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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Anderson et al 14828005 - (D) MILLS 103 EPA - Bozicevic Field & Francis LLP Bozicevic, Field & Francis CHANNAVAJJALA, LAKSHMI SARADA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte Schmidt 14400165 - (D) GUPTA 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC MEKHLIN, ELIS

1791 Ex Parte Aymard et al 14401035 - (D) SNAY 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP BADR, HAMID R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 Ex Parte PETROV 15176351 - (D) McNEILL 101 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK L.L.P. MERANT, GUERRIER

2131 Ex Parte ISLOORKAR 13705318 - (D) CHUNG 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. WARREN, TRACY A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 Ex Parte Leventhal et al 13866257 - (D) YAP 103 Robert F. Bamitt BAYOU, YONAS A

2454 Ex Parte Price 13815040 - (D) HAMANN 103 ERNEST D. BUFF AND ASSOCIATES, LLC. MCLEOD, MARSHALL M

2458 Ex Parte Martz et al 13607447 - (D) RAEVSKY 103 Roch Ripley SCOTT, MARK A

2463 Ex Parte Sinha et al 14695867 - (D) CASS 103 AT & T LEGAL DEPARTMENT- G&M PASCUAL PEGUERO, NATALI

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2834 Ex Parte Delgado Marquez et al 13857389 - (D) McGEE 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY TRUONG, THOMAS

2842 Ex Parte MITANI et al 14521057 - (D) McGEE 103 EGL/Seiko Instruments Inc. JAGER, RYAN C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Wang 14010497 - (D) MEDLOCK 101/103/OTDP Rimon PC ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINAE

3624 Ex Parte ZUMWALT et al 13490927 - (D) SILVERMAN 101 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N

3626 Ex Parte JOHNSON 14213163 - (D) CRAWFORD 101 Meister Seelig & Fein LLP MORGAN, ROBERT W

3626 Ex Parte Patel et al 13107338 - (D) CHEN 101/103 OSTROLENK FABER LLP COLEMAN, CHARLES P.

3638 Ex Parte Rhyner et al 13844591 - (D) HOSKINS 103 THE JANSSON FIRM GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT

3684 Ex Parte McKelvey 12233456 - (D) JURGOVAN 112(2)/101/103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION CASEY, ALEXIS M

3695 Ex Parte Tanner et al 14050474 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 Mastercard International Incorporated c/o Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC LIU, CHIA-YI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Ex Parte Lau et al 13215576 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION TON, MARTIN TRUYEN

3771 Ex Parte Taube et al 14606849 - (D) SHAH 103 IPHORGAN LTD. ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Chickmath et al 14500498 - (D) LAVIER 103 112(1) TNW-Lipocine CHANG, KYUNG SOOK

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Curry et al 14144778 - (D) THOMAS 103 103 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP / Google PARCHER, DANIEL W

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte AVGANIM 14849803 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 103 41.50 103 OSTROLENK FABER LLP THAKER, NIDHI VNEK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex Parte Smith 14561723 - (D) HORNER 103 102 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP MORGAN, DERRICK R

3674 Ex Parte Jamison et al 13752949 - (D) STEPHENS 103 112(2)/103 C. Tumey Law Group PLLC - HES AHUJA, ANURADHA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Frame et al 14963059 - (D) HORNER 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 112(4) MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. PIERCE, WILLIAM M

3771 Ex Parte Mackay 12105211 - (D) SCHOPPER 112(1)/103 103 Faegre Baker Daniels - W.L. Gore TON, MARTIN TRUYEN

3791 Ex Parte Owen et al 11920632 - (D) O'HANLON 101/102/103 103 Foley & Lardner LLP EISEMAN, ADAM JARED

"[T]he word 'about' does not have a universal meaning in patent claims, and [its] meaning depends on the technological facts of the particular case." Pall Corp. v. Micron Separations, Inc., 66 F.3d 1211, 1217 (Fed. Cir. 1995). Use of the word about as part of a numeric range avoids a strict numerical boundary to the specified parameter. Cohesive Techs. Inc. v. Waters Corp., 543 F.3d 1351, 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2008). In determining the range encompassed by the term about, one must consider the context of the term as it is used in the specification and claims of the application. Pall, 66 F.3d at 1217. 

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Dunne et al 13844316 - (D) FLAX 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY MATTISON, LORI K

1619 Ex Parte Adams et al 14552578 - (D) FLAX 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY MATTISON, LORI K

1631 Ex Parte Allen et al 14487532 - (D) FLAX 101 IBM CORP. (WIP) c/o WALDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. WISE, OLIVIA M.

1639 Ex Parte Richardson et al 14435306 - (D) FREDMAN 112(2) 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP HAVLIN, ROBERT H

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Cortes et al 14622964 - (D) McGEE 103 112(2) 41.50 112(2) FINA TECHNOLOGY INC ZEMEL, IRINA SOPJIA

1782 Ex Parte Doshi et al 12157896 - (D) RANGE 103 EI DU PONT DENEMOURS AND COMPANY SANDERSON, LEE E

1791 Ex Parte Vanderhaegen 13696784 - (D) RANGE 103 Levy & Grandinetti STIJLII, VERA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2131 Ex Parte Abali et al 13849775 - (D) McNEILL 103/OTDP FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC WARREN, TRACY A

2131 Ex Parte Abali et al 13891541 - (D) McNEILL 103/OTDP FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC WARREN, TRACY A

2139 Ex Parte Pronozuk et al 14076572 - (D) KUMAR 112(1) Hall Estill Attorneys at Law (Seagate Technology LLC) BANSAL, GURTEJ

2185 Ex Parte Smith et al 14474170 - (D) KUMAR 103 Locke Lord LLP CLEARY, THOMAS J

2191 Ex Parte Scheuer 14657421 - (D) BELISLE 112(1) 112(1)/101 Mintz Levin/SAP Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. THATCHER, CLINT A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2445 Ex Parte Kurupacheril et al 15226083 - (D) CUTITTA 102 112(2)/101 Futurewei Technologies, Inc. c/o Conley Rose, P.C. COULTER, KENNETH R

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2674 Ex Parte Noda et al 13217880 - (D) BUI 103 SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA C/0 KEA TING & BENNETT, LLP CHEN, HUO LONG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte BURANT 14247335 - (D) CASHION 112(1)/112(2)/103 BURANT, Richard J CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D

2853 Ex Parte Rivas et al 14396161 - (D) CASHION 102/103 HP Inc. VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Ex Parte Westphal et al 12850149 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 Greenberg Traurig, LLP HAQ, NAEEM U

3628 Ex Parte BETTES et al 14029959 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C. CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIER

3629 Ex Parte Bosworth et al 13040158 - (D) McNEILL 101 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. OFORI-AWUAH, MAAME

3683 Ex Parte ROGUT et al 13689016 - (D) WIEDER 103 101 PERRY+ CURRIER INC. MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

3683 Ex Parte PURCELL et al 13855779 - (D) McMILLIN 112(1) 101/103 Shutts & Bowen LLP Steven M. Greenberg, Esq. HATCHER, DEIRDRE D

3685 Ex Parte Berger 13336472 - (D) SHAH 112(1)/102/103 101/102 MAYER & WILLIAMS PC NIGH, JAMES D

3691 Ex Parte Pace et al 11927189 - (D) MEYERS 101 Docket Clerk-GOLD AKINTOLA, OLABODE

3691 Ex Parte Van Heerden et al 14199476 - (D) MacDONALD 101 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP KLOBERG, PAUL R

3697 Ex Parte LYONS et al 13739465 - (D) KIM 103 101 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC BRINDLEY, BENJAMIN S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Hwang 14586535 - (D) PLENZLER 101 Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID

3716 Ex Parte Nguyen et al 15092399 - (D) BROWN 103 Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP (IGT) D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY

3745 Ex Parte Bauer et al 14593842 - (D) HOELTER 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY CHRISTENSEN, DANIELLE M

3791 Ex Parte OWEN et al 13105726 - (D) O'HANLON 112(2) 103 Foley & Lardner LLP EISEMAN, ADAM JARED

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Fiedler et al 10746963 - (D) DIXON 103 SAP / FINNEGAN, HENDERSON LLP TIMBLIN,ROBERT M

2164 Ex Parte Koike et al 11324272 - (D) MacDONALD 102 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP ORTIZ DITREN,BELIX M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Derrenberger 10171198 - (D) MacDONALD 103 THOMSON MULTIMEDIA LICENSING INC. CHOWDHURY, NIGAR

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Williams et al 10627085 - (D) MacDONALD 102/103 101 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN Mission/BSTZ SCHNURR, JOHN R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Rudell et al 10465376 - (D) BAHR 103 103 IRELL & MANELLA LLP HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE

3745 Ex Parte Danielson 11281194 - (D) GREENHUT 103 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD

3761 Ex Parte Ponomarenko et al 11479882 - (D) GREENHUT 112(1)/103 obviousness-type double patenting THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY ZALUKAEVA, TATYANA

Double-patenting is a matter of what is claimed. General Foods Corp. v. Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbH, 972 F.2d 1272, 1277 (Fed. Cir. 1992)

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

HARMON 6: 77; 9: 190; 18: 376, 378, 394

3765 Ex Parte Shen 10948057 - (D) TARTAL 102 112(2)/102/103 FULWIDER PATTON LLP TOMPKINS, ALISSA JILL

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Moreno-Lopez et al 10816465 - (D) FREDMAN 103 24IP LAW GROUP USA, PLLC WEHBE, ANNE MARIE SABRINA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Svendsen et al 11837876 - (D) QUINN 101/103 Concert Technology Corporation CHBOUKI, TAREK

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Sekiguchi et al 10493823 - (D) NAPPI 112(1)/101/103 Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch HUYNH, AN SON PHI

2444 Ex Parte Taylor et al 10247453 - (D) BOUCHER 112(2)/101/103 AT & T Legal Department - WS CHRISTENSEN, SCOTTB

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Bottomley et al 10869456 - (D) ANDERSON 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC DSOUZA, JOSEPH FRANCIS A

2644 Ex Parte Gallant 10101199 - (D) BOUCHER 103 VERIZON HUYNH, CHUCK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Klippert 10939106 - (D) DANIELS 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP STRIMBU, GREGORY J
 
3635 Ex Parte Vetesnik et al 11836181 - (D) HILL 103 ADE & COMPANY INC. PAINTER, BRANON C

3641 Ex Parte Lucuta et al 11098122 - (D) ABRAMS 102/103 CARTER, DELUCA, FARRELL & SCHMIDT, LLP JOHNSON, STEPHEN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte Shotwell 11564262 - (D) ASTORINO 103 LOWE HAUPTMAN HAM & BERNER, LLP STASHICK, ANTHONY D

REHEARING
 
DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 Ex Parte Ganesh et al 10866433 - (D) QUINN HICKMAN PALERMO TRUONG BECKER BINGHAM WONG/ORACLE REYES, MARIELA D

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 745 LLC Requester and Appellant v. KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD Patent Owner and Cross-Appellant 95000410 6,225,547 09/429,545 SIU 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 102/103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP Alex Behrakis, 745 LLC GAGLIARDI, ALBERT J original FLETCHER, MARLON T

Cohesive Technologies, Inc. v. Waters Corp., 543 F.3d 1351, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (“secondary considerations are not an element of a claim of anticipation”).

HARMON 3: 100; 4: 104; 6: 71, 125a; 8: 66, 103a; 11: 355

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 NATIONAL STANDARD, LLC Requester and Appellant v. LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC. Lincoln Electric Company/Perkins COIE LLP Patent Owner Third Party Requestor MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP 95000620 6708864 10/107,499 FITZPATRICK 102/103 Lincoln Electric Company/Perkins COIE LLP NGLE, PATRICIA LYNN original MCHENRY, KEVIN L
 
2764 Ex parte SIEMENS ENERGY, INC 90009941 5774372 08/624,174 CURCURI 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION Andrews & Kurth, LLP RALIS, STEPHEN J original VO, HIEN XUAN

REMANDED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 GOOGLE, INC. Third Party Requester, Respondent v. FUNCTION MEDIA, L.L.C. Patent Owner, Appellant 95001061 6446045 09/480,303 PER CURIAM 102/103 HEIM, PAYNE & CHORUSH, LLP GELLNER, JEFFREY L original JAKETIC, BRYAN J

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Snyder et al 10821745 - (D) MCCOLLUM 103 DOBRUSIN & THENNISCH PC GHALI, ISIS A D

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Mooring et al 11015968 - (D) HASTINGS 103 MARTINE PENILLA GROUP, LLP MACARTHUR, SYLVIA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2857 Ex Parte Ainsworth et al 11453881 - (D) WINSOR 112(2)/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP KUNDU, SUJOY K

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3644 Ex Parte Canter et al 11521672 - (D) COCKS 102/103 Boeing - GATES & COOPER LLP GREEN, RICHARD R

3653 Ex Parte Nago et al 11253872 - (D) McCARTHY 103 BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. BEAUCHAINE, MARK J

For example, in Re Schreiber, 128 F.3d 1473 (Fed. Cir. 1997), the Board found that a spout useful for purposes such as dispensing oil from an oil can anticipate a claim reciting a “dispensing top for passing only several kernels of a popped popcorn at a time from an open-ended container filled with popcorn.” Id at 1475. The Court held that,

where the Patent [& Trademark] Office has reason to believe that a functional limitation asserted to be critical for establishing novelty in the claimed subject matter may, in fact, be an inherent characteristic of the prior art, it possesses the authority to require the applicant to prove that the subject matter shown to be in the prior art does not possess the characteristic relied on.

Id. at 1478 (quoting In re Swinehart, 439 F.2d 210, 212 (CCPA 1971)). Our reviewing court agreed with the Board that the Examiner had articulated a reason to believe that the prior art spout inherently possessed the dimensions necessary to perform the function of “passing only several kernels of a popped popcorn at a time from an open-ended container filled with popcorn.” Id at 1478. Alternatively, the court agreed with the Board’s fact finding that the prior art spout was “capable of functioning to dispense kernels of popped corn in the manner set forth in claim 1.” Id. On these alternative bases, our reviewing court affirmed the rejection.

Schreiber, In re, 128 F.3d 1473, 44 USPQ2d 1429 (Fed. Cir. 1997) . . 2111.02, 2112, 2114

Swinehart, In re, 439 F.2d 210, 169 USPQ 226 (CCPA 1971) . . . . . .2114, 2173.01, 2173.05(g), 2183

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Chenvainu et al 11114987 - (D) FREDMAN 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EIDE, HEIDI MARIE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte Zhang et al 11646203 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. BARROW, AMANDA J

When "about" is used as part of a numeric range, "the use of the word `about,' avoids a strict numerical boundary to the specified parameter. Its range must be interpreted in its technologic and stylistic context." In determining how far beyond the claimed range the term "about" extends the claim, "[w]e must focus ... on the criticality of the [numerical limitation] to the invention." Cohesive Techs, Inc. v. Waters Corp. 543 F.3d 1351, 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (Citations omitted)

1732 Ex Parte Galligan 12335903 - (D) BEST 103/double patenting BASF CORPORATION LI, JUN

1742 Ex Parte Bradford et al 11566973 - (D) OWENS 103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP JOHNSON, CHRISTINA ANN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Asmussen et al 09921057 - (D) JEFFERY 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD DAYE, CHELCIE L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Wen 11050050 - (D) PRATS 103 ALIGN TECHNOLOGY C/O WAGNER BLECHER LLP EIDE, HEIDI MARIE

3739 Ex Parte Friedman et al 11196831 - (D) GRIMES 103 EVELYN M. SOMMER SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH  

REHEARING  

GRANTED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Murthy 11388300 - (D) COURTENAY 103 ORACLE / HICKMAN PALERMO TRUONG BECKER BINGHAM WONG AHLUWALIA, NAVNEET K