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PTAB Decisions

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Reversed 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1617 Confluence Pharmaceuticals, LLC 16612877 INGLESE 112(2)/OTDP Brannon Sowers & Cracraft PC CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY

1634 HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. 16070678 FREDMAN 112(1) 41.50 103 KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP SISSON, BRADLEY L

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1727 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 15097875 FRANKLIN 112(1)/112(2)/103 CROWELL & MORING LLP WEI, ZHONGQING

1731 BASF SE 16088920 MCGEE 103 Armstrong Teasdale LLP SMITH, JENNIFER A

1791 Guylaine Lacaze et al. 13695672 HOUSEL 103 Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP DUBOIS, PHILIP A

1792 SKAGINN HF. 15568250 TIMM 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. THAKUR, VIREN A

1792 General Mills, Inc. 16365193 GUPTA 103 DIEDERIKS & WHITELAW, PLC LACHICA, ERICSON M

1793 INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC 16254746 BEST 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP TRAN, LIEN THUY

1793 Givaudan SA 16305992 SMITH 103 CURATOLO SIDOTI & TRILLIS CO., LPA GEORGE, PATRICIA ANN

1794 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP 15569650 FRANKLIN 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2125 International Business Machines Corporation 15875575 MURRAY 103 IBM CORP. (Shackelford) c/o Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP PATEL, LOKESHA G

2143 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 16448176 MacDONALD 103 Otterstedt & Kammer PLLC YOON, ERIC

2143 VMware, Inc. 15188991 HUME 102/103 Barta, Jones & Foley, PLLC (Patent Group - VMware) HOANG, AMY P

2163 VMware, Inc. 16552976 BUSCH 103 VMware LLC c/o King Intellectual Asset Management QIAN, SHELLY X

2163 VERIZON MEDIA INC. 15677917 MORGAN 103 VENABLE LLP (Verizon Media) MIAN, MUHAMMAD U

2166 Oracle International Corporation 17505741 CURCURI 103 HICKMAN BECKER BINGHAM LEDESMA/ORACLE OBERLY, VAN HONG

2193 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. 16459735 CHEN 103 VERIZON - SCLC PAULINO, LENIN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2414 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL) 16207962 SZPONDOWSKI 103 ERICSSON INC. D AGOSTA, STEPHEN M

2444 CYBER POWER SYSTEMS, INC. 16027850 HUME 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC CHOUDHURY, RAQIUL A

2445 Juniper Networks, Inc. 16368381 CHUNG 102/103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT P. A. MEKONEN, TESFU N

2447 The Toronto-Dominion Bank 15809184 DEJMEK 103 41.50 101 Duane Morris LLP MESA, JOEL

2465 TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A 16066444 REAGAN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. HOUSHMAND, HOOMAN

2466 ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 16812917 McNEILL 103 Carlson, Caspers, Vandenburgh & Lindquist, P.A. BLANTON, JOHN D

2482 Adasky, Ltd. 17237833 FRAHM 112(2)/102/103 M&B IP Analysts, LLC JEBARI, MOHAMMED

To anticipate, a reference must do more than “suggest” the claimed subject matter. AstraZeneca, 633 F.3d at 1055. Prior art that must be modified to meet the disputed claim limitation does not anticipate the claim. See, e.g., In re Chudik, 851 F.3d 1365, 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (“Prior art that ‘must be distorted from its obvious design’ does not anticipate a new invention.” (quoting In re Wells, 53 F.2d 537, 539 (CCPA 1931))).

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2612 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 17084520 MCKEOWN 102 41.50 101 Volpe Koenig - AMD SAJOUS, WESNER

2658 NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION 17053681 COURTENAY 101 Faegre Drinker NTT BLANKENAGEL, BRYAN S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2855 HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 16481554 COLAIANNI 103 Foley & Lardner LLP / HP Inc. PHAN, TRUONG D

2858 FRAMATOME 16483736 BEST 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC MONSUR, NASIMA

2875 Hubbell Incorporated 17489194 ROBERTSON 103 Robinson + Cole LLP (Hubbell) HAN, JASON

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

3623 o9 Solutions, Inc. 16166924 MORGAN 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. KASSIM, HAFIZ A

3624 Procore Technologies, Inc. 16593924 FISCHETTI 103 41.50 101 Lee Sullivan Shea & Smith LLP WALTON, CHESIREE A

3626 Meta Platforms, Inc. 16555801 STEPINA 102/103 MCDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY LLP (Meta) MPAMUGO, CHINYERE

3646 AIREON LLC 16937890 HUTCHINGS 103 BAKER BOTTS LLP ISSING, GREGORY C

3686 David Stuart et al. 13011018 WIEDER 103 Teladoc Health C/O Clarivate NEWTON, CHAD A

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

3711 JL CREATIVE GROUP, LLC 16220004 CAPP 103 Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber Co., LPA KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE

3731 Hilti Aktiengesellschaft 16469008 WARNER 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC SHUTTY, DAVID G

3731 Graphic Packaging International, Inc. 15795926 GUIJT 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP/Graphic Packaging International, LLC TAWFIK, SAMEH

3732 Haul Hats Holdings 16717578 FINAMORE 112(1)/112(2)/103 NIXON PEABODY LLP HADEN, SALLY CLINE

3745 Raytheon Technologies Corporation 17196458 HUTCHINGS 103 PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, PC WONG, ELTON K

3752 Herbert Denny 16706390 SMITH 112(2)/102/103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC LEE, CHEE-CHONG

3763 DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD. 17266914 STAICOVICI 103 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP DAVID TARNOFF MENGESHA, WEBESHET

3783 Janssen Pharmaceutica NV 17458878 BROWN 103 41.50 103 BakerHostetler SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE

3785 Per Djupesland et al. 12279285 STEPINA 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA

Affirmed-in-Part 

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1793 Beyond Meat, Inc. 17183004 MCGEE 103 103 41.50 112(2) KIRTON MCCONKIE TRAN, LIEN THUY

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2442 Cray Inc. 16714347 MURPHY 102/103 102/103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise ZHANG, SHIRLEY X

2455 Nicira, Inc. 16785628 BUSCH 103 103 Broadcom Patents-Quarles & Brady LLP ABU ROUMI, MAHRAN Y

2474 HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP 16905861 KUMAR 103 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise MENSAH, PRINCE AKWASI

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2859 JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED 15323981 COLAIANNI 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. GRANT, ROBERT J

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

3663 ForeFlight LLC 16550142 GUIJT 103 103 FBFK SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO

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

3732 Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc. 16834384 STEPINA 102/103 102/103 41.50 103 PERKINS COIE LLP - LOS HADEN, SALLY CLINE

Affirmed 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1613 DSM IP ASSETS B.V. 16078293 NEW 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S

1616 Bausch & Lomb Incorporated 16157209 FLAX Dissenting GRIMES 103 HSE/Valeant HIRT, ERIN E

1631 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 16057882 ADAMS 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. SCHUBERG, LAURA J

1638 ABLEXIS, LLC 15095889 JENKS 103 Haley Guiliano LLP LEAVITT, MARIA GOMEZ

1638 ABLEXIS, LLC 15095873 JENKS 103 Haley Guiliano LLP LEAVITT, MARIA GOMEZ

1644 ANNEXON, INC. et al. 14782392 SCHNEIDER 112(1)/OTDP FOLEY HOAG, LLP KOLKER, DANIEL E

1653 Pfizer Inc. 14352740 CHANG 103 Pfizer Inc. BARRON, SEAN C

1699 4Life Patents, LLC 16380952 KATZ 102/103/OTDP Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1712 Applied Materials, Inc. 16725226 GUPTA 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPLIED MATERIALS MILLER, MICHAEL G

1746 Brady Worldwide, Inc. 16839895 TIMM 103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP BLADES, JOHN A

1762 Novamont S.p.A. 15556356 CAPP 103 POLSINELLI PC JONES JR., ROBERT STOCKTON

1766 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 16499801 FRANKLIN 103 Anthony L. Rahhal McAfee & Taft BHUSHAN, KUMAR R

1777 Waters Technologies Corporation 16437894 ROSS 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP / Waters HUANG, RYAN

1781 Raytheon Company 16298142 GUPTA 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Raytheon GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T

1782 HUHTAMAKI MOLDED FIBER TECHNOLOGY B.V. 15028859 REN 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH

1783 CORNING INCORPORATED 16489458 OWENS 103 CORNING INCORPORATED WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN

1789 Southern Mills, Inc. 16832991 GUPTA 112(2) 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH

1791 MARS, INCORPORATED 15024971 FRANKLIN 103 Baker Botts L.L.P. KERSHAW, KELLY P

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2132 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 16817929 Per Curiam Dissenting BUSCH 103 41.50 103 Ray Quinney & Nebeker - Microsoft AHMED, ZUBAIR

2143 Quib, Inc. 16883072 HOMERE 103 Holland & Hart LLP NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T

2154 Skyline AI Ltd. 17124221 SHIANG 103 41.50 103 Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP (Rochester) PHAN, TUANKHANH D

2154 SAP SE 15705171 HORVATH 103 101 Fountainhead Law Group P.C./SAP ALLEN, NICHOLAS E

2163 SAP SE 16529952 HUGHES 101 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. (SAP) MIAN, MUHAMMAD U

2164 International Business Machines Corporation 16535950 WHITEHEAD JR. 103 101 ZILKA-KOTAB, PC- IBM CHOI, YUK TING

2199 COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT, LLC 14069911 HOFFMAN 101 Comcast c/o Ballard Spahr LLP HEADLY, MELISSA A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2413 Cisco Technology, Inc. 17685986 COLAIANNI 103/OTDP MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. - CISCO OHRI, ROMANI

2413 Apple Inc. 17302146 POTHIER 102/103 Apple Inc. -- FKM PASIA, REDENTOR M

2421 ARRIS Enterprises LLC 15552082 KUMAR 103 COMMSCOPE / PANITCH SCHWARZE CASTRO, ALFONSO

2444 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 17282879 HUME 102/103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. SERRAO, RANODHI N

2492 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 16115606 HOFF 112(2) 101/102 John Ogilvie DAVIS, ZACHARY A

2493 STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS et al. 16728946 CUTITTA 103 Slater Matsil, LLP/ST LIU, ZHE

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2612 Faurecia Irystec Inc. 17099900 KAZHDAN 103 JAMES D. STEVENS REISING ETHINGTON P.C. GE, JIN

2616 NVIDIA Corporation 17006548 HOFF 103 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP/NVIDIA THOMPSON, JAMES A

2625 Samsung Display Co., Ltd. 16701452 KOHUT 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP GYAWALI, BIPIN

2627 KeyMaster Electronics LLC 16904760 McNEILL 103 Sanders IP Law ADAMS, CARL

2643 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 16977160 ARPIN 103 41.50 103 Baker Botts L.L.P. ZEWDU, MELESS NMN

2689 VEONEER SWEDEN AB 16768843 KENNY 103 Dickinson Wright PLLC/Veoneer Inc. BARAKAT, MOHAMED

2691 Avaya Management L.P. 17016885 BENNETT 103 103 Setter Roche LLP NGUYEN, PHUNG HOANG JOSEPH

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2836 SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG 15665069 KENNEDY 112(1)/103 CARTER, DELUCA & FARRELL LLP AMRANY, ADI

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

3619 E.B. ROBINSON LTD. 15556590 SCHOPFER 103 SMART & BIGGAR LP SANDERSON, JOSEPH W

3622 CLICKTRIPZ, LLC 13767772 HOFF 112(1) 103 PERKINS COIE LLP CARVALHO, ERROL A

3627 TruckTrax, LLC 16020750 SILVERMAN 101/103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP RACIC, MILENA

3628 Coupa Software Incorporated 16506978 BENNETT 101 Baker Botts L.L.P. CLARE, MARK C

3628 Allserviceusa.com Inc. 17188543 SHIANG 103 101 SCULLY SCOTT MURPHY & PRESSER, PC GOMEZ, CHRISTOPHER ALBERT

3657 Purple Innovation, LLC 15062847 WARNER 103 Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar NGUYEN, XUAN LAN T

3661 Audi AG 16632610 CURCURI 102/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. WILLIS, BRANDON Z.

3661 BlackBerry Limited 16241325 HUME 103 Conley Rose - BlackBerry Files PATEL, MANGLESH M

3681 Dizpersion Corporation 15225460 FISCHETTI 101/103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP DURAN, ARTHUR D

3683 o9 Solutions, Inc. 16184429 MORGAN 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. HOLZMACHER, DERICK J

3684 MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED 16186910 CRAWFORD 101 Talem IP Law, LLP HAQ, NAEEM U

3684 The Upper Deck Company 15416992 MOHANTY 103 101/103 Roeder & Broder LLP MITROS, ANNA MAE

3686 Siemens Healthcare GmbH 15905909 CURCURI 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. MOSELEY, GREGORY D

3689 PayFlex Holdings, Inc. 16729939 CURCURI 102/103 101 MCGUIREWOODS, LLP ARAQUE JR, GERARDO

3692 Thomas Andersen 15894261 MANTIS MERCADER 101 Vitale, Vickrey, Niro, Solon & Gasey LLP MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B

3692 Adobe Inc. 16248287 BAYAT 101 Keller Preece PLLC / Adobe JAMES, GREGORY MARK

3695 Aetna Inc. 16662799 CRAWFORD 101 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD - AETNA KANAAN, TONY P

3695 The Toronto-Dominion Bank 16543774 BUI 101/102/103 Rowand LLP HSIEH, TIMOTHY T

3697 APPLE INC. 15274910 ASTORINO 103 101 DLA Piper LLP (US) - Apple HASBROUCK, MERRITT J

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

3722 Kennametal Inc. 15896218 WOOD 103 KENNAMETAL INC RAMOS, NICOLE N

3735 GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P. 17077290 CAPP 103 Armstrong Teasdale LLP for Graham Packaging Co. PAL, PRINCE

3741 Path Environmental Technology, LLC 17404726 BROWN Concurring CAPP 112(2) 103 Daniel J. Schlue Schlue IP Law LIU, JINGCHEN

3791 DexCom, Inc. 15067104 SMITH 101 Dexcom-Kaplan Breyer Schwarz AGAHI, PUYA

Rehearing

Denied 

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2623 Grady Interface Solutions, LLC 16559625 THOMAS 112(2) Repetto Law, P.C. HALEY, JOSEPH R

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

3741 United Technologies Corporation 16207806 WARNER 103 Bachman & LaPointe, P.C. BURKE, THOMAS P

Rexamination

Reversed

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2129 XPERT UNIVERSE, INC . et al. 90014427 7,499,903 11/043,014 JEFFERY 103 41.50 103 BRYAN CAVE LEIGHTON PAISNER LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER DESMARAIS LLP RALIS, STEPHEN J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2859 FUNDAMENTAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LLC et al. 90014886 8,624,550 13/536,767 MURPHY 103 Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP RALIS, STEPHEN J

astrazeneca, ngai, king

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2155 Ex Parte Yates et al 11900931 - (D) DANG 103 EDELL, SHAPIRO, & FINNAN, LLC HERSHLEY, MARK E

2161 Ex Parte Szabo 11942556 - (D) FRAHM 102 Trellis IP Law Group/ Sony Corp. LE, HUNG D

2181 Ex Parte Nogueras et al 12135999 - (D) DIXON 103 Greg Goshorn, P.C. LEE, CHUN KUAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2647 Ex Parte Hulkkonen et al 12743343 - (D) JIVANI 102/103 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Nokia Technologies Oy TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3652 Ex Parte Rother et al 12151965 - (D) HILL 103 MARK P. STONE HAGEMAN, MARK C

3657 Ex Parte Jolley et al 12258212 - (D) ASTORINO 103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. WILLIAMS, THOMAS J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Singhal et al 11526514 - (D) WIEKER 112(2)/103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT , P.A PATEL, NATASHA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Zundel et al 12186034 - (D) HANLON 103 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA NICELY, JOSEPH C

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Connor et al 11407446 - (D) PAULRAJ 103 McCarter & English / KCI NGUYEN, QUANG

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1764 Ex Parte Asandei 12052947 - (D) McKELVEY 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP KAUCHER, MARK S

1767 Ex Parte Hayashi et al 12280300 - (D) SMITH 102/103/obviousness-type double patenting BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC HEINCER, LIAM J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2183 Ex Parte Ferren et al 11292207 - (D) KRIVAK 112(2)/102/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC FAHERTY, COREY S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte Shapiro 11132923 - (D) FRAHM 103 Wolfe-SBMC SCHWARTZ, DARREN B

2442 Ex Parte Faraj 11837024 - (D) SHIANG 101 103 Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP IBM (ROC-BKLS) MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN

2466 Ex Parte Khuc 11434841 - (D) TROCK 103 SPRINT OH, ANDREW CHUNG SUK

2476 Ex Parte Wakumoto 11680089 - (D) BUI 102/103/obviousness-type double patenting HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY GHAFOERKHAN, FAIYAZKHAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2644 Ex Parte Hurtta et al 12213551 - (D) BAER 103 Mintz Levin/Nokia Technologies Oy HO, HUY C

2657 Ex Parte Bollenbacher et al 12130934 - (D) DIXON 103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG PULLIAS, JESSE SCOTT

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 Ex Parte Schultz 12757366 - (D) GOODSON 103 41.50 103 FAY SHARPE LLP LEWIS, JUSTIN V

In essence, Appellant argues that the illustrations functionally interrelate with the mat because they represent instructions for using the mat to carry out inspection and cleaning. Yet the Federal Circuit’s precedents have “foreclosed the argument that simply adding new instructions to a known product creates the functional relationship necessary to distinguish the product from the prior art.” AstraZeneca LP v. Apotex Inc., 633 F.3d 1042, 1065 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (citing In re Ngai, 367 F.3d 1336, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2004)). In Ngai, the court found that, in a kit claim, recited instructions for using the kit were not entitled to patentable weight because “the printed matter in no way depends on the kit, and the kit does not depend on the printed matter. All that the printed matter does is teach a new use for an existing product.” Ngai, 367 F.3d at 1339. Likewise, here, the illustrations on the mat do not depend on the mat, and the mat does not depend on the illustrations. The illustrations simply convey information to a user about cleaning and inspection operations that can be carried out on the mat.

“The rationale behind [the printed matter] line of cases is preventing the indefinite patenting of known products by the simple inclusion of novel, yet functionally unrelated limitations.” King Pharm., 616 F.3d at 1279 (Fed. Cir. 2010); see also Ngai, 367 F.3d at 1339 (“If we were to adopt Ngai’s position, anyone could continue patenting a product indefinitely provided that they add a new instruction sheet to the product.”). In this case, permitting Appellant to distinguish the prior art based on the contents of the illustrations appearing on the mat would allow continued patenting of a known product by the mere inclusion of novel non-functional descriptive material. 

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

King Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Eon Labs Inc., 616 F.3d 1267, 95 USPQ2d 1833 (Fed. Cir. 2010) 2111.05

3762 Ex Parte Kelly et al 12423407 - (D) PAULRAJ 103 GARLICK & MARKISON LEVICKY, WILLIAM J

3779 Ex Parte SUZUSHIMA et al 11539421 - (D) ADAMS 102 OSTROLENK FABER LLP NEWTON, ALEXANDRA L

3788 Ex Parte Erickson et al 13013331 - (D) JESCHKE 102/103/obviousness-type double patenting SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC STASHICK, ANTHONY D

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2127 Ex Parte Ferren et al 10909132 - (D) EVANS 102 IV - SUITER SWANTZ PC LLO RAO, SHEELA S

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 VICOR CORPORATION Requester v. SYNQOR, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7,564,702 et al 11/901,263 95001853 - (D) MOORE 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. Third Party Requester: Turner Boyd, LLP HEYMAN, JOHN S original NGUYEN, MATTHEW VAN

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 HASBRO, INC., Requester, v. GANZ, Patent Owner. Ex Parte 7,677,948 B2 et al 11/027,880 95001341 - (D) SIU 103 Pearne & Gordon LLP for THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: PERKINS COIE L.L.P. KISS, ERIC B original AHMED, MASUD