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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1636 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research 15897030 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (TC) GALISTEO GONZALE, ANTONIO

1653 Kim O'Connor et al. 13992953 - (D) JENKS 103 Boulware & Valoir MCNEIL, STEPHANIE A N

1724 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14768622 - (D) WILSON 102 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. SLIFKA, SARAH A

1725 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 14177437 - (D) McMANUS 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford LEE, JAMES

1783 Tsinghua University et al. 15798730 - (D) WILSON 103 ScienBiziP, PC AUER, LAURA A

1783 ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL (COMPAGNIE GENERALE D'OPTIQUE) 15094235 - (D) GRIMES 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP -Essilor KHATRI, PRASHANT J

1787 LG CHEM, LTD. 14442301 - (D) DIXON 103 Dentons US LLP HUANG, CHENG YUAN

1792 Matthew Ian. Elliott et al. 14118510 - (D) SNAY 103 Mars, Inc. c/o Mars Petcare Theresa Shearin KIM, BRYAN

1794 Christian Linke et al. 14110527 - (D) OWENS 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP BAND, MICHAEL A

2176 Google Inc. 13736034 - (D) KUMAR 103 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP / Google MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Pelco, Inc. 13827460 - (D) CURCURI 103 TUTUNJIAN & BITETTO, P.C. HODGES, SUSAN E

2477 SATCOM1 APS 15305064 - (D) MORGAN 103 HONEYWELL/LKGLOBAL SEFCHECK, GREGORY B

2487 KSI Data Sciences Inc. 14541923 - (D) ARPIN 103 Blank Rome LLP FEREJA, SAMUEL D

2488 Disney Enterprises, Inc. 14508214 - (D) KHAN 103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. c/o Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP DANG, PHILIP

2618 Target Brands, Inc. 14943609 - (D) CRAIG 102/103 Target Brands Inc. WANG, JIN CHENG

2683 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC 15592397 - (D) DIXON 103 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. TRAN, THANG DUC

2811 Infineon Technologies Austria AG 14881477 - (D) WILSON 102/103 MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES GEBREMARIAM, SAMUEL A

2813 APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 15356475 - (D) HOUSEL 103 41.50 103 Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt/AMAT MENZ, LAURA MARY

2846 Robert Bosch GmbH 14356186 - (D) RANGE 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Bosch) JOSEPH, DEVON A

2872 Bates, Kenn S. et al. 13587989 - (D) FRANKLIN Dissenting REN 103 Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP (Raytheon) TALLMAN, ROBERT E

3715 John Wokurka et al. 14599766 - (D) WOOD 103 DUKE W. YEE YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. BULLINGTON, ROBERT P

3726 MTU Aero Engines AG 15299005 - (D) GREENHUT 112(1)/103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC TRAVERS, MATTHEW P

3761 Yukiaki NAGATA et al. 13476677 - (D) KERINS 112(2)/103 OLIFF PLC ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T

3763 ARKEMA FRANCE 14372396 - (D) KERINS 112(1)/112(2)/103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC FURDGE, LARRY L

4149 LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC. 13802883 - (D) WIEDER 103 Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP HOANG, MICHAEL G

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
1725 DARLING, Robert Mason. 14652131 - (D) DENNETT 102/103 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. AKRAM, IMRAN

1783 Kuraray Europe GmbH 15491261 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 103 Brooks Kushman UTT, ETHAN A

1786 Chuanjun Xia et al. 14838874 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 103 Riverside Law LLP/Universal Display Corporation GARRETT, DAWN L

1793 Timothy A. Stubbs et al. 14229439 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 112(2)/102 Duane Morris LLP-HILLSHIRE MCCLAIN-COLEMAN, TYNESHA L.

2177 Apple Inc. 14975299 - (D) ANDERSON 103 OTDP 41.50 102 APPLE INC. - Fletcher c/o Fletcher Yoder, PC NGUYEN, CHAU T

Our reviewing court has held that an applicant cannot create a novel product by attaching printed matter to it, even if that printed matter itself is new. See, e.g., Ngai. 367 F.3d 1336, 1338 (adding instructions to a kit that describe a method of using it does not make the kit patentable over the same kit with a different set of instructions.). Our reviewing court has identified cases in which the descriptive material can form a functional relationship with the underlying substrate. For example, in In re Miller, the addition of printed matter to the outside of a cup permitted an otherwise ordinary cup to be used like a measuring cup to half recipes. In re Miller, 418 F.2d 1392, 1396 (CCPA 1969). The printed matter in Miller was determined to serve as a computing or mathematical recipe conversion device permitting a cook to perform calculations automatically with no further thought. However, as discussed above, Appellant’s claim 1 is more like the claim in Ngai than Miller. 

Miller, In re, 418 F.2d 1392, 164 USPQ 46 (CCPA 1969) 2111.05 , 2112.01

Ngai, In re, 367 F.3d 1336, 70 USPQ2d 1862 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2111.05 , 2112.01

3641 Skychase Holdings Corporation 15049698 - (D) FITZPATRICK Concurring CAPP 103 112(1)/103 Whitmyer IP Group LLC WEBER, JONATHAN C

3681 Russell Gottesman et al. 12259092 - (D) SILVERMAN 102 103 Dennemeyer & Associates, LLC HENRY, RODNEY M

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 BASF Corporation 14651356 - (D) VALEK 103 Armstrong Teasdale LLP RICCI, CRAIG D

1626 DSM IP ASSETS B.V. 15697723 - (D) JENKS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC PATEL, SAGAR S

1631 Searete LLC 14966276 - (D) PRATS 103/OTDP Advent, LLP/INTELLECTUAL VENTURES NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT

1712 BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION 15151084 - (D) GAUDETTE 112(1)/103 THE MARBURY LAW GROUP, PLLC TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM

1715 Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation 15631803 - (D) DELMENDO 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. BURKHART, ELIZABETH A

1723 LG CHEM, LTD. 14441580 - (D) BEST 103/OTDP LGCHEM Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP ZHANG, HAIXIA

1788 THE BOEING COMPANY 14591855 - (D) McMANUS 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (70186) VO, HAI

1791 CARGILL, INCORPORATED 15220165 - (D) HOUSEL 103 CARGILL, INCORPORATED STULII, VERA

1792 SCELTA ESSENZA HOLDING B.V. 14068119 - (D) ROBERTSON 112(1)/103 HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER LLP ZILBERING, ASSAF

2143 Saaroni, Dror et al. 14373843 - (D) MORGAN 102/103 MICRO FOCUS LLC SUN, LI P

2165 GOOGLE LLC 15807891 - (D) MORGAN 103 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP / Google CHEUNG, EDDY

2198 Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc. 14706015 - (D) McCARTNEY 101/103 CAPITOL PATENT & TRADEMARK LAW FIRM, PLLC ZHAO, BING

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2414 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 14920465 - (D) ARPIN 103 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC SONG, REBECCA E

2473 QUALCOMM Incorporated 14162664 - (D) McCARTNEY 112(1)/112(2)/103 Qualcomm Incorporated/Seyfarth Shaw LLP Alan M. Lenkin NGO, NGUYEN HOANG

2476 Level 3 Communications, LLC 15282702 - (D) ARPIN 102/103 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC ASEFA, DEBEBE A

2495 ALCATEL-LUCENT USA, INC. 14713525 - (D) PRAISS 102/103 Terry W. Kramer, Esq. Kramer & Amado, P.C. WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L

2625 Piccionielli, Gregory A. et al. 13815769 - (D) EVANS 102/103 Gregory A. Piccionelli SCHNIREL, ANDREW B

2848 Messner, Joseph 14315262 - (D) McMANUS 103 Morgan Law Offices, PLC WAGNER, JENNY L

2883 SEMTECH CANADA CORPORATION 14695890 - (D) McMANUS 112(1)/112(2) HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC PASCAL, LESLIE C

2891 Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. 15389974 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A. Infineon Technologies AG GONDARENKO, NATALIA A

3617 SEA EAGLE BOATS, INC. 15851006 - (D) GREENHUT 103 STAAS & HALSEY LLP POLAY, ANDREW

3621 ECEBS LIMITED 14246778 - (D) HOWARD 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/VISA MANDEL, MONICA A

3624 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15637976 - (D) COURTENAY 112(1) 112(1)/103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (MS) WEBB III, JAMES L

3626 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15022252 - (D) SAADAT 102 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS COBANOGLU, DILEK B

3633 Steven Roth 15278755 - (D) SONG 103 Steven Vosen HERRING, BRENT W

3638 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 9,086,850 13/545,882 15655649 - (D) OSINSKI 112(1)/112(2) 102 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC LILLIS, EILEEN DUNN original ISLAM, SYED A

3657 3X Engineering 15703405 - (D) BAHR 103 JAMES C. LYDON NGUYEN, XUAN LAN T

3662 The Boeing Company 15245589 - (D) DEFRANCO 103 112(2) DUFT & BORNSEN, PC HAN, CHARLES J

3682 Apple Inc. 14728791 - (D) MOHANTY 102/103 Polsinelli -- Apple Inc. c/o Polsinelli PC STOLTENBERG, DAVID J

3683 ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 14686896 - (D) COURTENAY 101 Kraguljac Law Group/Oracle IQBAL, MUSTAFA

3715 D2L Corporation 14729526 - (D) HILL 101/103 BERESKIN & PARR LLP/S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l. THAI, XUAN MARIAN

3715 Tackett, Keith Martin. 12779855 - (D) WARNER 101 PATTERSON + SHERIDAN, L.L.P. PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL

3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14917855 - (D) DEFRANCO 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY HASAN, SABBIR

3745 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 14042323 - (D) BROWN 103 HONEYWELL/LKGLOBAL LAMBERT, WAYNE A

3753 WEIR CANADA, INC. 14736873 - (D) DEFRANCO 103 PERRY + CURRIER INC. WILLIAMS, PATRICK C

3792 RHYTHM DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS, INC. 15728215 - (D) HOELTER 112(1)/112(2)/103 Peter B. Scull HDC IP Law, LLP JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING

3793 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 14599678 - (D) FITZPATRICK 103 101 SIEMENS CORPORATION AKAR, SERKAN

REHEARING

DENIED 
2623 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 14890554 - (R) ANDERSON 103 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson PATEL, PREMAL R
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Monday, February 11, 2019

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte Fletcher 12742558 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 GRACE GMBH ABU ALI, SHUANGYI

1761 Ex Parte Fortte et al 13704487 - (D) PRAISS 102 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) YOUNG, WILLIAM D

1786 Ex Parte Wolff Fabris et al 13243068 - (D) HANLON 103 HENKEL CORPORATION THOMPSON, CAMIE S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2121 Ex Parte Pinckney et al 14659127 - (D) CRAIG 101 Maschoff Brennan/ PayPal PELLETT, DANIEL T

2131 Ex Parte CAMP et al 14520034 - (D) MacDONALD 112(4)/103 Russell Ng PLLC (IBM TUC/BOU/SJO) KHAN, MASUD K

2145 Ex Parte Joglekar et al 13913324 - (D) REPKO 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P.A SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2411 Ex Parte Somasundaram et al 14195620 - (D) REPKO 103 Holland & Hart LLP/Qualcomm RAHMAN, M MOSTAZIR

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Jones et al 12682753 - (D) BARRETT 112(2)/103 GORDON & JACOBSON, P.C. CHIN-SHUE, AL VIN CONSTANTINE

3672 Ex Parte Foerster et al 14234633 - (D) GUIJT 112(2)/102/103 PATENT LAW OFFICES OF DR. NORMAN B. THOT SCHIMPF, TARA E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Milder 14207507 - (D) CAPP 101/103 LEWIS, BRISBOIS, BISGAARD & SMITH LLP COLLINS, DOLORES R

Contrary to the Examiner's position, there is a functional relationship between the colored indicia, the respective faces of the dice, and the outcome of playing the game. cf In re Miller, 418 F.2d 1392, 1396 (CCPA 1969) (finding a functional relationship between a measuring receptacle and volumetric indicia thereon). Here, the game proceeds as a function of how and when the various colored indicia appear face up after a roll of the dice.

Miller, In re, 418 F.2d 1392, 164 USPQ 46 (CCPA 1969) 706.03(a) , 2106 , 2111.05 , 2112.01

3753 Ex Parte Maskell 15067886 - (D) GUIJT 103 41.50 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP CHAUDRY, ATIF H

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 Ex Parte Umamageswaran et al 12691146 - (D) ENGELS 103 103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM/ORACLE VERBRUGGE, KEVIN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2477 Ex Parte Shiizaki et al 14487664 - (D) MORGAN 103 103 MYERS WOLIN, LLC REDDIVALAM, SRINIV ASAR

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2852 Ex Parte Chang et al 14374230 - (D) DELMENDO 112(1)/112(2)/112(4) 102/103 HP Inc. SCHMITT, BENJAMIN R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2452 Ex Parte Levergood et al 12109443 - (D) MORGAN 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. WINDER, PATRICE L

2482 Ex Parte Hulsken et al 13519360 - (D) PYONIN 112(2) 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KWAN, MATTHEW K

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte BRAUN et al 14519219 - (D) PYONIN 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. WU, CHONG

2619 Ex Parte Weksler et al 14258199 - (D) BEAMER 112(1)/112(2) 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC NGUYEN, VU

2627 Ex Parte Mori et al 14378188 - (D) MORGAN 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C. GUPTA, PARUL H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte Lin 14305560 - (D) TIMM 103 STATS ChipPAC/PATENT LAW GROUP: Atkins and Associates, P.C. HAGAN, SEAN P

2881 Ex Parte Yang et al 14534661 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 Quest Diagnostics SMITH, DAVID E

2883 Ex Parte Bohler et al 12768158 - (D) REN 103 CORNING INCORPORATED JORDAN, ANDREW

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3600 Ex Parte Pradeep et al 12410372 - (D) MOHANTY 101 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Nielsen) BOSWELL, BETH V

3626 Ex Parte Kuo 14272186 - (D) SAADAT 101/103 BROOKS, CAMERON & HUEBSCH , PLLC PAULSON, SHEETAL R.

3626 Ex Parte Albertsson et al 12472552 - (D) CRAIG 103 HESLIN ROTHENBERG FARLEY & MESITI PC RAPILLO, KRISTINE K

3629 Ex Parte DUTTA et al 12814756 - (D) MORGAN 101/103 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) FLEISCHER, MARK A

3633 Ex Parte Patterson et al 14835049 - (D) ENGELS 103 BELZER PC FIGUEROA, LUZ ADRIANA

3657 Ex Parte Loos 13700332 - (D) MARSCHALL 102 EGL/Continental Teves Inc. C/0 BRINKS GILSON & LIONE NGUYEN, XUAN LANT

3662 Ex Parte WHITAKER et al 14858183 - (D) MARSCHALL 101/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L MOTT, GENNA M

3681 Ex Parte Racusin 14466409 - (D) BUI 101/103 IP Docket REFAI, SAM M

3686 Ex Parte Ach et al 13746544 - (D) BRANCH 101/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (AU) HEIN, DEVIN C

3691 Ex Parte Himmelstein 14542615 - (D) FISCHETTI 101/102/103 The Law Office of Patrick F. O"Reilly III, LLC POINVIL, FRANTZY

3692 Ex Parte Huerta et al 14138194 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 101 Johnson, Marcou & Isaacs, LLC SHARVIN, DAVID P

3692 Ex Parte Jackman et al 14191220 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 101/OTDP KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP ANDERSON, JOHN A

3694 Ex Parte Milne et al 14041421 - (D) CRAIG 101 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/CME MILEF, ELDA G

3695 Ex Parte Femrite et al 14294857 - (D) BUI 101 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP BRIDGES, CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3726 Ex Parte Kunz et al 13994201 - (D) McCARTHY 103 BGL/ Ann Arbor AVERICK, LAWRENCE

3761 Ex Parte Nazmy et al 13346830 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 Studio Torta (RINGFENCE) c/o BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC CALVETTI, FREDERICK F

3785 Ex Parte Whitcher et al 14344164 - (D) OSINSKI 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS STUART, COLINW

3785 Ex Parte Jaffe 13635919 - (D) PESLAK 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS YU, JUSTINE ROMANG

3792 Ex Parte Hendriks et al 13578883 - (D) SONG 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS SO, ELIZABETH K

3794 Ex Parte Spear et al 14283303 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103/OTDP Medtronic, Inc. (CVG) PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

russell, miller2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte EGNOR 12816245 - (D) MacDONALD 102 HARRITY & HARRITY, LLP HWA, SHYUE JIUNN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte Piech 12298787 - (D) BROWNE 112(2)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. KRUER, STEFAN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte KANEKO et al 12574252 - (D) NAGUMO 102 102/103 HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON P.C. HAUGHTON, ANTHONY MICHAEL

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Xing et al 12298184 - (D) DEJMEK 103 FAY SHARPE/LUCENT NGUYEN, DINH

2646 Ex Parte DYER 12981343 - (D) PYONIN 103 Vista IP Law Group, LLP WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE

2668 Ex Parte Hammell et al 12327873 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 PITNEY BOWES INC. MANGIALASCHI, TRACY

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Bliznak et al 11319375 - (D) MOHANTY 103 SAP / FINNEGAN, HENDERSON LLP LAN, TZU-HSIANG

3643 Ex Parte Nixon-Lane 12815822 - (D) BAHR 112(1) 102/103 BGL/Ann Arbor BANIANI, SHADI SHUNTI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Daft 13277537 - (D) JESCHKE 102/103 SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP FRISBY, KESHA

See In re Russell, 48 F.2d 668 (CCPA 1931) (affirming rejection and stating "[t]he mere arrangement of printed matter on a sheet or sheets of paper, in book form or otherwise, does not constitute 'any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter,' or 'any new or useful improvements thereof'" (quoting former 35 U.S.C. 31)); see also In re Ockman, 833 F.2d 1023 (Fed. Cir 1987) (unpublished) (affirming rejection of plans or drawings used in construction projects because "[i]nsofar as the claims involve no more than printed matter, gathering data and forwarding information to others, those claims are non-statutory under 101") (citing In re Miller, 418 F.2d 1392, 1396 (CCPA 1969) and Russel)); Miller, 418 F.2d at 1396 (discussing, in dicta, that "[t]he fact that printed matter by itself is not patentable subject matter, because non-statutory, is no reason for ignoring it when the claim is directed to a combination").

Miller, In re, 418 F.2d 1392, 164 USPQ 46 (CCPA 1969) 706.03(a) , 2106 ,

3717 Ex Parte Bracken et al 12291330 - (D) BAHR 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP - Sony Computer Ent. GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN

REEXAMINATION

 GRANTED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 ARTERIS, INC. and QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, Requester, v. SONICS, INC., Patent Owner. Ex Parte 7266786 et al 10/288,973 95000671 - (R) BAUMEISTER dissenting SIU 102 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP Third Party Requester: DLA Piper (US) LLP SORRELL, ERON J original RIMELL, SAMUEL G
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Friday, April 26, 2013

nuijten, chakrabarty, ferguson2, gottschalk, miller2, aristocrat, function media, finisar

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1652 Ex Parte Lorentsen et al 10553869 - (D) PRATS 103 HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC. SWOPE, SHERIDAN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Schilder 10580643 - (D) KRATZ 102 SHELL OIL COMPANY MERKLING, MATTHEW J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Chan et al 10907161 - (D) HUGHES 102 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP NOFAL, CHRISTOPHER P

2161 Ex Parte Elsaesser et al 11168551 - (D) STRAUSS 102/103 SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP NGUYEN, CINDY

2193 Ex Parte Eichenberger et al 10919005 - (D) HUGHES 103 IBM CORPORATION- AUSTIN (JVL) WANG, JUE S

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte Ross et al 10371338 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 37 CFR 41.40(b) 112(2) QUALCOMM INCORPORATED NGUYEN, THUONG

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Chow et al 11265918 - (D) SCHEINER 112(1)/103 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, L.L.P. BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2491 Ex Parte Zilbershtein et al 11482608 - (D) MOORE 103 103 AVAYA, Inc. Cochran Freund & Young GOLDBERG, ANDREW C

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2176 Ex Parte Facemire et al 11083913 - (D) HOFF 102/103 101/102/103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC DASGUPTA, SOUMYA

Non-limiting examples of claims that are not directed to one of the statutory categories:

i. transitory forms of signal transmission (for example, a propagating electrical or electromagnetic signal per se), In re Nuijten, 500 F.3d 1346, 1357, 84 USPQ2d 1495, ___ (Fed. Cir. 2007);

ii. a naturally occurring organism, Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. at 308;

iii. a human per se, The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), Public Law 112-29, sec. 33, 125 Stat. 284 (September 16, 2011);

iv. a legal contractual agreement between two parties, see In re Ferguson, 558 F.3d 1359, 1364, 90 USPQ2d 1035, ___ (Fed. Cir. 2009) (cert. denied);

v. a game defined as a set of rules;

vi. a computer program per se, Gottschalk v. Benson, 409 U.S. at 72;

vii. a company, Ferguson, 558 F.3d at 1366; and

viii. a mere arrangement of printed matter, In re Miller, 418 F.2d 1392, 1396, 164 USPQ 46, ___ (CCPA 1969).

MPEP 2106

Nuijten, In re, 500 F.3d 1346, 84 USPQ2d 1495 (Fed. Cir. 2007) 2106, 2107.01

Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. 303, 206 USPQ 193 (1980) , 2103, 2105, 2106, 2107.01

Ferguson,In re, 558 F.3d 1359, 90 USPQ2d 1035 (Fed. Cir. 2009) 2106

Miller, In re, 418 F.2d 1392, 164 USPQ 46 (CCPA 1969) 706.03(a), 2106,

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Ex Parte Kelly et al 10540597 - (D) ZECHER 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS CHOKSHI, PINKAL R

2443 Ex Parte Bravery et al 10555433 - (D) HUGHES 103 101/103 IBM CORP (YA) C/O YEE & ASSOCIATES PC SHIN, KYUNG H

2452 Ex Parte Dresden 10776689 - (D) HUGHES 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP NGUYEN, THU V

2456 Ex Parte Bailey et al 11168650 - (D) McKONE 102 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP CHANG, TOM Y

2456 Ex Parte Newton et al 10598988 - (D) MOORE 112(2) 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MCADAMS, BRAD

For a computer-implemented claim limitation interpreted under § 112, sixth paragraph, the corresponding structure must include the algorithm needed to transform the general purpose computer or processor disclosed in the specification into the special purpose computer programmed to perform the disclosed algorithm. Aristocrat Techs. Australia Pty Ltd. v. Int'l Game Tech., 521 F.3d 1328, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2008); see also Function Media, L.L.C. v. Google Inc, 708 F.3d 1310, 1318 (Fed. Cir. 2013). Thus, the specification must sufficiently disclose an algorithm to transform the general purpose computer or processor to a special purpose processor programmed to perform the disclosed algorithm. Id. at 1338. An algorithm is defined, for example, as “a finite sequence of steps for solving a logical or mathematical problem or performing a task.” Microsoft Computer Dictionary 23 (5th ed. 2002). An applicant may express the algorithm in any understandable terms including as a mathematical formula, in prose, in a flow chart, or “in any other manner that provides sufficient structure.” Finisar Corp. v. DirecTV Group, Inc., 523 F.3d 1323, 1340 (Fed. Cir. 2008).

An indefiniteness rejection under § 112, second paragraph, is appropriate if the specification discloses no corresponding algorithm associated with a computer or processor. Aristocrat, 521 F.3d at 1337-38. Mere reference to a general purpose computer or processor with appropriate programming without providing an explanation of the appropriate programming, or to “software” without providing detail about the means to accomplish the software function is not an adequate disclosure. Id. at 1334; Finisar, 523 F.3d at 1340-41. In addition, simply reciting the claimed function in the specification, while saying nothing about how the computer or processor ensures that those functions are performed, is not a sufficient disclosure for an algorithm which, by definition, must contain a sequence of steps. Blackboard, Inc. v. Desire2Learn, Inc., 574 F.3d 1371, 1384 (Fed. Cir. 2009).

If the specification explicitly discloses an algorithm, the sufficiency of the disclosure must be determined in light of the level of ordinary skill in the art. Aristocrat, 521 F.3d at 1337. The specification must sufficiently disclose an algorithm to transform a general purpose processor to a special purpose processor so that a person of ordinary skill in the art can implement the disclosed algorithm to achieve the claimed function. Id. at 1338.

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3629 Ex Parte Moss et al 11553671 - (D) PETRAVICK 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP BAHL, SANGEETA

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3741 Ex Parte Swanson et al 11527188 - (D) KILE 112(1)/112(2)/103 PRATT & WHITNEY CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS c/o CPA Global KIM, TAE JUN

3752 Ex Parte Roreger et al 10534797 - (D) DeFRANCO 103 Frommer Lawrence & Haug HWU, DAVIS D  

REEXAMINATION  
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2833 Ex parte PROTECTCONNECT, INC., Appellant and Patent Owner 90011275 6341981 09/553,425 ARBES 102/103 DLA PIPER LLP US WHITTINGTON, KENNETH original GILMAN, ALEXANDER
 
3686 Ex Parte CAREFUSION 303, INC. Ex Parte Schlotterbeck et al 90011697 90/009,912 7,835,927 10/331,034 FITZPATRICK 102/103 McDermott Will & Emery LLP FOSTER, JIMMY G original RANGREJ, SHEETAL

REHEARING  

DENIED
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3772 Ex Parte Daneshvar 11648944 - (R) FLOYD 102/103 Yousef Daneshvar, MD. FACC HICKS, VICTORIA J
 
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