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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Blom et al 12837292 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 BGL CORNET, JEAN P

Expectation of success is assessed from the perspective of a person of ordinary skill in the art, at the time the invention was made. See Life Techs. Inc. v. Clontech Labs. Inc., 224 F.3d 1320, 1326 (Fed. Cir. 2000). ("Reasonable expectation of success is assessed from the perspective of the person of ordinary skill in the art. That the inventors were ultimately successful is irrelevant to whether one of ordinary skill in the art, at the time the invention was made, would have reasonably expected success." (citation omitted)).

Later publications may be used "as evidence of the state of the art existing on the filing date of an application." In re Hogan, 559 F.2d 595, 605 (CCPA 1977).

Hogan, In re, 559 F.2d 595, 194 USPQ 527 (CCPA 1977) 2124 , 2164.05(a)

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Patrick et al 13452969 - (D) BEST 103 THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P,C GAMINO, CARLOS J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte MEENAN et al 13616006 - (D) HOWARD 103/double patenting AOL Inc./Finnegan NANO, SARGON N

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex Parte Carvalho et al 12283652 - (D) KAISER 101/102/103 Treyz Law Group FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte Landry 13215494 - (D) BEST 103 Richard A. Clegg NIU, XINNING

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Zoldi et al 12040796 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. BUCHANAN, CHRISTOPHER R

3676 Ex Parte Crosby et al 12271424 - (D) OSINSKI 103 41.50 112(1) BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Voges 11843417 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH LLP HUNTER, ALVIN A

3771 Ex Parte Lach 12004004 - (D) CAPP 103 DECA-MEDICS, INC. THANH, QUANG D

CQIC Ex Parte Kumar 12274596 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 GE GPO- Transportation- The Small Patent Law Group BEHNCKE, CHRISTINE M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2844 Ex Parte Motley et al 13782096 - (D) HOWARD 102/103 102 41.50 103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, PLLC TRAN, THUY V

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte Bogdanovic et al 12813022 - (D) YAP 103 OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP JOSHI, SURAJ M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2684 Ex Parte Roths 13016503 - (D) McMILLIN 112(1)/103 Timothy E Siegel Patent Law, PLLC BURGDORF, STEPHEN R

2693 Ex Parte GRANT et al 12776121 - (D) YAP 103 MILES & STOCKBRIDGE P,C LEE, DAVID J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Wehmeier 13367742 - (D) HOFFMANN 112(2) 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY SUNG, GERALD LUTHER

3763 Ex Parte Wood et al 11975347 - (D) FREDMAN 103 INTELLECTUAL VENTURES - ISF OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2693 Ex Parte Lee 12654155 - (D) HAAPALA 103 ROBERT E BUSHNELL & LAW FIRM LEE, DAVID J

hogan, angstadt, deckler

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 Ex Parte McCarthy et al 11205638 - (D) SMITH 102/103 ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company BOYER, RANDY

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte Brusca 10136961 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 VERIZON PAPPAS, PETER

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2834 Ex Parte Cardon et al 12120451 - (D) COURTENAY 102/103 KENYON & KENYON LLP ANDREWS, MICHAEL

2859 Ex Parte Mack 11685913 - (D) STEPHENS 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL OMAR, AHMED H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Perini 12366149 - (D) McCARTHY 102/103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC TAWFIK, SAMEH

3778 Ex Parte Gumaste et al 11064201 - (D) GRIMES 103 HAYES SOLOWAY P.C. MATTER, KRISTEN CLARETTE

3779 Ex Parte Menn 11746284 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. NIA, ALIREZA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3718 Ex Parte Schultz et al 11265793 - (D) MARTIN 102/103 102/103 STEPTOE & JOHNSON, LLP PANDYA, SUNIT

3766 Ex Parte Costa Ribalta et al 11575505 - (D) WALSH 112(1)/102 112(2) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS HELLER, TAMMIE K

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Detrick et al 12008588 - (D) SMITH 102/103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION BARR, MICHAEL E

1712 Ex Parte Frechem et al 11359833 - (D) HASTINGS 103 The Dow Chemical Company ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY VETERE, ROBERT A

1715 Ex Parte Crouse et al 11657833 - (D) OBERMANN 103 CARMODY & TORRANCE LLP BAREFORD, KATHERINE A

1732 Ex Parte Mao et al 11257221 - (D) CRUMBLEY 103 Phillips 66 Company SLIFKA, COLIN W

1761 Ex Parte Kwon et al 11339976 - (D) OBERMANN 102/103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC FEELY, MICHAEL J

1762 Ex Parte Han-Adebekun et al 12029909 - (D) McKELVEY 112(1) 103 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS

The Examiner’s finding, even if correct, does not necessarily support a legal conclusion of lack of enablement. In re Hogan, 559 F.2d 595, 605-607 (CCPA 1977) (see: Part II. Employment of a Later State of the Art in Testing for Compliance With 35 U.S.C. § 112, First Paragraph). In our view, the Examiner’s “yet undiscovered” rationale is not consistent with Hogan and therefore does not support 1 a § 112 rejection based on a lack of enablement commensurate in scope with the breadth of the claims.

Cf. In re Angstadt, 537 F.2d 498 (CCPA 1976) (fact that claim may include inoperative embodiments does not per se render claim unpatentable under the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112).

Hogan, In re, 559 F.2d 595, 194 USPQ 527 (CCPA 1977) 2124, 2164.05(a)

Angstadt, In re, 537 F.2d 498, 190 USPQ 214 (CCPA 1976) 2164.01, 2164.06, 2164.08(b)

1774 Ex Parte Ketchum 11807315 - (D) OBERMANN 103 LyondellBasell Industries SORKIN, DAVID L

1791 Ex Parte Trudsoe 11767617 - (D) HASTINGS 112(1)/103/obviousness-type double patenting CP Kelco US, INC c/o Pete Pappas, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP BEKKER, KELLY JO

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte Rawat et al 11278000 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 102/103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. BURKE, JEFF A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2441 Ex Parte Zur et al 11341113 - (D) DESHPANDE 102 THOMAS
HORSTEMEYER, LLP (Broadcom) KATSIKIS, KOSTAS J

2452 Ex Parte Blaukopf et al 10303805 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 MARSH FISCHMANN & BREYFOGLE LLP CHANG, JULIAN

2456 Ex Parte Dolbec et al 10522201 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Xtera Communications, Inc. CHANG, TOM Y

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2615 Ex Parte Wakumoto et al 11084310 - (D) EVANS 101/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY NEURAUTER, GEORGE C

2645 Ex Parte Atkins et al 10878297 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 IBM CORPORATION - RSW (JVL) MANOHARAN, MUTHUSWAMY GANAPATHY

2645 Ex Parte Haumont 10500874 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Squire Sanders (US) LLP BRANDT, CHRISTOPHER M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Coglitore et al 10678006 - (D) POTHIER 103 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP / SGIC LEA EDMONDS, LISA S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Caveney et al 12035490 - (D) HILL 102 PANDUIT CORP. HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN

3653 Ex Parte Zeller 11963394 - (D) MARTIN 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102 Zeman-Mullen & Ford, LLP KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3734 Ex Parte Pynson et al 11025406 - (D) O’HEARN 103 Bausch & Lomb Incorporated BLATT, ERIC D

3766 Ex Parte Herbert et al 11414515 - (D) SAINDON 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P. A. KIMBALL, JEREMIAH T

3769 Ex Parte Heinonen et al 10825575 - (D) WALSH 102/103 Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C. YAO, SAMCHUAN CUA

3772 Ex Parte Bonadio et al 10600812 - (D) BONILLA Concurring ADAMS 112(1) 102 Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC BIANCO, PATRICIA  

Appellants argue that “In re Deckler, 977 F.2d 1449 (Fed. Cir. 1992), does not support the withholding of the priority date of the '649 application from Appellant” (id. at 25, 32-33).   Regarding Appellants‟ position that Leahy does not qualify as prior art against the pending claims, Deckler is relevant. As stated by the Federal Circuit in this case:

The Board‟s decision that the interference judgment bars Deckler from obtaining a patent for claims that are patentably indistinguishable from the claim on which Deckler lost the interference constituted a permissible application of settled principles of res judicata and collateral estoppel. Under those principles, a judgment in an action precludes relitigation of claims or issues that were or could have been raised in that proceeding. Similarly, this court has applied interference estoppel to bar the assertion of claims for inventions that are patentably indistinct from those in an interference that the applicant had lost.

In re Deckler, 977 F.2d at 1452 (citations omitted) (emphasis added).  

Deckler, In re, 977 F.2d 1449, 24 USPQ2d 1448 (Fed. Cir. 1992) 715, 2308.03

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1622 Ex Parte Siegert et al 11665840 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE & QUIGG LLP COVINGTON, RAYMOND K

1623 Ex Parte Dellinger et al 11387269 - (D) SNEDDEN 112(1)/obviousness-type double patenting Agilent Technologies, Inc. in care of: CPA Global CRANE, LAWRENCE E

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Tanaka et al 11727644 - (D) TIMM 112(1) POSZ LAW GROUP, PLC SHAH, SAMIR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2188 Ex Parte Hinrichs 10999677 - (D) NEW 103 Wolff & Samson PC KIM, HONG CHONG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2664 Ex Parte Olsson et al 10858628 - (D) HUGHES 103 STEVEN C. TIETSWORTH CHEN, CHIA WEI A

2696 Ex Parte Drzaic et al 10827745 - (D) GONSALVES 112(1)/102 E INK CORPORATION NGUYEN, JIMMY H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2822 Ex Parte Su et al 11324967 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 112(1)/103 SLATER & MATSIL, L.L.P. PATTON, PAUL E

2836 Ex Parte Harris et al 11444931 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AMAYA, CARLOS DAVID

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3667 Ex Parte Dow 10091651 - (D) CRAWFORD 101/112(2)/103 HAMILTON, DESCANCTIS & CHA (GENERAL) BADII, BEHRANG

3695 Ex Parte Gill 10118647 - (D) KIM 112(1)/103 CAMPBELL STEPHENSON LLP OYEBISI, OJO O

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Yamada et al 10544721 - (D) McCARTHY 103 RADER FISHMAN & GRAUER PLLC DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID

3754 Ex Parte Strecker 11244915 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY NICOLAS, FREDERICK C

3767 Ex Parte Laermer et al 11897299 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 KENYON & KENYON LLP WILSON, LARRY ROSS

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1623 Ex Parte Nagasawa 12182354 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 103 Pepper Hamilton LLP PESELEV, ELLI

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1772 Ex Parte Butler et al 12506317 - (D) TORCZON 103 103 FINA TECHNOLOGY INC ETHERTON, BRADLEY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Harris 10216268 - (D) THOMAS 112(2)/102 102 CURTIS, NEIL & ELWOOD, LLC CHEN, TE Y

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Ex Parte Ichihara 11004814 - (D) GONSALVES 103 103 FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP GONZALEZ, AMANCIO

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2829 Ex Parte Sandhu et al 11185186 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102/103 112(1)/102/103 Wells St. John P.S. MAI, ANH D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Howard et al 10941303 - (D) LORIN 103 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY LASTRA, DANIEL

3626 Ex Parte DAMBROSIA 12061364 - (D) LORIN 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) FOLEY & LARDNER LLP REYES, REGINALD R

3691 Ex Parte Slaight et al 09737697 - (D) CRAWFORD 112(1)/103 102/103 Siemens Corporation AKINTOLA, OLABODE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3769 Ex Parte Ferren et al 11973103 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103
THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND CLARENCE T. TEGREENE CRANDALL, LYNSEY P

3769 Ex Parte Ferren et al 11073361 - (D) FREDMAN 102/103 112(1)/102/103 IV - SUITER SWANTZ PC LLO CRANDALL, LYNSEY P

3769 Ex Parte Ferren et al 11072698 - (D) FREDMAN 112(2)/103 112(1)/103 THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND CLARENCE T. TEGREENE CRANDALL, LYNSEY P

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Mollison et al 11411734 - (D) SCHEINER 103 SQUIRE SANDERS (US) LLP BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE

1621 Ex Parte Dagle et al 11241321 - (D) SCHEINER 103 Frank S. Roseberg KEYS, ROSALYND ANN

1629 Ex Parte Prather et al 11867689 - (D) JENKS 112(1)/102 MCTAVISH PATENT FIRM BAEK, BONG-SOOK

1644 Ex Parte Lazar 11590736 - (D) SCHEINER 112(1) HOWSON & HOWSON LLP EWOLDT, GERALD R

Moreover, we disagree with Appellant's assertion that the Examiner used post-filing date evidence inappropriately in determining that the claims were not enabled as of the filling date. The prohibition against post-filing date art applies to “the impermissible application of later knowledge about later art-related facts . . . which did not exist on the filing date.” In re Hogan, 559 F.2d 595, 605 (CCPA 1977).2

2 Hogan involved claims directed to a solid polymer of propylene. The Specification disclosed only crystalline forms. The Examiner and the Board took the position that the claims encompassed both crystalline and amorphous forms of polypropylene, cited post-filing date references disclosing the production of amorphous forms, and found that the full breadth of the claims was not enabled. However, it was undisputed that amorphous forms did not exist at the time of filing, and the methods disclosed in the Specification would not have produced amorphous forms. The CCPA held that it was impermissible to test the claims‟ scope of enablement against “later knowledge about later art-related facts (here, amorphous polymers) which did not exist on the filing date.” Hogan, 559 F.2d at 605.

However, it is well settled that the “use of later publications as evidence of the state of art existing on the filing date of an application” is permissible (id.). See Plant Genetic Systems, N.V. v. DeKalb Genetics Corp., 315 F.3d 1335, 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (“Report of a first success after 1987 indicates failure or difficulty in or before 1987. Thus the district court properly used later reports as evidence of the state of the art existing in 1987.”). That is the case here. The postfiling date publications cited by the Examiner collectively show that several years of post-filing date experimentation, with a number of different animal models and experimental designs, failed to clarify the relevance and physiological role of resistin in humans (FF8).

Hogan, In re, 559 F.2d 595, 194 USPQ 527 (CCPA 1977) 2124, 2164.05(a)

Plant Genetic Sys., N.V. v. DeKalb Genetics Corp., 315 F.3d 1335, 65 USPQ2d 1452 (Fed. Cir. 2003) 2164.08

1653 Ex Parte Doshi 12075695 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1) Richard A. Wilhelm MARTIN, PAUL C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte Rainville et al 11669994 - (D) PRAISS 103 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC WILLS, MONIQUE M

1763 Ex Parte Gurtler et al 11301626 - (D) McKELVEY 103 BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE LLC LEONARD, MICHAEL L

1767 Ex Parte VAPORCIYAN  12175497 - (D)  CRUMBLEY 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY HEINCER, LIAM J

1775 Ex Parte Sullivan et al 11508598 - (D) OBERMANN 102/103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. HENKEL, DANIELLE B

1788 Ex Parte Kishioka et al 10765359 - (D) SCHAFER 112(1)/103 SUGHRUE-265550 DESAI, ANISH P

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2117 Ex Parte Hayhow 10666024 - (D) KRIVAK 103 Holland & Hart, LLP CHUNG, PHUNG M

2157 Ex Parte Oh et al 11497213 - (D) COURTENAY 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T

2161 Ex Parte Prince 11054701 - (D) COURTENAY 103 AOL Inc./Finnegan NGUYEN, THU N

2175 Ex Parte Kangru et al 11389129 - (D) DILLON 103 Pequignot + Myers LLC ZAHR, ASHRAF A

2177 Ex Parte Pletikosa et al 11460665 - (D) DILLON 103 RIM/FINNEGAN QUELER, ADAM M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Chen et al 10826671 - (D) DANG 103 PHILIP H. BURRUS, IV PARRA, OMAR S

2424 Ex Parte Kamen et al 10008229 - (D) DIXON 101/112(1)/103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. RAMAN, USHA

2443 Ex Parte Berndt et al 10855022 - (D) KUMAR 102/103 SIEMENS CORPORATION DENNISON, JERRY B

2444 Ex Parte Zimler et al 10744063 - (D) GONSALVES 103 AT&T Legal Department - C CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B

2445 Ex Parte Beyda et al 10957143 - (D) JEFFERSON 103/obvious-type double patenting Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (SEN) Fritzsche Patent LIU, LIN

2452 Ex Parte Nguyen 09750475 - (D) THOMAS 103 SUGHRUE MION PLLC IBM/SVL NGUYEN, THU V

2473 Ex Parte Chekuri et al 11287890 - (D) HUME 112(1) Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP SKRIPNIKOV, ALEX

2492 Ex Parte Rits et al 10932213 - (D) EVANS 102/103 FOUNTAINHEAD LAW GROUP, PC MOORTHY, ARAVIND K

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Landschaft et al 11297724 - (D) GONSALVES 103 LSI Corporation HITT GAINES, PC MAGLOIRE, VLADIMIR

2659 Ex Parte Passaretti et al 10930156 - (D) EVANS 101/103 Maldjian Law Group LLC HAN, QI

2661 Ex Parte Yoon et al 10899491 - (D) HUGHES 103 DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP BERARDESCA, PAUL M

2664 Ex Parte THORN 11928128 - (D) DANG 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP DIEP, TRUNG T

2679 Ex Parte Guhring et al 11355338 - (D) POTHIER 103 SCHIFF HARDIN, LLP PRENDERGAST, ROBERTA D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Ex Parte Lue et al 11100518 - (D) BUI 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP WEISS, HOWARD

2857 Ex Parte Miguelanez et al 11535851 - (D) WEINBERG 101/102 THE NOBLITT GROUP, PLLC LAU, TUNG S

2889 Ex Parte Im et al 11288769 - (D) JEFFERY 103 CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP HANLEY, BRITT D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3695 Ex Parte Cheung et al 11456930 - (D) TURNER 112(2)/103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. DONLON, RYAN D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3778 Ex Parte Lin 11122863 - (D) GREEN 112(1)/102/103 Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber Co., LPA HAND, MELANIE JO

3782 Ex Parte Schuster 10575997 - (D) KILE 103 WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, LLP ELKINS, GARY E

hogan

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1626 Ex Parte Cai et al 11/852,433 GRIMES 112(1) ELMORE PATENT LAW GROUP, PC EXAMINER COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P

A later state of the art cannot be relied on as evidence that a claimed invention was not enabled as of its filing date. See In re Hogan, 559 F.2d 595, 606 (CCPA 1977) (“Appellants disclosed, as the only then existing way to make [the claimed ‘solid polymer’], a method of making the crystalline form. To now say that appellants should have disclosed in 1953 the amorphous form which on this record did not exist until 1962, would be to impose an impossible burden on inventors and thus on the patent system.”).

Hogan, In re, 559 F.2d 595, 194 USPQ 527 (CCPA 1977) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2124, 2164.05(a)

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1774 Ex Parte Krull et al 11/858,944 SMITH 102(b)/103(a) REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. EXAMINER ANDERSON, DENISE R

1781 Ex Parte Bartkowska et al 11/867,223 SMITH 103(a) UNILEVER PATENT GROUP EXAMINER BEKKER, KELLY JO

1781 Ex Parte Ishida et al 11/090,076 HANLON 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER BADR, HAMID R

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte Sartain et al 11/217,102 HORNER 102(b)/103(a) DORITY & MANNING, P.A. EXAMINER DONDERO, WILLIAM E

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte Davis et al 11/112,926 MILLS 103(a) MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP EXAMINER POHNERT, STEVEN C

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Ex Parte Samuels et al 12/017,241 McKELVEY 102(b) E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY EXAMINER KHAN, TAHSEEN

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Martin et al 11/252,438 MANTIS MERCADER 102(b) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER BASHORE, WILLIAM L

2185 Ex Parte Parkinson 10/939,274 SMITH 112(1)/102(b)/103(a) TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. EXAMINER YU, JAE UN
REHEARING

DENIED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Groezinger 10/591,198 PAK 103(a) Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC EXAMINER LIN, KUANG Y

hogan, plant genetic, enzo2, self,

REVERSED 

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry 

Ex Parte Calvani 10/470,999 SCHEINER 103(a) LUCAS & MERCANTI, LLP EXAMINER FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 

Ex Parte Lange et al 10/942,021 SPIEGEL 103(a) FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP EXAMINER STOCKTON, LAURA LYNNE 

Ex Parte Van Oorschot et al 10/072,570 McCOLLUM 103(a) UNILEVER PATENT GROUP EXAMINER SULLIVAN, DANIELLE D 

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering 

Ex Parte Dawes 10/489,457 NAGUMO 112(1)/103(a) RATNERPRESTIA EXAMINER O HERN, BRENT T 

Ex Parte Wheat et al 10/407,876 OWENS 103(a) CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. EXAMINER PARSONS, THOMAS H 

2100 Computer Architecture and Software 

Ex Parte Agrawal et al 10/971,321 BLANKENSHIP 102(b)/103(a) The Danamraj Law Group, PC/RIM Attn: Reba Pieczynski EXAMINER CHEEMA, AZAM M 

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security 

Ex Parte Novak THOMAS 10/601,406 103(a) ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC EXAMINER DAILEY, THOMAS J 

2600 Communications 

Ex Parte Hosur et al 10/755,603 BAUMEISTER 112(1)/103(a) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED EXAMINER REGO, DOMINIC E 

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

Ex Parte Cychosz et al 09/952,995 LORIN 103(a) BECK & TYSVER, P.L.L.C. EXAMINER CHENCINSKI, SIEGFRIED E 

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design 

Ex Parte Stevens et al 10/310,720 PATE III 103(a) Workman Nydegger EXAMINER HOFFMAN, MARY C 

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry 

Ex Parte McIntire et al 10/663,497 MILLS 112(1) STANFORD UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY LICENSING BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP EXAMINER BAUSCH, SARAE L 

"Enablement is determined as of the effective filing date of the patent, In re Hogan, 559 F.2d 595, 604 (CCPA 1977)." Plant Genetic Systems, N.V. v. DeKalb Genetics Corp., 315 F.3d 1335, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2003). See also Enzo Biochem Inc. v. Calgene Inc., 188 F.3d 1362, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 1999). 

Hogan, In re, 559 F.2d 595, 194 USPQ 527 (CCPA 1977) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2124, 2164.05(a) 

Plant Genetic Sys., N.V. v. DeKalb Genetics Corp., 315 F.3d 1335, 65 USPQ2d 1452 (Fed. Cir. 2003) . . . . . . . 2164.08 

Enzo Biochem, Inc. v. Calgene, Inc.,188 F.3d 1362, 52 USPQ2d 1129(Fed. Cir. 1999).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2164.06(b) 

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Appellants’ argument to these claims “fail from the outset because . . . they are not based on limitations appearing in the claims . . .,” and are not commensurate with the broader scope of the claims. 

In re Self, 671 F.2d 1344, 1348 (CCPA 1982). Self, In re, 671 F.2d 1344, 213 USPQ 1 (CCPA 1982). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2131.05 

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