hiniker, self, digitech, return mail

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Constantz et al 13800694 - (D) CHANG 103/double patenting NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP ARNOLD, ERNST V

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte Laake 13851327 - (D) HOWARD 112(4)/103 SCHLUMBERGER INFORMATION SOLUTIONS HANN, JAY B

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2431 Ex Parte ROLFE 14051108 - (D) HOWARD 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP SU, SARAH

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 Ex Parte Vaidya et al 13866869 - (D) GALLIGAN 103 103 VMware, Inc. BAYOU, YONAS A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Aynsley et al 12730521 - (D) GUIJT 103 103 KING & SCHICKLI, PLLC BROWN, ADAM WAYNE

Unclaimed features cannot impart patentability to claims. In re Hiniker Co., 150 F.3d 1362, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 1998). Arguments must be commensurate in scope with the actual claim language. In re Self, 671 F.2d 1344, 1348 (CCPA 1982).

Hiniker Co., In re, 150 F.3d 1362, 47 USPQ2d 1523 (Fed. Cir. 1998) 2103 , 2242 , 2258 , 2258.01 , 2642

Self, In re, 671 F.2d 1344, 213 USPQ 1 (CCPA 1982) 2131.05

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1746 Ex Parte Griess et al 13789965 - (D) SMITH 102/103 YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2185 Ex Parte Mayer et al 13141028 - (D) STEPHENS 103 ANDREWS KURTH KENYON LLP DANG, PHONG H

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Page et al 14033273 - (D) STEPHENS 103 LAW OFFICES OF MARK L. BERRIER VOLENTINE, REBECCA A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Connolly et al 13630153 - (D) LORIN 103 101 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP GILLS, KURTIS

As for argument (a), we agree with the Examiner in that we see little difference between the abstract nature of “supply chain logistics” and “organizing information through mathematical correlations” that Digitech held to be an abstract idea. Return Mail, Inc. v. United States Postal Service, United States, 868 F.3d 1350 (Fed. Cir. 2017) is also applicable.

Digitech Image Tech., LLC v. Electronics for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344, 111 USPQ2d 1717 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2106

3681 Ex Parte Seals et al 13896353 - (D) CHEN 112(1) 101/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY BRADY, MARIE P.

3691 Ex Parte Herz et al 13646449 - (D) CRAWFORD 101 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP AKINTOLA, OLABODE

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Mennig et al 12519102 - (R) GARRIS 103 Abel Law Group, LLP EMPIE, NATHAN H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3693 Ex Parte TSUKAHARA et al 13423574 - (D) LORIN 112(1)/101 41.50 101 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA

hiniker

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ex Parte Gonus et al 12597420 - (D) CASHION 103 K&L Gates LLP-Chicago MOORE, WALTER A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte SWENGLER 13471440 - (D) BUI 103 LAW OFFICE OF STEVEN R. OLSEN, PLLC GURMU, MULUEMEBET

2169 Ex Parte Turner 12368940 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 GATES & COOPER LLP - Autodesk ALLEN, BRITTANY N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2448 Ex Parte Bernoth 11050187 - (D) HUGHES 103 YEE AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. KYLE, TAMARA TESLOVICH

2482 Ex Parte Eul et al 13193829 - (D) REPKO 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (NY) TARKO, ASMAMAW G

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2467 Ex Parte Shanmugavadivel et al 13184142 - (D) HAGY 103 103 ROPES & GRAY LLP RAHGOZAR, OMEED DANIEL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Goers 12946197 - (D) CALVE 102/103 103 41.50 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY MORGAN, EILEEN P

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Ellingson et al 13082558 - (D) RANGE 103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A./Ecolab LEE, DOUGLAS

Claim scope depends on the claim’s recitations, not the teachings of the Specification. See In re Hiniker Co., 150 F.3d 1362, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (holding that claims as written swept in prior art notwithstanding that a potentially outstanding invention disclosed in written description because “the name of the game is the claim”) (quoting Giles Sutherland Rich, Extent of Protection and Interpretation of Claims—American Perspectives, 21 Inf 1 Rev. Indus. Prop. & Copyright L. 497, 499 (1990)).

Hiniker Co., In re, 150 F.3d 1362, 47 USPQ2d 1523 (Fed. Cir. 1998) 2103 , 2242 , 2258 , 2258.01 , 2642

1723 Ex Parte FURUKAWA et al 12645605 - (D) DELMENDO 103 KEATING & BENNETT, LLP YAMAHA SMITH, JEREMIAH R

1789 Ex Parte Meirowitz et al 12900377 - (D) INGLESE 103 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP PIZIALI, ANDREW T

1791 Ex Parte Iassonova et al 13395046 - (D) GARRIS 103 CARGILL, INCORPORATED DUBOIS, PHILIP A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Punaganti Venkata et al 11182934 - (D) KHAN 103 Core Wireless Licensing Ltd MITIKU, BERHANU

2177 Ex Parte Kloiber et al 12882757 - (D) HOMERE 112(2)/103 Sprinkle IP Law Group/OPEN ZUBERI, MOHAMMED H

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2482 Ex Parte Brantley et al 14278456 - (D) BRANCH 103 WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, LLP JEBARI, MOHAMMED

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2643 Ex Parte KWON et al 12431457 - (D) STRAUSS 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C.
D AGOSTA, STEPHEN M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3686 Ex Parte Riley 13051627 - (D) LORIN 103 Alston & Bird LLP McKesson Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Swerdlow et al 13011559 - (D) DOUGAL 102/103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) MORALES, JON ERIC C

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte Kliewe 13681965 - (R) Per Curiam double patenting 102 SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS HUTTON, NAN

hiniker

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Morimoto et al 11575928 - (D) NAGUMO 103 KEATING & BENNETT, LLP HITACHI METALS, LTD. LEE, REBECCA Y

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Lashina et al 12373829 - (D) MacDONALD 103 PHILIPS LIGHTING BY ELAHI, TOWFIQ

2627 Ex Parte Barnhoefer et al 12911513 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 Fletcher Yoder, PC APPLE INC. - Fletcher KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Reise 13383269 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO LLP, GIRARDI, VANESSA MARY

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte Gerst 13384655 - (D) HORNER 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK

3669 Ex Parte CONSTANS et al 13719693 - (D) GREENHUT 103 41.50 102 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC WORDEN, THOMAS E

"The invention disclosed in [Appellants'] written description may be outstanding in its field, but the name of the game is the claim." In re Hiniker Co. , 150 F.3d 1362, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 1998).

Hiniker Co., In re, 150 F.3d 1362, 47 USPQ2d 1523 (Fed. Cir. 1998) 2103 , 2242 , 2258 , 2258.01 , 2642

3686 Ex Parte Manetta et al 12264627 - (D) MOHANTY 103 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) - DMI PATEL, NEHA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Jonn et al 12207984 - (D) GREENHUT 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON HOUSTON, ELIZABETH

3731 Ex Parte Nield 12469293 - (D) ASTORINO 103 K&L Gates LLP-Pittsburgh SZPIRA, TIJLIE ANN

3772 Ex Parte Hanlon et al 12569074 - (D) ASTORINO 103 Covidien (Senniger Powers) CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2131 Ex Parte Kapoor et al 11863035 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 103 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP - SANDISK CORPORATION CARDWELL, ERIC

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Boenke 12305724 - (D) ENGELS 103 112(2)/103 41.50 112(2) NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP TAYLOR, JOSHUA D

2426 Ex Parte Meijer et al 13460267 - (D) KENNY 102/103 112(2) 41.50 112(2) GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP RABOVIANSKI, JIVKA A

2477 Ex Parte Liberg et al 13202989 - (D) CUTITTA 102/103 102/103 Patents on Demand, P,A, YOUNG, STEVER

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2651 Ex Parte Foo et al 13009751 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN LLP APPLE INC./BSTZ LE, PHAN

2666 Ex Parte Schroeder et al 12420111 - (D) YAP 103 112(4) THE BLK LAW GROUP VANCHY JR, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2897 Ex Parte Pagaila et al 12822458 - (D) RANGE 103 112(1)/112(2) Atkins and Associates, P.C. STATS ChipPAC/PATENTLAWGROUP: HALL, VICTORIA KATHLEEN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3677 Ex Parte Strnad et al 12449079 - (D) HOSKINS 102 102 Vivid Jewelers MORGAN, EMILY M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Stahlecker et al 12380423 - (D) HORNER 103 103 FLYNN THIEL BOUTELL & TANIS, P.C. TAWFIK, SAMEH

3731 Ex Parte Jonn et al 12163021 - (D) GREENHUT 103 102 JOHNSON & JOHNSON HOUSTON, ELIZABETH

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Beilfuss et al 12864301 - (D) PRATS 103 YOUNG & THOMPSON ROBINSON, LISBETH C

1612 Ex Parte Chopra et al 13513640 - (D) MILLS 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY WEBB, WALTERE

1616 Ex Parte Mann et al 13529524 - (D) CHANG 103 DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC BRANSON, DANIELL

1627 Ex Parte Wendel et al 12952711 - (D) MAJORS 103/double patenting Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) KANTAMNENI, SHOBHA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte Kim et al 13065935 - (D) GARRIS 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE

1732 Ex Parte Lesueur et al 12865610 - (D) KENNEDY 112(2) INNOPHOS, INC. BRUNSMAN, DAVID M

1742 Ex Parte Grove-Nielsen 13765781 - (D) HANLON 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION DANIELS, MATTHEW J

1762 Ex Parte Detournay et al 13508903 - (D) TIMM 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC ENG, ELIZABETH

1767 Ex Parte Ludemann et al 12677721 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 HUNTSMAN TEXTILE EFFECTS ( GERMANY ) GMBH BUIE-HATCHER, NICOLE M

1782 Ex Parte Glaser et al 13422571 - (D) GARRIS 103 WOOD, HERRON & EV ANS, LLP YAGER, JAMES C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Bushman 13872001 - (D) ENGLE 103 double patenting Maschoff Brennan HUANG, MIRANDA M

2171 Ex Parte Riggs et al 12613623 - (D) STEPHENS 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 BARRETT, RYANS

2197 Ex Parte DAVIS et al 13776633 - (D) STEPHENS 103 KONRAD RAYNES DAVDA & VICTOR, LLP WHEATON, BRADFORD F

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Ex Parte Castano 12107215 - (D) ENGELS 112(2)/103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES LEWIS, JONATHAN V

2485 Ex Parte Sankaranarayanan et al 12499979 - (D) PINKERTON 103 HONEYWELL/HUSCH CARTER, RICHARD BRUCE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Song et al 13142121 - (D) PYONIN 103 FAY SHARPE/LUCENT NEFF, MICHAEL R

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 Ex Parte Wille et al 13109743 - (D) HASTINGS 103 YOUNG & THOMPSON NGUYEN, VIET P

2838 Ex Parte Sakakibara 13001096 - (D) DELMENDO 103 Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP GRUBB, MATTHEW

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Phillips et al 13794976 - (D) STEPINA 102/103 102/103/double patenting CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY GOYAL, ARUN

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2176 Ex Parte COCHRAN 13425619 - (D) HAAPALA 103 ERICSSON INC MERCADO, ARIEL

novo, Impax, hiniker

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Sang et al 10589199 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP SAHA, BIJAY S

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Yun 11672571 - (D) ADAMS 103 102/103/obviousness-type double patenting Andrews Kurth LLP SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M

3745 Ex Parte Suciu et al 11965883 - (D) JESCHKE 103 112(1) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BROWN, ADAM WAYNE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Henning et al 12571493 - (D) ABRAHAM 102/103 FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG ZIMMER, MARC S

1765 Ex Parte Smith et al 12380892 - (D) HASTINGS 102/103 Bausch & Lomb Incorporated SALAMON, PETER A

“In order to anticipate, a prior art disclosure must also be enabling, such that one of ordinary skill in the art could practice the invention without undue experimentation. The standard for enablement of a prior art reference for purposes of anticipation under section 102 differs from the enablement standard under 35 U.S.C. § 112.” Novo Nordisk Pharms., Inc. v. Bio-Tech. Gen. Corp., 424 F.3d 1347, 1355 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (internal citations omitted). While section 112 states that the specification must enable one skilled in the art to ‘use’ the invention, “section 102 makes no such requirement as to an anticipatory disclosure . . . . Rather, anticipation only requires that those suggestions be enabled to one of skill in the art.” “Whether a prior art reference is enabling is a question of law based upon [the] underlying factual findings.” Id (internal citations omitted.)

It has also been held that “proof of efficacy is not required for a prior art reference to be enabling for purposes of anticipation.” Impax Labs. Inc. v. Aventis Pharms. Inc., 468 F.3d 1366, 1383 (Fed. Cir. 2006). “Rather, the proper issue is whether the . . . patent is enabling in the sense that it describes the claimed invention sufficiently to enable a person of ordinary skill in the art to carry out the invention.” Id. at 1383.

Impax Labs. Inc. v. Aventis Pharm. Inc., 468 F.3d 1366, 1383, 81 USPQ2d 1001, 1013 (Fed Cir. 2006) 2121 , 2122 , 2152.02(b)

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Kano et al 11881479 - (D) BOUCHER 102/103 Anne Vachon Dougherty CALLE, ANGEL J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2663 Ex Parte Hunt et al 12138917 - (D) BEAMER 103 COATS & BENNETT/SONY ERICSSON QUIETT, CARRAMAH J

2666 Ex Parte Hohmann et al 10490453 - (D) FRAHM 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. LEFKOWITZ, SUMATI

See In re Hiniker Co., 150 F.3d 1362, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (“[The] proffered facts . . . are not commensurate with the claim scope and are therefore unpersuasive.”). Claim 1 does not contain limitations requiring the reduction of wiring between the display and display controller on a smart card. In fact, claim 1 does not recite any wiring at all.

Hiniker Co., In re, 150 F.3d 1362, 47 USPQ2d 1523 (Fed. Cir. 1998) 2103 , 2242 , 2258 , 2258.01 , 2642

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Kulas 12580236 - (D) GARRIS 102 CHARLES J. KULAS MAI, HUY KIM

hiniker, self

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AFFIRMED-IN-PART

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3767 Ex Parte Duan 12090422 - (D) ADAMS 102 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY LEE, BRANDY SCOTT

REHEARING  

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Chapoulaud et al 09941151 - (D) JENKS 103 Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (Sybron) EIDE, HEIDI MARIE

As stated by our reviewing court in In re Hiniker Co., 150 F.3d 1362, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 1998), “the name of the game is the claim.”  It is well established that limitations not appearing in the claims cannot be relied upon for patentability. In re Self, 671 F.2d 1344, 1348 (CCPA 1982).

Hiniker Co., In re, 150 F.3d 1362, 47 USPQ2d 1523 (Fed. Cir. 1998), 2103, 2242, 2258, 2258.01, 2642

Self, In re, 671 F.2d 1344, 213 USPQ 1 (CCPA 1982) 2131.05

hiniker, self

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Li et al 12410160 - (D) CRUMBLEY 103 SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION SEIDLECK, JAMES J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte Gomoll et al 10558183 - (D) HILL 103 103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3772 Ex Parte Wedemeyer 10714694 - (D) OSINSKI 102 112(2)/103 LOWELL R. WEDEMEYER JACKSON, BRANDON LEE

Unclaimed features cannot impart patentability to claims. In re Hiniker Co., 150 F.3d 1362, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 1998). Arguments must be commensurate in scope with the actual claim language. In re Self, 671 F.2d 1344, 1348 (CCPA 1982).

Hiniker Co., In re, 150 F.3d 1362, 47 USPQ2d 1523 (Fed. Cir. 1998) , 2103 ,2242, 2258, 2258.01, 2642

Self, In re, 671 F.2d 1344, 213 USPQ 1 (CCPA 1982) 2131.05

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Evans et al 11424693 - (D) GONSALVES 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. LE, HUNG D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2661 Ex Parte Jomppanen 10988205 - (D) GONSALVES 103 NOKIA CORPORATION c/o Ware, Fressola, Van Der Sluys & Adolphson LLP PASIEWICZ, DANIEL M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2825 Ex Parte Harris et al 11522733 - (D) CURCURI 102/103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP WHITMORE, STACY    

Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2176 FRAME MEDIA, INC. Requester v. CEIVA LOGIC, INC. Patent Owner 95000402 6,442,573 09/458,849 COCKS 112(1)/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103 THE HECKER LAW GROUP HENEGHAN, MATTHEW E original ROSSI, JEFFREY A