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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Boyd et al 13262493 - (D) PRATS 103 ARNOLD, ERNST V ARNOLD, ERNST V

1619 Ex Parte Konofal 10559293 - (D) ADAMS 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP KASSA, TIGABU

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1774 Ex Parte Casey 14593763 - (D) BEST 102 Griffith Barbee PLLC RASHID, FAZLE A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Kerner et al 13946457 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 112(1)/102/103 Schiff Hardin LLP (Intel) ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex Parte Bollmann 14141546 - (D) BELISLE 103 W&C IP JOSEPH, JAISON

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Haimi-Cohen 14310548 - (D) GAUDETTE 112(1)/102 Kramer & Amado, P.C. ESKRIDGE, CORY W

"[D]rawings in a patent need not illustrate the full scope of the invention." See Arlington Indus., Inc. v. Bridgeport Fittings, Inc., 632 F.3d 1246, 1254 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (citing MBO Labs., Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co., 474 F.3d 1323, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2007) ("[P]atent coverage is not necessarily limited to inventions that look like the ones in the figures. To hold otherwise would be to import limitations onto the claim from the specification, which is fraught with danger.")).

3633 Ex Parte Haney et al 14747727 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Fluor Coporation KENNY, DANIEL J

3655 Ex Parte Gianone et al 12824472 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 Brooks Kushman P.C. / Meritor SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN

3655 Ex Parte Swank et al 14481212 - (D) BAHR 103 Schaeffler Group USA, Inc. HANSEN, COLBY M

3685 Ex Parte Gilbert et al 10258503 - (D) CRAWFORD 102/103 FIS/FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN

3691 Ex Parte Lamoureux et al 14089081 - (D) MacDONALD 101 REFINITIV US ORGANIZATION LLC AKINTOLA, OLABODE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3734 Ex Parte Willet et al 14839004 - (D) SCHOPPER 112(2)/103 K&L Gates LLP-Seattle MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS

3745 Ex Parte Dahl et al 14111039 - (D) CAPP 103 NATH, GOLDBERG & MEYER LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RY AN

3747 Ex Parte Morton et al 14277103 - (D) HOELTER 103 LeClairRyan (Ford Global) KIM, JAMES JAY

3761 Ex Parte Viroli et al 14412078 - (D) CRAWFORD 112(1)/103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP VAN, QUANG T

3772 Ex Parte Johnson et al 14772967 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 Workman Nydegger DEMOSKY, GWEN M

3775 Ex Parte Evans et al 14203605 - (D) O'HANLON 102 41.50 112(2) TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT

3793 Ex Parte Warnking 12227508 - (D) KERINS 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1639 Ex Parte Sampas et al 14684028 - (D) ADAMS 103 103 Agilent Technologies, Inc KAUP, SAHANA S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2488 Ex Parte Galvez et al 13965833 - (D) PYONIN 103 103 HoustonHogle LLP Joseph Houston, HoustonHogle LLP BROWN JR, HOWARD D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3612 Ex Parte Oldani 14957086 - (D) OSINSKI 102 102 Ford Global Technologies, LLC/ King & Schickli, PLLC GUTMAN, HILARY L

3621 Ex Parte Jobin 12523427 - (D) JEFFERY 101 101 BERNARD JOBIN VAN BRAMER, JOHN W

3643 Ex Parte Cox 14229615 - (D) PESLAK 103 102/103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC PARSLEY, DAVID J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Garnett et al 13565155 - (D) SONG 112(1)/112(2)/103 112(1)/112(2) Locke Lord LLP VERDIER, CHRISTOPHER M

3774 Ex Parte Binette et al 10638562 - (D) GRIMES 103 103 Mintz Levin/Boston Office SWEET, THOMAS

3792 Ex Parte Lachenbruch et al 15040170 - (D) HORNER 102 102 HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. MORALES, JON ERIC C

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Santarpia et al 15101449 - (D) WISZ 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY ROBERTS, LEZAH

1618 Ex Parte Cooper et al 14026342 - (D) ADAMS 103 ELMORE PATENT LAW GROUP, PC VU, JAKE MINH

1618 Ex Parte Cooper et al 14052088 - (D) ADAMS 103 ELMORE PATENT LAW GROUP, PC VU, JAKE MINH

1619 Ex Parte Wolff et al 13460439 - (D) ADAMS 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. and KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Samoilov 13206088 - (D) DENNETT 103 Moser Taboada/ Applied Materials, Inc. SONG, MATTHEW J

1731 Ex Parte Kasmayr et al 13055264 - (D) TIMM 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) CHRISTIE, ROSS J

1741 Ex Parte SUGAWARA et al 14411212 - (D) GARRIS 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. HERRING, LISA L

1745 Ex Parte Chen et al 14584296 - (D) OBERMANN 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP WU, VICKI H

1773 Ex Parte Li et al 14112615 - (D) REN 103 Foley & Lardner LLP OLIVERA, ANGEL J

1788 Ex Parte Bullock et al 14446663 - (D) CASHION 103/OTDP ASPEN AEROGELS INC. CHANG, VICTORS

1792 Ex Parte Trombetta et al 14279590 - (D) PRAISS 103 Manelli Selter PLLC NGUYEN, THANH H

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 Ex Parte TURTINEN et al 14278254 - (D) CYGAN 103 Xsensus/Broadcom BAIG, ADNAN

2468 Ex Parte Coppens et al 11685194 - (D) KHAN 103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA WAQAS, SAAD A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2834 Ex Parte MAHADESWARASWAMY et al 13756176 - (D) SMITH 112(1)/103 Roeder & Broder LLP MATES, ROBERT E

2859 Ex Parte Akiyoshi et al 14357840 - (D) BELISLE 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PELTON, NATHANIEL R

2859 Ex Parte AKIYOSHI et al 15010053 - (D) BELISLE 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PELTON, NATHANIEL R

2862 Ex Parte Smith et al 14386192 - (D) KENNEDY 101 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC LE, JOHN H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3600 Ex Parte KUBLER et al 11764815 - (D) BOUDREAU 112(1)/103 101 Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC BOSWELL, BETH V

3624 Ex Parte HADATSUKI et al 13429204 - (D) AMUNDSON 101/103 Maschoff Brennan PURI, VENAY

3624 Ex Parte Mayle et al 12330182 - (D) McSHANE 101 Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Endicott SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N

3624 Ex Parte Algranati 14178507 - (D) HUGHES 101 GANZ POLLARD, LLC RINES, ROBERT D

3628 Ex Parte Kho et al 12634485 - (D) DIXON 101 IBM CORPORATION C/0: Fabian Vancott JOSEPH, TONY A S

3646 Ex Parte Ksienski et al 13558643 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 The Aerospace Corporation BARKER, MATTHEW M

3649 Ex Parte Pollock et al 14634673 - (D) SHIANG 101 Keysight Technologies, Inc. ZARE, SCOTT A

3668 Ex Parte Stowe 10860670 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (United Parcel Service, Inc.) REFAI, RAMSEY

3669 Ex Parte Chandra et al 14562925 - (D) WOOD 101/103 GRC c/o BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC BOOMER, JEFFREY C

3683 Ex Parte VILLARS 13438346 - (D) BUI 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC YOUNG, ASHLEY YA-SHEH

3684 Ex Parte Lutnick 13932827 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E

3686 Ex Parte Haque et al 12096040 - (D) CRAWFORD 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LAM, ELIZA ANNE

3688 Ex Parte Subramanian et al 13278043 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA CAO, VINCENT M

3695 Ex Parte Wagner et al 14305628 - (D) PYONIN 103 101 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) ROBINSON, KITO R

3696 Ex Parte Thorson et al 12541342 - (D) HUME 112(1)/112(2) 101/103 STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Johnson et al 15049129 - (D) PLENZLER 101 Everi Games, Inc. YEN, JASON TAHAI

3747 Ex Parte Mac Donald 14436986 - (D) FITZPATRICK 112(1) ACCEL IP LAW, PLLC STECKBAUER, KEVIN R

3786 Ex Parte Auguste 13643482 - (D) GUIJT 103 CAESAR RIVISE, PC NELSON, KERI JESSICA

3791 Ex Parte Ghajar et al 14454662 - (D) BAHR 103 101 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PA) MCCROSKY, DAVID J

4142 Ex Parte Nadella et al 13758431 - (D) BISK 101 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP AN, IG TAI

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex parte PDT ORIGINAL DESIGNS, LLC Ex Parte 8915382 et al 12/882,934 90014053 - (D) PLENZLER 112(1)/112(2)/102/103/305 Kirton McConkie ENGLISH, PETER C original GARFT, CHRISTOPHER

moncla, broadcom, ventana, martek, arlington, curtiss-wright, Phillips, ngai, king

REVERSED

1735 Ex Parte Ozkan et al 11/410,267 OWENS 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(1) DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP EXAMINER POLYANSKY, ALEXANDER

2111 Ex Parte Fischer et al 10/942,351 NAPPI 102(e)/103(a) MISSION/BSTZ BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN LLP EXAMINER CLEARY, THOMAS J

2163 Ex Parte Feinberg 11/033,646 JEFFERY 102(e)/103(a) WORKMAN NYDEGGER/MICROSOFT EXAMINER LEE, WILSON

2187 Ex Parte Kallahalla et al 10/959,536 BARRY 103(a)/non-statutory obviousness-type double patenting HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER CYGIEL, GARY W

When all other rejections on appeal have been reversed, and the only remaining rejection is a provisional non-statutory obviousness-type double patenting rejection, it is premature to address the provisional rejection. Ex Parte Moncla, 95 USPQ2d 1884, 1885 (BPAI 2010) (precedential).
AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1648 Ex Parte Wolff et al 11/828,272 GRIMES 102(b)/112(1) FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P. EXAMINER PARKIN, JEFFREY S

1731 Ex Parte Wanninger et al 10/058,832 GAUDETTE 102(b)/103(a) VENABLE LLP EXAMINER FELTON, AILEEN BAKER

“[E]ach claim does not necessarily cover every feature disclosed in the specification. When the claim addresses only some of the features disclosed in the specification, it is improper to limit the claim to other, unclaimed features.” Broadcom Corp. v. Qualcomm Inc., 543 F.3d 683, 689 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (quoting Ventana Med. Sys., Inc. v. Biogenex Labs., Inc., 473 F.3d 1173, 1181 (Fed. Cir. 2006)); see also, Martek Biosciences Corp. v. Nutrinova, Inc., 579 F.3d 1363, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (“[E]ven where a patent describes only a single embodiment, claims will not be read restrictively unless the patentee has demonstrated a clear intention to limit the claim scope using words of expressions of manifest exclusion or restriction.”). Substantive differences between the claims “can be a ‘useful guide in understanding the meaning of particular claim terms.’” Arlington Industries, Inc. v. Bridgeport Fittings, Inc. 632 F.3d 1246, 1254 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (quoting Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2005); see also, Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corp. v. Velan, Inc., 438 F.3d 1374, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (“[C]laim differentiation takes on relevance in the context of a claim construction that would render additional, or different, language in another independent claim superfluous.”).

Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 75 USPQ2d 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2005) . 2111, 2111.01, 2143.01, 2258

3623 Ex Parte Schroeder et al 10/302,406 KIM 102(b)/103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER BOSWELL, BETH V

3654 Ex Parte Szentistvany 10/524,122 BARRETT 103(a) Larson & Anderson, LLC EXAMINER KRUER, STEFAN

3738 Ex Parte McCarthy et al 11/106,421 GREENHUT 102(e)/103(a) EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION EXAMINER MILLER, CHERYL L
AFFIRMED

1736 Ex Parte Jones et al 10/582,593 GAUDETTE 103(a) Albemarle Netherlands B.V. EXAMINER WALCK, BRIAN D

2128 Ex Parte Ould-Brahim 10/747,967 HUGHES 102(e)/102(b) RIDOUT & MAYBEE LLP EXAMINER SILVER, DAVID

2617 Ex Parte Stephens 10/875,753 NAPPI 103(a) Thorpe North & Western LLP c/o CPA Global EXAMINER BRANDT, CHRISTOPHER M

3761 Ex Parte Long et al 11/511,573 GREENHUT 102(b) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER KIDWELL, MICHELE M

First, Appellants are not entitled to patent a known product by simply attaching a set of instructions to that product. In re Ngai, 367 F.3d 1336, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2004); See also, King Pharms., Inc. v. Eon Labs, Inc., 616 F.3d 1267, 1278 (Fed. Cir. 2010).

Ngai, In re, 367 F.3d 1336, 70 USPQ2d 1862 (Fed. Cir. 2004) . . . . . . . . . . 2106.01, 2112.01