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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte TAKAMURA et al 14046386 - (D) FREDMAN 112(2)/103 CHOATE, HALL & STEWARTLLP ORWIG, KEVIN S

1633 Ex Parte Averbuch 12170385 - (D) LEBOVITZ 101/103 Covidien LP LI, QIAN JANICE

1783 Ex Parte Matsumoto et al 13688324 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Venable LLP PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA

1792 Ex Parte Russell-Maynard 13755593 - (D) HANLON 103 Nestle Purina Petcare Global Resources, Inc YOO, HONG THI

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte Aleksovski 13786524 - (D) ENGLE 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS CHOW, DOON Y

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Menon et al 13913965 - (D) THOMAS Concurring BAUMEISTER 101/103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP ZAMAN, SADARUZ

3793 Ex Parte Herrmann 13884978 - (D) FREDMAN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MEHL, PATRICK M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Hong 13240818 - (D) ROSS 103 112(2) H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC CAPOZZI, CHARLES

1767 Ex Parte ATWATER et al 12176057 - (D) NAGUMO 103 103 Gavrilovich, Dodd & Lindsey LLP KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte DeVincent 12780762 - (D) SILVERMAN 101/103 112(2) PEARNE & GORDON LLP EVANS, KIMBERLYL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Busch et al 12092646 - (D) HORNER 103 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) NEWAY,BLAINE GIRMA

To the extent that the statement in paragraph 9 of the Schmitz Declaration that thinly metallized film made with PLA film "is gaining unexpectedly - excellent barrier properties" as compared to conventional laminate paper is evidence of improved results, it is weak evidence, as no data was supplied in the Declaration in support of this statement, and thus, no quantification of the extent of the improvement can be discerned. See Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., 769 F.3d 1339 (per curiam) (Fed. Cir. 2014) ("[O]ne should consider the substantiality of the differences between the properties of the prior art and those of the invention to determine the significance of those differences."); In re Soni, 54 F.3d 746, 751 (Fed. Cir. 1995) ("Mere improvement in properties does not always suffice to show unexpected results."). 

Soni, In re, 54 F.3d 746, 34 USPQ2d 1684 (Fed. Cir. 1995) 707.07(f) , 2145

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Sinclair et al 14145839 - (D) OWENS 112(1) Roy Kiesel Ford Doody & Thurmon NGUYEN, PHU HOANG

1788 Ex Parte Erasmus 13811146 - (D) HASTINGS 103 GOODWIN PROCTER LLP VAZQUEZ, ELAINE M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2491 Ex Parte KIM et al 14195971 - (D) SMITH 103 NSIPLAW HENNING, MATTHEW T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Cheng et al 13241997 - (D) SNAY 103/OTDP PPG Industries, Inc. RAKOWSKI, CARA E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Paulos et al 13033195 - (D) FETTING 101/103 FisherBroyles, LLP - MAIN CN CROSS, MICHAEL J

3626 Ex Parte Skocic 13492791 - (D) FETTING 112(2)/101/103 Law Offices of John D. Gugliotta, P.E. Esq., LPA LULTSCHIK, WILLIAM G

3685 Ex Parte Huxham 14234130 - (D) FISCHETTI 112(2)/103 OTDP KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA CASTILHO, EDUARDO D

3693 Ex Parte ALTMAN 12698774 - (D) MEYERS 101 BGL/ Accenture - Chicago BRINKS GILSON & LIONE BARTLEY, KENNETH

3693 Ex Parte AMAITIS et al 13288223 - (D) FETTING 101/103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. ALLADIN, AMBREEN A

3695 Ex Parte Priebatsch 13899760 - (D) BISK 101/103 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (BO) ROBINSON, KITO R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Sorenson et al 13540359 - (D) CAPP 112(2)/101 ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC HUMPHREY, MICHAEL C

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1786 Ex Parte Böhringer 13202907 - (D) NAGUMO 103 Brannon Sowers & Cracraft PC CHRISS, JENNIFER A

As our reviewing court has explained, "'differences in degree' of a known and expected property are not as persuasive in rebutting obviousness as differences in 'kind'-i.e., a new property dissimilar to a known property." Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Teva Pharm. USA, Inc., 752 F.2d 967 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (reh'g en bane denied (by a divided court), 760 F.3d 339 (Fed. Cir. 2014)). The difference here, an improvement in stab- and ballistic-resistance due to a softer material as a coating-is like a difference in kind.

1786 Ex Parte QI et al 12362182 - (D) HANLON 103 MH2 TECHNOLOGY LAW GROUP, LLP (CUST. NO. W/XEROX) THOMPSON, CAMIE S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2125 Ex Parte Frerking 14833934 - (D) HUGHES 103 Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. c/o Armstrong et al. c/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP VON BUHR, MARIAN

2132 Ex Parte KAMIKO et al 14836632 - (D) CHEN 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC VERBRUGGE, KEVIN

2139 Ex Parte Murrin et al 13794796 - (D) KRIVAK 103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (ImgTec) VO, THANH DUC

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2449 Ex Parte Filgueiras et al 13924357 - (D) SAADAT 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASRES, HERMON

2486 Ex Parte KOSTEPEN 14666973 - (D) BARRY 102 PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEM COMPANY OF AMERICA RAO, ANAND SHASHIKANT

2498 Ex Parte Barriga et al 14454853 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC AMORIN, CARLOS E

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Glover 14087123 - (D) MORGAN 112(1) IBM Corp-Rochester Drafting Center MAZUMDER, SAPTARSHI

2617 Ex Parte Glover 14841742 - (D) MORGAN 112(1) IBM Corp-Rochester Drafting Center MAZUMDER, SAPTARSHI

2623 Ex Parte Lee et al 14158709 - (D) EVANS 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP RAYAN, MIHIR K

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2876 Ex Parte Martinent et al 12601125 - (D) NAGUMO 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC KELLY, RAFFERTY D

2884 Ex Parte Jones 14588757 - (D) DELMENDO 103 Gilliam IP PLLC (Halliburton) LEE, SHUNK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte HUBER et al 12821985 - (D) BAUMEISTER 101 Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP (Varian) WINSTON III, EDWARD B

3681 Ex Parte Bolivar et al 12814020 - (D) BARRY 101 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (eBay Inc.) SORKOWITZ, DANIEL M

3687 Ex Parte Westphal 13796403 - (D) SAADAT 101/103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP MASUD, ROKIB

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Salvas et al 13072329 - (D) NEW 112(1)/103 41.50 103 Dickinson Wright Smith & Nephew, Inc. HARVEY, TIJLIANNA NANCY

3741 Ex Parte Schwarz et al 13792303 - (D) STEPHENS 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY GOYAL, ARUN

3742 Ex Parte Arofikin 13800100 - (D) HILL 112(1)/112(2)/102 SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. (Main) NGUYEN, PHUONG T

3744 Ex Parte Sispera et al 13951870 - (D) KERINS 103 Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A

3747 Ex Parte Burton et al 13843686 - (D) SILVERMAN 102 Achates Power, Inc. ZALESKAS, JOHN M

3752 Ex Parte Volk et al 13510314 - (D) OSINSKI 103 Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R.

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Ex Parte VAN DEN ELSHOUT et al 14400336 - (D) BEST 103 103 HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER LLP BADR, HAMID R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2181 Ex Parte Pamley et al 14226441 - (D) HOWARD 103 103 41.50 112(2) FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC LEE, CHUN KUAN

2197 Ex Parte Hristov 13722095 - (D) CHEN 103 103 VMWare-OPW MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2883 Ex Parte Velthaus et al 14127927 - (D) DERRICK 103 103 Maschoff Brennan TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3645 Ex Parte MACQUIN 13964178 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 112(2)/OTDP Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Farcet et al 13120437 - (D) COTTA 102/OTDP 112(1) OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. FALKOWITZ, ANNA R

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Starkovich et al 14809962 - (D) GAUDETTE 112(1)/103 Patti & Malvone Law Group, LLC LAW, NGA LEUNG V

1737 Ex Parte Somervell et al 14465933 - (D) GARRIS 103 WOOD, HERRON & EV ANS, LLP (TOKYO ELECTRON) CHACKO DA VIS, DABORAH

1787 Ex Parte FUJIMOTO et al 13484514 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP FUNG, CHING-YIU

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte Govoni 14178682 - (D) PYONIN 101/103 U.S. ARMY CECOM LCMC, LEGAL OFFICE GUILL, RUSSELL L

2132 Ex Parte Smith et al 14929226 - (D) McNEILL 103 LeClairRyan (NetApp) AHMED, ZUBAIR

2166 Ex Parte Unger et al 14859101 - (D) REPKO 101/103 MAHAMEDI IP LAW LLP PHAM, KHANH B

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Ex Parte Migos et al 12337445 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION LUONG, ALAN H

2433 Ex Parte Liu et al 14330722 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. c/o Conley Rose, P.C. SALEHI, HELAI

2445 Ex Parte Rhoads et al 14030028 - (D) MORGAN 101/103 Foley & Lardner LLP SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R

2451 Ex Parte Bragstad et al 14277027 - (D) CURCURI 103 MARTIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC CHOU,ALANS

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Ex Parte James et al 11617553 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 SUGHRUE MION PLLC USPTO CUSTOMER NO WITH IBM/SVL BUKOWSKI, KENNETH

2651 Ex Parte TEMBY et al 12868859 - (D) HOWARD 103 InTouch Health C/0 CPA Global MOHAMMED, ASSAD

2657 Ex Parte Shen et al 14443831 - (D) EVANS 103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP c/o Alston & Bird LLP SPOONER, LAMONT M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Wooden et al 12569375 - (D) HOFF 101 Garlick & Markison (IH) BEKERMAN, MICHAEL

3626 Ex Parte Kunze et al 10758922 - (D) McKEOWN 101/103 LEYDIG VOIT & MA YER, LTD SEREBOFF, NEAL

3627 Ex Parte Waks et al 12908674 - (D) COURTENAY 101 FIS/FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP SHEIKH, ASFAND M

3629 Ex Parte Tivey et al 14015146 - (D) BAUMEISTER 101 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A

3645 Ex Parte MACQUIN et al 14194851 - (D) MARSCHALL 112(2)/103/OTDP Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC MURPHY, DANIELL

3682 Ex Parte Karson et al 13758339 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 112(2)/103 Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP / CEI WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J

3684 Ex Parte Rehman et al 13784456 - (D) PYONIN 103 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (eBay Inc.) SHUI, MING

3686 Ex Parte Rock et al 14004682 - (D) CHEN 103 112(2) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS HEIN, DEVIN C

3695 Ex Parte Co et al 13617845 - (D) BAUMEISTER 101 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/CME LIU, CHIA-YI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Yoseloff 13399141 - (D) WARNER 101 TRASKBRITT, P.C. /Bally Gaming, Inc. LAYNO, BENJAMIN

3741 Ex Parte Schwarz et al 14038886 - (D) STEPHENS 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY GOYAL, ARUN

3743 Ex Parte Ren et al 14206556 - (D) KERINS 101/OTDP ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company JONES, LOGAN P

3745 Ex Parte Noble 13743456 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 KING & SCHICKLI, PLLC PETERS, BRIAN O

3747 Ex Parte Lemke et al 14038508 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 Achates Power, Inc. PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte ZHANG et al 13077530 - (D) ADAMS 103 STRADLEY RONON STEVENS & YOUNG, LLP MATTISON, LORI K

1636 Ex Parte Stridfeldt et al 12093674 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 Parker Highlander PLLC DUNSTON, JENNIFER ANN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Zhou et al 13485657 - (D) NAGUMO 103 41.50 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY MERKLING, MATTHEW J

1791 Ex Parte BURKHOLDER et al 15052111 - (D) NAGUMO 103 DUNLAP CODDING, P.C. DEES, NIKKI H

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Mattson et al 13601132 - (D) THOMAS 103 Siemens Corporation MAPAR, BUAN

2162 Ex Parte Angwin 13651414 - (D) CURCURI 103 John Angwin LODHI, ANDALIB FT

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3675 Ex Parte COLINEAU et al 13973329 - (D) JESCHKE 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. PATEL, VISHAL A

3687 Ex Parte Dhakephalkar et al 14251520 - (D) POTHIER Concurring KUMAR 101 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP/Oracle CRAWLEY, TALIAF

3697 Ex Parte Makhotin et al 12962224 - (D) ENGLE 101 41.50 112(4) KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA OYEBISI, OJO O

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Ferrera et al 13172778 - (D) SCHEINER 103 Medtronic BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE

3761 Ex Parte Von Der Mulbe et al 10729830 - (D) CALVE 103 SCA Hygiene Products AB c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC KIDWELL, MICHELE M

3764 Ex Parte Luger et al 15155168 - (D) GUIJT 102/103 Sherrill Law Offices, PLLC URBIEL GOLDNER, GARY D

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 Ex Parte Chun 12828815 - (D) JURGOVAN 112(1)/103 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C./QUALCOMM GRULLON, FRANCISCO A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Hurd et al 12599976 - (D) SMITH 103 GE Healthcare, IP Department SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H

1631 Ex Parte Zivitz et al 13545512 - (D) ADAMS 101 FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP I ROCHE RIGGS II, LARRY D

1633 Ex Parte Hoerr et al 13361686 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 Parker Highlander PLLC MARVICH, MARIA

"To be particularly probative, evidence of unexpected results must establish that there is a difference between the results obtained and those of the closest prior art, and that the difference would not have been expected by one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention." Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., 752 F.3d 967, 977 (Fed. Cir. 2014). 

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte WANG et al 13174090 - (D) HOUSEL 112(1) 103 Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt/AMAT PHAM, THOMAS T

1761 Ex Parte Taylor 14971878 - (D) HASTINGS 101 101/102/103 LAWNIE HENDERSON TAYLOR BOYER, CHARLES I

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2462 Ex Parte LI et al 13451954 - (D) PYONIN 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP ROSE, DERRICK V

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2685 Ex Parte BINDER 14301544 - (D) KRIVAK 103 May Patents Ltd. c/o Dorit Shem-Tov PHAN, HAI

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2817 Ex Parte Pellizzer et al 14828050 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(4) 112(2)/102/103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/MICRON CAO, PHAT X

2833 Ex Parte Sharon et al 14623876 - (D) HOUSEL 103 OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP GIRARDI, VANESSA MARY

2881 Ex Parte Hintenlang et al 13809675 - (D) SQUIRE 103 THOMAS I HORSTEMEYER, LLP TSAI, HSIEN C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Backhaus et al 14079307 - (D) PINKERTON OTDP/101/103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. PAULS, JOHN A

3626 Ex Parte Cohen-Solal et al 13818103 - (D) WIEDER 102/103 112(2)/101/102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TIEDEMAN, JASON S

3635 Ex Parte Lucas 13097996 - (D) OSINSKI 103 LOWE GRAHAM JONES, PLLC CANFIELD, ROBERT

3657 Ex Parte KOSHIYAMA 12829516 - (D) STAICOVICI 102/103 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP BURCH, MELODY M

3689 Ex Parte STACEY 13155951 - (D) THOMAS 112(1)/101/103 WEST CORPORATION SHANKER, TIJLIE MEYERS

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Gewirtz et al 14180011 - (D) OSINSKI 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP MARCETICH, ADAM M

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2473 Ex Parte Koch et al 13183123 - (D) HUME 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P. A. HUQ, OBAIDUL

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1653 Ex Parte Huber-Haag et al 12593462 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 K&L Gates LLP-Chicago PYLA, PAUL D

“To be particularly probative, evidence of unexpected results must establish that there is a difference between the results obtained and those of the closest prior art, and that the difference would not have been expected by one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention.” Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., 752 F.3d 967, 977 (Fed. Cir. 2014).

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1746 Ex Parte Kallinen 13137262 - (D) ROESEL 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T

1781 Ex Parte Maschmeyer et al 14814181 - (D) KENNEDY 103 CORNING INCORPORATED GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte SOUBRA 12966360 - (D) FETTING 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Trimble Navigation Limited ROTARU, OCTAVIAN

3685 Ex Parte Schneck et al 10219890 - (D) FETTING 103 41.50 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. AGWUMEZIE, CHINEDU CHARLES

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Ciarniello et al 12418607 - (D) FETTING 103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2185 Ex Parte Gaither et al 11554672 - (D) SMITH 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY LI, ZHUO H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2822 Ex Parte Todd 11626730 - (D) WORTH 103 Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP TRINH, MICHAEL MANH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3677 Ex Parte Kelly 10737087 - (D) HOELTER 112(1)/112(2) CANTOR COLBURN LLP LAVINDER, JACK W

Appellant disagrees and references Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 1313 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (en banc) for stating “the ordinary and customary meaning of a claim term is the meaning that the term would have to a person of ordinary skill in the art in question at the time of the invention, i.e., as of the effective filing date of the patent application.” App. Br. 21 (additional citations omitted); see also Reply Br. 2. “Accordingly, the Examiner's allegation that the meaning could change over time is irrelevant, as the meaning ‘at the time of invention’ determines plain meaning.” App. Br. 21; see also Reply Br. 3.

Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 75 USPQ2d 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2111 , 2111.01 , 2143.01 , 2258

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2121 Ex Parte Bugir et al 11305873 - (D) SAADAT 103 William E. Curry PADMANABHAN, KAVITA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2438 Ex Parte Scrimsher et al 11497156 - (D) FRAHM 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY PLECHA, THADDEUS J

2473 Ex Parte Meier et al 11600492 - (D) WINSOR 103 CHRISTOPHER & WEISBERG, P.A. HUQ, OBAIDUL

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Rooyen 11010486 - (D) JEFFERY 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. CHEN, JUNPENG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2859 Ex Parte Jiang et al 12182531 - (D) GARRIS 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY BERHANU, SAMUEL

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3636 Ex parte Artsana USA, Inc. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8056975 et al 12/573,484 90009987 - (D) GREENHUT 103 VOLPE AND KOENIG, P.C. Third Party Requester: Law Office of John W. Harbst ENGLISH, PETER C original NELSON JR, MILTON

“[U]nhelpful evidence [does not] diminish[] the strength of the more persuasive forms of evidence.” Bristol-Myers Squibb Company V. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., 13-1306, 18 (Fed. Cir. Jun. 12, 2014). The burden of showing commercial success attributable to the features of the claim does not impose a burden to demonstrate that no other conceivable factors contributed to that success. App. Br. 31-36; contra Ans. 8. “It is not necessary that [] the patented invention be solely responsible for the commercial success, in order for this factor to be given weight appropriate to the evidence, along with other pertinent factors.” Continental Can Co. USA v. Monsanto Co., 948 F.2d 1264, 1273 (Fed.Cir. 1991).

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

We are unaware of any requirement that the invention be the only successful product in its market niche or the most successful. App. Br. 38 (citing Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., 923 F. Supp. 2d 602,679 (D. Del. 2013) aff’d at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company V. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc ., supra (Fed. Cir. Jun. 12, 2014)(“ We agree with the factual findings on secondary considerations and find no clear error”). Evidence of growth in market share, like evidence of total market share, is relevant to the commercial success inquiry. See e.g., Kansas Jack, Inc. v. Kuhn, 719 F. 2d 1144, 1151 (Fed. Cir. 1983). A growing market share demonstrates that Appellant was “displac[ing] other devices which had previously been employed for analogous uses.” See Smith v. Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Co., 93 US 486, 495-6 (1877).

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2821 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. Requester and Respondent v. FRACTUS, S.A. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7528782 et al 11/780,932 95001455 - (D) MOORE 102(e)/103 EDELL, SHAPIRO & FINNAN, LLC Third Party Requester: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP Morrison & Foerster LLP MENEFEE, JAMES A original PHAN, THO GIA