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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1613 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 14442340 KATZ 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1712 Mark Lewis et al. 12076101 SNAY 103 Guardian Glass, LLC (Nixon) c/o KCPS IP Dept./Shannon Gonsalves HORNING, JOEL G

1771 EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY et al. 15115766 FRANKLIN 103 OLIFF PLC MCAVOY, ELLEN M

1792 Julio Pimentel et al. 14126699 FRANKLIN 103 THOMPSON COBURN LLP ZILBERING, ASSAF

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2145 Tableau Software Inc. 14628187 CURCURI 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PA)(Tableau) SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM

2199 CUCINOTTA, Tommaso et al. 14994298 ENGLE 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. HEADLY, MELISSA A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2422 Universal Electronics Inc. 15455411 BAIN 102/103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP MONSHI, SAMIRA

2434 Infineon Technologies AG 14623529 HUGHES 103 Viering, Jentschura & Partner mbB - Inf HAILU, TESHOME

2451 International Business Machines Corporation 15006571 DESHPANDE 103 FLEIT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW CHOUAT, ABDERRAHMEN

Martek Biosciences Corp. v. Nutrinova, Inc., 579 F.3d 1363, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (“When a patentee explicitly defines a claim term in the patent specification, the patentee’s definition controls.”)

2463 Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. et al. 15254797 PINKERTON 103 Nokia Technologies Oy C/O Davidson Sheehan LLP DEWAN, SANJAY K

2465 Apple Inc. 14458139 BAIN 103 BakerHostetler / Apple Inc. WYLLIE, CHRISTOPHER T

2495 NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY 14780785 HUGHES 103 SQUIRE PB (Nokia) Nokia Technologies Oy WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2619 Wigdor, Daniel J. et al. 13044895 DESHPANDE 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION HARRISON, CHANTE E

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2839 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 15816446 FRANKLIN 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL

2875 ELITE LIGHTING 15179183 FRANKLIN 103 Moradian Law PAYNE, SHARON E

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

3619 HUSQVARNA AB 15500158 REIMERS 102 Burr Forman McNair Husqvarna TORRES, ALICIA M

3657 Tech M3, Inc. 14629381 HUTCHINGS 103 Mintz Levin/San Diego Office WILLIAMS, THOMAS J

3657 NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD. 15025471 MARTIN 112(2)/102/103 CARRIER BLACKMAN AND ASSOCIATES PC BURCH, MELODY M

3676 Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V. 14406706 BROWN 103 Nouryon Chemicals LLC GRAY, GEORGE STERLING

3685 Federico Zambelli Hosmer et al. 13614429 DESHPANDE 112(2)/103 KHMRG (PayPal, Inc.) LEFFALL-ALLEN, NAKIA

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

3715 IGT 15198282 MARTIN Dissenting Fitzpatrick 103 Sheridan Ross P.C. GARNER, WERNER G

3732 YACHIYO INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 14579419 REIMERS 112(2)/103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP LYNCH, MEGAN E

3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 15023831 MARTIN 112(2)/102/103 41.50 112(2) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BROCKMAN, ELDON T

3746 Andrew Robert. Campbell et al. 13983472 REIMERS 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. JARIWALA, CHIRAG

3753 HAN, Byungsook 14888573 FITZPATRICK 103 Harness Dickey (St. Louis) JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM

3753 American Commercial Lines LLC 14320905 MARTIN 103 FROST BROWN TODD LLC HICKS, ANGELISA

3771 Alcon Inc. 14550470 BROWN 103 ALCON INC. c/o Alcon Research LLC ULSH, GEORGE J

3791 Medtronic, Inc. 14064801 FINAMORE 103 Medtronic - WK TOWA, RENE T

3793 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 14368107 MARTIN 103 MEHL, PATRICK M MEHL, PATRICK M

3793 B.G. NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS LTD. 14198701 REIMERS 112(1) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC

3794 Martin R. Willard et al. 14516014 REIMERS 103 KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC DELLA, JAYMI E

3795 Covidien LP 14729664 REIMERS 103 Covidien LP WU, PAMELA F

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1727 Nobuyuki NAGANAWA et al. 13536780 INGLESE 103 112(2) MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC MCDERMOTT, HELEN M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2413 Intel IP Corporation et al. 14778983 CURCURI 103 103 Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel (Apple) MAK, PETER K

2434 VMware, Inc. 14550881 HOFF 103 112(2) Patterson + Sheridan, LLP - VMware ZOUBAIR, NOURA

2454 NINTENDO CO., LTD. 14498723 PER CURIAM 101/103 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. BOOK, PHYLLIS A

2487 InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc. 15806893 COURTENAY 112(2)/103 103 InterDigital VC Holdings SULLIVAN, TYLER

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2622 Apple Inc. 15840725 CURCURI 103 103 Treyz Law Group PATEL, SANJIV D

2624 Silicon Laboratories Inc. 14555510 JURGOVAN 112(1) 103 MAXIMILLIAN R. PETERSON ROSARIO, NELSON M

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

3632 DELTA T CORPORATION 14439801 REIMERS 112(2)/103 112(1)/103 KING & SCHICKLI, PLLC DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY

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

3732 ASICS CORPORATION 14910367 MARTIN Dissenting Fitzpatrick 112(1)/103 112(1)/112(2)/103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. LYNCH, MEGAN E

3745 Petty, Dale William. et al. 14759769 REIMERS 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 112(2)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY VERDIER, CHRISTOPHER M

3754 GOJO Industries, Inc. 15211582 REIMERS 102/103 102 Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP NICHOLS II, ROBERT K

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1618 ARAGON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 15094113 PRATS 103 BakerHostetler JONES, DAMERON LEVEST

1643 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE 15478437 NEW 102 CLARK & ELBING LLP WU, JULIE ZHEN QIN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1717 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 15076825 SNAY 103 Dority & Manning, P.A. and Global Research Center LAW, NGA LEUNG V

1722 MERCK PATENT GMBH 15558815 SQUIRE 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. VISCONTI, GERALDINA

1744 The Procter & Gamble Company 14933024 SMITH 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R

1761 Cecile Gibon et al. 13324296 DERRICK 103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) DIGGS, TANISHA

1764 UMG ABS, LTD. 15448727 SNAY 103 PLUMSEA LAW GROUP, LLC KAUCHER, MARK S

1764 Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. 15222254 SQUIRE 103 Additon, Higgins & Pendleton, P.A. REDDY, KARUNA P

1796 Guardian Glass, LLC 13835278 SQUIRE 112(1)/112(2) Guardian Glass, LLC (Nixon) c/o KCPS IP Dept./Shannon Gonsalves ROLLAND, ALEX A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2118 General Electric Company 14830471 HUGHES 102/103 BAKER HUGHES COMPANY CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W

2116 NEC Europe Ltd. 15304074 McNEILL 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) PAN, YUHUI R

2136 Intel Corporation 15408333 BAIN 103 NDWE LLP/Intel TSAI, SHENG JEN

2142 VOLKSWAGEN AG et al. 13836191 BAER 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. OLSHANNIKOV, ALEX

2164 Quantum Corporation 14244935 COURTENAY 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC HERSHLEY, MARK E

2165 Splunk, Inc. 15011392 BAIN 101/103/OTDP Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (Splunk Inc.) ELLIS, MATTHEW J

2166 YADAPPANAVAR, Krishna et al. 12973781 STEPHENS 112(1) 103 Patterson + Sheridan, LLP - VMware GMAHL, NAVNEET K

2166 Knowlege Synthesis 14719246 KOHUT 102 Mintz Levin/Boston Office PHAM, KHANH B

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2434 ADP, LLC 14882819 MCKEOWN 103 Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C. SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B

2437 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15635183 BAIN 112(2)/103/OTDP Barta, Jones & Foley, P.C. (Patent Group - Microsoft Corporation) LANIER, BENJAMIN E

2467 NTT DOCOMO, INC. 14910935 CURCURI 103 OSHA LIANG L.L.P. SCHEIBEL, ROBERT C

2485 Apple Inc. 14703366 HUGHES 103 BakerHostetler / Apple Inc. HAGHANI, SHADAN E

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2616 DreamWorks Animation LLC 14737183 BUSCH 103 DENTONS US LLP - San Francisco YANG, YI

2616 NVIDIA Corporation 15411918 MCKEOWN 103 OTDP Artegis Law Group, LLP/NVIDIA NGUYEN, PHU K

2619 QUALCOMM Incorporated 15412294 SHIANG 103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A. HARRISON, CHANTE E

2656 Grammarly, Inc. 15143982 PYONIN 101 GTC Law Group PC & Affiliates AZAD, ABUL K

2656 Bose Corporation 15418687 BAIN 102/103 Dingman IP Law, PC/Bose Corporation PATEL, SHREYANS A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2884 Manfred Mueller et al. 14127719 SQUIRE 112(1) 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS FIN, CAROLYN

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

3622 Adobe Inc. 14151300 CRAIG 112(1)/112(2)/103 101/103 Adobe / Finch & Maloney PLLC SYROWIK, MATHEW RICHARD

3623 Shopper Scientist LLC 14473954 STEPHENS dissenting MORGAN 103 Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP KYEREME-TUAH, AKOSUA P

3624 Berry, Megan C. et al. 13495604 HUTCHINGS 103 101 41.50 101 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) PURI, VENAY

3633 Sorkin, Felix 15212629 KORNICZKY 103 Adolph Locklar Michael Locklar FONSECA, JESSIE T

3641 COLT CANADA IP HOLDING PARTNERSHIP 15165125 REIMERS 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP SEMICK, JOSHUA T

3649 Blankman, Steven Michael. 14998532 ENGELS 103 112(1) Steven M. Blankman, P.E. ZARROLI, MICHAEL C

3657 Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC 14844641 KORNICZKY 103 BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS, LLC BURCH, MELODY M

3669 THE RAYMOND CORPORATION 15183002 DEFRANCO 112(1) 112(2)/103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP ZIAEIANMEHDIZADE, NAVID

3687 Den Herder, Nathan Pieter. et al. 13614705 HUTCHINGS 112(1)/112(2)/103 101 41.50 101 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM

3689 Fannie Mae 14095475 BRANCH 112(1) 101/102/103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) LAKHANI, ANDREW C

3695 Mikko VAANANEN 15060659 HUTCHINGS 101/103 PATTERSON + SHERIDAN, L.L.P. LIU, CHIA-YI

3697 ACLAIMANT, INC. 14627646 MEYERS 101/103 DLA PIPER LLP (US ) TRAN, HAI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. 15547741 PLENZLER 112(2)/103 Dernier IP Law, LLC GARNER, WERNER G

3715 Lee M. Amaitis et al. 10836077 GROSSMAN 112(1)/112(2)/101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. LIDDLE, JAY TRENT

3723 Timothy Van Der Veen et al. 13062430 KORNICZKY 103 Burr Forman McNair Husqvarna MORGAN, EILEEN P

3725 Function Chains Pty Ltd. 15196360 JUNG 112(1) 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON

3731 Herholdt, Arnold Leslie. et al. 13393209 KORNICZKY 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M

3741 United Technologies Corporation 15943100 KORNICZKY 102/103/OTDP CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY SUNG, GERALD LUTHER

3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14624697 KORNICZKY 112(2)/102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY WONG, ELTON K

3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 15100413 REIMERS 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN

3746 CLARK EQUIPMENT COMPANY 14860037 KORNICZKY Dissenting FITZPATRICK 112(1) MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) HANSEN, KENNETH J

3752 ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. 13873822 KORNICZKY 103 Armstrong World Industries, Inc. DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R.

3791 J&M SHULER, INC. 15818541 PLENZLER 103 SMITH TEMPEL BLAHA LLC WEARE, MEREDITH H

3792 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15039975 MARTIN 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS PORTER, JR, GARY A

Rehearing 

Denied 

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

3774 Graham, Michael 15015746 FINAMORE 103 Houtteman Law LLC PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D

Reissue

Denied 

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2856 Shimano Inc. 8,833,182 14/644,855 13/414,435 14644855 McKEOWN 103 DELAND LAW OFFICE STORMER, RUSSELL D

moncla, broadcom, ventana, martek, arlington, curtiss-wright, Phillips, ngai, king

REVERSED

1735 Ex Parte Ozkan et al 11/410,267 OWENS 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(1) DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP EXAMINER POLYANSKY, ALEXANDER

2111 Ex Parte Fischer et al 10/942,351 NAPPI 102(e)/103(a) MISSION/BSTZ BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN LLP EXAMINER CLEARY, THOMAS J

2163 Ex Parte Feinberg 11/033,646 JEFFERY 102(e)/103(a) WORKMAN NYDEGGER/MICROSOFT EXAMINER LEE, WILSON

2187 Ex Parte Kallahalla et al 10/959,536 BARRY 103(a)/non-statutory obviousness-type double patenting HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER CYGIEL, GARY W

When all other rejections on appeal have been reversed, and the only remaining rejection is a provisional non-statutory obviousness-type double patenting rejection, it is premature to address the provisional rejection. Ex Parte Moncla, 95 USPQ2d 1884, 1885 (BPAI 2010) (precedential).
AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1648 Ex Parte Wolff et al 11/828,272 GRIMES 102(b)/112(1) FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P. EXAMINER PARKIN, JEFFREY S

1731 Ex Parte Wanninger et al 10/058,832 GAUDETTE 102(b)/103(a) VENABLE LLP EXAMINER FELTON, AILEEN BAKER

“[E]ach claim does not necessarily cover every feature disclosed in the specification. When the claim addresses only some of the features disclosed in the specification, it is improper to limit the claim to other, unclaimed features.” Broadcom Corp. v. Qualcomm Inc., 543 F.3d 683, 689 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (quoting Ventana Med. Sys., Inc. v. Biogenex Labs., Inc., 473 F.3d 1173, 1181 (Fed. Cir. 2006)); see also, Martek Biosciences Corp. v. Nutrinova, Inc., 579 F.3d 1363, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (“[E]ven where a patent describes only a single embodiment, claims will not be read restrictively unless the patentee has demonstrated a clear intention to limit the claim scope using words of expressions of manifest exclusion or restriction.”). Substantive differences between the claims “can be a ‘useful guide in understanding the meaning of particular claim terms.’” Arlington Industries, Inc. v. Bridgeport Fittings, Inc. 632 F.3d 1246, 1254 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (quoting Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2005); see also, Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corp. v. Velan, Inc., 438 F.3d 1374, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (“[C]laim differentiation takes on relevance in the context of a claim construction that would render additional, or different, language in another independent claim superfluous.”).

Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 75 USPQ2d 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2005) . 2111, 2111.01, 2143.01, 2258

3623 Ex Parte Schroeder et al 10/302,406 KIM 102(b)/103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER BOSWELL, BETH V

3654 Ex Parte Szentistvany 10/524,122 BARRETT 103(a) Larson & Anderson, LLC EXAMINER KRUER, STEFAN

3738 Ex Parte McCarthy et al 11/106,421 GREENHUT 102(e)/103(a) EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION EXAMINER MILLER, CHERYL L
AFFIRMED

1736 Ex Parte Jones et al 10/582,593 GAUDETTE 103(a) Albemarle Netherlands B.V. EXAMINER WALCK, BRIAN D

2128 Ex Parte Ould-Brahim 10/747,967 HUGHES 102(e)/102(b) RIDOUT & MAYBEE LLP EXAMINER SILVER, DAVID

2617 Ex Parte Stephens 10/875,753 NAPPI 103(a) Thorpe North & Western LLP c/o CPA Global EXAMINER BRANDT, CHRISTOPHER M

3761 Ex Parte Long et al 11/511,573 GREENHUT 102(b) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER KIDWELL, MICHELE M

First, Appellants are not entitled to patent a known product by simply attaching a set of instructions to that product. In re Ngai, 367 F.3d 1336, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2004); See also, King Pharms., Inc. v. Eon Labs, Inc., 616 F.3d 1267, 1278 (Fed. Cir. 2010).

Ngai, In re, 367 F.3d 1336, 70 USPQ2d 1862 (Fed. Cir. 2004) . . . . . . . . . . 2106.01, 2112.01