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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Muller et al 10487393 - (D) PRATS 103 Frommer Lawrence & Haug AHMED, HASAN SYED

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1799 Ex Parte Shaaltiel et al 12451295 - (D) McGEE 103 MARTIN D. MOYNIHAN d/b/a PRTSI, INC. EDWARDS, LYDIA E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2416 Ex Parte LEE et al 14223225 - (D) QUINN 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP AUNG, SAI

2489 Ex Parte Francois et al 14412998 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C. ABDOU TCHOUSSOU, BOUBACAR

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte KOPONEN et al 14717677 - (D) MURPHY 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP TRUONG, MINH D

3685 Ex Parte Butler et al 13434938 - (D) EVANS 103 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP (DXC) HALE, TIM B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Lin et al 15459192 - (D) PLENZLER 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC MORGAN, EILEEN P

3726 Ex Parte ACKLEY et al 14969161 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Covidien LP YOO, JUN S

3747 Ex Parte Schnedt 14371037 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP KESSLER, MICHAEL A

3762 Ex Parte Heiland 11855057 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 KBS Law / International PROBST, SAMANTHA A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Araki et al 13821361 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP HUANG, WEN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Eckhouse et al 14717061 - (D) POLLOCK 103 MARTIN D. MOYNIHAN d/b/a PRTSI, INC. CHICKOS, SARAH J

1643 Ex Parte Luck et al 12155897 - (D) FLAX 112(1) 103 Finnegan/Perring, B.V. RAWLINGS, STEPHEN L

1643 Ex Parte SUGIYAMA et al 14838312 - (D) LAVIER 112(1) OTDP FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP HUFF, SHEELA JITENDRA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Ainscough et al 12232309 - (D) PRAISS 112(2)/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP CREPEAU, JONATHAN

Claim 1 is directed to an apparatus. As such, the limitations in claim 1 directed to the operating conditions within the apparatus are only meaningful to the extent they serve to differentiate the claimed apparatus structure from the prior art apparatus structure. See Burr v. Duryee, 68 U.S. 531, 570 (1863) ("A machine is a concrete thing, consisting of parts, or of certain devices and combination of devices."); In re Gardiner, 171 F.2d 313, 315-16 ( CCP A 1948) ("It is trite to state that the patentability of apparatus claims must be shown in the structure claimed and not merely upon a use, function, or result thereof."); In re Casey, 370 F.2d 576, 580 (CCPA 1967) ("The claims in issue call for an apparatus or machine, viz. a tape dispensing machine. The manner or method in which such machine is to be utilized is not germane to the issue of patentability of the machine itself."); In re Hack, 245 F.2d 246, 248 (CCPA 1957) ("These cases are merely expressive of the principle that the grant of a patent on a composition or machine cannot be predicated on a new use of that machine or composition."). 

Burr v. Duryee, 68 U.S. (1 Wall.) 531, 17 L. Ed. 650 (1863) 2106 , 2106.03

Casey, In re, 370 F.2d 576, 152 USPQ 235 (CCPA 1967) 2115

Hack, In re, 245 F.2d 246, 114 USPQ 161 (CCPA 1957) 2112.02


1726 Ex Parte Dhere et al 14001607 - (D) GAUDETTE 102/103 Alliance for Sustainable Evergy, LLC Smith, Eric R.

1726 Ex Parte Reyes-Reyes et al 11823352 - (D) GUPTA 102/103 Fox Rothschild LLP TRINH, THANH TRUC

1747 Ex Parte Halasa et al 12892204 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 ALVIN T. ROCKHILL FISCHER, JUSTIN R

1765 Ex Parte Ponticiello et al 12935388 - (D) SNAY 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. ZEMEL, IRINA SOPJIA

1779 Ex Parte Kreiter et al 13698262 - (D) McMANUS 102/103/OTDP Foley & Lardner LLP ORME, PATRICK JAMES

1786 Ex Parte Letourmy et al 12919975 - (D) PRAISS 112(1)/103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. CHOI, PETER Y

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Musgrove et al 14932058 - (D) HOFF 101/102/103 OTDP Rimon PC SYED, FARHAN M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2473 Ex Parte Maric et al 14181995 - (D) CRAIG 103 ERICSSON INC. BOKHARI, SYED M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Bui 12250726 - (D) HOFF 103 101 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE

3668 Ex Parte Kolls 14071021 - (D) COURTENAY 112(1)/103 RATNERPRESTIA REFAI, RAMSEY

3669 Ex Parte Paulsen et al 14548870 - (D) HOELTER 103 41.50 103 PATTERSON Intellectual Property Law, P.C. WHITTINGTON, JESS G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Adair et al 13867436 - (D) HORNER 102 OTDP GARLICK & MARKISON LYNCH, MEGAN E

3782 Ex Parte Alder et al 13710925 - (D) Hill Concurring CAPP 112(1)/112(2)/103 101/OTDP Botos Churchill IP Law LLP DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH

3792 Ex Parte Smith et al 14700831 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/BSC EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT

yanush, casey, twomey

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AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3667 Ex Parte McNeill et al 13967085 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 103 ZIOLKOWSKI PATENT SOLUTIONS GROUP, SC (ZPS) WONG, YUEN H

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte MOHR et al 14050954 - (D) CUTITTA 101 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP PATEL, DHAIRYA A

2497 Ex Parte YANG 14046063 - (D) KAISER 103 VMWARE, INC. HO, DAO Q

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2694 Ex Parte VanBlon et al 14258372 - (D) SHAW 102/103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC JAVED, MAHEEN I

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Winburne et al 13894508 - (D) HOFFMANN 102 HP Inc. GOKHALE, PRASAD V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Churchill et al 12432675 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 Vista IP Law Group - Interlace Medical SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN

Appellants do not point to any distinction between the structure set forth in claim 1 and that of Hibner. A recitation with respect to the manner in which a claimed apparatus is intended to be employed, as is the limitation “wherein actuation of the motor drive assembly causes the inner tube to rotate at a speed of at least about 3000 rotations per minute, and to oscillate translationally at a rate of about 1.5 to about 4 cycles per second,” does not differentiate the claimed apparatus from a prior art apparatus satisfying the structural limitations claimed. See, e.g., In re Yanush, 477 F.2d 958, 959 (CCPA 1973) (“Appellant’s use limitation does not impart a structural feature different from those of the prior art. . . . Whether a vibrator is operated gently to settle materials in a mold or more forcefully to ‘hammer’ them is a process limitation which does not limit or define the claimed apparatus.”); In re Casey, 370 F.2d 576, 579—80 (CCPA 1967).

A device claim “cannot properly be allowed unless [it] include[s] structural limitations defining invention over the prior art.” In re Twomey, 218 F.2d 593, 596 (CCPA 1955).

Casey, In re, 370 F.2d 576, 152 USPQ 235 (CCPA 1967) 2115

3735 Ex Parte Henderson et al 12248683 - (D) COTTA 102/103 Covidien LP BERHANU, ETSUB D

3771 Ex Parte Grilliot et al 12427871 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 double patenting HONEYWELL/WOOD PHILLIPS STUART, COLIN W

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3746 Ex Parte Tønnessen 14123075 - (R) HILL 103 Henry Query, P.C. HANSEN, KENNETH J

casey

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte York et al 10/422,342 FREDMAN 103(a) NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS EXAMINER HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA

1623 Ex Parte Uh et al 11/157,132 ADAMS 102(b)/103(a) BAKER BOTTS LLP EXAMINER KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1722 Ex Parte Chang et al 10/714,305 FRANKLIN 103(a) GEORGE O. SAILE EXAMINER CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte Wei et al 11/707,903 TIMM 103(a) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC EXAMINER IP, SHIK LUEN PAUL

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Robinson et al 12/007,679 GREENHUT 103(a) LITMAN LAW OFFICES, LTD. EXAMINER YEAGLEY, DANIEL S

3617 Ex Parte Thibodaux 11/655,719 ASTORINO 103(a) TED M. ANTHONY BABINEAUX, POCHE, ANTHONY & SLAVICH, L.L.C EXAMINER VENNE, DANIEL V

3643 Ex Parte Theis et al 11/939,689 ADAMS 103(a) Patent Procurement Services EXAMINER CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Schaeffer et al 10/984,520 WALSH 103(a) BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE/CHICAGO/COOK EXAMINER SEVERSON, RYAN J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Lagerstedt-Eidrup et al 10/427,980 PRATS 103(a) 103(a) BURNS, DOANE, SWECKER & MATHIS, L.L.P. EXAMINER STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F

3762 Ex Parte Zarinetchi et al 10/316,138 PRATS 112(2)/103(a) 103(a) NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP EXAMINER EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT

AFFIRMED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2113 Ex Parte Lange-Last 10/892,437 CHEN 102(b) IBM CORP (YA) C/O YEE & ASSOCIATES PC EXAMINER MEHRMANESH, ELMIRA

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte Chong 10/434,637 DANG 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B

2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Van Der Veen et al 10/557,691 DANG 101/102(b)/103(a) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EXAMINER FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2826 Ex Parte Bhavnagarwala et al 10/988,484 DILLON 103(a) Daniel P. Morris, Ph.D., Esq. IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P

The “intended use” of a machine is not germane to the issue of patentability of the machine itself. See In re Casey, 370 F.2d 576, 580 (CCPA 1967).

Casey, In re, 370 F.2d 576, 152 USPQ 235 (CCPA 1967) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2115

2829 Ex Parte Asano et al 10/505,438 CHEN 112(1)/112(2)/102(b)/103(a) MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP EXAMINER MAI, ANH D

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Fuller 10/132,098 ASTORINO 102(b)/103(a) Thomas M. Galgano EXAMINER BUTLER, MICHAEL E