deering, special equipment

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Ex Parte Williams 13479414 - (D) INGLESE 103 Legal Department (M-495) VAN SELL, NATHAN L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2462 Ex Parte Bertrand et al 13455463 - (D) PYONIN 112(2)/102 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED MILLS, DONALD L

The Examiner finds independent claims 60 and 62 are indefinite, because the claims both recite “circuitry for,” but “fail[] to recite the element which performs each step.” ...

Appellants argue the Examiner erred, because the use of the phrase “circuitry for” in claims 60 and 62 does not create a gap between elements in the claims (see Reply Br. 3—5), and “it is not necessary to recite in the claim everything necessary to operate the device.” Reply Br. 6, citing Deering v. Winona, 155 U.S. 286 (1894), and Special Equipment v. Coe, 324 U.S. 370 (1945).

We are persuaded by Appellants’ arguments.

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Corazza et al 13555548 - (D) KHAN 103 Keller Jolley Preece / Adobe TSENG, CHARLES

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Fluhrer et al 13528625 - (D) PESLAK 112(2)/102/103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP TECCO, ANDREW M

3771 Ex Parte Martin et al 12322562 - (D) DOUGAL 103 BGL STUART, COLIN W

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Kramer et al 13560013 - (D) BROWN 103 103 HAYES SOLOWAY P.C. NGUYEN, PHUONG T

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1792 Ex Parte Reidy et al 12746861 - (D) PRAISS 103 Nestec S.A. THAKUR, VIREN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte NOTTINGHAM et al 12772645 - (D) CRAIG 103 YEE AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. PAN, PHOEBE X

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Furihata et al 14063968 - (D) SHIANG 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - KUDOH LIU, GORDON G

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3683 Ex Parte Tavares et al 13493867 - (D) KHAN 101/103/OTDP KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE

3691 Ex Parte Perreault 12683678 - (D) ENGLE 101 TILLMAN WRIGHT, PLLC VYAS, ABHISHEK

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Legros 13193905 - (D) HOELTER 112(2) 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. LEO, LEONARD R

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3686 Ex Parte Baronov et al 13826441 - (R) SCHOPFER 101 Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP GO, JOHN P

epcon, deering

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Gordon-Duffy et al 13139406 - (D) HANLON 103 The Dow Chemical Company COONEY, JOHN M

1766 Ex Parte BURTON 13688830 - (D) PAK 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP, FANG, SHANE

1787 Ex Parte Baker et al 12873359 - (D) ABRAHAM 102/103 VOLPE AND KOENIG, P.C. HUANG, CHENG YUAN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2183 Ex Parte Symes et al 12588412 - (D) KRIVAK 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. PARTRIDGE, WILLIAM B

2199 Ex Parte Mitran et al 11536047 - (D) KRIVAK 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-IBM POUGHKEEPSIE HEBERT, THEODORE E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2466 Ex Parte Virtej et al 13043161 - (D) KENNY 102 41.50 103 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Nokia Technologies Oy LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2674 Ex Parte Maloney et al 12870500 - (D) HUGHES 103 InfoPrint Solutions/ Blakely PAYER, PAUL F

2677 Ex Parte Kim et al 12059916 - (D) HUGHES 103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP SHAH, BHARA TKUMAR S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2865 Ex Parte Premkumar et al 13039586 - (D) WINSOR 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Bosch) QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT

2891 Ex Parte Juengling 12950787 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 FLETCHER YODER (MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC) SLUTSKER, TIJLIA

However, Appellant's Figures 9, 14, 16, and 17 each depict the metal conductor 40 filling the space in the bottom of the trenches 24 not occupied by the oxide layer 36 and the liner 48. It is in this context that one of ordinary skill in the art would understand the term, "substantially," to be language of magnitude, i.e. not insubstantial or to a significant extent. See, for example, Epcon Gas Systems, Inc. v. Bauer Compressors, Inc., 279 F.3d 1022, 1031 (Fed. Cir. 2002) ("the phrase 'substantially below' signifies language of magnitude"); Deering Precision Instruments, L.L.C v. Vector Distribution Systems, Inc., 347 F.3d 1314, 1323-1324 (Fed. Cir. 2003) ("the term 'substantially' in this context is used as a term of magnitude.")

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Fredell et al 14347742 - (D) LORIN 103 RENNER OTTO BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP BUCHANAN, CHRISTOPHER R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Cervoni et al 12195002 - (D) REIMERS 103 CORNING INCORPORATED STAPLETON, ERIC S

3747 Ex Parte Pantring et al 12737668 - (D) REIMERS 112(2)/102/103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP LAGUARDA,GONZALO

3754 Ex Parte Claunch et al 13861747 - (D) GUIJT 103 Global Intellectual Property Agency, LLC SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J

3775 Ex Parte Herold et al 12994014 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS COLEY, ZADE JAMES

3778 Ex Parte Ujhazy et al 13030488 - (D) REIMERS 102/103 LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1639 Ex Parte Lips et al 12674089 - (D) MILLS 102 102 MMWV IP, LLC FLINDERS, JEREMY C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Johansson et al 12673031 - (D) STRAUSS 102 102 ERICSSON INC NGUYEN, TUX

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Dan et al 12136215 - (D) WORTH 103 103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP BOSWELL, BETH V

3694 Ex Parte LUTNICK 12825704 - (D) WORTH 103 103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. MILEF, ELDA G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Pettey 12412686 - (D) STEPINA 103 103 Kelly, Holt & Christenson STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN

3746 Ex Parte Du et al 12887628 - (D) MARTIN 112(1) 102/103 SCHLUMBERGER ROSHARON CAMPUS FREAY, CHARLES GRANT

3754 Ex Parte Giordano et al 12860157 - (D) STEPINA 112(1)/112(2)/103 112(1)/112(2)/103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (CH) NGO, LIEN M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Boghani et al 11913267 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP LOVE, TREVOR M

1616 Ex Parte Ridley et al 11547214 - (D) MILLS 103/double patenting BASF Corporation KASSA, JESSICA M

1626 Ex Parte Lehmann et al 12520889 - (D) SAWERT 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP KOSACK, JOSEPH R

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Perl et al 12035307 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION KURPLE,KARL

1725 Ex Parte Warrier et al 12521373 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP PLLC ERWIN, JAMES M

1726 Ex Parte James et al 11643178 - (D) WILSON 103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION AKHTAR, KIRAN QURAISHI

1734 Ex Parte Fechner et al 11692358 - (D) HOUSEL 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, PLC HOBAN, MATTHEW E

1742 Ex Parte Bottcher 12244468 - (D) SNAY 112(1)/102/103 102/103 Nixon Peabody LLP THROWER, LARRY W

1762 Ex Parte Nava et al 13024547 - (D) KRATZ 103 Williams Mullen JONES JR, ROBERT STOCKTON

1767 Ex Parte Topoulos 13692419 - (D) BEST 102/103 103 Dority & Manning, P.A. and Ticona LLC KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C

1789 Ex Parte Fellinger 11486668 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 JOHNS MANVILLE WYROZEBSKI LEE, KATARZYNA I

1791 Ex Parte Andersen et al 13739921 - (D) FRANKLIN 103/double patenting ST ONGE STEW ARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC DEES, NIKKI H

1797 Ex Parte POLLACK 12908557 - (D) OGDEN 102 Mintz Levin/Boston Office ALEXANDER, LYLE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2126 Ex Parte Schreyer et al 12525853 - (D) HUME 103 PHILIPS LIGHTING BY STEVENS, THOMAS H

2158 Ex Parte Branson et al 13150651 - (D) TROCK 103 MARTIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC SMITH, BRANNON W

2161 Ex Parte Wall et al 12010414 - (D) GALLIGAN 103 DOWELL & DOWELL, P.C. DAYE, CHELCIE L

2169 Ex Parte SPARKES et al 13006790 - (D) MORGAN 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise TRUONG, DENNIS

2173 Ex Parte Ikeda et al 13046161 - (D) DIXON 103 HP Inc, ULRICH, NICHOLAS S

2191 Ex Parte Jha et al 11618712 - (D) HOFF 103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC ZHEN, WEI Y

2197 Ex Parte Van Liebergen 12696277 - (D) THOMAS 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise LIN, HUI-WEN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2413 Ex Parte SONG et al 12147052 - (D) KENNY 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P,C LIU, SIMING

2427 Ex Parte Chandratillake et al 12241746 - (D) HUME 103 Rutan & Tucker, LLP ALATA, YASSIN

2446 Ex Parte Forssell et al 12993862 - (D) DIXON 102 Squire PB (NV A/DC Office) LING, CHHIAN

2456 Ex Parte Burd et al 11173392 - (D) THOMAS 103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A. MAI, KEVIN S

2466 Ex Parte Kashima 12141321 - (D) CURCURI 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P,C, PHAM, TITO Q

2492 Ex Parte SHETTY et al 13090258 - (D) KRIVAK 103 Global IP Services, PLLC/LSI Corporation DAVIS, ZACHARY A

2493 Ex Parte Bhamidipaty et al 13052676 - (D) POTHIER 101/102/103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC PATEL, HARESH N

2497 Ex Parte JAIN et al 13543628 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102/103 Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C. OKEKE, IZUNNA

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte Kanitsar et al 12134615 - (D) KENNY 102/103 KEATING & BENNETT, LLP AGFA CHIN, MICHELLE

2628 Ex Parte FEENSTRA et al 13648638 - (D) PER CURIAM 103/double patenting LEE & HAYES, PLLC SADIO, INSA

2628 Ex Parte Zhao 12703239 - (D) FENICK 103 NXP-LARSON NEWMAN, LLP ONYEKABA, AMY

2633 Ex Parte Dai et al 12467507 - (D) KENNY 103 Broadcom Limited HA, DAC V

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Wheatley et al 12212151 - (D) STAICOVICI 102 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. ADAMOS, THEODORE V

3637 Ex Parte Zabinski 13287584 - (D) REIMERS 103 Aidenbaum Schloff and Bloom PLLC ING, MATTHEW W

3661 Ex Parte Van Wiemeersch et al 13716484 - (D) SMEGAL 103 112(4)/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L ZANELLI, MICHAEL J

3675 Ex Parte Otschik et al 12734679 - (D) WARNER 103 Locke Lord LLP PATEL, VISHAL A

3681 Ex Parte Rampell et al 12430656 - (D) McSHANE 103 LOEB & LOEB, LLP HENRY, RODNEY M

3688 Ex Parte Steenstra et al 10931309 - (D) BAYAT 103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA

3689 Ex Parte Krassinger 11759650 - (D) BAYAT 103 SENNIGER POWERS LLP MOONEYHAM, JANICE A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3743 Ex Parte Dedieu 12297903 - (D) KINDER 101/112(2)/103 Perman & Green, LLP MCCORMACK, JOHN PATRICK

3743 Ex Parte Denk et al 12748660 - (D) HILL 103 BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. CORBOY, WILLIAM

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2877 Ex Parte Matsinos 12652248 - (R) PYONIN 103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS TON, TRI T

REEXAMINATION

DENIED
2304 Ex parte MICHAEL C. RYAN Appellant Ex Parte 5204819 et al 07/573,631 90012506 - (R) BROWN 103 Prudens Law LLC Third Party Requester: OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, LLC Fetsuga, Robert M original COSIMANO, EDWARD R

anchor wall, deering, laryngeal, michalek, reid, york prod.

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Shanley et al 11582818 - (D) SNEDDEN 102/103 Dergosits & Noah LLP STEWART, JASON-DENNIS NEILKEN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte Aichelen et al 11383000 - (D) BUSCH 102 102/103 IBM CORPORATION STREETS & STEELE PATEL, JIGAR P

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2658 Ex Parte Said et al 10686127 - (D) WARD 103 103 BANIAK PINE & GANNON BORSETTI, GREG

see also Laryngeal Mask Co. Ltd. v. Ambu A/S, 618 F.3d 1367, 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (citations omitted) (concluding the patentee did not act as his own lexicographer because “[t]o be his own lexicographer, a patentee must use a ‘special definition of the term [that] is clearly stated in the patent specification or file history’”).

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte Krueger et al 12023165 - (D) BROWN 103 103 HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ & COHN LLP SMALLEY, JAMES N

Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2736 Ex Parte SE-KURE CONTROLS, INC. Appellant 90011404 5,861,807 08/967,729 FITZPATRICK 102 102/103 WOOD PHILLIPS VAN SANTEN CLARK & MORTIMER LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y original MULLEN, THOMAS J

See, e.g., York Prods., Inc. v. Cent. Tractor Farm & Family Ctr., 99 F.3d 1568, 1572-73 (Fed. Cir. 1996) (“The term ‘substantially’ has been construed in patent claims as ‘largely but not wholly that which is specified.’”) (quoting Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary 1176 (9th ed. 1983)); Deering Precision Instruments, L.L.C. v. Vector Distribution Systems, Inc., 347 F.3d 1314, 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (“The term ‘substantially’ can also mean ‘largely’ or ‘essentially.’”) (quoting Webster’s New 20th Century Dictionary 1817 (1983)); cf. Anchor Wall Systems, Inc. v. Rockwood Retaining Walls, Inc., 340 F.3d 1298, 1311 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (“the phrase ‘generally parallel’ envisions some amount of deviation from exactly parallel”).

York Products, Inc. v. Central Tractor Farm & Family Center, 99 F.3d 1568, 40 USPQ2d 1619 (Fed. Cir. 1996) 2181 

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Francois et al 10585754 - (D) SCHEINER 103 ELI LILLY & COMPANY MILLIGAN, ADAM C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2113 Ex Parte Smith et al 10787624 - (D) FRAHM 103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. MANOSKEY, JOSEPH D

2117 Ex Parte Dietrich et al 10404783 - (D) STRAUSS 102/103 CPA Global Caven & Aghevli LLC NGUYEN, STEVE N

2156 Ex Parte Rastegar et al 11520320 - (D) SMITH 103 Thomas Spinelli, Esq. LIAO, JASON G

2169 Ex Parte Osofsky et al 11191332 - (D) SMITH 103 IBM LOTUS & RATIONAL SW c/o GUERIN & RODRIGUEZ CHAU, DUNG K

2171 Ex Parte Resner et al 11149929 - (D) DILLON 103 Charles G. Call PAN, YONGJIA

2421 Ex Parte Pugel et al 10549253 - (D) WARD 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC HANCE, ROBERT J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Barraclough et al 09740263 - (D) WEINBERG 112(1)/103 CRAWFORD MAUNU PLLC HOSSAIN, FARZANA E

2435 Ex Parte MacKenzie 10600687 - (D) BENOIT 103 Ryan, Mason, & Lewis, LLP TO, BAOTRAN N

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2679 Ex Parte Kerr et al 10161514 - (D) HOFF 103 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY PRENDERGAST, ROBERTA D

2684 Ex Parte Ahmed et al 10952236 - (D) McKEOWN 103 Siemens Corporation BLOUNT, ERIC

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2811 Ex Parte Fukui 10925986 - (D) DILLON 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH NADAV, ORI

The failures of experimenters who have no interest in succeeding should not be accorded great weight.

In re Michalek, 162 F. 2d 229 - Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 1947

Michalek, In re, 162 F.2d 229, 74 USPQ 107 (CCPA 1947) 716.07

Application of Reid, 179 F. 2d 998 - Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 1950

Reid, In re, 179 F.2d 998, 84 USPQ 478 (CCPA 1950) 716.07

Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
1501 Ex parte SOLTA MEDICAL, INC. 90010160 5660836 08/435,544 LEBOVITZ 102/103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP JONES, DWAYNE C original HULINA, AMY

1712 Ex parte SOLTA MEDICAL, INC. 90010161 6,387,380 08/635,202 LEBOVITZ 102/103 WOOD , HERRON & EVANS, LLP (SOLTA) JONES, DWAYNE C original HULINA, AMY