REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Zwieback et al 12067258 - (D) NAGUMO 102/103 THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C. SAHA, BIJAY S
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2194 Ex Parte Waldo et al 11385164 - (D) Per Curiam 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. /Oracle America/ SUN / STK KRAFT, SHIH-WEI
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Strub et al 11519195 - (D) PAULRAJ 103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP HOFFMAN, MARY C
3752 Ex Parte Stuhlbacher et al 11569669 - (D) GOODSON 102/103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. REIS, RYAN ALEXANDER
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Keller et al 12006820 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Lee Pederson KISHORE, GOLLAMUDI S
1619 Ex Parte Brzeczko et al 12019666 - (D) FREDMAN 102 Ashland Inc. WILLIAM J. DAVIS, ESQ. WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1772 Ex Parte Beadle et al 10582929 - (D) WILSON 103 EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY BULLOCK, IN SUK C
As to whether references are properly used to reject the claims of a pending patent application, the Federal Circuit has stated:
In order to rely on a reference as a basis for rejection of the applicant’s invention, the reference must either be in the field of the applicant’s endeavor or, if not, then be reasonably pertinent to the particular problem with which the inventor was concerned. See In re Deminski, 796 F.2d 436, 442, 230 USPQ 313, 315 (Fed.Cir.1986). . . . We have reminded ourselves and the PTO that it is necessary to consider “the reality of the circumstances”, In re Wood, 599 F.2d 1032, 1036, 202 USPQ 171, 174 (CCPA 1979)—in other words, common sense—in deciding in which fields a person of ordinary skill would reasonably be expected to look for a solution to the problem facing the inventor.
In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1447 (Fed. Cir. 1992) (emphasis added).
Deminski, In re, 796 F.2d 436, 230 USPQ 313 (Fed. Cir. 1986) 2141.01(a)
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1788 Ex Parte KISHIOKA 12711538 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 SUGHRUE-265550 DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D
