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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1784 Ex Parte Ghesquiere 13737463 - (D) CASHION dissenting NAGUMO 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2184 Ex Parte SAIDI et al 13681801 - (D) NAPPI 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. SNYDER, STEVEN G

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Sue et al 11782554 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102 AT&T Legal Dept. - [HDP] RABOVIANSKI, JIVKA A

2487 Ex Parte Vojtisek et al 13895646 - (D) PINKERTON 103 MACMILLAN, SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC - FORD JOISIL, BERTEAU

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2672 Ex Parte Hiebert 11412258 - (D) POTHIER 103 41.50 103 HP Inc. DICKERSON, CHAD S
REVERSED 2695 Ex Parte AURONGZEB et al 15078676 - (D) HUME 102/103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. CHOW, VAN NGUYEN

2696 Ex Parte Unruh et al 13830674 - (D) CURCURI 103 ONELLO & MELLO LLP KETEMA, BENY AM

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte Hubbard et al 13201673 - (D) GREENHUT 103 CARLSON GASKEY & OLDS MANSEN, MICHAEL R

3669 Ex Parte Bailey et al 13898507 - (D) PYONIN 103 OSTRAGER CHONG FLAHERTY & BROITMAN, P.C. WORDEN, THOMAS E

3695 Ex Parte Dahiwadkar 12589755 - (D) SILVERMAN 101 Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver DONLON, RYAN D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Cerf 13972078 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 SAM SILVERBERG TAWFIK, SAMEH

3744 Ex Parte Senf et al 13511800 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier FURDGE, LARRY L

3772 Ex Parte Nace 14748610 - (D) STEPINA 103 LARSON AND LARSON NELSON, KERI JESSICA

3781 Ex Parte BOYKIN 14043400 - (D) OSINSKI 102/103 41.50 112(2) The Carver Law Firm MAI, TRIM

3782 Ex Parte DAVIS et al 12043442 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP HELVEY, PETER N.

In Japikse the court summarized the Patent Office position regarding shifting a switch having no effect on the operation of the claimed devices, and stated, without further discussion, "[w]e find no error in the holding." Although MPEP § 2144.04(IV)(C) cites Japikse as an example of using legal rationale as the basis for concluding that a rearrangement of parts was obvious, that same section of the MPEP also cautions (citing Ex parte Chicago Rawhide Mfg. Co., 223 USPQ 351, 353 (BPAI 1984)): 

[t]he mere fact that a worker in the art could rearrange the parts of the reference device to meet the terms of the claims on appeal is not by itself sufficient to support a finding of obviousness. The prior art must provide a motivation or reason for the worker in the art, without the benefit of appellant's specification, to make the necessary changes in the reference device. 

Japikse, In re, 181 F.2d 1019, 86 USPQ 70 (CCPA 1950) 2144.04

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Hanzlicek et al 13089763 - (D) DENNETT 103 103 SWIMC,LLC WALTERS JR, ROBERTS

1786 Ex Parte Kismir et al 12601450 - (D) SNAY 112(1)/103 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Autoliv) CHOI, PETER Y

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2199 Ex Parte CROCKETT 13486806 - (D) CURCURI 102/103 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC AQUINO, WYNUEL S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte Poggesi et al 12607928 - (D) PINKERTON 102/103 102 Zilka-Kotab-Poughkeepsie BELANI, KISHIN G

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2628 Ex Parte Robinson 14276020 - (D) ENGLE 103 103 Pangrle Patent, Brand & Design Law, P.C. LENOVO/P ANGRLE MISHLER, ROBIN J

2667 Ex Parte Chen et al 13683166 - (D) DEJMEK 103 OTDP Wolfe-SBMC BALI, VIKKRAM

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 Ex Parte Wagner et al 14361800 - (D) GREENHUT 102 102/103 41.50 102/103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP ALSOMIRI, MAID! A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3749 Ex Parte Persson 13248177 - (D) JESCHKE 103 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) BARGERO, JOHN E

3782 Ex Parte Miller 13163675 - (D) JESCHKE 103 103 Taylor English Duma LLP DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Bell et al 12674741 - (D) FREDMAN 103 41.50 103 Syngenta Corp Protection, LLC HIRT, ERIN E

1619 Ex Parte INOUE 14168741 - (D) NEWMAN 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL

1631 Ex Parte Bernini et al 13593575 - (D) WORTH 101 Harness Dickey & Pierce (Roche) RIGGS II, LARRY D

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Collins et al 13536141 - (D) GUPTA 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY HORNING, JOEL G

1765 Ex Parte Bleys et al 12279903 - (D) OWENS 103/112(2)/1112(4) HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC SERGENT, RABON A

1777 Ex Parte Aoki et al 13496785 - (D) WILSON 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP ROYCE, LIAM A

1781 Ex Parte LEONHARD et al 14272329 - (D) CASHION 103 POLSINELLI PC FIGG, LAURA B

1787 Ex Parte Bhaatia et al 14046023 - (D) McMANUS 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY LOWREY, DANIEL D

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2133 Ex Parte Nochimowski et al 14317950 - (D) SHIANG 103 BGL/ CHERY, MARDOCHEE

2136 Ex Parte Lichmanov 13332260 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 112(2)/103 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. c/o Davidson Sheehan LLP DOAN, HAN V

2142 Ex Parte Hyde et al 13905839 - (D) COURTENAY OTDP/112(1)/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE

2156 Ex Parte Kostamaa et al 11608278 - (D) THOMAS 103 TERADATA US, INC. LU, KUEN S

2174 Ex Parte KITAYAMA 12850726 - (D) HAGY 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J

2178 Ex Parte Gearhart et al 12913475 - (D) KUMAR 103 CRGO LAW BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2438 Ex Parte Armitage 14286676 - (D) KUMAR 112(2)/101/103 HolzerIPLaw, PC dba Holzer Patel Drennan LYNCH, SHARON S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2641 Ex Parte HOWARD 12959434 - (D) SHIANG 112(1)/103 Jordan IP Law, LLC LAI, DANIEL

2652 Ex Parte ENAMITO et al 13973767 - (D) BEAMER 103 AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP HOQUE, NAFIZ E

2658 Ex Parte Hwang et al 13809835 - (D) KUMAR 101/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (SV) SAINT CYR, LEONARD

2663 Ex Parte INABA 12965683 - (D) DIXON 103 FATTIBENE & FATTIBENE TREHAN, AKSHAY

2686 Ex Parte Escobosa et al 14736761 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP BROWN, VERNAL U

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2824 Ex Parte Lombard et al 13622513 - (D) HEANEY 103 Pearne & Gordon LLP KING, DOUGLAS

2852 Ex Parte Bauer et al 14368611 - (D) INGLESE 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC SCHMITT, BENJAMIN R

2854 Ex Parte Gresty et al 14484749 - (D) SNAY 103 Blank Rome LLP Nanoco TANKERSLEY, BLAKE A

2854 Ex Parte Stowe et al 13095757 - (D) WILSON 103 BEVER, HOFFMAN & HARMS, LLP Xerox-PARC ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D

2863 Ex Parte Cohen et al 13454572 - (D) CASHION 101 Hewlett Packard Enterprise DINH, LYNDA

2886 Ex Parte Yuan et al 14161796 - (D) DELMENDO 112(1)/103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP AMARA, MOHAMED K

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Moss et al 11553671 - (D) SHAW 101/103 CRGO LAW BAHL, SANGEETA

3632 Ex Parte Nostrant 14941894 - (D) SCHOPPER 112(1) 103 Ruttler Mills PLLC MILLNER, MONICA E

3644 Ex Parte Biser et al 13669212 - (D) OSINSKI 102/103 Lightfoot & Alford PLLC (BHTI) SANDERSON, JOSEPH W

3668 Ex Parte Wirola et al 13981748 - (D) GREENHUT 112(1)/103 41.50 112(1)/103 Locke Lord LLP INGRAM, THOMAS P

3683 Ex Parte BINSWANGER et al 12192664 - (D) HUTCHINGS 101 YEE AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. PADOT, TIMOTHY

3689 Ex Parte Hamilton, et al 12039215 - (D) ENGLE 101/103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC ARAQUE JR, GERARDO

"Pre-AIA section 102(g) allows a patent owner to antedate a reference by proving earlier conception and reasonable diligence in reducing to practice." Perfect Surgical Techniques, Inc. v. Olympus Am., Inc., 841 F.3d 1004, 1007 (Fed. Cir. 2016). "Reasonable diligence must be shown throughout the entire critical period, which begins just prior to the competing reference's effective date and ends on the date of the invention's reduction to practice." Id. 

"An attorney's work in preparing a patent application is evidence of an inventor's diligence." Perfect Surgical, 841 F.3d at 1010. Thus, we are "required to weigh this evidence [of activity of preparing and filing the application] by application of a rule of reason over the course of the entire critical period." Id. at 1010-11. 

3691 Ex Parte Li et al 13348511 - (D) BARRY 101/103 Maschoff Brennan/ PayPal KANERVO, VIRPI H

3693 Ex Parte OLSSON et al 14322049 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC LEMIEUX, JESSICA

3694 Ex Parte Malhotra 12177479 - (D) HAMANN 103 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. CRANFORD, MICHAEL D

3696 Ex Parte Burton 12597717 - (D) COURTENAY 101 Mintz Levin/San Diego Office DEGA, MURALI K

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Zartman 14317466 - (D) PESLAK 102/103 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - MINNEAPOLIS NGUYEN, KIEN T

3745 Ex Parte Thrue et al 13283884 - (D) KNIGHT 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION VERDIER, CHRISTOPHER M

3777 Ex Parte Deladi et al 14233897 - (D) FREDMAN 103 112(2) 41.50 112(2) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TURCHEN, ROCHELLE DEANNA

3782 Ex Parte Cobler 13688369 - (D) CAPP 103 Poly-America, L.P. BATTISTI, DEREK J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex parte WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC. Appellant, Patent Owner Ex Parte 5860973 et al 08741301 90013464 - (D) SONG 102/103 MARTIN & FERRARO, LLP FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL original TRUONG, KEVIN THAO

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1718 Ex Parte Sharpless et al 12748141 - (D) NAGUMO 103 BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC - LAM RESEARCH CORP LEE, AIDEN Y

1766 Ex Parte Scheim et al 13130672 - (D) NAGUMO 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P,C NGUYEN, HA S

1789 Ex Parte Weeks et al 12499667 - (D) TIMM 102 Husch Blackwell LLP/The Dow Chemical Company JUSKA, CHERYL ANN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2127 Ex Parte Evans et al 13339153 - (D) DROESCH 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY KARIM, ZIAUL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2463 Ex Parte Nylander et al 12991502 - (D) HUME 112(2)/102 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, PLLC HOANG, THAI D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2853 Ex Parte Martin et al 13164267 - (D) ROSS 112(2)/103 HP Inc, VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO

The principle of "rearrangement of the parts" finds its roots in In re Japikse, 181 F.2d 1019, 1023 (CCPA 1950). There, claims were held unpatentable because rearranging the position of a starting switch would not have modified the operation of the device. Id. But, Japikse does not stand for a per se rule of obviousness simply through rearrangement of individual parts nor does it displace the requirement of an articulated reason to support the proposed modification. See In re Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1266 (Fed. Cir. 1992).

Japikse, In re, 181 F.2d 1019, 86 USPQ 70 (CCPA 1950) 2144.04

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Motoyama et al 12122497 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP BOSWELL, BETH V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Davis 14177997 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DA) MATHEW, HEMANT MATHAI

3774 Ex Parte Maloney et al 13009117 - (D) STAICOVICI 102/103 Adams and Reese, LLP WATKINS, MARCIAL YNN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte Rogers et al 13384764 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 103 HP Inc, DADA, BEEMNET W

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Watanabe et al 13381078 - (D) COTTA 103 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP DONOHUE, SEAN R

1633 Ex Parte Tsujiuchi 12293574 - (D) SMITH 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. POPA, ILEANA

1656 Ex Parte Ziyatdinov et al 13432519 - (D) SMITH 103 CERMAK NAKAJIMA MCGOWAN LLP LEE, JAE W

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Cao et al 11720384 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) NGUYEN, COLETTE B

1756 Ex Parte Sidhu 13126914 - (D) NAGUMO 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S

1767 Ex Parte MATSUOKA et al 12577785 - (D) NAGUMO 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, LLP, BUIE-HATCHER, NICOLE M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2127 Ex Parte Li et al 13223313 - (D) SHAW 102 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP KARIM, ZIAUL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte LEV et al 12828368 - (D) JURGOVAN 102/103 RECHES PATENTS ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

2484 Ex Parte Grady et al 11549608 - (D) STEPHENS 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS SHIBRU, HELEN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte FISK 13355862 - (D) HOWARD 101 103 Imagination Technologies NGUYEN, KIMBINH T

2649 Ex Parte Larsson et al 14134697 - (D) HAAPALA 103 ERICSSON INC DEAN, RAYMOND S

2658 Ex Parte Grosse-Schulte et al 11928251 - (D) HOMERE 103 Daly, Crowley, Mofford and Durkee, LLP Nuance ADESANYA, OLUJIMI A

2682 Ex Parte Butzine et al 13449080 - (D) DIXON 103/double patenting FLETCHER YODER, PC GE HEALTHCARE NGUYEN, NAM V

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2844 Ex Parte Koolen 12989822 - (D) NAGUMO 103 Michael C Stephens, Jr, YANG, AMY X

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Law 12958103 - (D) GUIJT 102 Adams and Reese LLP MOHANDESI, JILA M

japikse, KSR

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1775 Ex Parte Rezin 12259544 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(2)/103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP PRAKASH, GAUTAM

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 Ex Parte Goetz et al 11406738 - (D) FRAHM 102 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP BROMELL, ALEXANDRIA Y

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Larsson et al 12109667 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC, P.A. SHANG, ANNAN Q

2436 Ex Parte Cuellar et al 10497019 - (D) NAPPI 103 King & Spalding LLP YALEW, FIKREMARIAM A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3618 Ex Parte Duan et al 12317579 - (D) HOELTER 102 LingLing Zhang DOLAK, JAMES M
REVERSED 3628 Ex Parte GUYETT et al 12629786 - (D) LORIN 103 PITNEY BOWES INC. JUNG, ALLEN J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Smoot et al 12397990 - (D) HORNER 103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. c/o Marsh Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE

The Examiner further stated that the claimed invention would have been obvious because “[s]hifting Rosenbaum’s magnets onto his wheels would have not modified the operation of his device.” Id. at 7, 24 (citing In re Japikse, 181 F.2d 1019 (CCPA 1950)).

Appellants argue that “the Examiner has failed to show in the references or elsewhere why such modifications and combinations would be made as he has proposed” and that the Examiner is engaging in impermissible hindsight reconstruction of the claimed invention. Br. 14; id. at 12 (arguing the motivation provided by the Examiner to modify Rosenbaum with the teachings of Burrows are “mere conclusory statements that do not comply with [KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398 (2007)]”).

Japikse, In re, 181 F.2d 1019, 86 USPQ 70 (CCPA 1950) 2144.04

KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 82 USPQ2d 1385 (2007) 2141 ,   2145 ,   2216 ,   2242 ,   2286 ,   2616 ,   2642 ,   2686.04

3725 Ex Parte Ota et al 12234861 - (D) HOELTER 103 James W. Judge KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON

3733 Ex Parte Davison 10941697 - (D) ADAMS 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLC CARTER, TARA ROSE E

3763 Ex Parte Lentz et al 12714589 - (D) GRIMES 103 Cook Medical Technologies LLC c/o Liell & McNeil Attorneys PC VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3782 Ex Parte Arney et al 11275443 - (D) GUIJT 102 103 WOOD, PHILLIPS, KATZ, CLARK & MORTIMER SKURDAL, COREY NELSON

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Scott et al 11006919 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY PACKARD, BENJAMIN J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Al-Lamee et al 12160255 - (D) SMITH 103 Dewitt Ross & Stevens SC MELLOTT, JAMES M

1725 Ex Parte Fuller et al 12650019 - (D) ROESEL 103 Brooks Kushman P.C. CULLEN, SEAN P

1747 Ex Parte KATAYAMA et al 12790351 - (D) DERRICK 103 Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP MAYES, DIONNE WALLS

1772 Ex Parte OLENICK 12157730 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 ANTHONY J O'LENICK JR BULLOCK, IN SUK C

1786 Ex Parte Howard 12177196 - (D) WILSON 103 E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY CHOI, PETER Y

1787 Ex Parte Hebert 12637915 - (D) ROESEL 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY FUNG, CHING-YIU

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Buller et al 12244767 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG BIBBEE, JARED M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2492 Ex Parte Nadalin et al 11165483 - (D) MORGAN 112(1)/103 IBM CORP. (DHJ) c/o DAVID H. JUDSON DAVIS, ZACHARY A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte DAWSON et al 11842757 - (D) NEW 103 ROBERTS MLOTKOWSKI SAFRAN & COLE, P.C. HUA, QUAN M

2647 Ex Parte Hudson et al 11847084 - (D) DIXON 103 Holland & Hart LLP (ViaSat) NGUYEN, DUC M

2691 Ex Parte Hsu 12208033 - (D) DIXON 103 BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP RABINDRANATH, ROY P

2692 Ex Parte Cheong et al 11927909 - (D) SHAW 103 TERRILE, CANNATTI, CHAMBERS & HOLLAND, LLP MERKOULOVA, OLGA VLADIMIROVNA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Ciprino et al 12971631 - (D) FISCHETTI 103 SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS DICKERSON, TIPHANY B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Warner 11703947 - (D) MILLS 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY TREYGER, ILYA Y

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2824 GOOGLE INC. ’546 Requester, Respondent, and Cross-Appellant and SMART MODULAR TECHNOLOGIES ’577 Requester and Respondent v. NETLIST, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant, and Cross-Respondent Ex Parte 7289386 et al 11/173,175 95000577 95/000,546 - (D) JEFFERY 112(a)/112(b)/103 The Law Office of Jamie Zheng, Ph.D Esq. THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: KING & SPALDING LLP PEIKARI, BEHZAD original SOFOCLEOUS, ALEXANDER

japikse, ochiai, montgomery

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1778 Ex Parte Mitchell 11373342 - (D) BEST 103 WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION GONZALEZ, MADELINE

The Examiner argues that these missing elements would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art. Ans. 12-13. In support of this argument, the Examiner cites In re Japikse, 181 F.2d 1019 (CCPA 1950).

The Examiner’s reliance on Japikse is misplaced. The Examiner cites that case as standing for the broad proposition that “shifting the position of a particular element is unpatentable as long as the operation of the device is not modified.” Ans. 12. This is too broad a reading of the case. Japikse involved an obviousness rejection where the only difference between the claimed invention and a single reference was the location of a starting switch. Japikse, 181 F.2d at 1023. This case involves multiple differences between the claimed invention and a combination of references.

In essence, the Examiner is attempting to create a per se rule of upatentability as a substitute for the detailed inquiry required by § 103. Reliance on such per se rules is legal error. In re Ochiai, 71 F.3d 1565, 1570 (Fed. Cir. 1995).

Japikse, In re, 181 F.2d 1019, 86 USPQ 70 (CCPA 1950) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2144.04

Ochiai, In re, 71 F.3d 1565, 37 USPQ2d 1127 (Fed. Cir. 1995) . . . . . . . . 706.02(n), 2116.01, 2144.08

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2127 Ex Parte Prummel 10513282 - (D) DIXON 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS NORTON, JENNIFER L

2172 Ex Parte Foxenland 11463123 - (D) BENOIT 102/103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP GREENE, SABRINA LETICIA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2486 Ex Parte Naidoo et al 09954976 - (D) HOFF 103 Comcast c/o Ballard Spahr LLP VO, TUNG T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3644 Ex Parte Shearer et al 11470641 - (D) BAHR 103 Cindy Murphy LLC (Goodrich) BONZELL, PHILIP J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Turnpaugh et al 11619739 - (D) FISCHETTI 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC, P. A. BLAU, STEPHEN LUTHER

3736 Ex Parte Heruth et al 12351414 - (D) ADAMS 102 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT , P.A HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN

3743 Ex Parte Larsen et al 11485474 - (D) VANOPHEM 103 Whirlpool Patents Company - MD 0750 PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES

3777 Ex Parte Brabrand 10725431 - (D) KERINS 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP RAMIREZ, JOHN FERNANDO

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Chang et al 09858387 - (D) JEFFERY 103 103 THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. TORRES, MARCOS L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3651 Ex Parte Howard et al 10585386 - (D) JUNG 103 103 Carlson Gaskey & Olds HESS, DOUGLAS A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1635 Ex Parte Kmiec et al 11890595 - (D) FREDMAN 102 MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP WILMINGTON SCHNIZER, RICHARD A

It may be that the Federal Circuit would not interpret claim 9 to require an efficacy requirement in cancer treatment, but in Montgomery the Court found that “efficacy is inherent in carrying out the claim steps.” In re Montgomery, 677 F.3d 1375, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2012). Montgomery also teaches that even if the prior art “merely proposed the administration of [an active agent] for treatment or prevention of [a disease] (without actually doing so), it would still anticipate.” Id. at 1382.

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1723 Ex Parte Oravitz et al 11246466 - (D) HASTINGS 103 PPG Industries, Inc. RIPA, BRYAN D

1765 Ex Parte Thorman et al 11897361 - (D) BEST 112(1)/102/103 FINA TECHNOLOGY INC LU, C CAIXIA

1767 Ex Parte De Munck et al 10568699 - (D) KIMLIN 103 EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY HEINCER, LIAM J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
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