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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 DUPONT NUTRITION USA, INC. 15525173 BEST 103 DuPont Nutrition Biosciences APSA CRUZ, KATHRIEN ANN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Beaver Paper & Graphic Media, Inc. 14116414 INGLESE 103 THOMAS | HORSTEMEYER, LLP KHAN, AMINA S

1763 HERCULES CORPORATED 14283889 WILSON 103 Ashland LLC WILLIAM J. DAVIS, ESQ. PEETS, MONIQUE R

1783 SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 15108597 FRANKLIN 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. DILLON, DANIEL P

1789 Kyushu University, National University Corporation et al. 15823601 TIMM 103 SOEI PATENT & LAW FIRM CHANDHOK, JENNA N

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2153 FACEBOOK, INC. 15404136 McNEILL 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PA)(Facebook) DAVANLOU, SOHEILA

2154 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 15842377 BENNETT 103 IBM CORPORATION C/O: Fabian Vancott KUDDUS, DANIEL A

2176 ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 15417753 NAPPI 103 Kraguljac Law Group/Oracle BURKE, TIONNA M

2179 VOLKSWAGEN AG 15123607 DIXON 112(b)/112(f)/103 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP/HAK BADAWI, ANGIE M

The Examiner’s rejection, however, has not overcome the presumption that “means plus function” analysis does not apply here. In addition, the record, which includes the claim language and Appellant’s disclosure, does not support the Examiner’s findings or conclusion that § 112(f) should apply to the disputed terms.

When analyzing whether the presumption against applying § 112(f) is overcome, we consider how a claim limitation is “used in the context of the relevant claim language.” Advanced Ground Info. Sys., Inc. v. Life360, Inc., 830 F.3d 1341, 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2016). Further, “[i]n undertaking this analysis, we ask if the claim language, read in light of the specification, recites sufficiently definite structure,” which avoids application of § 112(f). Media Rights Techs., Inc. v. Capital One Fin. Corp., 800 F.3d 1366, 1372–73 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (analyzing specification to determine if term was described in specific structural terms).

2193 SAP SE 16196001 PYONIN 103 Mintz Levin/SAPMintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. ALKHATEEB, NOOR

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2413 QUALCOMM Incorporated 15397934 ZADO 103 Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm CHANG, YU-WEN

2437 International Business Machines Corporation 15912430 HUGHES 102(a)(2)/103 IBM Corporation - Patent Center WADE-WRIGHT, SHAQUEAL D

2449 Juniper Networks, Inc. 15086982 BENNETT 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT P. A. DOAN, HIEN VAN

2456 INTEL CORPORATION 15655864 HUME 112(b)/103 KDB Firm PLLC NGUYEN, ANH

2483 Jinhan Song et al. 13811581 EVANS 103 HAUPTMAN HAM, LLP HOLDER, ANNER N

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2619 Imagination Technologies Limited 15862382 CUTITTA 112(1)/103 Potomac Law Group PLLC (IMGTEC) YANG, ANDREW GUS

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2853 KOENIG & BAUER AG 17051451 WILSON 103 MATTINGLY & MALUR, PC HINZE, LEO T

2872 NITTO DENKO CORPORATION 15739531 DENNETT 103 WHDA, LLP KING, GEORGE G

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

3676 Parker-Hannifin Corporation 15737128 PLENZLER 112(b)/102(a)(2)/103 DON W. BULSON (PARK) RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP PATEL, NEEL G

3683 ServiceNow, Inc. 15792584 CRAWFORD 101/103 ServiceNow c/o Fletcher Yoder PC YOUNG, ASHLEY YA-SHEH

3685 Apple Inc. 14474773 MEDLOCK 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. SAX, TIMOTHY P

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

3723 SUMCO CORPORATION 16324291 REIMERS 102(a)(2)/103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. MORGAN, EILEEN P

3774 The Foundry, LLC 15864796 MARTIN 102/OTDP DOWNS RACHLIN MARTIN PLLC SCHILLINGER, ANN M

3785 Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited 16836647 MARTIN 112(2)/102/103 Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP (FPHCR) FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LIMITED LOUIS, LATOYA M

OPQA Disney Enterprises, Inc. 15974604 PYONIN 103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. C/O FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP LIU, ZHENGXI

Affirmed-in-Part 

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2139 ATTO TECHNOLOGY, INC. 13797317 DEJMEK 112(1) 103 IP Practice Group Harter Secrest & Emery LLP WESTBROOK, MICHAEL L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2462 Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC 14302313 HUME 103 103 GAZDZINSKI & ASSOCIATES, PC DANIEL JR, WILLIE J

2473 Tao Yang et al. 14238597 WHITEHEAD JR. 103 103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA CHOWDHURY, HARUN UR R

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2838 Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation 16271330 WILSON 102(a)(1) 102(a)(1) Locke Lord LLP TRAN, NGUYEN

2842 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 15602908 CASHION 112(b)/103 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED RETEBO, METASEBIA T

2894 SCIOCS COMPANY LIMITED et al. 16312496 ROBERTSON 112(b)/103 103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP KARIMY, TIMOR

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

3623 ADP, LLC 14643569 LORIN 103 103 41.50 101 Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C. KYEREME-TUAH, AKOSUA P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Carrier Corporation 16245900 BROWN 103 102(a)(1) Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C./Carrier Corporation TRPISOVSKY, JOSEPH F

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 entrotech life sciences, inc. 13847453 CHANG 103 112(1)/112(2) THE GRIFFITH LAW FIRM, A P.C. BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE

1635 Michael Migawa et al. 12527417 PAULRAJ 103 McNeill Baur PLLC/Ionis Pharmaceuticals SHIN, DANA H

1644 THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA et al. 13860897 CHANG 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP DIBRINO, MARIANNE

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1716 Applied Materials, Inc. 14612857 KENNEDY 103 AMAT / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP CHAN, LAUREEN

1735 NUCOR CORPORATION 14946872 WILSON 103 Hahn Loeser + Parks LLP YUEN, JACKY

1741 KHS GmBH 16495695 RANGE 103 RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP LIANG, SHIBIN

1748 Global IP Holdings, LLC 16014289 TIMM 103 Brooks Kushman SPIEL, PAUL D

1748 Global IP Holdings, LLC 16014145 TIMM 103 Brooks Kushman SPIEL, PAUL D

1748 Global IP Holdings, LLC 16014176 TIMM 103 Brooks Kushman SPIEL, PAUL D

1748 Global IP Holdings, LLC 16014251 TIMM 103 Brooks Kushman SPIEL, PAUL D

1749 THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD. 14900046 KENNEDY 103 THORPE NORTH & WESTERN/YOKOHAMA FISCHER, JUSTIN R

1762 PRIME POLYMER CO., LTD. et al. 15774822 FRANKLIN 102/103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP MULCAHY, PETER D

1781 Dow Global Technologies LLC et al. 14737547 HANLON 103/OTDP The Dow Chemical Company/Cantor Colburn LLP SAWDON, ALICIA JANE

1783 SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 15574412 ROBERTSON 103 Ostrolenk Faber LLP JOHNSON, NANCY ROSENBERG

1783 Honeywell International Inc. 14711550 KENNEDY 103 HONEYWELL/S&S Intellectual Property Services Group HANDVILLE, BRIAN

1792 Lavazza Professional North America, LLC 15124950 HASTINGS 103 The Belles Group, P.C. LACHICA, ERICSON M

1792 General Mills, Inc. 16365193 Decision 103 112(b)/103 41.50 112(b) DIEDERIKS & WHITELAW, PLC LACHICA, ERICSON M

1795 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 15278203 REN 112(1) 102/103 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC (AS) RUFO, LOUIS J

1797 Rosario Mannino 14615207 MCGEE 112(4)/103 Rhodes IP PLC SODERQUIST, ARLEN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 15473479 THOMAS 103 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - ATIIP PEACH, POLINA G

2166 CFPH, LLC 13936757 HUGHES 103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. INNOVATION DIVISION OBERLY, VAN HONG

2168 Calgary Scientific Inc. 14507993 CHUNG 103 Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC GORTAYO, DANGELINO N

2169 Marc Davis et al. 13373830 HUGHES 103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC ZHAO, YU

2176 Leonid Vymenets et al. 13295404 CRAIG 112(1)/103 Conley Rose - BlackBerry Files WONG, WILLIAM

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2414 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 16221149 DecisionWHITEHEAD JR. 112(2)/103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. KO, SITHU

2439 Aetna Inc. 15187172 EVANS 103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD - AETNA LE, CANH

2444 CONCUR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 15893161 STRAUSS 103 Fountainhead Law Group P.C. Chad R. Walsh KEEHN, RICHARD G

2449 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) 16043224 ARPIN 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC DOAN, HIEN VAN

2459 Avaya Inc. 14576157 BUI 103 Setter Roche LLP NGUYEN, LINH T

2461 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15580861 HOFF 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY BEDNASH, JOSEPH A

2465 QUALCOMM Incorporated 15387279 HOMERE 103 Holland & Hart LLP/Qualcomm WYLLIE, CHRISTOPHER T

2483 VID SCALE, INC. 14658179 PER CURIAM 103 Condo Roccia Koptiw LLP AN, SHAWN S

2495 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 16286453 HOMERE 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION ZHU, ZHIMEI

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2611 INTEL CORPORATION 16000741 ENGLE 103 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Intel) VALDEZ, PATRICK F

2625 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 15257672 BENNETT 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED EDWARDS, CAROLYN R

2651 Avaya Inc. 16190704 MORGAN 103 Setter Roche LLP TRAN, QUOC DUC

2684 SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15786903 BENNETT 103 Zebra Technologies Corporation SMALL, NAOMI J

2694 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15231760 CURCURI 103 Barta, Jones & Foley, P.C.(Patent Group - Microsoft Corporation) FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK

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

3621 Vity Patent Holdco, LLC 15675728 CRAWFORD 101 Vity Patent Holdco, LLC c/o BlueIron, LLC ELCHANTI, TAREK

3628 CFPH, LLC 15665816 MEDLOCK 112(a)/101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. SIMPSON, DIONE N

3635 Anil Kar 13582425 WOODS 103 MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP WILMINGTON KWIECINSKI, RYAN D

3644 Seashell Technology, LLC 15803811 REIMERS 102(a)/1)/103 BRIAN D. GILDEA, P.C. DAVIS, RICHARD G

3664 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 15884472 JEFFERY Concurring BUSCH 102(b) 101 Daniel J. Swirsky YOU, WANSIK

3686 International Business Machines Corporation 15635344 MEDLOCK 101 Walder Intellectual Property Law PC PATEL, JAY M

3687 Stryker Corporation 15569629 MEDLOCK 101/103 HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC/Stryker Instruments DANNEMAN, PAUL

3694 James Shoen et al. 13362739 SILVERMAN 101 Venjuris. P.C. RANKINS, WILLIAM E

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

3715 Education Advanced, Inc. 15826450 SONG 101 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C. YIP, JACK

3715 Rescue Box, Inc. 16897823 SONG 103 OTDP CARTER, DELUCA & FARRELL LLP BULLINGTON, ROBERT P

3715 NIKE, Inc. 15790801 ASTORINO 101 Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER

3724 Paul Vegliante 15358816 FITZPATRICK 103 MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP PETERSON, KENNETH E

3731 Medline Industries, Inc. 15169962 BAHR 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP GERRITY, STEPHEN FRANCIS

3733 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 14388273 GUIJT 102(b)/102(e)/103 102(b)/102(e)/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MAI, TRI M

3741 United Technologies Corporation 16109842 MARTIN 112(1) 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M

3761 LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC. 15851116 HOELTER 103 The Lincoln Electric Company LAFLAME JR, MICHAEL A

3781 The Procter & Gamble Company 15453965 CAPP 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY ARBLE, JESSICA R

3793 Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. 15680292 ASTORINO 112(a)/112(b) Volpe Koenig - JNJ PEHLKE, CAROLYN A

3799 Ben-Zion Karmon 14864888 MARTIN OTDP Dr. Mark M. Friedman PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E

3799 BK Medical Holding Company, Inc. 14837667 SILVERMAN 101 GENDAUGHERTY & DEL ZOPPO CO., L.P.A. HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE

Rehearing

Denied 

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

3668 LIPPERT COMPONENTS INC. 15323561 PLENZLER 102(a)/103 103 REISING ETHINGTON P.C. MUSTAFA, IMRAN K

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

3745 Acciona Windpower, S.A 14580948 ASTORINO 112(b) HAYES SOLOWAY P.C. BOMBERG, KENNETH

Reissue

Affirmed-in-Part 

2688 COCHLEAR LIMITED 15782224 9,158,891 13/768,807 ENGLE 112(a)/112(b)/102/103 251/112(a)/102 Edell Shapiro & Finnan LLC REICHLE, KARIN M