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Friday, May 7, 2021

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Reversed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1629 UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION 15509438 NEW 102/103 41.50 102/103 VIKSNINS HARRIS PADYS MALEN LLP
SIMMONS, CHRIS E

1642 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15111328 FLAX 112(1)/112(2)/101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS COOK, LISA V

Thus, the claimed invention boils down to identifying whether two known components are present in the nuclei of sampled cells from a particular patient and then classifying that patient into one of just a few categories for potential treatment. “Section 112 does not require that a specification convince persons skilled in the art that the assertions therein are correct.” In re Armbruster, 512 F.2d 676, 678 (CCPA 1975). 

Armbruster, In re, 512 F. 2d 676, 185 USPQ 152 (CCPA 1975) 608.01(b) , 2161 , 2181

1644 CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI 14773497 NEW 103 Perkins Coie LLP - CHI EWOLDT, GERALD R

1712 TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION 15305397 GAUDETTE 103 XSENSUS LLP VETERE, ROBERT A

1718 NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO 14766362 SNAY 103 Banner & Witcoff, LTD KENDALL, BENJAMIN R

1742 Xerox Corporation 14875959 DENNETT 103 MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK LLP GRACE, KELSEY C

1783 GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH 15307243 BEST 102/103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP MILLER, DANIEL H

1795 Vapor Technologies, Inc. 14736934 TIMM 103 Brooks Kushman P.C. / Masco Corporation KEELING, ALEXANDER W

2164 Amber Watkins et al. 15336622 THOMAS 103 DUFT & BORNSEN, PC STEVENS, ROBERT

2193 International Business Machines Corporation 14724754 AMUNDSON 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC PAULINO, LENIN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2485 ELBIT VISION SYSTEMS LTD. 15292242 KUMAR 103 Daniel J. Swirsky TORRENTE, RICHARD T

2868 Integrated Technology Corporation 15455810 ROBERTSON 103 KUSNER & JAFFE ZAKARIA, AKM

2896 AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH 15381873 OWENS 102/103 Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A. MUNOZ, DANIEL

3629 Wong Hoo Sim et al. 13143979 CRAWFORD 103 MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. EVANS, KIMBERLY L

3643 Spectrum Brands, Inc. 14745655 GRIMES 103 M&G Spectrum NGUYEN, SON T

3643 Skyscraper Farm LLC 15378927 STEPINA 103 41.50 112(2) MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (BO) NGUYEN, SON T

3647 SIGNIFY NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION 14992935 STEPINA 112(1)/101/103 Signify Holding B.V. EVANS, EBONY E

3669 WABCO GmbH 15312834 STEPINA 103 Dickinson Wright PLLC - Ann Arbor WILTEY, NICHOLAS K

3685 Kim Brouard et al. 12879285 SILVERMAN 103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA KIM, STEVEN S

3731 MAX CO., LTD. 15272778 BROWN 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. KIM, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN

3733 PLASTIPAK PACKAGING, INC. 13841363 PLENZLER concurring FITZPATRICK 102/103 41.50 112(2) FISHMAN STEWART PLLC MAI, TRI M

3734 Voim Companies, Inc. 15275647 PESLAK 102 BOYLE FREDRICKSON S.C. ATTEL, NINA KAY

3763 EVAPCO, INC. 14630096 HOELTER 103 WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON, LLP ATTN: GREGORY M STONE LEO, LEONARD R

As is well-known, in exchange for using a “means for” form of claiming, Appellant’s Specification must disclose with sufficient particularity the corresponding structure for performing the claimed function, and clearly link that structure to the function. See Ibormeith IP, LLC v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, 732 F.3d 1376, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2013). 

3783 Scott Davis et al. 13536477 OSINSKI 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP FARRAR, LAUREN PENG

3793 St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. 15578379 STEPINA 103 DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC (STJ) MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP

Affirmed-in-Part 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1661 Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. 15241260 KATZ 102/103 112(1)/OTDP Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP ROBINSON, KEITH O NEAL

1741 SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER 16166774 SNAY 103 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2487 Inspectron, Inc. 15412532 CYGAN 103 103 Dickinson Wright PLLC - Ann Arbor RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J

3628 Stamps.com Inc. 13924337 SCHOPFER 103 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP HARRINGTON, MICHAEL P

3771 VOLCANO CORPORATION 14204314 GUIJT 103 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LOUIS, RICHARD G

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 KING SAUD UNIVERSITY 16120120 ADAMS 103 Richard C. Litman Nath, Goldberg & Meyer KISHORE, GOLLAMUDI S

1627 Hygia Pharmaceuticals, LLC 13972274 VALEK 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI

1646 ULTIMOVACS AS 15498728 ADAMS 102/103 112(1)/102/103 HoustonHogle LLP MCCOLLUM, ANDREA K

1653 Archangel Inc. 15558700 TOWNSEND 112(2)/103 Trenner Law Firm, LLC Mark D. Trenner PYLA, PAUL D

1699 DSM IP ASSETS B.V. 15518080 KATZ 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC KEYS, ROSALYND ANN

1711 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 14920809 PRAISS 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN

1713 Lam Research Corporation 14576978 MCGEE 103 Beyer Law Group LLP/Lam PHAM, THOMAS T

1717 Applied Materials Inc. 14485505 SNAY 103 Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt/AMAT DAGENAIS-ENGLEHA, KRISTEN A

1724 Volkswagen AG et al.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AhTRUY0Nq41ZdCCxe_Nx0Eea0MWKzBrX/view?usp=sharing 15432328 COLAIANNI 102/103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC LYLES-IRVING, CARMEN V

1747 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 14072318 HASTINGS 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP MAYES, DIONNE WALLS

1761 Arkema France 16027602 HOUSEL 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC HARDEE, JOHN R

1783 Teijin Limited 14011066 CASHION 103 Banner & Witcoff, LTD WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN

1783 CORNING INCORPORATED 15886300 DENNETT 112(1)/103 CORNING INCORPORATED FIGG, TRAVIS M

1786 OCV Intellectual Capital, LLC 15055893 SMITH 103/OTDP Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

1786 OCV Intellectual Capital, LLC 15055898 SMITH 103/OTDP Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

1797 Michael URBAN et al. 14073320 TIMM 103 Abel Schillinger, LLP FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M

2114 Microsoft Corporation 14484592 ARPIN 103 MERCHANT & GOULD (MICROSOFT) PATEL, JIGAR P

2128 Martin Tank 13978106 BEAMER 103 Studebaker & Brackett PC BROCK, ROBERT S

2153 Taiger Spain SL 15199609 BRANCH 102/103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP DAVANLOU, SOHEILA

2157 Pitney Bowers Inc. 14946847 DANG 103 101 PITNEY BOWES INC. BOGACKI, MICHAL LAWRENCE

2178 International Business Machines Corporation 14292841 EVANS 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D

2193 International Business Machines Corporation 14453164 AMUNDSON 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC PAULINO, LENIN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Viacom International Inc. 15886514 BRANCH 102/103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP JOHNSON-CALDERON, FRANK J

2432 DrFirst.com, Inc. 14606843 RAEVSKY 112(2) 103 BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMANN LLP / DR. FIRST INC. BELL, KALISH K

2451 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 13799156 MORGAN 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-IBM YORKTOWN JAHNIGE, CAROLINE H

2461 Alcatel Lucent 14654690 SILVERMAN 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. BAIG, ADNAN

2465 Lear Corporation 14513751 NAPPI 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. / LEAR CORPORATION ZHU, BO HUI ALVIN

2481 SYSMEX CORPORATION 15361229 CRAIG 103 METROLEX IP LAW GROUP, PLLC TEKLE, DANIEL T

2483 MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC. 14957708 CHUNG 103 HONIGMAN LLP/MAGNA BECKER, JOSEPH W

2616 Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation 15979212 DEJMEK 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (Dolby) SUN, HAI TAO

2645 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) 15102615 JEFFERY 102/103 ERICSSON INC. CHEN, JUNPENG

2649 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15538052 FRAHM 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS CHEN, ZHITONG

2683 Gravino, Douglas David. et al. 12941385 DANG 112(2)/103 Cox Communications, Inc. c/o Next IP Law Group LLP SYED, NABIL H

2683 Universal Electronics Inc. 16057544 DROESCH 102/103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP BROWN, VERNAL U

2836 Eaton Corporation 14825243 RANGE 102/103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC EATON CORPORATION AMRANY, ADI

2857 SHELL OIL COMPANY 14441225 OWENS 101 SHELL OIL COMPANY CHARIOUI, MOHAMED

2865 INNOVATIVE PRESSURE TESTING, LLC 15107193 GUPTA 103 41.50 103 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. KAY, DOUGLAS

2875 SERGIY VASYLYEV 15231063 SNAY 103 SERGIY VASYLYEV BOWMAN, MARY ELLEN

3619 OWEN OIL TOOLS LP 15253057 PESLAK 103 Mossman, Kumar & Tyler PC GAY, JENNIFER HAWKINS

3669 Robert Bosch GmbH 15521548 ASTORINO 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP HUTCHINSON, ALAN D

3686 Ajay Thukral et al. 12492801 CRAWFORD 101 DINSMORE & SHOHL, LLP WILLIAMS, TERESA S

3688 Facebook, Inc. 15299330 SHAW 112(1) 103 Facebook/Fenwick Silicon Valley Center VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA

3688 International Business Machines Corporation 14632185 WHITEHEAD JR. 103 101 IBM CORPORATION C/O: Fabian Vancott FRUNZI, VICTORIA E.

3688 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 15134341 MOHANTY 103 101 ESPLIN & ASSOCIATES c/o DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. LONG, MEREDITH A

3691 MasterCard International Incorporated 15609333 CRAWFORD 101 Mastercard International Incorporated c/o Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC
MALHOTRA, SANJEEV

3747 ROBERT BOSCH GMBH 13690754 DEFRANCO 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Bosch) CAMPBELL, JOSHUA A

Rehearing

Denied
2121 Zhang, Xuezhi 12762298 CYGAN 102 Xuezhi Zhang WONG, LUT
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Friday, July 3, 2015

armbruster, marzocchi, angstadt, sullivan, vitronics

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Bastian 12420311 - (D) HORVATH 103 BEUSSE WOLTER SANKS & MAIRE, P. A. SHIN, ANDREW

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2855 Ex Parte Taylor et al 12830810 - (D) PAK 112(1)/112(2) ENDURANCE LAW GROUP PLC k-Space Associates, Inc. KAPLAN VERBITSKY, GAIL

As the predecessor to our reviewing court stated in In re Armbruster, 512 F.2d 676, 677 (CCPA 1975):

 [A] specification disclosure which contains a teaching of the manner and process of making and using the invention in terms which correspond in scope to those used in describing and defining the subject matter sought to be patented must be taken as in compliance with the enabling requirement of the first paragraph of 112 unless there is reason to doubt the objective truth of the statements contained therein which must be relied on for enabling support.

 (quoting In re Marzocchi, 439 F.2d 220 (CCPA 1971)).  However, the Examiner did not supply a sufficient reason to doubt the object truth of the statements in the Specification.  Nor did the Exminer proffer any evidence to show that the above spectra preprocessing steps could not be conducted without "undue experimentation."  In re Angstadt, 537 F.2d 498, 504 (CCPA 1976) (explaining that the Examiner has the "burden of giving reason, supported by the record as a whole, why the specification in not enabling.... Showing that the disclosure entails undue experimentation is part of the PTO's initial burden ....")  The Examiner did not even meaningfully address the Rule 132 Affidavits of record relied upon by Appellants to show that one of ordinary skill in the art would be able to perform the above spectra preprocessing steps recited in the claims based on the information provided in the Specification.  Compare Ans. 8 with App. Br. 6-7; In re Sullivan, 498 F.3d 1345, 1353 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (explaning that failure to meaningfully address submitted evidence is error). Rather than focusing on the sufficiency of any underlying evidence and/or any passages of the Specification relied upon by the affiants for their averments, the Examiner inappropriately ignored the contents of the Rule 132 Affidavits because the affiants were deemed experts, rather that one of ordinary skill in the art.  Ans. 8; see, e.g., Vitronics Corp. v. Conceptronic, Inc., 90 F.3d 1576, 1585 (Fed. Cir. 1996) (explaining that an expert testimony can be relied on to show the state of the art, e.g., the knowledge of one possessing the ordinary level of skill in the pertinent art.)

Armbruster, In re, 512 F. 2d 676, 185 USPQ 152 (CCPA 1975) 608.01(b) , 2161 , 2181

 Marzocchi, In re, 439 F.2d 220, 169 USPQ 367 (CCPA 1971)  2107.01 ,   2107.02 ,   2124 ,   2163 ,   2163.04 ,   2164.03 ,   2164.04 ,   2164.08

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

 Vitronics Corp. v. Conceptronic Inc., 90 F.3d 1576, 39 USPQ2d 1573 (Fed. Cir. 1996) 2111.01

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Hanes 11669232 - (D) KAISER 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MESA, JOSE M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2618 Ex Parte Rasmusson et al 12127462 - (D) FINK 112(2) 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC CRADDOCK, ROBERT J
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Friday, March 13, 2015

angstadt, vaeck, armbruster, marzocchi

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Stanton 11601524 - (D) NAGUMO 103 WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KOEHLER, P.A. CHANDRA, SATISH

1756 Ex Parte Detournay et al 12305444 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 Solvay America, Inc. PHASGE, ARUN S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2879 Ex Parte Tu et al 12440039 - (D) OWENS 102 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS STERN, JACOB R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Becken et al 11992369 - (D) PAK 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 103 CORNING INCORPORATED SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA

It is well established that the Examiner has the “burden of giving reasons, supported by the record as a whole, why the specification is not enabling…Showing that the disclosure entails undue experimentation is part of the PTO’s initial burden.” In re Angstadt, 537 F.2d 498, 504 (CCPA 1976). In determining whether any given disclosure would require undue experimentation to practice the claimed subject matter, the Examiner must consider not only the breadth of the claims, the amount of direction or guidance presented and the presence or absence of working examples, but also the nature of the invention, the state of the prior art, the relative skill of those in the art and the predictability or unpredictability of the art. In re Vaeck, 947 F.2d 488, 495 (Fed. Cir. 1991). When “a [S]pecification disclosure…contains a teaching of the manner and process of making and using the invention in terms which correspond in scope to those used in describing and defining the subject matter sought to be patented[,]” such [S]pecification disclosure “must be taken as in compliance with the enabling requirement of the first paragraph of § 112 unless there is reason to doubt the objective truth of the statements contained therein which must be relied on for enabling support.” In re Armbruster, 512 F.2d 676, 677 (CCPA 1975) (quoting In re Marzocchi, 439 F.2d 220 (CCPA 1971)).

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

 Vaeck, In re, 947 F.2d 448, 20 USPQ2d 1438 (Fed. Cir. 1991) 2107.01 ,   2144.08 ,   2164.01 ,   2164.01(c) ,   2164.03 ,  2164.06(b) ,   2164.08

 Armbruster, In re, 512 F. 2d 676, 185 USPQ 152 (CCPA 1975) 608.01(b) , 2161 , 2181

 Marzocchi, In re, 439 F.2d 220, 169 USPQ 367 (CCPA 1971) 2107.01 ,   2107.02 ,   2124 ,   2163 ,   2163.04 ,   2164.03 ,   2164.04 ,   2164.08

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte BROWN et al 12372681 - (D) ADAMS 103 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY NABI, REZA U

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2697 Ex Parte Hildebrandt et al 11911185 - (D) ZADO 103 102/103 TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP MANDEVILLE, JASON M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Franer et al 10943222 - (D) WIEKER 103 102/103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC MCEVOY, THOMAS M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Guilford et al 10289934 - (D) JENKS 103 Daneker, McIntire, Schumm, Prince, Manning & Widmann, P.C. PRYOR, ALTON NATHANIEL

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ex Parte Mager et al 11732574 - (D) SMITH 102/103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP BOYLE, KARA BRADY

1766 Ex Parte Rische et al 11732575 - (D) SMITH 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP BOYLE, KARA BRADY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Lessing et al 12339983 - (D) ZECHER 102/103 TERADATA CORPORATION PEACH, POLINA G

2166 Ex Parte Malik 12043521 - (D) SHIANG 103 AT&T Legal Department - CC YEN, SYLING

2172 Ex Parte LEE 11835673 - (D) HARLOW 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. HUR, ECE

2199 Ex Parte Besbris et al 11281887 - (D) SHIANG 103 AOL Inc./Finnegan MITCHELL, JASON D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2467 Ex Parte Brown 11687545 - (D) BEAMER 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (26530) DUONG, DUC T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte McCloud et al 12966953 - (D) MCMILLIN 102/103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD YU, LIHONG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 Ex Parte Moon et al 12497261 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP TRAN, NGUYEN

2864 Ex Parte Tran et al 12244096 - (D) GARRIS 112(2) 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY HWANG, TIMOTHY
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