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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Ex Parte Oehler et al 14462906 - (D) DENNETT 103 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN

1788 Ex Parte Chisaka et al 13847179 - (D) SQUIRE 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY VAZQUEZ, ELAINE M

1792 Ex Parte TAN 15021417 - (D) HOUSEL 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS WILLIAMS, LELA

The disclosure of an alternative, albeit inferior, solution does not amount to a teaching away. DePuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., 567 F.3d 1314, 1327 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (citing In re Fulton, 391 F.3d 1195, 1201 (Fed. Cir. 2004)). 

DePuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., 567 F.3d 1314, 90 USPQ2d 1865 (Fed. Cir. 2009) 2143

Fulton, In re, 391 F.3d 1195, 73 USPQ2d 1141 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2123 , 2141.02 , 2143.01 , 2145

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 Ex Parte CHIU et al 14873627 - (D) SHIANG 103 OKAMOTO & BENEDICTO, LLP TRAN, TONGOC

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2643 Ex Parte Su et al 14825494 - (D) KRIVAK 103 Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & G (Apple) SHAHEED, KHALID W

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3655 Ex Parte Andonian et al 13657947 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 MACMILLAN, SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC - FORD DODD, RYAN P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Jansma 13427976 - (D) BAYAT 112(1)/103 ITW c/o MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY DUNNER, DIALLO IGWE

3791 Ex Parte Griswold et al 13482883 - (D) ASTORINO 103 Medtronic, Inc. WEARE, MEREDITH H

3791 Ex Parte Wolfe et al 13047431 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 Gates & Cooper LLP - Minimed WEARE, MEREDITH H

3792 Ex Parte Cheung Hyen et al 14531366 - (D) BROWN 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING

3793 Ex Parte Deladi et al 13885016 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS SIRIPURAPU, RAJEEV P

3793 Ex Parte Dickinson et al 14141913 - (D) HOFFMANN 112(2)/103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP SIRIPURAPU, RAJEEV P

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2471 Ex Parte Liu et al 14385979 - (D) DIRBA 103 103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA ADHAMI, MOHAMMAD SAJID

2473 Ex Parte Ekpenyong et al 13952588 - (D) MORGAN 112(1)/112(2) 112(2)/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED NGO, NGUYEN HOANG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2824 Ex Parte Kumar et al 14613933 - (D) DENNETT 102/103 102/103 Treyz Law Group NGUYEN, VAN THU T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Bechyne 13777728 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. STEVENS, ALLAN D

3793 Ex Parte Ehlers et al 14172424 - (D) FREDMAN 112(2)/101/102/103 112(1)/112(6) 41.50 112(2) TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. TURCHEN, ROCHELLE DEANNA

3793 Ex Parte Razansky et al 13386491 - (D) STEPINA 112(2)/103 103 STOEL RIVES LLP - SLC GILLMAN, AMELIE R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Bradford et al 13586427 - (D) FREDMAN 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE

1621 Ex Parte SHALON et al 14827207 - (D) FREDMAN 103 SHAY GLENN LLP CRUZ, KATHRIEN ANN

1626 Ex Parte Gu et al 13995063 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 KOSACK, JOSEPH R KOSACK, JOSEPH R

1651 Ex Parte Patzke 13776758 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC FAN, LYNN Y

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1722 Ex Parte Wittek et al 14437244 - (D) SNAY 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. MALLOY, ANNA E

1732 Ex Parte Alavi 14334731 - (D) HASTINGS 103 JOHNS MANVILLE QIAN, YUN

1766 Ex Parte Cisowski et al 14403206 - (D) GUPTA 103 The Dow Chemical Company LOEWE, ROBERTS

1773 Ex Parte Greco et al 14692056 - (D) HASTINGS 103 SINORICA, LLC CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 Ex Parte Chen et al 14846411 - (D) FRAHM 103 Hall Estill Attorneys at Law (Seagate Technology LLC) DUDEK JR, EDWARD J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Carbunar et al 15179765 - (D) FRAHM 103 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP MONTOYA,OSCHTAI

2421 Ex Parte Stahl et al 13699310 - (D) COURTENAY 103 THOMSON Licensing CASTRO, ALFONSO

2479 Ex Parte Le Naour et al 13984063 - (D) JURGOVAN 112(2)/103 Vincent E. Duffy PEREZ, JOSE L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Kamat et al 14812002 - (D) DIRBA 102 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. LOUIS-FILS, NICOLE M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte ERIKSSON 15101288 - (D) KRIVAK 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP PAPE, ZACHARY

2857 Ex Parte ODONNELL 14467526 - (D) CASHION 101 Hoffman Warnick LLC KUAN, JOHN CHUNY ANG

2857 Ex Parte ODONNELL 14467534 - (D) CASHION 101 Hoffman Warnick LLC KUAN, JOHN CHUNY ANG

2857 Ex Parte ODONNELL 14467538 - (D) CASHION 101 Hoffman Warnick LLC KUAN, JOHN CHUNY ANG

2857 Ex Parte ODONNELL 14467549 - (D) CASHION 101 Hoffman Warnick LLC KUAN, JOHN CHUNY ANG

2857 Ex Parte ODONNELL 14467566 - (D) CASHION 101 Hoffman Warnick LLC KUAN, JOHN CHUNY ANG

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Ex Parte Reich et al 13780844 - (D) BARRY 101/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L DESAI, RESHA

3628 Ex Parte Camp et al 12928253 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 101 Mahamedi IP Law LLP (Uber) JOSEPH, TONY A S

3681 Ex Parte Smallwood et al 13705625 - (D) MacDONALD 101/103 Facebook/Fenwick REFAI, SAM M

3682 Ex Parte Scholes et al 13733104 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 101 Loza & Loza, LLP ANDREI, RADU

3687 Ex Parte Lindholme et al 14579547 - (D) COURTENAY 101/103 THOMAS I HORSTEMEYER, LLP DANZIG,REVAR

3694 Ex Parte Fields et al 14012586 - (D) CUTITTA 101 Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC NGUYEN, TIEN C

3694 Ex Parte Jha et al 13711390 - (D) MEDLOCK 112(1) 101 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/CME RANKINS, WILLIAM E

3695 Ex Parte Anderson 13486691 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 BUTZEL LONG, P.C. POLLOCK, GREGORY A

3697 Ex Parte Archard et al 13491512 - (D) SHAH 101 FENWICK & WEST LLP OYEBISI, OJO O

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Spangler et al 11679958 - (D) BAHR 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY DAVIS, JASON GREGORY

3771 Ex Parte Young et al 13697591 - (D) CALVE 103 BGL/Cook - Chicago TANNER, JOCELIN C

3791 Ex Parte Imose 10551668 - (D) SCHNEIDER 101/103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) JANG, CHRISTIAN YONGKYUN

3793 Ex Parte Hendriks et al 12919220 - (D) BAHR 112(2) 112(2)/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS SMITH, RUTH S

gurley, ricoh, optivus, fulton

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Rose 12398748 - (D) BAHR 103 Kinney & Lange, P.A. DANG, KET D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Koestner et al 13275795 - (D) WILSON 103 Brooks Kushman P.C. KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C

1791 Ex Parte Kiefer et al 11543473 - (D) DELMENDO 112(1)/103/double patenting CANTOR COLBURN LLP DEES, NIKKI H

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Castellanos et al 13070056 - (D) MacDONALD 102 Hewlett Packard Enterprise FAN, SHIOW-JY

2185 Ex Parte Mei et al 13091511 - (D) FISHMAN 112(1)/112(2)/103/double patenting J.B. KRAFT ATTORNEY CLEARY, THOMAS J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Issa et al 12174935 - (D) HOWARD 103 Concert Technology Corporation GAO, JING

Appellants have not demonstrated that “a person of ordinary skill, upon reading the reference, would be discouraged from following the path set out in the reference, or would be led in a direction divergent from the path that was taken by the applicant.” In re Gurley, 27 F.3d 551, 553 (Fed
Cir. 1994). “A reference may be said to teach away when a person of ordinary skill, upon reading the reference, would be discouraged from following the path set out in the reference, or would be led in a direction divergent from the path that was taken by the applicant.” Ricoh Co., Ltd. v. Quanta Computer, Inc., 550 F.3d 1325, 1332 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (quoting Optivus Tech., Inc. v. Ion Beam Appl'ns. S.A., 469 F.3d 978, 989 (Fed. Cir. 2006)). At best, the prior art here merely discloses an alternative, which is not, by itself, sufficient to demonstrate a teaching away. In re Fulton, 391 F.3d 1195, 1201 (Fed. Cir. 2004).

Gurley, In re, 27 F.3d 551, 31 USPQ2d 1130 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2123 , 2145

Fulton, In re, 391 F.3d 1195, 73 USPQ2d 1141 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2123 , 2141.02 , 2143.01 , 2145

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2822 Ex Parte Ghosh et al 12906739 - (D) HOELTER 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise FEENEY, BRETT A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Bangel et al 11427536 - (D) SHAH 103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC JARRETT, SCOTT L

3686 Ex Parte Carter et al 12807743 - (D) KIM 103 Jeffrey D. Carter HOLCOMB, MARK

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 NuVASIVE, INC. Requester and Appellant v. Patent of ZIMMER SPINE, INC. Patent Owner and Respondent Ex Parte 6,936,050 B2 et al 10/409,805 95000451 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 MARTIN & FERRARO, LLP FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: FISH AND RICHARDSON, P.C. JASTRZAB, JEFFREY R original REIP, DAVID OWEN

ricoh, fulton, gurley

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Kajmowicz et al 12259156 - (D) NAPPI 112(2)/103 Mahamedi Paradice LLP (NetApp) STEVENS, ROBERT

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 Ex Parte Greenfield 11832941 - (D) FRAHM 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. GOOD JOHNSON, MOTILEWA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Desai et al 10999325 - (D) MOHANTY 103 AT&T Legal Dept. GGGV GOLDMAN, MICHAEL H

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Ex Parte Park et al 11646597 - (D) TROCK 103 102/103 KED & ASSOCIATES, LLP STEINBERG, JEFFREY S

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte Bleumer et al 11229466 - (D) STRAUSS 103 SCHIFF HARDIN LLP NGUY, CHI D

“A reference may be said to teach away when a person of ordinary skill, upon reading the reference, would be discouraged from following the path set out in the reference, or would be led in a direction divergent from the path that was taken by the applicant.” Ricoh Co., Ltd. v. Quanta Computer, Inc., 550 F.3d 1325, 1332 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (citations and quotations omitted). A reference does not teach away if it merely expresses a general preference for an alternative invention from amongst options available to the ordinarily skilled artisan, and the reference does not discredit or discourage investigation into the invention claimed. In re Fulton, 391 F.3d 1195, 1201 (Fed. Cir. 2004). Furthermore, “[a] known or obvious composition does not become patentable simply because it has been described as somewhat inferior to some other product for the same use.” In re Gurley, 27 F.3d 551, 553 (Fed. Cir. 1994). 

Fulton, In re, 391 F.3d 1195, 73 USPQ2d 1141 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2123 , 2141.02 , 2143.01 , 2145

Gurley, In re, 27 F.3d 551, 31 USPQ2d 1130 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2123 , 2145

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3677 Ex Parte Zimmer et al 12386572 - (D) McGRAW 103 KLAUS J. BACH & ASSOCIATES BATSON, VICTOR D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte Kovacevich et al 12108432 - (D) GREENHUT 102 TILLMAN WRIGHT, PLLC WALKER, NED ANDREW

fulton

custom search

REVERSED 
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Doss et al 11926059 - (D) FETTING 102(e) LAW OFFICE OF MARCIA L. DOUBET, P. L. BOYCE, ANDRE D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Rolf 10552027 - (D) GUIJT 103 OSTROLENK FABER LLP KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE

3728 Ex Parte TORIKAI et al 12254486 - (D) GUIJT 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. CHEUNG, CHUN HOI

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte Bechtold et al 11848985 - (D) BEST 103 102 Johnson Controls, Inc. c/o Fletcher Yoder PC ENIN-OKUT, EDU E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3645 Ex Parte Marples et al 11673313 - (D) MAYBERRY 103 102/103 WesternGeco L.L.C. BREIER, KRYSTINE E

3671 Ex Parte Holdredge 12488888 - (D) BROWN 103 103 BLANK ROME LLP MITCHELL, JOEL F

3683 Ex Parte Nellutla 11558011 - (D) FETTING 103 103 YEE AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. NGUYEN, NGA B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Bashore et al 11848874 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 102/103 FLETCHER YODER (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) PAIK, SANG YEOP

Prior art does not teach away from claimed subject matter merely by disclosing a different solution to a similar problem unless the prior art also criticizes, discredits or otherwise discourages the solution claimed. See In re Fulton, 391 F.3d 1195, 1201 (Fed. Cir. 2004).

Fulton, In re, 391 F.3d 1195, 73 USPQ2d 1141 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2123 , 2141.02 , 2143.01 , 2145

3742 Ex Parte Diedrick et al 12201959 - (D) HOSKINS 103/obviousness-type double patenting 102/103 FLETCHER YODER (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) MAYE, AYUB A

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Endoh et al 11615256 - (D) GARRIS 103 FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP MOHADDES, LADAN

1762 Ex Parte Stumbe et al 12297654 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS

1775 Ex Parte MCFARLANE et al 12051506 - (D) KRATZ 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Middleton et al 12023847 - (D) STRAUSS 102 INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC. , IP DEPARTMENT ABEL JALIL, NEVEEN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Degbotse et al 10907843 - (D) FETTING 103 GIBB & RILEY, LLC SANTIAGO, LUIS F

3626 Ex Parte Jung et al 11893106 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC PAULS, JOHN A

3626 Ex Parte Pomerantz 11672531 - (D) FETTING 101/102(e)/103 IBM CORPORATION NAJARIAN, LENA

3635 Ex Parte Hakansson 11643881 - (D) GOODSON 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC PLUMMER, ELIZABETH A

3655 Ex Parte Nakatani et al 11630838 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 SUGHRUE-265550 CHAU, TERRY C

3682 Ex Parte Hind et al 09859359 - (D) FETTING 103 MOORE & VAN ALLEN, PLLC For IBM SITTNER, MATTHEW T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Powell et al 11127525 - (D) LaVIER 102 VIDAS, ARRETT & STEINKRAUS, P.A. HAYMAN, IMANI N

3773 Ex Parte Yassinzadeh et al 11772718 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI OU, JING RUI

REHEARING

DENIED 
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Kogan et al 11320028 - (D) FETTING 103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG ROTARU, OCTAVIAN

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. Requester and Respondent v. ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7161525 et al 95001860 - (D) DILLON 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(a) 103 ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. Third Party Requester: OLIFF & BERRIDGE, PLC CABRERA, ZOILA E original SOTOMAYOR, JOHN B

leapfrog, KSR, cheese systems, nat'l steel, fulton

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte MCCLANAHAN et al 11952558 - (D) FREDMAN 102 Conley Rose, P.C. KIM, CHONG R

2159 Ex Parte Barsness et al 11861343 - (D) ADAMS 103 MARTIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC SINGH, AMRESH

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte Schwitzky 11720148 - (D) WARREN 102/103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC MARINI, MATTHEW G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Pechtold et al 11341546 - (D) BAHR 103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION CHAUDRY, ATIF H

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Tran 11745549 - (D) COURTENAY 103 103 TRAN & ASSOCIATES LE, MICHAEL

Moreover, Appellant has not demonstrated the Examiner’s proffered combination of references would have been “uniquely challenging or difficult for one of ordinary skill in the art.” See Leapfrog Enters., Inc. v.
Fisher-Price, Inc., 485 F.3d 1157, 1162 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (citing KSR, 550 U.S. at 418). Nor has Appellant provided objective evidence of secondary considerations which our reviewing court guides “operates as a beneficial check on hindsight.” Cheese Systems, Inc. v. Tetra Pak Cheese and Powder
Systems, 725 F.3d 1341, 1352 (Fed. Cir. 2013). (See also App. Br. 26, “Evidence Appendix None.”)

To the extent that Appellant advances a “teaching away” argument (“Gomes points away from the invention of locating IP information for the user. Gomes would have eliminated documents to speed up search, which is not the objective of the present invention.” (App. Br. 8)), “[a] finding that two inventions were designed to resolve different problems . . . is insufficient to demonstrate that one invention teaches away from another.” Nat'l Steel Car, Ltd. v. Canadian Pac. Ry., Ltd., 357 F.3d 1319, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2004). A reference does not teach away if it merely expresses a general preference for an alternative invention from amongst options available to the ordinarily skilled artisan, and the reference does not discredit or discourage investigation into the invention claimed. In re Fulton, 391 F.3d 1195, 1201 (Fed. Cir. 2004).

Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc. v. Fischer Price, Inc., 485 F.3d 1157, 82 USPQ2d 1687 (Fed. Cir. 2007) 2114 , 2143.01

KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 82 USPQ2d 1385 (2007)  2141 ,   2145 ,   2216 ,   2242 ,   2286 ,   2616 ,   2642 ,   2686.04

Fulton, In re, 391 F.3d 1195, 73 USPQ2d 1141 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2123 , 2141.02 , 2143.01 , 2145

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1651 Ex Parte Gee 10602404 - (D) JENKS 112(2)/103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC WARE, DEBORAH K

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2185 Ex Parte Arndt et al 11759685 - (D) FRAHM 101/103 IBM CORP. (AUS) C/O THE LAW OFFICE OF JAMES BAUDINO, PLLC DILLON, SAMUEL A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2448 Ex Parte Chetuparambil et al 11550092 - (D) BAHR 103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG STRANGE, AARON N

2492 Ex Parte Zuckerman et al 12579817 - (D) STAICOVICI 103/obviousness-type double
patenting 112(1)/112(2) BRUNDIDGE & STANGER, P.C. CHAO, MICHAEL W

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2644 Ex Parte Kim 11801564 - (D) THOMAS 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. EDOUARD, PATRICK NESTOR

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3663 Ex Parte Patenaude et al 12165140 - (D) HOSKINS 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. TISSOT, ADAM D

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 Ex parte HOYT A. FLEMING, III Appellant, Patent Owner 90012220 RE39038 10/352,679 KUMAR 102 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102 HOYT A. FLEMING III For Third Party Requester: WOOD HERRON & EVANS, LLP KE, PENG original GREGORY, BERNARR E

depuy spine, fulton, beattie

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Newton et al 12166582 - (D) GAUDETTE 102(a)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global KERNS, KEVIN P

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Ashton et al 11618289 - (D) SHIANG 102(b)/103 Roy Roberts LE, MICHAEL

2185 Ex Parte Chatterjee et al 11041935 - (D) JEFFERY 112(2)/103 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC DOAN, DUC T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 Ex Parte Duggan et al 10809042 - (D) OSINSKI 102(e)/103 MOSER, PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, L.L.P. SULLIVAN, DEBRA M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte Englman 10077667 - (D) SCANLON 103 112(2)/103 NIXON PEABODY LLP HSU, RYAN

See DePuy Spine, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., 567 F.3d 1314, 1327 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (“A reference does not teach away, however, if it merely expresses a general preference for an alternative invention but does not ‘criticize, discredit, or otherwise discourage’ investigation into the invention claimed. In re Fulton, 391 F.3d 1195, 1201 (Fed. Cir. 2004).”).

Fulton, In re, 391 F.3d 1195, 73 USPQ2d 1141 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2123, 2141.02, 2143.01, 2145
Donner 8: 364-70, 626-33

depuy HARMON 4: 185, 284, 308; 7: 56a, 62; 8: 107a-b, 108, 113; 13: 88; 15: 78a, 81, 89, 95, 130, 214, 217a; 17: 85a-b; 20: 208, 353

...

Merely establishing that there are differences between the two references is not sufficient to establish that one or both of the references “teaches away” from their combination. See In re Beattie, 974 F.2d 1309, 1312-13 (Fed. Cir. 1992) (determining that two prior art references having different theories of musical notation systems does not make a sound prima facie case of obviousness impossible).

Beattie, In re, 974 F.2d 1309, 24 USPQ2d 1040 (Fed. Cir. 1992) 716.01(c), 2145
Donner 8: 438
Harmon 4: 175, 361; 20: 164


AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1762 Ex Parte Jansen et al 12307481 - (D) METZ 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC JONES JR., ROBERT STOCKTON

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte Thoma 11386250 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP HINZE, LEO T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Geiger 10915917 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 Alexander J. Burke HUNTER, SEAN KRISTOPHER

3631 Ex Parte Peota et al 11690921 - (D) BAHR 102(b)/103 TARGET BRANDS, INC. CHIBOGU, CHIEDU A

3637 Ex Parte Laible 12085809 - (D) ASTORINO 102(b)/103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J

3687 Ex Parte Kirkley 10668395 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 NCR Corporation AN, IG TAI

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2614 GOOGLE, INC. Requester and Appellant v. ONE NUMBER CORPORATION Patent Owner and Respondent 95001409 7680256 11/206,689 SIU 102(b)/103 37 C.F.R. 41.77 102(b)/103 Krieg DeVault THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: Barnes & Thornburg LLP; original KRIEG DEVAULT LLP RAMAKRISHNAIAH, MELUR

beattie, fulton, winner int'l

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1637 Ex Parte Hofmann et al 10558966 - (D) WALSH 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP BABIC, CHRISTOPHER M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1728 Ex Parte Pang 11953027 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 LOUIS VENTRE, JR MARTIN, MATTHEW T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2445 Ex Parte Aschoff et al 10929081 - (D) WINSOR 103 QUARLES & BRADY DALE F. REGELMAN JAKOVAC, RYAN J

2445 Ex Parte Hundscheidt et al 10725714 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 ERICSSON INC. LIU, LIN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3644 Ex Parte Luo et al 11312410 - (D) HORNER 102 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY BONZELL, PHILIP J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3729 Ex Parte Whitworth et al 11564241 - (D) FITZPATRICK 112(1) PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP (SV) KIM, PAUL D

3731 Ex Parte Trabada et al 11644384 - (D) JENKS 103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP HUGHES, SAMUEL T

3742 Ex Parte Cates et al 11389941 - (D) SCANLON 103 Legal Department (M-495) PATEL, VINOD D

3761 Ex Parte Popp et al 12102680 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP SU, SUSAN SHAN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte DiPietro et al 12051128 - (D) HASTINGS 103 103 SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS HEINCER, LIAM J

1774 Ex Parte Delopst et al 11660685 - (D) SMITH 102 103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION SORKIN, DAVID L

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Gabriel et al 10674680 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP MYINT, DENNIS Y

2164 Ex Parte Morris 11046118 - (D) POTHIER 103 103 SCENERA RESEARCH, LLC KHOSHNOODI, FARIBORZ

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte Williamson et al 11033182 - (D) COURTENAY 102 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MORAN, RANDAL D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2629 Ex Parte Johnson et al 10568644 - (D) FRAHM 102/103 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP CRAWLEY, KEITH L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Ogawa et al 10564761 - (D) CALVE 112(2)/102 102 MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (WA) LOW, LINDSAY M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Ren et al 11352307 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC GRAMAGLIA, MAUREEN

1716 Ex Parte Suzuki et al 11377237 - (D) SCHAFER 103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP (TOKYO ELECTRON) CHANDRA, SATISH

1742 Ex Parte Roberts et al 12284510 - (D) SMITH 103 Sealed Air Corporation SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A

1759 Ex Parte Inoue et al 11042089 - (D) KIMLIN 103 SUGHRUE-265550 BALL, JOHN C

1761 Ex Parte Wiedemann et al 10505565 - (D) DELMENDO 103/obviousness-type double patenting NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS PA PARFOMAK, ANDREW N. DOUYON, LORNA M

1762 Ex Parte Rengaswamy et al 11830317 - (D) MCKELVEY 112(2)/102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY NGUYEN, VU ANH

1762 Ex Parte Koller et al 12157046 - (D) OBERMANN 103 Ronald Bakule - The Dow Chemical Company SASTRI, SATYA B

1766 Ex Parte Liu et al 11606151 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 CORNING INCORPORATED DOLLINGER, MICHAEL M

1767 Ex Parte MATSUOKA et al 12577785 - (D) GARRIS 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BUIE-HATCHER, NICOLE M

1777 Ex Parte Bowman et al 09737185 - (D) TIMM 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 MACCORD MASON PLLC GAKH, YELENA G

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2141 Ex Parte Snyder et al 10431576 - (D) THOMAS 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC Robert D. Shedd, Patent Operations ROSWELL, MICHAEL

2141 Ex Parte Stienstra 10477492 - (D) BUI 103 Philips Electronics North America Corporation ROSWELL, MICHAEL

2164 Ex Parte Leurs 10533753 - (D) WINSOR 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LEWIS, ALICIA M

2167 Ex Parte day et al 10754010 - (D) SIU 103 IBM CORPORATION WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL

2179 Ex Parte Holtz et al 10200776 - (D) THOMAS 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC Robert D. Shedd, Patent Operations HUYNH, BA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Rashkovskiy et al 10848931 - (D) HOMERE 102/103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. SALTARELLI, DOMINIC D

2434 Ex Parte Rhoads 10861317 - (D) DESHPANDE 103 DIGIMARC CORPORATION KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A

2434 Ex Parte Goodman et al 09931550 - (D) GONSALVES 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES LIPMAN, JACOB

2461 Ex Parte Shankar et al 10247299 - (D) NEW 103 BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMANN LLP c/o CPA Global MATTIS, JASON E

2464 Ex Parte Del Prado Pavon et al 10559840 - (D) COURTENAY 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LIU, BEN H

2476 Ex Parte Herrero-Veron et al 11265906 - (D) ZECHER 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC AGA, SORI A

2495 Ex Parte Rose et al 10407783 - (D) KUMAR 102/103 CAMPBELL STEPHENSON LLP HOMAYOUNMEHR, FARID

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2614 Ex Parte Creamer et al 10852910 - (D) DESHPANDE 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O''KEEFE, LLP NGUYEN, KHAI N

2629 Ex Parte Tu et al 10540189 - (D) CALDWELL 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS WALTHALL, ALLISON N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Lakin et al 11741550 - (D) GONSALVES 102/103 LARKIN, HOFFMAN, DALY & LINDGREN, LTD. CHERVINSKY, BORIS LEO

2857 Ex Parte Miguelanez et al 11134843 - (D) RUGGIERO 103 THE NOBLITT GROUP, PLLC BHAT, ADITYA S

2857 Ex Parte Stevenson et al 12265116 - (D) GONSALVES 112(2)/102/103 Schneider Electric USA, Inc. SUGLO, JANET L

3404 Ex parte SPX CORPORATION Patent Owner and Appellant 90009867 5335512 07/987,352 GUEST 103 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP GELLNER, JEFFREY L original DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES

“[T]he question is whether there is something in the prior art as a whole to suggest the desirability, and thus the obviousness, of making the combination,’ not whether there is something in the prior art as a whole to suggest that the combination is the most desirable combination available.” In re Fulton, 391 F.3d 1195, 1200 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (quoting In re Beattie, 974 F.2d 1309, 1311 (Fed. Cir. 1992)); see also Winner Int'l Royalty Corp. v. Wang, 202 F.3d 1340, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2000) (“Tradeoffs often concern what is feasible, not what is, on balance, desirable. Motivation to combine requires the latter.”).

Fulton, In re, 391 F.3d 1195, 73 USPQ2d 1141 (Fed. Cir. 2004) . . . . 2123, 2141.02, 2143.01, 2145

Beattie, In re, 974 F.2d 1309, 24 USPQ2d 1040 (Fed. Cir. 1992) . . . . . . . . . . . 716.01(c), 2145

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Walsh 10797572 - (D) KAMHOLZ 103 Liniak, Berenato & White, LLC LAUX, JESSICA L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Knopp et al 11871394 - (D) GREEN 103 RATNERPRESTIA EIDE, HEIDI MARIE

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2823 Ex Parte Matsuda 11084024 - (D) CHEN OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. STARK, JARRETT J

2856 Ex Parte Oppermann et al 10207170 - (D) BAUMEISTER 102/103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC RAEVIS, ROBERT R

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3769 Ex Parte Freedman 11220300 - (D) KERINS 103/251/112(1) Philip D. Freedman PC YAO, SAMCHUAN CUA