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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Wong et al 12818930 - (D) SMITH 103 Bejin Bieneman PLC KURPLE, KARL

1717 Ex Parte Fritz et al 13128068 - (D) SMITH 103 Bejin Bieneman PLC KURPLE, KARL

1731 Ex Parte Danielson et al 14270796 - (D) Per curiam 102 CORNING INCORPORATED BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A

1783 Ex Parte Restuccia et al 13862874 - (D) PRAISS 103 CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC. HANDVILLE, BRIAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Cappellani et al 13996505 - (D) DERRICK 103 SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON & WYATT, P.C. KOO, LAMONT B

The Examiner maintains that it would have been obvious modify the invention of Chang '993 to arrive at the claimed invention because "such a modification would have involved discovering the optimum or working ranges [and] involves only routine skill in the art" (Final Act. 3 (citing In re Aller, 220 F.2d 454, 456 (CCPA 1955))), and because "such a modification would have involved a mere [change] in the size of a component" and such is "generally recognized as being within the level of ordinary skill in the art" (Id. ( citing In re Rose, 220 F .2d 459 ( CCPA 1965)) ). ...

In Rose, the court held that limitations to size and weight did not distinguish over prior art because "it at most relates to the size of the article under consideration which is not ordinarily a matter of invention. In re Rose, 220 F.2d at 463. The Examiner's reliance on Rose here is, accordingly, misplaced because the necessary modification of Chang '993 requires more than simply changing the size of the article, it involves changing the relative sizes of component parts to reach an equal sum of 
thicknesses of the layers in semiconductor devices 120 and 122. 

Aller, In re, 220 F.2d 454, 105 USPQ 233 (CCPA 1955) 2144.05

Rose, In re, 220 F.2d 459, 105 USPQ 237 (CCPA 1955) 2144.04

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3685 Ex Parte Heyner 13888233 - (D) NAPPI 101/103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (FW) OBEID, MAMON A

3685 Ex Parte Heyner 13888322 - (D) NAPPI 112(2)/101/103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (FW) OBEID, MAMON A

3685 Ex Parte Heyner 14019989 - (D) NAPPI 101/103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (FW) OBEID, MAMON A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3792 Ex Parte Wang 14371461 - (D) SONG 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte Migos et al 13077862 - (D) STRAUSS 103 103 DENTONS US LLP - Apple NGUYEN, LEV

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2887 Ex Parte Terwilliger et al 13233376 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 103 Zagorin Cave LLP (Dell) MAI, THIEN T

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Johnson 14844229 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (Sybron) WYSZOMIERSKI, GEORGE P

1741 Ex Parte Milicevic et al 14101705 - (D) REN 103 41.50 103 Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP HOFFMANN, JOHN M

1747 Ex Parte FUTAMURA et al 14025550 - (D) GARRIS 103 BIRCH, STEWART, KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP NGUYEN, PHU HOANG

1783 Ex Parte Emmons et al 14356645 - (D) HASTINGS 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY JOHNSON, NANCY ROSENBERG

1788 Ex Parte Pilz et al 14152138 - (D) SMITH 103 Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A. MANGOHIG, THOMAS A

1792 Ex Parte TAN 15023536 - (D) HASTINGS 102 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARD LEFF, STEVEN N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2478 Ex Parte BHARGHAVAN et al 14337184 - (D) DIRBA 112(1)/103 Law Office of Dorian Cartwright ALI, FARHAD

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3638 Ex Parte Evert 13014341 - (D) CALVE 103 Global Intellectual Property Agency, LLC GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT

3683 Ex Parte Humay 13655978 - (D) CRAIG 101 AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP NGUYEN, NGA B

3685 Ex Parte Faith et al 12953368 - (D) HOWARD 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/VISA NILFOROUSH, MOHAMMAD A

3693 Ex Parte RADLE et al 12029143 - (D) BAYAT 101 Rimon PC KHATTAR, RAJESH

3697 Ex Parte Zieger et al 14305275 - (D) BAYAT 101/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. FU, HAO

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3746 Ex Parte Dorman et al 12840018 - (D) HOELTER 103 IR HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C. PEKARSKAYA, LILY A

3786 Ex Parte Tennican et al 13757423 - (D) BAHR 103 LEE & HAYES, P.C. HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA AL THEA

aller, antonie

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Boyd et al 11186510 - (D) ADAMS 102/103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY MILLIGAN, ADAM C

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte Fujita et al 12306635 - (D) NAGUMO 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP MCCORMACK, JASON L

Thus, Sasaki teached that the radius of curvature is a function of various parameters of the tip, including the status of the vacuum, the temperature of the tip, and the electric field.  But it is not apparent that Sasaki teaches how the affected parameters, such as the field intensity or the trajectory of the particle beam, change as a result of the change in the radius.  Absent such a teaching, it cannot be said that a variable is "result-effective."  Cf. Application of Antonie, 559 F.2d 618, 620 (CCPA 1977) ("This case, in which the parameter optimized was not recognized to be a result-effective variable, is another exception [to the rule that the discovery of an optimum value of a variable in a known process is normally obvious.]")

Antonie, In re, 559 F.2d 618, 195 USPQ 6 (CCPA 1977) 2141.02 , 2144.05

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Krampe 12802546 - (D) WIEKER 103 William M. Hobby, III ORTIZ ROMAN, DENISSE Y

3653 Ex Parte Stechschulte et al 12175471 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY BEAUCHAINE, MARK J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte JENNINGS et al 12465906 - (D) WIEKER 103 LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT M. WALLACE STAPLETON, ERIC S

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2477 Ex Parte Yla-Outinen et al 10730004 - (D) KAISER 103 103 Mintz Levin/Nokia Technologies Oy SMITH, JOSHUA Y

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Fritsche et al 12211584 - (D) HILL 103 103 Dorsey & Whitney LLP Disney Enterprises, Inc. LE, MARK T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Ex Parte Power 11963345 - (D) WOODS 103 103 41.50 112(2) NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION DOUGLAS, STEVEN O

In contesting the rejection, Appellant argues, inter alia, that the Examiner's rejection is in error, because "the Examiner failed to show how the length of the delivery path is a result effective variable."  Appeal Br. 11; see also id. at 10 (citing In re Antonie, 559 F.2d 618 (CCPA 1977)),

Upon reviewing the record before us, we agree with Appellant that the Examiner has failed to show how the length of the delivery path is a result effective variable.

As pointed out by Appellant, In re Antonie clarified the principle set forth in In re Aller, requiring the prior art to recognize the parameter to be optimized to be "a result-effective variable."  In re Antonie, 559 F.2d at 620.  In the present case, the Examiner has not established, through evidence or technical reasoning, that the langth of Bordoni's delivery path is a result-effective variable subject to routine optimization.  See Ans. 3.

Antonie, In re, 559 F.2d 618, 195 USPQ 6 (CCPA 1977) 2141.02 , 2144.05

Aller, In re, 220 F.2d 454, 105 USPQ 233 (CCPA 1955) 2144.05

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Bucko et al 12663629 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 Vesuvius Crucible Company SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Wivell et al 12030372 - (D) SHIANG 103 ADDMG - Harris ALHIJA, SAIF A

2141 Ex Parte Do et al 12416184 - (D) WORMMEESTER 102/103 STREETS & STEELE - IBM CORPORATION (ROC) BELOUSOV, ANDREY

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte Lai et al 12309058 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC BEHESHTI SHIRAZI, SAYED ARESH

2493 Ex Parte Hampel et al 12718565 - (D) KAISER 103 Kramer & Amado, P.C. ZHAO, DON GORDON

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Ex Parte Roux 12609818 - (D) KHAN 103 FAY SHARPE / XEROX - ROCHESTER SITTA, GRANT

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Basir 12418642 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Cheich et al 12555270 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 RENNER OTTO BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP TAWFIK, SAMEH

3773 Ex Parte Yeo et al 11568251 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 LEX IP MEISTER, PLLC TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L

applied materials, aller, antonie nautilus, orthokinetics

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1764 Ex Parte Brust et al 12234753 - (D) ANKENBRAND 103 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY HUHN, RICHARD A

“[W]here the general conditions of a claim are disclosed in the prior art, it is not inventive to discover the optimum or workable ranges by routine experimentation.” In re Applied Materials, Inc., 692 F.3d 1289, 1295 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (citing In re Aller, 220 F.2d 454, 456 (CCPA 1955)). Nonetheless, “[t]his rule is limited to cases in which the optimized variable is a ‘result-effective variable.’” Id (citing In re Antonie, 559 F.2d 618, 620 (CCPA 1977)).

Aller, In re, 220 F.2d 454, 105 USPQ 233 (CCPA 1955) 2144.05

Antonie, In re, 559 F.2d 618, 195 USPQ 6 (CCPA 1977) 2141.02 , 2144.05

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Smolucha 11124411 - (D) GUIJT 103 NIXON PEABODY LLP MYHR, JUSTIN L

3742 Ex Parte Graillat et al 11377947 - (D) STEPINA 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) Bachman & LaPointe, P.C. MATHEW, HEMANT MATHAI

A claim is indefinite if “read in light of the patent’s specification and prosecution history, [it] fail[s] to inform, with reasonable certainty, those skilled in the art about the scope of the invention.” Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2120, 2123 (2014). The test for definiteness under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 2, is whether “those skilled in the art would understand what is claimed when the claim is read in light of the specification.” Orthokinetics, Inc. v. Safety Travel Chairs, Inc., 806 F.2d 1565, 1576 (Fed. Cir. 1986) (citations omitted).

Orthokinetics, Inc. v. Safety Travel Chairs, Inc., 806 F.2d 1565, 1 USPQ2d 1081 (Fed. Cir. 1986) 2173.02 , 2173.05(b)

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3655 Ex Parte Bodine et al 12840127 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 102/103 103 THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION PANG, ROGER L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte Okuniewicz 11033610 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 103 BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP DUFFY, DAVID W

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1756 Ex Parte Shah et al 11397543 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 Gates & Cooper LLP - Minimed CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2856 Ex Parte Hoyte et al 12756585 - (D) GARRIS Concurring NAGUMO 103 Dority & Manning, PA and General Electric Company FAYYAZ, NASHMIYA SAQIB

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3663 Ex Parte Breed et al 12020684 - (D) CAPP 112(b) BRIAN ROFFE, ESQ TISSOT, ADAM D

applied materials, aller, cybersettle

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Fry 12554563 - (D) ROESEL 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102/103 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Mckinney et al 11993301 - (D) Per Curiam 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS BULLOCK, JOSHUA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Heitmeyer et al 11234422 - (D) HOELTER 112(2)/102 102/103 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Viola et al 12427796 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 102 Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN

3721 Ex Parte Beardsley et al 12427794 - (D) ASTORINO 103 103 Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Ji 12562355 - (D) ROESEL 103 Becton, Dickinson and Company (Servilla Whitney, LLC) TISCHLER, FRANCES

In re Applied Materials, Inc., 692 F.3d 1289, 1297 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (affirming obviousness rejection where “there was no indication that obtaining the claimed dimensions was beyond the capabilities of one of ordinary skill in the art or produced any unexpectedly beneficial properties”); see also In re Aller, 220 F.2d 454, 456 (CCPA 1955) (“[W]here the general conditions of a claim are disclosed in the prior art, it is not inventive to discover the optimum or workable ranges by routine experimentation.”).

Aller, In re, 220 F.2d 454, 105 USPQ 233 (CCPA 1955) 2144.05

1765 Ex Parte Schadt et al 11392714 - (D) OWENS 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC LISTVOYB, GREGORY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 Ex Parte Lehner et al 11172002 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 WALL & TONG, LLP/ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. MISIURA, BRIAN THOMAS

2189 Ex Parte Park 12016702 - (D) KUMAR 102/103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC RUIZ, ARACELIS

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2463 Ex Parte Guo et al 11744531 - (D) THOMAS 101/103 WALL & TONG, LLP/ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. HOPKINS, MATTHEW A

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Boss et al 11170441 - (D) CRAWFORD 102/103 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC DICKERSON, TIPHANY B

We also stated that this use of the broadest reasonable construction in construing conditional steps in a method claim was in accord with the view of our reviewing court in Cybersettle, Inc. v. Nat’l Arbitration Forum, Inc., 243 Fed.Appx. 603, 607 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (unpublished), which though designated as unpublished, can be found on the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit website.

aller, kahn

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Yoon et al 11639050 - (D) BEST 103 MPG, LLP and Lam Research Corp. TALBOT, BRIAN K

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte Madhavan et al 11370246 - (D) LORIN 103 Mauriel Kapouytian Woods LLP CONYERS, DAWAUNE A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2883 Ex Parte Udd 12236478 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 VISTA IP LAW GROUP LLP TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3694 Ex Parte Olliphant et al 11966841 - (D) MOHANTY 103 Haynes & Boone, LLP ZIEGLE, STEPHANIE M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Boss et al 11325492 - (D) CRAWFORD 101/103 101 ROBERTS MLOTKOWSKI SAFRAN & COLE, P.C. SINGH, GURKANWALJIT

3644 Ex Parte del Pinal et al 12369164 - (D) ADAMS 103 103 Bay Area Technolgy Law Group PC WILLIAMS, MONICA L

Examiner correctly asserts that “it is not inventive to discover the optimum or workable ranges by routine experimentation” In re Aller, 220 F.2d 454, 456 (CCPA 1955). This is, however, true “where the general conditions of a claim are disclosed in the prior art.” Id. On this record, Examiner failed to establish an evidentiary basis, or articulate a rationale, that supports a conclusion that a person of ordinary skill in this art would have considered that a side wall thickness of between approximately 2 mm and 5 mm would have been the optimum or workable range for the shell material suggested by the combination of Herrenbruck and Kopelle (see App. Br. 4 (“Examiner has merely concluded that it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made to have made the shell as claimed”); Cf. Ans. 4). In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 988 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (“[R]ejections on obviousness grounds cannot be sustained by mere conclusory statements; instead, there must be some articulated reasoning with some rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion of obviousness”).

Aller, In re, 220 F.2d 454, 105 USPQ 233 (CCPA 1955) 2144.05

Kahn, In re, 441 F.3d 977, 78 USPQ2d 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2006) 2143.01 , 2144

3686 Ex Parte Fitzgerald et al 11862775 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 112(2)/103 SIEMENS CORPORATION NAJARIAN, LENA

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Caffery et al 12550011 - (D) KAISER 103 CORNING INCORPORATED KEMMERLE III, RUSSELL J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Wood 12054327 - (D) STEPHENS 102/obviousness-type double patenting PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, L.L.P. ALHIJA, SAIF A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2494 Ex Parte Todd 10992487 - (D) DIXON 101/103 IBM Corporation KHOSHNOODI, NADIA

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2641 Ex Parte Kulkarni et al 11274992 - (D) DIXON 103 Carmen Patti Law Group, LLC SABOURI, MAZDA

2645 Ex Parte Lee 11443787 - (D) FRAHM 103 THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. TORRES, MARCOS L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Malinowski et al 12058623 - (D) ABRAMS 102 112(2)/obviousness-type double patenting Vista IP Law Group LLP HELLER, TAMMIE K

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2184 Ex parte ROUND ROCK RESEARCH LLC Ex Parte 6243838 et al 08/942,168 90012329 - (D) EVANS 102/103 GAZDZINSKI & ASSOCIATES, PC Round Rock Research, L.L.C. Third Party Requester: Dell, Inc. Baker Botts, L.L.P. YIGDALL, MICHAEL J original BADERMAN, SCOTT T

aller

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Kanamatareddy 12027284 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC PYO, MONICA M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Junge 11457157 - (D) ASTORINO 103 WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION - MD 3601 RUBY, TRAVIS C

see also Ans. 14 (citing In re Aller, 220 F.2d 454 (CCPA 1955))...

As discussed above, the Examiner supports the obviousness rejection by citing to case law concerning the optimization of ranges, e.g., In re Aller. Aller established two conditions for a conclusion of obviousness: 1) the general conditions of the claim must be disclosed in the prior art and 2) discovery of the optimum or workable range must be a matter of routine experimentation for a person of ordinary skill in the art. Aller, 220 F.2d at 456 (citations omitted). Aller does not apply in this case at least because the general conditions of the claim were not disclosed in the prior art.

Aller, In re, 220 F.2d 454, 105 USPQ 233 (CCPA 1955) 2144.05

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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2469 Ex Parte Svendsen et al 11609962 - (D) SMEGAL 103 103 Concert Technology Corporation TANG, KIET G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Ott et al 11609871 - (D) BROWNE 112(2)/103 103 FLETCHER YODER (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) MAYE, AYUB A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2478 Ex Parte Bhatia et al 12258230 - (D) JEFFERY 103 CAPITOL PATENT & TRADEMARK LAW FIRM, PLLC RENNER, BRANDON M

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Konopnicki et al 11770410 - (D) SAADAT 101/103 CRGO LAW KINSAUL, DANIEL W

aller

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Meyer 10845471 - (D) SMITH 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (EP ORIGINATING) PATEL, DHAVAL V

2645 Ex Parte Banerjea et al 11736071 - (D) SHIANG 102(e)/103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE P.L.C. MEHRA, INDER P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2893 Ex Parte Chew 12142757 - (D) WILSON 102(b)/103 Avago Technologies Limited Kathy Manke NGUYEN, THANH T

2894 Ex Parte Heffner et al 11685029 - (D) KIMLIN 102(b)/103 HONEYWELL/S&S PAYEN, MARVIN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3655 Ex Parte Asai et al 11262917 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS

The Examiner concluded that it would have been obvious to modify Kitaori so that the plurality of segment pieces are setback as called for in claim 1,

since it has been held that where the general conditions of a claim (which are segment pieces being setback from the outer peripheral edges of the core plate) are disclosed in the prior art, discovering the optimum or workable ranges involves only routine skill in the art.

Ans. 4-6 (citing In re Aller, 220 F.2d 454 (CCPA 1955)).

The Examiner misapplies the principle set forth in Aller. There, the Court counseled that if one skilled in the art can discover the optimum or workable ranges by routine experimentation, where the general conditions of a claim are disclosed in the prior art, the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art may not be patentable differences. Aller, 220 F.2d at 827. Rather than showing that only routine experimentation would be involved in an optimization exercise directed to the setback of the plurality of segment pieces, the Examiner presumed that because the general conditions of the claim were met, discovery would have involved only routine skill.

Aller, In re, 220 F.2d 454, 105 USPQ 233 (CCPA 1955) 2144.05

Donner 8: 1285, 1678, 1693

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1786 Ex Parte Oka et al 11919105 - (D) NAGUMO 103 103 Law Office of Shruti Costales, PLLC CROUSE, BRETT ALAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2858 Ex Parte Clark et al 11739688 - (D) BUI 102(b) 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY VALONE, THOMAS F

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Suciu et al 11718420 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 102(b) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ex Parte Jackson et al 11425880 - (D) PAK OWENS HASTINGS 103 CP Kelco US, INC c/o Pete Pappas, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP GEORGE, PATRICIA ANN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2438 Ex Parte Rustagi et al 11400158 - (D) TORNQUIST 102(e)/103 BGL/Broadcom TRUONG, THANHNGA B

2444 Ex Parte Rohall et al 11080148 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC RICHARDSON, THOMAS W

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2652 Ex Parte Caspi et al 11232473 - (D) BRANCH 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION SHAH, ANTIM G

2653 Ex Parte Brasse et al 10528730 - (D) RUGGIERO 103 Siemens Corporation ELAHEE, MD S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2812 Ex Parte Sadjadi et al 11843131 - (D) GARRIS 103 Beyer Law Group LLP/Lam BOOTH, RICHARD A

2823 Ex Parte Park et al 11224313 - (D) GARRIS 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. FOURSON III, GEORGE R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3677 Ex Parte Heger 11794213 - (D) BUNTING 112(2)/102(b) 102(b)/103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION MAH, CHUCK Y

3689 Ex Parte Aikens et al 10677876 - (D) PER CURIAM 101/103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Connelly 10764739 - (D) SPAHN 102(a) SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/WMS GAMING LEIVA, FRANK M

3749 Ex Parte Zia et al 11245853 - (D) IPPOLITO 102(b)/103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier MCALLISTER, STEVEN B

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 M86 SECURITY, INC. Requester v. SYMANTEC, CORPORATION Patent Owner 95000603 7,366,919 10/424,532 KOHUT 102(b)/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103 Wilmerhale/Symantec Corporation Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Third Party Requester: M86 Security, Inc. Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP original Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP SYMANTEC CORPORATION SAGER, MARK ALAN original CUFF, MICHAEL A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 TELVENT DTN, LLC Requester, Cross-Appellant, Respondent v. FARMS TECHNOLOGY, LLC Patent Owner, Appellant, Respondent 95000432 7,418,423 10/870,112 SAINDON 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103 Law Offices of Grady L. White, LLC Third Party Requester: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A. original LAW OFFICES OF GRADY L. WHITE, LLC RIMELL, SAMUEL G original OKORONKWO, CHINWENDU C

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 Ex Parte Enenkiel 11165342 - (D) DIXON 103 SAP / FINNEGAN, HENDERSON LLP LIU, HEXING

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex Parte Euvino et al 11140790 - (D) KERINS 103 CPA Global CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY LEE, BENJAMIN P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3727 Ex Parte Kobayashi 11622380 - (D) SAINDON 102/103/obviousness-type double patenting 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 SENNIGER POWERS LLP SHAKERI, HADI

See In re Voss, 557 F.2d 812, 816 n.11 (CCPA 1977) (“reversal is not a mandate to the PTO to issue a patent and does not preclude the PTO from reopening prosecution”) (citing In re Borkowski, 505 F.2d 713, 718 (CCPA 1974) (the Board may not force the granting of patents on inventions that do not comply with the statutes)); see also In re Arkley, 455 F.2d 586, 589 (CCPA 1972) (rejecting the notion that the reversal of a rejection indicates that a patent should be granted); In re Fisher, 448 F.2d 1406, 1407 (CCPA 1971) (“we pass only on rejections actually made and do not decree the issuance of patents … the Patent Office can always reopen prosecution”).

Borkowski, In re, 505 F.2d 713, 184 USPQ 29 (CCPA 1974) 715.07

3763 Ex Parte Schneider et al 11646744 - (D) SNEDDEN 102/103 ST. JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION Kite & Key, LLC SHUMATE, VICTORIA PEARL

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3772 Ex Parte Gillis et al 11592452 - (D) SAINDON 102 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS BROWN, MICHAEL A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte BANOWSKI et al 11960348 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Henkel Corporation KARPINSKI, LUKE E

“[W]here the general conditions of a claims are disclosed in the prior art, it is not inventive to discover the optimum or workable ranges by routine experimentation.” In re Aller, 220 F.2d 454, 456 (CCPA 1955) (citing In re Dreyfus, 73 F.2d 931 (CCPA 1934); In re Waite, 168 F.2d 104 (CCPA 1948)).

Aller, In re, 220 F.2d 454, 105 USPQ 233 (CCPA 1955) 2144.05

1631 Ex Parte Homayouni et al 11215635 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O''KEEFE LLP LIN, JERRY

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1745 Ex Parte Gauthier et al 11613625 - (D) TIMM 103 O'Shea Getz P.C. CHAN, SING P

1746 Ex Parte Gauthier et al 11330776 - (D) TIMM 103 O'Shea Getz P.C. GOFF II, JOHN L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2644 Ex Parte Wigard et al 11350394 - (D) POTHIER 102 Harrington & Smith, Attorneys At Law, LLC EDOUARD, PATRICK NESTOR

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2832 Ex Parte Ludwig 10676249 - (D) JEFFERY 102 Lester F. Ludwig FLETCHER, MARLON T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Hardison 10674758 - (D) FREDMAN 112(1)/103 WILLIAMSON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, LLC FLICK, JASON E

Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2748 Ex parte GRYPHON NETWORKS CORP. 90010978 6130937 08/853,563 PERRY 102/103 HAMILTON, BROOK, SMITH & REYNOLDS, P.C. WEAVER, SCOTT LOUIS original FOSTER, ROLAND G