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PTAB Decisions

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Reversed 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1617 SOL-GEL TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 17016528 GRIMES 103 Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP BROWE, DAVID

“We do not charge a person of ordinary skill in the art to know all arts; rather, we presume he knows the teachings of all the prior art in the field of his endeavor at the time the invention was made.” Netflix, Inc. v. DivX, LLC, 80 F.4th 1352, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2023) (internal quotation marks omitted). “[T]he purpose of the analogous art test . . . is to examine whether a reference can be considered as prior art to the challenged patent [or application] in the first place.” Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH v. Mylan Pharms. Inc., 66 F.4th 1373, 1377 (Fed. Cir. 2023).

“Thus, for an obviousness determination, a reference may only qualify as prior art that a person of ordinary skill in the art would look to if it is ‘analogous to the claimed invention.’” Netflix, 80 F.4th at 1358 (quoting In re Bigio, 381 F.3d 1320, 1325 (Fed. Cir. 2004)). “This inquiry ‘is meant to defend against hindsight.’” Id. (quoting In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 987 (Fed. Cir. 2006)).

Two separate tests define the scope of analogous prior art: (1) whether the art is from the same field of endeavor, regardless of the problem addressed and, (2) if the reference is not within the field of the inventor’s endeavor, whether the reference still is reasonably pertinent to the particular problem with which the inventor is involved. Bigio, 381 F.3d at 1325.

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1713 DENSO CORPORATION 16813995 SCHNEIDER 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC ALLEN, JOSHUA L

1761 Toyota Motor Corporation et al. 16255416 TIMM 102/103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP KUMAR, PREETI

1793 SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 15604833 HASTINGS 103 OLIFF PLC TRAN, LIEN THUY

1795 California Institute of Technology 15683587 KENNEDY 103 Joseph R. Baker, APC Gavrilovich, Dodd & Lindsey LLP KEELING, ALEXANDER W

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2153 Oracle International Corporation 17448489 SILVERMAN 103 Invoke / Oracle LIN, ALLEN S

2161 SAP SE 15799890 FRAHM 103 Fountainhead Law Group P.C./SAP SAMARA, HUSAM TURKI

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2421 Sky CP Limited 16240035 COURTENAY 103 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP SALCE, JASON P

2431 VMware, Inc. 16276692 REN 103 Kim & Stewart LLP- VMware ALMAMUN, ABDULLAH

2434 VMWARE, INC. 16997084 DIXON 103 Quarles & Brady LLP/Broadcom Patents WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H

2443 Franz-Josef Götz et al. 16259026 DIXON 102/103 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC PENA-SANTANA, TANIA M

2465 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) 15125757 SAADAT 103 ERICSSON INC. THAI, CAMQUYEN

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2612 Cerence Operating Company 17315759 HUME 112(1)/102/103 41.50 112(2)/103 OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP GE, JIN

2613 Imagination Technologies Limited 17221005 DEJMEK 103 Potomac Law Group PLLC (IMGTEC) LHYMN, SARAH

2685 BI Incorporated 16821012 OWENS 103 OSHA BERGMAN WATANABE & BURTON LLP SMALL, NAOMI J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2857 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 16793660 GUPTA 103 onsemi (DW) QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT

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

3646 Imagination Technologies Limited 16689544 SCHOPFER 102 Potomac Law Group PLLC (IMGTEC) ISSING, GREGORY C

Affirmed-in-Part 

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1759 MARS, INCORPORATED 15520442 HOUSEL 103 112(2) Mars, Incorporated Mars Docketing Department GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1613 L'OREAL 14900833 KATZ 112(1)/112(2)/103 POLSINELLI PC (DC OFFICE) SONG, JIANFENG

1649 Biogen MA Inc. 16095475 SCHNEIDER 103 Biogen Inc. CHOATE, HALL & STEWART LLP MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE

1653 Juliana WODA et al. 14051164 WISZ 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. LANDAU, SHARMILA GOLLAMUDI

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1712 CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 16396342 REN 103 Abel Schillinger, LLP WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P

1735 ARCELORMITTAL 16064096 HASTINGS 103 Davidson Kappel LLC SMITH, CATHERINE P

1761 Bradley University et al. 15682146 KENNEDY 103 Randall Danskin, PS KUMAR, PREETI

1778 Cytiva Sweden AB 15750227 KENNEDY 103 EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP KURTZ, BENJAMIN M

1786 Merck Patent GmbH 16075363 COLAIANNI 103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) YANG, JAY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2111 Université de Bretagne Sud 17299461 JENKS 101 Conley Rose, P.C. NGUYEN, STEVE N

2119 Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. 16907464 SILVERMAN 112(1)/112(2) ROCKWELL AUTOMATION / AT&W LINDSAY, BERNARD G

2124 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15245934 NAPPI 103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. FIGUEROA, KEVIN W

2127 Google LLC 16346313 NALVEN 103 Dority & Manning P.A. and Google LLC JABLON, ASHER H.

2179 Apple Inc. 17516495 SAADAT 103 DLA Piper LLP (US) - Apple VU, THANH T

2184 QUALCOMM Incorporated 16569816 BALTATZIS 103 W&T/Qualcomm PHAN, DEAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2416 QUALCOMM Incorporated 15713478 HUME 103 Arent Fox, LLP and Qualcomm, Incorporated PREVAL, LIONEL

2425 Edge Networks, Inc. 16578159 BAER 103 Krishna Kalidindi SCHNURR, JOHN R

2442 VMware, Inc. 17466506 HORVATH 101/103 Kim & Stewart LLP- VMware MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN

2451 Cisco Technology, Inc. 16853622 REN 103 Cisco/BIG (Behmke Innovation) WOOLCOCK, MADHU

2451 Schlumberger Technology Corporation 17310376 SHAPIRO 103 Schlumberger Technology Corporation CHOUAT, ABDERRAHMEN

2466 SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS 16343936 KOKOSKI 112(1)/103 R. Brian Drozd LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS

2473 Apple Inc. 17032641 CRAIG 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. BOKHARI, SYED M

2496 eBay Inc. 16450428 HUME 103 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P./eBay Inc. AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2896 ASM IP Holding B.V. 16105761 CASHION 103 Snell & Wilmer (ASM IP Holding B.V.) BELL, LAUREN R

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

3622 iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc. 16185656 HUME 103 HarnessIP (iHeart) POUNCIL, DARNELL A

3624 NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH 15976894 HOMERE 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office HO, THOMAS Y

3625 Oath Inc. 16286812 MEDLOCK 101 Cooper Legal Group LLC KANG, TIMOTHY J

3628 NHN PAYCO CORPORATION 15371423 MEDLOCK 101 H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC KIRK, BRYAN J

3691 eBay Inc. 15590842 FRAHM 101 FIG. 1 Patents/eBay ALI, HATEM M

3696 Riv Data Corp. 16252093 RAEVSKY 103 101 NIXON PEABODY LLP JACOB, WILLIAM J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3761 Bystronic Laser AG 16757913 PER CURIUM 102/103 112(1)/112(2) Jacob Eisenberg BelayIP DODSON, JUSTIN C

Rehearing

Denied

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry 

1615 Zoono Group Ltd 17180161 GRIMES 112(2) 112(2)/103 LAW OFFICES OF HOWARD L. HOFFENBERG, ESQ. HELM, CARALYNNE E

Reexamination

Affirmed

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1793 General Mills, Inc. 16613685 REN 103 DIEDERIKS & WHITELAW, PLC TRAN, LIEN THUY

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2454 WAG ACQUISITION, LLC et al. 90014833 8,327,011 13/374,942 CHEN 102 ERNEST D. BUFF & ASSOCIATES, LLC THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: VANABLE LLP WASSUM, LUKE S

KSR, kahn, nuvasive

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Aruga 12811339 - (D) HEANEY 103/double patenting OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. WALKER, KEITH D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Kesling et al 12167295 - (D) LEE 103 KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP DEAN, RAYMOND S

As part of the obviousness analysis, particularly when combining teachings from multiple references, we must consider “whether there was an apparent reason to combine the known elements in the fashion claimed by the patent at issue.” See KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 418 (2007) (citing In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 988 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (requiring “articulated reasoning with some rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion of obviousness”)); In re Nuvasive, Inc., 842 F.3d 1376, 1382 (Fed. Cir. 2016).

Kahn, In re, 441 F.3d 977, 78 USPQ2d 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2006) 2143.01 , 2144

KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 82 USPQ2d 1385 (2007)  2141 ,   2144.05 ,   2145 ,   2216 ,   2242 ,   2286 ,   2616 ,   2642 ,   2686.04

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3748 Ex Parte Duppert 13428406 - (D) SHAH 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. WAN, DEMING

3762 Ex Parte STEWART et al 13084853 - (D) PRATS 103 Christopher & Weisberg, P.A. D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Cafferty et al 13275368 - (D) WIEKER 112(2)/103 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation CHOU, JIMMY

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte OLEARY 13113785 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 103/double patenting Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP COONEY, JOHN M

1767 Ex Parte Inamdar 13612083 - (D) PRAISS 103 Baker & Hostetler LLP HEINCER, LIAM J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Lin et al 11834164 - (D) MURPHY 112(2) 103 FULWIDER PATTON, LLP (ABBOTT) KRUER, KEVIN R

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY and INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Requester, v. ACQIS LLC, Patent Owner Ex Parte 7376779 et al 11/166,656 95001475 - (S) SIU 103 COOLEY LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: HAYNES AND BOONE LLP, IP Section BANANKHAH, MAJID A original PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex parte MYPORT IP, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7778440 et al 90013255 - (D) JEFFERY 112(2) 112(1)/112(2)/103 HOWISON & ARNOTT, L.L.P WEAVER, SCOTT LOUIS original SHERALI, ISHRAT I

KSR, kahn

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte Hermann 13027018 - (D) HASTINGS 103  Garlick & Markison (TSLA) CHERNOW, FRANK A

1784 Ex Parte Tsypine et al 12532276 - (D) OWENS 103 GOUDREAU GAGE DUBUC SCHLEIS, DANIEL J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte BACHRACH et al 13204534 - (D) JIVANI 102/103 Artegis Law Group, LLP COTHRAN, BERNARD E

2185 Ex Parte Bell et al 13046610 - (D) ENGELS  102 Vierra Magen Marcus LLP I Intersil HUYNH, KIM T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte Senften 13280648 - (D) OWENS 103 Evans & Dixon, LLC FLETCHER, MARLON T

Setting forth a prima facie case of obviousness requires establishing that the applied prior art would have provided one of ordinary skill in the art with an apparent reason to modify the prior art to arrive at the claimed invention. See KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 418 (2007).

KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 82 USPQ2d 1385 (2007) 2141 ,   2144.05 ,   2145 ,   2216 ,   2242 ,   2286 ,   2616 ,   2642 ,   2686.04

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Daniel-Wayman et al 12396922 - (D) CHERRY 103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP STRIMBU, GREGORY J

“[R]ejections on obviousness grounds cannot be sustained by mere conclusory statements; instead, there must be some articulated reasoning with some rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion of obviousness.” In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 988 (Fed. Cir. 2006), quoted with approval in KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 417–18 (2007).

Kahn, In re, 441 F.3d 977, 78 USPQ2d 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2006) 2143.01 , 2144

KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 82 USPQ2d 1385 (2007) 2141 ,   2144.05 ,   2145 ,   2216 ,   2242 ,   2286 ,   2616 ,   2642 ,   2686.04

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2486 Ex Parte Kulas 11499315 - (D) PINKERTON 103 103 Renaissance IP Law Group LLP (Portland - North) CHIO, TAT CHI

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Pratt et al 13128134 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, PA VENKAT, JYOTHSNA A

1642 Ex Parte Shin et al 12665007 - (D) FLAX 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP AEDER, SEAN E

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Star et al 11457525 - (D) DELMENDO 102/103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP DOUYETTE, KENNETH J

1788 Ex Parte Emmert 13900336 - (D) REN 103/double patenting HANLEY, FLIGHT & ZIMMERMAN, LLC NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L

1788 Ex Parte Colhoun et al 12909115 - (D) KENNEDY 102/103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, LLP, LE, HOA T

2445 Ex Parte Bailey et al 12715921 - (D) LENTIVECH 102/103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-IBM YORKTOWN JAKOVAC, RYAN J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2463 Ex Parte Blankenship et al 12861635 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Slater Matsil, LLP MARCELO, MEL VIN C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte MOLNAR et al 12904927 - (D) SHIANG 103 Artegis Law Group, LLP/NVIDIA HE, WEIMING

2621 Ex Parte Shahparnia et al 12772012 - (D) STEPHENS 103 SYNAPTICS C/O WAGNER BLECHER LLP MATTHEWS, ANDRE L

2622 Ex Parte HALLFORD et al 13688629 - (D) COURTENAY 103 BlackBerry Limited (HFZ) ZHENG, CHARLES H

2625 Ex Parte Raviv 12693463 - (D) PYONIN 112(1)/102/103 DEKEL PATENT LTD. ELNAFIA, SAIFELDIN E

2652 Ex Parte Sacha et al 12905421 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner I Starkey FALEY, KATHERINE A

2685 Ex Parte Loffl et al 13393352 - (D) SHIANG 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP WU, ZHEN Y

2688 Ex Parte Jin et al 13593682 - (D) DEJMEK 103 Avago Technologies Limited ALUNKAL, THOMAS D

2692 Ex Parte KIM et al 12267388 - (D) CUTITTA 103 Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP ABDIN, SHAHEDA A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte OSTROVSKY et al 13252157 - (D) GARRIS 103 Collard & Roe, P.C./Leviton MISKA, VIT W

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3667 Ex Parte Wang et al 12082396 - (D) OSINSKI 103 InTouch Health KISWANTO, NICHOLAS

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte Wickland et al 11705028 - (D) PLENZER 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2122 Ex Parte Bonasso et al 12042434 - (D) SMITH 103 Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C. RIFKIN, BEN M

2137 Ex Parte Afriat 11964057 - (R) MACDONALD 103 MPG, LLP AND SANDISK PARIKH, KALPIT

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2493 Ex Parte Horn et al 13124045 - (D) MACDONALD 103 Squire PB (NV A/DC Office) JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Ellis et al 13169930 - (R) SMITH 103 CRGO LAW HARRIS, DOROTHY H

kahn

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ex Parte George et al 13085088 - (D) KENNEDY 103 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP MCCLAIN-COLEMAN, TYNESHA L

See In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 988 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (“[R]ejections on obviousness grounds cannot be sustained by mere conclusory statements; instead, there must be some articulated reasoning with some rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion of obviousness.”).

Kahn, In re, 441 F.3d 977, 78 USPQ2d 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2006) 2143.01 , 2144

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Fuhry et al 13101366 - (D) SQUIRE 103 PPG Industries, Inc. CHEN, VIVIAN

1793 Ex Parte GROVER et al 12360387 - (D) KENNEDY 103 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP MCCLAIN-COLEMAN, TYNESHA L.

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte LEE 12781532 - (D) SILVERMAN 102 OKAMOTO & BENEDICTO LLP AMSDELL, DANA

kahn

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte HARPER et al 12406378 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. MCGUE, FRANK J

3694 Ex Parte Lundgren et al 12748197 - (D) LORIN 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. AZIZ, ABDULMAJEED

In our view, this is insufficient as “some articulated reasoning with some rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion of obviousness.” In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 988 (Fed. Cir. 2006).

Kahn, In re, 441 F.3d 977, 78 USPQ2d 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2006) 2143.01 , 2144

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2895 Ex Parte Weaver Jr. et al 10582377 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 FAY SHARPE LLP TSAI, HUI JEY

keller, KSR, kahn

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Singh et al 12175441 - (D) JENKS 103 Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP ZAREK, PAUL E

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Baziuk 12817258 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 Ade & Company Inc. WHATLEY, KATELYN B

1761 Ex Parte Gatlin et al 10745290 - (D) SMITH 103 ROBERT W STROZIER, P.L.L.C OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Oliver et al 11589007 - (D) SAADAT 112(2)/103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP HARPER, ELIYAH STONE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Breiter et al 10562504 - (D) LORIN 112(1)/103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-IBM POUGHKEEPSIE ANDERSON, FOLASHADE

3688 Ex Parte Chang et al 11728069 - (D) WORTH 102/103 Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP MACASIANO, MARILYN G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Taljaard 10520231 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Frommer Lawrence & Haug MAI, HAO D

The test for obviousness “is what the combined teachings of the references would have suggested to those of ordinary skill in the art.” In re Keller, 642 F.2d 413, 425 (CCPA 1981). “‘[R]ejections on obviousness grounds cannot be sustained by mere conclusory statements; instead, there must be some articulated reasoning with some rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion of obviousness.’” KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 418 (2007) (citing In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 988 (Fed. Cir. 2006)).

Keller, In re, 642 F.2d 413, 208 USPQ 871 (CCPA 1981) 707.07(f) , 2145

Kahn, In re, 441 F.3d 977, 78 USPQ2d 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2006) 2143.01 , 2144

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

3762 Ex Parte Carroll et al 10761424 - (D) GRIMES 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM

3765 Ex Parte Drosihn 12330738 - (D) SMEGAL 102 COOLEY LLP MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte KLAPP et al 12829865 - (D) ANKENBRAND 103 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. FISCHER, JUSTIN R

1758 Ex Parte Buller et al 11378847 - (D) COLAIANNI 112(1) 103 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (SF) MERSHON, JAYNE L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2898 Ex Parte McANDREW et al 12721362 - (D) HOUSEL 103 103 American Air Liquide, Inc. ABDELAZIEZ, YASSER A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3676 Ex Parte Chalker et al 11851354 - (D) BROWN 103 103 SMITH IP SERVICES, P.C. WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte Sciver et al 12748271 - (D) HASTINGS 103 SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP MRUK, BRIAN P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Calmes 12355510 - (D) DERRICK 103 Carter Scholer Arnett Hamada Mockler PLLC CHWASZ, JADE R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Pappas et al 12338942 - (D) FETTING 103 KELLY & KELLEY, LLP CHAMPAGNE, LUNA

3692 Ex Parte Morgan et al 12005531 - (D) FISCHETTI 112(2) 102/103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. BAIRD, EDWARD J

3692 Ex Parte Shipman 10902046 - (D) FISCHETTI 103 DIEDERIKS & WHITELAW, PLC EBERSMAN, BRUCE I

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Kim 12137349 - (D) GREENHUT 101/103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC FERNSTROM, KURT

3726 Ex Parte Kessler 12157360 - (D) GREENHUT 103 112(2)/103 SIEMENS CORPORATION AFZALI, SARANG

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex parte ROUND ROCK RESEARCH, LLC Ex Parte RE41,562 et al 11/102,887 90012095 - (D) FRAHM 102 102/103 GAZDZINSKI & ASSOCIATES, PC Third Party Requester: TUCKER ELLIS LLP TARAE, CATHERINE MICHELLE original TWEEL JR, JOHN ALEXANDER

kahn

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3695 Ex Parte Lundquist 12778015 - (D) CHERRY 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Hemingway & Hansen, LLP OYEBISI, OJO O

See In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 988 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (“rejections on obviousness grounds cannot be sustained by mere conclusory statements; instead, there must be some articulated reasoning with some rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion of obviousness”).

Kahn, In re, 441 F.3d 977, 78 USPQ2d 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2006) 2143.01 , 2144

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1723 Ex Parte Skala 11669922 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 103 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC YANCHUK, STEPHEN J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Neubauer et al 12201040 - (D) McGRAW 103 ALVIN T. ROCKHILL FISCHER, JUSTIN R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2189 Ex Parte Lyndem 12174284 - (D) NAPPI 112(2)/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY BANSAL, GURTEJ

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Ex Parte Anderson et al 11590568 - (D) FETTING 102 AlbertDhand LLP HAQ, NAEEM U

aller, kahn

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Yoon et al 11639050 - (D) BEST 103 MPG, LLP and Lam Research Corp. TALBOT, BRIAN K

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte Madhavan et al 11370246 - (D) LORIN 103 Mauriel Kapouytian Woods LLP CONYERS, DAWAUNE A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2883 Ex Parte Udd 12236478 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 VISTA IP LAW GROUP LLP TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3694 Ex Parte Olliphant et al 11966841 - (D) MOHANTY 103 Haynes & Boone, LLP ZIEGLE, STEPHANIE M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Boss et al 11325492 - (D) CRAWFORD 101/103 101 ROBERTS MLOTKOWSKI SAFRAN & COLE, P.C. SINGH, GURKANWALJIT

3644 Ex Parte del Pinal et al 12369164 - (D) ADAMS 103 103 Bay Area Technolgy Law Group PC WILLIAMS, MONICA L

Examiner correctly asserts that “it is not inventive to discover the optimum or workable ranges by routine experimentation” In re Aller, 220 F.2d 454, 456 (CCPA 1955). This is, however, true “where the general conditions of a claim are disclosed in the prior art.” Id. On this record, Examiner failed to establish an evidentiary basis, or articulate a rationale, that supports a conclusion that a person of ordinary skill in this art would have considered that a side wall thickness of between approximately 2 mm and 5 mm would have been the optimum or workable range for the shell material suggested by the combination of Herrenbruck and Kopelle (see App. Br. 4 (“Examiner has merely concluded that it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made to have made the shell as claimed”); Cf. Ans. 4). In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 988 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (“[R]ejections on obviousness grounds cannot be sustained by mere conclusory statements; instead, there must be some articulated reasoning with some rational underpinning to support the legal conclusion of obviousness”).

Aller, In re, 220 F.2d 454, 105 USPQ 233 (CCPA 1955) 2144.05

Kahn, In re, 441 F.3d 977, 78 USPQ2d 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2006) 2143.01 , 2144

3686 Ex Parte Fitzgerald et al 11862775 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 112(2)/103 SIEMENS CORPORATION NAJARIAN, LENA

AFFIRMED
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1741 Ex Parte Caffery et al 12550011 - (D) KAISER 103 CORNING INCORPORATED KEMMERLE III, RUSSELL J

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2494 Ex Parte Todd 10992487 - (D) DIXON 101/103 IBM Corporation KHOSHNOODI, NADIA

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2641 Ex Parte Kulkarni et al 11274992 - (D) DIXON 103 Carmen Patti Law Group, LLC SABOURI, MAZDA

2645 Ex Parte Lee 11443787 - (D) FRAHM 103 THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. TORRES, MARCOS L

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3766 Ex Parte Malinowski et al 12058623 - (D) ABRAMS 102 112(2)/obviousness-type double patenting Vista IP Law Group LLP HELLER, TAMMIE K

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
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2184 Ex parte ROUND ROCK RESEARCH LLC Ex Parte 6243838 et al 08/942,168 90012329 - (D) EVANS 102/103 GAZDZINSKI & ASSOCIATES, PC Round Rock Research, L.L.C. Third Party Requester: Dell, Inc. Baker Botts, L.L.P. YIGDALL, MICHAEL J original BADERMAN, SCOTT T