REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Bock et al 13737268 - (D) SHIANG 101 DINSMORE & SHOHL, LLP RIGGS II, LARRY D
1612 Ex Parte Singer 14955932 - (D) KATZ 103 Nestle Purina Petcare Global Resources, Inc MAEWALL, SNIGDHA
1613 Ex Parte Maruyama et al 13909516 - (D) VALEK 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP ROSENTHAL, ANDREWS
1654 Ex Parte Dietrich et al 14371161 - (D) PRATS 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP REYNOLDS, FRED H
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2824 Ex Parte Rajwade et al 14922611 - (D) TIMM 103 Jordan IP Law, LLC TRAN, UYEN B
2858 Ex Parte Fink et al 13816307 - (D) INGLESE 102/103 MCCORMICK, PAULDING & HUBER LLP CURTIS, SEAN M
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Chiappe 13189326 - (D) AMUNDSON 101/103 CARSTENS & CAHOON, LLP REYES, REGINALD R
3671 Ex Parte Edholm et al 14122770 - (D) SCHOPPER 112(1)/112(2)/102 Husqvarna FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD
3695 Ex Parte Gorelik et al 11937737 - (D) SHAW 101 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP POLLOCK, GREGORY A
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte LAMBKIN et al 13680439 - (D) HOELTER 103 Whirlpool Corporation/ McGarry Bair PC HEYAMOTO, AARON H
3792 Ex Parte Masoud et al 11554245 - (D) FINAMORE 101/102/103 Medtronic, Inc. (CVG) D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH
3792 Ex Parte Wechter 14263933 - (D) MAJORS 103 Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. c/o Lowe Graham Jones MARLEN, TAMMIE K
Merely citing a legal principle, without sufficient reasoning or application of such a principle to the facts, is not enough. Cf In re Cofer, 354 F.2d 664, 667 (CCPA 1966) ("[I]t is facts appearing in the record, rather than prior decisions in and of themselves, which must support the legal conclusion of obviousness."). The Examiner cites In re Karlson as though it set forth a per se rule that omission of an element in the prior art is always obvious when the remaining elements perform the same functions. Final Act. 3. It did not, and per se rules are generally inconsistent with the analysis required under § 103.
Cofer, In re, 354 F.2d 664, 148 USPQ 268 (CCPA 1966) 2144.04
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Mayer 11992823 - (D) HARDMAN 103 103 GlaxoSmithKline Global Patents UP4110 CHONG, YONG SOO
1631 Ex Parte Prodhom et al 13803465 - (D) SHIANG 101 101 DINSMORE & SHOHL, LLP RIGGS II, LARRY D
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Chai 13996243 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 103 Sandvik Intellectual Property JOHNSON, JONATHAN J
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3794 Ex Parte Geiselhart 13002359 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 103 Blank Rome LLP HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Popplewell et al 13163320 - (D) VALEK 103 Licata & Tyrrell P.C. PHAN, DOANTHI-THUC
1618 Ex Parte ALLEN 14775032 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 Brooks Kushman DICKINSON, PAUL W
1622 Ex Parte HENNIGAN 14773399 - (D) KATZ 102 41.50 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP ADZAMLI, KOFI
1623 Ex Parte Montenegro et al 13392673 - (D) NEW 102 Harris Beach/Syracuse LAU, JONATHAN S
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte Haag et al 13572964 - (D) OBERMANN 103 Lieberman & Brandsdorfer HORTON, DUJUAN A
1747 Ex Parte Mironov et al 14899742 - (D) CASHION 103 MUETING, RAASCH & GEBHARDT, P.A. NGUYEN, PHU HOANG
1768 Ex Parte HASHIMOTO 15022475 - (D) TIMM 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R
1794 Ex Parte Carter et al 13666662 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg & Liao, LLP MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2118 Ex Parte MALSCH 13529800 - (D) BUSCH 103 Cozen O'Connor FENNEMA, ROBERT E
2144 Ex Parte Rasmussen et al 11786005 - (D) BENNETT 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION TAPP, AMELIA L
2179 Ex Parte Hanrahan et al 12700160 - (D) DIRBA 103 InTouch Health THERIAULT, STEVENB
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2445 Ex Parte LONG et al 14751356 - (D) DIRBA 103 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. c/o Shuang Liu(Huawei ID 00344817) LEE, BRYAN Y
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Ex Parte Wojcik et al 14038448 - (D) KUMAR 103 STANLEY J. GRADISAR ATTORNEY AT LAW, LLC TERRELL, EMILY C
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3681 Ex Parte Dubey et al 13689296 - (D) CHUNG 101 103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner/ Linkedln/Microsoft ROBINSON, KYLE G
3681 Ex Parte Vee et al 14031943 - (D) MEYERS OTDP 101 EGL/Excalibur BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD
3684 Ex Parte Goodwin et al 14041707 - (D) MEYERS 101 Amer Sports Americas DUNHAM, JASON B
3684 Ex Parte Kalin 14307265 - (D) CALVE 101 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (AT) CIVAN, ETHAN D
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte LITMAN 14789995 - (D) HOELTER 112(2)/101 Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. ZHANG, YINGCHUAN
3715 Ex Parte LITMAN 14805863 - (D) HOELTER 101 Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. WILLIAMS, ROSS A
3723 Ex Parte Newell 12673057 - (D) JESCHKE 103 CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION ROSE, ROBERT A
3724 Ex Parte Ndou et al 12271320 - (D) WOODS 112(2) 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN
3792 Ex Parte Cohen et al 11952745 - (D) CAPP 103 K&L Gates LLP-Boston SHAY, DAVID M
