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Reversed 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1613 B-ORGANIC FILMS CORP. 15121993 SCHNEIDER 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC

1615 INVENTAGE LAB INC. 17832229 CHANG 102/103 STIP Law Group, LLC TRAN, SUSAN T

1617 University of South Carolina 15911327 GRIMES Dissenting KATZ 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. BROWE, DAVID

1629 DOMPÉ FARMACEUTICI S.P.A. 15743721 BEST 103 THE FIRM OF HUESCHEN AND SAGE BORI, IBRAHIM D

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1716 Brooks Automation, Inc. 14377987 WILSON 112(2)/102/103 Perman & Green, LLP
FORD, NATHAN K

1774 NIHON SPINDLE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. 15889880 INGLESE 112(2)/102 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) INSLER, ELIZABETH

The recitation in a claim that a structure is “configured to” perform a particular function is synonymous with “made to” or “designed to” perform that function, however, when the Specification makes clear that the recited structure is “designed to” or “constructed to” perform the recited function. In re Giannelli, 739 F.3d 1375, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2014); In re Man Machine Interface Techs. LLC, 822 F.3d 1282, 1286–1287 (2016) (“configured to” is to be construed more narrowly than “capable of” and requires the recited structure to be made or designed to perform the recited function when the specification indicates that the structure is made or designed to perform the function); see also Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Marchon Eyewear, Inc., 672 F.3d 1335, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (claim language reciting “configured to” is construed more narrowly than “capable of” and requires that the recited structure must be “designed or configured to accomplish the specified objective, not simply that [it] can be made to serve that purpose.”).

Giannelli, In re, 739 F.3d 1375, 109 USPQ2d 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2111.04

1779 BWT AG 17042252 ROBERTSON Dissenting SMITH 112(2)/102/103 Smartpat PLC Axel Nix ORME, PATRICK JAMES

1786 SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER 16382928 PRAISS 112(1)/112(2)/103 Element IP, PLC CHOI, PETER Y

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2132 SK hynix Inc. 17171876 FRAHM 103 WEAVER AUSTIN VILLENEUVE & SAMPSON LLP PAPERNO, NICHOLAS A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2458 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 15583547 HOMERE 102/103 Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. FAN, HUA

2495 Google LLC 16939721 CRAIG 103 41.50 101 GOOGLE Lerner David LLP
GEE, JASON KAI YIN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2818 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 16351728 MCGEE 103 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. c/o Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP NGUYEN, DAO H

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

3626 The Toronto-Dominion Bank 15947736 FETTING 103 41.50 101 Graham Patent Law MPAMUGO, CHINYERE

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

3781 Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag 16612987 HUTCHINGS 103 ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC SU, SUSAN SHAN

3799 HAYNES INTERNATIONAL, INC. et al. 16647938 SCHOPFER 103 BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES

Affirmed-in-Part 

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1752 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 15908189 TIMM 103 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. ROSENBAUM, AMANDA R

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2691 T-Mobile USA, Inc. 17247452 OWENS 102/103 103 Lee & Hayes, P.C./ T-Mobile
TRAN, QUOC DUC

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

3623 Hydromax USA, LLC 16452922 BAER 101 101 SAND, SEBOLT & WERNOW CO., LPA EL-HAGE HASSAN, ABDALLAH A

3667 Apple Inc. 16703486 MURPHY 103 103 DLA Piper LLP (US) - Apple
THERIAULT, STEVEN B

Affirmed 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1618 Samson Clinical Pty Ltd 16344288 ADAMS 103 BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP CABRAL, ROBERT S

1627 Almirall, LLC 15611551 FREDMAN 103 HOXIE & ASSOCIATES LLC
KLINKEL, KORTNEY L

1627 Udo Hoppe et al. 8716371 JENKS Dissenting FREDMAN 112(1)/112(2)/103 Abel Schillinger, LLP MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA

1634 DXTERITY DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED 15985282 FREDMAN 103 41.50 103 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP SISSON, BRADLEY L

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1721 The Regents of the University of California 15552685 KENNEDY 103 BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA

1734 JFE Steel Corporation 16965719 KENNEDY 102/103 102/103 RatnerPrestia YANG, JIE

1735 HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA et al. 15244081 HASTINGS 112(1) 103 Henkel Corporation HILL, STEPHANI A

1735 LIST TECHNOLOGY AG 16747098 SAADAT 103 BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. PATEL, DEVANG R

1738 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC 16478807 RANGE 103 LLNL/Zilka-Kotab Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory WALCK, BRIAN D

1744 Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. 17003530 KENNEDY 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON LUK, EMMANUEL S

1759 KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY et al. 16318026 BEST 103 41.50 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC KAUR, GURPREET

1781 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 17048380 KENNEDY 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY ZHANG, MICHAEL N

1782 CORNING INCORPORATED 15989365 HOUSEL 103 CORNING INCORPORATED FROST, ANTHONY J

1789 POLITEX s.a.s. di FREUDENBERG POLITEX s.r.l. 17000657 HOUSEL 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE

1793 ABBOTT LABORATORIES 16135636 MCGEE 103 Abbott Laboratories Department GEORGE, PATRICIA ANN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2431 Charter Communications Operating, LLC 16599117 DAYBELL 102/103 Otterstedt & Kammer PLLC SU, SARAH

2459 Avaya Management L.P. 17837616 MURRAY 103/OTDP Setter Roche LLP TIV, BACKHEAN

2471 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 16645829 BUSCH 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC MOHEBBI, KOUROUSH

2473 Apple Inc. 17032641 CRAIG 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. BOKHARI, SYED M

2478 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 14870533 JURGOVAN 103 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. VOGEL, JAY L.

2483 DIGITAL MONITORING PRODUCTS, INC. 14684199 GALLIGAN 102 AVEK IP, LLC MAHMUD, FARHAN

2492 Carrier Corporation 16489905 CRAIG 102/103/OTDP 112(2) 41.50 112(2) Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier KORSAK, OLEG

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2625 Apple Inc. 16141492 MacDONALD 102 Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel (Apple) SCHNIREL, ANDREW B

2657 SoundHound, Inc. 16558096 ARPIN 112(2)/103 Dana Legal Services - SoundHound Inc. NEWAY, SAMUEL G

2667 Accuray Incorporated 17087420 JENKS 102/103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP / Accuray, Inc. RAHMJOO, MANUCHEHR

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2857 The Travelers Indemnity Company 15909915 REN 103 Travelers Companies c/o RowanTree Law Group, PLLC PARK, HYUN D

2863 Tektronix, Inc. 16003084 OWENS 103 101 Tektronix/Miller Nash SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER

2896 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 16706681 HOMERE 103 41.50 103 Lee & Hayes P.C./Amazon NIRJHAR, NASIM NAZRUL

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

3626 Spinal Generations, LLC 15282289 MOHANTY 101 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
COLEMAN, CHARLES P.

3626 Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. 15909336 MEDLOCK 103 101 SIEMENS CORPORATION IP BALAJ, ANTHONY MICHAEL

3686 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15751203 BAYAT 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS HEIN, DEVIN C

3686 Think Anew LLC 15201060 MEDLOCK 101 DLA PIPER LLP US - Reston
WILLIAMS, TERESA S

3687 SAP SE 16137363 FRAHM 101 Fountainhead Law Group P.C./SAP
TUTOR, AARON N

3689 Christopher Carmichael 15939554 STAICOVICI 101/103 Law Office of Scott C Harris Inc BROWN, LUIS A

3694 The Auto Club Group 16940988 THOMAS 112(1) 112(1)/101/103 41.50 112(2) Brooks Kushman P.C. ANDERSON, SCOTT C

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

3724 MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION 17052676 GUIJT 103 MICHAEL, BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (MT) MACFARLANE, EVAN H

3732 Purple Innovation, LLC 15700786 STAICOVICI 103 Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar BAYS, MARIE D

3761 Schaerer AG 14379114 GUIJT 103 Pearne & Gordon LLP ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T

3771 Ethicon LLC 16235503 GREENHUT 103 Cilag GmbH International c/o Frost Brown Todd LLP HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT

3785 Norton (Waterford) Limited 16906651 FETTING 102/103 FLASTER/GREENBERG P.C. MURPHY, VICTORIA

3791 Board of Trustees of Michigan State University 16080787 OSINSKI 103 101 Harness Dickey (MSU) SHAH, JAY B

3791 Board of Trustees of Michigan State University 16180758 OSINSKI 101 Harness Dickey (MSU) AGAHI, PUYA

Rehearing

Denied 

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2834 SiTime Corporation 16591717 HOUSEL 103 Schuyler - SiTime MULLINS, BURTON S

Reissue

Reversed

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2478 NEC CORPORATION 16725617 8,259,701 13/360,310 JEFFERY 102/103 NEC-IPC WOOD, WILLIAM H original KENNY S LIN

Reexamination

Affirmed

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2462 WSOU INVESTMENTS LLC (PATENT OWNER) et al. 90019094 9,258,232 12/525,722 JEFFERY 102 Burdick Patents THIRD PARTY REQUESTER FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRET GARRETT & DU NGUYEN, LINH M original SAMINA F CHOUDHRY

sta-rite, boston scientific2, aspex

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Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 16696095 FREDMAN 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - East Coast BROWE, DAVID

1662 RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V. 13336477 TOWNSEND 112(1)/103 DUANE MORRIS LLP ĄV NY KOVALENKO, MYKOLA V

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1782 TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. 15779358 COLAIANNI 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC PATTERSON, MARC A

1795 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC 16505431 INGLESE 102/103 LLNL/Zilka-Kotab Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2439 ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 16775157 ANDERSON 103 Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP LE, CANH

2446 VMware, Inc. 16120283 CHUNG 102 ADELI LLP HUSSAIN, TAUQIR

2457 VIASAT, INC. 15777478 MORGAN 102/103 Chang & Hale LLP, Viasat CHACKO, JOE

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2688 Sekura Global IP LLP 16774188 PYONIN 103 BURR & BROWN, PLLC HAILE, BENYAM

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2846 Proterra Inc. 15656037 OWENS 102/103 Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC TRUNEH, ZEMENAY T

2863 Fluke Corporation 14214600 OWENS 103 Seed IP Law Group LLP/Fluke SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER

2875 VITEC VIDEOCOM INC. 15489692 BEST 103 GABLEGOTWALS EIDE, ERIC T

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

3679 Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited 14861266 CAPP 102/103 Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP (FPHCR) FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE LIMITED CHOI, WILLIAM SOON

Courts generally construe “configured to” more narrowly than “capable of.” See Sta–Rite Indus., LLC v. ITT Corp., 682 F.Supp.2d 738, 753 (E.D. Tex.2010) (construing “adapted to,” and “configured to,” as different from merely “having the capacity to”); see also Boston Scientific Corp. v. Cordis Corp., 2006 WL 3782840 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 20, 2006) (construing “adapted to,” in light of patent as a whole, to mean “configured to,” not “capable of”). Notwithstanding that courts, depending on the surrounding context, may sometimes construe “adapted to” in a broad sense to mean “capable of,” they, nevertheless, generally distinguish between structure that is “configured to” from structure that is merely “capable of.” Aspex Eyewear, 672 F.3d at 1349.

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

3732 Oofos, Inc. 15801844 SONG 103 Sunstein LLP MOHANDESI, JILA M

Affirmed-in-Part

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1653 Gregory Gandee 16387185 SCHNEIDER 103 112(2) FisherBroyles LLP Craig W. Mueller MARTIN, PAUL C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1777 W.R. Grace & Co. Conn. 14374777 TIMM 103 103/OTDP FOLEY & LARDNER LLP PEO, KARA M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2136 International Business Machines Corporation 16242955 JEFFERSON 112(2) 103 ZILKA-KOTAB, PC- IBM ALSIP, MICHAEL

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2818 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 16537149 CASHION 103 102/103 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC (AS) INOUSSA, MOULOUCOULAY

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

3688 Segmint Inc. 15252928 MEDLOCK 103 103 FAY SHARPE LLP SNIDER, SCOTT

3688 Segmint Inc. 15253105 MEDLOCK 103 103 FAY SHARPE LLP SNIDER, SCOTT

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1651 Mead Johnson Nutrition Company 15376298 FREDMAN 103 TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP PAPCIAK, SHARON M

1658 QPHARMA AB 15600299 COTTA 103 OTDP 41.50 112(2) Fox Rothschild LLP ORWIG, KEVIN S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1734 CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC 15965819 GAUDETTE 103/OTDP CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC c/o BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE

1767 Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation 15793862 CASHION 103 TRASKBRITT, P.C./ NGSC KARST, DAVID THOMAS

1777 GAMBRO LUNDIA AB 16343542 REN 112(1) 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (IN) MENON, KRISHNAN S

1798 Sakura Finetek U.S.A., Inc. 15817102 MCGEE 103 Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl Alan G. Towner MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2143 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 16400930 PYONIN 103 HONEYWELL/LKGLOBAL Intellectual Property Services Group HOANG, AMY P

2153 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 15199946 SZPONDOWSKI 103 BakerHostetler ĄV Amazon FILIPCZYK, MARCIN R

2164 Quest Software Inc. 14989654 SZPONDOWSKI 103 Brian TuckerKirton McConkie DAUD, ABDULLAH AHMED

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2424 Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC 15605415 LEBOVITZ 103 Armis Intellectual Property Law, LLC ANDRAMUNO, FRANKLIN S

2444 LinkedIn Corporation 15223615 MacDONALD 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER / LINKEDIN/MICROSOFT BENGZON, GREG C

2463 Apple Inc. 15323505 ARPIN 103 112(1) Apple Inc. ĄV FKM CHENG, CHI TANG P

2492 Cisco Technology, Inc. 15215494 MacDONALD 103 Cisco Technology, Inc. c/o Polsinelli PC DAVIS, ZACHARY A

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2628 Mentor Acquisition One, LLC 16150600 NAPPI 103 Magic Leap, Inc c/o Morrison & Foerster LLP ONYEKABA, AMY

2658 Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd. 16186955 HORVATH 103 Cirrus Logic c/o Jackson Walker LLP BLANKENAGEL, BRYAN S

2685 Maximus BROWN 16119827 CUTITTA 103 112(1)/112(2) Matthew G. McKinney Allen, Dyer, Doppelt + Gilchrist, P.A. BOUSONO, ORLANDO

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2836 NYXOAH S.A. 15533089 OWENS 112(1)/101 103 Dorsey & Whitney / UT GENERAL AMRANY, ADI

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

3628 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15824162 CALVE 101/102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL WALSH, EMMETT K

3649 Angadbir Salwan 16206728 PESLAK 101/103 Angadbir Singh Salwan BORISSOV, IGOR N

3693 Srinivas Reddy et al. 14046527 HUME 101 POLSINELLI PC CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA

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

3736 Vericool, Inc. 16021400 WOODS 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (SV) WEINERTH, GIDEON R

3761 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH 15326660 WOODS 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation ABDEL-RAHMAN, AHMAD

3763 Johnson Controls Technology Company 15991974 CAPP 103 Johnson Controls, Inc./Fletcher c/o Fletcher Yoder PC COX, ALEXIS K

3774 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 15842559 HOSKINS 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D

3793 Georgia Tech Research Corporation et al. 15303002 CAPP 112(2)/103 TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP MAYNARD, JOHNATHAN A

3793 Gynesonics, Inc. 15634368 BAHR 103/OTDP WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI SIRIPURAPU, RAJEEV P

3992 Crestron Electronics, Inc. 16406878 MacDONALD 103 CRESTRON ELECTRONICS, INC. DESAI, RACHNA SINGH

Rehearing

Denied 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1656 BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC 14803677 ADAMS OTDP QUARLES & BRADY LLP/BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC TSAY, MARSHA M

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

3643 Warren Martin 15978572 STAICOVICI 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC JORDAN, MORGAN T

andersen2, etter, aspex

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2197 Ex Parte Maybee et al 12136053 - (D) DIXON 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION BODDEN, EVRAL E

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2891 Ex Parte Hu et al 14688387 - (D) CASHION 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/MICRON WARD, ERIC A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Curtiss et al 13775507 - (D) CHUNG 103 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. CHEUNG, HUBERT G

2165 Ex Parte Neff et al 14109856 - (D) DIXON 103 103 Quarles & Brady LLP (Pearson Edu) SYED, FARHAN M

2175 Ex Parte Nicholson et al 13039365 - (D) CHUNG 103 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC DISTEFANO, GREGORY A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Snyder et al 13725137 - (D) KNIGHT 102 102/103 O'Shea Getz P.C. BURKE, THOMAS P

In this regard, it should be kept in mind that although patent drawings are not meant to be blueprints (see In re Andersen, 743 F.2d 1578, 1581 (Fed. Cir. 1984) ("[p]atent drawings are not working drawings.") (Citation omitted), overruled on other grounds, In re Etter, 756 F.2d 852, 858-59 (Fed. Cir. 1985)), when a specification does not sufficiently address the claim language at issue, drawings may be used to aid in construction (see, e.g., Aspex Eyewear. Inc. v. Marchan Eyewear. Inc., 672 F.3d 1335, 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2012). 

Etter, In re, 756 F.2d 852, 225 USPQ 1 (Fed. Cir. 1985) 2258 , 2279 , 2286 , 2642 , 2686.04

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Swanson et al 14079215 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102/103 S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. LOVE, TREVOR M

1644 Ex Parte IMHOF et al 13622727 - (D) SCHNEIDER 112(1)/103 Parker Highlander PLLC HADDAD, MAHER M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1718 Ex Parte YIN et al 13681768 - (D) HANLON 103 41.50 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP BENNETT, CHARLEE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2131 Ex Parte ARNDT et al 13670009 - (D) BUSCH 103 41.50 103 Russell Ng PLLC (IBM AUS) VILLANUEVA, LEANDRO R

2161 Ex Parte Peiris et al 14925800 - (D) NAPPI 102 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. NGUYEN, CAM LINH T

2164 Ex Parte Musgrove et al 11343084 - (D) SHAW 103 Nixon Peabody LLP STEVENS, ROBERT

2182 Ex Parte Foo 14177980 - (D) BEAMER 103 Imagination Technologies c/o Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP PAN, DANIEL H

2197 Ex Parte Falk et al 13739125 - (D) FRAHM 112(2)/103 Kenneth F. Kozik RUTTEN, JAMES D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Rivera et al 14054204 - (D) DELMENDO 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY GPO/GLOBAL RESEARCH SUN, PINPING

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3645 Ex Parte KITCHENSIDE et al 13932800 - (D) CALVE 101/103 WestemGeco L.L.C. ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D

3652 Ex Parte Jones et al 13877900 - (D) ASTORINO 112(2)/102/103 Maine Cernota & Rardin KEENAN, JAMES W

3662 Ex Parte Rindt et al 14604119 - (D) WOOD 101 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S

3683 Ex Parte RICHTER 13961614 - (D) FETTING 101 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP/Oracle YOUNG, ASHLEY YA-SHEH

3683 Ex Parte Satyavolu et al 12533447 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 LATHROP GAGE LLP PEACHER, LORENA R

3689 Ex Parte GETTINGS et al 14263668 - (D) FETTING 103 101 Aurora Consulting LLC WEISENFELD, ARYAN E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Amaitis 14058450 - (D) FETTING 101/OTDP CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. COBURN, CORBETT B

3732 Ex Parte Andersen 11865867 - (D) LEBOVITZ 112(1) 103 Workman Nydegger MORAN, EDWARD JOHN

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2656 Ex parte HEAR WEAR TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Ex Parte 7139404 et al 14338195 90013552 - (D) COCKS 103 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP Third Party Requester: STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. CRAVER,CHARLES original ENSEY, BRIAN

hutchison, man machine, giannelli, aspex

custom search

REVERSED 
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Jung et al 13459390 - (D) POTHIER 103 Otterstedt, Ellenbogen & Kammer, LLP CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2448 Ex Parte Liu et al 13719414 - (D) NAPPI 103 ARRIS Enterprises, LLC VU, VIET D

2481 Ex Parte Rathi et al 14191512 - (D) SHIANG 103 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP/Magna NOH, JAE NAM

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2688 Ex Parte Lakshmikumaran et al 15062827 - (D) SHIANG 102 ORACLE (Oracle formerly d/b/a Sun Microsystems) EVANS, JEFFERSON A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Ex Parte NESE et al 14268640 - (D) GAUDETTE 102/103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP MUNOZ, ANDRES F

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Wetsch et al 12550330 - (D) O'HANLON 102/103 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - NEW YORK TAWFIK, SAMEH

The Examiner determines that "the limitations followed by the terms 'configured to' and 'adapted to' are not positively [re]cited limitations and not fully given patentable weight." Id. at 5 (we understand the Examiner to mean the limitations following the terms "configured to" and "adapted to"). Continuing, the Examiner determines that "the recitation that an element is 'adapted to' perform a function is not a positive limitation but only requires the ability to so perform" and "does not constitute a limitation in any patentable sense." Ans. 6 (citing In re Hutchison, 154 F.2d 135 (CCPA 1946)). 
...

We further agree with Appellants that the Examiner has improperly failed to address the "configured to" and "adapted to" recitations of claim 1. See Appeal Br. 11-12. "[T]he phrase 'adapted to' generally means 'made to,' 'designed to,' or 'configured to,' though it can also be used more broadly to mean 'capable of or 'suitable for."' In re Man Mach. Interface Techs. LLC, 822 F.3d 1282, 1286 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (citing In re Giannelli, 739 F.3d 1375, 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2014)). In Giannelli, the court looked to the written description of the application and determined that the phrase "adapted to," in view of the specification, has a narrower meaning than "capable of' or "suited for." Giannelli, 739 F.3d at 1379; see also Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Marchan Eyewear, Inc., 672 F.3d 1335, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (holding that "adapted to" required elements to be "designed or configured to accomplish the specified objective, not simply that they can be made to serve that purpose"). In this case, we likewise look to Appellants' Specification to discern the meaning of "configured to" and "adapted to."

Giannelli, In re, 739 F.3d 1375, 109 USPQ2d 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2111.04

3738 Ex Parte PACETTI 12882978 - (D) FLAX 103 SQUIRE PB (Abbott) SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE

3754 Ex Parte Painchaud et al 12891366 - (D) PESLAK 103 ST. ONGE STEW ARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC MELARAGNO, MICHAEL

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1651 Ex Parte YUAN et al 13346426 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103 Riverside Law LLP VANBUREN,LAURENK

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte WACH 15004507 - (D) SONG 103 103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. c/o Marsh Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP NGUYEN, KIEN T

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte Jung 13951853 - (D) PINKERTON 103 Hall Estill Attorneys at Law (Seagate Technology LLC) PATEL, JIGAR P

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Ex Parte Conzola et al 14161116 - (D) BEAMER 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC JOSEPH, DENNIS P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte CHOI et al 14872285 - (D) McGEE 102/103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. TRA, ANH QUAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Hammad et al 11764343 - (D) HOWARD 101/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA MARCUS, LELAND R

3623 Ex Parte Rathbun et al 11955478 - (D) LORIN 101 PITNEY BOWES INC. BOSWELL, BETH V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Hill et al 12978935 - (D) FLAX 103 DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC (STJ) MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP

3742 Ex Parte Weiss et al 14253601 - (D) BROWNE 103 OHLANDT, GREELEY, RUGGIERO & PERLE, LLP LAFLAME JR, MICHAEL A

3761 Ex Parte Roe et al 14156768 - (D) BROWN 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY TREYGER, IL YA Y

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2179 Ex Parte Birnbaum et al 12502795 - (D) SHAW 103 Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton/Immersion TRAN, TUYETLIEN T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 Ex Parte Bender et al 12039960 - (D) HAGY 103 Integral IP / BlackBerry TABOR, AMAREF

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Ex Parte Li 14078982 - (D) COURTENAY 103 AT & T Legal Department - CS&G CHOW, WING H

2642 Ex Parte Slack et al 14250616 - (D) BAUMEISTER 102/103 Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & G (Apple) FANG, PAKEE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte MILLS et al 13274600 - (D) SCHOPFER 102/103 McNair Law Firm, P.A. DUNIVER, DIALLO IGWE

See Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Marchon Eyewear, Inc., 672 F.3d. 1335, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (noting that claim language “configured to” is construed more narrowly than “capable of’ and holding that where claim language including the phrase “adapted to” is to be construed consistent with “configured to” language it requires that the structure must be “designed or configured to accomplish the specified objective, not simply that. . . [it] can be made to serve that purpose.”) 

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Arik et al 14220326 - (D) SMEGAL 102/103 102 GE GLOBAL PATENT OPERATION HWU, DAVIS D

3752 Ex Parte BUCKNER 13568390 - (D) BROWN 102/103 102 Dyer, Doppelt & Gilchrist, P.A. LEE, CHEE-CHONG

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Lennox et al 13324554 - (D) FLAX 101 Agilent Technologies, Inc. EMAN, MARY K

1651 Ex Parte Williams et al 13066913 - (D) PRATS 112(1)/103 112(2) Robert Thompson MARX, IRENE

1652 Ex Parte Kuhlmann et al 11567534 - (D) LAVIER 112(2) 103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. ROBINSON, HOPE A

1653 Ex Parte Ohgren Gredegard et al 12865947 - (D) ADAMS 112(2)/103 112(1)/112(2)/103 Bay State IP, LLC BOWERS, ERIN M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Lesage et al 12668598 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Cozen O'Connor MAKI, STEVEN D

1763 Ex Parte LIU et al 14652808 - (D) CASHION 103 ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY The Dow Chemical Company MILLER, DAVID L

1793 Ex Parte Ryan 11886365 - (D) McGEE 103 GREER, BURNS & CRAIN, LTD HEGGESTAD, HELEN F

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2459 Ex Parte Peters 13613856 - (D) SILVERMAN 103/OTDP LEE LAW, PLLC IBM ENDICOTT IP NGUYEN, MINH CHAU

2476 Ex Parte Fukushima 12298738 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Studebaker & Brackett PC SLOMS, NICHOLAS

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte Liu et al 14092210 - (D) HOWARD 103 Wolfe-SBMC NGUYEN, VU

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte RANCOURT et al 14042946 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC EVANISKO, LESLIE J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Savage et al 14046892 - (D) ADAMS 103 DLA PIPER LLP (US) PATTON, AMANDA K

3762 Ex Parte Savage et al 14046907 - (D) ADAMS 103 DLA PIPER LLP (US) PATTON, AMANDA K

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte Lyons et al 13040921 - (D) ROSS 102/103 Baker Hughes, Inc. Traskbritt, P.C. CHRISTIE, ROSS J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2116 Ex Parte Chandrashekhar et al 14137877 - (D) FRAHM 102/103 Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & G (Apple) CHOUDHURY, ZAHID

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2473 Ex Parte Dann et al 13476884 - (D) McMILLIN 103 VMware, Inc. LOO, JUVENA W

In any event, we are not persuaded that the instant claim language is satisfied by a device that is merely “capable of’ performing the claimed function. The Federal Circuit, in the case of Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Marchon Eyewear, Inc., 672 F.3d 1335 (Fed. Cir. 2012) drew a distinction between devices that are merely “capable of’ and those that are “configured to,” with the latter requiring a narrower construction. See also Boston Scientific Corp. v. Cordis Corp., 2006 WL 3782840 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 20, 2006) (construing “adapted to,” in light of patent as a whole, to mean “configured to,” not merely “capable of’). Thus, we are not persuaded that the Examiner’s findings of fact are supported by a preponderance of the evidence.

2474 Ex Parte Rrdland et al 12600748 - (D) PINKERTON 103 PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V. HAILE, FEBEN

2482 Ex Parte El-Mahdy et al 13312786 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 Fabian Vancott IBM CORPORATION KWAN, MATTHEW K

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2658 Ex Parte NAGEL et al 14250139 - (D) STRAUSS 101 PERKINS COIE LLP - PAO General OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3685 Ex Parte Royyuru et al 12357579 - (D) FINAMORE 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Best et al 14667091 - (D) BROWNE 103 The Marbury Law Group, PLLC ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R

3763 Ex Parte de Cesare et al 13750013 - (D) CAPP 102/103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP BOSQUES, EDELMIRA

3781 Ex Parte Bonin 12941041 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Roger Bonin ALLEN, JEFFREY R

3781 Ex Parte YAREMENKO et al 13101916 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 NEXUS LAW GROUP LLP KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte Eichen et al 13541417 - (D) CHUNG 103 103 VERIZON RUBIN, BLAKE J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Kulesza 13795663 - (D) FREDMAN 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP ROBINSON, LISBETH C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2141 Ex Parte George et al 13408961 - (D) EVANS 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. KIM, SANG H

2164 Ex Parte Al-Kofahi et al 12806119 - (D) FRAHM 103 Duncan Galloway Egan Greenwald, PLLC GEBRESENBET, DINKU W

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2884 Ex Parte Kamba et al 14601284 - (D) DELMENDO 103 ARENT FOX LLP FEIN, ABRA S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3668 Ex Parte Herrmann et al 14105841 - (D) CRAIG 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL SHUDY, ANGELINA M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Huynh et al 13959545 - (D) HILL 101 Multimedia Games, Inc. YOO, JASSONH
AFFIRMED 3726 Ex Parte HOFER et al 13313204 - (D) HOELTER 103 Jordan IP Law, LLC CIGNA, JACOB JAMES

3741 Ex Parte Lucas 13485035 - (D) BROWNE 112(1) 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY MEADE, LORNE EDWARD

3747 Ex Parte Auffret et al 13320412 - (D) PESLAK 103 WRB-IP LLP MONAHON, BRIAN P

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte Aubry et al 13113008 - (R) CRAIG Dissenting MOORE 103 Thompson Hine LLP VETTER, DANIEL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte OSULLIVAN 13286129 - (R) BROWNE 112(1) Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C. WONG, STEVEN B