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Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1788 Ex Parte Rosing 13940527 - (D) McGEE 112(1)/103/OTDP THOMAS I HORSTEMEYER, LLP WALSHON, SCOTT R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2458 Ex Parte Kristiansson et al 13498480 - (D) NAPPI 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC NAOREEN, NAZIA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2851 Ex Parte MOROZ et al 15024009 - (D) SAADAT 101 SYNOPSYS, INC. C/0 HA YNES BEFFEL & WOLFELD LLP LIN, ARIC

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte WANG et al 13901009 - (D) BAYAT 101 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) JEANTY, ROMAIN

3628 Ex Parte Champernowne 12470442 - (D) SAADAT 101 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP VETTER, DANIEL

3691 Ex Parte Cochran et al 14051058 - (D) HUME 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP KAZIMI, HANI M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3748 Ex Parte Juh et al 14611369 - (D) HOELTER 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY EDWARDS, LORENC

3774 Ex Parte Akingba et al 14228414 - (D) CHANG 103 QUARLES & BRADYL GANESAN, SUBA

3775 Ex Parte Lappin et al 14231027 - (D) FITZPATRICK 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (IN) HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB

3791 Ex Parte Wilkowske et al 13625053 - (D) GRIMES 103 Wiley Rein LLP NGUYEN, HUONG Q

3793 Ex Parte Luebcke 13137043 - (D) CALVE 103 STINSON LEONARD STREET LLP IP, JASON M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1642 Ex Parte Goldmakher 10975434 - (D) VALEK OTDP OTDP AGRIS & VON NATZMER LLP YAO, LEI

With respect to Appellant's first argument, we are unpersuaded that a terminal disclaimer should not be required because Appellant's claims, if allowed, would expire before those of the reference patents. An improper timewise extension is only one of the justifications for ODP doctrine. Another "rationale is to prevent multiple infringement suits by different assignees asserting essentially the same patented invention." In re Hubbell, 709 F.3d 1140, 1145 (Fed. Cir. 2013). For this reason, the Office's regulation requires that terminal disclaimers filed to obviate an ODP rejection include "a provision that any patent granted on that application ... shall be enforceable only for and during such period that said patent is commonly owned with the application or patent which formed the basis for the judicially created double patenting." 37 C.F.R § 1.32 l(c )(3) ( emphasis added). By tying enforceability to continued common ownership, the regulation mitigates against the risk of multiple, essentially redundant, lawsuits thereby supporting this rationale for ODP doctrine. 

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1644 Ex Parte Lescar et al 14421772 - (D) VALEK 102 41.50 102 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP HADDAD, MAHER M

1657 Ex Parte Ungrin et al 12528135 - (D) FREDMAN 112(2)/103 BERESKIN & PARR LLP/S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l. SCHUBERG, LAURA J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Okita et al 14240595 - (D) REN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LIANG, ANTHONY M

1765 Ex Parte FROHS et al 14818727 - (D) McGEE 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP ZEMEL, IRINA SOPJIA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2121 Ex Parte Motupalli 13516443 - (D) JEFFERY 112(1)/112(2)/101 Caleb Suresh Motupalli Rottelaillu House of Bread PELLETT, DANIEL T

2165 Ex Parte Cichosz et al 14514795 - (D) KENNY 101 Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM SVL TRAN, LOC

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2449 Ex Parte SHIMAZAKI et al 14547476 - (D) HOWARD 102/103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP MCBETH, WILLIAM C

2498 Ex Parte Sastry et al 14577812 - (D) RAEVSKY 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/Intel CRUZ-FRANQUI, RICHARD W

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte McGuire et al 15016465 - (D) BELISLE 103 LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK NGUYEN, VU

2684 Ex Parte EASTON et al 14967624 - (D) PYONIN 103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC EATON CORPORATION KING, CURTIS J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2858 Ex Parte HEINZELMANN et al 14060879 - (D) DENNETT 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP ASSOUAD, PATRICKJ

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Uribe et al 13590071 - (D) HUME 101/OTDP Artegis Law Group, LLP / Netflix DERSON, FOLASHADE ANDERSON, FOLASHADE

3649 Ex Parte Patadia 11993951 - (D) SCHEINER 103 K&L Gates LLP-Orange County WEISBERG, AMY REGINA

3652 Ex Parte Wallace et al 14821300 - (D) FITZPATRICK 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL KEENAN, JAMES W

3681 Ex Parte Novikov et al 13620318 - (D) LORIN 101/103 Facebook/Fenwick LI, SUN M

3686 Ex Parte Wright 13267471 - (D) BUSCH 101 Walgreen Co. Law Department KANAAN, MAROUN P

3689 Ex Parte Holt 11487526 - (D) LORIN 103 101 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM

3689 Ex Parte Holt et al 11801799 - (D) LORIN 112(2)/103 101 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM

3697 Ex Parte Emison 14930874 - (D) BUSCH 101 Thompson Patent Law Offices PC BRINDLEY, BENJAMIN S

3697 Ex Parte Walraven et al 14056261 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 101 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP/JPMorgan Chase TRAN, HAI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte Elias 15081999 - (D) BAHR 101 Gamesys Ltd. c/o Fincham Downs, LLC SKAARUP, JASON M

3792 Ex Parte WANG et al 12165461 - (D) HOELTER 112(1)/112(2)/103 BWT PROPERTY, INC EISEMAN, LYNSEY C

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1756 Ex Parte Lee et al 11086022 - (D) KENNEDY 103 HONEYWELL/FAEGRE BERMAN, JASON

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2493 Ex Parte Borenstein 12428649 - (D) NAPPI 102/103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC SIDDIQI, MOHAMMAD A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Perez-Lopez et al 12522284 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY PRONE, JASON D

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2614 Ex Parte Conlon 12338318 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 double patenting Basch & Nickerson LLP YANG, ANDREW GUS

We are not persuaded by Appellant's argument that two-way obviousness is applicable to the record before us. As stated in the MPEP:

Similarly, even if the application under examination is the earlier-filed application, only a one-way determination of distinctness is needed to support a double patenting rejection in the absence of a finding: (A) that "the PTO is solely responsible for any delays" in prosecution of the earlier-filed application (In re Hubbell, 709 F.3d 1140, 1150, 106 USPQ2d 1032, 1039 (Fed. Cir. 2013); and (B) that the applicant could not have filed the conflicting claims in a single (i.e., the earlier-filed) application (In re Kaplan, 789 F.2d 1574, 229 USPQ 678 (Fed. Cir. 1986)). In Kaplan, a generic invention (use of solvents) was invented by Kaplan, and a species thereof (i.e., use of a specific combination of solvents) was invented by Kaplan and Walker. Multiple applications were necessary to claim both the broad and narrow inventions because at the time the applications were filed, 35 U.S.C. 116 did not expressly authorize filing a patent application in the name of joint inventors who did not make a contribution to the invention defined in each claim in the patent.). Compare In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998), wherein the genus and species claims could have been filed in the same application.
MPEP §804(11 )(8)(1 )(b ).

The above cited cases make it clear the two-way test is a "narrow exception to general rule of the one-way test" (Berg, 140 F.3d at 1432) and the two-way test does not apply where PTO was not "solely responsible for the delay in causing [a] second-filed application to issue prior to the first" (Hubbell, 709 F.3d at 1149).

Berg, In re, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998) 804

Kaplan, In re, 789 F.2d 1574, 229 USPQ 678 (Fed. Cir. 1986) 804

2695 Ex Parte Yilmaz 12605779 - (D) DIXON 103 103 Baker Botts L.L.P. KIYABU, KARIN A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Wolf et al 12499417 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) NGUYEN, NGOC YEN M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2126 Ex Parte Wesson et al 13059093 - (D) CUTITTA 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Otis Elevator SIVANESAN, SIVALINGAM

2199 Ex Parte Aarni et al 12468792 - (D) HOWARD 103 Alston & Bird LLP Nokia Corporation HEBERT, THEODORE E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte Kreig et al 12572667 - (D) HUME 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-IBM POUGHKEEPSIE NANO, SARGON N

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3739 Ex Parte Cunningham et al 12714086 - (D) CAPP 112(2)/102/103 Covidien LP VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A