REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Weibel et al 13913912 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Cantor Colburn-WARF CARTER, KENDRA D
3675 Ex Parte Avganim 14267064 - (D) SCHOPPER 112(1)/102/103 41.50 112(2) OSTROLENK FABER LLP BARRETT, SUZANNE LALE DINO
3733 Ex Parte Simpson 13665901 - (D) CALVE 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY VOLZ, ELIZABETH J
3774 Ex Parte Lappin 14560654 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (IN) SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2662 Ex Parte Shpunt et al 14848490 - (D) BEAMER 103 103 D. KUGLER I.P. SERVICES LTD. LE, TUAN H
It is well established that teaching an alternative method does not teach away from the use of a claimed method. In re Dunn, 349 F.2d 433,438 (CCPA 1965).
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3671 Ex Parte Bianchi et al 13978911 - (D) O'HANLON 102/103 102/103 41.50 102 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC MAYO-PINNOCK, TARA LEIGH
3689 Ex Parte Block et al 12511302 - (D) SHIANG 101/103 103 Otterstedt, Ellenbogen & Kammer, LLP NGUYEN, TAND
3696 Ex Parte Tyrrell et al 11863907 - (D) FETTING 101/103 103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP c/o Alston & Bird LLP DEGA, MURALI K
3774 Ex Parte Metzger et al 14173280 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102 102/103 41.50 103 SWEET, THOMAS SWEET, THOMAS
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Jobdevairakkam et al 12423552 - (D) FITZPATRICK 103 ST. ONGE STEW ARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC MILLIGAN, ADAM C
1613 Ex Parte Vejarano Restrepo 13553615 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP HUANG, GIGI GEORGIANA
1618 Ex Parte HELLER et al 14689683 - (D) JENKS 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP DICKINSON,PAUL W
1631 Ex Parte GALINSKY 13543663 - (D) TOWNSEND 101 SINORICA, LLC BRUSCA, JOHNS
1631 Ex Parte GALINSKY 13545077 - (D) TOWNSEND 101 SINORICA, LLC BRUSCA, JOHNS
1642 Ex Parte Nistico et al 12997795 - (D) LAVIER 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC MOSELEY II, NELSON B
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte Albertus et al 14185065 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP CRONIN, RENA DYE
1761 Ex Parte SI et al 14669013 - (D) RANGE 103/OTDP THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY MRUK, BRIAN P
1765 Ex Parte ONG et al 14837575 - (D) CASHION 102/103 CURATOLO SIDOTI CO., LPA ZEMEL, IRINA SOPJIA
1795 Ex Parte Oettinger et al 13377245 - (D) McGEE 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP KEELING, ALEXANDER W
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2627 Ex Parte Case et al 13690262 - (D) ARPIN 102/103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC BIBBINS, LATANYA
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte Chauhan et al 14951877 - (D) HOUSEL 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED TRA, ANH QUAN
2864 Ex Parte Roesner et al 12778309 - (D) INGLESE 112(2) 101/102 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Borucki et al 13663711 - (D) FETTING 101/103 NCR Corporation MPAMUGO, CHINYERE
3622 Ex Parte Pal et al 13801712 - (D) SHAH 102/103 101 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP (DXC) WHITAKER, JONATHAN J
3622 Ex Parte Garcia-Martinez et al 13764750 - (D) AMUNDSON 101/103 Facebook/Fenwick MUNSON, PATRICIA H
3623 Ex Parte Arni et al 13746723 - (D) BUSCH 103 101 YEE AND ASSOCIA TES, P.C. BOSWELL, BETH V
3625 Ex Parte England et al 14043349 - (D) DIXON 101 TERRILE, CANNATTI & CHAMBERS, LLP AIRAPETIAN, MILA
3627 Ex Parte STELMAN 14245120 - (D) MEYERS 103 101 PITNEY BOWES INC. SHEIKH, ASFAND M
3628 Ex Parte MORAN 12037833 - (D) FETTING 101 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP/Oracle VETTER, DANIEL
Appellant essentially contends that distributed processing provides the benefits, but Appellant does not contend he invented distributed processing, which is at least half a century old. The alleged benefits all stem from the use of an additional computer per se.
The use and arrangement of conventional and generic computer components recited in the claims - such as a database, user terminal, and server - do not transform the claim, as a whole, into "significantly more" than a claim to the abstract idea itself. "We have repeatedly held that such invocations of computers and networks that are not even arguably inventive are 'insufficient to pass the test of an inventive concept in the application' of an abstract idea."
Credit Acceptance Corp. v. Westlake Services, 859 F.3d 1044, 1056 (Fed. Cir. 2017) ( citations omitted).
3629 Ex Parte Piccionelli et al 13317622 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 112(2)/101/102 Apogee Law Group MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A
3668 Ex Parte Abraham et al 14492704 - (D) SCHOPPER 112(2) 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC RAMESH, KRISHNAN
3668 Ex Parte Stowe 14801468 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. REFAI, RAMSEY
3683 Ex Parte Smith et al 13408659 - (D) SILVERMAN 101 TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP/CAPITAL ONE SINGH, GURKANW ALJIT
3684 Ex Parte Dawson et al 12636668 - (D) KUMAR 101 Keohane & D'Alessandro CIVAN, ETHAN D
3681 Ex Parte van Zwol et al 12898661 - (D) PINKERTON 103 101 Berkeley Law & Technology Group LLP SCHMUCKER, MICHAEL W
3686 Ex Parte Vaidya et al 13397359 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 112(2)/101 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP GO, JOHN P
3687 Ex Parte De Sena et al 12335217 - (D) FETTING 101 HAYES SOLOWAY P.C. IWARERE, OLUSEYE
3689 Ex Parte Darragh et al 13724128 - (D) MEDLOCK 112(2)/102 101 Clarivate Analytics, Legal Department YOUNG, MICHAEL C
3689 Ex Parte Walsh et al 12824769 - (D) FETTING 103 112(1)/101 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM
3691 Ex Parte Binion et al 14203143 - (D) FETTING 101/103 Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (State Farm) SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K
3694 Ex Parte Bennett 14282181 - (D) MEYERS 112(1) 101/112(2)/OTDP GARLICK & MARKISON RANKINS, WILLIAM E
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Ludwig 14110991 - (D) CALVE 112(4)/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY DION, MARCEL T
3786 Ex Parte Eddy 13780500 - (D) HOELTER 103 PRICE HENEVELD LLP HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA AL THEA
3792 Ex Parte Risi et al 14744951 - (D) FREDMAN 112(2) 103 Edell Shapiro & Finnan LLC FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN
3793 Ex Parte Dunbar et al 12988730 - (D) FITZPATRICK 112(2)/103 BIRCH, STEWART, KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L
