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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1651 Ex Parte GRUBER 15236355 - (D) FREDMAN 103 McBee Moore Woodward & Vanik IP, LLC MARX, IRENE

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ex Parte FUSSL et al 14938095 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) BOYLE, KARA BRADY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2141 Ex Parte Thompson et al 12490978 - (D) NEW 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP DRAGOESCU, CLAUDIA B

2156 Ex Parte Rafei et al 14210283 - (D) HUGHES 102/103 Reed Smith LLP RAAB, CHRISTOPHER J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte LO et al 14267231 - (D) BUI 101/103 Rabin & Berdo, PC HUYNH, AN SON PHI

2443 Ex Parte AYATSUKA et al 14729168 - (D) HAMANN 103/OTDP Paratus Law Group, PLLC MIRZA, ADNAN M

2479 Ex Parte Baldemair et al 14532781 - (D) ELLURU 103 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson OHRI, ROMANI

2486 Ex Parte Jonsson et al 14303664 - (D) THOMAS 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP ABAZA, AYMAN A

"If references taken in combination would produce a 'seemingly inoperative device,' ... such references teach away from the combination and thus cannot serve as predicates for a prima facie case of obviousness." McGinley v. Franklin Sports, Inc., 262 F.3d 1339, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2001) 
( citation omitted)

2486 Ex Parte Zhang et al 14098369 - (D) McNEILL 102/103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A. LIMA, FABIO S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2683 Ex Parte Cristache 13921933 - (D) HOFF 103 LOWE GRAHAM JONES, PLLC KHAN, OMERS

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2829 Ex Parte Ungar et al 14609463 - (D) TIMM 102/103 Viering, Jentschura & Partner mbB - Inf TRAN, DZUNG

2855 Ex Parte Lammel et al 14062886 - (D) RANGE 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP ROBERTS, HERBERT K

2862 Ex Parte Garudadri et al 12512480 - (D) RANGE 112(1)/103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton/Qualcomm NGHIEM, MICHAEL P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte RO 14775850 - (D) PLENZLER 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP TROY, DANIEL J

3651 Ex Parte Wernersbach et al 14674528 - (D) SCHOPPER 102 Rockwell Automation, Inc./FY COLLINS, MICHAEL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte HWANG et al 14847814 - (D) BAYAT 102/103 Dickinson Wright - BD COLLADO, CYNTHIA FRANCISCA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Fahrenbruck et al 13246180 - (D) GUPTA 112(1) 103 Maine Cernota & Rardin NGUYEN, NGOC YEN M

1761 Ex Parte Cakmak et al 13383988 - (D) McMANUS 103 103 Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber Co., LPA YOUNG, WILLIAM D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2892 Ex Parte Gorczyca et al 12715450 - (D) RANGE 103 103 GE GLOBAL PATENT OPERATION JONES, ERIC W

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 Ex Parte Jenkins 13916901 - (D) O'HANLON 103 103 Patterson & Sheridan - The Boeing Company ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Pedersen 13695028 - (D) MEDLOCK 112(1)/112(2)/103 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC TECCO, ANDREW M

3744 Ex Parte Teraki et al 12446548 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 102/103 BIRCH, STEWART, KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP AVILES BOSQUES, ORLANDO E

3745 Ex Parte MacHarg 13298250 - (D) HORNER 103 112(2) FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP MIKUS, JASON

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte MORADIAN-OLDAK et al 14142086 - (D) CHANG 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. WEBB, WALTERE

1616 Ex Parte BURGER 12879347 - (D) COTTA 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP CHOI, FRANK I

1618 Ex Parte Dharmadhikari et al 13608712 - (D) NEWMAN OTDP SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. YOUNG, MICAH PAUL

1619 Ex Parte ILEKTI et al 12164181 - (D) TOWNSEND 112(2)/103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. MATTISON, LORI K

1632 Ex Parte YAMANAKA et al 13942208 - (D) NEW 103 LEYDIG VOIT & MA YER, LTD WILSON, MICHAEL C

1634 Ex Parte POLLNER et al 13164605 - (D) JENKS 112(2)/103 Alston & Bird LLP/ Gen-Probe Incorporated POHNERT, STEVEN C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1763 Ex Parte Chen et al 13240834 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 41.50 112(2) EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY CAI, WENWEN

1772 Ex Parte ROY-AUBERGER et al 14553007 - (D) INGLESE 103 MCCAIG, BRIAN A MCCAIG, BRIAN A

1778 Ex Parte McCrea et al 13577529 - (D) HASTINGS 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G

1783 Ex Parte BIDKAR et al 14037790 - (D) ROSS 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY VAN SELL, NATHAN L

1799 Ex Parte Tsumura et al 13375606 - (D) PRAISS 103 41.50 112(2) KRATZ, QUINTOS & HANSON, LLP HURST, JONATHAN M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte Fiatal 13489855 - (D) HAMANN 103 NK Patent Law- Seven Networks NGUYEN, LEV

2183 Ex Parte Gschwind et al 14300559 - (D) KUMAR 103/OTDP CANTOR COLBURN LLP - IBM AUSTIN PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2436 Ex Parte Sharma 14231634 - (D) SHAW 103 Idaax Technologies c/o Cortex Law Group, P.C. LIN, AMIE CHINYU

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2644 Ex Parte Tonshal et al 13908226 - (D) PYONIN 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L ELNOUBI, SAID M

2658 Ex Parte Ng Tari et al 15004725 - (D) PINKERTON 101 41.50 101 GE Global Research - SW COE OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N

2689 Ex Parte Solazzo et al 13889829 - (D) STEPHENS 103 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO LAU, HO! CHING

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Fernández et al 14441325 - (D) DENNETT 102 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. VORTMAN, ANATOLY

2842 Ex Parte RYU et al 14551534 - (D) DELMENDO 103/OTDP Jefferson IP Law, LLP WELLS, KENNETH B

2852 Ex Parte Sutton et al 14178355 - (D) HASTINGS 101 Guntin & Gust, PLC FULLER, RODNEY EVAN

2886 Ex Parte Chen et al 14251869 - (D) REN 103 CORNING INCORPORATED AHMED, JAMIL

2886 Ex Parte Tung et al 14927291 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 Duane Morris LLP (10/11) Seagate PHAM, HOA Q

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Jacobson 13712790 - (D) CHUNG 103 101 Edell, Shapiro, & Finnan, LLC SNIDER, SCOTT

3623 Ex Parte PRADEEP et al 12234372 - (D) MOHANTY 101 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Nielsen) BOSWELL, BETH V

3624 Ex Parte GUPTE et al 13276739 - (D) MEYERS 101/103 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) ROTARU, OCTAVIAN

3624 Ex Parte Kolegayev et al 14066808 - (D) BARRY 101/103 Shutts & Bowen LLP KNOX, TYLER W

3628 Ex Parte Van Wiemeersch et al 13670527 - (D) ELLURU 101/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L EPSTEIN, BRIAN M

3629 Ex Parte Pearlman et al 12485856 - (D) FETTING 101 Facebook/Fenwick MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A

3629 Ex Parte Wiese 13152024 - (D) MOHANTY 103 101 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. WHITAKER, ANDREW B

3643 Ex Parte Floyd et al 14716863 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 Bay Area Technolgy Law Group PC TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA

3649 Ex Parte Fawaz 14703230 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 101 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP BORISSOV, IGOR N

3663 Ex Parte Perez Villar et al 14457084 - (D) BROWN 103 Patterson & Sheridan - The Boeing Company DAGER, JONATHAN M

3667 Ex Parte Cuddihy et al 14689144 - (D) WOOD 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L ANTONUCCI, ANNE MARIE

3669 Ex Parte Clarke et al 14560420 - (D) BAHR 102/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP MELTON, TODD M

3682 Ex Parte Fang et al 12619510 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 EGL/Excalibur SITTNER, MATTHEW T

3696 Ex Parte Seyer et al 13048333 - (D) BUSCH 112(1)/103 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. DEGA, MURALI K

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Whitman 13088736 - (D) HOSKINS 103 SENNIGER POWERS LLP KORB, JENNIFER LUANN

3731 Ex Parte Allex et al 12610102 - (D) LANEY 112(1)/112(2)/103 DLA PIPER LLP (US) ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB

3743 Ex Parte Hoke et al 13886490 - (D) CALVE 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L SHIRSAT, VIVEK K

3753 Ex Parte Foster 13967777 - (D) HORNER 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. FRISTOE JR, JOHN K

3765 Ex Parte van Oudenallen 13217120 - (D) MOHANTY 112(1)/101 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC COLLIER, JAMESON D

3771 Ex Parte Fine et al 14169968 - (D) HOELTER 103 STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP SIPPEL, RACHEL T

hedges, costello, facius, mcginley

REVERSED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte TREACY et al  11931434 - (D)  JENKS 103 NOVAK DRUCE DELUCA + QUIGG LLP QAZI, SABIHA NAIM

“If a prima facie case is made in the first instance, and if the applicant comes forward with reasonable rebuttal, whether buttressed by experiment, prior art references, or argument, the entire merits of the matter are to be reweighed.” In re Hedges, 783 F.2d 1038, 1039 (Fed. Cir. 1986).

Hedges, In re, 783 F.2d 1038, 228 USPQ 685 (Fed. Cir. 1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2145

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1784 Ex Parte Daeubler et al  10581147 - (D)  KRATZ 102/103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC SAVAGE, JASON L

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Noda  11029499 - (D)  POTHIER 103 MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (WA) CHOWDHURY, NIGAR

2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Nossen et al 10229850 - (D) BAUMEISTER 102/103 HITT GAINES, PC ALCATEL-LUCENT WONG, LINDA

2618 Ex Parte Randazzo 10835936 - (D) JEFFERY 103 LSI Logic Corporation HU, RUI MENG
 
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Gosvener 11356372 - (D) SMITH 101/112(1) RICHARD A. RYAN WAKS, JOSEPH

2859 Ex Parte Raiser et al 11112103 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC RAMADAN, RAMY O
 
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex Parte Leroy et al 11212777 - (D) ABRAMS 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. ELDRED, JOHN W

3694 Ex Parte Nicholls et al 10/992,959 LORIN 101/102/103 Jackson Walker LLP HOLLY, JOHN H
 
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Hoffman 09965162 - (D) BAUMEISTER 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH ALIE, GHASSEM

3761 Ex Parte Ueminami et al 11443708 - (D) ASTORINO 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KIDWELL, MICHELE M

AFFIRMED-IN- PART
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2172 Ex Parte Walter et al  11269861 - (D)  THOMAS 103 103 AT & T LEGAL DEPARTMENT - Toler HEFFINGTON, JOHN M

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2492 Ex Parte Abe et al  10128474 - (D)  THOMAS 102 102 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O''KEEFE, LLP NAJJAR, SALEH

While derivation will bar the issuance of a patent to the deriver, a disclosure by the deriver, absent a bar under 35 U.S.C. 102(b), will not bar the issuance of a patent to the party from which the subject matter was derived. In re Costello, 717 F.2d 1346, 1348-49 (Fed. Cir. 1983) ("[a] prior art reference that is not a statutory bar may be overcome by two generally recognized methods": an affidavit under 37 CFR 1.131, or an affidavit under 37 CFR 1.132 "showing that the relevant disclosure is a description of the applicant's own work"); In re Facius, 408 F.2d 1396, 1407 (CCPA 1969) (subject matter incorporated into a patent that was brought to the attention of the patentee by applicant, and hence derived by the patentee from the applicant, is available for use against applicant unless applicant had actually invented the subject matter placed in the patent).

Costello, In re, 717 F.2d 1346, 219 USPQ 389 (Fed. Cir. 1983) . . . . . . 716.10, 2136.05, 2137, 2138, 2138.04, 2138.05

Facius, In re, 408 F.2d 1396, 161 USPQ 294 (CCPA 1969) . . . . . . . . . .715.01(a), 715.01(c), 2132.01, 2136.04, 2136.05, 2137, 2137.01

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3655 Ex Parte Pontanari et al  10543080 - (D)  BROWN 103 103
CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3767 Ex Parte Provost-Tine et al 11259004 - (D) ASTORINO 103 103 MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE

3774 Ex Parte Baker et al 10373057 - (D) BAUMEISTER 112(1)/102/103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) EDELL, SHAPIRO & FINNAN, LLC COBURN, LESLIE ANN

AFFIRMED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Lakshmanan et al 11508545 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX CHEN, BRET P

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2113 Ex Parte Larson et al  10461209 - (D)  SMITH 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MEHRMANESH, ELMIRA

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2492 Ex Parte Yost 10524285 - (D) JEFFERY 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC MOORTHY, ARAVIND K

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Erhart et al 10984398 - (D) PERRY 103 Ulmer & Berne LLP Avaya Inc. BRANDT, CHRISTOPHER M

2618 Ex Parte van Rooyen et al 11011000 - (D) WEINBERG 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. SHARMA, SUJATHA R

2629 Ex Parte Tortola 10606153 - (D) SMITH 103 JOSEPH STECEWYCZ PERVAN, MICHAEL

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Ex Parte Lu et al 11080296 - (D) SMITH 102 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. NGUYEN, LONG T

2833 Ex Parte Harwood 11154153 - (D) COURTENAY 112(1)/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. GUSHI, ROSS N

2872 Ex Parte Clauss et al 10590257 - (D) POTHIER 102 Striker Striker & Stenby SAHLE, MAHIDERE S

2893 Ex Parte Cao 11142034 - (D) CURCURI 103 FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP RODELA, EDUARDO A

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3691 Ex Parte Guermonprez et al  10443205 - (D)  FISCHETTI 101/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY ONYEZIA, CHUKS N

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Johnson 11363568 - (D) ASTORINO 103 THE LAW OFFICE OF STEVE GRATTON SHUMATE, VICTORIA PEARL
 
3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
1734 Ex parte Continental Datalabel, Inc. Patent Owner and Appellant 90010761 - (D) 6,837,957 10/390,338 GUEST 102/103 PAULEY PETERSEN & ERICKSON MCKANE, ELIZABETH L original CHAN, SING P

3763 BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY Requester & Respondent v. MICHAEL J. VAILLANCOURT Patent Owner & Appellant 95000565 - (D) 6699221 09/879,872 GUEST 102/103 CARELLA, BYRNE, BAIN, GILFILLAN et al. CLARK, JEANNE MARIE original THISSELL, JEREMY

Although a combination of references would be non-obvious when the combination would produce an inoperative device, see McGinley v. Franklin Sports, Inc., 262 F.3d 1339, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2001), Patent Owner has provided no more than mere speculation, without evidence, that the radial compression of Cox would not function with the central aperture of Sylvanowicz.