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Reversed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA 16207546 HARDMAN 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC FALKOWITZ, ANNA R

1634 BIOMÉRIEUX et al. 14649803 ADAMS 101/102/103 OLIFF PLC /22/2022 POHNERT, STEVEN C

1656 Ikeda Food Research Co., Ltd. et al. 16278025 COTTA 101/103 AMSTER, ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN LLP LIU, SAMUEL W

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1781 WALTER AG 16310975 BEST 103 Sandvik Intellectual Property SAWDON, ALICIA JANE

1786 The North Face Apparel Corp. 15125925 REN 102/103 GANZ POLLARD, LLC LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

1797 Micromass UK Limited 15316309 INGLESE 103 Kacvinsky Daisak Bluni PLLC XU, XIAOYUN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2116 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 15369129 PYONIN 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED ERDMAN, CHAD G

2175 Viacom International Inc. 15807217 SHIANG 103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP RODRIGUEZ, DANIEL

2183 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 16126504 HOMERE 103 Volpe KoenigDEPT. AMD PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW

2183 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 15342809 WHITEHEAD JR. 103 Volpe KoenigDEPT. AMD PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW

2194 VMware, Inc. 15880835 DIXON 103 Setter Roche LLP MUDRICK, TIMOTHY A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2435 Gilbarco Inc. 16158433 MANTIS MERCADER 103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP NGUY, CHI D

2435 Trunomi LTD. 15130892 KUMAR 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PA) NGUY, CHI D

2473 Apple Inc. 16711604 BAUMEISTER 103 Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel (Apple) BOKHARI, SYED M

2482 ARRIS Enterprises LLC 14962814 BEAMER 103 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP (Arris/Commscope) NIRJHAR, NASIM

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2651 KELTON TEMBY et al. 12868859 HOWARD 103 Teladoc Health C/O Clarivate MOHAMMED, ASSAD

2667 ReviverMx, Inc. 15863361 KUMAR 103 Innovent Law, P.C. JIA, XIN

2699 Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC 16033348 SHIANG 103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough-Georgia Pacific IP Department PACHOL, NICHOLAS C

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

3633 Donald Velazquez 15802184 SCHOPFER 112(2)/102 Mark Wardas KATCHEVES, BASIL S

3645 NAVICO HOLDING AS 15624221 HUTCHINGS 103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES

3671 Robert Brasher 15428588 STAICOVICI 103 William C. Milks, III ADDIE, RAYMOND W

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

3731 Robert Bosch GmbH 16062090 WOOD 112(2)/103 41.50 112(2) Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP FRY, PATRICK B

3732 FALKE KGaA 15258729 ASTORINO 103 HANLEY, FLIGHT & ZIMMERMAN, LLC LYNCH, MEGAN E

3741 PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. 15266321 BAHR 102/103 Getz Balich LLC (PWC) NG, HENRY

3745 Acciona Windpower, S.A 14580948 ASTORINO 103 41.50 112(2) HAYES SOLOWAY P.C. MIKUS, JASON

3762 BSH Hausgeräte GmbH 16310827 WOODS 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation JONES, LOGAN P

3793 HISTOSONICS, INC. 14899139 BROWN 103 SHAY GLENN LLP NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC

Affirmed-in-Part

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 PHOSPHOREX, INC. 14916439 COTTA 102/103 OTDP ELMORE PATENT LAW GROUP, PC GREENE, IVAN A

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2622 NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. 15323323 STEPHENS 103 103 OSHA BERGMAN WATANABE & BURTON LLP LEIBY, CHRISTOPHER E

2688 Nuro, Inc. 16040437 DIXON 102/103 102 Nuro, Inc. (WSGR Matters) HAILE, BENYAM

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2827 Ambiq Micro, Inc. 15648298 BEST 102/103 103 Stevens Law Group HUANG, MIN

2859 Ridge Tool Company 15826822 HASTINGS 103 103 RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP PACHECO, ALEXIS BOATENG

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

3736 ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. 15366941 BROWN 103 103 PAULEY ERICKSON & SWANSON PAGAN, JENINE MARIE

Under § 103, a prior art reference “must be considered not only for what it expressly teaches, but also for what it fairly suggests.” In re Burckel, 592 F.2d 1175, 1179 (CCPA 1979).

Affirmed 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1612 L'OREAL 16062422 HARDMAN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LIU, TRACY

1613 Noven Phamaceuticals, Inc. 14577028 TOWNSEND 103/OTDP FOLEY & LARDNER LLP PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC

1617 Children's Hospital Medical Center 15335547 TOWNSEND 103 FROST BROWN TODD LLC FAY, ZOHREH A

1633 Chiome Bioscience Inc. 15308085 JENKS 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP NGUYEN, QUANG

1648 The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services 15694567 JENKS 103 KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP (OTT-NIH) KINSEY WHITE, NICOLE ERIN

1653 SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. 14769754 GRIMES 103 OTDP NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP BOWERS, ERIN M

1658 Ferring B.V. 16010412 TOWNSEND 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP LEE, JIA-HAI

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1716 Applied Materials, Inc. 15826063 BEST 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPLIED MATERIALS CHEN, KEATH T

1725 ENERGYIELD LLC (75%) et al. 15725899 HASTINGS 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES CHANDLER, KAITY V

1735 Materion Corporation 15435856 PRAISS 103 41.50 103 COZEN O''CONNOR - DC ¡V Gendzwill STONER, KILEY SHAWN

1735 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 15447360 MCGEE 103 ARENT FOX LLP - New York SIDDIQUI, ADIL ABDUL WAJID

1741 Corning Incorporated 15461788 COLAIANNI 103 CORNING INCORPORATED HOFFMANN, JOHN M

1759 Gregory Aharonian 15442628 GUPTA 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A

1759 Gregory Cole 15853740 REN 103 Braxton Perrone, PLLC MELLOTT, JAMES M

1763 WACKER CHEMIE AG 15036800 CASHION 112(2)/103 Brooks Kushman MILLER, DAVID L

1765 Bloom Holdings LLC 15261767 SAADAT 103 Loomis, Ewert, Parsley, Davis & Gotting PC COONEY, JOHN M

1765 CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 14792415 DENNETT 102 103 CANON U.S.A. INC. SEIDLECK, JAMES J

1767 SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION 15743009 WILSON 103 Ostrolenk Faber LLP KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C

1783 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15572195 HASTINGS 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY DAVIS, ZACHARY M

1789 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15889284 HASTINGS 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE

1794 THYSSENKRUPP UHDE CHLORINE ENGINEERS (JAPAN) LTD. et al. 15110358 INGLESE 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2121 International Business Machines Corporation 15214561 BUSCH 101 Walder Intellectual Property Law VASQUEZ, MARKUS A

2128 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 16035394 PYONIN 102/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED COLE, BRANDON S

2132 International Business Machines Corporation 15487048 SHIANG 103/OTDP IBM (AUS-KLS)c/o Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP PAPERNO, NICHOLAS A

2147 RetailMeNot, Inc. 16245021 MacDONALD 112(4)/103 112(1)/103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP HOPKINS, DAVID ANDREW

2176 Avaya Inc. 15830744 CUTITTA 102 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. SCHALLHORN, TYLER J

2179 Apple Inc. 15714887 CRAIG 103 DENTONS US LLP ¡V Apple POSIGIAN, DAVID S.

2182 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 16127093 BUI 102 Park, Vaughan, Fleming & Dowler LLP TSENG, CHENG YUAN

2196 CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC 16119323 HUME 103 CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC KIM, SISLEY NAHYUN

2199 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 15189730 DIXON 103 Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C. KEPNANG, GILLES R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2413 Intel IP Corporation 15878175 CHUNG 103 Alliance IP, LLC PASIA, REDENTOR M

2414 Apple Inc. 16169013 KUMAR 103 Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel (Apple) SOHRAB, MALICK ARIF

2425 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 15170437 KUMAR 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD EKPO, NNENNA NGOZI

2433 Nicira, Inc. 15384129 SHAW 103 Patterson + Sheridan, LLP ¡V Vmware WOLDEMARIAM, NEGA

2447 Dropbox, Inc. 16257129 LEBOVITZ 103 DLA Piper LLP (US) TANG, KAREN C

2448 SAP SE 15230824 JURGOVAN 102/103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP MIAN, MOHAMMAD YOU A

2458 Expensify, Inc. 15415856 HOMERE 103 MAHAMEDI IP LAW LLP MCCRAY, CLARENCE D

2461 CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 14631881 HUME 103 Dr. Mark M. Friedman SHAO, HONG

2461 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 15906509 LEBOVITZ 103 BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD BEYEN, ZEWDU A

2483 Vid Scale, Inc. 14759428 MANTIS MERCADER 103 Condo Roccia Koptiw LLP MAHMUD, FARHAN

2485 ATI Technologies ULC 16203326 WHITEHEAD JR Concurring BAUMEISTER 103 Volpe KoenigDEPT. AMD HAGHANI, SHADAN E

2492 Trend Micro Incorporated 15870335 MORGAN 103 Law Office of Patrick D. Benedicto MOORTHY, ARAVIND K

2497 Fastly, Inc. 15366677 NAPPI 103 Setter Roche LLP NOAMAN, BASSAM A

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2616 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15043874 McNEILL 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP-Microsoft BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD

2657 The Boeing Company 15676467 SHAW 103 Vivacqua Crane SPOONER, LAMONT M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2892 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 16216169 BEST 103 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. / IBM (AUS) HUBER, ROBERT T

2892 Infineon Technologies AG 16398277 REN 103 Viering, Jentschura & Partner mbB ¡V Inf JONES, ERIC W

2894 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 16056827 DENNETT 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED GRAYBILL, DAVID E

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

3617 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC 16119594 BAHR 103 BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS, INC. BELLINGER, JASON R

3626 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 14972287 WIEDER 112(1)/101/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TIEDEMAN, JASON S

3626 Google LLC 15869215 MOHANTY 101/103 Dority & Manning P.A. and Google LLC COBANOGLU, DILEK B

3629 Megan Berry et al. 13313100 BAYAT 101 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT

3631 Linda Walther et al. 13339788 HOELTER 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP MORRIS, TAYLOR L

3685 ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS, INC. 14540032 CALVE 112(1)/112(2)/101/103 Sean L. IngramIngram IP Law, P.A. GETACHEW, WODAJO

3698 Howard Lutnick et al. 12135479 HUME 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P.INNOVATION DIVISION WEISBERGER, RICHARD C

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

3732 Hung-Wang Chou 15964295 WOODS 112(2)/103 Mayer & Williams, P.C. SPATZ, ABBY M

3741 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 15809150 STEPINA 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY GOYAL, ARUN

3762 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION 13845316 CAPP 102/103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation JONES, LOGAN P

3773 SMed-TA/TD, LLC 15626596 OSINSKI 103 TAYLOR IP, P.C. MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L

3785 SYK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 14810303 FITZPATRICK 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP MURPHY, VICTORIA

3793 Seno Medical Instruments, Inc. 15440260 OSINSKI 103 The Small Patent Law Group, LLC MEHL, PATRICK M

Rehearing

Granted

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2466 British Telecommunications Public Limited Company 15762022 COURTENAY 103 41.50 103 Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A. PHAM, TITO Q

Denied 

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1763 WACKER CHEMIE AG 15251361 OWENS 103 Brooks Kushman CAI, WENWEN

Reissue

Denied 

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

3612 Global IP Holdings, LLC 14632238 8,690,233 13/453,201 HILL 251 Brooks Kushman FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL original PAPE, JOSEPH

baxter travenol, chapman, general foods, nuijten, greenfield, burckel, tiffin, kollman

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Ariyapadi et al 12782346 - (D) GARRIS 103 KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LLC MERKLING, MATTHEW J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Argenbright et al 10240479 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 PANITCH SCHWARZE BELISARIO & NADEL LLP PORTER, RACHEL L

3664 Ex Parte Krause et al 11273659 - (D) STAICOVICI 102 Dierker & Associates, P.C. SAMPLE, JONATHAN L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Kim et al 11656460 - (D) VANOPHEM 102/103 KED & ASSOCIATES, LLP GRAVINI, STEPHEN MICHAEL

3761 Ex Parte Allen et al 11414032 - (D) ASTORINO 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. TREYGER, ILYA Y

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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2443 Ex Parte Adams et al 10785227 - (D) MacDONALD 103 101/102 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC BELANI, KISHIN G

Appellants contend that the Examiner erred in rejecting claim 15 under 35 U.S.C. § 101 because:

Appellants respectfully disagree and point out that the Examiner's position is based entirely upon taking of words out-of-context of its intended meaning in the specification, clearly directed to media used to store computer instructions, when interpreted by one having ordinary skill in the art, who is willing to be free of the bias of attempting to interpret every reference to "transmission media" as somehow referring to a "signal", which is reasonably considered non-statutory under the holding of Nuijten, and that every reference to "transmission media" converts any claim remotely related to this reference as equivalent to a "signal."

That is, "energy" per se is not used to store computer instructions. Nor is this claim directed to a "signal" per se, as were the facts of Nuijten. Moreover, to one having any genuine skill in the art, signals per se are not used to store instructions, and, contrary to the confusion running rampant within the USPTO in the aftermath of the Nuijten holding, the terminology "transmission media" is not equivalent to "signal." Indeed, if taken outside any other context, the terminology "transmission media" would clearly mean the media through which a transmission occurs and would not even refer to a signal per se. Therefore, someone at the USPTO is clearly very confused about underlying technology.

(App. Br. 9)(Emphasis omitted).


AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Constantz et al 11189555 - (D) MILLS 103/obviousness-type double patenting 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) provisional double patenting rejection EPA - Bozicevic Field & Francis LLP ARNOLD, ERNST V

“Because nonstatutory double patenting compares earlier and later claims, an earlier patent’s disclosure is not available to show nonstatutory double patenting. See Gen. Foods Corp. v. Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbH, 972 F.2d 1272, 1281-82 (Fed. Cir. 1992).

General Foods Corp. v. Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbH, 972 F.2d 1272, 23 USPQ2d 1839 (Fed. Cir. 1992) 804

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1764 Ex Parte Mosseveld et al 10551109 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. REDDY, KARUNA P

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2413 Ex Parte Christenson et al 11279667 - (D) WINSOR 103 IBM CORPORATION COSTIN, JEREMY M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Reid 10864866 - (D) MCKONE 102/103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. ALAM, FAYYAZ

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Slatter 11258352 - (D) FETTING 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY CHUMPITAZ, BOB R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3778 Ex Parte McKiernan et al 11145353 - (D) FREDMAN 102/103 obviousness-type double patenting THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY CRAIG, PAULA L  

When an obviousness rejection is based on a combination of components in the prior art reference as in the instant situation, the comparison to show unexpected results need only be between the closest prior art reference and the claimed invention. In re Baxter Travenol Labs., 952 F.2d 388, 392 (Fed. Cir. 1991); In re Chapman, 357 F.2d 418, 422 (CCPA 1966). It need not be between the claimed invention and the invention suggested by the combined teachings in the prior art reference or references. Chapman, 357 F.2d at 422. To do so would require Appellants to compare the claimed invention against itself.   

Chapman, In re, 357 F.2d 418, 148 USPQ 711 (CCPA 1966) 716.02(e)  

Baxter Travenol Labs., In re, 952 F.2d 388, 21 USPQ2d 1281 (Fed. Cir. 1991) 2131.01, 2145


REHEARING  

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 Ex Parte Boffa 11435698 - (R) OBERMANN 103 M. CARMEN & ASSOCIATES, PLLC VASISTH, VISHAL V

In re Burckel, 592 F.2d 1175, 1179-80 (CCPA 1979) (the claimed subject matter must be compared with the closest prior art in a manner which addresses the thrust of the rejection).

Burckel, In re, 592 F.2d 1175, 201 USPQ 67 (CCPA 1979) 716.02(e)

“Establishing that one (or a small number of) species gives unexpected results is inadequate proof, for ‘it is the view of this court that objective evidence of non-obviousness must be commensurate in scope with the claims which the evidence is offered to support.’” In re Greenfield, 571 F.2d 1185, 1189 (CCPA 1978) (quoting In re Tiffin, 448 F.2d 791, 792 (CCPA 1971))...

Greenfield, In re, 571 F.2d 1185, 197 USPQ 227 (CCPA 1978) 2145

Tiffin, In re, 448 F.2d 791, 171 USPQ 294 (CCPA 1971) 716.03(a)

Cf. In re Kollman, 595 F.2d 48, 56 (CCPA 1979) (acknowledging that in some cases several data points may enable an ordinary artisan “to ascertain a trend in the exemplified data which would allow him to reasonably extend the probative value thereof”)

Kollman, In re, 595 F.2d 48, 201 USPQ 193 (CCPA 1979) 716.02(d)