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REVERSED 
1612 Heron Therapeutics, Inc. 15621782 - (D) NEW 103/OTDP McDermott Will & Emery LLP LIU, TRACY

1618 MERCK & CIE 15711316 - (D) PRATS 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. DONOHUE, SEAN R

1714 ARKEMA FRANCE 13799242 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL, LLP CAMPBELL, NATASHA N.

1723 Spare, Bradley L. et al. 12625143 - (D) BEST 112(2)/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/Apple YANCHUK, STEPHEN J

1733 HITACHI METALS, LTD. 14911597 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC SU, XIAOWEI

1771 Lott, Roger K. 11374369 - (D) WILSON 103 Workman Nydegger BOYER, RANDY

1791 NOVOZYMES A/S 13627677 - (D) HANLON 103 NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC. BADR, HAMID R

1797 Applied Materials, Inc. 15429038 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPLIED MATERIALS XU, XIAOYUN

2142 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 14572814 - (D) McNEILL 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (MS) BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R

2158 Kazmaier, Gerrit Simon. et al. 13962725 - (D) BENNETT 103 Mintz Levin/SAP Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. NGUYEN, LOAN T

2159 Universal Electronics Inc. 15417362 - (D) ENGLE 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Jaan Leemet et al. 14263772 - (D) CASS 103 ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC FAN, JOHN

2473 Wallentin, Pontus et al. 14130820 - (D) McKEOWN 103 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson PATEL, HARDIKKUMAR D

2481 Hyung Joon. Kim 13542171 - (D) HOFF 112(1)/102 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED BELAI, NAOD W

2659 SAS Institute Inc. 15630462 - (D) HUME 101 KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC (1080) SERROU, ABDELALI

2834 Globe Motors, Inc. 15139393 - (D) DENNETT 103 STEVENS & SHOWALTER LLP ANDREWS, MICHAEL

3621 Facebook, Inc. 14849557 - (D) FISCHETTI 112(1) 41.50 101 Mannava & Kang, P. C. MANDEL, MONICA A

3664 QUALCOMM Incorporated 15370977 - (D) STEPINA 103 HUNTER CLARK PLLC HANNAN, B M M

3688 MasterCard International Incorporated 15366666 - (D) FISCHETTI 103 DANIEL M. FITZGERALD (21652) ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP RETTA, YEHDEGA

3692 Theresa Altman et al. 12558869 - (D) SCHNEIDER 101 Otterstedt, Wallace & Kammer, LLP FELTEN, DANIEL S

3697 Ayman Hammad et al. 13338108 - (D) CRAWFORD 101/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/VISA GREGG, MARY M

3726 Duane Fetko 13095253 - (D) MARTIN 103 THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C. HIDALGO-HERNANDEZ, RUTH G

3731 Covidien LP 14829771 - (D) WOOD 103 Covidien LP IMAM, TANZIM

See Iron Grip Barbell Co. v. USA Sports, Inc., 392 F.3d 1317, 1320 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (holding that using an inventor’s disclosure to defeat the patentability of the inventor’s claims is “the essence of hindsight”)

Iron Grip Barbell Co., Inc. v. USA Sports, Inc., 392 F.3d 1317, 73 USPQ2d 1225 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2144.05

3734 Laskin, Hardy A. et al. 14332713 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 Rimon Law, P.C. Steven Colby HELVEY, PETER N.

3735 C.R. BARD, INC. 15479833 - (D) ASTORINO 112(1)/103 Dorsey & Whitney / BECTON, DICKINSON & CO PERREAULT, ANDREW D

3763 Carrier Corporation 15286427 - (D) DEFRANCO 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier FURDGE, LARRY L

3783 The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System 14449683 - (D) MARTIN 103 Parker Highlander PLLC DARB, HAMZA A.

3792 Cardionomic, Inc. 15446872 - (D) ASTORINO 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP GETZOW, SCOTT M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
1763 Garland Industries, Inc. 14624672 - (D) McMANUS 103 103 FAY SHARPE LLP USELDING, JOHN E

1771 James Harrison et al. 12586198 - (D) DELMENDO 112(2) 103 STOUT, UXA & BUYAN, LLP OLADAPO, TAIWO

2833 Eaton Corporation 15596063 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 102/103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC EATON CORPORATION BOLTON, WILLIAM A

3621 Toyota Research Institute, Inc. 15455647 - (D) WIEDER 112(2) 102/103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP KIM, PATRICK

3753 UPONOR INNOVATION AB 15447195 - (D) REIMERS 103 112(1)/112(2) OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP MACKAY-SMITH, SETH WENTWORTH

AFFIRMED 
1653 Tatiana Egorova-Zachernyuk 10564012 - (D) WISZ 103 N.V. Nederlandsch Octrooibureau BARRON, SEAN C

1716 Seagate Technology LLC 14820160 - (D) SAADAT 103 Holzer Patel Drennan - Seagate Technology LLC CHEN, KEATH T

1726 Hachtmann, Bruce et al. 11451604 - (D) SMITH 103 The Marbury Law Group, PLLC TRINH, THANH TRUC

1771 BASF SE 15055851 - (D) TIMM 103/OTDP OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. OLADAPO, TAIWO

1778 KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD. 14906419 - (D) SAADAT 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON GIONTA

1791 Gregory Stokes et al. 12051056 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 SCOTT R. COX LYNCH, COX, GILMAN & GOODMAN, P.S.C. STULII, VERA

2168 International Business Machines Corporation 15385401 - (D) CURCURI 103 IBM Corp. - Fishkill Drafting Center DWIVEDI, MAHESH H

2169 ENTIT SOFTWARE LLC 14266531 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 101 MICRO FOCUS LLC SAEED, USMAAN

2177 KYOCERA Corporation 8,756,495 12/750,994 14702634 - (D) MCKEOWN 251/112(1) Procopio / KYOCERA Corporation Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP WHITTINGTON, KENNETH

2654 HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC. 14488731 - (D) ENGLE 112(1)/102/103 Brooks Kushman P.C./Harman LEE, PING

2684 Lutron Technology Company LLC 15464230 - (D) CHUNG 103 Lutron Technology Company LLC Flaster Greenberg NGUYEN, NAM V

2826 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 15028769 - (D) TIMM 101 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. C/O PARKER JUSTISS, P.C. DICKEY, THOMAS L

2832 PROTEAN ELECTRIC LIMITED 14436138 - (D) SMITH 103 112(2)/103 The Mason Group Patent Specialists LLC MULLINS, BURTON S

2834 Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation 14507928 - (D) SMITH 112(1)/112(2) 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. JOHNSON, ERIC

2853 Kernig, Bernhard et al. 15466671 - (D) STRAUSS 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D

2862 Matthew Casey 14461193 - (D) TIMM 101 ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company ANDERSON, LYNNE D

2872 RealD Spark, LLC 14751878 - (D) BRANCH 103 RealD Spark, LLC DABBI, JYOTSNA V

2896 Edward Fuergut et al. 15256640 - (D) GUEST 103 CLIFFORD B. PERRY TAYLOR, EARL N

3621 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 15291222 - (D) FISCHETTI 101 DAUGHERTY & DEL ZOPPO CO., L.P.A. ELCHANTI, TAREK

3623 Claus, Matthew W. et al. 11495235 - (D) LORIN 103 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. MARCUS, LELAND R

3624 Great Circle Technologies, Inc. 14105367 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 Ajay A. Jagtiani Miles & Stockbridge SADANANDA, ABHIJIT B

3626 Liotta, Lance A. et al. 10130402 - (D) CRAWFORD 112(4)/103 101 FAY SHARPE LLP SOREY, ROBERT A

3628 Scott Mace et al. 11552099 - (D) CRAWFORD 101/103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD VETTER, DANIEL

3628 IMS SOLUTIONS, INC. 14556977 - (D) COURTENAY 101 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. ELCHANTI, ZEINA

3629 Relationship Capital Technologies Inc. 14804100 - (D) JEFFERY 101/102 KPPB LLP OFORI-AWUAH, MAAME

3635 Sievers, Michael J. et al. 14126721 - (D) MARTIN 103 112(1) IP Group of DLA Piper LLP (US)/BASF HIJAZ, OMAR F

3693 THE WESTERN UNION COMPANY 13777733 - (D) CRAIG 101/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA

3694 Capital One Services, LLC 16119046 - (D) WIEDER 101 Harrity & Harrity, LLP SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z

3715 Breville USA, Inc. 14789414 - (D) MARTIN 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER

3715 COGNANT LLC 15265397 - (D) KERINS 101 GOODWIN PROCTER LLP MOSSER, ROBERT E

3724 SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB 14438443 - (D) BAHR 112(2)/103 ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC DONG, LIANG

3734 Randall May International, Inc. 15666408 - (D) STEPINA 102/103 OTDP CROWELL & MORING LLP HELVEY, PETER N

3734 Pouch Pac Innovations, LLC 14742166 - (D) PLENZLER 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP ATTEL, NINA KAY

3741 United Technologies Corporation 14790907 - (D) BAHR 103 Getz Balich LLC NGUYEN, ANDREW H

3791 SenoRx, Inc. 14331908 - (D) SONG 101/102/103 101 AUST IP LAW Ronald K. Aust DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK

REHEARING

DENIED 
3732 Irit TURBOVICH 13848303 - (R) BAHR 103 MARTIN D. MOYNIHAN d/b/a PRTSI, INC. c/o Purrfect Patents LLC HOEY, ALISSA L

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

leo, wright, iron grip, nike

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REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3618 Ex parte Dane Technologies, Inc. Ex Parte 7493979 et al 12/125,138 90013576 - (D) MARTIN 112(1)/112(2) Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. ENGLISH, PETER C original SWENSON, BRIAN L

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1636 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OF THE COMMOMWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Patent Owner and Appellant) v. CELLERIX (Requester and Cross-Appellant) Ex Parte 6,777,231 et al 09/936,665 95001592 - (D) LEBOVITZ 112(2)/102 112(1)/101/103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP PONNALURI, PADMASHRI original KETTER, JAMES S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3618 Ex parte Dane Technologies, Inc. Ex Parte 7389836 et al 10/947,831 90013575 - (D) MARTIN 102/103 Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. ENGLISH, PETER C original SWENSON, BRIAN L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 ACCO BRANDS CORPORATION Requester, Respondent v. FELLOWES, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 7631822 et al 11/444,491 95001736 - (D) SONG 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP SPAHN, GAY original MILLER, BENA B

Moreover, while noting that “Leo Pharmaceutical discusses the number of years that passed from the time the prior art was invented until the filing of the patent at issue,” the Federal Circuit recently explained in Nike, Inc. v. Adidas AG:

our reversal of the Patent Board’s obviousness determination [in Leo Pharmaceutical] hinged on the fact that nothing in the cited prior art appreciated the problem the invention recognized and then solved. Id. at 1353 . . . . Because there was no prior recognition of the problem solved by the subject invention, there was no reason in the record why one of skill in the art would attempt to combine the cited prior art to arrive at the claimed invention.  Id. at 1354 . . . ; see also id. at 1356–57 . . . .

In this way, our decision in Leo Pharmaceutical is entirely consistent with established precedent that “[t]he mere age of the references is not persuasive of the unobviousness of the combination of their teachings, absent evidence that, notwithstanding knowledge of the references, the art tried and failed to solve the problem.”  In re Wright, 569 F.2d 1124, 1127 (CCPA 1977); see also Iron Grip Barbell Co. v. USA Sports, Inc., 392 F.3d 1317, 1325 (Fed.Cir.2004) . . . . Leo Pharmaceutical recognizes the natural consequence of this idea: Persons of skill in the art cannot have tried and failed to solve the problem if they were never aware of that problem to begin with. Thus, the number of years that passed between the prior art and the claimed invention may be a relevant factor to underscore that skilled artisans had long failed to appreciate the problem solved by that invention. Here, there is no question that skilled artisans knew of the desire to reduce waste when producing wearable, knitted shoe uppers because that problem is expressly recognized in Nishida. Thus, Leo Pharmaceutical does not control the present case.

Nike, Inc. v. Adidas AG, 812 F.3d 1326, 1337–38 (Fed. Cir. 2016).

3766 Ex parte KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. and PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION Appellant, Patent Owner Ex Parte 5,607,454 et al 08/227,553 90013483 - (D) SONG 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: COOLEY LLP ATTN: PATENT GROUP DAWSON, GLENN K original SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY

3788 Ex parte John T. Ziemba Ex Parte 8418852 et al 12/798,764 90013486 - (D) MARTIN 102/103 ERNEST D. BUFF AND ASSOCIATES, LLC. FETSUGA, ROBERT M original CHU, KING M

Friday, January 8, 2016

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Hertz 12809997 - (D) OGDEN 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC LEE, REBECCA Y

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Hucul et al 12632474 - (D) DELMENDO 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP LI, JUN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Hill et al 11837811 - (D) SMEGAL 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) OROPEZA, FRANCES P

3769 Ex Parte Whelan et al 11829142 - (D) HILL 102/103 103 41.50 103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP CRANDALL, LYNSEY P

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2873 CRANE CO. Respondent, Requester v. Patent of AUTOMATED MERCHANDISING SYSTEMS, INC. Appellant, Patent Owner Ex Parte 6384402 et al 09/261,221 95000605 - (D) McCARTHY 102/103 102/103 DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON & GOWDEY LLP Third Party Requester: DANIEL E. VENGLARIK FETSUGA, ROBERT M original LESTER, EVELYN A

The Patent Owner’s licensing of the claimed subject matter to its competitors is not meaningful evidence of non-obviousness. Our reviewing court instructs us that its “cases specifically require affirmative evidence of nexus where the evidence of commercial success presented is a license, because it is often ‘cheaper to take licenses than to defend infringement lawsuits.’” Iron Grip Barbell Co. v. USA Sports, Inc., 392 F.3d 1317, 1324 (Fed. Cir. 2004).

Iron Grip Barbell Co., Inc. v. USA Sports, Inc., 392 F.3d 1317, 73 USPQ2d 1225 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2144.05

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

peterson, iron grip, stepan

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Lisa et al 10999580 - (D) POLLOCK 103 HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA

“[A] prior art reference that discloses a range encompassing a somewhat narrower claimed range is sufficient to establish a prima facie case of obviousness.” In re Peterson, 315 F.3d 1325, 1330 (Fed. Cir. 2003) Such a finding shifts the burden to the Applicant to show that the claimed invention is non-obvious in view of the cited art, for example, by showing that the claimed range is critical and achieves unexpected results relative to the prior art range. Id.; see also Iron Grip Barbell Co., Inc. v. USA Sports, Inc., 392 F.3d 1317, 1322 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (Applicant can rebut a presumption of obviousness based on a claimed invention that falls within a prior art range by showing “(1) [t]hat the prior art taught away from the claimed invention . . . or (2) that there are new and unexpected results relative to the prior art.”)

Peterson, In re, 315 F.3d 1325, 65 USPQ2d 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2003) 716.02(d) 2144.05

Iron Grip Barbell Co., Inc. v. USA Sports, Inc., 392 F.3d 1317, 73 USPQ2d 1225 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2144.05

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Graser et al 12094858 - (D) HUGHES 103 WALDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. IBM CORP. (WIP) HOLDER, BRADLEY W

2473 Ex Parte Allan et al 12259560 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 Daniels IP Services LTD. LIU, JUNG

2619 Ex Parte Smith 11829453 - (D) DIXON 102 CRAIN, CATON & JAMES HARRISON, CHANTE E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Sasamoto et al 11676510 - (D) MURPHY 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 James W. Judge JENNISON, BRIAN W

3752 Ex Parte Shanklin et al 11252347 - (D) GREENHUT 102/obviousness-type double patenting MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION KIM, CHRISTOPHER S

The PTO has a statutory obligation under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) to provide timely notice to the applicant of all “matters of fact and law asserted.” See In re Stepan Co., 660 F. 3d 1341, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2011)(citing 5 U.S.C. § 554(b)). 37 C.F.R. § 41.31(c) provides that “[a]n appeal, when taken, is presumed to be taken from the rejection of all claims under rejection.” When this appeal was taken on April 3, 2012, “the rejection” for purposes of § 41.31(c) was that set forth in the Final Office action of January 3, 2012. By failing to designate the rejection set forth in the Examiner’s Answer as a “new ground” under 37 C.F.R. § 41.39(a)(2) the Examiner failed to comply with our rules and, potentially, the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act.

AFFIRMED–IN–PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Caligiuri et al 11629638 - (D) POLLOCK 103 102 Yankwich & Associates, P.C. RICCI, CRAIG D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2683 Ex Parte Fornage 12804017 - (D) SHIANG 103 103 MOSER TABOADA YANG, JAMES J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Braedt 11689466 - (D) MAYBERRY 103 103 SRAM, LLC MOMPER, ANNA M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Kristen et al 12799184 - (D) MURPHY 103 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC LOPEZ, MICHELLE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Todd 12443830 - (D) Per Curiam 112(2)/102/103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG KUDDUS, DANIEL A

2198 Ex Parte Novak 12249423 - (D) HUME 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY WU, DAXIN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2431 Ex Parte Brown et al 12242216 - (D) HORVATH 101 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG VAUGHAN, MICHAEL R

2447 Ex Parte Tierney et al 12005985 - (D) HUME 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY JOSHI, SURAJ M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2644 Ex Parte Sela 11161051 - (D) THOMAS 103 YOSSY SELA HUYNH, CHUCK

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 MOVEA SA. Patent Owner and Appellant v. HILLCREST LABORATORIES, INC. Requester and Respondent Ex Parte 8010313 et al 09/989,011 95000645 - (D) BRANCH 103 DERGOSITS & NOAH LLP Third Party Requester: FINNEGAN HENDERSON FARABOW GAGLIARDI, ALBERT J original BHAT, NINA NMN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3779 INTEGRATED MEDICAL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. Requester, Respondent v. KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY-AMERICA, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 8,029,437 B2 et al 12/413,891 95002301 - (D) SONG 112(1)/120 ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC Third Party Requester: Troutman Sanders LLP WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE original KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN