kotzab, ecolochem

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2492 Ex Parte Saxena et al 14523884 - (D) COURTENAY 103 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Intel) DO, KHANG D

2845 Ex Parte Behdad et al 13483381 - (D) CASHION 103 Bell & Manning, LLC ISLAM, HASAN Z

2864 Ex Parte DU et al 13362920 - (D) OWENS 102/103 Oblon/Corelogic Inc. SUGLO, JANET L

3638 Ex Parte Tappij-Gielen 12988690 - (D) O'HANLON 103 HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C. LEWIS, JUSTIN V

3682 Ex Parte RELYEA et al 12410588 - (D) AMUNDSON 101 VERIZON BROWN, LUIS A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Ukelson 13902880 - (D) DOUGAL 103 RECHES PATENTS HILLERY, NATHAN

3739 Ex Parte SMITH 13648987 - (D) ADAMS 103 KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC KIM, EUN HWA

[I]dentification in the prior art of each individual part claimed is insufficient to defeat patentability of the whole claimed invention. . . . Rather, to establish obviousness based on a combination of the elements disclosed in the prior art, there must be some motivation, suggestion or teaching of the desirability of making the specific combination that was made by the applicant. 

In re Kotzab, 217 F.3d 1365, 1369-70 (Fed. Cir. 2000) (citations omitted);

Kotzab, In re, 217 F.3d 1365, 55 USPQ2d 1313 (Fed. Cir. 2000) 2144

see also Ecolochem Inc. v. Southern California Edison, 227 F.3d 1361, 1375 (Fed. Cir. 2000) ("[A] rejection cannot be predicated on the mere identification ... of individual components of claimed limitations. Rather particular findings must be made as to the reason the skilled artisan, with no knowledge of the claimed invention, would have selected these components for combination in the manner claimed." (citations omitted)).

3747 Ex Parte KOSAKA et al 13909850 - (D) KNIGHT 102/103 Squire PB (NV A/DC Office) LAGUARDA,GONZALO

3754 Ex Parte Molina 13827877 - (D) DOUGAL 112(2)/103 Foley & Lardner LLP GRUBY, RANDALL A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2194 Ex Parte Charania 14470404 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 102 102/103 VERIZON DUNCAN, TIMOTHY P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Pececnik et al 13743266 - (D) WOOD 103 102/103 41.50 112(2) Baker & Hostetler LLP I Interblock USA, LC HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES

3747 Ex Parte Exner et al 13385539 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 103 Achates Power, Inc. AMICK, JACOB M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1621 Ex Parte Buck et al 13446128 - (D) NEW 112(2)102/103 101 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC QAZI, SABIHA NAIM

1628 Ex Parte Bryson 11699809 - (D) MILLS 112(2)102/103 112(1)/112(2) Leak & Schroeder, PLLC THOMAS, TIMOTHY P

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Carroll et al 13716955 - (D) BEST 112(1)/112(2)/103 GENERAL MOTORS LLC WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P

1724 Ex Parte YAMAKAJI et al 13724427 - (D) SMITH 103 NIXON PEABODY, LLP SHEIKH, HAROON S

1735 Ex Parte SHETTY 13684598 - (D) HOUSEL 103 GLOBAL IP SERVICES, PLLC HILL, STEPHANI A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2124 Ex Parte Krishnamoorthy et al 14755924 - (D) KUMAR 103 Hickman Palermo Becker Bingham /Linkedln/Microsoft VINCENT, DAVID ROBERT

2131 Ex Parte CUI et al 14206924 - (D) MORGAN 102/103 Vista IP Law Group, LLP LOONAN, ERIC T

2168 Ex Parte Palaniappan 11870847 - (D) ENGELS 112(1)/112(2)/103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 DWIVEDI, MARESH H

2182 Ex Parte Budagavi 13668289 - (D) MORGAN 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED LAROCQUE, EMILY E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Morris 13235317 - (D) SONG 103 PPG Industries, Inc. KRUER, KEVIN R

3684 Ex Parte Green 13247456 - (D) KHAN 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY SHU!, MING

3691 Ex Parte Stubbs et al 13654797 - (D) BENNETT 101 Hultquist IP VYAS, ABHISHEK

3695 Ex Parte Greene et al 12062698 - (D) SHAH 103 101 PVF--PARC c/o PARK, VAUGHAN, FLEMING & DOWLER LLP POLLOCK, GREGORY A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Endo 14112436 - (D) PESLAK 101 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC RENWICK, REGINALD A

3729 Ex Parte Katsumura et al 14382097 - (D) CALVE 103 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) ANDERSON, JOSHUA D

3744 Ex Parte Senf 13704314 - (D) STEPINA 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier ALVARE, PAUL

3777 Ex Parte Rey et al 13810903 - (D) FLAX 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MEHL, PATRICK M

3782 Ex Parte Hutchison et al 12202502 - (D) OSINSKI 103 STUART WILKINSON THEIS, MATTHEW T

REEXAMINATION

DENIED 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1657 BIOMÉRIEUX, INC. Requester and Respondent v. INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7534584 et al 11199871 95001294 - (R) LEBOVITZ 103 DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE, LLP/Seattle Third Party Requester: ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST, & MANBECK, P.C TURNER, SHARON L original SRIVASTAVA, KAILASH C

SIBIA, ormco, kotzab, fritch

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Vial et al 12991506 - (D) FLAX 103 Winston & Strawn LLP HIRT, ERIN E

A claim can be obvious even where all of the claimed features are not found in specific prior art references, where “there is a showing of a suggestion or motivation to modify the teachings of [the prior art] to the claimed invention.” SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc. v. Cadus Pharm. Corp., 225 F.3d 1349,1356 (Fed. Cir. 2000) (concluding that patent would have been obvious in light of teachings in prior art which provided motivation and suggestion to modify existing techniques to arrive at method in question).

Ormco Corp. v. Align Tech., Inc., 463 F.3d 1299, 1307 (Fed. Cir. 2006).

However, “[e]ven when obviousness is based on a single prior art reference, there must be a showing of a suggestion or motivation to modify the teachings of that reference.” In re Kotzab, 217 F.3d 1365, 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2000).

“The mere fact that the prior art may be modified in the manner suggested by the Examiner does not make the modification obvious unless the prior art suggested the desirability of the modification.” In re Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1266 (Fed. Cir. 1992).

1631 Ex Parte SHIOYAMA et al 13217338 - (D) MILLS 101 SUGHRUE-265550 LIN, JERRY

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2626 Ex Parte Raffa et al 13834262 - (D) PINKERTON 103 International IP Law Group, P.L.L.C. CASAREZ, BENJAMIN X.

2627 Ex Parte Murarka et al 13705384 - (D) SILVERMAN 102 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. DAVIS, DAVID DONALD

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Greenspan et al 12657725 - (D) BROWNE 112(1)/102/103 HolzerlPLaw, PC O'CONNOR, MARSHALL P

3662 Ex Parte DUNKELBERGER et al 12852159 - (D) HOMERE 102 ANDREWS KURTH KENYON LLP ALSOMIRI, MAJDI A

3747 Ex Parte Pingen et al 13451401 - (D) SHAH 103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP AMICK, JACOB M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2817 Ex Parte Cohen 12471557 - (D) KAISER 112(1)/103 103 URI COHEN SMITH, BRADLEY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Xu 13066827 - (D) O’HANLON 103 103 HONEYWELL/GRIECCI MCCAFFREY, KAYLA M

3745 Ex Parte Xu 13066838 - (D) O’HANLON 103 103 HONEYWELL/GRIECCI MCCAFFREY, KAYLA M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Iwamoto et al 14098037 - (D) RANGE 103 Cheng Law Group, PLLC ROBINSON, ELIZABETH A

1787 Ex Parte Voge et al 13576143 - (D) KRATZ 103/double patenting Cozen O'Connor SHAH, SAMIR

1788 Ex Parte Bartusiak et al 14234074 - (D) GARRIS 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY DESAI, ANISH P

1793 Ex Parte Palav et al 12590521 - (D) GUPTA 103 FAY SHARPE LLP MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 Ex Parte Sela et al 12775956 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 BGL/ MERCADO, RAMON A

2132 Ex Parte Wade et al 14286443 - (D) MacDONALD 112(4)/103 Setter Roche LLP AHMED, ZUBAIR

2164 Ex Parte Dietz et al 11255143 - (D) THOMAS 103 IBM CORPORATION OHBA, MELLISSA M

2182 Ex Parte Guillemin et al 13543673 - (D) HAGY 103 Seed IP Law Group LLP/ST (EP ORIGINATING) MEHTA, JYOTI

2185 Ex Parte BERENBAUM 13004890 - (D) DIXON 112(1) 103 Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC ZAMAN, FAISAL M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Chia-Chen 12262598 - (D) GALLIGAN 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP SHIBRU, HELEN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2865 Ex Parte Singh et al 13173139 - (D) INGLESE 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Lakshminarayanan et al 13623697 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY MILLER, ALAN S

3637 Ex Parte Watts 13827342 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 Pearne and Gordon, LLP AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL

3641 Ex Parte Ehmig et al 13936911 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB ELDRED, JOHN W

3684 Ex Parte Sanguinetti 13966215 - (D) KIM 101 P&T LAW, APC STOPP, COURTNEY L

3686 Ex Parte Baronov et al 13826441 - (D) SCHOPFER 101 Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP GO, JOHN P

3696 Ex Parte Jayaram et al 13622967 - (D) SHAH 101 The Law Office of James Baudino, PLLC PATEL, JAGDISH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte PELISSIER et al 12188191 - (D) GRIMES 103 DRIGGS, HOGG, DAUGHERTY & DEL ZOPPO CO., L.P.A. COOK, CHRISTOPHER L

3778 Ex Parte Hwang et al 13435248 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH

3788 Ex Parte Benedetti et al 12095475 - (D) STEPINA 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3692 Ex parte TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC., Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8793181 et al 13659050 90013558 - (D) SIU 103 Polsinelli PC Special Reexam Group Third Party Requester: SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL REICHLE, KARIN M original WONG, ERIC TAK WAI

kotzab

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1744 Ex Parte MacKinnon et al 13652720 - (D) OGDEN 103 PAUL AND PAUL GUPTA, YOGENDRAN

1779 Ex Parte Grass et al 12809198 - (D) WILSON 103 FISHMAN STEW ART PLLC BASS, DIRK R

1791 Ex Parte West et al 12548127 - (D) SQUIRE 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2467 Ex Parte Story et al 13070313 - (D) JIVANI 103 Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP RAHGOZAR, OMEED DANIEL

2477 Ex Parte Yang et al 13202936 - (D) HUME 103 41.50 112(1) FAY SHARPE/LUCENT SMITH, JOSHUA Y

Further, "[e]ven when obviousness is based on a single prior art reference, there must be a showing of a suggestion or motivation to modify the teachings of that reference." In re Kotzab, 217 F.3d 1365, 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2000).

2479 Ex Parte LARSSON et al 12873817 - (D) McMILLIN 103 ERICSSON INC OHRI, ROMANI

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2652 Ex Parte Singh et al 12434750 - (D) HAMANN 103 STEVENS & SHOWALTER, LLP INTAVONG, JIRAPON

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Phillips et al 13609059 - (D) FISCHETTI 112(1)/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP CASLER, TRACI

3661 Ex Parte McIver et al 12961123 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. KONG, SZE-HON

3663 Ex Parte Sakaguchi et al 13055006 - (D) GUIJT 102/103 OSHA LIANG LLP, DAGER, JONATHAN M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Grum-Schwensen 13256471 - (D) PESLAK 102 41.50 112(2) Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (Hollister Incorporated) TOWNSEND, GUY K

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Serobian et al 12472227 - (D) TIMM 103 103 OHLANDT, GREELEY, RUGGIERO & PERLE, LLP VALDEZ, DEVE E

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2133 Ex Parte Chang et al 12993926 - (D) Per Curiam 103 102/103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise LI, ZHUO H

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2492 Ex Parte Yerra et al 13631646 - (D) HAMANN 103 102/103 PARKER IBRAHIM & BERG LLC TENG, LOUIS C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Walton et al 11869547 - (D) MARGOLIES 103 101 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED VARNDELL, ROSS E

2682 Ex Parte Bares et al 12350804 - (D) KENNY 103 103 Zilka-Kotab, PC BUGG, GEORGE A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte MOON 13117238 - (D) ENGELS 102 102/103 Keysight Technologies, Inc, MCCORMACK, JASON L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Kern 11462439 - (D) HUTCHINGS 102/103 112(2) KENEALY VAIDYA LLP NGUYEN, XUAN LANT

3675 Ex Parte Niknezhad 12828143 - (D) GUIJT 102/103 112(1)/102/103 KLEIN, O'NEILL & SINGH, LLP FOSTER, NICHOLAS L

3696 Ex Parte Lutnick et al 12204341 - (D) MOHANTY 112(1)/112(2)/112(4)/103 103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. BERONA, KIMBERLY SUE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Lerebours-Pigeonniere et al 12590269 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 THE FIRM OF HUESCHEN AND SAGE LAMBERSKI, JENNIFER A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Finney et al 12832283 - (D) DERRICK 112(1)/112(2)/103 HODGSON RUSS LLP IP, SIKYIN

1756 Ex Parte Haslam et al 12130029 - (D) COLAIANNI 112(1)/112(2)/103 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC FRIDAY, STEVEN A

1765 Ex Parte Hortmann et al 12665199 - (D) SQUIRE 103 FINA TECHNOLOGY INC LU, C CAIXIA

1767 Ex Parte Kerns et al 11645992 - (D) NAGUMO 112(1)/112(2)/103 Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2181 Ex Parte Johnson et al 12753977 - (D) DANG 103 Avago Technologies Limited YIMER, GETENTE A

2196 Ex Parte PURCELL et al 13236473 - (D) Per Curiam 103 Artegis Law Group, LLP/NVIDIA SUN, CHARLIE

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2482 Ex Parte Costa 12533050 - (D) BARRY 101/102/103/double patenting DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON & GOWDEY LLP VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte KIM 12968628 - (D) FENICK 102/103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP HARRISON, CHANTE E

2636 Ex Parte Gao et al 12902827 - (D) FISHMAN 103 BAKER BOTTS LLP, SANDHU, AMRITBIR K

2647 Ex Parte Law 12312260 - (D) HUME 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN

2663 Ex Parte Shintani 13101481 - (D) BRANCH 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES VU, NGOC YEN T

2675 Ex Parte Hankins et al 13279996 - (D) HAMANN 103 InfoPrint Solutions/ Blakely SARPONG, AKWASI

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2848 Ex Parte Senatori et al 13260129 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 102/103 HP Inc. TRAN, BINH BACH THANH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Stetson et al 10092369 - (D) WIEDER 112(2)/103 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP ALVAREZ, RAQUEL

3629 Ex Parte Tolve et al 11710341 - (D) MOHANTY 102/103 THE LAW OFFICE OF ANTHONY M. PALAZZOLO JR. CASLER, TRACI

3675 Ex Parte Khonsari et al 11693986 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 112(1)/112(2) Adams and Reese, LLP LEE, GILBERT Y

3685 Ex Parte Iacovone et al 11867779 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/Masco Corporation AGWUMEZIE, CHINEDU CHARLES

3686 Ex Parte Colwell et al 11728357 - (D) FISCHETTI 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP HOLCOMB, MARK

3689 Ex Parte Doganaksoy et al 12233705 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 Fletcher Yoder, P.C. NBCUniversal Media, LLC SHANKER, JULIE MEYERS

3692 Ex Parte Hoyos et al 11243088 - (D) FISCHETTI 112(2) 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC SCARITO, JOHN D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Jung et al 12002289 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 IV - SUITER SWANTZ PC LLO BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN

3744 Ex Parte Leber et al 11869183 - (D) KINDER 103 DORSEY & WHITNEY, LLP - Denver JONAITIS, JUSTIN M

3766 Ex Parte Skelton et al 12110843 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P.A WU, TONG E

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Ex Parte Henry et al 11792942 - (R) MURPHY 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC WOODWARD, VALERIE LYNN

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex parte SAINT-GOBAIN VITRAGE Appellant, Patent Owner Ex Parte 6,334,382 B2 et al 09/147,696 90012664 - (D) SONG 102/103 102/103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: LOWE HAUPTMAN HAM & BERNER, LLP STORMER, RUSSELL D original JOHNSON, STEPHEN