009).

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Jensen et al 10/838,533 SCHEINER 103(a) FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG EXAMINER TRAN LIEN, THUY

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Sayal et al 09/943,223 DIXON 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER DENG, ANNA CHEN

Ex Parte Phenix 10/667,816 DANG 101/103(a) MICHAEL B. JOHANNESEN, ESQ. LOWENSTEIN SANDLER, P.C. EXAMINER RADTKE, MARK A

Though the Examiner finds that “[t]he claims are rejected as falling under the judicial exception of an abstract idea … not statutory within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. 101” (Ans. 3), “an applicant may show that a process claim satisfies § 101 either by showing that his claim is tied to a particular machine, or by showing that his claim transforms an article” into a different state or thing. See Gottschalk v. Benson, 409 U.S. 63, 70 (1972).

Gottschalk v. Benson, 409 U.S. 63, 175 USPQ 673 (1972). . . . .2106, 2106.01, 2106.02

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Saunders et al 10/447,514 NAPPI 103(a) LAW OFFICES OF WAYNE JONES EXAMINER GE, YUZHEN

Ex Parte Ceshkovsky 10/190,382 HAHN 101/112(1) PIONEER NORTH AMERICA, INC. EXAMINER ORTIZ CRIADO, JORGE L

For the forgoing reasons we find a disclosed operative embodiment. We, therefore, will not sustain the rejection under § 101 of claims 1-60 because our reviewing court has stated “[t]o violate [35 U.S.C.] § 101 the claimed device must be totally incapable of achieving a useful result.” Brooktree Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 977 F.2d 1555, 1571 (Fed. Cir. 1992) (emphasis added).

Brooktree Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 977 F.2d 1555, 24 USPQ2d 1401 (Fed. Cir. 1992) . . . . . . . 2107.01

Ex Parte Frakes et al 10/865,084 HAIRSTON 102(e)/103(a) THOMAS, KEYDEN, HORSTEMEYER & RISLEY, L.L.P. EXAMINER LE, BRIAN Q

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Chin et al 11/287,966 RUGGIERO 102(b)/103(a) Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited EXAMINER MARSHALL, CHRISTLE I

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Peters 10/758,853 CRAWFORD 103(a) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & PAUL, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER FIELDS, BENJAMIN S

Ex Parte Wylie 09/971,908 CRAWFORD 103(a) Philmore H. Colburn II Cantor Colburn LLP EXAMINER RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM

See Texas Instruments Inc. v. United States Int'l Trade Comm'n, 988 F.2d 1165, 1171 (Fed. Cir. 1993) (claim language cannot be mere surplusage; an express limitation cannot be read out of the claim).

Texas Instruments, Inc. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 988 F.2d 1165, 26 USPQ2d 1018 (Fed. Cir. 1993) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716.04

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Weiland et al 10/620,732 SIU 102(b) NAVTEQ NORTH AMERICA, LLC EXAMINER TO, TUAN C

REEXAMINATION

inter partes

EXAMINER AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)

THE C.W. ZUMBIEL COMPANY, INC. Requester, Cross-Appellant, Respondent v. GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, INC.1 Patent Owner, Appellant, Respondent 95/000,077 6,715,639 SONG 103(a) James F. Vaughan Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice cc Third Party Requester: KEITH R. HAUPT, ESQ. Wood Herron & Evans LLP EXAMINER FOSTER, JIMMY G

NEW

REVERSED

Ex Parte Baxter et al
Ex Parte Kamon et al
Ex Parte Kunkee et al
Ex Parte Taylor
Ex Parte Zelazo et al

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

Ex Parte Rudelic
Ex Parte Xu et al

REEXAMINATION

Ex parte RF DELAWARE, INC., Appellant
Ex parte RF DELAWARE, INC., Appellant

AFFIRMED

Ex Parte Distefano
Ex Parte Etzold
Ex Parte Jourdan et al
Ex Parte Keller et al
Ex Parte Kimbrell et al
Ex Parte Kloke et al
Ex Parte Pabla et al
Ex Parte Wagstaff
Ex Parte Yaeger

REHEARING

Ex Parte Van Der Vleuten et al