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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Muller et al 10487393 - (D) PRATS 103 Frommer Lawrence & Haug AHMED, HASAN SYED

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1799 Ex Parte Shaaltiel et al 12451295 - (D) McGEE 103 MARTIN D. MOYNIHAN d/b/a PRTSI, INC. EDWARDS, LYDIA E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2416 Ex Parte LEE et al 14223225 - (D) QUINN 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP AUNG, SAI

2489 Ex Parte Francois et al 14412998 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C. ABDOU TCHOUSSOU, BOUBACAR

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte KOPONEN et al 14717677 - (D) MURPHY 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP TRUONG, MINH D

3685 Ex Parte Butler et al 13434938 - (D) EVANS 103 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP (DXC) HALE, TIM B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Lin et al 15459192 - (D) PLENZLER 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC MORGAN, EILEEN P

3726 Ex Parte ACKLEY et al 14969161 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Covidien LP YOO, JUN S

3747 Ex Parte Schnedt 14371037 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP KESSLER, MICHAEL A

3762 Ex Parte Heiland 11855057 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 KBS Law / International PROBST, SAMANTHA A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Araki et al 13821361 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP HUANG, WEN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Eckhouse et al 14717061 - (D) POLLOCK 103 MARTIN D. MOYNIHAN d/b/a PRTSI, INC. CHICKOS, SARAH J

1643 Ex Parte Luck et al 12155897 - (D) FLAX 112(1) 103 Finnegan/Perring, B.V. RAWLINGS, STEPHEN L

1643 Ex Parte SUGIYAMA et al 14838312 - (D) LAVIER 112(1) OTDP FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP HUFF, SHEELA JITENDRA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Ainscough et al 12232309 - (D) PRAISS 112(2)/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP CREPEAU, JONATHAN

Claim 1 is directed to an apparatus. As such, the limitations in claim 1 directed to the operating conditions within the apparatus are only meaningful to the extent they serve to differentiate the claimed apparatus structure from the prior art apparatus structure. See Burr v. Duryee, 68 U.S. 531, 570 (1863) ("A machine is a concrete thing, consisting of parts, or of certain devices and combination of devices."); In re Gardiner, 171 F.2d 313, 315-16 ( CCP A 1948) ("It is trite to state that the patentability of apparatus claims must be shown in the structure claimed and not merely upon a use, function, or result thereof."); In re Casey, 370 F.2d 576, 580 (CCPA 1967) ("The claims in issue call for an apparatus or machine, viz. a tape dispensing machine. The manner or method in which such machine is to be utilized is not germane to the issue of patentability of the machine itself."); In re Hack, 245 F.2d 246, 248 (CCPA 1957) ("These cases are merely expressive of the principle that the grant of a patent on a composition or machine cannot be predicated on a new use of that machine or composition."). 

Burr v. Duryee, 68 U.S. (1 Wall.) 531, 17 L. Ed. 650 (1863) 2106 , 2106.03

Casey, In re, 370 F.2d 576, 152 USPQ 235 (CCPA 1967) 2115

Hack, In re, 245 F.2d 246, 114 USPQ 161 (CCPA 1957) 2112.02


1726 Ex Parte Dhere et al 14001607 - (D) GAUDETTE 102/103 Alliance for Sustainable Evergy, LLC Smith, Eric R.

1726 Ex Parte Reyes-Reyes et al 11823352 - (D) GUPTA 102/103 Fox Rothschild LLP TRINH, THANH TRUC

1747 Ex Parte Halasa et al 12892204 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 ALVIN T. ROCKHILL FISCHER, JUSTIN R

1765 Ex Parte Ponticiello et al 12935388 - (D) SNAY 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. ZEMEL, IRINA SOPJIA

1779 Ex Parte Kreiter et al 13698262 - (D) McMANUS 102/103/OTDP Foley & Lardner LLP ORME, PATRICK JAMES

1786 Ex Parte Letourmy et al 12919975 - (D) PRAISS 112(1)/103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. CHOI, PETER Y

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Musgrove et al 14932058 - (D) HOFF 101/102/103 OTDP Rimon PC SYED, FARHAN M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2473 Ex Parte Maric et al 14181995 - (D) CRAIG 103 ERICSSON INC. BOKHARI, SYED M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Bui 12250726 - (D) HOFF 103 101 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE

3668 Ex Parte Kolls 14071021 - (D) COURTENAY 112(1)/103 RATNERPRESTIA REFAI, RAMSEY

3669 Ex Parte Paulsen et al 14548870 - (D) HOELTER 103 41.50 103 PATTERSON Intellectual Property Law, P.C. WHITTINGTON, JESS G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Adair et al 13867436 - (D) HORNER 102 OTDP GARLICK & MARKISON LYNCH, MEGAN E

3782 Ex Parte Alder et al 13710925 - (D) Hill Concurring CAPP 112(1)/112(2)/103 101/OTDP Botos Churchill IP Law LLP DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH

3792 Ex Parte Smith et al 14700831 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/BSC EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT

miller labs., pearson, sinex, hack, benner, yoder

REVERSED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2189 Ex Parte Meiri et al 11/324,766 SIU 102(b)/103(a) MUIRHEAD AND SATURNELLI, LLC EXAMINER MACKALL, LARRY T

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3652 Ex Parte Brooks et al 10/520,499 O’NEILL 103(a) MACMILLAN SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC EXAMINER UNDERWOOD, DONALD W

3612 Ex Parte Nakajima et al 11/052,795 O’NEILL 112(2) MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP EXAMINER PATEL, KIRAN B

Miles Labs., Inc. v. Shandon, Inc., 997 F.2d 870, 875 (Fed. Cir. 1993) (if the claims “reasonably apprise those skilled in the art of the scope of the invention, § 112 demands no more”)

Miles Labs. Inc. v. Shandon Inc., 997 F.2d 870, 27 USPQ2d 1123 (Fed. Cir. 1993). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .716.01(a)
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Larkin et al 11/215,794 O’NEILL 103(a) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. EXAMINER WEEKS, GLORIA R

3753 Ex Parte Ngo et al 11/735,941 BAHR 103(a) PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX EXAMINER MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte WANG et al 11/850,160 ADAMS 102(b) PHILIP S. JOHNSON EXAMINER BAUSCH, SARAE L

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2171 Ex Parte Ma et al 10/409,717 JEFFERY 102/103(a) LARSON NEWMAN, LLP EXAMINER NUNEZ, JORDANY

2192 Ex Parte Hughes et al 10/706,848 JEFFERY 112(2)/103(a) Siemens Corporation EXAMINER KISS, ERIC B

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Moore et al 11/131,311 NAPPI 102(e) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER FIGUEROA, MARISOL

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Yuda et al 11/374,702 O’NEILL 103(a) RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP EXAMINER WILLIAMS, THOMAS J

In re Pearson, 494 F.2d 1399, 1403 (CCPA 1974) (intended use of an old composition does not render composition claim patentable); In re Zierden, 411 F.2d 1325, 1328 (CCPA 1969) (“[M]ere statement of a new use for an otherwise old or obvious composition cannot render a claim to the composition patentable.”); In re Sinex, 309 F.2d 488, 492 (CCPA 1962) (statement of intended use in an apparatus claim failed to distinguish over the prior art apparatus); In re Hack, 245 F.2d 246, 248 (CCPA 1957) (“the grant of a patent on a composition or a machine cannot be predicated on a new use of that machine or composition”); In re Benner, 174 F.2d 938, 942 (CCPA 1949) (“no provision has been made in the patent statutes for granting a patent upon an old product based solely upon discovery of a new use for such product”).

Hack, In re, 245 F.2d 246, 114 USPQ 161 (CCPA 1957). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2112.02

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1623 Ex Parte Greve et al 10/984,628 FREDMAN 103(a) Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry LLPEXAMINER BLAND, LAYLA D

See In re Yoder, 204 Ct. Cl. 931 (Ct. Cl. 1974)(“While we traditionally do not require administrative proceedings to comply strictly with judicial rules of evidence, we have recognized that the probative value of uncorroborated hearsay may be insufficient to constitute substantial evidence supporting an administrative determination.”)

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2155 Ex Parte Gutta et al 09/875,594 STEPHENS 102(e) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EXAMINER WOO, ISAAC M

2197 Ex Parte WANG et al 10/818,760 HOMERE 103(a) CHRISTOPHER & WEISBERG, P.A. EXAMINER RUTTEN, JAMES D
2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte Mathur et al 09/817,917 COURTENAY 101/103(a) Vedder Price PC EXAMINER SHIN, KYUNG H

2452 Ex Parte Apostolopoulos et al 10/683,136 MacDONALD 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER DAILEY, THOMAS J
2600 Communications 2613 Ex Parte Young 11/111,279 MacDONALD 102(b)/103(a) WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. EXAMINER VANDERPUYE, KENNETH N
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Jansen et al 10/063,125 O’NEILL 112(2)/103(a) FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) EXAMINER SEVERSON, RYAN J

REHEARING

DENIED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Teutsch et al 10/399,547 HASTINGS 103(a) Greenblum & Bernstein EXAMINER MOORE, KARLA A