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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

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REVERSED 
1721 Zhang, Jiwen et al. 12298998 - (D) DELMENDO 103 HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C DAM, DUSTIN Q

1744 Thomas Corden 13810867 - (D) WILSON 103 CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC. SHAFI, LEITH S

2413 Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ) 14895293 - (D) BUSCH 102/103 41.50 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC OHRI, ROMANI

2488 Amer, Ihab et al. 15085562 - (D) CRAIG 103 Timothy M. Honeycutt DANG, PHILIP

2864 Austerlitz, Howard P. et al. 14510288 - (D) WILSON 101 DON W. BULSON (PARK) RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP LE, TOAN M

3662 Robert Bosch GmbH 14369293 - (D) CAPP 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP SMITH, ISAAC G

3734 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15270633 - (D) PESLAK 103 41.50 103 Ford Global Technologies, LLC/ King & Schickli, PLLC BATTISTI, DEREK J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
1782 SWINC LLC 13651796 - (D) McMANUS 103 103 Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A. PATTERSON, MARC A

3628 Brandt, Gary Edward. et al. 13415140 - (D) MOHANTY 103 101 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP ERB, NATHAN

3643 Jingo Tateiwa 14620703 - (D) SONG 103 112(1) PEARNE & GORDON LLP WANG, MICHAEL H

3694 John, Michael Sasha. 12124144 - (D) JURGOVAN 101 101 ROSENBERG, KLEIN & LEE MILEF, ELDA G

AFFIRMED 
1613 L'OREAL 14931316 - (D) GRIMES 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BASQUILL, SEAN M

1615 WisTa Laboratories Ltd. 14929111 - (D) HARDMAN OTDP OTDP 41.50 OTDP WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V

1617 Alfred E. Tiefenbacher GmbH & Co. KG et al. 15363317 - (D) NEW 103 LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK PALLAY, MICHAEL B

1629 Kowa Company, Ltd. 14162181 - (D) TOWNSEND 103/OTDP WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP STRONG, TORI

1631 SIERACKI, JEFFREY M. 13618803 - (D) GRIMES 101 112(1)/112(2)/101 ROSENBERG, KLEIN & LEE SKIBINSKY, ANNA

2114 International Business Machines Corporation 15080424 - (D) DIXON 101/103 IBM CORP. (WSM) c/o WINSTEAD P.C. PATEL, JIGAR P

2114 International Business Machines Corporation 15080470 - (D) DIXON 101/103 IBM CORP. (WSM) c/o WINSTEAD P.C. PATEL, JIGAR P

2647 Sanjeev K. Singh et al. 15085685 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 Nokia Technologies Oy C/O Davidson Sheehan LLP GAO, JING

2832 SENVION SE. 14652874 - (D) HASTINGS 103 ALIX, YALE & RISTAS, LLP NGUYEN, VIET P

2847 CommScope Technologies LLC 15254596 - (D) DENNETT 102 103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. NGUYEN, CHAU N

2893 EPISTAR CORPORATION 14847169 - (D) INGLESE 103 DITTHAVONG & STEINER, P.C.
GAUTHIER, STEVEN B

3619 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University 14336434 - (D) LAVIER 101 Mintz Levin/San Diego Office WHALEY, PABLO S

3621 Selinger, David et al. 12012280 - (D) BUSCH Dissenting SHIANG 103 112(1)/101/103 James A. D. White VLP Law Group POUNCIL, DARNELL A

3628 Elliott, Richard F. et al. 13919435 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 101 Thrive IP Jeremy Stipkala CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH

3629 LinkedIn Corporation 14698772 - (D) COURTENAY 101/103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner / LinkedIn/Microsoft WHITAKER, ANDREW B

3682 Visa International Service Association 14290134 - (D) OSINSKI 103 LOEB & LOEB, LLP STOLTENBERG, DAVID J

3685 Disney Enterprises, Inc. 14322024 - (D) COURTENAY 103 101 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. C/O FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP NIGH, JAMES D

3686 Suffin, Stephen et al. 13616342 - (D) WIEDER 101 HAUG PARTNERS LLP REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH

3689 International Business Machines Corporation 14799082 - (D) HUME 112(1)/112(2) 102/103 TERRILE, CANNATTI & CHAMBERS, LLP - IBM SV  CHEN, WENREN

3692 Global Payments Inc. 14528592 - (D) SHAH 101 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP POE, KEVIN T

3752 Carl Kah 14515016 - (D) GUIJT 102/103 AMSTER, ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN LLP CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL

3754 Sulzer Mixpac AG 15434778 - (D) KERINS 103 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP GRUBY, RANDALL A

3763 Jose Lourenco et al. 12303956 - (D) FITZPATRICK 112(1) CHRISTENSEN O'CONNOR JOHNSON KINDNESS PLLC ZEC, FILIP

3792 Kenneth P. Grace 13804923 - (D) WOOD 103/OTDP PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS WU, TONG E

REISSUE

REVERSED
3992 Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l. 13762594 - (D) 7,886,007 ENGLE 251 Conversant Wireless Licensing Ltd. CRAVER, CHARLES R

Whether a Broadened Claim Provides Sufficient Notice of Broadening 

The next question we must address is whether a broadened claim in a reissue application, without more, is sufficient to unequivocally indicate intent to broaden.  The MPEP notes that a “statement that ‘the patent is wholly or partly inoperative by reason of claiming more or less than applicant had a right to claim’ is NOT an unequivocal statement of an intent to broaden.”  MPEP § 1412.03(IV).  This may be because the phrase “more or less” lacks clarity as to whether the claims are broader or narrower.  In contrast, the Federal Circuit has held that clear changes to the claim in addition to an inventor’s declaration that the applicant claimed “less than we had a right to” were sufficient notice of broadening.  MBO Labs., Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co., 474 F.3d 1323, 1332 (Fed. Cir. 2007). 

The Federal Circuit, precedential PTAB panels, and the MPEP do not appear to have addressed whether submitting a broadened claim alone is itself an indication of intent to broaden.  However, in line with MBO Laboratories, we hold that it is.  When (1) a reissue claim is submitted within two years of the patent’s issuance, (2) the reissue claim is broader than the issued patent, and (3) the subsequent prosecution history confirms the applicant’s intent to broaden, even if such prosecution history occurs more than two years after the patent’s issuance, an applicant has provided sufficient and timely notice of intent to broaden.

MBO Laboratories, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co., 602 F.3d 1306, 94 USPQ2d 1598 (Fed. Cir. 2010) 1412.02

REHEARING

DENIED
1619 Stephanie Von Der Fecht et al. 14376981 - (R) NEW 103 Abel Schillinger, LLP 
BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE


Tuesday, July 2, 2019

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Boyd et al 13262493 - (D) PRATS 103 ARNOLD, ERNST V ARNOLD, ERNST V

1619 Ex Parte Konofal 10559293 - (D) ADAMS 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP KASSA, TIGABU

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1774 Ex Parte Casey 14593763 - (D) BEST 102 Griffith Barbee PLLC RASHID, FAZLE A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Kerner et al 13946457 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 112(1)/102/103 Schiff Hardin LLP (Intel) ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex Parte Bollmann 14141546 - (D) BELISLE 103 W&C IP JOSEPH, JAISON

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Haimi-Cohen 14310548 - (D) GAUDETTE 112(1)/102 Kramer & Amado, P.C. ESKRIDGE, CORY W

"[D]rawings in a patent need not illustrate the full scope of the invention." See Arlington Indus., Inc. v. Bridgeport Fittings, Inc., 632 F.3d 1246, 1254 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (citing MBO Labs., Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co., 474 F.3d 1323, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2007) ("[P]atent coverage is not necessarily limited to inventions that look like the ones in the figures. To hold otherwise would be to import limitations onto the claim from the specification, which is fraught with danger.")).

3633 Ex Parte Haney et al 14747727 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Fluor Coporation KENNY, DANIEL J

3655 Ex Parte Gianone et al 12824472 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 Brooks Kushman P.C. / Meritor SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN

3655 Ex Parte Swank et al 14481212 - (D) BAHR 103 Schaeffler Group USA, Inc. HANSEN, COLBY M

3685 Ex Parte Gilbert et al 10258503 - (D) CRAWFORD 102/103 FIS/FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN

3691 Ex Parte Lamoureux et al 14089081 - (D) MacDONALD 101 REFINITIV US ORGANIZATION LLC AKINTOLA, OLABODE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3734 Ex Parte Willet et al 14839004 - (D) SCHOPPER 112(2)/103 K&L Gates LLP-Seattle MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS

3745 Ex Parte Dahl et al 14111039 - (D) CAPP 103 NATH, GOLDBERG & MEYER LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RY AN

3747 Ex Parte Morton et al 14277103 - (D) HOELTER 103 LeClairRyan (Ford Global) KIM, JAMES JAY

3761 Ex Parte Viroli et al 14412078 - (D) CRAWFORD 112(1)/103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP VAN, QUANG T

3772 Ex Parte Johnson et al 14772967 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 Workman Nydegger DEMOSKY, GWEN M

3775 Ex Parte Evans et al 14203605 - (D) O'HANLON 102 41.50 112(2) TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT

3793 Ex Parte Warnking 12227508 - (D) KERINS 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1639 Ex Parte Sampas et al 14684028 - (D) ADAMS 103 103 Agilent Technologies, Inc KAUP, SAHANA S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2488 Ex Parte Galvez et al 13965833 - (D) PYONIN 103 103 HoustonHogle LLP Joseph Houston, HoustonHogle LLP BROWN JR, HOWARD D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3612 Ex Parte Oldani 14957086 - (D) OSINSKI 102 102 Ford Global Technologies, LLC/ King & Schickli, PLLC GUTMAN, HILARY L

3621 Ex Parte Jobin 12523427 - (D) JEFFERY 101 101 BERNARD JOBIN VAN BRAMER, JOHN W

3643 Ex Parte Cox 14229615 - (D) PESLAK 103 102/103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC PARSLEY, DAVID J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Garnett et al 13565155 - (D) SONG 112(1)/112(2)/103 112(1)/112(2) Locke Lord LLP VERDIER, CHRISTOPHER M

3774 Ex Parte Binette et al 10638562 - (D) GRIMES 103 103 Mintz Levin/Boston Office SWEET, THOMAS

3792 Ex Parte Lachenbruch et al 15040170 - (D) HORNER 102 102 HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. MORALES, JON ERIC C

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Santarpia et al 15101449 - (D) WISZ 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY ROBERTS, LEZAH

1618 Ex Parte Cooper et al 14026342 - (D) ADAMS 103 ELMORE PATENT LAW GROUP, PC VU, JAKE MINH

1618 Ex Parte Cooper et al 14052088 - (D) ADAMS 103 ELMORE PATENT LAW GROUP, PC VU, JAKE MINH

1619 Ex Parte Wolff et al 13460439 - (D) ADAMS 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. and KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Samoilov 13206088 - (D) DENNETT 103 Moser Taboada/ Applied Materials, Inc. SONG, MATTHEW J

1731 Ex Parte Kasmayr et al 13055264 - (D) TIMM 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) CHRISTIE, ROSS J

1741 Ex Parte SUGAWARA et al 14411212 - (D) GARRIS 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. HERRING, LISA L

1745 Ex Parte Chen et al 14584296 - (D) OBERMANN 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP WU, VICKI H

1773 Ex Parte Li et al 14112615 - (D) REN 103 Foley & Lardner LLP OLIVERA, ANGEL J

1788 Ex Parte Bullock et al 14446663 - (D) CASHION 103/OTDP ASPEN AEROGELS INC. CHANG, VICTORS

1792 Ex Parte Trombetta et al 14279590 - (D) PRAISS 103 Manelli Selter PLLC NGUYEN, THANH H

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 Ex Parte TURTINEN et al 14278254 - (D) CYGAN 103 Xsensus/Broadcom BAIG, ADNAN

2468 Ex Parte Coppens et al 11685194 - (D) KHAN 103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA WAQAS, SAAD A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2834 Ex Parte MAHADESWARASWAMY et al 13756176 - (D) SMITH 112(1)/103 Roeder & Broder LLP MATES, ROBERT E

2859 Ex Parte Akiyoshi et al 14357840 - (D) BELISLE 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PELTON, NATHANIEL R

2859 Ex Parte AKIYOSHI et al 15010053 - (D) BELISLE 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PELTON, NATHANIEL R

2862 Ex Parte Smith et al 14386192 - (D) KENNEDY 101 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC LE, JOHN H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3600 Ex Parte KUBLER et al 11764815 - (D) BOUDREAU 112(1)/103 101 Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC BOSWELL, BETH V

3624 Ex Parte HADATSUKI et al 13429204 - (D) AMUNDSON 101/103 Maschoff Brennan PURI, VENAY

3624 Ex Parte Mayle et al 12330182 - (D) McSHANE 101 Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Endicott SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N

3624 Ex Parte Algranati 14178507 - (D) HUGHES 101 GANZ POLLARD, LLC RINES, ROBERT D

3628 Ex Parte Kho et al 12634485 - (D) DIXON 101 IBM CORPORATION C/0: Fabian Vancott JOSEPH, TONY A S

3646 Ex Parte Ksienski et al 13558643 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 The Aerospace Corporation BARKER, MATTHEW M

3649 Ex Parte Pollock et al 14634673 - (D) SHIANG 101 Keysight Technologies, Inc. ZARE, SCOTT A

3668 Ex Parte Stowe 10860670 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (United Parcel Service, Inc.) REFAI, RAMSEY

3669 Ex Parte Chandra et al 14562925 - (D) WOOD 101/103 GRC c/o BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC BOOMER, JEFFREY C

3683 Ex Parte VILLARS 13438346 - (D) BUI 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC YOUNG, ASHLEY YA-SHEH

3684 Ex Parte Lutnick 13932827 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E

3686 Ex Parte Haque et al 12096040 - (D) CRAWFORD 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LAM, ELIZA ANNE

3688 Ex Parte Subramanian et al 13278043 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA CAO, VINCENT M

3695 Ex Parte Wagner et al 14305628 - (D) PYONIN 103 101 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) ROBINSON, KITO R

3696 Ex Parte Thorson et al 12541342 - (D) HUME 112(1)/112(2) 101/103 STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Johnson et al 15049129 - (D) PLENZLER 101 Everi Games, Inc. YEN, JASON TAHAI

3747 Ex Parte Mac Donald 14436986 - (D) FITZPATRICK 112(1) ACCEL IP LAW, PLLC STECKBAUER, KEVIN R

3786 Ex Parte Auguste 13643482 - (D) GUIJT 103 CAESAR RIVISE, PC NELSON, KERI JESSICA

3791 Ex Parte Ghajar et al 14454662 - (D) BAHR 103 101 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PA) MCCROSKY, DAVID J

4142 Ex Parte Nadella et al 13758431 - (D) BISK 101 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP AN, IG TAI

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex parte PDT ORIGINAL DESIGNS, LLC Ex Parte 8915382 et al 12/882,934 90014053 - (D) PLENZLER 112(1)/112(2)/102/103/305 Kirton McConkie ENGLISH, PETER C original GARFT, CHRISTOPHER