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1783 Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. 15485763 COLAIANNI 103 Panasonic IP Management Co., Ltd. MILLER, DANIEL H
1796 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15341171 ANKENBRAND 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY MEKHLIN, ELI S
2119 Siemens Akiengesellschaft 15118215 SILVERMAN 103 COZEN O''CONNOR KABIR, SAAD M
Reversed 2143 VMware, Inc. 14628137 AMUNDSON 103 Novum Patent Services SPRATT, BEAU D
Reversed 2143 VMware, Inc. 14628137 AMUNDSON 103 Novum Patent Services SPRATT, BEAU D
2165 International Business Machines Corporation 15204931 ANDERSON 103 IBM CORP (YA) C/O YEE & ASSOCIATES PC PEACH, POLINA G
2176 International Business Machines Corporation 14024273 SHIANG 103 IBM CORPORATION C/O: Fabian Vancott MCINTOSH, ANDREW T
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2477 NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY 15379884 MacDONALD 103 SQUIRE PB (Nokia) Nokia Technologies Oy SMITH, JOSHUA Y
2628 Junichi Yamashita et al. 12588758 PYONIN 112(2) MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) PIZIALI, JEFFREY J
2851 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP 15217226 ROBERTSON 101 Hewlett Packard Enterprise DOAN, NGHIA M
It is not clear on the
record before us if the Examiner is attempting to assert some type of
reasoning along the lines discussed in In re Durden, 763 F.2d 1406 (Fed.
Cir. 1985) (patentability of a method does not necessarily depend on the
starting materials employed in that method) (discussed at MPEP § 2116.01).
If this is the Examiner’s intended point, it is not clearly articulated on the
record presently before us.
As set forth in MPEP § 2143(I)(E), to reject a claim under the
“obvious to try” rationale, the Examiner is required to make the following
findings: (1) “that at the time of the invention, there had been a recognized
problem or need in the art, which may include a design need or market
pressure to solve a problem”; (2) “that there had been a finite number of
identified, predictable potential solutions to the recognized need or
problem”; and (3) “that one of ordinary skill in the art could have pursued
the known potential solutions with a reasonable expectation of success.” In
Rolls Royce, PLC v. United Tech. Corp., 603 F.3d 1325, 1339 (Fed. Cir.
2010), the court explained that under this rationale, the possible options for
solving a problem must have been “known and finite.”
3664 General Electric Company 15397469 MEDLOCK 103 The Small Patent Law Group, LLC PATTON, SPENCER D
3686 Dominik Ziegler et al. 15544349 MEDLOCK 102/103 NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A
3692 MasterCard International Incorporated 14969802 LEBOVITZ 101/103 Mastercard International Incorporated c/o Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC SHARVIN, DAVID P
3715 SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC. 15032386 SCHOPFER 102/103 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP MCCLELLAN, JAMES S
3754 The Boeing Company 15368479 WOOD 102/103 Kolisch Hartwell, P.C. Boeing Customer Number NICHOLS II, ROBERT K
3761 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 14442639 KAUFFMAN 103 41.50 103 BGL/Panasonic STAPLETON, ERIC S
3761 RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC. 15374220 FITZPATRICK 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP LAFLAME JR, MICHAEL A
3794 ST. JUDE MEDICAL, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION DIVISION, INC. 14198009 STEPINA 102/103 41.50 112(1) SJM/AFD - ARMSTRONG Armstrong Teasdale LLP HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES
Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1729 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15006094 TIMM 102 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford KOROVINA, ANNA
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2646 HERE Global B.V. 15604954 EVANS 103 103 Harrington & Smith, Attorneys At Law, LLC LAFONTANT, GARY
2859 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation 14378455 McMANUS 103 103 MICHAEL, BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (MT) MCDANIEL, TYNESE V
3612 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15073835 KERINS 102/103 41.50 102 Ford Global Technologies, LLC/ King & Schickli, PLLC LYJAK, LORI LYNN
3664 United Technologies Corporation 13725229 CAPP 102 102/103 HERE Global/Alston & Bird HOLWERDA, STEPHEN
3725 Chung Chan et al. 15250359 BROWN 112(2)/102 102/103 41.50 112(1) ANDREWS KURTH KENYON LLP KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN
Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1639 UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA et al. 15106778 PRATS 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP HAVLIN, ROBERT H
1648 Yisheng Biopharma (Singapore) PTE LTD 15534450 ADAMS 103 BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS SALVOZA, M FRANCO G
1648 Government of the United States as represented by the Secretary of the Army 15621584 ADAMS 103/OTDP NASH & TITUS, LLC BOESEN, AGNIESZKA
1716 Applied Materials, Inc. 15399419 REN 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPLIED MATERIALS CHEN, KEATH T
1731 AGC Inc. 15370763 HASTINGS 103 112(1) OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A
1792 Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC 15322655 INGLESE 103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR
1797 International Business Machines Corporation 15198698 BEST 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-IBM YORKTOWN XU, XIAOYUN
2114 Pure Storage, Inc. 15417696 CUTITTA 103 Pure Storage, Inc. c/o Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP KO, CHAE M
2173 eBay Inc. 14680013 DIRBA 112(1)/112(2)/103/OTDP SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY ULRICH, NICHOLAS S
2176 International Business Machines Corporation 15088502 CYGAN 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL
2176 International Business Machines Corporation 15596477 CYGAN 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL
2199 Levine, Frank Eliot. 14726567 FRAHM 101/103 Frank E. Levine Levine''s Tech Consulting MITCHELL, JASON D
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2612 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 14252414 STRAUSS 112(2)/103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Microsoft) MAZUMDER, SAPTARSHI
2619 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 15704043 PYONIN 103/OTDP DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. C/O FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP CHIN, MICHELLE
2625 STMICROELECTRONICS ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD 14816135 LEE 103 SLATER MATSIL, LLP/ST- US c/o SLATER MATSIL, LLP HARRIS, DOROTHY H
2812 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15552584 GUPTA 103 Innovation Counsel LLP (former PLG) attn: Mark Schmidt LIU, XIAOMING
2872 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 14762637 KENNEDY 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY PICHLER, MARIN
2891 PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V. 15507889 GAUDETTE 112(2)/103 Signify Holding B.V. HATZILAMBROU, MARK
3622 Oracle America, Inc. 13945851 NAPPI 103 112(1) Oracle / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP CARVALHO, ERROL A
3626 Richard Vdovjak et al. 13133395 FETTING 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TIEDEMAN, JASON S
3665 General Electric Company 15435653 HOELTER 103 GRC c/o BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC WALLACE, DONALD JOSEPH
3681 RetailMeNot, Inc. 14619756 SILVERMAN Concurring MURPHY 101/103 112(1)/101/103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP REFAI, SAM M
3683 Comenity LLC 14660713 SZPONDOWSKI 101/103 ALLIANCE DATA C/O WAGNER BLECHER LLP HENRY, MATTHEW D
3694 International Business Machines Corporation et al. 14862656 LEBOVITZ 103 101 41.50 103 DUKE W. YEE YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z
3715 Hill-Rom Services, Inc. 14197678 SCHOPFER 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (Hill-Rom) ERMLICK, WILLIAM D
3736 Medline Industries, Inc. 15188656 HOELTER 103 Philip H. Burrus, IV Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO
3992 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 14973331 JEFFERY 251/112(2)/103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd) YIGDALL, MICHAEL J