farrenkopf, orthopedic

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3675 Ex Parte Weinraub 12606416 - (D) BROWNE 103 LAW OFFICES OF LARRY K. ROBERTS, INC. FULTON, KRISTINA ROSE

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Macinga et al 13377839 - (D) PRATS 112(2)/103 103 Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP BROWE, DAVID

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1645 Ex Parte Masignani et al 13375759 - (D) FREDMAN 102 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP OGUNBIYI, OLUWATOSIN A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Kopchick et al 13609821 - (D) PRAISS 103 VIVACQUA LAW, PLLC HA, STEVEN S

See In re Farrenkopf 713 F.2d 714, 718 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (“additional expense associated with the addition of inhibitors would not discourage one of ordinary skill in the art”); Orthopedic Equipment Co. v. United States, 702 F.2d 1005, 1013 (Fed. Cir. 1983).

Farrenkopf, In re, 713 F.2d 714, 219 USPQ 1 (Fed. Cir. 1983) 2145

Orthopedic Equip. Co., Inc. v. All Orthopedic Appliances, Inc., 707 F.2d 1376, 217 USPQ 1281 (Fed. Cir. 1983) 716.04

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Bolz et al 12855602 - (D) FENICK 103 Artegis Law Group, LLP/NVIDIA TRAN, KIM THANH THI

2682 Ex Parte Subbian et al 12787524 - (D) FENICK 103 HONEYWELL/HUSCH DORSEY, RENEE

farrenkopf

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 Ex Parte Augesky 13513033 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 Cozen O'Connor AHMAD, SHAHZEB K

Although one of ordinary skill in the art might not be deterred from making a design modification due to an increase in cost or complexity (see In re Farrenkopf, 713 F.2d 714, 718 (Fed. Cir. 1983)), the ordinary artisan certainly would weigh such drawbacks against the benefits of making the modification. We agree with Appellant that the Examiner has not explained how the proposed modification of Kuwabara’s Figure 4 embodiment provides a benefit or solution to a problem that is not addressed adequately by the Figure 4 embodiment. 

Farrenkopf, In re, 713 F.2d 714, 219 USPQ 1 (Fed. Cir. 1983) 2145

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3743 Ex Parte Grunert et al 12290485 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC LU, JIPING

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte HOLAHAN 13025882 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi, L.C. JONES, DAMERON LEVEST

1625 Ex Parte BETTONI et al 13852234 - (D) MILLS 103 Silvia Salvadori, P.C. O DELL, DAVID K

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1786 Ex Parte D’SILVA et al 12754461 - (D) DELMENDO 102/103 JOHNS MANVILLE CHRISS, JENNIFER A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2445 Ex Parte Johnston et al 13931967 - (D) YAP 102/103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. JAKOVAC, RYAN J

2454 Ex Parte Nguyen 13673408 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 Fish & Richardson P.C. (Blackberry) HACKENBERG, RACHEL J

farrenkopf, orthopedic

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Das et al 12228529 - (D) SMITH 103 University of Nevada, Las Vegas SONG, MATTHEW J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte MATUSZ et al 12191949 - (D) SMITH 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY ABU ALI, SHUANGYI

1773 Ex Parte Zamansky et al 12337724 - (D) DERRICK 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY WOODARD, JOYE L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2473 Ex Parte Hsieh et al 11682889 - (D) MORGAN 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP LIU, JUNG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte Song 11994245 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD O TOOLE, COLLEEN J

2891 Ex Parte Gruber et al 12510650 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102/103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP WRIGHT, TUCKER J

2897 Ex Parte Kelkar et al 12041601 - (D) PRAISS 103 NORTH, WEBER & BAUGH LLP NGUYEN, THINH T

2897 Ex Parte Gruber et al 12181882 - (D) HOUSEL 103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP CHAMBLISS, ALONZO

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Ex Parte Derrick 13285882 - (D) HILL 103 101/112(a)/112(b) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(b) Patricia Derrick THANH, QUANG D

3781 Ex Parte Brozell 12330163 - (D) GOODSON 103 REISING, ETHINGTON, BARNES, KISSELLE, P.C. ALLEN, JEFFREY R

However, “[t]hat a given combination would not be made by businessmen for economic reasons does not mean that persons skilled in the art would not make the combination because of some technological incompatability. Only the latter fact would be relevant.” In re Farrenkopf, 713 F.2d 714, 718 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (citing Orthopedic Equip. Co. v. United States, 702 F.2d 1005, 1013 (Fed. Cir. 1983)).

staats, lighting world, farrenkopf

REVERSED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Hatcher et al 10/616,884 SCHEINER 102(a)/102(b)/103(a) CANTOR COLBURN LLP YOUNG, MICAH PAUL

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 Ex Parte Dewes et al 11/263,105 COLAIANNI 103(a) Delphi Technologies, Inc. VAN, LUAN V

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex Parte Chao et al 11/055,744 HUGHES 102(b)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY QUELER, ADAM M

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Harris 10/652,261 HAHN 103(a) SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/OPEN TV SALCE, JASON P

2442 Ex Parte Grumann et al 09/848,713 EVANS 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101/112(2) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AILES, BENJAMIN A

We must therefore determine “whether [each] term is one that is understood to describe structure, as opposed to a term that is simply a nonce word or a verbal construct that is not recognized as the name of structure and is simply a substitute for the term ‘means for.”’ (See Lighting World, Inc. v. Birchwood Lighting, Inc., 382 F.3d 1354, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2004)).

2451 Ex Parte Mori et al 11/300,551 HOMERE 103(a) TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. FOLLANSBEE, JOHN A

2492 Ex Parte Liang et al 10/138,478 CHEN 103(a) Beyer Law Group LLP PAN, PEILIANG

2600 Communications
2627 Ex Parte Koll et al 10/352,737 RUGGIERO 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY HUBER, PAUL W

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Kubota et al 12/613,474 JEFFERY 251 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/Apple GUSHI, ROSS N

In re Staats, 671 F.3d 1350, 1355-56 (Fed. Cir. 2012).

2833 Ex Parte Kubota et al 12/613,482 JEFFERY 251 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/Apple GUSHI, ROSS N

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3734 Ex Parte Letort 10/976,092 ADAMS 102(e)/103(a) MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. BLATT, ERIC D

3746 Ex Parte Nakamura et al 11/181,906 McCARTHY 103(a) KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1772 Ex Parte Ragil et al 10/042,248 COLAIANNI 103(a) 112(2) MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. NGUYEN, TAM M

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2181 Ex Parte Kotzin 10/749,321 BARRY 103(a) 103(a) MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC LEE, CHUN KUAN

2600 Communications
2628 Ex Parte Kimoto et al 11/136,648 SIU 102(b) 102(b) Steven E. Bach Attorney at Law MA, TIZE

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Albers 11/545,361 WALSH 102(b)/103(a) 102(b)/103(a)
HUDAK, SHUNK & FARINE, CO., L.P.A. HAYES, KRISTEN C
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Maron et al 10/397,303 ASTORINO 102(f)/103(a) 103(a) H. JAY SPIEGEL MOSSER, KATHLEEN MICHELE

AFFIRMED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1647 Ex Parte Donovan 10/194,805 FRANKLIN 103(a) STEPHEN DONOVAN ALLERGAN, INC. SHUKLA, RAM R

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Swoboda et al 11/454,570 COLAIANNI 103(a) Georgia-Pacific LLC ROLLAND, ALEX A

1716 Ex Parte Saito et al 11/205,734 COLAIANNI 112(1)/103(a) FLYNN THIEL BOUTELL & TANIS, P.C. CHANDRA, SATISH

1722 Ex Parte Kojima et al 12/153,309 COLAIANNI 103(a) RADER FISHMAN & GRAUER PLLC WALKE, AMANDA C

1743 Ex Parte Olaru et al 10/873,459 COLAIANNI 103(a) MEDLER FERRO PLLC DEL SOLE, JOSEPH S

1765 Ex Parte Lawrey et al 11/636,838 OWENS 102(b)/102(a) BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE LLC SERGENT, RABON A

1767 Ex Parte Rees 11/556,313 COLAIANNI 103(a) S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. STANLEY, JANE L

However, merely because a businessman would not have made the combination for economic reasons, does not mean that a person of ordinary skill in the art would not have made the combination for another reason. In re Farrenkopf 713 F.2d 714, 718 (Fed. Cir. 1983)

Farrenkopf, In re, 713 F.2d 714, 219 USPQ 1 (Fed. Cir. 1983). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2145

1771 Ex Parte Bhan 11/399,843 SCHAFER 102(b)/103(a) SHELL OIL COMPANY SINGH, PREM C

1771 Ex Parte Bhan et al 11/013,553 SCHAFER 103(a) SHELL OIL COMPANY SINGH, PREM C

1775 Ex Parte LANDSCHOF et al 11/609,742 OWENS 103(a) SHELL OIL COMPANY HINES, LATOSHA D

1776 Ex Parte Dallas et al 10/927,708 TIMM 103(a) PAULY, DEVRIES SMITH & DEFFNER, L.L.C. WU, IVES J

1789 Ex Parte Flaherty et al 11/001,845 TIMM 112(1) FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP TRAN, LIEN THUY

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2456 Ex Parte McGee et al 10/650,894 HOMERE 103(a) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG BATES, KEVIN T

2492 Ex Parte Bekiares et al 10/767,486 POTHIER 103(a) MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. NAJJAR, SALEH

2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Friedrich et al 11/104,438 POTHIER 102(b)/103(a) Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC SYED, NABIL H

2612 Ex Parte Kamlah 09/940,092 WINSOR 103(a) LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP SYED, NABIL H

2614 Ex Parte Etter 10/163,359 POTHIER 102(e)/103(a) CAPITOL PATENT & TRADEMARK LAW FIRM, PLLC BRINEY III, WALTER F

2617 Ex Parte Budampati 10/800,482 HOMERE 103(a) HONEYWELL/SLW GONZALEZ, AMANCIO

2617 Ex Parte Jampolsky et al 10/404,586 HAHN 102(e)/103(a) SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. IQBAL, KHAWAR

2617 Ex Parte Kent et al 11/174,252 EASTHOM 103(a) STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. KIM, WESLEY LEO

2618 Ex Parte Hyatt 11/165,521 EVANS 102(b)/103(a) COATS & BENNETT/SONY ERICSSON ALAM, FAYYAZ

2624 Ex Parte Adiletta et al 11/204,939 KOHUT 102(e) Hewlett-Parkard Company CHEN, WENPENG

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3612 Ex Parte Young 11/418,022 COCKS 102(b)/103(a) BLACK-E, LLC PATEL, KIRAN B

3627 Ex Parte Birkhoelzer et al 09/992,974 LORIN 102(e)/103(a) SCHIFF HARDIN, LLP REFAI, RAMSEY

3641 Ex Parte Schilling 11/279,485 McCARTHY 102(b)/103(a) LAW OFFICE OF RAY R. REGAN, P.A. HAYES, BRET C

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Danylewych-May 11/326,599 FRANKLIN 103(a) FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP EISEMAN, ADAM JARED

ultramercial, researchcorp, farrenkopf, cybersource, dealertrack

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1648 Ex Parte GOLDENBERG et al 11/745,692 GRIMES 103(a) IMMUNOMEDICS, INC. EXAMINER KINSEY WHITE. NICOLE ERIN

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3658 Ex Parte Thoma 10/647,912 HOELTER 102(b) O'Shea Getz P.C. EXAMINER BOES, TERENCE

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 Ex Parte Brissette 11/090,861 SAINDON 103(a) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. EXAMINER EKIERT, TERESA M

3748 Ex Parte Goulette et al 11/453,352 SAINDON 102(b) Delphi Technologies, Inc. EXAMINER TRAN, BINH Q

3761 Ex Parte Pfeifer et al 10/231,151 BONILLA 102(b)/103(a) FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP EXAMINER DEAK, LESLIE R
AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 Ex Parte Sparr et al 10/122,762 JEFFERY 102(e)/103(a) MOSER TABOADA EXAMINER MATTIS, JASON E

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Svendsen 11/403,597 KIM 101/103(a) WITHROW & TERRANOVA CT EXAMINER UBER, NATHAN C

However, the Federal Circuit has held that Section 101 is “merely a threshold check” and “no more than a ‘coarse eligibility filter’” that “are certainly not substitutes for the substantive patentability requirements set forth in § 102, § 103, and § 112.” See Ultramercial, LLC v. Hulu, LLC, 657 F.3d 1323, 1326 (Fed. Cir. 2011), (citing Research Corp. Techs., Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., 627 F.3d 859, 869 (Fed. Cir. 2010)).

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Webb 11/485,413 KIM 101/103(a) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC EXAMINER DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID

3783 Ex Parte Moskun 11/434,429 McCARTHY 102(b)/103(a) 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102(b) BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE EXAMINER COLEMAN, KEITH A

While Springer criticizes the use of a wireless radio connection for remote monitoring as complex and costly (id.), the cost of a particular modification in and of itself is not typically presumed sufficient to discourage one of ordinary skill in the art from adopting the modification. See In re Farrenkopf, 713 F.2d 714, 718 (Fed. Cir. 1983).

Farrenkopf, In re, 713 F.2d 714, 219 USPQ 1 (Fed. Cir. 1983). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2145
AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Gupta et al 11/260,678 NAGUMO 103(a) Rahman LLC EXAMINER HOFFMANN, JOHN M

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3695 Ex Parte Edelson 11/101,436 FETTING 112(2)/101/103(a) PATTON BOGGS LLP EXAMINER SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

As to the “computer-implemented method,”

even if some physical steps are required to obtain information from the database (e.g., entering a query via a keyboard, clicking a mouse), such data-gathering steps cannot alone confer patentability
CyberSource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc., 654 F.3d 1366, 1372 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 16, 2011). Simply using some computer-implemented method in some undefined manner alone cannot confer patentability. More recently, claims were held to be non-statutory where

the claims here recite only that the method is “computer aided” without specifying any level of involvement or detail. The fact that certain algorithms are disclosed in the specification does not change the outcome. In considering patent eligibility under § 101, one must focus on the claims. This is because a claim may “preempt” only that which the claims encompass, not what is disclosed but left unclaimed.

Dealertrack v Huber --- F.3d ----, 2012 WL 164439 (Fed Cir 2012). The phrase “computer-implemented” modifier is comparable in scope to “computer-aided” and so its inclusion in the preamble does not change the outcome.

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Godley 09/778,543 FETTING 102(b)/103(a) PATENT, COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARK LAW GROUP EXAMINER GISHNOCK, NIKOLAI A

3729 Ex Parte Yao et al 10/997,183 ASTORINO 102(e)/103(a) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC EXAMINER KIM, PAUL D

3761 Ex Parte Schneider 10/995,863 PRATS 102(b) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F