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

aspex, boston scientific2

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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