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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Mrozinski et al 13133427 - (D) MILLS 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY BROWE, DAVID

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1797 Ex Parte Chan et al 13231866 - (D) TIMM 102/103 Quest Diagnostics GAKH, YELENA G

2123 Ex Parte Sharma et al 13672781 - (D) CHEN 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION COOK, BRIAN S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 Ex Parte Gohari et al 13940009 - (D) McMILLIN 103 Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm LAMONT, BENJAMIN S

2471 Ex Parte PAPASAKELLARIOU et al 14305699 - (D) CHEN 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. ADHAMI, MOHAMMAD SAJID

2476 Ex Parte Pirbhai et al 12480456 - (D) EVANS 103 WSOU Investments, LLC VU, HOANG-CHUONG Q

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Steele et al 11935740 - (D) SHAH 101 41.50 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA MARCUS, LELAND R

3633 Ex Parte Zhang et al 14248069 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 JOHNS MANVILLE IHEZIE, JOSHUA K

3637 Ex Parte GASSER 14063327 - (D) OSINSKI 102/103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. DOYLE, RYAN A

3665 Ex Parte McDonald et al 13090912 - (D) BAYAT 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. MALHOTRA, SANJEEV

"Whether [a] ... document qualifies as a 'printed publication' ... is a legal conclusion based on underlying factual determinations." Cooper Cameron Corp. v. Kvaerner Oilfield Prods., Inc., 291 F.3d 1317, 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2002). In determining whether a reference is a "printed publication" within the meaning of§ 102, "the key inquiry is whether or not a reference has been made 'publicly accessible."' In re Klopfenstein, 380 F.3d 1345, 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2004). We make this factual determination by weighing the evidence of record to ascertain whether the preponderance of the evidence demonstrates that the publication retrieved by the Examiner was publicly accessible to render it a printed publication.

Klopfenstein, In re,380 F.3d 1345, 72 USPQ2d 1117 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2128.01

3681 Ex Parte Liu et al 12764983 - (D) LENTIVECH 101/102/103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION BRANDENBURG, WILLIAM A

3692 Ex Parte VENKATARAMAN 13447463 - (D) WIEDER 101 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC POE, KEVIN T

3693 Ex Parte Atkinson et al 14107527 - (D) SHIANG 112(1)/101 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP BARTLEY, KENNETH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Huy et al 13098505 - (D) CALVE 103 CHURCH & DWIGHT CO., INC. BERRY, STEPHANIE R

3742 Ex Parte HALLGREN et al 13747847 - (D) O'HANLON 102/103 Whirlpool Corporation/ McGarry Bair PC STAPLETON, ERIC S

3772 Ex Parte Aarestad et al 12838669 - (D) BAYAT 112(2) Acuity Law Group, P.C. HICKS, VICTORIA J

3772 Ex Parte Joseph 13731660 - (D) ENGELS 112(2)/102/103 Dennis Clarke LEWIS, KIM M

A claim that recites both an apparatus and a method for subsequently using the apparatus is indefinite, IPXL Holdings v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.3d 1377, 1384 (Fed. Cir. 2005), but functional language does not necessarily render an apparatus claim indefinite, UltimatePointer LLC v. Nintendo Co., 816 F.3d 816, 826 (Fed. Cir. 2016). Here, we agree with Appellant that the "applying" limitation is reasonably read to be functional language reciting a property of the claimed dispenser-applicator, not a claimed step of using the dispenser-applicator. 

IPXL Holdings v. Amazon.com, Inc., 430 F.2d 1377, 77 USPQ2d 1140 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2173.05(p)

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Walter et al 14661538 - (D) NEW 103 103 FMC I Fox Rothschild LLP PRYOR, ALTON NATHANIEL

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte BUELLESFELD et al 14294967 - (D) SNAY 103 103 OHLANDT, GREELEY, RUGGIERO & PERLE, LLP DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S

1787 Ex Parte BAER et al 12631964 - (D) KENNEDY 102/103 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO, LLP HUANG, CHENG YUAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2474 Ex Parte CHEN et al 14157202 - (D) THOMAS 103 103 Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm ISLAM, ROWNAK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3677 Ex Parte Luepke 13963421 - (D) SCHOPPER 102 103 REISING ETHINGTON P.C. ESTREMSKY, GARY WAYNE

3683 Ex Parte Freire et al 11697926 - (D) SILVERMAN 101/103 101 Bell & Manning, LLC PADOT, TIMOTHY

3688 Ex Parte RINCON et al 13235133 - (D) BEAMER 101 101 MICROSOFT CORPORATION MACASIANO, MARILYN G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Camaratta 14819777 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 102 SIMPSON & SIMPSON, PLLC MENDIRATTA, VISHU K

3774 Ex Parte Wortz 14551544 - (D) BAYAT 112(1)/102/103 OTDP KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP BARIA, DINAH N

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Annat et al 13813006 - (D) PRATS 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP FAY, ZOHREHA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Barenreuter et al 13583715 - (D) TIMM 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT

1715 Ex Parte SHIN et al 13465488 - (D) DELMENDO 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP BURKHART, ELIZABETH A

1735 Ex Parte Saeki et al 14117624 - (D) REN 112(1)/103 McDermott Will and Emery LLP GAMINO, CARLOS J

1735 Ex Parte Scholz 13720433 - (D) GAUDETTE 112(1)/112(2) 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP SAAD, ERIN BARRY

1788 Ex Parte CULLIGAN 14031705 - (D) TIMM 103 ULMER & BERNE LLP c/o Diane Bell WALSHON, SCOTT R

1792 Ex Parte Deng et al 12675262 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 RATNERPRESTIA THAKUR, VIREN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2153 Ex Parte Carter 13483256 - (D) Per Curiam 102 Spectra Logic Corporation BULLOCK, JOSHUA

2163 Ex Parte Koretz et al 11584640 - (D) HUME 103 LeClairRyan LE, MICHAEL

2168 Ex Parte Parker et al 13886406 - (D) KUMAR 103/OTDP GATES & COOPER LLP - IBM DWIVEDI, MARESH H

2197 Ex Parte Olson 14472527 - (D) SHIANG 103 101 NEO IP PAULINO, LENIN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Bruich et al 14194394 - (D) MacDONALD 101/103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. KIM, WILLIAM JW

2423 Ex Parte Canney et al 14102291 - (D) CUTITTA 103 DUFT BORNSEN & FETTIG, LLP LI, SUSAN X

2425 Ex Parte Gray et al 13790777 - (D) CRAIG 103 AT & T LEGAL DEPARTMENT-Toler HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q

2452 Ex Parte Ramanathan 14370184 - (D) LENTIVECH 101/103 IP Spring - AI HOANG, HIEU T

2473 Ex Parte Zhang et al 14234523 - (D) THOMAS 103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA PATEL, HARDIKKUMAR D

2477 Ex Parte Vermani et al 12422145 - (D) BUI 103 Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm ESMAEILIAN, MAJID

2481 Ex Parte Samuelsson et al 13641714 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC NOH, JAE NAM

2483 Ex Parte Gao et al 13539055 - (D) HUME 103 Futurewei Technologies, Inc. c/o Conley Rose, P.C. ADROVEL, WILLIAM

2486 Ex Parte Li et al 14015888 - (D) BEAMER 112(2) 103 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. NGUYEN, KATHLEEN V

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte LEE et al 13956883 - (D) BEAMER 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC AJAYI, JOEL

2667 Ex Parte Sehnert et al 13608163 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 Carestream Health, Inc. MOYER, ANDREW M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2851 Ex Parte Shen et al 14194484 - (D) HASTINGS 101 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (70047) BOWERS, BRANDON

2864 Ex Parte Hamzaoui et al 13531570 - (D) TIMM 103 101/103 LAW OFFICE OF IDO TUCHMAN (YOR) ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K

2882 Ex Parte Sigel et al 14682502 - (D) GUPTA 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) NGUYEN, HUNG

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Bhogal et al 12139297 - (D) WIEDER 103 101 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT

3636 Ex Parte Miller 14224720 - (D) PESLAK 103 CESARI AND MCKENNA, LLP BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J

3642 Ex Parte Ireland 12832967 - (D) BROWN 103 112(2) NWAMU,P.C. Patent & Trademark Law WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H

3681 Ex Parte Hammad et al 12257987 - (D) BAYAT 103 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA NGUYEN, THUY N

3681 Ex Parte Novikov et al 12645482 - (D) LORIN 103 101 Facebook/Fenwick LI, SUN M

3684 Ex Parte Banthia et al 13672508 - (D) JEFFERY 101 Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C. ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E

3686 Ex Parte AKUSHEVICH et al 14184129 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 IBM Corp-Rochester Drafting Center LE, LINH GIANG

3689 Ex Parte Fox et al 12636258 - (D) BAIN 101/103 COOPER LEGAL GROUP/ ORACLE SHANKER, TIJLIE MEYERS

3695 Ex Parte Banke et al 14163097 - (D) BENNETT 101 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/CME DONLON, RYAN D

3697 Ex Parte Mascavage et al 13609741 - (D) BAUMEISTER 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP BRINDLEY, BENJAMIN S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Hailey et al 13622586 - (D) ENGELS 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY IMAM, TANZIM

3731 Ex Parte Hartoumbekis 13666317 - (D) LAVIER 103 Covidien LP SCHWIKER, KATHERINE H

3739 Ex Parte Giles 13832594 - (D) SCHNEIDER 102/103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP EKRAMI, YASAMIN

3743 Ex Parte Gayle et al 13705223 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation SHIRSAT, VIVEK K

3745 Ex Parte Schwarz et al 13723421 - (D) O'HANLON 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY PRAGER, JESSE M

3753 Ex Parte Zifferer et al 12707320 - (D) OSINSKI 103 MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL, P.C. HOOK, JAMES F

3763 Ex Parte Garrett 14730053 - (D) PLENZLER 102 SINORICA, LLC SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Zobel et al 11111263 - (D) HOUSEL 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT

1767 Ex Parte Veltman et al 12692158 - (D) BEST 103 S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA

1774 Ex Parte Yows et al 12041713 - (D) BEST concurring KRATZ 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte Schlarb et al 10683138 - (D) FRANKLIN SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY 103 MERCHANT & GOULD PHAM, LINH K

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Kim et al 11471359 - (D) CLEMENTS 102/103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. CHOO, MUNSOON

2679 Ex Parte Yu et al 10039187 - (D) JEFFERSON 103 Baker Botts L.L.P. PRENDERGAST,ROBERTA D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Ex Parte Aleshin et al 11332058 - (D) McCARTHY 103 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, LLC MONDT, JOHANNES P

2897 Ex Parte Wells 11828092 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP NEWTON, VALERIE N

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Benz et al 11290746 - (D) McCARTHY 103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION BRADFORD, CANDACE L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Passoni 11664394 - (D) BROWN 102/103 GERRITY, STEPHEN FRANCIS GERRITY, STEPHEN FRANCIS

3724 Ex Parte Souza et al 12288747 - (D) SCHEINER 103 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP ALIE, GHASSEM

3724 Ex Parte Matthes et al 11485655 - (D) REIMERS 102/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP NGUYEN, PHONG H

3749 Ex Parte Rasmussen et al 11335874 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 103 LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP MILLER, SAMANTHA A

For Rittal Catalogue 31 to “qualify as a printed publication within the meaning of § 102, [it] ‘must have been sufficiently accessible to the public interested in the art.’” In re Lister, 58[2]3 F.3d 1307, 1311 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (quoting In re Cronyn, 890 F.2d 1158, 1160 (Fed. Cir. 1989)). “Whether a reference is publicly accessible is determined on a case-by-case basis based on the ‘facts and circumstances surrounding the reference’s disclosure to members of the public.’” Id. (quoting In re Klopfenstein, 380 F.3d 1345, 1350 (Fed. Cir. 2004)). A reference is considered publicly accessible if “it ‘has been disseminated or otherwise made available to the extent that persons interested and ordinarily skilled in the subject matter or art, exercising reasonable diligence, can locate it.’” Cordis Corp. v. Boston Scientific Corp., 561 F.3d 1319, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (quoting In re Wyer, 655 F.2d 221, 226 (CCPA 1981)). The PTO carries the initial burden of demonstrating public accessibility. See In re Hall, 781 F.2d 897, 899 (Fed. Cir. 1986) (“The proponent of the publication bar must show that prior to the critical date the reference was sufficiently accessible . . . .”); In re Lister, 583 F.3d at 1317 (rejecting the position that the burden shifted from the PTO to the applicant to show inaccessibility where there was a lack of substantial evidence that the reference was publicly accessible as of the critical date).

cordis HARMON 3: 94, 156, 161a; 6: 38, 71, 121, 278; 7: 168b; 8: 62; 10: 40; 13: 181, 184; 20: 161, 175, 184

Cronyn, In re, 890 F.2d 1158, 13 USPQ2d 1070 (Fed. Cir.1989) 2128.01
DONNER 7: 848
HARMON 3: 129, 158

Klopfenstein, In re,380 F.3d 1345, 72 USPQ2d 1117 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2128.01
DONNER 7: 106-21
HARMON 3: 151

Wyer, In re, 655 F.2d 221, 210 USPQ 790 (CCPA 1981) 901.05, 2127, 2128
DONNER 5: 28; 7: 31-33, 56, 57, 71

Hall, In re, 781 F.2d 897, 228 USPQ 453 (Fed. Cir. 1986) 2128, 2128.01, 2128.02
DONNER 7: 38
HARMON 1: 82; 3: 125, 129, 148, 158

3752 Ex Parte MICHELI 11927559 - (D) KERINS 102/103 FLETCHER YODER (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) BOECKMANN, JASON J

3769 Ex Parte Irion et al 11432014 - (D) SCHEINER 103 ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC CRANDALL, LYNSEY P

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3652 Ex Parte Blonigan et al 11176742 - (D) HILL 112(2)/102/103 102/103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX RUDAWITZ, JOSHUA I

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Rasmussen et al 11998532 - (D) SNEDDEN 103 103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE/CHICAGO/COOK SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte McKinney et al 11563618 - (D) EVANS 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP DICKINSON, PAUL W

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Uesugi et al 12137382 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP HUANG, CHENG YUAN

1792 Ex Parte Sagel 12037522 - (D) KRATZ 103 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP SMITH, CHAIM A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte O' Malley et al 10834774 - (D) DANG 103 HAMILTON, BROOK, SMITH & REYNOLDS, P.C. DAY, HERNG DER

2158 Ex Parte Findeisen et al 11032384 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY HASAN, SYED HAROON

2197 Ex Parte Foster et al 10926255 - (D) JEFFERSON 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C ZHEN, LIB

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Phillips et al 10444941 - (D) DANG 103 Qwest Communications International Inc. NEWLIN, TIMOTHY R

2425 Ex Parte Goodwill et al 11556898 - (D) WINSOR 103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. ALCON, FERNANDO

2442 Ex Parte Helm et al 10745328 - (D) THOMAS 101/112(1)/103 Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & G (Apple) SURVILLO, OLEG

2453 Ex Parte Morton et al 11674231 - (D) HOFF 101/103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP NGUYEN, THU HA T

2462 Ex Parte Beming et al 10595312 - (D) FRAHM 103 ERICSSON INC. DUONG, CHRISTINE T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Chang 12074754 - (D) FRAHM 102/103 FOXCONN INTERNATIONAL, INC. WEI TE CHUNG LEON, EDWIN A

2834 Ex Parte Scanlon 11608200 - (D) DANG 112(2) 102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DA) KIM, JOHN K

2834 Ex Parte Theuss 12038275 - (D) DANG 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA LE, DANG D

2892 Ex Parte Zhang et al 11100672 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 Howard IP Law Group KRAIG, WILLIAM F

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3739 Ex Parte Kim et al 11698801 - (D) MILLS 112(1)/112(2) 103 Medtronic CardioVascular HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES

3763 Ex Parte Krivitski et al 11370721 - (D) JENKS 112(1) 102/103 Harter Secrest & Emery LLP EISENBERG, REBECCA E

3767 Ex Parte Hickle 11783342 - (D) REIMERS 103 Dorsey L. Baker SCHELL, LAURA C

3788 Ex Parte Pender et al 11582636 - (D) BUNTING 103 Tod T. Tumey GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 JAMES H. ANDERSEN and TRU-BALANCE, LLC, Patent Owner, Appellant v. ALCOA, INC., Third-Party Requestor, Respondent GREENBURG TRAURIG, LLP 95001677 7,178,880 10/868,687 KERINS 102/103 112(2) COCHRAN FREUND & YOUNG LLC STORMER,RUSSELL D original BELLINGER, JASON R

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

REVERSED IN PART, VACATED IN PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 PLANTRONICS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALIPH, INC. AND ALIPHCOM, INC., Defendants-Appellees. 2012-1355 5,712,453 08/420,241 WALLACH summary judgment of non-infringement and obviousness Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP DANG, KHANH