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REVERSED 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1649 Christian Kersten et al. 14128232 - (D) KATZ 102 Casimir Jones, S.C. FONTAINHAS, AURORA M

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2662 Raytheon Company 15150781 - (D) ANDERSON 103 Docket Clerk-Raytheon/MWM MISLEH, JUSTIN P

Our reviewing court has determined the term “substantially uniform thickness,” meant “of largely or approximately uniform thickness.” CordisCorp. v. Medtronic AVE, Inc., 339 F.3d 1352, 1361 (Fed.Cir.2003). Although this interpretation is similar to the Examiner’s construction, we are not persuaded that Sharp discloses the substantially the same limitation. 

We specifically determine that the predicate for the Examiner’s determination is that Sharp discloses that the photorefractive crystal is “slightly larger” than the “where the optical beam enters the photorefractive crystal.” We agree with the Appellant that Sharp discloses that the photorefractive crystal is in fact substantially larger than the point where the input radiation enters the photorefractive crystal. See Appeal Br. 12. Indeed, based on Sharp’s Figure 1, the optical beam has virtually no cross section.

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2834 Robert D. Hall et al. 14665750 - (D) OGDEN 103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD 5 ANDREWS, MICHAEL

2856 Hunger, Erich et al. 13642562 - (D) DANG 103 Whitmyer IP Group LLC MERCADO, ALEXANDER A

2872 JUNG, In 15196376 - (D) DELMENDO 103 BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP ALLEN, STEPHONE B

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3621 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 14945494 - (D) KHAN 103 41.50 101 Roberts Calderon Safran & Cole, P.C. BEKERMAN, MICHAEL

3627 Alexander Ran 13893958 - (D) SHIANG 103 FBFK/Intuit Robert Lord CHAMPAGNE, LUNA

3663 Hiroshi KAMATA 15869937 - (D) BAHR 102 MAIER & MAIER, PLLC ANWARI, MACEEH

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2865 GS Yuasa International Ltd. 13897115 - (D) BEST 101 112(1) MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC PARK, HYUN D

AFFIRMED

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1761 LH Taylor Associates, Inc. 14971878 - (D) HASTINGS 112(2)/101/102/103 BOYER, CHARLES I BOYER, CHARLES I

1778 Joachim Jankowski et al. 14130989 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 K&L Gates LLP-Chicago Baxter WUN, JULIA L

1791 Nestec SA 14946185 - (D) HASTINGS 112(1)/112(2) 103 Nestle Purina Petcare Global Resources, Inc Checkerboard Square SAYALA, CHHAYA D

1791 Nestec SA 14946205 - (D) HASTINGS 112(1)/112(2) 103/OTDP Nestle Purina Petcare Global Resources, Inc Checkerboard Square SAYALA, CHHAYA D

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2128 Schlumberger Technology Corporation 14016420 - (D) CHUNG 103 SCHLUMBERGER INFORMATION SOLUTIONS SAXENA, AKASH

2164 Tierney, Timothy 12454012 - (D) BENNETT 112(1)/103 Timothy Tierney OHBA, MELLISSA M

2164 Tierney, Timothy 11038607 - (D) BENNETT 112(1)/103 Timothy Tierney OHBA, MELLISSA M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2485 TSUJI, Ryosuke 13803605 - (D) CASS 112(1)/103 Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP GADOMSKI, STEFAN J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3622 Bitingduck Press, LLC 13932558 - (D) CHANG 112(2) 101/103 DUNLAP CODDING, P.C. CARVALHO, ERROL A

3691 BondDesk Group LLC 15466441 - (D) MOHANTY 101 CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS

3691 Andrew Clark et al. 11776110 - (D) CUTITTA 101/103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP PRESTON, JOHN O

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3715 International Business Machines Corporation 15182182 - (D) SONG 101 IBM Corporation - Endicott Drafting Center SKAARUP, JASON M

3741 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 15182755 - (D) BROWN 112(2)/103 CHENG, STEPHANIE S CHENG, STEPHANIE S

3761 TECNO POOL S.P.A. 14782886 - (D) HOSKINS 103 Themis Law KIRKWOOD, SPENCER HAMMETT

3771 THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES 14601451 - (D) BAHR 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP HERBERMANN, ERICH G.

3786 3M Innovative Properties Company 14282252 - (D) SONG 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY LEE, MICHELLE J

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DENIED 

3683 Farhang Kassaei 12416051 - (R) MEYERS 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY MILLER, ALAN S

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Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte Frey et al 12862071 - (D) BEST 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 Ex Parte Montgomery et al 12206634 - (D) HOFF 103 BRUNDIDGE & STANGER, P.C. REYES, MARIELA D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2883 Ex Parte Vazquez et al 12221117 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 CORNING INCORPORATED PENG, CHARLIE YU

2865 Ex Parte Soliman 11544328 - (D) WILSON 103 McDermott Will & Emery LLP PARK, HYUN D

2874 Ex Parte Krug et al 11849984 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 HUGH P. GORTLER TRAN, HOANG Q
REVERSED 2882 Ex Parte Groeneveld et al 11527729 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. ASFAW, MESFIN T

2894 Ex Parte LaFond et al 11379469 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 HONEYWELL/S&S HENRY, CALEB E

3742 Ex Parte Helf et al 11742311 - (D) ABRAMS 102/103 FLETCHER YODER (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) MAYE, AYUB A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte Horiuchi 11673693 - (D) GRIMES 101 101/103 IBM CORPORATION C/O: VanCott Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy TILLERY, RASHAWN N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2856 Ex Parte Warnke et al 11812227 - (D) KRATZ 103 103 CHRISTENSEN O'CONNOR JOHNSON KINDNESS PLLC JAGAN, MIRELLYS

2881 Ex Parte Silver et al 11751619 - (D) NAGUMO 112(1) 103 Agilent Technologies, Inc. in care of: CPA Global PURINTON, BROOKE J

2894 Ex Parte Gergel-Hackett et al 12341059 - (D) TORCZON 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. LIGAI, MARIA

The phrase "to form" is not intrinsically limiting. In Cordis Corp. v. Medtronic AVE., Inc., the court analysized "slots formed therein" and determined that the phrase indicated a result rather than a specific process.

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3675 Ex Parte Deaver 12342555 - (D) McCARTHY 102/103 102/103 Belsheim Law Office PATEL, VISHAL A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3726 Ex Parte Kelly 11193389 - (D) HILL 102 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY CHANG, RICK KILTAE

3766 Ex Parte He et al 12107716 - (D) MILLS 103 103 VISTA IP LAW GROUP LLP/BSC - NEUROMODULATION WU, TONG E

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Endou et al 11257852 - (D) HOUSEL 112(1)/103 ZILKA-KOTAB, PC- HIT LOUIE, MANDY C

1786 Ex Parte Morin et al 11193515 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 J.M. Robertson, LLC CHOI, PETER Y

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2116 Ex Parte DUBS et al 11874780 - (D) BUI 102/103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES YANCHUS III, PAUL B

2199 Ex Parte Masek et al 10670898 - (D) BUI 103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC MITCHELL, JASON D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2437 Ex Parte Hofmann et al 11863892 - (D) BUI 101/102/103 Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP SIMS, JING F

2427 Ex Parte OBRIEN et al 11601234 - (D) RUGGIERO 103 AOL Inc./Finnegan BELIVEAU, SCOTT E

2454 Ex Parte Gangadharappa et al 12338861 - (D) FISCHETTI 102 SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP LIN, WEN TAI

2646 Ex Parte Haberman et al 10980115 - (D) FRAHM 103 TILLMAN WRIGHT, PLLC AJAYI, JOEL

2659 Ex Parte Nurminen et al 11177250 - (D) NEW 102 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP SERROU, ABDELALI

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Tilke et al 11365226 - (D) KATZ 103 SLATER & MATSIL, L.L.P. MALEK, MALIHEH

2813 Ex Parte Chiou et al 12235193 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP CHAN, CANDICE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Sosnovskiy et al 11728222 - (D) BROWNE 112(1)/103 KOLISCH HARTWELL, P.C. HARPER, TRAMAR YONG

3779 Ex Parte Pierre et al 11798973 - (D) MILLS 102 LOUIS WOO HENDERSON, RYAN N

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
2784 Ex parte WEBXCHANGE INCORPORATED, Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 5778178 et al 08/700,726 90010346 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102/103 Lakshmi Arunachalam FOR THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: O’Brien Jones PLLC CABRERA, ZOILA E original HARRELL, ROBERT B

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2134 HTC CORPORATION Requester and Respondent v. IPCOM GMBH & CO. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7043751 et al 09/914,967 95001193 - (D) DILLON 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP Third Party Requester: PERKINS COIE LLP WOOD, WILLIAM H original WRIGHT, NORMAN M

2154 MICROSOFT CORPORATION Requester and Respondent v. WEBXCHANGE INCORPORATED Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7340506 et al 09/792,323 95001129 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 LAWRENCE B. GOODWIN P.C. FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER CABRERA, ZOILA E original VU, VIET DUY

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. Requester and Cross-Appellant v. GRAYWIRE LLC Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6542660 et al 09/578,777 95001148 - (D) CURCURI 112(2)/102/103 Ascenda Law Group, PC THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: HAYNES and BOONE, LLP NGUYEN, TUAN H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3636 Ex parte REHRIG PACIFIC COMPANY Appellant and Patent Owner Ex Parte 6283044 et al 09/330,150 90006283 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. Third Party Requester UNGARETTI & HARRIS LLP original BROOKS & KUSHMAN PC ENGLISH, PETER C original CHEN, JOSE V

rubin, kao2, cordis2, gosteli, vas-cath

REVERSED

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security

2443 Ex Parte Holmeide et al 10/465,945 HOMERE 103(a) Michael M Rickin ABB Inc EXAMINER FEARER, MARK D

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2893 Ex Parte Meyer et al 11/009,575 KRIVAK 103(a) GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
c/o Williams, Morgan & Amerson EXAMINER NGUYEN, THANH T

The Examiner asserts there is no difference between Lee’s unitary heat treatment and the claimed invention’s two-step heat treatment (Ans. 11). In support of this conclusion, the Examiner cites Ex parte Rubin, 128 USPQ 440 (BPAI 1959) (Ans. 8, 11, 15, and 16). However, the Examiner’s reliance on Rubin, is misplaced, as Rubin does not address splitting one step into two, only the transposition of two steps.

Rubin, Ex parte, 128 USPQ 440 (Bd. App. 1959) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2144.04

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2179 Ex Parte Haynes et al 10/717,888 HUGHES 102(b)/103(a) STREETS & STEELE - IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER WIENER, ERIC A

2183 Ex Parte Schwinn 10/932,730 HOMERE 112(1)/102(b) Leslie J. Payne IBM Corporation, Dept. 917 EXAMINER LINDLOF, JOHN M

“To fulfill the written description requirement [under 35 U.S.C. § 112], the patent specification must describe an invention in sufficient detail that one skilled in the art can clearly conclude that the inventor invented what is claimed.” Kao Corp. v. Unilever U.S., Inc., 441 F.3d 963, 967-968 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (quoting Cordis Corp. v. Medtronic AVE, Inc., 339 F.3d 1352, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2003)). Our reviewing court has cautioned, however, that “[t]he disclosure as originally filed does not … have to provide in haec verba support for the claimed subject matter at issue.” Cordis Corp., 339 F.3d at 1364 (internal citation omitted). “Although [the applicant] does not have to describe exactly the subject matter claimed, the description must clearly allow persons of ordinary skill in the art to recognize that [he or she] invented what is claimed.” In re Gosteli, 872 F.2d 1008, 1012 (Fed. Cir. 1989) (citations omitted). Put another way, “the applicant must … convey with reasonable clarity to those skilled in the art that, as of the filing date sought, he or she was in possession of the invention.” Vas-Cath, Inc. v. Mahurkar, 935 F.2d 1555, 1563-64 (Fed. Cir. 1991) (emphasis in original).

Vas-Cath, Inc. v. Mahurkar, 935 F.2d 1555, 19 USPQ2d 1111 (Fed. Cir. 1991). . . 1504.20, 2161, 2163, 2163.02, 2164, 2181

Gosteli, In re, 872 F.2d 1008, 10 USPQ2d 1614 (Fed. Cir. 1989) . . . . . . . . . 608.01(p), 715.03, 2131.02, 2136.05, 2163.02, 2163.03, 2163.05

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Johnson et al 10/361,767 BAHR 102(b)/102(e)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) David B. Johnson EXAMINER HOEY, ALISSA L

AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1747 Ex Parte Fujii et al 10/532,424 HASTINGS 103(a) BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH EXAMINER MAKI, STEVEN D
2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2455 Ex Parte Brewer et al 10/862,684 MacDONALD 103(a) HAMILTON & TERRILE, LLP EXAMINER ENG, DAVID Y

2600 Communications
2627 Ex Parte Rush et al 10/756,664 MacDONALD 102(e) INGRASSIA FISHER & LORENZ, P.C. (GM) EXAMINER FEILD, JOSEPH H