kaslow, lizardtech

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REVERSED
3685 Ex Parte Yang 11901205 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Tarolli, Sundheim, Co veil & Tummino LLP/Imagine Corporation HUANG, TSAN-YU J

3745 Ex Parte Whitehurst et al 13459748 - (D) PESLAK 112(1)/103 41.50 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY MIKUS, JASON

In order to comply with the written description requirement, the Specification “must describe the invention sufficiently to convey to a person of skill in the art that the patentee had possession of the claimed invention at the time of the application, i.e., that the patentee invented what is claimed.” LizardTech, Inc. v. Earth Resource Mapping, Inc., 424 F.3d 1336, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2005). 

The Federal Circuit has explained that: The test for determining compliance with the written description requirement is whether the disclosure of the application as originally filed reasonably conveys to the artisan that the inventor had possession at that time of the later claimed subject matter, rather than the presence or absence of literal support in the specification for the claim language. . . . The content of the drawings may also be considered in determining compliance with the written description requirement. In re Kaslow, 707 F.2d 1366, 1375 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (citations omitted).

LizardTech, Inc. v. Earth Resource Mapping, Inc., 424 F.3d 1336, 76 USPQ2d 1724 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2161.01 , 2163

Kaslow, In re, 707 F.2d 1366, 217 USPQ 1089 (Fed. Cir. 1983) 706.03(v) , 2141.02 , 2161.01 , 2163.02

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
2172 Ex Parte Pan 12739735 - (D) WINSOR 103 103 IPR WORKS, LLC HUR, ECE

2659 Ex Parte Naik 13411180 - (D) BEAMER 103 103 DENTONS US LLP - Apple HAN, QI

3674 Ex Parte Pisklak et al 14048463 - (D) DOUGAL 112(2)/103 103 Turney LLP - HES AHUJA, ANURADHA

3744 Ex Parte Kempes et al 14241343 - (D) HILL 103 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY PETTITT, JOHN F

3772 Ex Parte Haines 13005778 - (D) PESLAK 112(2)/103 103 41.50 103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC PATEL, TARLA R

AFFIRMED
1631 Ex Parte Friedlander et al 13870324 - (D) FLAX 101 Brown & Michaels (END) NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT

1644 Ex Parte Low et al 13463447 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (IN) BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A

1644 Ex Parte Zang 12777487 - (D) KATZ 101 Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP EWOLDT, GERALD R

1716 Ex Parte Schauer et al 12892201 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. NUCKOLS, TIFFANY Z

1722 Ex Parte Cho et al 14020343 - (D) OWENS 103 The Dow Chemical Company/Cantor Colburn LLP WALKE, AMANDA C

2132 Ex Parte Pan 13750896 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise PEREZ-VELEZ, ROCIO DEL MAR

2174 Ex Parte Mairs et al 13972417 - (D) CRAIG 103 IR HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C. KUMAR, ANIL N

2449 Ex Parte Shukla et al 14087558 - (D) PINKERTON 103 Wolfe-SBMC KHAN, ATTA

3627 Ex Parte Porter et al 14489279 - (D) HUME 103 101 Dodd Call Black, PLLC ADE, OGER GARCIA

REHEARING

DENIED
2114 Ex Parte Biazetti et al 12347108 - (R) STEPHENS 103 CRGO LAW KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R

atofina, lizardtech

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Smith et al 11363359 - (D) HUDALLA 103 Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & G (Apple) AGHDAM, FRESHTEH N

2643 Ex Parte Hiltunen et al 11783749 - (D) DANG 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC GEORGEWILL, OPIRIBO

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte ALBERS et al 11874345 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 BURR & BROWN, PLLC REDMAN, JERRY E

3645 Ex Parte Wong et al 12965793 - (D) BROWNE 103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN LLP PARC-XEROX/BSTZ HULKA, JAMES R

Moreover, although we appreciate the Examiner’s position that Nam’s CMOS structure is a field-effect transistor (see Ans. 3), we note that disclosure of a genus in the prior art, i.e., field-effect transistor, is not a disclosure of every species that is a member of that genus, i.e., thin film transistor. See Atofina v. Great Lakes Chemical Corp., 441 F.3d 991, 999 (Fed. Cir. 2006).

Atofina v. Great Lakes Chemical Corp, 441 F.3d 991 USPQ2d 1417 (Fed. Cir. 2006) 2131.03

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte ALBERTH et al 11955786 - (D) LaVIER 103 103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A./Motorola LONG, ANDREA NATAE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2682 Ex Parte Queenan 10771480 - (D) HAAPALA 103 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (SB) NGUYEN, NAM V

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Sacks 13190685 - (D) ROESEL 103 Weiss & Arons, LLP HERNANDEZ-DIAZ, JOSE

1767 Ex Parte Null et al 11922614 - (D) McKELVEY 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY SALVITTI, MICHAEL A

1787 Ex Parte Toyama et al 11720688 - (D) KAISER 112(1)/103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP HUANG, CHENG YUAN

LizardTech, Inc. v. Earth Resource Mapping, Inc., 424 F.3d 1336, 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (a description of a single embodiment "does not entitle the inventor" to broad claims).

LizardTech, Inc. v. Earth Resource Mapping, Inc., 424 F.3d 1336, 76 USPQ2d 1724 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2161.01 , 2163

1791 Ex Parte Chan et al 11949806 - (D) ROESEL 103 Ballard Spahr LLP DuPont Pioneer BADR, HAMID R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2131 Ex Parte Arimilli et al 12424444 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Russell Ng PLLC (IBM AUS) CARDWELL, ERIC

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2468 Ex Parte Han 11987109 - (D) BAER 103 H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC NAWAZ, ASAD M

2473 Ex Parte BATTA 12261886 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Zebra Technologies Corporation LIU, JUNG

2486 Ex Parte Frenzel et al 10593840 - (D) BAER 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP MUNG, ON S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Walsh et al 12063643 - (D) SMITH 103 NIXON PEABODY LLP PERROMAT, CARLOS

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2845 Ex Parte ZHU et al 13048202 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Guntin & Gust, PLC - BB DOCKET WIMER, MICHAEL C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex Parte Kelly et al 13177614 - (D) BROWNE 103 GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE,ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S

3658 Ex Parte RICK 12487477 - (D) KINDER 112(2) 102/103 INGRASSIA FISHER & LORENZ, P.C. (GME) PRATHER, GREGORY T

falkner, lizardtech, seid

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1636 Ex Parte FISHER et al 09293670 - (D) PRATS 112(1)/103 Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP WESSENDORF, TERESA D

As the Federal Circuit has noted:

A claim will not be invalidated on section 112 grounds simply because the embodiments of the specification do not contain examples explicitly covering the full scope of the claim language. That is because the patent specification is written for a person of skill in the art, and such a person comes to the patent with the knowledge of what has come before. Placed in that context, it is unnecessary to spell out every detail of the invention in the specification; only enough must be included to convince a person of skill in the art that the inventor possessed the invention and to enable such a person to make and use the invention without undue experimentation.

Falkner v. Inglis, 448 F.3d 1357, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (quoting LizardTech, Inc. v. Earth Resource Mapping, PTY, Inc., 424 F.3d 1336, 1345 (Fed.Cir.2005)).

LizardTech, Inc. v. Earth Resource Mapping, Inc., 424 F.3d 1336, 76 USPQ2d 1724 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2161.01, 2163

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1775 Ex Parte Stewart et al 11784719 - (D) OBERMANN 103 USDA, ARS, OTT BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Knutson et al 10084773 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 THOMSON MULTIMEDIA LICENSING INC. SHEPARD, JUSTIN E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Fuchs et al 11188545 - (D) ASTORINO 112(1)/103 STRIKER, STRIKER & STENBY LOW, LINDSAY M

3761 Ex Parte Carlucci et al 10239599 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KIDWELL, MICHELE M

3767 Ex Parte Ghannoum et al 10641947 - (D) REIMERS Concurring McCARTHY 112(2) ALCON GRAY, PHILLIP A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Brandon 12123513 - (D) BEST 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY INC DOUYETTE, KENNETH J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Damm et al 10303882 - (D) WARD 103 103 Kramer & Amado, P.C. PATEL, DHAIRYA A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3651 Ex Parte Sherman et al 11216531 - (D) MORRISON 103 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. KUMAR, RAKESH

As to the “ornamental shape”, it has long been held that features that relate to “ornamentation only and have no mechanical function whatsoever” cannot be relied upon for patentability of a claim in a utility patent application. In re Seid, 161 F.2d 229, 231 (CCPA 1947).

Seid, In re, 161 F.2d 229, 73 USPQ 431 (CCPA 1947) 2144.04

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte Yoo 11344630 - (D) NAGUMO 103 DUANE MORRIS LLP (TSMC) RUGGLES, JOHN S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2158 Ex Parte Thomsen 11314709 - (D) HUGHES 101/102 SAP AG c/o BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC HOCKER, JOHN P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2823 Ex Parte Akram et al 11384069 - (D) ARPIN 103 TRASK BRITT, P.C./ MICRON TECHNOLOGY STARK, JARRETT J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Fielden 11104231 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Clifford Kraft BELLINGER, JASON R

3634 Ex Parte Newman 11096784 - (D) OSINSKI 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP PUROL, DAVID M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 Ex Parte Waggoner et al 11291069 - (D) POWELL 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP LEWIS, JUSTIN V
 
REHEARING  

DENIED
Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2743 Ex parte RONALD A. KATZ TECHNOLOGY LICENSING L.P. Appellant 90010044 90008229 90/010,130 5974120 08/480,185 CHEN 102 COOLEY LLP KIELIN, ERIK J original WOO, STELLA L

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3686 Ex Parte Hatlestad et al 10787045 - (R) TURNER 102/103 SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. RANGREJ, SHEETAL