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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Herre 13508197 - (D) TIMM 103 Bejin Bieneman PLC THOMAS, BINU

Claim 43 requires programming. Programming creates “a new machine, because a general purpose computer in effect becomes a special purpose computer once it is programmed to perform particular functions pursuant to instructions from program software.” WMS Gaming, Inc. v. Int'l Game Tech., 184 F.3d 1339, 1348 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (quoting In re Alappat, 33 F.3d 1526, 1545 (Fed. Cir. 1994) (en banc).

Alappat, In re, 33 F.3d 1526, 31 USPQ2d 1545 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2106

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Marti et al 11831244 - (D) ZECHER 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP HOLLAND, SHERYL L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2449 Ex Parte Cao et al 14051842 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 MARTIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC NGUYEN, THUONG

2468 Ex Parte Koponen et al 13589035 - (D) THOMAS 103 VMware, Inc. HARLEY, JASON A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2677 Ex Parte Ward et al 13849752 - (D) HUGHES 102 InfoPrint Solutions/ Blakely POPOVICI, DOV

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte DePue et al 14064796 - (D) CASHION 102/103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION THOMAS, LUCY M

2894 Ex Parte Seto et al 14345629 - (D) SQUIRE 102/103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. GRAYBILL, DAVID E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3675 Ex Parte Nguyen et al 13144282 - (D) HORNER 103 FLETCHER YODER (CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION) KONERU, LAKSHMI S

3695 Ex Parte Grindrod 13215047 - (D) SHAH 112(1)/103 41.50 101 POLSINELLI PC PUTTAIAH, ASHA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Archer et al 14273765 - (D) GREENHUT 103 BRUNET & CO. LTD. MENDIRATTA, VISHU K

3742 Ex Parte Bodum 12161106 - (D) MURPHY 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC STAPLETON, ERIC S

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Colby et al 12744063 - (D) DERRICK 112(1)/112(2)/103 103 HAHN LOESER & PARKS, LLP - MICHELIN ROGERS, MARTIN K

1779 Ex Parte Lee et al 13876334 - (D) WILSON 103 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC ORME, PATRICK JAMES

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Schwarz et al 14663727 - (D) HORNER 102 102 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY RODRIGUEZ, WILLIAM H

3745 Ex Parte Lewis et al 13584172 - (D) GUIJT 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY EDGAR, RICHARD A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte SILVANUS et al 13745234 - (D) SNAY 112(2) 103 Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A. GAMINO, CARLOS J

1767 Ex Parte Silverman et al 14534464 - (D) SQUIRE 103 Patti & Malvone Law Group, LLC KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C

1788 Ex Parte Qi et al 14003589 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY PATEL, RONAK C

1791 Ex Parte Nace et al 12806317 - (D) McMANUS 103 Magleby Cataxinos & Greenwood BADR, HAMID R

1793 Ex Parte Mattei 13734396 - (D) SQUIRE 103 Blank Rome LLP MOORE, WALTER A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte RESCH 12762350 - (D) SHIANG 103 Garlick & Markison (IBM) JACOB, AJITH

2168 Ex Parte Bailey 13962679 - (D) PYONIN 101 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP OWYANG, MICHELLE N

2174 Ex Parte Huttelmaier et al 13032353 - (D) McNEILL 112(1)/112(2) 102 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC / SR SHIAU, SHEN C

2177 Ex Parte KIM et al 13568630 - (D) SHIANG 101/103 Cucnot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC NGUYEN, LUU-PHUONG T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Litvinov 14615101 - (D) FRAHM 103 Lowe Graham Jones PLLC HANCE, ROBERT J

2442 Ex Parte Protopapas et al 13241680 - (D) JURGOVAN 101/102 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL HARRELL, ROBERT B

2449 Ex Parte Skiba et al 14133251 - (D) DIXON 112(1)/112(2) 101/103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. CELANI, NICHOLAS P

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2636 Ex Parte Zhong et al 14107721 - (D) DEJMEK 102/103 Slater Matsil, LLP/HW/FW/HWC LAMBERT, DAVID W

2659 Ex Parte Miet 13511880 - (D) HAMANN 102/103 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./Nvidia DESIR, PIERRE LOUIS

2683 Ex Parte Hampapur et al 13446701 - (D) McNEILL 103 SCULLY, SCOTT, MURPHY & PRESSER, P.C. NGUYEN, AN T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte LIN et al 14092256 - (D) GUPTA 112(1)/112(4) 102/103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP LUCK, SEAN M

2899 Ex Parte Sriram et al 13652754 - (D) HEANEY 103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3691 Ex Parte JOWERS et al 11557011 - (D) SHAH 101 Patterson & Sheridan - The Boeing Company VYAS, ABHISHEK

3691 Ex Parte Wilce et al 09916881 - (D) McCARTHY 101 Docket Clerk-GOLD KAZIMI, HANI M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Vaioli et al 13902349 - (D) SMEGAL 112(2) 101/102 Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C. PIERCE, WILLIAM M

3714 Ex Parte Corbo 14284378 - (D) GREENHUT 101/OTDP DLA PIPER LLP (US ) COBURN, CORBETT B

3753 Ex Parte Thompson et al 12572071 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 41.50 103 Arnold & Saunders, LLP DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE

3762 Ex Parte Wilder et al 13170775 - (D) NEW 102/103 Haynes and Boone, LLP (46901) EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT

3771 Ex Parte Sebelius et al 14201441 - (D) KNIGHT 103 Baker & Hostetler LLP / Physio-Control, Inc. MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Ex Parte Tannenbaum 13272853 - (D) FINAMORE 101 Laurence & Phillips IP Law LLP FADOK, MARK A

3627 Ex Parte Lew et al 11853576 - (R) MOORE 101 Docket Clerk-GOLD ROJAS, HAJIME S

3667 Ex Parte Kirk et al 14281627 - (R) DIXON 101 HONEYWELL/S&S BADII, BEHRANG

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Janakiraman 11089395 - (D) HUME 103 37 CFR 41.50 101 IBM CORP (YA) C/O YEE & ASSOCIATES PC HARPER, ELIYAH STONE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2648 Ex Parte Zhang et al 11231557 - (D) BEGLEY 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. WENDELL, ANDREW

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2823 Ex Parte Chen et al 11468403 - (D) HANLON 103 ROBERTS MLOTKOWSKI SAFRAN & COLE, P.C SWANSON, WALTER H

2856 Ex Parte Morris 11347471 - (D) COLAIANNI 112(2)/103 R. REAMS GOODLOE, P.S. RAEVIS, ROBERT R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Montabaur 11345614 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 102(b) KF ROSS PC NGUYEN, DUNG V

3744 Ex Parte Malone et al 10836665 - (D) CAPP 102(b)/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY LEO, LEONARD R

3762 Ex Parte Gunderson et al 11564132 - (D) GRIMES 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) HOLMES, REX R

3782 Ex Parte Stevens 11291631 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 QUARLES & BRADY, LLP NEWHOUSE, NATHAN JEFFREY

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Behzad et al 11079961 - (D) DANG 103 102(e)/103 GARLICK & MARKISON LAM, KENNETH T

2648 Ex Parte Maerzinger et al 11685288 - (D) FRAHM 102(b)/103 103 SpryIP, LLC IFX WENDELL, ANDREW

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2858 Ex Parte Call et al 11412859 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 112(1) Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi, L.C. VALONE, THOMAS F

2894 Ex Parte Mao et al 11915039 - (D) NAGUMO 103 103 WINSTEAD PC NGUYEN, DUY T V

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3676 Ex Parte Harmer et al 12127881 - (D) SPAHN 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) SCHLUMBERGER OILFIELD SERVICES RO, YONG-SUK

See Ultramercial, Inc. v. Hulu, LLC, 722 F.3d 1335, 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2013) (“[P]rogramming creates a new machine, because a general purpose computer in effect becomes a special purpose computer once it is programmed to perform particular functions pursuant to instructions from program software.”) (quoting In re Alappat, 33 F.3d 1526, 1544 (Fed. Cir. 1994)).

Alappat, In re, 33 F.3d 1526, 31 USPQ2d 1545 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2106

DONNER 2: 467, 469; 6: 675, 678-82, 685, 704, 705, 708, 719, 726, 812-816; 10: 1137, 1139
HARMON 2: 63; 6: 366; 18: 78, 94; 19: 7, 19, 422, 473

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Testrake et al 11376628 - (D) MORRISON 103 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP CARLOS, ALVIN LEABRES

3744 Ex Parte Spicer et al 11356475 - (D) BAHR 103 103 EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY ROSATI,BRANDON MICHAEL

3744 Ex Parte McCordic et al 11447488 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 103 Docket Clerk-Raytheon/MWM WALBERG, TERESA J

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1723 Ex Parte Poulakis 12735998 - (D) KIMLIN 102(b)/103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P

1784 Ex Parte Liu 12491427 - (D) KIMLIN 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL ZIMMERMAN, JOHN J

2427 Ex Parte Gentrix 10546393 - (D) DANG 103 NXP B.V. TELAN, MICHAEL R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2466 Ex Parte WANG 12038451 - (D) FRAHM 102(e) Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd) ROBERTS, BRIAN S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2644 Ex Parte Van Lieshout et al 11089194 - (D) POTHIER 112(1) 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. LEE, JUSTIN YE

2649 Ex Parte Russo et al 11022141 - (D) DIXON 103 WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP (MICROSOFT CORPORATION) AKINYEMI, AJIBOLA A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2844 Ex Parte KATO et al 11765081 - (D) FRAHM 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. LE, TUNG X

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3644 Ex Parte Lee 12369139 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 Bay Area Technolgy Law Group PC HUSON, JOSHUA DANIEL

3672 Ex Parte MARTINEZ et al 12685362 - (D) JUNG 103 SCHLUMBERGER OILFIELD SERVICES ANDREWS, DAVID L

3679 Ex Parte Zelek 11502075 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 102(b) BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP KEE, FANNIEC

3695 Ex Parte Birtwell et al 11001246 - (D) FETTING 102(b)/103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD ROBINSON, KITO R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte Anliker 10538168 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP CHU, KING M

REHEARING

DENIED 
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3651 Ex Parte Darcy et al 11155677 - (R) SAINDON 103 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN, LLP (Xerox) CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Ex parte WALKER DIGITAL, LLC 90009918 6263505 08/886,006 CURCURI 112(1)/112(2) 102(e)/103 Fahmi, Sellers, Embert & Davitz THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: PATENTBLAST RALIS, STEPHEN J original MILLER, JOHN W

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2899 CENTILLION DATA SYSTEMS, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC., QWEST CORPORATION, AND QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Defendants-Appellees. 2013-1084 5,287,270 07/984,374 MOORE summary judgment of non-infringement summary judgment of non-infringement Blank Rome LLP; Morrison & Foerster, LLP BRUTMAN, LAURA

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1657 Ex Parte Kawashima 10821732 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE SRIVASTAVA, KAILASH C

We agree with Appellant that the claim language requiring programs that enable a processor to carry out specific functions defines structural limitations, and is not merely a recitation of intended use. See Ultramercial,Inc. v. Hulu, LLC, 722 F.3d 1335, 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2013) (“[P]rogramming creates a new machine, because a general purpose computer in effect becomes a special purpose computer once it is programmed to perform particular functions pursuant to instructions from program software.”) (quoting In re Alappat, 33 F.3d 1526, 1544 (Fed. Cir. 1994)).

Alappat, In re, 33 F.3d 1526, 31 USPQ2d 1545 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2106

Ultramercial v. Hulu, 657 F.3d 1323, 100 USPQ2d 1140 (Fed. Cir. 2011) 2106

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2674 Ex Parte Salgado et al 11273132 - (D) FREDMAN 102 Prass LLP AUGUSTIN, MARCELLUS

2675 Ex Parte Aldrich et al 10812626 - (D) GRIMES 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE P.L.C. CRUZ, IRIANA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Cave 11717292 - (D) TARTAL 103 STUART WHITTINGTON DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1653 Ex Parte De La Mettrie et al 11080633 - (D) SCHEINER 103 OLIFF & BERRIDGE, PLC MACAULEY, SHERIDAN R

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte Chandrachood et al 11867740 - (D) KIMLIN 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Schmitt et al 10854168 - (D) BUSCH 103 SAP / FINNEGAN, HENDERSON LLP HO, BINH VAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2695 Ex Parte Rainisto 11284695 - (D) THOMAS 103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte Hieronymus et al 11415052 - (D) HASTINGS 112(2)/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP HINZE, LEO T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3751 Ex Parte Senga et al 11698980 - (D) GREENHUT 103 SUGHRUE-265550 CHIANG, JENNIFER C

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 PCT INTERNATIONAL, INC. Respondent, Requestor v. PPC BROADBAND, INC. Appellant, Patent Owner 95001492 6,716,062 10/277,756 McCARTHY 103 John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc. c/o Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts; Third Party Requester: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. original Hiscock & Barclay LLC SAGER, MARK ALAN original FIGUEROA, FELIX O