leshin

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Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Robert F. Wallace et al. 14161614 PRATS 103 Rathe Lindenbaum LLP BARHAM, BETHANY P

1612 Alexandra Bazito et al. 14128262 FREDMAN 103 Ashland LLC WILLIAM J. DAVIS, ESQ. HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE

1631 Sunil Kumar et al. 14363436 VALEK 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS BRUSCA, JOHN S

1713 Homann, Frank et al. 14484572 ROBERTSON 103 OLIFF PLC PHAM, THOMAS T

1717 Eklavya Calla et al. 14977833 TIMM 103 41.50 112(2) ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP PENCE, JETHRO M

1767 Akio Miyamoto et al. 13583234 CASHION 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2431 Jan Hoogerbrugge et al. 14259395 STRAUSS 101/103 Intellectual Property and Licensing NXP B.V. AVERY, JEREMIAH L

2433 Chakra Parvathaneni 15368001 CYGAN 103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (ImgTec) AMBAYE, SAMUEL

2488 Xin Fang et al. 13009083 STRAUSS 112(2)/103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C./QUALCOMM LE, PETER D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2864 Jerome Rolia et al. 13812949 SHIANG 101 MICRO FOCUS LLC BARBEE, MANUEL L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Swan, Richard E. 15613953 SCHOPFER 103 BARLOW, JOSEPHS & HOLMES, LTD. GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S

“it has been held to be within the general skill of a worker in the art to select a known material on the basis of its suitability for its intended use.”  Final Act. 6 (citing In re Leshin, 277 F.2d 197 (CCPA 1960)). ...  We do not understand Leshin to stand for the proposition that every claim feature involving a selection of materials is per se obvious.

Leshin, In re, 277 F.2d 197, 125 USPQ 416 (CCPA 1960) 2144.07

3645 Michael Schauf 13812557 CAPP 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS HULKA, JAMES R

3645 Minh Dang. Nguyen 15021478 HOFFMANN 103 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. C/O PARKER JUSTISS, P.C. LOBO, IAN J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Jonathan Andrew. Waterhouse et al. 14245714 HOFFMANN 101 Plager Schack LLP FLETCHER, JERRY-DARYL

3774 Brunnett, William C. et al. 15333055 SCHOPFER 103 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1773 Jonathan Richard. Fiello et al. 13953294 MCGEE 103 112(1) RUTAN & TUCKER, LLP BUI, DUNG H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Heiko Sgarz et al. 14363687 STEPINA 103 112(1) Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP BARKER, MATTHEW M

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Jonathan Robert. Cetti et al. 14032868 KATZ 103/OTDP THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY AL-AWADI, DANTech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials EngineeringAH J

1616 Carol Ann. Morris et al. 14109976 NEW 103 Kilyk & Bowersox, P.L.L.C. LIU, SUE XU

1621 Andrew B. Glasnapp 13917292 ADAMS 103 GableGotwals MATOS NEGRON, TAINA DEL MAR

1623 Ichiro Hisatome et al. 13439936 FREDMAN 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC MAIER, LEIGH C

1628 Najib Babul et al. 13229505 NEW 102/103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP BARSKY, JARED

1633 Albert Abraham 13320289 FLAX 103 BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC (AH) POPA, ILEANA

1633 Dinesh Mistry et al. 11631993 MILLS 103/OTDP MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP POPA, ILEANA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Kenny Linh. Doan et al. 14020774 GAUDETTE 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - Applied Materials KLUNK, MARGARET D

1781 Tien T. Wu et al. 13808109 GONGOLA 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY YANG, ZHEREN J

1785 Daniel J. Kovach et al. 13911778 CASHION 103 PARSONS BEHLE & LATIMER -BOEING BOEIN CHAU, LINDA N

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2143 Soohyun Lee et al. 14683790 BISK 101 102 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. PILLAI, NAMITHA

2625 Brian Neisler et al. 14693688 CYGAN 103 Benjamin E. Maskell, Esq. SCHNIREL, ANDREW B

2685 Rok Druzinic-Fiebach 14329155 CUTITTA 103 KS - Whitmyer IP Group LLC AFRIFA-KYEI, ANTHONY D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2857 Laurent Desforges et al. 12748278 SAADAT 103 KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP LECIA GEMOSYSTEM DESTA, ELIAS

2854 Radford Eugene. Dubois 14296039 MCGEE 101/103 OTDP Wick Phillips Gould & Martin LLP NGUYEN, ANTHONY H

2917 Niklas Vestling et al. 29538604 GUEST 112(1) YOUNG & THOMPSON HYDER, PHILIP S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3600 Gupta Sesha Raghavendra. Tulluri et al. 13916234 FETTING 103 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP BOSWELL, BETH V

3621 Steve Yankovich et al. 13339235 WHITEHEAD JR. 101/103 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (eBay Inc.) VAN BRAMER, JOHN W

3622 Bruce Sears 14082889 MOHANTY 103 101 VERIZON PATENT MANAGEMENT GROUP CARVALHO, ERROL A

3622 Edward W. Fordyce et al. 14447529 FETTING 112(2) 101/103 The Webb Law Firm / Visa International BAGGOT, BREFFNI

3622 Edward W. Fordyce et al. 14458754 BAUMEISTER 101/OTDP The Webb Law Firm / Visa International TOKARCZYK, CHRISTOPHER B

3623 Brian David. Marsh et al. 11024006 MEYERS 101 Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. STERRETT, JONATHAN G

3637 Winsen C. Zouzal et al. 14423121 HOELTER 103 OTDP BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. / LEAR CORPORATION CHEN, JOSE V

3638 Rebecca Gaye. Walker et al. 15284133 OSINSKI 103 Jason P. Webb SILBERMANN, JOANNE

3665 Venkatesh Krishnan et al. 14684895 PESLAK 101 41.50 101 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL NGUYEN, CUONG H

3683 Barry R. Beggs et al. 14645186 BAER 101/102/103 IBM CORPORATION C/O: Fabian Vancott WAESCO, JOSEPH M

3686 Scott Guelich et al. 14101914 WHITEHEAD JR. 101/103 Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL

3689 John Plantada et al. 13974253 BENNETT 112(1)/103 101/102/103 BakerHostetler / USAA RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM

3696 Stephanie Muxfeld et al. 14266235 STRAUSS 101 Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (State Farm) CHANG, EDWARD

3697 Gil Don et al. 14687013 WHITEHEAD JR. 101 Professional Patent Solutions OYEBISI, OJO O

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Amr Salahieh et al. 13612119 GUIJT 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP COLELLO, ERIN L

4181 Alexander F. Castellanos 13598371 FREDMAN 101 41.50 112(1) HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP RIGGS II, LARRY D

Rehearing

Denied
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3692 Bok, Tomas et al. 13668566 CHUNG 112(1)/101 Prince Lobel Tye LLP GAW, MARK H

leshin

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Hayardeny 12806275 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 COOPER & DUNHAM, LLP IVANOVA, SVETLANA M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte AMBROSINO et al 13092401 - (D) TIMM 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. AMPONSAH, OSEI K

1787 Ex Parte TROUVE 13850859 - (D) HEANEY 103 MMWV IP, LLC ENGLISH, PATRICK NOLAND

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2482 Ex Parte Cunningham 13311093 - (D) HAGY 103 ALLEN, DYER, DOPPELT, MILBRATH & GILCHRIST, P.A. SENFI, BEHROOZ M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2683 Ex Parte Bauchot et al 12336594 - (D) SHIANG 103 SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS YANG, JAMES J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Kooken et al 11102429 - (D) CAPP 103 Lincoln Electric Company/Perkins COIE LLP DANG, KET D

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte YAMADA et al 13239598 - (D) KUMAR 102/103 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. AKHAVANNIK, MOHAMMAD H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3656 Ex Parte Kabir et al 13674932 - (D) JESCHKE 103 103 FLETCHER YODER (CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION) PILKINGTON, JAMES

Claims 21—24 each require that certain structures comprise ceramic material. Appeal Br. 20 (Claims App.). For these claims, the Examiner acknowledged that the relied-upon prior art does not disclose ceramic material but concluded that it would have been obvious to modify the reliedupon prior art to use ceramic material in the manners recited in each of these claims "since it has been held to be within the general skill of a worker in the art to select a known material on the basis of its suitability for the intended use as a matter of obvious design choice." Final Act. 6—7, 8, 12 (each citing In re Leshin, 277 F.2d 197 (CCPA 1960)).

For each of these claims, Appellants contend that nothing in the relied-upon prior art "suggests that ceramic materials are suitable for use" in the structures required to comprise ceramic material. Appeal Br. 8 (claims 21 and 22), 13—14 (claim 23), 17 (claim 24). We agree with Appellants that this issue undermines the rejections of these claims.

Here, the Examiner has not made sufficient findings to present a prima facie case of obviousness as to claims 21—24. The facts here are distinguishable from those in In re Leshin. In that case, the court addressed dependent claims requiring that the "container-dispenser for cosmetics" recited in the parent claim be made from molded plastic materials. Leshin, 277 F.2d at 198—99. Before the court was a secondary reference (Anderson) teaching the use of molded plastic in a "similar container." Id. at 199. On those facts, the court held that "[m]ere selection of known plastics to make a container-dispenser of a type made of plastics prior to the invention, the selection of the plastics being on the basis of suitability for the intended use, would be entirely obvious." Id.

In contrast, here, the Examiner has not shown that a person of ordinary skill in the art would have known that "ceramic material(s)" could be used for the same or similar applications at issue in claims 21—24— comprising certain materials in a reciprocating machine. Even assuming that the Examiner is correct that, at the time of the invention, ceramics were "known lightweight composite materials" (Ans. 4), this does not show that ceramic material was known to be suitable for the intended uses here. See Leshin, 277 F.2d at 199. The lack of record support on this issue distinguishes this record from that in In re Leshin, and undermines the rejections here. Thus, we do not sustain the rejections of claims 21—24.

Leshin, In re, 277 F.2d 197, 125 USPQ 416 (CCPA 1960) 2144.07

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1642 Ex Parte FAULK 12270110 - (D) TOWNSEND 102 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. YAO, LEI

1673 Ex Parte MacCarter et al 11118613 - (D) PER CURIAM 103/double patenting MUETING, RAASCH & GEBHARDT, P.A. LAU, JONATHAN S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1778 Ex Parte Hines et al 13847781 - (D) RANGE 103 Georgia-Pacific LLC KURTZ, BENJAMIN M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2127 Ex Parte Tarnowski 13149054 - (D) KUMAR 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP / Vestas KARIM, ZIAUL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Davidson 09760242 - (D) THOMAS 103 Hall Estill Attorneys at Law (Seagate Technology LLC) SHELEHEDA, JAMES R

2492 Ex Parte Robinton et al 12716845 - (D) GALLIGAN 103 Sheridan Ross PC SHEPPERD, ERIC W

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3676 Ex Parte MIYAZAKI 12783311 - (D) MOORE 103 Paratus Law Group, PLLC MOORAD, WASEEM

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Yang et al 12572087 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Gates & Cooper LLP - Minimed JANG, CHRISTIAN YONGKYUN

3762 Ex Parte MOON et al 12762751 - (D) CHERRY 103 Acuity Law Group, P,C, FLORY, CHRISTOPHER A

3788 Ex Parte Macinnes et al 13374509 - (D) SHAH 103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC POON, ROBERT

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2697 Ex Parte Dai et al 13320544 - (R) SMITH 103 WANG & HO YANG, NAN-YING

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3773 HOLOGIC, INC. Requester, Respondent v. SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 8061359 et al 11/780,759 95002058 - (D) SONG 112(1)/103 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. Third Party Requester: Arnold & Porter LLP WEHNER, CARY ELLEN original BUI, VY Q

leshin, superguide, asyst, wyer

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Morishita et al 11814124 - (D) WARREN 112(1)/103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LEE, REBECCA Y

1761 Ex Parte Evans et al 09935982 - (D) WARREN 102/103 MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP HARTFORD DELCOTTO, GREGORY R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Iglesia et al 11388734 - (D) POTHIER 102 Patent Capital Group NGUYEN, KIM T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Tate et al 11015741 - (D) SPAHN 102 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) NOVAK, DRUCE + QUIGG L.L.P. - PERGO PLUMMER, ELIZABETH A

3674 Ex Parte Mahoney et al 11137285 - (D) SAINDON 102/103 DECKER, JONES, MCMACKIN, MCCLANE, HALL & BATES, P.C. PATEL, VISHAL A

see In re Leshin, 277 F.2d 197, 199 (CCPA 1960) (the selection of a known material based upon its suitability for the intended use is a design consideration within the skill of the art).

Leshin, In re, 277 F.2d 197, 125 USPQ 416 (CCPA 1960) 2144.07

3676 WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC. Requester v. TESCO CORPORATION Patent Owner and Appellant 95000418 7377324 11/464,428 COCKS 102/103 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP KAUFMAN, JOSEPH A original BATES, ZAKIYA W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3718 Ex Parte Thomas et al 11357501 - (D) SAINDON 103 NIXON PEABODY LLP HALL, ARTHUR O

3732 Ex Parte Buchanan 11493460 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 KOPPEL, PATRICK, HEYBL & PHILPOTT SINGH, SUNIL K

3737 Ex Parte Li et al 11468481 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1)/101/102/103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD LAURITZEN, AMANDA L

3767 Ex Parte Woehr et al 11707846 - (D) SPAHN 103 KLEIN, O'NEILL & SINGH, LLP GILBERT, ANDREW M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1722 Ex Parte Sweeney 11057941 - (D) OWENS 103 103 COOPER & DUNHAM, LLP VERDERAME, ANNA L

1743 Ex Parte Epps 11517647 - (D) OWENS 102/103 102/103 Thompson E. Fehr BODAWALA, DIMPLE N

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Cerf 11898885 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 102 Sam Silverberg GERRITY, STEPHEN FRANCIS

We must be careful not to read a particular embodiment appearing in the written description into the claim if the claim language is broader than the embodiment. See Superguide Corp. v. DirecTV Enter., Inc., 358 F.3d 870, 875 (Fed. Cir. 2004).

Superguide Corp. v. Direct TV Enterprises, Inc., 358 F.3d 870, 69 USPQ2d 1865 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2111.01

3766 Ex Parte Kelly 11846142 - (D) FITZPATRICK 103 103 IPLM GROUP, P.A. KIMBALL, JEREMIAH T

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte Goudsmit et al 11372585 - (D) GREEN 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC SISSON, BRADLEY L

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Tamura et al 11570454 - (D) TIMM 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP BUCHANAN, JACOB

1732 Ex Parte Morini et al 11887530 - (D) METZ 103 DILWORTH IP, LLC NGUYEN, COLETTE B

1761 Ex Parte WILLIAMS et al 12834416 - (D) McKELVEY 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102/103 NASA JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SZEKELY, PETER A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2821 ELECTRONIC CONTROLLED SYSTEMS d/b/a KING CONTROLS Patent Owner, Appellant v. WINEGARD CO. Requester, Respondent 95000559 7595764 11/960,657 EASTHOM 103 Skaar Ulbrich Macari, P.A. MENEFEE, JAMES A original MANCUSO, HUEDUNG XUAN CAO

The TCS brochure reasonably appears to have 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 [them] and recognize and comprehend therefrom . . . . the [contents thereof].’” See In re Wyer, 655 F.2d 221, 222, 227 (C.C.P.A. 1981).

Wyer, In re, 655 F.2d 221, 210 USPQ 790 (CCPA 1981) 901.05, 2127, 2128

2821 ELECTRONIC CONTROLLED SYSTEMS d/b/a KING CONTROLS Patent Owner, Appellant v. WINEGARD CO. Requester, Respondent 95000560 7679573 12/004,099 EASTHOM 103 Skaar Ulbrich Macari, P.A. TON, MY TRANG original MANCUSO, HUEDUNG XUAN CAO

2831 Ex parte WPFY, INC. 90009433 6825418 09/573,490 COCKS 103 KACVINSKY DAISAK, PLLC (1532) RUBIN, MARGARET R original NGUYEN, CHAU N

2833 PASS & SEYMOUR, INC., Patent Owner and Appellant v. HUBBEL, INC., Requester and Respondent 95000253 7189110 11/032,420 MARTIN 102/103 BOND, SCHOENECK & KING, PLLC GAGLIARDI, ALBERT J original TA, THO DAC

See Asyst Tech., Inc. v. Emtrak, Inc., 544 F.3d 1310, 1316 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (“[E]ven though commercial embodiments of the '421 invention may have enjoyed commercial success, Asyst’s failure to link that commercial success to the features of its invention that were not disclosed in Hesser undermines the probative force of the evidence pertaining to the success of Asyst’s and Jenoptik’s products.”).

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3663 Ex Parte Pillar 10419649 - (D) POWELL 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP NGUYEN, CUONG H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Magnuson et al 10791430 - (D) BAHR 103 BULLIVANT HOUSER BAILEY PC ALIE, GHASSEM

3731 Ex Parte Melsheimer 11318989 - (D) NEW 103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE/INDY/COOK MCEVOY, THOMAS M

3737 Ex Parte Tearney et al 11781722 - (D) ADAMS 103 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - NEW YORK KISH, JAMES M

3738 Ex Parte Stevens et al 11560338 - (D) BONILLA 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Larson & Anderson, LLC re:VAI PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM  

REHEARING  

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1759 Ex Parte Krasnov 11359775 - (D) SCHAFER NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC TAI, XIUYU

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Ex parte Variant Holdings, LLC and Variant, Inc., Appellant and Patent Owner 90010701 7,379,900 09/504,374 TURNER 102 Stephen C. Wren CHOI, WOO H original ZURITA, JAMES H

spada, corkill, caveney, johnson, leshin, agilent

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Lin et al 10/800,622 PRATS 103(a) BACON & THOMAS, PLLC EXAMINER EBRAHIM, NABILA G
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Dewey 10/864,716 GARRIS 103(a) MILLER IP GROUP, PLC EXAMINER APICELLA, KARIE O

1776 Ex Parte Ostein et al 10/480,946 FRANKLIN 103(a) BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. EXAMINER WU, IVES J

Under such circumstances, we are persuaded by Appellants of error in the Examiner’s rejections for lacking sufficient motivation to combine. After evidence or argument is submitted by the applicant in response
to the Examiner’s case, patentability is determined on the totality of the record, by a preponderance of evidence with due consideration to persuasiveness of argument. In re Spada, 911 F.2d 705, 707 n.3 (Fed. Cir. 1990); In re Corkill, 771 F.2d 1496, 1500 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Caveny, 761 F.2d 671, 674 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Johnson, 747 F.2d 1456, 1460 (Fed. Cir. 1984).
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3677 Ex Parte Suh 11/684,026 LEE 103(a) COATS & BENNETT/SONY ERICSSON EXAMINER SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Sawano et al 11/011,492 HORNER 103(a) NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. EXAMINER AHMED, MASUD
AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Liversidge et al 11/377,650 GRIMES 103(a) Elan Drug Delivery, Inc. c/o Foley & Lardner EXAMINER SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte Bailey et al 10/943,688 HASTINGS 103(a) MICHAEL C. POPHAL EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY INC EXAMINER CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Dettinger et al 11/191,415 DANG 102(b)/103(a) IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER CHOI, YUK TING
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Lamstein 11/024,398 SAINDON 102(b)/103(a) Bay Area Technolgy Law Group PC EXAMINER PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS

Cf. In re Leshin, 277 F.2d 197, 199 (CCPA 1960) (the selection of a known material based upon its suitability for the intended use is a design consideration within the skill of the art).
AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1645 Ex Parte Turkel et al 11/039,506 PRATS obviousness-type double patenting/102(b)/103(a) Stephen Donovan Allergan, Inc. EXAMINER FORD, VANESSA L

It is well settled that the “very essence of inherency is that one of ordinary skill in the art would recognize that a reference unavoidably teaches the property in question.” Agilent Technologies, Inc. v. Affymetrix, Inc., 567 F.3d 1366, 1383 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (emphasis added).
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Ueberschar et al 10/783,864 NAGUMO 103(a) Todd T. Taylor Taylor & Aust, P.C. EXAMINER BAREFORD, KATHERINE A
2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Gambino et al 10/163,884 HORNER 101/103(a) Thomas M. Galgano EXAMINER SHEPARD, JUSTIN E

2456 Ex Parte Ball et al 10/677,797 ROBERTSON 103(a) CESARI AND MCKENNA, LLP EXAMINER BATES, KEVIN T
2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Huckins 11/481,319 BAUMEISTER 103(a) TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. EXAMINER SANTIAGO CORDERO, MARIVELISSE
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Moses 11/113,425 KIM 112(2)/103(a) Manuel Brad Moses EXAMINER JOHNS, CHRISTOPHER C

3682 Ex Parte Adams et al 10/865,998 MOHANTY 102(b)/103(a) SAP / FINNEGAN, HENDERSON LLP EXAMINER HOAR, COLLEEN A
REHEARING

DENIED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1762 Ex Parte Kesavan et al 11/243,144 WALSH 103(a) Kevin E Mcveigh RHODIA INC. EXAMINER METZMAIER, DANIEL S