amgen3, dow chemical2, eon

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Reversed

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ecolab USA Inc. 15827466 ROBERTSON 102(a)(l)/(a)(2) Stinson LLP (ChampionX) LI, AIQUN

1783 Windmoeller & Hoelscher KG 16180197 KENNEDY 103 Sunstein LLP JOHNSON, NANCY ROSENBERG

Relatedly, “[a]n obviousness determination requires that a skilled artisan would have perceived a reasonable expectation of success in making the invention in light of the prior art.” Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2009). “The expectation of success must be founded in the prior art, not in the applicant's disclosure.” In re Dow Chem. Co., 837 F.2d 469, 473 (Fed. Cir. 1988).

Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 92 USPQ2d 1289 (Fed. Cir. 2009) 1481.03 , 2113

Dow Chem. Co., In re, 837 F.2d 469, 5 USPQ2d 1529 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 716.05 , 2144.08

1786 Steven Smith et al. 13124437 MCGEE 103 The LYCRA Company LLC LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

1791 General Mills, Inc. 15694126 TIMM 103 DIEDERIKS & WHITELAW, PLC LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2117 Ademco Inc. 15828054 DIXON 112(a) RESIDEO/SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT NORTON, JENNIFER L

2128 Stratyfy, Inc. 16644243 HORVATH 103 103 M&B IP Analysts, LLC TRIEU, EM N

2166 COHERENT LOGIX, INCORPORATED 15331239 SZPONDOWSKI 102/103 KOWERT, HOOD, MUNYON, RANKIN & GOETZEL, P.C. LIN, SHEW FEN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2433 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 15771348 DIXON 103 HP Inc. WOLDEMARIAM, NEGA

2453 VMware, Inc. 15641261 HOWARD 103 Novum Patent Services KHAKURAL, SUJANA

2481 Winplus North America, Inc. 15894569 ARPIN 103 STOUT, UXA & BUYAN, LLP BELAI, NAOD W

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

3627 Jermaine Smith 15793148 MURPHY 103 H. JAY SPIEGEL - H. JAY SPIEGEL & ASSOCIATES GLASS, RUSSELL S

3685 MX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 14572737 BAYAT 112(a)/112(b)/103 Kunzler, PC. – MX SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN

“In cases involving a computer-implemented invention in which the inventor has invoked means-plus-function claiming, [the Federal Circuit] has consistently required that the structure disclosed in the specification be more than simply a general purpose computer or microprocessor.” EON Corp. IP Holdings LLC v. AT & T Mobility LLC, 785 F.3d 616, 621 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (quotation omitted). In other words, an algorithm is required to provide sufficient structure unless the function can be performed by any general purpose computer with no special programming. Id.

Eon Corp. IP Holdings LLC v. AT&T Mobility LLC, 785 F.3d 616, 114 USPQ2d 1711 (Fed. Cir. 2015) 2106 , 2106.05(b)

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

3731 Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. 14850130 KORNICZKY 103 K&L GATES LLP – ETHICON TECCO, ANDREW M

3761 Robert Connors 13746876 BAHR 103 K&L Gates LLP-Chicago-RWC STAPLETON, ERIC S

3793 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15755314 STAICOVICI 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS VIRK, ADIL PARTAP S

Affirmed-in-Part 

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1727 GS Yuasa International Ltd. et al. 15760880 GUPTA 103 112(b) MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1613 SYMRISE AG 16306113 SCHNEIDER 103 DILWORTH & BARRESE, LLP ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S

1631 Humana Inc. 14942592 SCHNEIDER 101 STANDLEY LAW GROUP LLP LIN, JERRY

1646 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al. 15610267 ADAMS 103/OTDP M&G Regeneron and Sanofi TZ, PREMA MARIA

1654 Kai Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 15603279 CHANG 103 McDermott Will & Emery LLP HEARD, THOMAS SWEENEY

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1716 Applied Materials, Inc. 15889669 MCGEE 112(2)/103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPLIED MATERIALS MOORE, KARLA A

1723 Robert Bosch GmbH 15896424 KENNEDY 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Bosch) HENSHAW, MARY G

1734 RUAG Ammotec GmbH 15323359 HASTINGS 103 FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP FELTON, AILEEN BAKER

1738 Blucher Gmbh 14747327 INGLESE 103 112(b) 41.50 112(b) Brannon Sowers & Cracraft PC QIAN, YUN

1741 CORNING INCORPORATED 16294022 COLAIANNI 103 CORNING INCORPORATED DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S

1747 Anthony Mccormack et al. 14380434 DENNETT 103 FLYNN THIEL, P.C. NGUYEN, PHU HOANG

1748 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC 15982580 DENNETT 103 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC KONVES, ADRIANNA N

1759 David Hunt Sullivan 13038001 MCGEE 112(2)/103 112(1) MCHALE & SLAVIN, P.A. STEELE, JENNIFER A

1759 Autodesk, Inc. 15296910 HOUSEL 101/102(a)(1)/103/OTDP FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (SV) MELLOTT, JAMES M

1766 Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. 15370499 TIMM 112(b)/103 Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. KAHN, RACHEL

1782 Graphic Packaging International, LLC 14733091 HASTINGS 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP ORTMAN JR., KEVIN C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2179 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP 15311449 BUSCH 103 MICRO FOCUS LLC TRAN, TUYETLIEN T

2193 International Business Machines Corporation 16389096 CURCURI 103 OTDP SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS WOOD, WILLIAM C

2194 INTUIT INC. 15399173 DEJMEK 103 Patterson + Sheridan, LLP - Intuit Inc. HOANG, PHUONG N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2414 NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY 15765516 THOMAS 103 SQUIRE PB (Nokia)Nokia Technologies SONG, REBECCA E

2424 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 14334735 CRAIG 112(a)/103 BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD SHEPARD, JUSTIN E

2466 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 13943177 WHITEHEAD JR. 103 Comcast c/o Ballard Spahr LLP TRAN, THINH D

2485 Apple Inc. 15178304 KHAN 103 BakerHostetler / Apple Inc. HAGHANI, SHADAN E

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2647 GREGORY PICCIONELLI 15379341 COURTENAY 102(e)/103/OTDP Gregory B. Gulliver BILGRAMI, ASGHAR H

2688 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha et al. 16732381 HUME 103 SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA C/O KEATING & BENNETT, LLP AGUSTIN, PETER VINCENT

2689 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 16250551 MacDONALD 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-IBM POUGHKEEPSIE WONG, ALBERT KANG

2691 Universal Electronics Inc. 15902007 MORGAN 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP TRUONG, NGUYEN H

2699 Fatih Ozluturk 15790430 DEJMEK 112(1) VOLPE KOENIG PASIEWICZ, DANIEL M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2822 HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD. 15313331 DENNETT 103 FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP PETERSON, ERIK T

2853 POLITECNICO DI BARI 15766475 CRAIG 101 THOMAS | HORSTEMEYER, LLP HINZE, LEO T

2887 SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15843477 ROBERTSON 101/103 Zebra Technologies Corporation MAI, THIEN T

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

3626 NINTENDO CO., LTD. 15211300 CALVE 103 101 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. DURNIN, RACHEL F

3633 NORDIC MINESTEEL TECHNOLOGIES INC. 16338984 SCHOPFER 103 CONNEELY PC AGUDELO, PAOLA

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

3726 Ekso Bionics, Inc. 15758148 CAPP 103 DIEDERIKS & WHITELAW, PLC FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER

3763 Robert Bosch GmbH 16234814 SCHOPFER 103 112(a)/112(b) Dickinson Wright PLLC, Robert Bosch GmbH TADESSE, MARTHA

3772 Jayson Alicea 16372828 SCHOPFER 103 KAUFHOLD DIX PATENT LAW STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING

3791 OSAKA UNIVERSITY et al. 15934479 CAPP 103 Ray Quinney & Nebeker-KU Paul N. Taylor KIM, SAMUEL CHONG

3792 Medtronic, Inc. 15342167 BROWN 101 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT , P.A. SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY

amgen3, symbol tech.

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1648 Ex Parte Collins et al 11891812 - (D) MAJORS Concurring ADAMS 112(1)/OTDP 41.50 OTDP DAVIS, BROWN, KOEHN, SHORS & ROBERTS, P.C. CHESTNUT, BARRY A

See, e.g., Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 1353 (Fed. Cir. 2009) ("[A] patent need not have issued directly from a divisional application to receive § 121 protection. . . . [I]ntervening continuation applications do not render a patent ineligible for § 121 protection so long as they descended from a divisional application filed as a result of a restriction requirement"). To clarify, insofar as the Examiner is suggesting on the present record that § 121 does not apply, the Examiner may be correct, and this remand should not be understood as indicating otherwise. But the record is wanting for a sufficient analysis on that question.
...

The Examiner should address the Office's prior position in the Restriction as compared with the Examiner's position on appeal that the pending claims are "not patentably distinct" from the patent claims cited in support of the double patenting rejections. See, e.g., Ans. 6, 8. Lastly, the Examiner should determine whether the claims remain in consonance. See Symbol Techs., Inc. v. Opticon, Inc., 935 F.2d 1569, 1579 (Fed. Cir. 1991) ("Consonance requires that the line of demarcation between the 'independent and distinct inventions' that prompted the restriction requirement be maintained .... Where that line is crossed the prohibition of the third sentence of Section 121 does not apply.")

35 USC 121 third sentence:

A patent issuing on an application with respect to which a requirement for restriction under this section has been made, or on an application filed as a result of such a requirement, shall not be used as a reference either in the Patent and Trademark Office or in the courts against a divisional application or against the original application or any patent issued on either of them, if the divisional application is filed before the issuance of the patent on the other application.

Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 92 USPQ2d 1289 (Fed. Cir. 2009) 2113

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Ex Parte Jones et al 14032560 - (D) ENGLE 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP/Walmart Apollo TERRELL, EMILY C

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 Ex Parte PODROG 13466125 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 NOVA IP LAW, PLLC GONZALEZ, JULIO CESAR

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Trowbridge et al 14505408 - (D) BAHR 102/103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC. c/o Patent Ingenuity, P.C. BALDOR!, JOSEPH B

3735 Ex Parte Moon et al 13292923 - (D) BAYAT 103 41.50 112(2) Acuity Law Group, P.C. BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN

3737 Ex Parte Amthor et al 14349333 - (D) FREDMAN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KINNARD, LISA M

3765 Ex Parte Yeung et al 13342872 - (D) CRAWFORD 112(1)/112(2)/103 TI Law Group, PC ANNIS, KHALED

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2466 Ex Parte Hosein et al 12353840 - (D) POTHIER 103 103 Slater Matsil, LLP/HW/FW/HWC TRAN, THINHD

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Pimenta et al 13997344 - (D) NEW 103/OTDP COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY CHANG, KYUNG SOOK

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Busing et al 12933092 - (D) WILSON 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation BELL, SPENCER E

1791 Ex Parte Arora et al 13691176 - (D) ROSS 103 Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte Jun et al 14814738 - (D) REN 102/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED GANNON, LEVI

2864 Ex Parte BØ 13325708 - (D) NAGUMO 101 SCHLUMBERGER INFORMATION SOLUTIONS LIAO, CHRISTINE Y

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Volnak 12422055 - (D) BEAMER 101/103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP ELCHANTI, TAREK

3628 Ex Parte Peltz et al 12251259 - (D) KIM 101 41.50 101 Hewlett Packard Enterprise ALLEN, AKIBA KANELLE

3643 Ex Parte Shigyo et al 14236192 - (D) CAPP concurring STEPINA 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA

3689 Ex Parte Raikula 14102389 - (D) CUTITTA 112(1)/101/103 PROSKAUER ROSE LLP MINCARELLI, JAN P

3692 Ex Parte Zhou et al 11965636 - (D) BAYAT 101 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Perez-Cruet et al 14211802 - (D) HOSKINS 103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC LEGETTE-THOMPSON, TIFFANY

amgen3, greenliant

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Singhal 13421620 - (D) KINDER 102/103 TARA CHAND SINGHAL SZPIRA, JULIE ANN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1639 Ex Parte Beckers et al 13148070 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS SMITH, JONAH

We do not find this argument persuasive because claim 15 is drawn to an apparatus, not a method for forming a substrate, and because claim 15 does not require a “uniform” material as in claim 1. “In determining validity of a product-by-process claim, the focus is on the product and not the process of making it.” Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 1369 (Fed.Cir. 2009). The process of making is only relevant “if the process by which a product is made imparts ‘structural and functional differences’ distinguishing the claimed product from the prior art” Greenliant Systems, Inc. v. Xicor LLC, 692 F.3d 1261, 1268 (Fed. Cir.2012).

Here, Appellants do not identify any structural or functional differences that result from the process of injection molding relative to the microfluidic device with microchannels rendered obvious by Huang and Sibarani (FF 5—10).

Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 92 USPQ2d 1289 (Fed. Cir. 2009) 2113

Greenliant Systems, Inc. v. Xicor LLC, 692 F.3d 1261, 103 USPQ2d 1951 (Fed. Cir. 2012) 1412.02

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Aylor et al 13507607 - (D) McCOLLUM 102/103 Robert B. Aylor HEYER, DENNIS

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Jiang et al 13113264 - (D) PRAISS 112(1) 103 Matheson Keys Daffer & Kordzik PLLC LUK, VANESSA TIBAY

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2656 Ex Parte Binder 12358551 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 112(1) 112(1)/102/103 May Patents Ltd. c/o Dorit Shem-Tov WOO, STELLA L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Cohen et al 11942188 - (D) FETTING 103 Walder Intellectual Property Law (END) OFORI-AWUAH, MAAME

amgen3, general electric, thorpe

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte Nakamura et al 11579603 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C. DARJI, PRITESH D

1765 Ex Parte Nakamura et al 11727499 - (D) NAGUMO 103/obviousness-type double patenting SUGHRUE-265550 LISTVOYB, GREGORY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Jain et al 10752891 - (D) DIXON 103 Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C. HARPER, ELIYAH STONE

2174 Ex Parte Zaremski et al 11398057 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC PHAM, LINH K

2183 Ex Parte Colavin et al 10301372 - (D) CURCURI 103 DOCKET CLERK-STMI FENNEMA, ROBERT E

2184 Ex Parte Brownlow et al 11467839 - (D) EVANS 103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, L.L.P. (IBM) NAM, HYUN

3662 Ex Parte Pravetz et al 12195108 - (D) MEDLOCK 112(2)/103 Wolfe-SBMC CHEUNG, CALVIN K

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3691 Ex Parte Boubez et al 09758112 - (D) CRAWFORD 102(e) IBM Raleigh S/W Group c/o Patent Law of Virginia, PLLC HAMILTON, LALITA M

3691 Ex Parte Khan et al 11295769 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL, P.C. AKINTOLA, OLABODE

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1772 Ex Parte Butler 12416074 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 102/103 FINA TECHNOLOGY INC ETHERTON, BRADLEY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Connearney et al 11617558 - (D) EVANS 102 101/102 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte Svendsen 11609945 - (D) JEFFERSON 103 103 Concert Technology Corporation BENGZON, GREG C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Malkos et al 12394152 - (D) ASTORINO 103 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. GALT, CASSI J

3682 Ex Parte Cline et al 10993185 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON LLP BROWN, ALVIN L

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1644 Ex Parte Spies et al 11470500 - (D) SCHEINER 112(1) FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI LLP BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Hanson et al 12290965 - (D) KOKOSKI 103 William J. Uhl EMPIE, NATHAN H

1724 Ex Parte Gao et al 12831420 - (D) PRAISS 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC THOMAS, BRENT C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2475 Ex Parte Hegde 11584102 - (D) HOFF 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MORLAN, ROBERT M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2658 Ex Parte Kurzweil 10730485 - (D) MANTIS MERCADOR 102(e)/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) GODBOLD, DOUGLAS

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Holt et al 12135929 - (D) HANLON 102/103 Docket Clerk-Raytheon/MWM PAPE, ZACHARY

2882 Ex Parte Bernhardt et al 11429139 - (D) METZ 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION MIDKIFF, ANASTASIA

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1784 Ex Parte Morita et al 11976246 - (R) LORIN 102/103 RADER FISHMAN & GRAUER PLLC LANGMAN, JONATHAN C

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 NuVASIVE, INC. Requester and Appellant v. Patent of ZIMMER SPINE, INC. Patent Owner and Respondent 95000451 6,936,050 10/409,805 LEBOVITZ 103 37 CFR § 41.77(b) 103 MARTIN & FERRARO, LLP FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: FISH AND RICHARDSON, P.C. CLARK, JEANNE MARIE original REIP, DAVID OWEN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3752 AIRBUS S.A.S. Requester and Respondent v. FIREPASS CORPORATION Patent Owner and Appellant 95001553 7,207,392 11/199,770 FITZPATRICK 102 102/103 ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE, LLP GRAHAM, MATTHEW C original GANEY, STEVEN J

See Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-LA Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2009) ("It has long been the case that an old product is not patentable even if it is made by a new process.") (citing General Elec. Co. v. Wabash Appliance Corp., 304 U.S. 364, 373 (1938)); see also In re Thorpe, 777 F.2d 695, 697 (Fed. Cir. 1985) ("If the product in a product-by-process claim is the same as or obvious from a product of the prior art, the claim is unpatentable even though the prior product was made by a different process.").

Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 92 USPQ2d 1289 (Fed. Cir. 2009) 2113
HARMON 5: 243, 259a; 8: 13, 18a; 18: 412c-d, 436; 19: 416; 20: 346
general electric HARMON 3: 20

Thorpe, In re, 777 F.2d 695, 227 USPQ 964 (Fed. Cir. 1985) 706.02(m), 2113
HARMON 3: 332; 4: 378; 5: 267; 20: 300; 21: 358
DONNER 7: 740; 8: 1473, 1478, 1503, 1554

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2131 Ex parte TARGET TRAINING INTERNATIONAL, LTD. Patent Owner and Appellant 90011434 7,249,372 09/760,145 BLANKENSHIP 102(e) MCKEE, VOORHEES & SEASE, P.L.C. CAMPBELL, JOSHUA D original MOORTHY, ARAVIND K

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2817 AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES WIRELESS IP (SINGAPORE), PTE., LTD, INC., Patent Owner and Appellant v. TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Third-Party Requester 95001595 6909340 10/446,984 MARTIN 112(1)/103 305/103 Avago Technologies Limited For Third Party Requester: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP DEB, ANJAN K original SUMMONS, BARBARA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3651 CRANE CO. Respondent, Requestor v. AUTOMATED MERCHANDISING SYSTEMS, INC. Appellant, Patent Owner 95000606 7343220 11/639,231 McCARTHY 103 DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON & GOWDEY LLP Third Party Requester: Munck, Carter, LLP FETSUGA, ROBERT M original WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R

3653 CRANE CO. Respondent, Requestor v. AUTOMATED MERCHANDISING SYSTEMS, INC. Appellant, Patent Owner 95000607 7191915 10/838,222 McCARTHY 103 DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON & GOWDEY LLP FETSUGA, ROBERT M original BOLLINGER, DAVID H

3673 Ex Parte RAWLS-MEEHAN et al 90011777 7,805,785 11/875,851 MARTIN 103 GTC Law Group LLP & Affiliates c/o CPA Global STORMER, RUSSELL D original TRETTEL, MICHAEL

amgen3, kubin

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Burns et al 11153720 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 L.C. BEGIN & ASSOCIATES, PLLC MCDONOUGH, JAMES E

An obviousness determination requires that a skilled artisan would have perceived a reasonable expectation of success in making the invention in light of the prior art. Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-LA Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (citing In re Kubin, 561 F.3d 1351, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2009)).

Amgen Inc. v. F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., 580 F.3d 1340, 92 USPQ2d 1289 (Fed. Cir. 2009) 2113

Kubin, Ex parte, 83 USPQ2d 1410 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 2007) 2143

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2826 Ex Parte SEAH Teo Leng 11465793 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 ISHIMARU & ASSOCIATES LLP TRAN, TAN N

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3677 Ex Parte Nichols et al 11465498 - (D) GROSSMAN 103 Jerome R. Drouillard MORGAN, EMILY M

Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2682 HTC CORPORATION Requester and Cross-Appellant v. IPCOM GMBH Patent Owner and Appellant 95001192 6,879,830 09/478,586 SIU 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP FOSTER, ROLAND G original MILORD, MARCEAU

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Kim et al 11173070 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP CONLEY, OI K

1786 Ex Parte Harada et al 10333744 - (D) TORCZON 103 KRATZ, QUINTOS & HANSON, LLP THOMPSON, CAMIE S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Ex Parte Ma et al 11525982 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN Mission/BSTZ KARIMY, TIMOR

Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2616 HTC CORPORATION Requester and Cross-Appellant v. IPCOM GMBH Patent Owner and Appellant 95001212 7,245,636 10/111,511 SIU 102 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP WEAVER, SCOTT LOUIS original PHAN, MAN U