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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1648 Ex Parte Jolly et al 13376827 - (D) MAJORS 103 Gavrilovich, Dodd & Lindsey LLP ZOU, NIANXIANG

1655 Ex Parte McAllister et al 14587831 - (D) MAJORS 102/103 Gavrilovich, Dodd & Lindsey LLP MELLER, MICHAEL V

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Kondo et al 14382081 - (D) OWENS 103 CLARK & BRODY JOHNSON, JONATHAN J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Ostrover 12950213 - (D) FRAHM 103 GOTTLIEB RACKMAN & REISMAN PC TORGRIMSON, TYLER J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3696 Ex Parte Fein et al 11618014 - (D) KUMAR 101/103 Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt/SFC DEGA, MURALI K

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Capriotti et al 13328192 - (D) JESCHKE 103 HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP STINSON, CHELSEA E.

3732 Ex Parte Terrell 14095267 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Atlanta Baker Donelson QUINN, RICHALE LEE

3761 Ex Parte Wang 13792462 - (D) ASTORINO 103 EDELL, SHAPIRO & FINNAN, LLC WARD, THOMAS JOHN

3763 Ex Parte TSENG 13716207 - (D) HOELTER 102/103 YI-MING TSENG OSWALD, KIRSTIN U

3772 Ex Parte Yu et al 12766602 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 McBee Moore Woodward & Vanik IP, LLC SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Hudson et al 13334154 - (D) FREDMAN 103 112(4) Evonik Corporation BROWE, DAVID

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2812 Ex Parte Varadarajan et al 14616435 - (D) RANGE 103 112(1) Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson - LAMR/NOVL PATERSON, BRIGITTE A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Ex Parte Omori et al 11923159 - (D) BROWN 103 112(4) KS - Whitmyer IP Group LLC HOLLM, JONATHAN A

3783 Ex Parte SELVARAJAN et al 14470492 - (D) HILL 103 102/103 41.50 102 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC BOUCHELLE, LAURA A

3791 Ex Parte FRANK et al 13005810 - (D) PESLAK 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 112(2) 41.50 112(2) MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC ALTER, MITCHELLE

The enablement provision in the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 requires that the full scope of a claim be enabled. ALZA Corp. v. Andrx Pharm., LLC, 603 F.3d 935, 943 (Fed. Cir. 2010).

ALZA Corp. v. Andrx Pharms., LLC, 603 F.3d 935, 94 USPQ2d 1823 (Fed. Cir. 2010) 2161.01

...

Even though calculating NSRI using other known inverted sigmoid functions may require some experimentation on the part of ordinarily skilled artisans, a disclosure may nonetheless be enabling despite the need for experimentation. The test is whether such experimentation is undue. In re Angstadt, 537 F.2d 498, 504 (CCPA 1976).

Angstadt, In re, 537 F.2d 498, 190 USPQ 214 (CCPA 1976) 2164.01 , 2164.06 , 2164.08(b)

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Wood et al 13124064 - (D) CHANG 103 LONDA, BRUCE S. NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, PA GOTFREDSON, GAREN

1651 Ex Parte Agha-Mohammadi 13197393 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 TechLaw LLP CLARKE, TRENT R

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte HAMANAKA 14771595 - (D) HOUSEL 102 FLYNN THIEL, P.C. SHUKLA, KRUPA

1793 Ex Parte ABRIL et al 14137591 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC MOORE, WALTER A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte Sieja et al 14091581 - (D) STRAUSS 103 101 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP HARMON, COURTNEY N

2196 Ex Parte Baldo et al 14175644 - (D) SHIANG 112(1) 101 Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C. AGUILERA, TODD

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2491 Ex Parte Asipov 14935400 - (D) CUTITTA 103 103/OTDP MICROSOFT CORPORATION SHAW, BRIAN F

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3618 Ex Parte Sullivan et al 14666446 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 Ford Global Technologies, LLC/ King & Schickli, PLLC CLEMMONS, STEVE M

3623 Ex Parte Grigsby et al 12131084 - (D) MEDLOCK 112(1)/112(2) 101 IBM CORP. (WSM) c/o WINSTEAD P.C. STERRETT, JONATHAN G

3626 Ex Parte Darin et al 11871615 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP - OC (BD) PAULS, JOHN A

3633 Ex Parte Hohmann, 14313645 - (D) SHAH 103 STINSON LEONARD STREET LLP A, PHI DIEU TRAN

3633 Ex Parte Waters et al 15064281 - (D) CAPP 103 Armstrong World Industries, Inc. IHEZIE, JOSHUA K

3693 Ex Parte Kemper et al 12129217 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA MERCHANT, SHAHID R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Zemlok et al 13788293 - (D) O'HANLON 103 Covidien LP HIBBERT, MARY C

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte Kritzer 12872350 - (D) BEST 103 41.50 112(2) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. EGGERDING, ALIX ECHELMEYER

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte Powell et al 11554832 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 VERIZON BEHESHTI SHIRAZI, SAYED ARESH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Schlienger et al 11343857 - (D) WIEKER 102/103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP COTRONEO, STEVEN J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex Parte McCall et al 10956426 - (D) NAPPI 103 103 41.50 112(2) BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN c/o CPA Global JOSEPH, JAISON

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte PARTHASARATHY et al 12392126 - (D) FISHMAN 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY JOHNSON, CEDRIC D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Sprung 12477284 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 SCHIFF HARDIN, LLP MADAMBA, GLENFORD J

2471 Ex Parte ASHWOOD-SMITH et al 12169189 - (D) SMITH 112(1)/103 CHRISTOPHER & WEISBERG, P.A. CHOU, ALBERT T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Das et al 11095018 - (D) SHAW 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Alcatel-Lucent JAIN, ANKUR

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2895 Ex Parte Lin 12215628 - (D) HOUSEL 112(1) 112(2) WALLACE W. LIN JUNG, MICHAEL

Although extrinsic evidence will not substitute for a basic enabling disclosure, it can be used to show what was well known in the art or prove that undue experimentation was not required. See ALZA Corp. v. Andrx Pharm., LLC, 603 F.3d 935, 940 (Fed.Cir.2010) (“the rule that a specification need not disclose what is well known in the art is merely a rule of supplementation, not a substitute for a basic enabling disclosure.”); In re Strahilevitz, 668 F.2d 1229, 1232 (Fed. Cir. 1982) (finding that the appellant properly relied on literature citations to establish both the level of ordinary skill in the art and the fact that the techniques necessary to practice his invention were known in the art.); In re Wands, 858 F.2d 731, 737 (Fed. Cir. 1988) (holding that declaratory evidence showing experimentation was not undue effectively rebutted the examiner’s enablement challenge).

ALZA Corp. v. Andrx Pharms., LLC, 603 F.3d 935, 94 USPQ2d 1823 (Fed. Cir. 2010) 2161.01

Wands, In re, 858 F.2d 731, 8 USPQ2d 1400 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 706.03(a) ,   706.03(b) ,   2161.01 ,   2164.01 ,   2164.01(a) ,   2164.06 ,   2164.06(b)

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Kania et al 13041380 - (D) ASTORINO 112(1) 103 Green Patent Law NGUYEN, SON T

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Röhrl 13103421 - (D) HASTINGS 102/103 HONEYWELL/HUSCH LEWIS, BEN

[U]nless a reference discloses within the four corners of the document not only all of the limitations claimed but also all of the limitations arranged or combined in the same way as recited in the claim, it cannot be said to prove prior invention of the thing claimed and, thus, cannot anticipate under 35 U.S.C. § 102.

Net MoneyIN, Inc. v. VeriSign, Inc., 545 F.3d 1359, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2008).

Net MoneyIN, Inc. v. VeriSign, Inc., 545 F.3d 1359, 88 USPQ2d 1751 (Fed. Cir. 2008) 2152.02(b)

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Lechner et al 11006805 - (D) BROWN 103 DELIZIO GILLIAM, PLLC WMS GAMING (DELIZIO GILLIAM) PANDYA, SUNIT

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Feld et al 12390202 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI SIMPSON, SARAH A

3733 Ex Parte Jacene et al 11371741 - (D) JENKS 103 NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP HOFFMAN, MARY C

“[I]t is well established that patent drawings do not define the precise proportions of the elements and may not be relied on to show particular sizes if the specification is completely silent on the issue.” Hockerson-Halbertstadt, Inc. v. Avia Group Int’l, Inc., 222 F.3d 951, 956 (Fed. Cir. 2000) (holding that the drawings could not be relied upon to construe whether the term “central longitudinal groove” required that the width of the groove be less than the combined width of the fins).

Hockerson-Halberstadt, Inc. v. Avia Group Int’l, 222 F.3d 951, 55 USPQ2d 1487 (Fed. Cir. 2000) 2125

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte Ausschnitt et al 12360132 - (D) BEST 103 102/103 DeLIO, PETERSON & CURCIO, LLC JELSMA, JONATHAN G

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte Ambrosio et al 12042012 - (D) FETTING 112(2)/102 112(1)/102 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP BORISSOV, IGOR N

However, one “cannot simply rely on the knowledge of a person of ordinary skill to serve as a substitute for the missing information in the specification.” ALZA Corp. v. Andrx Pharms., LLC, 603 F.3d 935, 941 (Fed. Cir. 2010).

ALZA Corp. v. Andrx Pharms., LLC, 603 F.3d 935, 94 USPQ2d 1823 (Fed. Cir. 2010) 2161.01

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Tryon et al 12011872 - (D) GARRIS 103 Kinney & Lange, P.A. ZHU, WEIPING

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Murthy 12415934 - (D) COURTENAY 103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. JONES, HUGH M

2166 Ex Parte Gruetzner et al 12353195 - (D) KAISER 103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG LIN, SHEW FEN

2169 Ex Parte Bugir et al 11305871 - (D) BAER 103 Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP/HBC Corporation KIM, PAUL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte Wu et al 12260528 - (D) BRANCH 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC NGUY, CHI D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2615 Ex Parte Kuc 11268419 - (D) COURTENAY 103 CHRISTOPHER & WEISBERG, P.A. DIVECHA, NISHANT B

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3633 Ex Parte Pilpel et al 12021434 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 MICHAUD-Kinney Group LLP STEPHAN, BETH A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3748 Ex Parte Duppert et al 12015571 - (D) JESCHKE 112(2) 112(1)/102/103/obviousness-type double patenting REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. DAVIS, MARY ALICE

3754 Ex Parte Morgan et al 11746214 - (D) ASTORINO 103 S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. DEERY, ERIN LEAH