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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC. 16552134 NEW 103 International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. ALAM, AYAAN A

1613 Whiteley Corporation Pty. Ltd. 16183322 NEWMAN Dissenting Chang 103 Pryor Cashman LLP BASQUILL, SEAN M

1631 ETABLISSEMENT FRANCAIS DU SANG et al. 15743062 LEBOVITZ 103 SALIWANCHIK, LLOYD & EISENSCHENK SCHUBERG, LAURA J

1632 Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris et al. 15516731 SCHNEIDER 103 PANITCH SCHWARZE BELISARIO & NADEL LLP WILSON, MICHAEL C

1635 REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 15431715 ADAMS 101 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc./co Ballard Spahr SKIBINSKY, ANNA

It is important to note that a mathematical concept need not be expressed in mathematical symbols, because “[w]ords used in a claim operating on data to solve a problem can serve the same purpose as a formula.” In re Grams, 888 F.2d 835, 837 and n.1 . . . (Fed. Cir. 1989).

Grams, In re, 888 F.2d 835, 12USPQ2d 1824 (Fed. Cir. 1989) 2106.04(a)(1) , 2106.05(g)

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1718 KOJIMA CHEMICALS, CO., LTD. 16485543 MCGEE 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. BAREFORD, KATHERINE A

1731 Koch Agronomic Services, LLC 16252120 MCGEE 103 Koch Agronomic Services, LLC C/O KCPS IP Dept. SMITH, JENNIFER A

1735 Mathieu Brandt et al. 14385046 BEST 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC YUEN, JACKY

1744 Niigon Machines Ltd. 16116314 GUPTA 103 BERESKIN & PARR LLP CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J

1779 Gamble, Valerie Ann 15875384 HASTINGS 103 SLATER MATSIL, LLP ORME, PATRICK JAMES

1799 Sartorius Stedim North America Inc. 16161382 BEST 103 QUINN IP Law BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2122 THE BOEING COMPANY 15942058 CUTITTA 103 Quinn IP Law / Boeing CHUANG, SU-TING

2154 ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 16163171 ARPIN 103 Vista IP Law Group, LLP (Oracle) ALLEN, NICHOLAS E

2165 Bhargav Senjalia 15494261 MORGAN Dissenting HOMERE 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. TOUGHIRY, ARYAN D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2414 Apple Inc. 16485088 McNEILL 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. SONG, REBECCA E

2431 Box, Inc. 16553057 FRAHM 102 Vista IP Law Group LLP (Box) VAUGHAN, MICHAEL R

2447 VMware, Inc. 16432764 STRAUSS 103 ADELI LLP LIN, SHERMAN L R

2458 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 14610604 SHIANG 102/103 Comcast c/o Ballard Spahr LLP RECEK, JASON D

2477 Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. 17336080 HUME 103 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP / Mellanox Technologies Ltd SEFCHECK, GREGORY B

2659 FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. 16582165 PYONIN 101 PERRY + CURRIER INC. SCHMIEDER, NICOLE A K

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2689 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 16489131 HORVATH 103 Bejin Bieneman PLC Ford Global Technologies, LLC ALAM, MIRZA F

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2814 Texas Instruments Incorporated 16123100 OWENS 102/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED SALERNO, SARAH KATE

2871 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 16063121 TIMM 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY NGUYEN, LAUREN

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

3624 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 16574064 MEDLOCK 103 International Business Machines Corp KONRAD, RAYNES, DAVDA & VICTOR LLP SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N

3685 NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH 15928119 FETTING 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) ALI, JAHED

3687 MasterCard International Incorporated 15345745 MEDLOCK 103 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE

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

3731 Packable B.V. 16856104 NAPPI 103 THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C. TECCO, ANDREW M

3785 THE ARMAID COMPANY, INC. 15095010 SCHOPFER 103 LOZA & LOZA LLP/HLE Heidi Eisenhut, Esq. ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D

3799 Carrier Corporation 16845773 SCHOPFER 102/103 Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C./Carrier Corporation ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R

Affirmed-in-Part

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Lumicell, Inc. 14847434 CHANG 103 103 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1713 Tokyo Electron Limited et al. 16658620 OWENS 103 112(2)/103 Slater Matsil, LLP/TEL PHAM, THOMAS T

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2178 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC 16739076 ARPIN 102 102 Newport IP, LLC AUGUSTINE, NICHOLAS

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2477 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 14789358 PER CURIAM 103 103 BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD ESMAEILIAN, MAJID

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2896 KADDAS ENTERPRISES INC. 17169428 MORGAN 103 102/103 BATEMAN IP VARGHESE, ROSHN K

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

3612 MIVI Neuroscience, Inc. 16699563 OSINSKI 103 112(1)/103 CHRISTENSEN, FONDER, DARDI & HERBERT PLLC WEISBERG, AMY REGINA

RD00 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 16788354 ROBERTSON 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford EGGERDING, ALIX ECHELMEYER

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Peace Out Inc. 15459700 INGLESE 103 FROST BROWN TODD LLP CONIGLIO, AUDREA JUNE BUCKLEY

1617 GOJO Industries, Inc. 15629133 FREDMAN 103 Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP BROWE, DAVID

1628 TdeltaS Limited 14453999 LEBOVITZ 103 Lathrop GPM LLP HOWELL, THEODORE R.

1632 Valneva 15785530 KATZ 112(1)/112(2)/101 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. WILSON, MICHAEL C

1641 Robert Coifman et al. 16664849 SCHNEIDER 112(2)/102 112(1)/112(2) CASTELLANO PLLC ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1755 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 16174846 COLAIANNI 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP SPARKS, RUSSELL E

1761 The Procter & Gamble Company 16690275 KENNEDY 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KHAN, AMINA S

1771 CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. 16545001 HASTINGS 103 Merchant & Gould - Chevron DOYLE, BRANDI M

1783 TOYOBO CO., LTD. 15570498 COLAIANNI 103 WHDA, LLP WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN

1787 Cryovac, LLC 16320619 INGLESE 103 41.50 103 Sealed Air Corporation Patent Department LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT

1791 Derrick Snodgrass et al. 16834523 ROBERTSON 103 KAUFHOLD DIX PATENT LAW COX, STEPHANIE A

1792 Alejandro Romo et al. 16382159 GUPTA 103 Outlier Patent Attorneys, PLLC NGUYEN, THANH H

1793 DMK Deutsches Milchkontor GmbH 16359246 TIMM 103 DILWORTH & BARRESE, LLP GEORGE, PATRICIA ANN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2122 Robert Bosch GmbH 16531630 McNEILL 103 Brooks Kushman / Bosch GERMICK, JOHNATHAN R

2123 Adobe Inc. 15867169 KUMAR 103 Keller Preece PLLC / Adobe MULLINAX, CLINT LEE

2146 International Business Machines Corporation 15896318 BEAMER 103 IBM (AUS-KLS) c/o Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP COOK, BRIAN S

2193 Robin Systems, Inc. 16888600 ARPIN 103 Stevens Law Group ALKHATEEB, NOOR

2196 Rigetti & Co, LLC 15917317 FRAHM 103 Henry Patent Law Firm PLLC (Rigetti & Co, LLC) CHEN, ZHI

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2449 Level 3 Communications, LLC 17076010 MORGAN 103 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC CELANI, NICHOLAS P

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2613 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. 17107366 BUI 102/103/OTDP VERIZON - ALG MA, TIZE

2646 Apple Inc. 16858142 TSANG 103 Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel (Apple) LAFONTANT, GARY

2688 Frantrice McMillan-Riley 16166933 MacDONALD 112(1) von Briesen & Roper, s.c. NEGRON, DANIELL L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2811 SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 16765398 REN 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DC) NADAV, ORI

2859 Apple Inc. 16054360 COLAIANNI 103 Treyz Law Group PELTON, NATHANIEL R

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

3622 Walmart Apollo, LLC 16701439 FETTING 101 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (SF)(Walmart) ANDREI, RADU

3626 International Business Machines Corporation 15245260 SHAH 101 Walder Intellectual Property Law, PC COLEMAN, CHARLES P.

3627 ADP, LLC 16012722 SONG 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP CHAMPAGNE, LUNA

3628 Carrier Corporation 16311903 CUTITTA 103 Cantor Colburn LLP NELSON, FREDA ANN

3629 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 14546584 BAYAT 112(1) 101 BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD WHITAKER, ANDREW B

3629 NICOVENTURES HOLDINGS LIMITED 15764224 WIEDER 103 101 Burr & Forman LLP BAHL, SANGEETA

3643 Chloe Bernard 15622891 PLENZLER 102 112(2)/102/103 WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KOEHLER, P.A. CLERKLEY, DANIELLE A

3643 Mario BROWA 17108993 STEPINA 102/103 HAYES SOLOWAY P.C. PARSLEY, DAVID J

3645 Rontgen Technische Dienst B.V. 16193285 STAICOVICI 112(2) OTDP LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD HULKA, JAMES R

3683 LendingClub Corporation 16732086 CRAIG 101/103 HICKMAN BECKER BINGHAM LEDESMA / LendingClub GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH

3694 VISA International Service Association 15592965 MEDLOCK 101 Visa / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP WARDEN, MICHAEL J

3697 MasterCard International Incorporated 14691296 FETTING 101 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP BRINDLEY, BENJAMIN S

3697 WePay, Inc. 14911901 MOHANTY 101 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (SF) BRINDLEY, BENJAMIN S

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

3715 ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED 15984246 BROWN 101 MANNAVA & KANG, P.C. BULLINGTON, ROBERT P

3731 Ethicon LLC 16367619 BROWN 103 K&L GATES LLP ¡V ETHICON TECCO, ANDREW M

3761 W.C. Bradley Co. 15709604 GUIJT 103 Brown Patent Law, P.L.L.C. ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T

3763 Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation 16130389 GUIJT 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. WEILAND, HANS R.

3792 ONWARD MEDICAL N.V. 16415867 GUIJT 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN

OED Amazon Technologies, Inc. 16296845 TIMM 103 Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP LYLES-IRVING, CARMEN V

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ex Parte Anderson et al 12205330 - (D) McSHANE 103 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP MCCLAIN-COLEMAN, TYNESHA L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2452 Ex Parte Knowles et al 10930739 - (D) McMILLIN 103 PERRY + CURRIER INC. (OR RIM) HOANG, HIEU T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex Parte Schulte et al 12069024 - (D) KRIVAK 102 KINNEY & LANGE, P.A. JOSEPH, JAISON

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1788 Ex Parte Yakovleva et al 13151371 - (D) KRATZ 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC FERRE, ALEXANDRE F

1791 Ex Parte Jani et al 11710830 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Hoffmann & Baron LLP BEKKER, KELLY JO

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2121 Ex Parte You et al 11966722 - (D) SMITH 103 Chevron Corporation WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A

2176 Ex Parte Rees et al 11927036 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MARRERO, ZAIDA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Kriegmair 12040384 - (D) WEINBERG 103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD LOPEZ ALVEREZ, OLVIN

2421 Ex Parte Hawkins et al 12321791 - (D) EVANS 103 Allen D. Brufsky, PA NGUYEN BA, HOANG VU A

2444 Ex Parte CRIPE et al 12687642 - (D) CHUNG 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY PAPPAS, PETER

2449 Ex Parte Anschutz 11437016 - (D) BOUDREAU 103 AT&T Legal Department - SZ ABEDIN, NORMIN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte MOODY 11958156 - (D) HORNER 101 JOHN EDWARD ROETHEL DEODHAR, OMKAR A

Appellant challenges the Examiner’s determination that “a set of rules qualifies as an abstract idea.” Br. 6 (citing Research Corp. Techs., Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., 627 F.3d 859 (Fed. Cir. 2010)). See also id. at 8 (arguing that “the Examiner has not identified clearly what the ‘abstract idea’ is” and that “[g]ame rules are submitted to be concrete, rather than abstract, because game rules set out how the game is to be played by all of the players.”).
...
Appellant argues that the Examiner’s admission that the method of claim 1 sets out physical steps and the Examiner’s determination that claim 1 is claiming an abstract idea are contradictory. Br. 4. See also id. at 8 (arguing that because claim 1 contains physical steps, this should end the inquiry into whether claim 1 claims an abstract idea). We find no contradiction in the determination that a method claim which includes physical steps is wholly directed to a patent ineligible abstract idea. See, e.g., In re Grams, 888 F.2d 835, 840 (Fed. Cir. 1989) (“The presence of a physical step in the claim to derive data for the algorithm will not render the claim statutory.”). Further, we agree with the Examiner that the claimed physical method steps are not tied to a particular machine and do not transform the cards into a different state or thing.

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Atanasoska et al 11519139 - (D) KIMLIN 103 VIDAS, ARRETT & STEINKRAUS, P.A. LISTVOYB, GREGORY

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Rodriguez et al 09736661 - (D) THOMAS 103 SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY MERCHANT & GOULD AN, SHAWN S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2663 Ex Parte Murphy et al 10521031 - (D) DANG 112(1) BAE SYSTEMS NGUYEN, LUONG TRUNG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2852 Ex Parte Turley et al 11261276 - (D) BAUMEISTER 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY RHODES, JR, LEON W

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3676 Ex Parte Cariveau 11129060 - (D) WOOD 103 OSHA LIANG L.L.P. BOMAR, THOMAS S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Shibahashi et al 10694006 - (D) KAMHOLZ 103 SUGHRUE-265550 HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE

3716 Ex Parte Harris et al 10901014 - (D) CRAWFORD 102/103 WEIDE & MILLER, LTD. SUHOL, DMITRY

3729 Ex Parte Slezak 09981556 - (D) HORNER 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 Fellers, Snider, et al TUGBANG, ANTHONY D

3729 Ex Parte Bonvalot 10485693 - (D) SAINDON 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Cozen O'Connor TRINH, MINH N

3734 Ex Parte Cheng et al 10921735 - (D) JENKS 103 MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. BLATT, ERIC D

3762 Ex Parte Whelan et al 10442448 - (D) SAINDON 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (NY) MANUEL, GEORGE C

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte Holzer 09884741 - (D) RUGGIERO 102/103 102 HEIMLICH LAW DENNISON, JERRY B

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2675 Ex Parte Zhang et al 10923116 - (D) McKONE 102/103 102/103 XEROX - ROCHESTER FAY SHARPE ZHU, RICHARD Z

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2874 Ex Parte Beausoleil et al 12008605 - (D) WEINBERG 103 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY CONNELLY, MICHELLE R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Olsen et al 11470635 - (D) WALSH 112(1)/103 UNILEVER PATENT GROUP GULLEDGE, BRIAN M

1633 Ex Parte Mistry et al 11631993 - (D) MILLS 103 Law Office of Shruti Costales, PLLC POPA, ILEANA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1763 Ex Parte Gorlin et al 12396007 - (D) KIMLIN 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY NGUYEN, THUY-AI N

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Schorn 11301161 - (D) BENOIT 103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP MAHMOOD, REZWANUL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2449 Ex Parte Ramarao et al 10360883 - (D) DIXON 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY WON, MICHAEL YOUNG

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Watson et al 11620482 - (D) SAINDON 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 FGTL BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. MITCHELL, KATHERINE W

3688 Ex Parte Nguyen 11001097 - (D) MEDLOCK 101/102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 MARTIN KHANG NGUYEN VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA

We have held that mere ‘[data-gathering] step[s] cannot make an otherwise nonstatutory claim statutory.”’ In re Grams, 888 F.2d 835, 840 (Fed. Cir. 1989) (quoting In re Meyer, 688 F.2d 789, 794 (CCPA 1982))).

Grams, In re, 888 F.2d 835, 12 USPQ2d 1824 (Fed. Cir. 1989) 2106

Meyer, In re, 688 F.2d 789, 215 USPQ 193 (CCPA 1982) 2106, 2184  

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 Ex Parte Piczon 11807723 - (D) CALVE 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY GEHMAN, BRYON P

Appellant did not challenge the Examiner’s taking of Official Notice or otherwise persuade us or error in that finding. See In re Fox, 471 F.2d 1405, 1406-07 (CCPA 1973) (affirming rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 without citation of any prior art based on facts that were unchallenged by the appellant); see also In re Ahlert, 424 F.2d 1088, 1091 (CCPA 1970).

Fox, In re, 471 F.2d 1405, 176 USPQ 340 (CCPA 1973) 2144.03

Ahlert, In re, 424 F.2d 1088, 165 USPQ 418 (CCPA 1970) 2144.03

3778 Ex Parte ISKRA 08928272 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Becton, Dickinson and Company (The Webb Firm) MATTER, KRISTEN CLARETTE