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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1639 Ex Parte Kuypers et al 13224064 - (D) GRIMES 103 Stevens Law Group DINES, KARLA A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte Senderek et al 14481783 - (D) LENTIVECH 101/103 Keller Jolley Preece / Dropbox VANG, MENG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Uchino et al 14087335 - (D) DIXON 103/OTDP MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) ENGLISH, ALECIA DIANE

2651 Ex Parte ADAMS et al 13779314 - (D) HOFF 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. MOHAMMED, ASSAD

2688 Ex Parte MATSUMOTO et al 14705684 - (D) HOFF 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, L.L.P. / HGST BUTCHER, BRIAN M

2692 Ex Parte Gustafsson et al 13427118 - (D) KUMAR 102/103 MILLER, MATTHIAS & HULL LLP MCLOONE, PETER D

2834 Ex Parte Wolf et al 13520332 - (D) PRAISS 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Bosch) GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3631 Ex Parte Zelek et al 14338437 - (D) PLENZLER 102/103 41.50 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. KRYCINSKI, STANTONL

3676 Ex Parte Smith 13652137 - (D) ENGELS 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, L.L.P. /Weatherford SEBESTA, CHRISTOPHER J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Alaman Aguilar et al 14037736 - (D) PESLAK 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation MAYE, AYUB A

3746 Ex Parte Turek 13483239 - (D) KERINS 102/103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. OMGBA, ESSAMA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte FRANKENBACH et al 13944905 - (D) McMANUS 103 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KHAN, AMINA S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2864 Ex Parte Shah et al 13554115 - (D) TIMM 102 102 Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm BLOSS, STEPHANIE E

An inventor of a structure (machine or article of manufacture) is entitled to benefit from all of its uses, even those not described, Roberts v. Ryer, 91 U.S. 150, 157 (1875), and conversely, patentability of the structure cannot tum on the use or function of the structure. In re Michlin, 256 F .2d 317, 320 (CCPA 1958) ("It is well settled that patentability of apparatus claims must depend upon structural limitations and not upon statements of function."). 

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3663 Ex Parte Mills 14552456 - (D) BAHR 103 103 Bejin Bieneman PLC Ford Global Technologies, LLC TISSOT, ADAM D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Barman et al 13458877 - (D) KATZ 112(2) 102/103 MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. PORTER, JR, GARY A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte BREYFOGLE 13744708 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY YOUNG, MICAH PAUL

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1722 Ex Parte Adlem et al 14403201 - (D) PRAISS 102/103/OTDP MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N

1777 Ex Parte Cormier 13519798 - (D) DELMENDO 103 WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION c/o Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts LLP PEO, KARA M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2152 Ex Parte Helfman et al 12831615 - (D) DIXON 103 112(1)/112(2) Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP/Oracle CONYERS, DAW AUNE A

2175 Ex Parte Leonard et al 13224258 - (D) HAGY 102 Newport IP, LLC PARKER, JEANETTE J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2438 Ex Parte Michiels et al 14176938 - (D) SMITH dissenting WINSOR 101 Rimon, P.C. PLECHA, THADDEUS J

2469 Ex Parte Kaminsky et al 15052316 - (D) BEAMER 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC NGUYEN, THAI

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2618 Ex Parte KONG et al 13659802 - (D) KUMAR 103 Artegis Law Group, LLP/NVIDIA VU, KHOA

2693 Ex Parte Inamoto et al 14124955 - (D) SAADAT 103 Paratus Law Group, PLLC MICHAUD, ROBERT J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2862 Ex Parte Weitzman 11845677 - (D) RANGE 101 MURABITO, HAO & BARNES LLP NGON, RICKY

2875 Ex Parte MORI et al 14593899 - (D) DELMENDO 103 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC ENDO, JAMES M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte Arunapuram 13207758 - (D) DIXON 101 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) ALLEN, AKIBA KANELLE

3629 Ex Parte Klemm et al 13789160 - (D) CRAIG 112(1)/103 101 ServiceNow c/o Fletcher Yoder PC BAHL, SANGEETA

3646 Ex Parte Michalski 11918855 - (D) STEPHENS 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC BARKER, MATTHEW M

3663 Ex Parte SUNG et al 14692162 - (D) CALVE 101/103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. EVANS, GARRETT F

3683 Ex Parte Phelan et al 13358440 - (D) HUME 101/102 Billion & Armitage - Digital River KARMIS, ALISSA D

3689 Ex Parte Tuchman et al 13085399 - (D) POTHIER 112(2)/103 101/103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C

3693 Ex Parte Considine 12725204 - (D) SAADAT 101 FORTKORT & HOUSTON P.C. LEMIEUX, JESSICA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Ward 14662118 - (D) WARNER 101/102 Lonnie Ward III GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A

3717 Ex Parte Davenport 13269603 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON, LLP WEATHERFORD, SYVILA

3788 Ex Parte Cataudella et al 14660973 - (D) CAPP 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY The Gillette Company LLC GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3655 Ex Parte LIANG et al 14103882 - (D) YAP 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL DANG, TINH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Toth 13945244 - (D) MURPHY 103 WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Woychik et al 12061141 - (D) KRATZ 112(1)/102 112(2) GE GLOBAL PATENT OPERATION ROBINSON, ELIZABETH A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Grunert 12532203 - (D) ROSS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC CORMIER, DAVID G

We are not persuaded by Appellant’s argument and concur with the Examiner that the “configured to dispense the water . . . onto the component at a flow rate sufficient to clean accumulated contaminants off of the component” language of claim 30 is an intended use. Non-Final 5. It has long been held that “apparatus claims cover what a device is, not what a device does.”Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Bausch & Lomb Inc., 909 F.2d 1464, 1468 (Fed. Cir. 1990). An inventor of a structure (machine or article of manufacture) is entitled to benefit from all of its uses, even those not described,Roberts v. Ryer, 91 U.S. 150, 157 (1875), and conversely, patentability of the structure cannot turn on the use or function of the structure,In re Michlin, 256 F.2d 317, 320 (CCPA 1958).

Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Bausch & Lomb Inc., 909 F.2d 1464, 15 USPQ2d 1525 (Fed. Cir. 1990) 2114

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3638 Ex Parte Avis 14032307 - (D) YAP 103 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP KIM, SHIN H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Bennett 12573176 - (D) O’HANLON 102/103 Covidien LP OU, JING RUI

3731 Ex Parte Collins et al 10986143 - (D) MILLS 102/103 LAW OFFICE OF LOUIS WOO MENDOZA, MICHAEL G

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2883 Ex Parte Chen et al 12756166 - (D) WINSOR 103 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./ALCATEL-LUCENT JORDAN, ANDREW

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte KIM et al 13012461 - (D) WIEDER 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. REAGAN, JAMES A

3622 Ex Parte Kumar et al 12545633 - (D) FETTING 101/102 Kramer & Amado, P.C. VAN BRAMER, JOHN W

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1782 Ex Parte BÜHRING et al 13330112 - (D) DENNETT 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP BLACKWELL, GWENDOLYN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Gottlieb et al 11710022 - (D) STEPHENS 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION YOUNG, KEVIN L.

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2431 Ex Parte Peterka et al 12749130 - (D) PYONIN 103 Fox Rothschild LLP REVAK, CHRISTOPHER A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Azadet et al 12474344 - (D) PYONIN 103 Broadcom Limited LIAO, HSINCHUN

2674 Ex Parte Haas et al 11646023 - (D) STEPHENS 103 PITNEY BOWES INC. MUSHAMBO, MARTIN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2815 Ex Parte Dautet et al 11725661 - (D) TIMM 103 SHEEHAN PHINNEY BASS & GREEN, PA SHINGLETON, MICHAEL B

Thus, the claim language “the heavily doped layer is adapted to improve interface quality between the active substrate and the handle substrate” must be read to determine how the language limits the structure of the photodiode; the layer need not be added for the reason set forth by the claim. See In re Michlin, 256 F.2d 317, 320 (CCPA 1958) (“It is well settled that patentability of apparatus claims must depend upon structural limitations and not upon statements of function.”).

2838 Ex Parte Zhang et al 13513992 - (D) JURGOVAN 102/103 NXP B.V. JACKSON, LAKAISHA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Hood et al 12657166 - (D) FETTING 103 Dorsey & Whitney / INVENTION SCIENCE FUND WINSTON III, EDWARD B

3686 Ex Parte Vesto 12646615 - (D) FETTING 103 HANLEY, FLIGHT & ZIMMERMAN, LLC WILLIAMS, TERESA S

3689 Ex Parte Byrne et al 11882237 - (D) FETTING 103 CATERPILLAR/FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, L.L.P. NGUYEN, TAN D

3693 Ex Parte Fogelberg 12784199 - (D) WIEDER 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA KHATTAR, RAJESH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Young et al 11849051 - (D) HORNER 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (TC) WEARE, MEREDITH H

3745 Ex Parte Bunker 12607586 - (D) GUIJT 102 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1629 WOODBOLT DISTRIBUTION, LLC. Requester and Respondent v. NATURAL ALTERNATIVES INTERNATIONAL, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8129422 et al 12/806,356 95002048 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102/103 112(1)/102 41.77 102 Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C. For THIRD PARTY REQUESTOR LUCAS & MERCANTI, LLP KUNZ, GARY L original HENLEY III, RAYMOND J