exxon research, nautilus

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Reversed 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1633 NOAH HARRISON 15096214 GRIMES 112(1)/103 Barcelo, Harrison & Walker, LLP MARVICH, MARIA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2466 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 15672613 WHITEHEAD JR. 102/103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC VOLTAIRE, JEAN F

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2643 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 15927873 HOFF 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP /Huawei HTUN, SAN A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2883 Corning Optical Communications LLC 15289943 FRANKLIN 102/103 CORNING INCORPORATED CHIEM, DINH D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3622 Facebook, Inc. 14582252 BAUMEISTER 103 41.50 101 BakerHostetler / Facebook TOKARCZYK, CHRISTOPHER B

3623 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15588273 CRAWFORD 103 MERCHANT & GOULD (MICROSOFT) MARCUS, LELAND R

3645 Texas Instruments Incorporated 15236650 HUTCHINGS 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES

3647 JOHN PAOLUCCIO et al. 16353852 DEFRANCO 102/103 ROBERT S. SMITH HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3711 SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. 16163901 MARTIN 103 Studebaker & Brackett PC PIERCE, WILLIAM M

3715 Jeffrey, Richard 16240826 ASTORINO 102 Richard Jeffrey HYLINSKI, STEVEN J

3729 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 15133432 PLENZLER 103 MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. C/O KEATING & BENNETT, LLP PHAN, THIEM D

3745 BASSINE, Stuart H. 14370707 MARTIN 112(1)/102/103 STEVEN C. SCHNEDLER Luedeka Neely Group, P.C. QUANDT, MICHAEL M

3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14767768 DEFRANCO 112(1)/112(2)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BEEBE, JOSHUA R

However, a claim is not made unclear simply because an upper boundary is not specified. See Exxon Research & Engineering Co. v. U.S., 265 F.3d 1371, 1382 (Fed. Cir. 2001), abrogated on other grounds  by Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2120 (2014). In Exxon Research, the Federal Circuit held that claims reciting a minimum particle size, but no maximum particle size, did not result in any indefiniteness as to the recitation because the claim scope, albeit broad, was nonetheless clear. See id.

Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2120, 110 USPQ2d 1688 (2014) 2173.02

3745 United Technologies Corporation 15256411 DEFRANCO 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BEEBE, JOSHUA R

3753 ZODIAC POOL SYSTEMS, LLC 15067886 GUIJT 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - East Coast CHAUDRY, ATIF H

3753 BorgWarner Esslingen GmbH 15146758 STAICOVICI 103 Hackler Daghighian Martino & Novak CARY, KELSEY E

3791 Rocco CRIVELLI et al. 12509834 MARTIN 103 TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP WEARE, MEREDITH H

Affirmed-in-Part 

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2128 LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION 14913983 PYONIN 103 103 Gilliam IP PLLC (Halliburton) ALHIJA, SAIF A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2423 Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC 14058934 MANTIS MERCADER 103 103 Armis Intellectual Property Law, LLC MENDOZA, JUNIOR O

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2621 Apple Inc. 15989063 BUSCH 103 102 Apple c/o Kubota & Basol LLP COOPER, JONATHAN G

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3699 Elementum, LLC 14526136 HUME 112(1)/112(2)/101/102/103 112(1)/112(2)/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC ASGARI, SIMA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3711 QT3.14 LLC 15816710 FITZPATRICK 103 103 Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP MENDIRATTA, VISHU K

Affirmed 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1627 WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION 14703337 ADAMS 103 Intellectual Property Dept./DeWitt LLP Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA

1644 Stefanie Kuerten et al. 14113740 CHANG 112(1) 103 BORSON LAW GROUP, PC EWOLDT, GERALD R

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1742 MILLIKEN & COMPANY 15171771 FRANKLIN 103 Legal Department (M-495) THROWER, LARRY W

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2126 Cognitive Scale, Inc. 14734495 WHITEHEAD JR. 112(2)/103 TERRILE, CANNATTI & CHAMBERS, LLP ALABI, OLUWATOSIN O

2126 Cognitive Scale, Inc. 14734498 WHITEHEAD JR. 112(2)/103 TERRILE, CANNATTI & CHAMBERS, LLP ALABI, OLUWATOSIN O

2153 Rodger Cosgrove 12834861 MacDONALD 103 FISH IP LAW, LLP CHOI, YUK TING

2173 Pictometry International Corp. 13915285 PYONIN 103 DUNLAP CODDING, P.C. TRAN, TAN H

2176 SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 14520716 MORGAN 103 SCHLUMBERGER INFORMATION SOLUTIONS BURKE, TIONNA M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2449 Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. 15237915 HOFF 103 Dernier IP Law, LLC FAN, HUA

2449 CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC 14562097 SILVERMAN 103 CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC WON, MICHAEL YOUNG

2456 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15342404 BUSCH 103 NovoTechIP International PLLC TRAN, JIMMY H

2461 CommScope Technologies LLC 15304047 DEJMEK 103 Fogg & Powers LLC/Commscope CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M

2464 Hisashi FUTAKI et al. 14143708 BUSCH 103 NEC-IPC STEINER, STEPHEN NICHOLAS

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2621 Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. 15747225 CHUNG 103 Dernier IP Law, LLC CERULLO, LILIANA P

2626 KT CORPORATION 13726404 KHAN 103 IP LEGAL SERVICES, LLC COHEN, YARON

2649 Skype 15787090 KOHUT 103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. AMINZAY, SHAIMA Q

2694 Apple Inc. 14915224 BUSCH 103 Apple c/o Kubota & Basol LLP TUNG, DAVID

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2839 Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd. 15229616 HANLON 103 Cirrus Logic c/o Jackson Walker LLP c/o Jackson Walker, L.L.P. AHMAD, SHAHZEB K

2864 CGG SERVICES SAS 15622241 HASTINGS 101 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3624 NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH 15439979 FISCHETTI dissenting SILVERMAN 101/103 41.50 101 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N

3668 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15934444 CAPP 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A

3682 CBS INTERACTIVE INC. 15864034 CRAIG 101 Rimon PC REINHARDT, RICHARD G

3683 International Business Machines Corporation 15131978 FISCHETTI 101 ZILKA-KOTAB, PC- IBM TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN

3691 George Kunjachan et al. 15610534 FISCHETTI 101 FBFK/Intuit Robert Lord MALHOTRA, SANJEEV

3695 David Drake 15634466 MOHANTY 101 ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS LLC SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

3699 Bankinter S.A. et al. 14422555 WIEDER 112(1)/112(2)/101 103 41.50 112(2) EDELL, SHAPIRO & FINNAN, LLC ASGARI, SIMA

3699 Justin AMOS 13279628 MOHANTY 101 Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP PUTTAIAH, ASHA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3700 Acclarent, Inc. 15373649 MARTIN 103 Acclarent, Inc. c/o Frost Brown Todd LLC ROSEN, ERIC J

3726 AMERICAN PAN COMPANY 15629255 DEFRANCO 112(1) 103 ULMER & BERNE, LLP ATTN: DIANE BELL HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE

3731 Robert Bosch GmbH 15045377 STAICOVICI 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP IMAM, TANZIM

3731 Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC 15350621 MARTIN 112(2)/103 Cilag GmbH International c/o Frost Brown Todd LLC SEIF, DARIUSH

3734 Anne-Sophie Trzebinski-Lemarti 15985790 SCHOPFER 103 KAUFHOLD DIX PATENT LAW SCHMIDT, PHILLIP D

3763 Young-Hwan CHOI et al. 15306326 SHAH 103 Studebaker & Brackett PC RUSSELL, DEVON L

3791 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15024630 MOHANTY 103 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS DULMAN, RAYMOND P

3794 Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC 15355836 MARTIN 103 Cilag GmbH International c/o Frost Brown Todd LLC FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE

3991 BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (PATENT OWNER) et al. 90014460 INGLESE 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP DIAMOND, ALAN D

3992 UNILOC 2017 LLC (PATENT OWNER) et al. 90014281 CHEN 102/103 Burdick Patents, P.A. SORRELL, ERON J

Rehearing

Denied 

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3628 NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES 14166293 FISCHETTI 103 Cozen O''Connor - Neopost ERB, NATHAN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3786 UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 15074339 KERINS Concurring CAPP 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. HICKS, VICTORIA J

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Bellamkonda 11862158 - (D) NAPPI 103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM/ORACLE TRAN, ANHTAI V

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2637 Ex Parte Hossein-Zadeh et al 12359897 - (D) ULLAGADDI 103 MILSTEIN ZHANG & WU LLC LI, SHI K

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3693 Ex Parte Cataline et al 11717057 - (D) LORIN 103 JPMorgan Chase/Hunton & Williams LLP KHATTAR, RAJESH

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex Parte Beaton 12322644 - (D) BAER 103 103 Jeffrey Beaton ZUBERI, MOHAMMED H

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte Sylvain 11960317 - (D) FRAHM 103 103 RPX Clearinghouse, LLC FABBRI, ANTHONY E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 Ex Parte Blucher 11623009 - (D) GREENHUT 103 112(2) 41.50 112(2) STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. BRADEN, SHAWN M

There are no per se rules of indefiniteness. See, e.g., Exxon Research and Eng’g Co. v. U.S., 265 F.3d 1371, 1379–80 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (distinguishing In re Jolly, 172 F.2d 566 (CCPA 1949) (holding a claim including the same term, “substantially,” indefinite); noting the presumption of validity of the claims of an issued patent as compared to those of an application). ...

In cases involving claims that recite terms of degree, those claims are generally held definite only so long as there is something in the Specification to enable one skilled in the art to determine the degree required. Often this may be set forth in terms of achieving a particular result. See, e.g., Exxon Research and Eng’g Co. v. U.S., 265 F.3d at 1381 (“Whether there is a ‘substantial absence of slug flow’ therefore can be determined with reference to whether reactor efficiency is materially affected.”).

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2171 Ex Parte Lashley 10941542 - (D) ZADO 103 LIEBERMAN & BRANDSDORFER, LLC ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D

2427 Ex Parte Kandekar et al 12232805 - (D) KAISER 102/103 Concert Technology Corporation LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2676 Ex Parte Cunningham et al 12199602 - (D) HUME 102/103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC SANTIAGO CORDERO, MARIVELISSE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Mann et al 11882708 - (D) FETTING 103 JPMorgan Chase/Hunton & Williams LLP WU, RUTAO

CSDM Ex Parte Stoll 12386487 - (D) FETTING 103 Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P GOODBODY, JOAN T

REEXAMINATION

REHEARING

GRANTED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 Ex parte HUBBELL INCORPORATED Appellant Ex Parte Shotey et al  7,119,277 11/257,888 90012087 - (D) STRAUSS 103 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP (Hubbell) For Third Party Requester: O’SHEA GETZ PC WHITTINGTON, KENNETH original PATEL, DHIRUBHAI R

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 ENGINEERED PLASTICS, INC. Requester, Cross-Appellant, Respondent v. ADA SOLUTIONS, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant, Respondent Ex Parte 8028491 et al 11/822,500 95001775 - (R) SONG 103 Nields, Lemack & Frame, LLC For Third Party Requester: FOLEY HOAG, LLP original BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP DAWSON, GLENN K original NGUYEN, NINH H

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1623 Ex Parte Edelman et al 11440529 - (D) GRIMES 103 SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP BLAND, LAYLA D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2455 Ex Parte Kashyap 11404640 - (D) BENOIT 103 LAW OFFICES (San Jose) YU, XIANG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2643 Ex Parte Rathonyi et al 11675881 - (D) BENOIT 102 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC HTUN, SAN A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3672 Ex Parte Rouen 10711820 - (D) RICE 103 SCHLUMBERGER ROSHARON CAMPUS ANDREWS, DAVID L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Chuter 11825473 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE/CHICAGO/COOK SHIPMON, TIFFANY P

3748 Ex Parte Handler et al 11517865 - (D) DANIELS 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2651 Ex Parte Grilliot et al 11247061 - (D) CURCURI 103 103 HONEYWELL/WOOD PHILLIPS EASON, MATTHEW A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Agostinelli 10476139 - (D) BOUCHER 103 103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB CAVALLARI, DANIEL J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Stones et al 10889764 - (D) SCANLON 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 112(1) Black & Decker Corporation DEXTER,CLARK F

See Exxon Rsrch and Eng’g Co. v. U.S., 265 F.3d 1371, 1375 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (“If the meaning of the claim is discernible, even though the task may be formidable and the conclusion may be one over which reasonable persons will disagree, we have held the claim sufficiently clear to avoid invalidity on indefiniteness grounds.”).
HARMON 1: 211, 238; 5: 230, 241, 247
DONNER 10: 23, 24, 26

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1743 Ex Parte Lesschaeve et al 12278179 - (D) KATZ 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J

1773 Ex Parte Williamson et al 11618987 - (D) HASTINGS 103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP LEVKOVICH, NATALIA A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2116 Ex Parte Kim 11935029 - (D) COURTENAY 103 Stanzione & Kim, LLP YANCHUS III, PAULB

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Vosseler 10318210 - (D) KUMAR 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY DAFTUAR, SAKET K

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte Negro et al 11113542 - (D) POTHIER 103 Gesmer Updegrove LLP HAGAN, SEAN P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Helmersson et al 10586032 - (D) SAINDON 103 MICHAUD-Kinney Group LLP O'CONNOR, MARSHALL P

3661 Ex Parte Duddles et al 11348713 - (D) BUNTING 103 Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C. NOLAN, PETER D  

REEXAMINATION  

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte Andritz INC. Appellant 90010403 5753075 08/738,239 LEBOVITZ 103 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC Third Party Requester: FASTH LAW OFFICES (ROLF FASTH) JASTRZAB, KRISANNE MARIE original LEAVITT, STEVEN

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 ULTRAMERCIAL, INC., AND ULTRAMERCIAL, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HULU, LLC, Defendant, AND WILDTANGENT, INC., Defendant-Appellee. 2010-1544 7,346,545 09/867,181 RADER Concurring LOURIE 101 Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman LLP; Latham & Watkins, LLP original MORRISON & FOERSTER, LLP POND, ROBERT M

First, it will be rare that a patent infringement suit can be dismissed at the pleading stage for lack of patentable subject matter. This is so because every issued patent is presumed to have been issued properly, absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary. See, e.g., CLS Bank Int’l v. Alice Corp., __ F.3d __, 2013 WL 1920941, *33 (Fed. Cir. May 10, 2013) (Chief Judge Rader, and Judges Linn, Moore, and O’Malley, concluding that “any attack on an issued patent based on a challenge to the eligibility of the subject matter must be proven by clear and convincing evidence,” and Judges Lourie, Dyk, Prost, Reyna, and Wallach, concluding that a statutory presumption of validity applies when § 101 is raised as a basis for invalidity in district court proceedings.). Further, if Rule 12(b)(6) is used to assert an affirmative defense, dismissal is appropriate only if the well-pleaded factual allegations in the complaint, construed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, suffice to establish the defense. See Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007); Jones v. Bock, 549 U.S. 199, 215 (2007). Thus, the only plausible reading of the patent must be that there is clear and convincing evidence of ineligibility. For those reasons, Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal for lack of eligible subject matter will be the exception, not the rule.

diamond1, comiskey, bilski, rice, gutta, exxon research, miller,

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
07/19/2011 1627 Ex Parte Lee et al 11/724,095 WALSH 103(a) Kevin D. Erickson Pauley Petersen & Erickson EXAMINER SOROUSH, LAYLA

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
07/20/2011 3623 Ex Parte TEMPLETON 09/416,278 PETRAVICK 112(2)/102(e)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. 41.50(b) 101 PETERS VERNY , L.L.P. EXAMINER BOSWELL, BETH V

See Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U.S. 175, 188 (S. Ct. 1981); In re Comiskey, 554 F.3d 967, 973 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (declining to reach an obviousness rejection on appeal after concluding many claims were non-statutory under § 101); In re Bilski, 545 F.3d 943, 951 n.1 (noting that § 101 is a threshold requirement and that the Examiner may reject claims solely on that basis); In re Rice, 132 F.2d 140, 141 (CCPA 1942) (finding it unnecessary to reach rejection based on prior art after concluding claims were directed to nonstatutory subject matter); Ex Parte Gutta, 93 USPQ2d 1025, 1036 (BPAI 2009) (per curiam) (expanded panel) (precedential) (as the claims on appeal do not recite patent-eligible subject matter under § 101, the prior art rejections need not be considered).

Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U.S. 175, 209 USPQ 1 (1981) . . 2106, 2106.01, 2106.02, 2107.01

07/19/2011 3624 Ex Parte Troyer et al 10/652,139 CRAWFORD 102(b)/103(a) PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. EXAMINER MANSFIELD, THOMAS L

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products &1amp; Design
07/19/2011 3764 Ex Parte Carvalho et al 10/040,575 CALVE 103(a) PHILIP S. JOHNSON JOHNSON & JOHNSON EXAMINER ANDERSON, CATHARINE L
AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
07/19/2011 2172 Ex Parte Beltran et al 10/781,307 DANG 103(a) GATES & COOPER LLP EXAMINER ABDUL-ALI, OMAR R

07/19/2011 2174 Ex Parte Law et al 10/830,926 DANG 103(a) MAYER & WILLIAMS PC EXAMINER KE, PENG

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
07/20/2011 3652 Ex Parte Gifford et al 10/908,594 COCKS 112(2)/102(e)/103(a) LAW OFFICE OF DELIO & PETERSON, LLC. EXAMINER RUDAWITZ, JOSHUA I

A claim is not indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, if a person of ordinary skill in the art would understand what is claimed when the claim is read in light of the specification. Exxon Research & Eng'g Co. v. United States, 265 F.3d 1371, 1375 (Fed.Cir. 2001). Breadth in scope does not equal indefiniteness. In re Miller, 441 F.2d 689, 693 (CCPA 1971).

Miller, In re, 441 F.2d 689, 169 USPQ 597 (CCPA 1971) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2173.04

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
07/20/2011 1643 Ex Parte King et al 10/731,759 MILLS 103(a) COZEN O'CONNOR, P.C. EXAMINER SANG, HONG

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
07/20/2011 1782 Ex Parte Schryver 10/778,366 FRANKLIN 103(a) MCKELLAR IP LAW, PLLC EXAMINER AUGHENBAUGH, WALTER

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
07/20/2011 2168 Ex Parte Needham et al 10/880,301 CHEN 102(e) HICKMAN PALERMO TRUONG & BECKER/ORACLE EXAMINER GORTAYO, DANGELINO N

2600 Communications
07/19/2011 2624 Ex Parte Baker et al 10/744,879 CRAWFORD 102(b)/103(a) PITNEY BOWES INC. EXAMINER TUCKER, WESLEY J