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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Carsten Rudolph et al. 14839886 ADAMS 102/103 MORSE, BARNES-BROWN & PENDLETON, P.C. NGUYEN, QUANG

1647 Mei Chen et al. 13657594 TOWNSEND 103 DLA Piper LLP (US) DEBERRY, REGINA M

1654 Weiss, Michael A. 14774109 HARDMAN 102 HAHN LOESER & PARKS, LLP HEARD, THOMAS SWEENEY

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Frank Kroll et al. 13968541 BEST 103 TAYLOR IP, P.C. WEI, ZHONGQING

1734 Marek Sobota et al. 14907957 FRANKLIN 103 Brooks Kushman NGUYEN, NGOC YEN M

1766 Payman Sharifi 15024404 PER CURIAM 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - SABIC Americas RODD, CHRISTOPHER M

1782 Jay S. Swamy 14454283 ROBERTSON 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (IN) HOCK, ELLEN SUZANNE

1792 Trombetta, Liberatore A. et al. 14463770 HOUSEL 103 Manelli Selter PLLC Edward Stemberger LACHICA, ERICSON M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Kyle J. Charlet et al. 14199581 CASS 103 MOLLBORN PATENTS, INC. MAHMOOD, REZWANUL

2176 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 14918887 KUMAR 103 DEPT. IEN DAUGHERTY & DEL ZOPPO CO., L.P.A. EL-BKAILY, AHMAD M

2199 Mark Edward. Shepherd et al. 13829844 McCARTNEY 101/103 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (Adobe Inc.) AQUINO, WYNUEL S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Cailiang Liu et al. 14792220 McCARTNEY 101 FOUNTAINHEAD LAW GROUP, PC KURIEN, CHRISTEN A

2436 Thomas Suwald et al. 14527680 PINKERTON 103 NXP B.V. JOHNSON, CARLTON

2457 Josue Negron et al. 14723838 ARPIN 112(1)/112(2)/101 Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP (VMW) LAI, MICHAEL C

2462 Yassin Aden. Awad 15293763 SHIANG 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC CHOUDHRY, SAMINA F

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2692 Weijun Yao et al. 14256849 CHEN 103 Apple c/o Kubota & Basol LLP HERMANN, KIRK W

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2865 David Monroe. Levermore et al. 13155076 TIMM 112(1)/101/103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP/BOEING QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Robert C. Hochtritt et al. 10938527 FISCHETTI 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (SCA Americas) HOAR, COLLEEN A

3683 LiveRamp, Inc. 14479022 HAGY 112(2)/101/102/103 Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP - LiveRamp FEACHER, LORENA R

3693 Matthew W. Claus et al 12953818 MEDLOCK 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. KHATTAR, RAJESH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Jason Langheier et al. 13106845 ASTORINO 101 DLA PIPER LLP (US ) FLETCHER, JERRY-DARYL

3732 Ikuo Toratani 13219785 HILL 102/103 RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP COLLIER, JAMESON D

3735 Medline Industries, Inc. 15492864 STEPINA 103 Philip H. Burrus, IV Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN

3745 Shin Sumimoto 14383728 STAICOVICI 103 MARK D. SARALINO (GENERAL) RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP MIKUS, JASON

3747 Ross Dykstra. Pursifull et al. 14042971 LANEY 103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP LAGUARDA, GONZALO

3775 Timothy J. Horan et al. 13538407 HILL 103 41.50 112(2) Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES

3793 Medtronic, Inc. 15867262 MARSCHALL 102/103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT , P.A SMITH, RUTH S

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Brian Michael. Zanghi et al. 14797766 GRIMES 103 103 Nestle Purina Petcare Global Resources, Inc CHANNAVAJJALA, LAKSHMI SARADA

“[T]he desire to enhance commercial opportunities by improving a product or process is universal—and even common-sensical.” Dystar Textilfarben Gmbh & Co. Deutschland KG v. C.H. Patrick Co., 464 F.3d 1356, 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2006). 

Dystar textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG v. C. H. Patrick Co., 464 F.3d 1356, 80 USPQ2d 1641 (Fed. Cir. 2006)   2143.01 ,   2144

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15232869 INGLESE 102 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford TRINH, THANH TRUC

1785 Xulong Fu et al. 15119110 DELMENDO 103 103 HP Inc. SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM

1789 Robert Blackburn et al. 14824462 FRANKLIN 112(2)/103 112(2) CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC. PIZIALI, ANDREW T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Dan Okamoto et al. 14301942 HANLON 103 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED BOYLE, ABBIGALE A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation 13934362 GUIJT 103 103 Locke Lord LLP FLANIGAN, ALLEN J

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ulrike Stein et al. 14112521 TOWNSEND 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP LOVE, TREVOR M

1619 Hsu, Stephen et al. 14333279 HARDMAN 103 SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL ALAWADI, SARAH

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Stephen Whitelegg et al. 14075826 MCGEE 103 Nanoco c/o Blank Rome LLP TRAN, UYEN M

1732 Richter, Bodo et al. 13994018 REN 103 LyondellBasell Industries QIAN, YUN

1733 Fonte, Matthew V. 14747705 HASTINGS 103 ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED WU, JENNY R

1771 Theresa Hermel-Davidock et al. 14805620 ROBERTSON 103 Servilla Whitney LLC/BDX OLADAPO, TAIWO

1786 IWATA, Masayuki et al. 14650352 HASTINGS 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC MATZEK, MATTHEW D

1787 Shandon Dee. Hart 13655968 WILSON 102/103 CORNING INCORPORATED SHUKLA, KRUPA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Stephen Ball et al. 14921303 MORGAN 112(1)/103 Whitmyer IP Group LLC BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R

2157 Robert P. Fernekes 12243186 BENNETT 103 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/HERE MORRIS, JOHN J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2413 Antonius Driaan Maria. Staring et al. 13379437 MacDONALD 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS OHRI, ROMANI

2416 Robert J. Donaghey 15385397 STRAUSS 103 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC PREVAL, LIONEL

2421 Neal Margulis 13194783 MacDONALD 103 LKGLOBAL (Dish Technologies L.L.C.) KIM, WILLIAM JW

2448 Christos Karamanolis et al. 14469424 BELISLE 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - VMware VU, VIET D

2454 Shazaan Bahrainwala et al. 12966597 BENNETT 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION LEE, PHILIP C

2478 SCHMELZ, Lars Christoph. et al. 14896957 ARPIN 103 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Nokia Technologies Oy VOGEL, JAY L.

2486 Hisao Sasai et al. 15233069 DIXON 112(1)/103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. MUNG, ON S

2495 Jonathan A. Jenkins et al. 14571050 CHUNG 103 Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. SARKER, SANCHIT K

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2848 Johannes Bader 13515306 DENNETT 103 Workman Nydegger DINH, TUAN T

2851 THEIVENDRAN, Premshanth et al. 14675403 REN 101 MURABITO, HAO & BARNES LLP DOAN, NGHIA M

2861 Andreas Siegel et al. 14653626 HOMERE 103 HENRY M FEIEREISEN, LLC SINHA, TARUN

2877 Sahrudine Apdalhaliem et al. 14301686 HOUSEL 101 The Small Patent Law Group LLC SMITH, MAURICE C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Gupta, Niraj 14048589 MOHANTY 103 101 Keller Jolley Preece / Adobe JESSEN, DEREK

3622 Christopher J. Merz 13218177 SHAW 101/103 DANIEL M. FITZGERALD (21652) ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP JESSEN, DEREK

3623 Kenneth Unser et al. 14518565 CHUNG 101 MASTERCARD C/O Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC HOLZMACHER, DERICK J

3624 SURVEYMONKEY INC. 14473294 BAUMEISTER 103 101 Miller Nash Graham & Dunn DICKERSON, TIPHANY B

3625 Kyle Brown 14745431 KIM 101 Shutts & Bowen LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG AIRAPETIAN, MILA

3625 Nicholas B. End et al. 13950598 SHAH 103 101/OTDP Lee & Hayes P.C. LEVINE, ADAM L

3626 Frederic J. Huser 14860248 FRAHM 103 101 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC COBANOGLU, DILEK B

3628 Tim Reiz et al. 14831036 FISCHETTI 101 MARK TERRY, ESQ. ERB, NATHAN

3629 NINTENDO CO., LTD. 13973277 SZPONDOWSKI 101/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. WHITAKER, ANDREW B

3629 Donald Fischer 11565058 THOMAS 101/103 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP / Red Hat OFORI-AWUAH, MAAME

3632 Richard D. Welch 15226782 CAPP 102/103 R. REAMS GOODLOE, JR. R. REAMS GOODLOE, P.S. MILLNER, MONICA E

3643 Emery, Leslie 14932894 GREENHUT 112(1) 112(1)/112(2)/103 Telekta Law, P.S. ALKER, KATHLEEN IWASAKI

3643 Todd Anderson 15411597 OSINSKI 103 Saxton & Stump, LLC TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA

3664 Benjamin Fletcher | Martin Gale | Jose Garza | Gareth Jones 11835679 MEDLOCK 102 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI

3669 David James. Black et al. 15206660 GUIJT 103 The Small Patent Law Group LLC HUTCHINSON, ALAN D

3683 Joseph D. Lilly et al. 14171631 FISCHETTI 101 Finnegan/Capital One NGUYEN, NGA B

3688 Elisabeth Friedman et al. 8836713 CRAWFORD 103 101 DENTONS US LLP (CITI CUSTOMER NUMBER) RETTA, YEHDEGA

3693 Douglas Miles et al. 15282450 CHUNG 101 Chipperson Law Group, P.C. MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M

3695 Carlton Bartels et al. 12267078 McCARTNEY 103 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. POLLOCK, GREGORY A

3697 Thomas F. Haller 14191152 BEAMER 103 112(1)/112(2)/101 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) GREGG, MARY M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Kazuya Kamino et al. 15490285 GUIJT 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT

3723 Chandan, Baljit Singh. et al. 14273623 FITZPATRICK 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. KELLER, BRIAN D

3726 SORKIN, Felix 14944422 GREENHUT 102/103 Adolph Locklar Michael Locklar HOLLY, LEE A

3732 Anton Pfanner 14417246 HOELTER 103 Shakir Law PLLC KOZAK, ANNE M

3732 Jason Kuipers et al 14587492 STEPINA 103 103 Adam R. Stephenson, LTD. HADEN, SALLY CLINE

3735 Raymond R. Spivey et al. 14718361 ASTORINO 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP PERREAULT, ANDREW D

3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14908664 BAHR 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH

3752 Henderson Products, Inc. 13971686 MARSCHALL OTDP LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD GORMAN, DARREN W

3793 Maya Ella. Barley et al. 14000415 GREENHUT 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS PEHLKE, CAROLYN

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Denied
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ahmed Ghouri et al. 14086670 FISCHETTI 112(1)/101 STANDLEY LAW GROUP LLP LULTSCHIK, WILLIAM G

3671 Perruso, Anthony P. 13086727 GREENHUT 112(2) MCHALE & SLAVIN, P.A. NGUYEN, MAI T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3772 Hurson, Steve 13572476 BAYAT 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P

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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Naik et al 13446839 - (D) LAVIER 101 Jones Day for Ansys SKIBINSKY, ANNA

1642 Ex Parte Donovan et al 12821664 - (D) MAJORS 101/102 Leason Ellis LLP GODDARD, LAURA B

1654 Ex Parte Ochial et al 13508163 - (D) MILLS 103 FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R

1662 Ex Parte Spangenberg et al 14020694 - (D) VALEK 103 Magleby Cataxinos & Greenwood/Dow AgroSciences LLC ZHONG, WAYNESHAOBIN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2113 Ex Parte Whitner 14868184 - (D) FRAHM Dissenting POTHIER 101/102 Gilliam IP PLLC (CA) RIAD, AMINE

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2462 Ex Parte van den Bosch et al 14483922 - (D) FRAHM 101 Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC (NOKIA) MILLS, DONALD L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Rice et al 14490874 - (D) JIVANI 103 Harness Dickey (Masco) MA, TIZE

2626 Ex Parte Chiu et al 14684541 - (D) DEJMEK dissenting DIXON 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP TAYLOR JR, DUANE N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2857 Ex Parte Samworth 13548725 - (D) GARRIS 101 Weatherford/Precision c/o Blank Rome LLP CROHN, MARK I

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Robert 13179408 - (D) HUME 101/103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. C/0 FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP CROSS, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3774 Ex Parte EUTENEUER et al 14798921 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM LLP SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2868 Ex Parte Leal 14276262 - (D) GAUDETTE 102/103 102/103 NXP-Davidson Sheehan ZAKARIA, AKM

2882 Ex Parte FRANSON et al 14109342 - (D) DERRICK 103 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP PERSAUD, DEORAM

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Church et al 14802669 - (D) ASTORINO 103 112(2) Reising Ethington P.C. BOWES, STEPHEN M

3673 Ex Parte Dixon et al 13941161 - (D) OSINSKI 103 101/103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP HARE, DAVID R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3752 Ex Parte Chien et al 14168114 - (D) BARRETT 112(2)/102 102 Harness Dickey (Troy) KIM, CHRISTOPHER S

3783 Ex Parte Richards 14762345 - (D) REIMERS 103 103 LAW OFFICE OF LOUIS WOO SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE

[T]o the extent Appellant is contending that Martins "teaches away," Martens does not discredit, criticize, or disparage the employment of the liquid-vapor phase change heat pipes of Gobin or McCormick. As instructed by our appellate reviewing court, "[w]e will not read into a reference a teaching away from a process where no such language exists." DyStar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG v. CH Patrick Co., 464 F.3d 1356, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2006)

Dystar textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG v. C. H. Patrick Co., 464 F.3d 1356, 80 USPQ2d 1641 (Fed. Cir. 2006)   2143.01 ,    2144

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte Sherlock et al 14008480 - (D) JENKS 101/102 Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE

1649 Ex Parte Bateman et al 13699497 - (D) WISZ 102/OTDP WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY c/o POLSINELLI PC BALLARD, KIMBERLY

1649 Ex Parte Underwood 14431383 - (D) LAVIER 103 BOYLE FREDRICKSON S.C. ULM, JOHN D

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Bellanger et al 14242250 - (D) REN 103 MARK D. SARALINO (SHARP) RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP TRINH, THANH TRUC

1767 Ex Parte Grünbauer 14404284 - (D) DELMENDO 102/103 GREER, BURNS & CRAIN, LTD HEINCER, LIAM J

1784 Ex Parte Allely et al 14413965 - (D) CASHION 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC KRUPICKA, ADAM C

1786 Ex Parte SCHMIDT et al 13973425 - (D) CASHION 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. THOMPSON, CAMIE S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2137 Ex Parte Steele et al 15156100 - (D) ARPIN 101 MHKKG/Oracle (Sun) OLSON, ALEX G

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2847 Ex Parte Corisis et al 14797721 - (D) TIMM 103 TRASK BRITT, P.C./ MICRON TECHNOLOGY PATEL, ISHWARBHAIB

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Kumar 12711565 - (D) CRAIG 101 103 EGL/Excalibur CHOI, PETER H

3626 Ex Parte Sethumadhavan et al 13769261 - (D) HOFF 101 103 KANG LIM SEREBOFF, NEAL

3626 Ex Parte ACKERSON et al 13112636 - (D) Per Curiam Dissenting HOMERE 101 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (Cerner Corporation) MORGAN, ROBERT W

3626 Ex Parte Anderson et al 11384231 - (D) McKEOWN 101 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - MINNEAPOLIS REYES, REGINALD R

3626 Ex Parte de Vries et al 14492597 - (D) MEYERS 101 Steptoe & Johnson LLP PAULSON, SHEETAL R.

3628 Ex Parte Ranganathan et al 13764330 - (D) WIEDER 101 HONEYWELL/MUN CK ZEROUAL, OMAR

3629 Ex Parte Bethea et al 12756813 - (D) WIEDER 112(2) 101/103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A

3691 Ex Parte AUSUBEL et al 14292838 - (D) WIEDER 101 STEIN IPLLC POINVIL, FRANTZY

3693 Ex Parte Bauerschmidt et al 11590540 - (D) KOHUT 112(2)/103 101 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/CME BORLING HAUS, JASON M

3694 Ex Parte MORGAN et al 13828440 - (D) BUSCH 101/103 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. ANDERSON, MICHAEL W

3695 Ex Parte Ingerman et al 12231110 - (D) DIXON 101 112(2)/103 OHLANDT, GREELEY, RUGGIERO & PERLE, LLP LIU, CHIA-YI

3697 Ex Parte WHITEHOUSE 12857446 - (D) WIEDER 101 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP TRAN, HAI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3754 Ex Parte Tomlinson 15061849 - (D) CAPP 103 Burr & Forman, LLP BUECHNER, PATRICK M

3785 Ex Parte DAVIDSON et al 15077515 - (D) HOELTER 102/OTDP 112(2)/102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC LOUIS, LATOYA M

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex parte JHO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8445466 et al 12/756,686 90013933 - (D) INGLESE 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) DIAMOND, ALAN D original CLAYTOR, DEIRDRE RENEE

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte Langaee et al 13703990 - (D) TOWNSEND 102/103 THOMAS I HORSTEMEYER, LLP KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Wardle et al 12833852 - (D) CALVE 103 SHAY GLENN LLP DANG, ANH TIEU

3747 Ex Parte Brusslar et al 12077378 - (D) HORNER 103 US EPA, NVFEL BACON, ANTHONY L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Greeb 13489832 - (D) BROWNE 103/double patenting 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte FURUSAWA et al 12562590 - (D) DENNETT 103 NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP WANG, EUGENIA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2145 Ex Parte Bovett et al 13051926 - (D) DIXON 103 Alston & Bird LLP Nokia Corporation BELOUSOV, ANDREY

2197 Ex Parte Ji et al 13415897 - (D) PYONIN 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION CHEN, SEN THONG

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Wengrovitz 12896656 - (D) PYONIN 103 LOZA & LOZA, LLP/Alcatel-Lucent USTARIS, JOSEPH G

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Mohammed et al 13707230 - (D) HAGY 102/103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED CHEN, JUNPENG

2683 Ex Parte Apte et al 13551546 - (D) MacDONALD 103/double patenting THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KHAN,OMERS

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3672 Ex Parte Dirksen et al 14126787 - (D) HOELTER 112(1) Baker Botts L.L.P. ANDREWS, DAVID L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Blomquist et al 13242116 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A. VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG

Appellants contend that “the Examiner utilized hindsight afforded by the present invention by taking the reasoned rationale for making the combination directly out of Appellants’ own specification rather than basing the rationale on facts gleaned from the prior art.”  (App. Br. 11; see also Reply Br. 2–3.)  

This argument is unpersuasive. 

 [E]vidence of a motivation to combine need not be found in the prior art references themselves, but rather may be found in “the knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art or, in some cases, from the nature of the problem to be solved.” . . .  When not from the prior art references, the “evidence” of motive will likely consist of an explanation of the well-known principle or problem-solving strategy to be applied.   

Dystar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG v. C.H. Patrick Co., 464 F.3d 1356, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (quoting In re Dembiczak, 175 F.3d 994, 999 (Fed. Cir. 1999)). 

[A]n implicit motivation to combine exists not only when a suggestion may be gleaned from the prior art as a whole, but when the “improvement” is technology-independent and the combination of references results in a product or process that is more desirable, for example because it is stronger, cheaper, cleaner, faster, lighter, smaller, more durable, or more efficient.  Because the desire to enhance commercial opportunities by improving a product or process is universal—and even commonsensical— . . . there exists in these situations a motivation to combine prior art references even absent any hint of suggestion in the references themselves.  In such situations, the proper question is whether the ordinary artisan possesses knowledge and skills rendering him capable of combining the prior art references.   

(Id. at 1368.) 

Dystar textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG v. C. H. Patrick Co., 464 F.3d 1356, 80 USPQ2d 1641 (Fed. Cir. 2006)   2143.01 ,    2144

Dembiczak, In re, 175 F.3d 994, 50 USPQ2d 1614 (Fed. Cir. 1999) 1504.06 , 2144.04

3768 Ex Parte Vaillant et al 13191313 - (D) HORNER 103 FLETCHER YODER, PC GE HEALTHCARE PENG, BO JOSEPH

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte Christensen et al 13777175 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Abel Law Group, LLP OLSEN, KAJ K

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Kota et al 12247230 - (D) HOMERE 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES TURCHEN, JAMES R

2463 Ex Parte Hultell et al 13640327 - (D) SHIANG 102/103 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson ONAMUTI, GBEMILEKE J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Miller 12689943 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 TRASKBRITT, P,C BALDOR!, JOSEPH B

3781 Ex Parte Kopulos et al 13017245 - (D) CALVE 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY CASTILLO, KEVIN CHARLES

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte SHAN 13771804 - (D) RANGE 103 double patenting PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP, HAILEY, PATRICIA L

1782 Ex Parte Kezios et al 11407990 - (D) OWENS 112(2)/103 112(2) OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BLACKWELL, GWENDOLYN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Sleeper 13430223 - (D) HOELTER 103 103 Medtronic Inc. (CRDM/MRG) HOLMES, REX R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1723 Ex Parte Kawa 12670445 - (D) KENNEDY 103 BRIAN ROFFE, ESQ D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2191 Ex Parte HUTCHISON et al 13557746 - (D) SHIANG 103 double patenting Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC WU, DAXIN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2666 Ex Parte Johnson et al 13499008 - (D) McNEILL 102/103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. POTTS, RYAN P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Ex Parte LIANG 13189682 - (D) KENNEDY 112(1) 103 CLIFFORD B. PERRY GRAYBILL, DAVID E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Weng et al 13245689 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Vista IP Law Group, LLP KISH, JAMES M

[E]vidence of a motivation to combine need not be found in the prior art references themselves, but rather may be found in "the knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art or, in some cases, from the nature of the problem to be solved." ... When not from the prior art references, the "evidence" of motive will likely consist of an explanation of the well-known principle or problem-solving strategy to be applied.

Dystar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG v. C.H. Patrick Co., 464 F.3d 1356, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (emphases in original, quoting In re Dembiczak, 175 F.3d 994, 999 (Fed. Cir. 1999)).

Dystar textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG v. C. H. Patrick Co., 464 F.3d 1356, 80 USPQ2d 1641 (Fed. Cir. 2006)   2143.01 ,   2144

Dembiczak, In re, 175 F.3d 994, 50 USPQ2d 1614 (Fed. Cir. 1999) 1504.06 , 2144.04

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2194 Ex Parte GUO et al 13350910 - (R) ENGLE 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC KRAFT, SHIH-WEI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Giuffrida et al 13153063 - (D) KINDER 102/103 Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies Inc. SOREY, ROBERT A

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2143 Ex Parte Krammer et al 12947105 - (D) SAADAT 102 BlackBerry Limited (Novak Drnce) BURWELL, JOSEPH R

2143 Ex Parte SMIRNOVA 12906492 - (D) SAADAT 102 BlackBerry Limited (Novak Drnce) BURWELL, JOSEPH R

2167 Ex Parte Fleischman et al 12838405 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 Twitter/Fenwick LIU, HEXING

2167 Ex Parte Lynn et al 11842711 - (D) McNEILL 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise BROMELL, ALEXANDRIA Y

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Louie et al 13443046 - (D) McNEILL 102 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP RABOVIANSKI, JIVKA A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte NAKAYAMA 12606314 - (D) SAADAT 103 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP HE, WEIMING

2649 Ex Parte Yang et al 13010262 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, PLC RACHEDINE, MOHAMMED

2696 Ex Parte Kim et al 11969597 - (D) FENICK 103 Innovation Counsel LLP LUBIT, RYAN A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2874 Ex Parte Giraud et al 12953134 - (D) BAER 102/103 CORNING INCORPORATED PAK, SUNG H

2891 Ex Parte Cheng et al 13452335 - (D) NAPPI 103 Thompson Hine LLP GONDARENKO, NATALIA A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Kulkarni et al 12774357 - (D) LORIN 102/103 Mauriel Kapouytian Woods LLP IOSIF, MARIO CINCINAT

3646 Ex Parte McWhirter et al 12565402 - (D) HILL 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. TerraPower O'CONNOR, MARSHALL P

3663 Ex Parte SHUKLA 13744429 - (D) ASTORINO 102 GLOBAL IP SERVICES, PLLC EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A

3688 Ex Parte McCann et al 12608679 - (D) LORIN 102/103 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP CAO, VINCENT M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Morin 11711841 - (D) BROWN 103 Siemens Corporation MAYE, AYUBA

The obviousness inquiry considers not only "whether a person of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to combine the prior art to achieve the claimed invention [but also] whether there would have been a reasonable expectation of success in doing so." DyStar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG v. CH Patrick Co., 464 F.3d 1356, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (citation omitted).

3761 Ex Parte LAUER 12766266 - (D) BROWN 102 41.50 112(2) Kenyon & Kenyon LLP TOWNSEND, GUY K

3765 Ex Parte Gellis 12577273 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Florek & Endres PLLC MORAN, KATHERINE M

3771 Ex Parte Amarasinghe 11794151 - (D) BROWNE 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC YOUNG, RACHEL T

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte Mostafavi et al 12205512 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 101 Vista IP Law Group, LLP (Varian) SALMON, KATHERINE D

1791 Ex Parte Gootenilleke et al 13086298 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 103 ALLISON JOHNSON, PA TARAZANO, DONALD LAWRENCE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2193 Ex Parte Throop et al 13190600 - (D) PYONIN 102/103 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P,CJFG1L JEON, JAE UK

2413 Ex Parte Yoo et al 13195711 - (D) MacDONALD 103 103 Qualcomm /Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP WONG, XAVIER S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Glasgow et al 12850363 - (D) MARGOLIES 103 103 AT&T Legal Department - SZ HOLDER, BRADLEY W

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte BURAGOHAIN et al 12838627 - (D) BROWNE 102 101 Blank Rome LLP Brocade MANSFIELD, THOMAS L

3627 Ex Parte Song et al 12778544 - (D) SHAH 103 112(1)/103 TUTUNJIAN & BITETTO, P,C RACIC, MILENA

3646 Ex Parte Hyde et al 12386052 - (D) CALVE 102/103 112(2) HolzerIPLaw, PC O'CONNOR, MARSHALL P

3656 Ex Parte SUGIMOTO et al 13253113 - (D) KERINS 102/103 102 41.50 102 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP MCGOVERN, BRIAN J

3682 Ex Parte Edmunds et al 12049192 - (D) FETTING 103 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP PLLC BOVEJA, NAMRATA

3682 Ex Parte Selinger et al 12012323 - (D) FETTING 103 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP PLLC BOVEJA, NAMRATA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Ols et al 11774701 - (D) KINDER 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY KIM, CRAIG SANG

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1643 Ex Parte Taylor et al 12524398 - (D) LEBOVITZ 112(1) 103 STITES & HARBISON, PLLC RAWLINGS, STEPHEN L

1675 Ex Parte KUZMA et al 12814286 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 Ratner Prestia REYNOLDS, FRED H

1712 Ex Parte Sharma et al 13865855 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP JIANG, LISHA

1715 Ex Parte Schwartz et al 13292547 - (D) NAGUMO 103 Hollingsworth Davis MEEKS, TIMOTHY HOWARD

1735 Ex Parte ARUGA et al 13283012 - (D) HASTINGS 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, LLP, IP, SIKYIN

1735 Ex Parte Soinila et al 14122664 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP YOON, KEVIN E

1746 Ex Parte BROAD et al 13674190 - (D) SMITH 103 112(2)/double patenting THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY HOOVER, MATTHEW

1754 Ex Parte Arurault et al 12739785 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 YOUNG & THOMPSON LIN, JAMES

1768 Ex Parte Bogerd et al 10955038 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP - SABIC (LEXAN/CYCOLOY) NERANGIS, VICKEY M

1768 Ex Parte Burke et al 11262118 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP - SABIC (LEXAN/CYCOLOY) NERANGIS, VICKEY M

1782 Ex Parte Miyauchi et al 12599151 - (D) SNAY 112(1)/103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, LLP, SANDERSON, LEE E

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 Ex Parte Alanis et al 13584059 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 LESLIE A. VAN LEEUWEN IBM CORPORATION-AUSTIN (JVL) RANKIN, CANDICE A

2139 Ex Parte Mitsuma et al 12947155 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 Streets & Steele - Lenovo (Singapore) Pte, Ltd, BANSAL, GURTEJ

2172 Ex Parte Haynes et al 12625407 - (D) HAGY 102/103 IBM CORPORATION YI, RINNA

2174 Ex Parte Laberge et al 13080443 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 HONEYWELL/SLW DANIELS, ANTHONY J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Garriga 13436208 - (D) McNEILL 103 CRGO LAW FLYNN, NATHAN J

2422 Ex Parte JING et al 12537091 - (D) SMITH 102/103 ROGITZ & AS SOCIA TES TRAN, TRANG U

2449 Ex Parte Tiu et al 13337829 - (D) MOORE 103 Baker Botts L.L.P. WON, MICHAEL YOUNG

2456 Ex Parte Montemurro et al 13045658 - (D) BUI 103 Conley Rose - BlackBerry Files SALAD, ABDULLAHIELMI

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Ericson et al 12542906 - (D) FISHMAN 103 TUCKER ELLIS LLP AMINI, JAVID A

2643 Ex Parte Noldus 13191741 - (D) JEFFERY 103 ERICSSON INC SHEN, QUN

2661 Ex Parte Liu et al 12608068 - (D) STEPHENS 101/103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP DASGUPTA, SHOURJO

2683 Ex Parte Calvarese 13298026 - (D) McNEILL 103 Zebra Technologies Corporation MCCORMACK, THOMAS S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte Zhang 13075805 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 Kramer & Amado, P.C. PATEL, RAKESH BHASKARBHAI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3645 Ex Parte Falkenberg et al 12080198 - (D) CAPP 103 Petroleum Geo-Services, Inc, BREIER, KRYSTINE E

3645 Ex Parte Ozdemir et al 12369124 - (D) O'HANLON 103 WestemGeco L.L.C. BREIER, KRYSTINE E

3649 Ex Parte Gray et al 09896917 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 FINA TECHNOLOGY INC KRUER, KEVIN R

3683 Ex Parte Moerdler et al 12337917 - (D) FETTING 103 Baker Botts LLP NGUYEN, NGA B

3694 Ex Parte Craske 12654617 - (D) KIM 101/112(2) 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP GREGG, MARY M

3694 Ex Parte Greiner et al 12679156 - (D) KIM 101/112(2) 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP GREGG, MARY M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Dudzinsky et al 12169051 - (D) GREENHUT 103 KENNAMETAL INC SWINNEY, JENNIFER B

3728 Ex Parte Port et al 12793024 - (D) O'HANLON 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY CHEUNG, CHUN HO!

3738 Ex Parte THORWARTH et al 13177179 - (D) MELVIN 103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP DUKERT, BRIAN AINSLEY

3762 Ex Parte Krause 11380307 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) PATEL, NIKETA I

3782 Ex Parte Williams 11952718 - (D) HOELTER 112(2)/102/103 DUANE MORRIS LLP (prev. Boca Raton) WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J

PIA Ex Parte Christie et al 12163908 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 APPLE c/o MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP PALO AL TO HANNON, CHRISTIAN A

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2684 Ex Parte Grilliot et al 12485491 - (R) BUI 103 HONEYWELL/WOOD PHILLIPS LIEU, JULIE BICHNGOC

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2878 Ex parte DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION Appellant Ex Parte 8172401 et al 13/097,823 90013374 - (D) CHEN 103 Barcelo, Harrison & Walker, LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: LOWE HAUPTMAN & HAM, LLP HUGHES, DEANDRA M original DOWLING, WILLIAM C