fairwarningIP, bancorp

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2126 Ex Parte Imes et al 14508152 - (D) EVANS 103 STAAS & HALSEY LLP LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2491 Ex Parte Meng et al 14095846 - (D) PYONIN 103 LEE & HAYES, PLLC FAROOQUI, QUAZI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Chrabascz et al 13559976 - (D) ASTORINO 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. YOUNGER, SEAN JERRARD

3747 Ex Parte Feuchter et al 13381544 - (D) SMEGAL 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP STAUBACH, CARL C

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3676 Ex Parte Wassermann et al 12170573 - (D) OSINSKI 102 101 CANTOR COLBURN LLP- BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED BOMAR, THOMAS S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Johnson et al 13394844 - (D) COTTA 103 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY MAI, HAO D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Lakso et al 13514864 - (D) DERRICK 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP FORREST, MICHAEL

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Woods et al 13964168 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 EIP US LLP AHN, SANGWOO

2179 Ex Parte Toney et al 13104241 - (D) HUME 103 Alston & Bird LLP Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP DUCKWORTH, JIANMEI F

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Burns et al 13647669 - (D) KRIVAK 103 Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - QUAL KHAN, MEHMOOD B

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2834 Ex Parte Grosskopf et al 12955340 - (D) SQUIRE 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. TRUONG, THOMAS

2848 Ex Parte Hyde et al 12460445 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 Foley & Lardner LLP GONZALEZ, HIRAM E

2854 Ex Parte Rizika 11747355 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP SIMMONS, JENNIFER E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3661 Ex Parte Baumann et al 11578424 - (D) BUI 112(1)/112(2)/103 CROWELL & MORING LLP LI, CE LI

3684 Ex Parte Hesselink 12853239 - (D) FISCHETTI 101 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP CIVAN, ETHAN D

3691 Ex Parte Hammad et al 12563586 - (D) COURTENAY 103 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/VISA PRESTON, JOHN O

3696 Ex Parte Ashburn et al 13707060 - (D) FISCHETTI 101 Flachsbart & Greenspoon CHANG, EDWARD

We are also not persuaded by Appellants’ argument that, the claims recite a process “previously done by a time consuming, laborious process involving multiple disparate applications” (Appeal Br. 35), because “the fact that the required calculations could be performed more efficiently via a computer does not materially alter the patent eligibility of the claimed subject matter.” FairWarning IP, LLC v. Iatric Systems, Inc., 839 F.3d 1089, 1098 (Fed. Cir. 2016), citing Bancorp Servs., LLC v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Can. (U.S.), 687 F.3d 1266 (Fed. Cir. 2012). at 1278.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Felice 13530702 - (D) SCHOPFER 101 DAVID A. FELICE COBURN, CORBETT B

3715 Ex Parte Nibe et al 12429818 - (D) BROWN 101 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - MINNEAPOLIS PAGE, EVAN RANDALL

3754 Ex Parte Hoover 12287911 - (D) KORNICZKY 112(1) 112(4)/102/103 Andrus Intellectual Property Law, LLP JACYNA, J CASIMER

3762 Ex Parte Crow et al 13299932 - (D) SAWERT 103 KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Walker et al 11958571 - (R) REPKO 101 ALSTON & BIRD LLP VAN BRAMER, JOHN W

bancorp, donaldson

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3638 Ex Parte Droz 13791181 - (D) BAIN 103 CAHN & SAMUELS LLP JUNGE, KRISTINA N S
3693 Ex Parte Burke 13479221 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 41.50 101 MARK TERRY, ESQ. FU, HAO

3693 Ex Parte Pradeep et al 12113870 - (D) LORIN 101/103 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Nielsen) KHATTAR, RAJESH

 see also Bancorp Servs., L.L.C. v. Sun Life Assur. Co. of Canada (U.S.), 687 F.3d 1266, 1273—74 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (“[I]t will ordinarily be desirable—and often necessary—to resolve claim construction disputes prior to a § 101 analysis, for the determination of patent eligibility requires a full understanding of the basic character of the claimed subject matter.”)

For example, claim 1 recites a system that comprises “a data collector,” “a cross-modality response synthesizer,” and “a compressor.” There is no indication in the record before us that the Examiner has considered these limitations in light of the Specification in order to determine what claim 1 as a whole is “directed to.”

Claim 23 recites three means-plus-function limitations: “means for aligning,” “means for identifying,” and “means for transmitting.” Means-plus-function claim language must be construed in accordance with 35 U.S.C. § 112, paragraph 6, by “look[ing] to the specification and interpret[ing] that language in light of the corresponding structure, material, or acts described therein, and equivalents thereof, to the extent that the specification provides such disclosure.” In re Donaldson Co., 16 F.3d 1189, 1193 (Fed. Cir. 1994) (en banc). ...  There is no indication in the record that the required analysis was performed.

Donaldson, In re, 16 F.3d 1189, 29 USPQ2d 1845 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2111.01 , 2114

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3786 Ex Parte Cain et al 12868775 - (D) STEPHENS 103 SHAY GLENN LLP AKAR, SERKAN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1782 Ex Parte Semersky et al 12144885 - (D) RANGE 103 Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP YAGER, JAMES C

1788 Ex Parte OGAWA et al 13155872 - (D) NAGUMO 103 LEE & MORSE, P.C. DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2139 Ex Parte Westlund et al 14510946 - (D) JEFFERY 112(2) 103 DOUGLAS L WELLER KNIGHT, PAUL M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 Ex Parte Werjefelt 12859067 - (D) INGLESE 103 SHLESINGER, ARKWRIGHT & GARVEY LLP MIKAILOFF, STEFAN

2835 Ex Parte Polizzotto et al 13573131 - (D) HOUSEL 103 GORDON E. GRAY, III EDWARDS, ANTHONY Q

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Zong 12919819 - (D) ADAMS 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TRAN, THO Q

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2491 Ex Parte VASWANI et al 12939702 - (R) PYONIN 103 Silver Spring Networks, Inc. PATEL, ASHOKKUMAR B

bancorp

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2415 Ex Parte Gidlund et al 13693850 - (D) STRAUSS 103 ABB - Whitmyer IP Group LLC OVEISSI, MANSOUR

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2648 Ex Parte SCHEUCHER 12697289 - (D) SILVERMAN 101 Karl F. Scheucher SHARMA, SUJATHA R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1657 Ex Parte Hill et al 13600661 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 103 WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, LLP SCHUBERG, LAURA J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte Hardy 13993093 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS

1787 Ex Parte Iwamoto et al 13976547 - (D) CASHION 103 Cheng Law Group, PLLC JACKSON, MONIQUE R

1793 Ex Parte Funda et al 13057212 - (D) McGEE 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC PRAKASH, SUBBALAKSHMI

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2692 Ex Parte Walline et al 12711509 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 TERRILE, CANNATTI, CHAMBERS & HOLLAND, LLP MERKOULOVA, OLGA VLADIMIROVNA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte Mahooti et al 13192107 - (D) BEST 103 NXP B.V. TAN, RICHARD

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3688 Ex Parte Leach 13571150 - (D) McSHANE 103 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. STROUD, CHRISTOPHER

 Simply using a computer to perform previously known processes will not transform an abstract idea into patent-eligible subject matter. See Bancorp Servs. LLC v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, 687 F.3d 1266, 1279 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (finding a claim not patent-eligible when “the computer simply performs more efficiently what could otherwise be accomplished manually”).

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Simmons et al 11242624 - (D) CALVE 103 HODGSON RUSS LLP HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA

alice, bancorp

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2433 Ex Parte Kahl 10513652 - (D) RUGGIERO 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 MARTINE PENILLA GROUP, LLP TRAN, ELLEN C

We find that claims 1–8, 11, and 13–25 are directed to a mathematical algorithm for calculating the modular inverse of a value, i.e., an abstract idea. The Supreme Court has recently reaffirmed that fundamental concepts, by themselves, are ineligible abstract ideas. Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l, 573 U.S. ___, No. 13-298, slip op. 1 at 10 (June 19, 2014). We recognize that independent claims 1, 14, and 18 conclude with an intended use clause “used for a cryptographic application” that applies the mathematical calculation steps to a specific application. A claim may be patent eligible if it includes additional inventive features such that the claim scope does not solely capture the abstract idea. Alice Corp., 573 U.S. ___, slip op. at 6. A claim reciting an abstract idea, however, does not become eligible “merely by adding the words ‘apply it.’” Bancorp Servs., LLC v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Can. (U.S.), 687 F.3d 1266, 1276 (Fed. Cir. 2012).

2442 Ex Parte Basham et al 12039496 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 IBM CORP. (WIP) c/o WALDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. AILES, BENJAMIN A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2853 Ex Parte Bastani et al 12253133 - (D) NAGUMO 102/103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 112(b)/112(f) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY HUFFMAN, JULIAN D

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2465 Ex Parte Wood 11609096 - (D) BOUDREAU 103 103 VERIZON ZHU, BO HUI ALVIN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1764 Ex Parte Ebata et al 12314154 - (D) DELMENDO 103/obviousness-type double patenting FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP KRYLOVA, IRINA

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Kleine et al 11493932 - (D) McKEOWN 103 EDELL, SHAPIRO & FINNAN, LLC SCHNIREL, ANDREW B

therasense, schering, continental can, chester bancorp

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Curtis et al 12050233 - (D) CHUNG 103 LOTUS AND RATIONAL SOFTWARE David A. Dagg, Esq. OBISESAN, AUGUSTINE KUNLE

2156 Ex Parte Carter et al 12125485 - (D) FRAHM 102 IBM RALEIGH IPLAW (DG) C/O DELIZIO GILLIAM, PLLC LIAO, JASON G

2161 Ex Parte Hamada et al 10543565 - (D) HUME 102 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP ACOB, AJITH

Anticipation of a claim under 35 U.S.C. § 102 occurs when each claimed element and the claimed arrangement or combination of those elements is disclosed, inherently or expressly, by a single prior art reference. Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co., 593 F.3d 1325, 1332 (Fed. Cir. 2010). A reference inherently discloses an element of a claim “if that missing characteristic is necessarily present, or inherent, in the single anticipating reference.” Schering Corp. v. Geneva Pharms., 339 F.3d 1373,
1377 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (citation omitted) (emphasis added). “Inherency, however, may not be established by probabilities or possibilities. The mere fact that a certain thing may result from a given set of circumstances is not sufficient.” Therasense, 593 F.3d at 1332 (citing Cont'l Can Co. USA, Inc. v. Monsanto Co., 948 F.2d 1264,1269 (Fed. Cir. 1991)).

Schering Corp. v. Geneva Pharm. Inc., 339 F.3d 1373, 67 USPQ2d 1664 (Fed. Cir. 2003) 2112 , 2152.02(b)

Continental Can Co. v. Monsanto Co., 948 F.2d 1264, 20 USPQ2d 1746 (Fed. Cir. 1991) 2131.01

2169 Ex Parte Kar et al 11675392 - (D) BRANCH 112(1)/102(e) RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP ROBINSON, GRETA LEE

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 Ex Parte Boleyn et al 10211047 - (D) DANG 103 Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt ZHANG, SHIRLEY X

The prima facie burden has not been met and the rejection does not adhere to the minimal requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 132 “when a rejection is so uninformative that it prevents the applicant from recognizing and seeking to counter the grounds for rejection.” Chester v. Miller, 906 F.2d 1574, 1578 (Fed. Cir. 1990).

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3683 Ex Parte Schoen et al 10784719 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 PETER K. TRZYNA, ESQ. MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

In regard to the claims that recite the additional steps of computing, monitoring, signaling, notifying, etc., these steps relate to only ordinary functions of a computer and do not confer patent eligibility to the claims.
See Bancorp Servs., L.L.C. v. Sun Life Assurance Co., 687 F.3d 1266, 1278–79 (Fed. Cir. 2012).

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Jung et al 11471289 - (D) GRIMES 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) Constellation Law Group, PLLC CLOW, LORI A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Zhang et al 12133766 - (D) HOFF 112(2)/103 112(2)/103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP CHOI, YUK TING

2166 Ex Parte Peskin 11668368 - (D) WORMMEESTER 112(2)/101 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY LIN, SHEW FEN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Dominique et al 11139693 - (D) FRAHM 102(e) 102(e)/103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. NGUYEN, HAI V

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Hilger et al 10415201 - (D) TIMM 103 Quinn Law Group, PLLC LIGHTFOOT, ELENA TSOY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Dettinger et al 11272583 - (D) Per Curiam 103 IBM CORPORATION ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2465 Ex Parte LEIGH 11554294 - (D) BRANCH 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY WYLLIE, CHRISTOPHER T

2468 Ex Parte Flanagan et al 11445103 - (D) HUGHES 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED CHU, WUTCHUNG

2492 Ex Parte Schiller 11799217 - (D) DANG 102(e)/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MOORTHY, ARAVIND K

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Hunt et al 11570080 - (D) DANG 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP CASCHERA, ANTONIO A

2643 Ex Parte Ahn 11773192 - (D) STRAUSS 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. HTUN, SAN A

2646 Ex Parte Yang et al 11789446 - (D) DANG 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP - Ruckus IQBAL, KHAWAR

2651 Ex Parte Self 11332581 - (D) KINDER 103 ROBERT M. SCHWARTZ, P.A. GAY, SONIA L

2657 Ex Parte Bangalore et al 11646983 - (D) DIXON 102 AT & T LEGAL DEPARTMENT - Slusky ROBERTS, SHAUN A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Ex Parte Wong et al 11185031 - (D) COLAIANNI 102/103 HUGHES HUBBARD & REED LLP SAYADIAN, HRAYR

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3638 Ex Parte Maier-Hunke 11992443 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 Mark P. Stone KIM, SHIN H

3695 Ex Parte Lundquist 11989449 - (D) CHERRY 103 Hemingway & Hansen, LLP OYEBISI, OJO O

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3671 Ex parte EXMARK MFG. CO., INC. Patent Owner Ex Parte 5987863 et al 09/135,926 90012406 - (D) BROWN 103 JAMES W. MILLER, ATTORNEY Arnold & Porter LLP FETSUGA, ROBERT M original BATSON, VICTOR D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 MEDTRONIC, INC. Requester, Respondent v. EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES AG Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 7789909 et al 12/557,458 95001615 - (D) SONG 112(1) EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE original WILLSE, DAVID H

bancorp, liebel-flarsheim

custom search

REVERSED 
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte KURABAYASHI 12022583 - (D) CRAWFORD 102 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 Ex Parte Sridhar et al 11116032 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG NGUYEN, ANGELA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2863 Ex Parte Yuan et al 12077279 - (D) KRATZ 102 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 SIEMENS CORPORATION CHERRY, STEPHEN J

2892 Ex Parte Bathan et al 11744062 - (D) HANLON 103 ISHIMARU & ASSOCIATES LLP GORDON, MATTHEW E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3664 Ex Parte Laghrari et al 11773048 - (D) ASTORINO 102 General Motors Corporation c/o REISING ETHINGTON P.C. HOLWERDA, STEPHEN

3689 Ex Parte Weiner et al 11015550 - (D) LORIN 112(2)/102/103/ obviousness-type double patenting FLETCHER YODER ARAQUE JR, GERARDO

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ex Parte Segall et al 11524431 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 103 SIM & MCBURNEY MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Pham et al 11853738 - (D) KOHUT 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. KURIEN, CHRISTEN A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3772 Ex Parte Senyei et al 12069134 - (D) BUNTING 112(1)/102/103 112(2)/102/103 GAZDZINSKI & ASSOCIATES, PC HICKS, VICTORIA J

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Inaba et al 12761578 - (D) KIMLIN 103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP PATEL, DEVANG R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Gordon 11379094 - (D) LORIN 103 Collage Analytics LLC CHOJNACKI, MELLISSA M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Kwon et al 11589856 - (D) KUMAR 103 MCKENNA LONG & ALDRIDGE LLP PENG, HSIUNGFEI

2439 Ex Parte VanHeyningen 11927371 - (D) KRIVAK 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP SHAW, YIN CHEN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2665 Ex Parte Ferman 12798122 - (D) SMITH 112(1)/103 CHERNOFF VILHAUER MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP AHMED, SAMIR ANWAR

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Ex Parte Ganitzer et al 11439749 - (D) TIMM 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA WEISS, HOWARD

2824 Ex Parte Bhattacharyya et al 11583336 - (D) TIMM 103 SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. KING, DOUGLAS

2854 Ex Parte Flynn 12709140 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 PAULEY PETERSEN & ERICKSON ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D

2884 Ex Parte Gordon et al 12823980 - (D) GARRIS 103 Procopio - SPE HANNAHER, CONSTANTINE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3658 Ex Parte Beardsley et al 12318129 - (D) HOELTER 103 Caterpillar, Inc. c/o Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP JOYCE, WILLIAM C

3664 Ex Parte Brennan et al 12013699 - (D) WARNER 102 Harness Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. MANCHO, RONNIE M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Cornwell 11959210 - (D) SMEGAL 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP DANG, KET D

3744 Ex Parte DeMirjian 12008925 - (D) GREENHUT 103 NORMAN E. LEHRER, P.C. TRPISOVSKY, JOSEPH F

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1623 Ex parte JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA N.V. Appellant 90010886 6407079 07/264,726 JENKS 103 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP JONES, DWAYNE C original PESELEV, ELLI

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3689 Ex parte BEACON NAVIGATION GMBH Patent Owner, Appellant 90012272 6360167 RUGGIERO 103 LEE & HAYES, PLLC BONSHOCK, DENNIS G

GRANTED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2887 LTS SCALE COMPANY, LLC Requester and Appellant v. ACME SCALE COMPANY INC. Patent Owner 95001401 7,757,946 11/108,271 WEINBERG 102/103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (CH) THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC TON, MY TRANG original LE, THIEN MINH

That is, the doctrine of claim differentiation creates a presumption that claim 9 does not contain the limitation of claim 22, as “’the presence of a dependent claim that adds a particular limitation raised a presumption that the limitation in question is not found in the independent claim.’” Bancorp Serv. V. Sun Life Assurance Co., 687 F.3d 1266, 1275 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (citation omitted). See also Liebel-Flarsheim Co. v. Medrad, Inc., 358 F.3d 898, 910 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (the doctrine of claim differentiation is at its strongest where Appellant wants to read a feature from a dependent claim into a term in an independent claim). The doctrine of claim differentiation therefore means that “material handling vehicle” in claim 9 is not limited to, and does not include, the fork lift, lift truck, flat bed, or pallet truck recited in claim 22.

Liebel-Flarsheim Co. v. Medrad Inc., 358 F.3d 898, 69 USPQ2d 1801 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2111.01

karsten, bancorp

custom search

REVERSED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Ex Parte AKARI et al 12484521 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. MILLER, DANIEL H

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2141 Ex Parte Carignan et al 11238978 - (D) FREDMAN 102 SAP / FINNEGAN, HENDERSON LLP SONG, DAEHO D

See Karsten Manufacturing Corp. v. Cleveland Golf Co., 242 F.3d 1376, 1383 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (“Invalidity on the ground of ‘anticipation’ requires lack of novelty of the invention as claimed … that is, all of the elements and limitations of the claim must be shown in a single prior reference, arranged as in the claim.”).
DONNER 10: 812-16
HARMON 6: 375

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2829 Ex Parte Yang et al 11790658 - (D) GAUDETTE 102 ROBERT E. BUSHNELL & LAW FIRM GUPTA, RAJ R

2834 Ex Parte Keefover et al 12085001 - (D) HASTINGS 102/103 WARN, HOFFMANN, P.C. ANDREWS, MICHAEL

2837 Ex Parte Meyer et al 11576742 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC HOMZA, LISA NHUNG

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ex Parte Patterson et al 12605539 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. HEGGESTAD, HELEN F

1729 Ex Parte Chapman et al 12021394 - (D) NAGUMO 103 103 Quinn Law Group, PLLC WANG, EUGENIA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte Graf et al 11541087 - (D) KIMLIN 103 103 ESCHWEILER & ASSOCIATES, LLC BERMAN, JACK I

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Beaudoin et al 12113372 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 37 C.F.R. §41.50(b) 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP - SABIC EXATEC LIGHTFOOT, ELENA TSOY

1742 Ex Parte Iobst et al 12950401 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 BrooksGroup HAUTH, GALEN H

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Kidd 11828511 - (D) STEPHENS 102/103 THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. NEWLIN, TIMOTHY R

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2885 Ex Parte Mochizuki et al 12025148 - (D) KIMLIN 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (NY) MAKIYA, DAVID J

2867 Ex Parte Muller 11660495 - (D) GARRIS 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC ISLA RODAS, RICHARD

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3769 Ex Parte Jung et al 11804304 - (D) PRATS 101/102 THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND CLARENCE T. TEGREENE DOWNEY, JOHN R

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2857 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CORP. Requester v. AUBURN UNIVERSITY Patent Owner 95001575 7409306 11/715,172 KOHUT 102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.; Third Party Requester Jones Day DEB, ANJAN K original TSAI, CAROL S W

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

AFFIRMED
2761 SMARTGENE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES, SA, AND ABL PATENT LICENSING TECHNOLOGIES, SARL, Defendants-Appellants. 2013-1186 6,081,786 09/283,702 6,188,988 09/523,532 TARANTO SJ ineligible under 101 Cahn & Samuels, LLP; Fenwick & West, LLP original MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC HAYES, JOHN W

Patent eligibility under section 101 is an issue of law. Bancorp Servs., LLC v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Can., 687 F.3d 1266, 1273 (Fed. Cir. 2012).

teva, theodore roosevelt, aero prods., bancorp

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1638 Ex Parte Tanaka et al 10979542 - (D) SCHEINER 103 FAY SHARPE LLP PAGE, BRENT T

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1776 Ex Parte Benesch et al 11091737 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 Air Liquide Linda K. Russell ORLANDO, AMBER ROSE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Rising 11454698 - (D) WEATHERLY 103 Siemens Corporation NGUYEN, ANDREW H

3775 Ex Parte Holloway et al 11396554 - (D) OSINSKI 103 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1649 Ex Parte Venema et al 11170166 - (D) FREDMAN 112(1) FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP ULM, JOHN D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3746 Ex Parte Head 11325646 - (D) HOELTER 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. BAYOU, AMENE SETEGNE

3767 Ex Parte MacLean et al 11785504 - (D) HASTINGS 103 LAW OFFICE OF LOUIS WOO CARPENTER, WILLIAM R  

FEDERAL CIRCUIT  

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1941 1636 SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENENTECH, INC., Defendant-Appellant, AND BIOGEN IDEC INC., Defendant. 2012-1454 5,849,522 08/467,143 6,218,140 08/338,213 REYNA concurring DYK denial of anti-suit injunction FINNEGAN HENDERSON FARABOW GARRETT AND DUNNER LEITH, NANCY J; GUZO, DAVID

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
2765 3624 3624 3693 CLS BANK INTERNATIONAL, Plaintiff-Appellee, AND CLS SERVICES LTD., Counterclaim Defendant-Appellee, v. ALICE CORPORATION PTY. LTD., Defendant-Appellant. 2011-1301 5,970,479 08/070,136 6,912,510 09/567,507 7,149,720 10/331,331 7,725,375 11/166,387 PER CURIAM 101 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX PLLC MACDONALD, ALLEN R; SNAPP, SANDRA S; HAVAN, THU THAO; WONG, ERIC TAK WAI

We review the grant or denial of summary judgment applying the law of the relevant regional circuit. Teva Pharm. Indus. v. AstraZeneca Pharm. LP, 661 F.3d 1378, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2011). The D.C. Circuit considers a district court’s grant of summary judgment without deference. Theodore Roosevelt Conservation P’ship v. Salazar, 661 F.3d 66, 72 (D.C. Cir. 2011). We apply our own law, however, with respect to issues of substantive patent law. Aero Prods. Int’l, Inc. v. Intex Recreation Corp., 466 F.3d 1000, 1016 (Fed. Cir. 2006). Patent eligibility under § 101 presents an issue of law that we review de novo. Bancorp Servs., LLC v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Can., 687 F.3d 1266, 1273 (Fed. Cir. 2012).

welker, mas-hamilton, mayo, bancorp, resqnet, katz2, voss

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte Triyoso et al 11139765 - (D) KRATZ 103 HAMILTON & TERRILE, LLP - FREESCALE DAHIMENE, MAHMOUD

1729 Ex Parte Kim et al 10542642 - (D) HASTINGS 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP DAVIS, PATRICIA A

1732 Ex Parte Sheem et al 11515372 - (D) KIMLIN 102/103 CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP STALDER, MELISSA A

1777 Ex Parte Eastwood et al 12182749 - (D) SMITH 102/103 Matheson Keys Garsson & Kordzik PLLC BASS, DIRK R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 Ex Parte Petty 11445064 - (D) MacDONALD 102/103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC VU, TRISHA U

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3661 Ex Parte Hecker et al 10546625 - (D) BROWNE 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 KENYON & KENYON LLP NOLAN, PETER D

see also Mayo Collaborative Serv. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 132 S. Ct. 1289, 1294 (2011); and Bancorp Services, L.L.C. v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, No. 2011-1467, 2012 WL 3037176, at *9 (Fed. Cir. Jul. 26, 2012) (“[A] machine, system, medium, or the like may in some cases be equivalent to an abstract mental process for purposes of patent ineligibility.”).

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Wakayama 10533650 - (D) ABRAMS 103 MARK D. SARALINO (GENERAL) RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP MICHALSKI, SEAN M

3748 Ex Parte Wickert et al 11120496 - (D) KILE 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL

In this “arrangement for” is a nonce expression or verbal construct that is simply a substitute for the term “means for.” See e.g., Welker Bearing Co. v. PHD, Inc., 550 F.3d 1090, 1096 (Fed. Cir. 2008); Mas-Hamilton Group v. LaGard, Inc., 156 F.3d 1206, 1213-15 (Fed. Cir. 1998).

Mas-Hamilton Group v. LaGard, Inc., 156 F.3d 1206, 48 USPQ2d 1010 (Fed. Cir. 1998) . . . . . . 2181

3751 INTELLIGENT HOSPITAL SYSTEMS LTD. Requester and Appellant v. FORHEALTH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Patent Owner and Respondent 95000335 6,877,530 10/457,066 CHANG 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103 Leason Ellis LLP WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE original MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Shook 11452552 - (D) BEST 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. OSTERHOUT, BENJAMIN LEE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Roach et al 09957459 - (D) STEPHENS 112(2)/103 103 CAHN & SAMUELS LLP TO, BAOQUOC N

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte Shimamura et al 10574032 - (D) KIMLIN 103 YOUNG BASILE ARCIERO, ADAM A

1732 Ex Parte Bauer et al 12055539 - (D) KIMLIN 103 CARMODY & TORRANCE LLP SLIFKA, COLIN W

1742 Ex Parte Dairoku et al 10764444 - (D) OBERMANN 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC HUSON, MONICA ANNE

1762 Ex Parte Krebs et al 10822625 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1)/112(2)/102/102/obviousness-type double patenting WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2141 Ex Parte Muralidharan et al 10681730 - (D) DESHPANDE 101/103 GE HEALTHCARE c/o FLETCHER YODER, PC AUGUSTINE, NICHOLAS

2166 Ex Parte Coult 09946009 - (D) Per Curiam 103 OSTROLENK FABER LLP AHN, SANGWOO

2171 Ex Parte Scott 10930727 - (D) BARRY 103 RIM/FINNEGAN PAN, YONGJIA

2177 Ex Parte McMullin 10607127 - (D) DANG 101/102 YEE AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. QUELER, ADAM M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Sharma 09800397 - (D) STEPHENS 103 HARRITY & HARRITY, LLP ZHONG, JUN FEI

2427 Ex Parte Rodriguez et al 09947890 - (D) STRAUSS 103 MERCHANT & GOULD SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY DUFFIELD, JEREMY S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2614 ONE NUMBER CORPORATION Patent Owner and Appellant v. GOOGLE INC. Third Party Requester/Respondent and Cross-Appellant 95001408 7,440,565 12/033,042 GIANNETTI 103 KRIEG DEVAULT LLP ESCALANTE, OVIDIO original GAUTHIER, GERALD

Principally, Patent Owner relies on the Federal Circuit’s decision in ResQNet.com, Inc. v. Lansa, Inc., 594 F.3d 860, 865-66 (Fed. Cir. 2010), where the Court concluded that two user’s manuals for a software product were not printed publications. Relying on the Board’s informative decision Ex parte Ronald A. Katz Tech. Licensing L.P., 2011 WL 1676313 at *6 (BPAI May 2, 2011), Third Party Requester points to indicia of publication in the Tekelec documents themselves (copyright notice, references to the publisher) and to the fact that the documents reflect an on-the-market product. TPR Resp. 7-8. Requester distinguishes ResQNet in that the manuals in that case were not marked with any indicia of publication and one, in fact, purported to be “an unpublished work and is considered a trade secret…” Id. at 9 (quoting ResQNet.com, 594 F.3d at 865). Moreover, although not explicitly stated in the decision, the evidentiary standard in ResQNet was clear and convincing evidence; as noted by the Examiner the PTO standard is “preponderance of the evidence.”

2615 LENCORE ACOUSTICS CORP. Requester and Appellant v. Patent of ACENTECH, INC. Patent Owner and Respondent 95000499 7,194,094 10/280,104 BLANKENSHIP 103 WEINGARTEN, SCHURGIN, GAGNEBIN & LEBOVICI LLP LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y original LEE, PING

2617 Ex Parte Mahini 10627896 - (D) KOHUT 102/103 COATS & BENNETT/SONY ERICSSON BALAOING, ARIEL A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Ex parte PRICEPLAY, INC., Appellant and Patent Owner 90009444 6,978,253 09/342,866 TURNER 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP RIMELL, SAMUEL G original SMITH, JEFFREY A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Gauselmann 11252429 - (D) ROBERTSON 103/112(2) PATENT LAW GROUP LLP DEODHAR, OMKAR A

3736 Ex Parte Miller et al 12020294 - (D) BROWNE 112(1)/102/103 Hologic/Vista IP - Suros Division c/o Vista IP Law Group LLP STOUT, MICHAEL C

3736 Ex Parte Noble et al 12333526 - (D) GRIMES 103 Covidien HENSON, DEVIN B  

REHEARING  

GRANTED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Hallowell et al 10256818 - (D) SAINDON CUMMINS-ALLISON CORP. C/O NIXON PEABODY LLP SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN

see also In re Voss, 557 F.2d 812, n. 11 (CCPA 1977) (“reversal is not a mandate to the PTO to issue a patent and does not preclude the PTO from reopening prosecution”).