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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Scarsbrook et al 13980452 - (D) KRATZ 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP DHINGRA, RAKESH KUMAR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Faiman et al 13164951 - (D) WINSOR 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP BULLOCK, JOSHUA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte Straayer et al 12983472 - (D) FRANKLIN 102/103 NORTH, WEBER & BAUGH LLP WELLS, KENNETH B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Ishii et al 12708800 - (D) KERINS 103 41.50 112(1) Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP/Nike STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN

3742 Ex Parte Doyle et al 12414712 - (D) REIMERS 103 HAHN LOESER / LINCOLN CHOU, JIMMY

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2641 Ex Parte Lowe 13404915 - (D) HAGY 102 102 41.50 103 Sheridan Ross PC DOAN, KIET M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Winn 12045973 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 102/103 Occhiuti & Rohlicek LLP ALOSH, TAREQ M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Tavares et al 10945222 - (D) GRIMES 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC COHEN, MICHAEL P

1633 Ex Parte Kemp et al 12902710 - (D) NEW 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP EPPS -SMITH, JANET L

1644 Ex Parte Ariizumi et al 12411898 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 Parker Highlander PLLC JUEDES, AMY E

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Rosthauser 12231153 - (D) KRATZ 103 Covestro LLC COONEY, JOHN M

1788 Ex Parte OGAWA et al 13045005 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC DESAI, ANISH P

1797 Ex Parte Walker 11575886 - (D) WILSON 103 GLAXOSMITHKLINE HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte HUANG 12910459 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 OSHA, LIANG LLP / SMITH GUILL, RUSSELL L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2456 Ex Parte Ackley et al 12313835 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. NGUYEN, VAN KIM T

2476 Ex Parte Karaoguz et al 13105313 - (D) ULLAGADDI 103 GARLICK & MARKISON HSIUNG, HAI-CHANG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Jacobson et al 11757602 - (D) CURCURI 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. HAMMONDS, MARCUS C

2661 Ex Parte IGARASHI 12896225 - (D) McCARTNEY 102/103 SCULLY SCOTT MURPHY & PRESSER, PC LAM, HUNG H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3631 Ex Parte Graute et al 12640563 - (D) KINDER 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) BARNETT, DEVIN K

3644 Ex Parte Stern 12703942 - (D) BROWN 102/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP HUSON, JOSHUA DANIEL

As to predictability, "[o]bviousness does not require absolute predictability, but a reasonable expectation of success is necessary." see In re Clinton, 527 F.2d 1226, 1228 (CCPA 1976).

3645 Ex Parte Wilson et al 12843416 - (D) MELVIN 103 WesternGeco L.L.C. LOBO, IAN J

3676 Ex Parte Wright et al 13489504 - (D) REIMERS 103 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. HARCOURT, BRAD

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Centen et al 13188412 - (D) LANEY 103 MARGER JOHNSON -PHYSIO -CONTROL, INC. EGLOFF, PETER RICHARD

"The pertinence of the reference as a source of solution to the inventor's problem must be recognizable with the foresight of a person of ordinary skill, not with the hindsight of the inventor's successful achievement." Scientific Plastic Products, Inc. v. Biotage AB, 766 F.3d 1355, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2014).

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED; CROSS-APPEAL DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 HAYWARD INDUSTRIES, INC. Requester/Cross-Appellant v. PENTAIR LTD. Patent Owner/Appellant Ex Parte 7686587 et al 11/980,095 95002008 - (D) MARTIN 112(1)/102/103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: McCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP NEWARK DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES original DWIVEDI, VIKANSHA S

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 Ex Parte Song 11606808 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP BARCENA, CARLOS

1727 Ex Parte Berta et al 11235478 - (D) KRATZ 103 W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. ARCIERO, ADAM A

1793 Ex Parte Barkalow et al 11673890 - (D) HANLON 103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE WRIGLEY & DREYFUS 28455 MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Wieser et al 11393739 - (D) ANDERSON 103 SAP / FINNEGAN, HENDERSON LLP ALAM, SHAHID AL

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2641 Ex Parte Zhu 11599038 - (D) SHIANG 103 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. c/o Conley Rose, P.C. SABOURI, MAZDA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2818 Ex Parte Droes et al 12261121 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC GOODWIN, DAVID J

2835 Ex Parte Foong et al 11759935 - (D) METZ 103 FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. PAPE, ZACHARY

2893 Ex Parte Setogawa 11651532 - (D) PER CURIAM 102 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC ULLAH, ELIAS

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Suzuki et al 10575230 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 STAAS & HALSEY LLP SANDERS, HOWARD J

3679 Ex Parte Fischer 12061686 - (D) BROWNE 102/103 MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC FERGUSON, MICHAEL P

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3633 Ex Parte Schield 12500005 - (D) RICE 103 103 Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP CHAPMAN, JEANETTE E

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Doring et al 11087395 - (D) BONILLA 112(1)/103 102/obviousness-type double patenting Abel Law Group, LLP FISHER, ABIGAIL L

1633 Ex Parte Tohata et al 10578613 - (D) ADAMS 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. POPA, ILEANA

1661 Ex Parte Meilland 12923898 - (D) McCOLLUM 102 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC PARA, ANNETTE H

1661 Ex Parte Meilland 13064778 - (D) McCOLLUM 102 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC MCCORMICK EWOLDT, SUSAN BETH

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1762 Ex Parte Prejean et al 11542403 - (D) KRATZ 102 E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI

1787 Ex Parte Wang et al 12582428 - (D) KIMLIN 112(1)/112(2)/103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION HUANG, CHENG YUAN

1793 Ex Parte Dreese et al 12259314 - (D) TIMM 102/103 GENERAL MILLS, INC. TRAN, LIEN THUY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Gheel 11413229 - (D) COURTENAY 103 Brake Hughes PLC C/O Intellevate NGUYEN, LOAN T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte Salmi et al 10099902 - (D) DILLON 112(1)/103 Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C. BILGRAMI, ASGHAR H

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2636 Ex Parte Chow et al 11015152 - (D) DILLON 103 PRIEST & GOLDSTEIN, PLLC DOBSON, DANIEL G

2648 Ex Parte Campbell et al 11388330 - (D) BENOIT 103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP HSIEH, PING Y

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2826 Ex Parte Chee et al 11413439 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 Wells St. John P.S. CRUZ, LESLIE PILAR

2898 Ex Parte Anderson et al 11748576 - (D) WARREN 102 GIBB & RILEY, LLC SHOOK, DANIEL P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Morenc et al 11553874 - (D) MOHANTY 103 Siemens Corporation MILLER, ALAN S

3654 Ex Parte Martinez 11670156 - (D) BROWNE 103 DEERE & COMPANY REESE, ROBERT T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte Silver 11173860 - (D) DeFRANCO 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP WEAVER, SUE A

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 SARA LEE CORPORATION Requester and Appellant v. NATURE’S FIRST, INC. Patent Owner and Respondent 95000238 6777014 09/898,968 GUEST 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103 GRAY ROBINSON, P.A. THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: Vinson and Elkins, LLP KUNZ, GARY L original WEIER, ANTHONY J

Economics may motivate one of ordinary skill in the art to choose the least expensive alternative.  In re Clinton, 527 F.2d 1226, 1229 (CCPA 1976).