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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte Yamashita et al 11303908 - (D) McMANUS 103 OLIFF PLC DOVE, TRACY MAE

The Examiner argues that the Mochizuki Declaration should be given little weight because the rejection is based on both Tanaka and Yamashita yet the Declaration does not take the teachings of Yamashita into account. Answer 7-8. The combination of Tanaka and Yamashita, however, is not the closest prior art. See In re Chapman, 357 F.2d 418, 422 (CCPA 1966) (providing that requiring the applicant to compare the claimed invention with the combination of references relied upon in the rejection "would be requiring comparison of the results of the invention with the results of the invention.") 

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

1777 Ex Parte Gallop et al 14557175 - (D) CASHION 102/103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. ROYCE, LIAM A


1792 Ex Parte Oakley 14622369 - (D) REN 112(1)/103 FENWICK & WEST LLP SMITH, PRESTON

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2145 Ex Parte Muthu et al 13789488 - (D) BUSCH 103 Broadcom c/o Blank Rome LLP JIANG, HAIMEI

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2422 Ex Parte HOFFERT et al 14165513 - (D) NAPPI 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PA) SATTI, HUMAM M

2441 Ex Parte Goller et al 14034059 - (D) THOMAS 102 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. BATURAY, ALICIA

2454 Ex Parte Barth et al 14497421 - (D) MacDONALD 103 VERIZON BOOK, PHYLLIS A

2491 Ex Parte Antonenkov et al 14271918 - (D) BARRY 102/103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. JONES, WILLIAM B

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Ewing et al 14431758 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 HALLIBURTON/POLSINELLI HE,WEIMING

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2819 Ex Parte Graham et al 13969840 - (D) McGEE 102/103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP MUSE, ISMAIL A

2856 Ex Parte Madsen et al 14514512 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Bell & Manning, LLC RAEVIS, ROBERT R

Tech Center 2600 Communications
3645 Ex Parte Market 12922978 - (D) HOELTER 103 Howard L. Speight HULKA, JAMES R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte KOSAKA et al 13941883 - (D) CALVE 102/103 Squire PB (NV A/DC Office) LAGUARDA, GONZALO

3761 Ex Parte Garcia 12454179 - (D) BAHR 103 Quine IP Law Group MENSH, ANDREW J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Shirley et al 13588535 - (D) SMITH 103 103 Syngenta Crop Protection LLC FISHER, MELISSA L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Vaillancourt et al 14738223 - (D) ADAMS 102/103 103 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1651 Ex Parte Ho et al 11797322 - (D) SCHEINER 101 OTDP MEDLER FERRO WOODHOUSE & MILLS PLLC KIM, TAEYOON

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 Ex Parte Deel et al 13440232 - (D) SNAY 112(1) 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) SLIFKA, SARAH A

1761 Ex Parte Boussand 13808326 - (D) McMANUS 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC HARDEE, JOHN R

1788 Ex Parte Bostrom et al 11884900 - (D) INGLESE 103 FAY SHARPE LLP WALSHON, SCOTT R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Zhao et al 14889481 - (D) BENNETT 101 103 Siemens Corporation MAPAR, BUAN

2178 Ex Parte Brown et al 11923854 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 Robert Bosch LLC NAZAR, AHAMED I

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2433 Ex Parte ALVAREZ et al 14521762 - (D) CHUNG 112(2)/103 ABB Inc.Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP SALEHI, HELAI

2436 Ex Parte Marshall et al 13863154 - (D) BUSCH 112(2) 103 Thomas I Horstemeyer, LLP (VMW) LIN, AMIE CHINYU

2447 Ex Parte BRIDGES 13925769 - (D) BUSCH 103 John D. Henkhaus MESA, JOEL

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2643 Ex Parte Hassan et al 14517273 - (D) BUSCH 102 41.50 112(2) MICROSOFT CORPORATION SHAHEED, KHALID W

2653 Ex Parte Straeussnigg et al 14075225 - (D) BENNETT 102/103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC. MCKINNEY, ANGELICA M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2862 Ex Parte TRICKETT 14208876 - (D) HASTINGS 103 101 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC LIANG, LEONARD S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Michaud et al 12358719 - (D) LENTIVECH 101/103 SENNIGER POWERS LLP MUNSON, PATRICIA H

3626 Ex Parte Aykroyd et al 14039762 - (D) COURTENAY 112(2)/103 101 Harness Dickey & Pierce (Roche) HOLCOMB, MARK

3652 Ex Parte Koch 14143861 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KOEHLER, P.A. KRAMER, DEAN J

3669 Ex Parte Liu et al 13795461 - (D) BROWN 112(1)/112(2)/103 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL ROBERSON, JASON R

3688 Ex Parte OCONNOR et al 13832112 - (D) BUI 103 101 STEVENS & SHOWALTER, LLP FRUNZI, VICTORIA E.

3688 Ex Parte Sobecks et al 14006410 - (D) DIXON 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP ANDERSON, SCOTT C

3689 Ex Parte Adams et al 13365947 - (D) MEDLOCK 101/103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM

3689 Ex Parte Conrad et al 10318431 - (D) LORIN 103 101 41.50 101 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. C/0 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON, LLP FISHER, PAUL R

3692 Ex Parte Avari et al 13569249 - (D) DEJMEK 101 Johnson, Marcou & Isaacs, LLC MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B

3693 Ex Parte Claus et al 13078189 - (D) LORIN 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. KHATTAR, RAJESH

3694 Ex Parte Poole 14203713 - (D) SILVERMAN 101 41.50 101 Finnegan/Capital One NGUYEN, TIEN C

3697 Ex Parte Duggal et al 12874063 - (D) HAGY 112(2) 101 Ascenda Law Group, PC TRAN, HAI

merchant, chapman

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Riley et al 13555472 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP HELM, CARALYNNE E

We find that Appellants have the better position. “A comparison of the claimed invention with the disclosure of each cited reference to determine the number of claim limitations in common with each reference, bearing in mind the relative importance of particular limitations, will usually yield the closest single prior art reference.” In re Merchant, 575 F.2d 865, 869 (CCPA 1978).

...

Finally, we agree with Appellants that requiring a comparison with clindamycin and lecithin, where Heide does not have such an example, “would amount to requiring comparison of the results of the invention with the results of the invention.” In re Chapman , 357 F.2d 418, 422 (CCPA 1966).

Merchant, In re, 575 F.2d 865, 197 USPQ 785 (CCPA 1978) 716.02(e)

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

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1743 Ex Parte Dogan 13423579 - (D) CASHIO 103 Brannon Sowers & Cracraft PC DEL SOLE, JOSEPH S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2485 Ex Parte He et al 11539522 - (D) WINSOR 103 NXP-Huffman Law Group, P.C. LEE, Y YOUNG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2683 Ex Parte Kerai 13592396 - (D) STEPHENS 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. KHAN, OMER S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2855 Ex Parte Hoctor et al 13033896 - (D) OWENS 112(1)/112(2) GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY MILLER, ROSE MARY

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte FRIESENECKER et al 13593577 - (D) GREENHUT 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK

3646 Ex Parte Hyde et al 12660025 - (D) SHAH 102/103 HolzerlPLaw, PC BURKE, SEAN P

3651 Ex Parte Bogle 13982349 - (D) GREENHUT 102 LAITRAM, L.L.C. SINGH, KAVEL

3682 Ex Parte Shahoumian et al 10157661 - (D) LORIN 103 41.50 101 Hewlett Packard Enterprise SITTNER, MATTHEW T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte Hart et al 12967443 - (D) MURPHY 103 MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC - GM LAGUARDA, GONZALO

3747 Ex Parte NISHIDA et al 13011287 - (D) JESCHKE 103 41.50 101 CARRIER BLACKMAN AND ASSOCIATES PC LAGUARDA, GONZALO

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1678 Ex Parte Yang et al 12935413 - (D) FLAX 103 103 THOMAS I HORSTEMEYER, LLP HAQ, SHAFIQUL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Porcelli 13729675 - (D) SCANLON 103 103 Galgano IP Law PLLC DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY

3678 Ex Parte Kamibayashiyama et al 13102083 - (D) GREENHUT 103 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP WARREN, STACY N

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1653 Ex Parte Courtney et al 12162444 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (CH) SHEN, BIN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte De Graaf et al 12532317 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 Albemarle Netherlands; R V. SLIFKA, COLIN W

1742 Ex Parte Schibsbye 13445256 - (D) DELMENDO 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A

1784 Ex Parte Walmsley et al 12879124 - (D) SNAY 112(1) 102/103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP JORDAN, NICHOLAS W

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2143 Ex Parte Roman et al 13631940 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 102/103 ADELI LLP REPSHER III, JOHN T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2449 Ex Parte Tiu et al 13572177 - (D) MOORE 102/103/double patenting Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. WON, MICHAEL YOUNG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2634 Ex Parte Kadous et al 13271113 - (D) STEPHENS 103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED TSE, YOUNG TOI

2667 Ex Parte Truyen 13262682 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 112(a) 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS YANG, WEI WEN

2693 Ex Parte Davis et al 10452233 - (D) PYONIN 103 Paradice and Li LLP/Qualcomm EURICE, MICHAEL

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2863 Ex Parte Han et al 13031325 - (D) OWENS 103 Mossman, Kumar and Tyler, PC CASEY, LIAM R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Walsh et al 13407871 - (D) BAHR 103 XEROX CORPORATION CICCHINO, PATRICK D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Asprovski et al 12811272 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 41.50 102/103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier TEITELBAUM, DAVID J

3745 Ex Parte Spangler et al 11679958 - (D) BAHR 112(1) 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY DAVIS, JASON GREGORY

3763 Ex Parte LI et al 13466276 - (D) BAHR 103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP — BSC CARPENTER, WILLIAM R

3788 Ex Parte Chipping 13153619 - (D) CAPP 103/double patenting Durham Jones & Pinegar, P.C. REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte DEMPSEY et al 13274852 - (D) FLAX 103/double patenting Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner / Coty AHMED, HASAN SYED

See In re Chapman, 357 F.2d 418, 422 (CCPA 1966) (when evaluating evidence of unexpected results, it is improper to require applicant to compare claimed invention to a modified product merely suggested by prior art because doing so “would amount to requiring comparison of the results of the invention with the results of the invention”).

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

1627 Ex Parte Krumme et al 11391646 - (D) GRIMES 103 FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG DECK, JASON A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2465 Ex Parte Farmanbar et al 13558713 - (D) BEAMER 103 Slater Matsil, LLP LUO, ANTHONY L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte Momcilovich et al 13546173 - (D) HOUSEL 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. / FGTL CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L

2851 Ex Parte Li et al 13451879 - (D) BEST 112(2)/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. / FGTL AISAKA, BRYCE M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Kosa et al 12362002 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 Covidien LP DORNBUSCH, DIANNE

3765 Ex Parte Levine 12190579 - (D) KORNICZKY 112(2)/102 Fitzgerald & Isaacson, LLP FERREIRA, CATHERINE M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Chidambaram 12716593 - (D) MAJORS 103 103 41.50 103 BGL/Banner Life Sciences WESTERBERG, NISSA M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1762 Ex Parte Swei et al 13755078 - (D) HASTINGS 102/103 HP Inc. SASTRI, SATYA B

1791 Ex Parte Saxe et al 12703133 - (D) McGEE 112(2) 103 LAW OFFICE OF GERARD F. DUNNE, PC BADR, HAMID R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2144 Ex Parte Glass et al 12104738 - (D) HOWARD 103 Baker Botts LLP CORTES, HOWARD
AFFIRMED 2165 Ex Parte Taylor et al 12432086 - (D) KOHUT 102 CRGO LAW SYED, FARHAN M

2174 Ex Parte Tootill 10346351 - (D) HAMANN 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (CA, Inc.) DASGUPTA, SHOURJO

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte Tripp 13972391 - (D) FRAHM 101 103/double patenting Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC GYORFI, THOMAS A

2477 Ex Parte Landscheidt et al 13608536 - (D) BEAMER 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP VAN, JENKEY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte GUGLIELMONE et al 12906927 - (D) DOUGAL 103 LK Global (GME) VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA

3777 Ex Parte Tgavalekos et al 12200587 - (D) CALVE 103 GE Healthcare, IP Department GUPTA, VANI

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2891 Ex Parte Verschuren et al 13265282 - (D) OWENS 112(1) PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V. RAMPERSAUD, PRIYA M

syntex, beckman, chapman

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Ex Parte Fodor et al 13074060 - (D) McCARTNEY 102 ERICSSON INC. LY, NGHI H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2848 Ex Parte De Abreu et al 12528524 - (D) BEST 103 LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP GONZALEZ, HIRAM E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte Vlazny et al 11001578 - (D) SMEGAL 102/103 TRASKBRITT, P.C. MCCLELLAN, JAMES S

3762 Ex Parte Thacker et al 11553447 - (D) REIMERS 112(1)/112(2)/103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/BSC LEVICKY, WILLIAM J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1792 Ex Parte JOHNCOCK et al 12638448 - (D) SQUIRE 103 103 WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION - MD 3601 SMITH, PRESTON

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte PALAKODETY et al 12979413 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 103 KRAGULJAC LAW GROUP, LLC / ORACLE SPIELER, WILLIAM

2184 Ex Parte Waites 12075921 - (D) WARD 103 103 Beck Tysver Evans , PLLC SHYU, JING-YIH

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2433 Ex Parte Hamilton 12691247 - (D) SMITH 103 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Fox Entertainment Group WOLDEMARIAM, NEGA

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Ex Parte Toyota et al 12743348 - (D) HASTINGS 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY VAN SELL, NATHAN L

1784 Ex Parte Kaneko et al 13422861 - (D) COLAIANNI 102/103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LANGMAN, JONATHAN C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 Ex Parte Sheffield et al 12760434 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Avago Technologies Limited VERDERAMO III, RALPH A

2172 Ex Parte FRANK et al 11834594 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Alston & Bird LLP Nokia Corporation YI, RINNA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Koszeghy 11903939 - (D) GUIJT 103 OKTAY ENTERPRISES INTERNATIONAL, LLC GARFT, CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Bucks et al 12261186 - (D) BROWN 103 THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION CHOI, STEPHEN

3738 Ex Parte Jahnke et al 11624435 - (D) REIMERS 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP STEWART, JASON-DENNIS NEILKEN

What a reference teaches a person of ordinary skill is not "limited to what a reference specifically 'talks about' or what is specifically 'mentioned' or 'written' in the reference." Syntex (U.S.A.) LLC v. Apotex, Inc., 407 F.3d 1371, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2005). In short, one skilled in the art is able to read a reference for all that it teaches and not limit a reference to its explicit text or a preferred embodiment. See Beckman Instruments, Inc. v. LKB  AB, 892 F.2d 1547, 1551 (Fed. Cir. 1989); see also In re Chapman, 357 F.2d 418, 424 (CCPA 1966) ("A reference can be used for all it realistically teaches, and is not limited to the disclosures in its specific illustrative examples.").

Beckman Instruments v. LKB Produkter AB, 892 F.2d 1547, 13 USPQ2d 1301 (Fed. Cir. 1989) 2121.01 , 2158

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

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 COOL OPTIONS, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant, and Cross-Respondent v. SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS US LLC Requester, Respondent, and Cross-Appellant Ex Parte 6487073 et al 09/726,141 95002328 - (D) JEFFERY 103 103 41.77 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. Requester: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP NGUYEN, MINH T oroginal CHANG, YEAN HSI

AFFIRMED
2507 POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC. Requester v. FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION Patent Owner Ex Parte 7259972 et al 95002009 - (D) HOFF 102/103 MILES & STOCKBRIDGE PC Third Party: FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (SD) MENEFEE, JAMES A

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
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
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)