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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1657 Ex Parte Cao et al 13641590 - (D) PRATS 103 THOMAS I HORSTEMEYER, LLP HUMPHREY, LOUISE WANG ZHIYING

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte CABIRI 13472112 - (D) GUPTA 103 PANITCH SCHWARZE BELISARIO & NADEL LLP LAIOS, MARIA J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2666 Ex Parte Zhao et al 13098362 - (D) HUME 102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. POTTS, RYAN P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3675 Ex Parte Koch et al 13487971 - (D) PESLAK 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP BYRD, EUGENE G

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Nolcheff et al 13182976 - (D) PESLAK 103 103 HONEYWELL/LKGlobal PRAGER, JESSE M

See Crocs, Inc. v. U.S. International Trade Commission, 598 F.3d 1294, 1308 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Prior art taught away by specifically discouraging use of foam straps)

Crocs Inc. v. International Trade Commission, 598 F.3d 1294, 93 USPQ2d 1777 (Fed. Cir. 2010) 1504.03 , 2143

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1673 Ex Parte Wurtman et al 11920914 - (D) GRIMES 103 OTDP Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP OLSON, ERIC

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Kudela et al 13732203 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 ROBERT J. STERN LAW, NGA LEUNG V

1787 Ex Parte Wu et al 14093597 - (D) DENNETT 103 Hoffman Warniok T T .P ENGLISH, PATRICK NOLAND

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2121 Ex Parte Casilli et al 13890898 - (D) NAPPI OTDP/102/103 SIEMENS CORPORATION HUNTLEY, MICHAEL J

2161 Ex Parte Ozonat et al 13563108 - (D) DIXON 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise JACOB, AJITH

2182 Ex Parte Lustig et al 14189976 - (D) CURCURI 101 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC MALZAHN, DAVID H

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte Tang et al 14375178 - (D) PYONIN 103 Squire PB (NVA/DC Office) WOLDEMARIAM, AYELE F

2449 Ex Parte Enns et al 14218211 - (D) COURTENAY 103 MOSER TABOADA WON, MICHAEL YOUNG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2683 Ex Parte Subramanian et al 11544366 - (D) FISHMAN 103 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA IP GROUP, P.C. SYED, NABIL H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2856 Ex Parte GLUECK et al 14313657 - (D) RANGE 112(1)/112(2) NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP RAEVIS, ROBERT R

2886 Ex Parte Ramachandran et al 14397789 - (D) RANGE 101/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS AHMED, JAMIL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Barson et al 13826925 - (D) SHAH 101 CARSTENS & CAHOON, LLP TIEDEMAN, JASON S

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1773 Ex Parte Kilawee et al 13303915 - (R) HOUSEL 103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A./Ecolab MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J.

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Kjellin 12744773 - (D) PRAISS 112(1)/102 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. SHAH, SAMIR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte Miller et al 13653785 - (D) HOMERE 103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP TO, BAOQUOC N

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Birnbaum et al 13104129 - (D) BAHR 102/103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY TRAN, THIEN S

3754 Ex Parte Matz et al 13636140 - (D) KNIGHT 103 BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. (UTC) GRUBY, RANDALL A

3788 Ex Parte Wauters et al 12449488 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 41.50 112(2) Levy & Grandinetti DESAI, KAUSHIKKUMAR A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3679 Ex Parte Howard et al 12724947 - (D) O’HANLON 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 103 LAW OFFICES OF MARK L. BERRIER LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3778 Ex Parte KOCH 13044167 - (D) BROWN 103 112(2) MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC HO, TAN-UYEN THI

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex Parte Yao et al 13869479 - (D) HAGY 103 BGL/Huawei VLAHOS, SOPHIA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Lehmann et al 13722342 - (D) BUSCH 112(1) 112(1)/101/103 Jones Day For SAP YESILDAG, MEHMET

3744 Ex Parte BRUNNER et al 13457974 - (D) CAPP 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. FLANIGAN, ALLEN J

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Morinville 13244610 - (D) DANG 103 LAW OFFICES OF MARK L. BERRIER BOYCE, ANDRE D

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex parte HANS RUDOLF MILLER, MARTIN ULMANN, and RUDOLF MOSER Ex Parte 6011040 et al 90013445 - (D) DERRICK 102 102/103 MILLEN WHITE ZELANO & BRANIGAN THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: PABST PATENT GROUP LLP JOSEPH E. CWIK, AMIN TALATI & UPADHYE, LLC DIAMOND, ALAN D

Appellants must establish a nexus between the proffered objective evidence and the merits of the claimed invention for the objective evidence to be accorded substantial weight.  In re Kao, 639 F.3d 1057, 1068 (Fed. Cir. 2011).  “A prima facie case of nexus is made when the patentee shows both that there is commercial success, and that the product that is commercially successful is the invention disclosed and claimed in the patent.”  Crocs, Inc. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 598 F.3d 1294, 1310‒11 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (citing In re GPAC Inc., 57 F.3d 1573, 1580 (Fed. Cir. 1995)).  “Where the offered secondary consideration actually results from something other than what is both claimed and novel in the claim, there is no nexus to the merits of the claimed invention.”  Kao, 639 F.3d at 1068. 

Kao, In re, 639 F.3d 1057, 98 USPQ2d 1799 (Fed. Cir. 2011) 2111.05 , 2112.01 , 2153.02

GPAC, In re, 57 F.3d 1573, 35 USPQ2d 1116 (Fed. Cir. 1995) 716.03 , 2145