applied materials, yates

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Kraus et al 13508986 - (D) FLAX 103 Vedder Price P.C. KARPINSKI, LUKE E

1628 Ex Parte Roth et al 13322159 - (D) COTTA 103 Gruneberg and Myers PLLC THOMAS, TIMOTHY P

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Paik et al 12631557 - (D) OWENS 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (APPLIED MATERIALS) MACARTHUR, SYLVIA

1723 Ex Parte Ono et al 13387499 - (D) BEST 102 VIERING, JENTSCHURA & PARTNER mbB - sonstige STUCKEY, PHILIP A

1746 Ex Parte HATANO et al 14220624 - (D) BEST 103 41.50 102 PEARNE & GORDON LLP LEE,JAEYUN

1746 Ex Parte Schneider et al 13839444 - (D) KENNEDY 103 The Small Patent Law Group, LLC BLADES, JOHN A

1777 Ex Parte Pascall et al 13744270 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(2)/103 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC GRABER, KARAM

1779 Ex Parte Andersson et al 13140434 - (D) RANGE 103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. ORME, PATRICK JAMES

1787 Ex Parte Horio 13876952 - (D) DELMENDO 103 HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C. ROBINSON, ELIZABETH A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2473 Ex Parte Knowles 14952462 - (D) CURCURI 103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (ImgTec) LIU, TIJNG-JEN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Goodsell et al 12292855 - (D) NAGUMO 103 Dickinson Wright PLLC - Hubbell LEJA, RONALD W

2838 Ex Parte TICHY et al 14265575 - (D) HASTINGS 102/103 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC (RH) JAMAL!, ISHRAT F

2848 Ex Parte Hamada et al 14343874 - (D) GUPTA 103 YOUNG BASILE LEE, PETE T

2862 Ex Parte DEN BOEF et al 14281346 - (D) GAUDETTE 112(2)/103 Brown & Michaels (END) c/o Brown & Michaels, PC NGHIEM, MICHAEL P

2886 Ex Parte Clementi et al 12576177 - (D) REN 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. GRAY, SUNGHEE Y

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte FAFARA 14613199 - (D) HOMERE 101 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP BURGESS, JOSEPH D

3645 Ex Parte Steinsiek et al 12392487 - (D) WOOD 103 Mossman, Kumar and Tyler, PC LOBO, IAN J

3654 Ex Parte Siev et al 13559810 - (D) HOFFMANN 102 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. KIM, SANG K

3681 Ex Parte Schein 13925138 - (D) BARRY 103 Adobe / Finch & Maloney PLLC CIRNU, ALEXANDRU

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 Ex Parte Sowden et al 14282986 - (D) KERINS 102/103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON WEINERTH, GIDEON R

3742 Ex Parte Baird et al 12957328 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Thompson E. Fehr DUNNER, DIALLO IGWE

3742 Ex Parte Wahl et al 12880390 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) CALVETTI, FREDERICK F

3745 Ex Parte Roberge et al 13352296 - (D) GREENHUT 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BROWN, ADAM WAYNE

3765 Ex Parte Holt 14252242 - (D) BAYAT 103 Kaufhold Dix Patent Law GRACZ, KATHARINE

3774 Ex Parte Richter 11729516 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT LLP PREBILIC, PAUL B

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Li et al 12121260 - (D) SMITH 112(1)/112(2)/103/OTDP 102/103 Matheson Keys Daffer & Kordzik PLLC PADGETT, MARIANNE L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Cuddihy et al 14551583 - (D) HOWARD 102/103 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL SHAH, TANMAY K

2637 Ex Parte FEDER et al 14540064 - (D) FRAHM 112(1)/102 102 RECHES PATENTS BELLO, AGUSTIN

2684 Ex Parte MATTERN 13621742 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 103 41.50 112(2) Porter Hedges LLP NGUYEN, NAM V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte MOSS et al 14642590 - (D) FREDMAN 102 103 LEVINE BAGADE HAN LLP TON, MARTIN TRUYEN

3733 Ex Parte Schuele et al 14075548 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102 102 FROST BROWN TODD LLC MATTHEWS, TESSA M

3745 Ex Parte Jacques et al 13595443 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY WHITE, ALEXANDER A

3754 Ex Parte Peterson et al 14533658 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 103 41.50 103 FISHMAN STEW ART PLLC MELARAGNO, MICHAEL

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Haslacher 14609400 - (D) PRATS 103 LeonardPatel PC PACKARD, BENJAMIN J

1652 Ex Parte Jacobi et al 13212486 - (D) MAJORS 103 BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION SWOPE, SHERIDAN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte KING et al 13555725 - (D) SQUIRE 103 MH2 Technology Law Group (w/Boeing) GARDNER, SHANNON M

1729 Ex Parte KODERA et al 13710096 - (D) HANLON 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP CHMIELECKI, SCOTT J

1731 Ex Parte McLachlan et al 13699479 - (D) OWENS 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGH OFF LLP/ AkzoNobel PARVIN!, PEGAH

1746 Ex Parte Caldas et al 14449824 - (D) PRAISS OTDP/103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. HOOVER, MATTHEW

A variable has been held not a result-effective variable where there was no teaching of the relationship claimed and "no evidence of this relationship in the prior art." In re Applied Materials, Inc., 692 F.3d 1289, 1297 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (quoting In re Yates, 663 F.2d 1054, 1056-57 (CCPA 1981)). However, "the prior art need not provide the exact method of optimization for the variable to be result-effective. A recognition in the prior art that a property is affected by the variable is sufficient to find the variable result-effective." Id. (holding groove dimensions of a polishing pad result-effective variables rendering their optimization within the grasp of one of ordinary skill in the art.). 

1747 Ex Parte Zuber et al 14378466 - (D) TIMM 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. FELTON, MICHAEL J

1764 Ex Parte Van Eetvelde et al 13394208 - (D) DERRICK 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD

1793 Ex Parte Anagnostou et al 13853127 - (D) HOUSEL 103 THOMAS I HORSTEMEYER, LLP TURNER, FELICIA C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2113 Ex Parte Burghard et al 14812659 - (D) BARRY OTDP/102/103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC AMOROSO, ANTHONY J

2123 Ex Parte Fisker et al 13580876 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC HANN, JAY B

2158 Ex Parte Zigler et al 12239473 - (D) MORGAN 103 Garlick & Markison (IH) WILLIS, AMANDA LYNN

2165 Ex Parte Kaplinger et al 14607633 - (D) NAPPI 101/103 IBM CORP. (WSM) c/o WINSTEAD P.C. BOWEN, RICHARD L

2165 Ex Parte Kaplinger et al 14247424 - (D) NAPPI 101/103 IBM CORP. (WSM) c/o WINSTEAD P.C. BOWEN, RICHARD L

2191 Ex Parte Rudelic 13041541 - (D) JEFFERY 103 OTDP Dorsey & Whitney LLP-IP Dept.-MTI VO, TED T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 Ex Parte Hu et al 13520803 - (D) SHIANG 112(1)/112(2) 103 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson BEDNASH, JOSEPH A

2495 Ex Parte ISIDORE et al 14562652 - (D) BAIN 103 ISIDORE PLLC SARKER, SANCHIT K

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2683 Ex Parte CHOI 12703908 - (D) NAPPI 103 Cha & Reiter, LLC EUSTAQUIO, CAL J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Tesch 14038127 - (D) RANGE 103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY

2837 Ex Parte Stark 14127185 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier COOK, CORTEZ M

2852 Ex Parte Nedelin et al 15089976 - (D) INGLESE 103 HP Inc. AYDIN, SEVAN A

2855 Ex Parte Boghun et al 13129862 - (D) HASTINGS 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC JAGAN, MIRELL YS

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Parduhn et al 12573627 - (D) BUSCH 103 101 BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMANN LLP ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINAE

3623 Ex Parte Abe et al 13715169 - (D) HOMERE 101 WHITHAM, CURTIS & COOK, P.C. STERRETT, JONATHAN G

3625 Ex Parte Zhao 13477811 - (D) SAADAT 101 Haynes & Boone, LLP (70481) AIRAPETIAN, MILA

3626 Ex Parte McLaren et al 12789962 - (D) FETTING 101/103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. COLEMAN, CHARLES P.

3626 Ex Parte Waite 12797723 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. PAULSON, SHEETAL R.

3629 Ex Parte Sadhvani et al 13363101 - (D) SAADAT 101 103 VERIZON MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A

3631 Ex Parte McKnight et al 14177351 - (D) CALVE 112(1) DORITY & MANNING, P.A. SAFAVI, MICHAEL

3661 Ex Parte YU 14154606 - (D) MURPHY 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL NOLAN, PETER D

3681 Ex Parte Black et al 11492012 - (D) LORIN 102/103 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC SORKOWITZ, DANIEL M

3681 Ex Parte GUINEY et al 14058548 - (D) KUMAR 101/103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC CIRNU, ALEXANDRU

3683 Ex Parte Bluhm et al 11735874 - (D) PYONIN 101 YEE & ASSOCIA TES, P.C. AUSTIN, JAMIE H

3683 Ex Parte Hanif et al 12777144 - (D) HORNER OTDP 101/103 Maschoff Brennan/ PayPal MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

3686 Ex Parte Cherry et al 13941457 - (D) AMUNDSON 101/112(2)/103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP DURANT, JONATHAN W

3686 Ex Parte GEDEON et al 12351628 - (D) CHUNG 112(2)/101/103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (Cerner Corporation) NGUYEN, TRANG T

3693 Ex Parte ASHER et al 12757456 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 101 AT & T LEGAL DEPARTMENT- GB CHAKRAVART!, ARUNAV A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Asher et al 11968390 - (D) HOFFMANN 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. WILLIAMS, ROSS A

3744 Ex Parte Athanasiou et al 13820753 - (D) CALVE 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP TADESSE, MARTHA

3744 Ex Parte Jassani et al 13700240 - (D) HOELTER 103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP NIEVES, NELSON J

3747 Ex Parte CLAYWELL et al 14015456 - (D) BROWNE 103 Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (GM) KIM, JAMES JAY

3762 Ex Parte Baudino 13749489 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102/103 MEDTRONIC, INC. (NEURO/MRG) PHAM, MINH DUC GIA

3788 Ex Parte Payne 14255024 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 MICHAELE. ZALL LAW FIRM DESAI, KAUSHIKKUMAR A

applied materials, epstein

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1763 Ex Parte SODD 14532513 - (D) HEANEY 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY WHITELEY, JESSICA

Whether the standard deviation of height was known to be a result-effective variable is a question of fact. In re Applied Materials, 692 F.3d 1289, 1295—96 (Fed. Cir. 2012). Questions of fact are resolved in patent examination by the preponderance of the evidence of record. E.g., In re Epstein, 32 F.3d 1559, 1564 (Fed. Cir. 1994). 

Epstein, In re, 32 F.3d 1559, 31 USPQ2d 1817 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 716.07 , 2128 , 2133.03(b) , 2152.02(d)

1792 Ex Parte Srsen et al 13207065 - (D) NAGUMO 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA LEFF, STEVEN N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte SanGiovanni et al 13829668 - (D) KHAN 102/103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP BAIG, SAHAR A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Heeren 14496446 - (D) SQUIRE 102/103 ALCON PINKNEY, DA WAYNE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3671 Ex Parte Gudat 11139788 - (D) ASTORINO 103 CATERPILLAR/FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, L.L.P. NGUYEN, MAI T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Anderson et al 13794946 - (D) OSINSKI 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) VAZQUEZ, ANA M

3747 Ex Parte HAYAMI 12766030 - (D) CRAWFORD 112(2)/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC HAMAOUI, DAVID E

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Ex Parte MYERS et al 13714897 - (D) DENNETT 103 Armstrong Flooring, Inc. VAN SELL, NATHAN L

1793 Ex Parte Rapp et al 11577281 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 OSTROLENK FABER LLP MCCLAIN-COLEMAN, TYNESHA L.

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2193 Ex Parte Urdang 13916420 - (D) KRIVAK 103 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC JEON, JAE UK

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2482 Ex Parte Shi et al 11527023 - (D) PYONIN 102/103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton/Qualcomm FINDLEY, CHRISTOPHER G

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Pestoni et al 12545578 - (D) HUGHES 101/103 Wolfe-SBMC WU, RUTAO

applied materials

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Herrmann 12739962 - (D) RANGE 102/103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation MARKOFF, ALEXANDER

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Mardigian et al 12450755 - (D) MORGAN 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC CHOWDHURY, NIGAR

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2811 Ex Parte OKUMOTO 13781404 - (D) McMANUS 103 Studebaker & Brackett PC ALBRECHT, PETER M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3689 Ex Parte SUESS et al 11924071 - (D) WORTH 101/102/103 CROWELL & MORING LLP GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3774 Ex Parte Serafin et al 12584482 - (D) STEPINA 103 41.50 112(2) CHRISTOPHER JOHN RUDY NELSON, CHRISTINE L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Scavone et al 13101851 - (D) ADAMS 103 double patenting THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KASSA, TIGABU

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1786 Ex Parte Strange et al 12066262 - (D) KENNEDY 103 112(1)/103 THE GRIFFITH LAW FIRM, A P.C. LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

See, e.g., In re Applied Materials, Inc., 692 F.3d 1289, 1297 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (“The outcome of optimizing a result-effective variable may still be patentable if the claimed ranges are critical and produce a new and unexpected result which is different in kind and not merely in degree from the results of the prior art.” (internal quotation marks omitted).

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2135 Ex Parte Walker et al 13473778 - (D) DROESCH 103 102/103 Polansky & Associates, P.L.L.C. MATIN, TASNIMA

2143 Ex Parte Johansson 13133542 - (D) NAPPI 103 103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. XIA, XUYANG

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Mielke et al 10935246 - (D) ADAMS 103 Abel Law Group, LLP SASAN, ARADHANA

1627 Ex Parte Goralczyk et al 13505854 - (D) ADAMS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Thirion et al 13147178 - (D) OGDEN 103 Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt LEE, REBECCA Y

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Pfeiffer 13252633 - (D) KHAN 103 Cozen O'Connor KHAN, IFTEKHAR A

2169 Ex Parte Nun et al 13648664 - (D) McNEILL 103 SAP SE c/o BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC WEINRICH, BRIAN E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Praden 13508021 - (D) GALLIGAN 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC DOSHI, AKSHAY

2447 Ex Parte KLEIN et al 13729463 - (D) JIVANI 103 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. WOLDEMARIAM, AYELE F

2456 Ex Parte Solomon et al 13475899 - (D) COURTENAY 103 Nicholson De Vos Webster & Elliott LLP CHOUDHURY, AZIZUL Q

2463 Ex Parte Niemela et al 12866756 - (D) SMITH 102/103 HARRINGTON & SMITH CROMPTON, CHRISTOPHER R

2474 Ex Parte Yaffe 12656368 - (D) NAPPI 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC HAILE, AWET A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte Warnke et al 13555289 - (D) BAHR 112(2)/103 Bishop Diehl & Lee, Ltd. GALLEGO, ANDRES F

3663 Ex Parte Theisen et al 12603012 - (D) BAHR 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL DAGER, JONATHAN M

3678 Ex Parte Hewitt et al 13071726 - (D) CALVE 103 Klintworth & Rozenblat IP LLC and Illinois Tool Works Inc. TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J

3678 Ex Parte Swiatowy et al 12885717 - (D) CALVE 103 Klintworth & Rozenblat IP LLC and Illinois Tool Works Inc. TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J

OPQA Ex Parte Jessen et al 13013250 - (D) HORVATH 103 InfoPrint Solutions/ Blakely GUILLERMETY, FRED

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2452 Ex Parte Darago et al 14164178 - (R) HAGY 103 John Ogilvie HOANG, HIEU T

soni, baxter travenol, applied materials

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2126 Ex Parte Hsu et al 12731348 - (D) THOMAS 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP GARLAND, STEVEN R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Clark et al 11983091 - (D) BAYAT 103 JELD-WEN, Inc. c/o Stoel Rives LLP RAMSEY, JEREMY C

We next turn to Appellants’ attempt to rebut the prima facie case of obviousness by evidence “of ‘unexpected results,’ i.e., to show that the claimed invention exhibits some superior property or advantage that person of ordinary skill in the relevant art would have found surprising or unexpected.” In re Soni, 54 F.3d 746, 750 (Fed. Cir. 1995). “[W]hen unexpected results are used as evidence of nonobviousness, the results must be shown to be unexpected compared with the closest prior art.” In re Baxter Travenol Labs., 952 F.2d 388, 392 (Fed. Cir. 1991). The unexpected results must be “different in kind and not merely in degree from the results of the prior art.” In re Applied Materials, Inc., 692 F.3d 1289, 1297 (Fed. Cir. 2012).

Soni, In re, 54 F.3d 746, 34 USPQ2d 1684 (Fed. Cir. 1995) 707.07(f) , 2145

Baxter Travenol Labs., In re, 952 F.2d 388, 21 USPQ2d 1281 (Fed. Cir. 1991) 2131.01 , 2145

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. Requester and Cross-Appellant v. MEDTECH CAPITAL VENTURES, LLC Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7,749,585 et al 10/688,292 95001484 - (D) GUEST 102/103 Hershkovitz and Associates, PLLC THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP TILL, TERRENCE R original JACKSON, MONIQUE R

applied materials, aller, antonie nautilus, orthokinetics

custom search

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

custom search

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.

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AFFIRMED
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1734 Ex Parte Hooks et al 10902627 - (D) GARRIS 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - SABIC Americas MCDONOUGH, JAMES E

"A recognition in the prior art that a property is affected by the variable is sufficient to find the variable result-effective."

In re Applied Materials, Inc., 692 F. 3d 1289, 1297 (Fed. Cir. 2012)

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Newman 11743930 - (R) GERSTENBLITH 103 Hoffmann & Baron LLP PAYER, HWEI SIU CHOU

3715 Ex Parte Carro 10993231 - (R) TARTAL 103 IBM CORPORATION IPLAW SHCB/256-3 FRISBY, KESHA

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1754 Ex Parte Le et al 11484333 - (D) TIMM 102/103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX BAND, MICHAEL A

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3633 Ex Parte Foss et al 11630869 - (D) JUNG 102/103 PATENTS+TMS, P.C. A, PHI DIEU TRAN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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1742 Ex Parte Hochsmann et al 12136380 - (D) McKELVEY 103 103 DOBRUSIN THENNISCH PC TENTONI, LEO B

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2184 Ex Parte Fujisawa 11522424 - (D) WEINBERG 103 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP RHU, KRIS M

AFFIRMED
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1722 Ex Parte Rogers et al 12357680 - (D) McKELVEY 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY WALKE, AMANDA C

1726 Ex Parte Zuraw 11799136 - (D) COLAIANNI 102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. LEE, CYNTHIA K

1765 Ex Parte Nagazumi et al 11451699 - (D) KRATZ 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC COONEY, JOHN M

1765 Ex Parte Barnat et al 12395318 - (D) LORIN 102/103 HEAD, JOHNSON & KACHIGIAN, P.C. VALDEZ, DEVE E

1782 Ex Parte Ingram 11001072 - (D) GARRIS 103 RADER FISHMAN & GRAUER PLLC AUGHENBAUGH, WALTER

Contrary to Appellant's argument, "[a] recognition in the prior art that a property is affected by the variable [in question] is sufficient to find the variable result-effective." In re Applied Materials, Inc., 692 F.3d 1289, 1297 (Fed. Cir. 2012).

Appellant's argument is further undermined by the legal principle that the discovery of optimum values for recognized result effective variables is ordinarily within the skill of the art. See Applied Materials at 1295.

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2167 Ex Parte Mason et al 11145433 - (D) MORGAN 103 K&L GATES LLP UDDIN, MOHAMMED R

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2439 Ex Parte Wilhite et al 10846713 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 ORMISTON & MCKINNEY, PLLC TURCHEN, JAMES R

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte Melchior et al 11488879 - (D) HOMERE 103 Cymer, Inc. VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS

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2837 MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS, TRINIDAD, W.I. Requester, Respondent v. TREVOR KING Patent Owner, Appellant 95000255 6750386 10/228,317 KAMHOLZ 103 DECHERT LLP ESCALANTE, OVIDIO original LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R

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REVERSED
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1711 Ex Parte Minayoshi et al 11838480 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 RATNERPRESTIA RIGGLEMAN, JASON PAUL

1721 Ex Parte Ikenaga 11712367 - (D) BEST 102 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP YOUNG, CHRISTOPHER G

1727 Ex Parte Xiao et al 11432086 - (D) DELMENDO 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP HARRIS, GARY D

1733 Ex Parte Cooper et al 12479904 - (D) WARREN 112(2)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. ROE, JESSEE RANDALL

1746 Ex Parte Lam 11905187 - (D) KIMLIN 103 C.A.ROWLEY RIVERA, JOSHEL

1747 Ex Parte Fournier et al 10740583 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC FELTON, MICHAEL J

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2163 Ex Parte Sini 09988155 - (D) CALDWELL 112(2)/103 Murphy & King, P.C. THAI, HANH B

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3662 Ex Parte Hasegawa et al 10822072 - (D) ASTORINO 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP TO, TUAN C

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3746 Ex Parte Hope 10532275 - (D) LEE 102/103 Edwards Vacuum, Inc. BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S

The viewing glass through which the claims are construed is that of a person skilled in the art. Metabolite Laboratories v. Laboratory Corp. of America, 370 F.3d 1354, 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2004).

Metabolite Labs., Inc. v. Lab. Corp. of Am. Holdings, 370 F.3d 1354, 71 USPQ2d 1081 (Fed. Cir. 2004) . . . . . 2111.02, 2112, 2173.02

3763 Ex Parte Leuer et al 11273095 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 WALTER A. HACKLER, Ph.D. PATENT LAW OFFICE VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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1627 Ex Parte Ming et al 11389824 - (D) ADAMS 103 103/obviousness-type double patenting ROBERTS MLOTKOWSKI SAFRAN & COLE, P.C. PIHONAK, SARAH

1635 Ex Parte Haselbeck et al 09815242 - (D) GREEN 103 103 MERCK SCHNIZER, RICHARD A

AFFIRMED
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1726 Ex Parte Hanson et al 11863688 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP WALKER, KEITH D

1736 Ex Parte Ryu et al 10551484 - (D) HOUSEL 103 Frommer Lawrence & Haug HENDRICKSON, STUART L

1747 Ex Parte Riva et al 10483969 - (D) GARRIS 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP FISCHER, JUSTIN R

See In re Applied Materials, Inc., No. 2011-1461, 2012 WL 3711586, at *6 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 29, 2012) ("A recognition in the prior art that a property is affected by the variable is sufficient to find the variable result-effective.").

1762 Ex Parte Wang et al 11077595 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS, INC. NERANGIS, VICKEY M

1763 Ex Parte Keggenhoff et al 11448444 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE LLC LEONARD, MICHAEL L

1787 Ex Parte Nickel et al 10744332 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP KRUER, KEVIN R

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2176 Ex Parte Weitzman et al 10752476 - (D) DIXON 112(1)/103 FLEIT GIBBONS GUTMAN BONGINI & BIANCO P.L. HUTTON JR, WILLIAM D

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2452 Ex Parte Olsson et al 10383853 - (D) HUGHES 102/103 Walder Intellectual Property Law (END) WIDHALM, ANGELA M

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2614 Ex Parte Erhart et al 11303820 - (D) DANG 102/103 Ulmer & Berne LLP RAMAKRISHNAIAH, MELUR

In other words, a skilled artisan would have understood that a telephone must inherently have a speaker to play audio information and that a video telephone must inherently have a video display to show video information. See Transclean Corp. v. Bridgewood Servs., Inc., 290 F.3d 1364, 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2002).

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2873 LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD. Third Party Requester, Appellant v. FUJIFILM, CORP. Patent Owner, Respondent 95001412 6,961,191 10/790,758 TURNER 102/103 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS, LLP. (PA) HUGHES, DEANDRA M original SPECTOR, DAVID N

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3695 Ex Parte Kalt 11241556 - (D) TURNER 102 VALAUSKAS & PINE, LLC BAIRD, EDWARD J

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3731 Ex Parte DeVries et al 10659490 - (D) PRATS 112(2)/102/103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC HUGHES, SAMUEL T

3748 Ex Parte Diez 10955465 - (D) SPAHN 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP TRAN, BINH Q

3762 Ex Parte Schulman 11173863 - (D) McCOLLUM 102/103 ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT