constant, nomiya

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AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Zhou et al 12048907 - (D) KAISER 103 DUANE MORRIS LLP - Philadelphia SWAIN, MELISSA STALDER

1745 Ex Parte Suzuki 12327903 - (D) HASTINGS 103 DENTONS US LLP KOCH, GEORGE R

An applicant cannot defeat an obviousness rejection by asserting that the cited reference(s) fail to teach or suggest elements which the applicant has acknowledged are taught by the prior art. Constant v. Advanced Micro-Device, Inc., 848 F.2d 1560, 1570 (Fed. Cir. 1988) and In re Nomiya, 509 F.2d 566, 571n.5 (CCPA 1975) (A statement by an applicant that certain matter is prior art is an admission that the matter is prior art for all purposes).

Constant v. Advanced Micro-Devices, Inc., 848 F.2d 1560, 7 USPQ2d 1057 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 706.02 ,   2128.02 ,   2129 ,   2145 ,   2152.03

Nomiya, In re, 509 F.2d 566, 184 USPQ 607 (CCPA 1975) 2129 , 2258

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Fisher 11833949 - (D) FETTING 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP PLLC BAHL, SANGEETA

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3784 Ex parte MORRIS & ASSOCIATES, INC. Appellant, Patent Owner Ex Parte 8146380 et al 13/158,661 90012927 - (D) SONG 103 THOMAS | HORSTEMEYER, LLP Third-Party Requester: Richard Blakely Glasgow GELLNER, JEFFREY L

nomiya, typhoon touch, vizio

custom search

REVERSED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Ahsan et al 12227654 - (D) NAGUMO 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - SABIC Americas LEE, REBECCA Y

1744 Ex Parte KUMAGAE et al 12822792 - (D) WILSON 103 Browdy and Neimark, PLLC LE, NINH V

It is well established that a patentable invention may lie in the discovery of the source of a problem, even though the remedy may be obvious once the source of the problem is identified. See, e.g., In re Nomiya, 509 F.2d 566, 572 (CCPA 1975).

Nomiya, In re, 509 F.2d 566, 184 USPQ 607 (CCPA 1975) 2129 , 2258

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte Fultheim et al 10828465 - (D) SAADAT 103 D. Kligler I.P. Services LTD SILVER, DAVID

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2652 Ex Parte Swick 10449963 - (D) PAULRAJ 103 SOFER & HAROUN LLP. AL AUBAIDI, RASHA S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Ex Parte Amann et al 12100237 - (D) PERRY 103 IBM Corporation OH, JAEHWAN

2836 Ex Parte Hussein et al 12858281 - (D) HUGHES 103 Crawford Maunu PLLC AMRANY, ADI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3633 Ex Parte Duernberger 10596992 - (D) BAHR 102/103 RENNER OTTO BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP FIGUEROA, LUZ ADRIANA

3687 Ex Parte von Helmolt et al 11607948 - (D) PETRAVICK 112(2)/103 SAP / FINNEGAN, HENDERSON LLP REFAI, RAMSEY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3779 Ex Parte Kimoto et al 11642234 - (D) PAULRAJ 102 SCULLY SCOTT MURPHY & PRESSER, PC NEWTON, ALEXANDRA L

We also disagree with the Examiner’s treatment of the claimed functional language for the analyzing unit as merely an intended use that “does not differentiate the claimed apparatus from a prior art apparatus satisfying the claimed structural limitations” (Ans. 6). We consider the claimed “analyzing unit” to be akin to a processor programmed to perform the particular function of determining the direction of the capsule. When the functional language of a claim is associated with programming or some other structure required to perform the function, that programming or structure must be present in order to meet the claim limitation. See Typhoon Touch Techs., Inc. v. Dell, Inc., 659 F.3d 1376, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2011); see also Vizio, Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm’n, 605 F.3d 1330, 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (“[T]he ‘for decoding’ language . . . is properly construed as a limitation, and not merely a statement of purpose or intended use for the invention, because ‘decoding’ is the essence or a fundamental characteristic of the claimed invention.”).

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1792 Ex Parte Clarke et al 10597515 - (D) SMITH 103 103 Axiom Global Inc. THAKUR, VIREN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte SIRIGIRI et al 12428487 - (D) WINSOR 103 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY KO, CHAE M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2468 Ex Parte Friesen et al 11344914 - (D) FETTING 102 102 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. JENSEN, NICHOLAS A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3669 Ex Parte Syed et al 12817711 - (D) HOSKINS 103 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL OLSZEWSKI, JOHN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Vaillancourt 11134012 - (D) JENKS 103 103 Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi, Stewart & Olstein GRAY, PHILLIP A

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Iwasaki 11353172 - (D) OWENS 103 ANTONELLI, TERRY, STOUT & KRAUS, LLP TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI

1727 Ex Parte Shirane et al 11513234 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP ENIN-OKUT, EDU E

1761 Ex Parte Hernandez 11330447 - (D) PRAISS 102 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. BOYER, CHARLES I

1772 Ex Parte Johansson et al 11420949 - (D) TIMM 112(1) 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY SHUMATE, ANTHONY R

1791 Ex Parte Schoenherr et al 12830893 - (D) PAK 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Callegari 12843635 - (D) CHUNG 103 CRAIN, CATON & JAMES MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN

2158 Ex Parte Baran 12353793 - (D) McCARTNEY 102 Reed Smith LLP WU, YICUN

2165 Ex Parte Smyros et al 12192846 - (D) FISHMAN 102 Papalas PLLC PEACH, POLINA G

2169 Ex Parte Wagner 12170352 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC SAEED, USMAAN

2173 Ex Parte Lee et al 11696769 - (D) SCHOPFER 102 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP HAILU, TADESSE

2196 Ex Parte Dalberg et al 12019673 - (D) HAAPALA 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY PATEL, HIREN P

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2432 Ex Parte Yan et al 11889600 - (D) COURTENAY 102 Mintz Levin/San Diego Office GREGORY, SHAUN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Ex Parte LEE et al 12117258 - (D) DIXON 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP TRUONG, NGUYEN H

2648 Ex Parte Kraft et al 11618078 - (D) FINK 103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP TSVEY, GENNADIY

2658 Ex Parte Jung et al 11198904 - (D) JEFFERY 112(2)/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC DORVIL, RICHEMOND

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Okumura et al 11477218 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 Cozen O'Connor SHAFER, RICKY D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Kraft et al 12256943 - (D) KIM 112(1) 102/103 Dana Legal Services COPPOLA, JACOB C

REHEARING

DENIED 
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2644 Ex Parte Rinne et al 11651012 - (D) BOUCHER 103 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Nokia Corporation HUYNH, CHUCK

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3734 Ex Parte Hartley et al 11226611 - (D) JENKS 103 BGL/Cook - Chicago COLELLO, ERIN L

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 6,715,639 B2 et al 10/425,846 90012773 - (D) SONG 103 WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE Third Party Requester: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP GRAHAM, MATTHEW C original NOLAND, KENNETH W

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3671 Ex parte TRIC TOOLS, INC. Appellant Ex Parte 6524031 et al 09/939,084 90012624 - (D) STAICOVICI 305/112(2)/103 Brannon Sowers & Cracraft PC Third Party Requester SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. FOSTER, JIMMY G original MAYO-PINNOCK, TARA LEIGH

riverwood, nomiya, garfinkel

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3752 Ex Parte Arik et al 12198257 - (D) GROSSMAN 102(b)/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102 GE Licensing HWU, DAVIS D

Riverwood Int’l Corp. v. R.A. Jones & Co., Inc. 324 F.3d 1346, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (“a statement by an applicant during prosecution identifying certain matter not the work of the inventor as ‘prior art’ is an admission that the matter is prior art”); In re Nomiya, 509 F.2d 566, 570-571 (CCPA 1975) (“We see no reason why appellants’ representations in their application should not be accepted at face value as admissions that Figs. 1 and 2 may be considered ‘prior art’ for any purpose.”); In re Garfinkel, 437 F.2d 1000, 1004 n.2 (CCPA 1971) (“From the record we are uncertain whether the type of ‘prior art’ referred to is of the § 102(f) or § 102(g) variety or whether it is of the ‘known … in this country’ type as in § 102(a). What is clear, however, is that appellant has admitted that as to him the information in Kistler is prior art of some type.”).

Riverwood Int’l Corp. v. R.A. Jones & Co., 324 F.3d 1346, 66 USPQ2d 1331 (Fed. Cir. 2003)   706.02,  2129,   2141.01

Nomiya, In re, 509 F.2d 566, 184 USPQ 607 (CCPA 1975) 2129, 2258

Garfinkel, In re, 437 F.2d 1000, 168 USPQ 659 (CCPA 1971) 715

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte Walley 12363143 - (D) WARREN 102(e) 102(e) THOMAS | HORSTEMEYER, LLP (Broadcom) LE, DINH THANH

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte Hunleth et al 11893512 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC TILLERY, RASHAWN N

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Haberman et al 10980135 - (D) DIXON 103 TILLMAN WRIGHT, PLLC AJAYI, JOEL
AFFIRMED 3685 Ex Parte Schimpf et al 11431381 - (D) MEDLOCK 112(2) 101/103 Haynes & Boone, LLP RAVETTI, DANTE

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte JEONG et al 11835492 - (D) KRIVAK 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. CHUNG TRANS, XUONG MY

2882 Ex Parte Song et al 11702794 - (D) GARRIS 112(1) 112(2)/102(b)/103 THE SMALL PATENT LAW GROUP LLC HO, ALLEN C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3681 Ex Parte Garcia et al 10513288 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 37 CFR 41.50 112(2) AEON Law LASTRA, DANIEL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Kessler 12300626 - (D) GROSSMAN 103 Browdy and Neimark, PLLC WONG, STEVEN B

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 Ex Parte Sudo 11568870 - (D) PAK 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY BARCENA, CARLOS

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 745, LLC Third Party Requester, Cross-Appellant and Respondent v. ACTIVISION PUBLISHING, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 95000408 6835887 10/090,410 6,369,313 09/790,040 McKEOWN 112(1)/112(2) 112(1)/103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP (NV) THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: Bromberg & Sunstein, LLP GAGLIARDI, ALBERT J original DONELS, JEFFREY

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 VISTAN CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FADEI USA, INC., PAN AMERICAN ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT CO., INC., MANUEL SILVA, AND MARIANI PACKING CO., INC., Defendants-Cross-Appellants. 2013-1216, -1217 5,870,949 BRYSON summary judgment of noninfringement Hanson Bridgett, LLP; Downey Brand original GIRARD & EQUITZ LLP SIMONE, TIMOTHY F

AFFIRMED
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC., AND HUAWEI DEVICE USA, INC., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee, AND ACCESS CO., LTD., Defendant-Appellee, AND SMARTPHONE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Defendant-Appellee. 2013-1090 TARANTO dismissal due to first-to-file rule Jones Day; The Simon Law Firm, P.C.

nomiya

REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Selvamanickam 10/736,210 SMITH 103(a) ABEL LAW GROUP, LLP EXAMINER TALBOT, BRIAN K

1716 Ex Parte Schmidt et al 10/929,348 SMITH 103(a) Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP EXAMINER ZERVIGON, RUDY

1735 Ex Parte Propheter-Hinckley et al 11/589,581 SMITH 103(a) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global EXAMINER KERNS, KEVIN P

1742 Ex Parte Tang et al 11/633,203 SMITH 103(a) NOVA Chemicals Inc./Karen S. Lockhart EXAMINER PIERY, MICHAEL T

1745 Ex Parte MOELLER et al 11/620,952 SMITH 103(a) WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP EXAMINER ORLANDO, MICHAEL N

1783 Ex Parte Hornick et al 10/979,265 SMITH 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. c/o CPA Global EXAMINER MILLER, DANIEL H

1789 Ex Parte Mussawir-Key 10/511,694 FRANKLIN 102(b)/103(a) PEARNE & GORDON LLP EXAMINER WONG, LESLIE A

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Harding 12/022,423 CRAWFORD 102(b) RENNER OTTO BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP EXAMINER HARMON, CHRISTOPHER R
AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3651 Ex Parte Sansevero et al 10/550,927 BROWN 102(b)/103(a) CARLSON GASKEY & OLDS EXAMINER BURGESS, RAMYA PRAKASAM

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Opie et al 10/863,009 SAINDON 102(b)/103(a) Phil Mitchell Scottsdale Medical Devices EXAMINER KIDWELL, MICHELE M
REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER REVERSED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3738 Ex Parte 6964688 et al 90/009,387 Ex parte OHIO WILLOW WOOD COMPANY Appellant DELMENDO 103(a) PATENT OWNER: ERIC M. GAYAN STANDLEY LAW GROUP LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: DR. ALDO A. LAGHI c/o RONALD A. CHRISTALDI SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, LLPEXAMINER DAWSON, GLENN K original EXAMINER PREBILIC, PAUL B

“It is necessary to consider everything appellants have said about what is prior art to determine the exact scope of their admission.” In re Nomiya, 509 F.2d 566, 571 (CCPA 1975).

Nomiya, In re, 509 F.2d 566, 184 USPQ 607 (CCPA 1975) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2129, 2258
AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Bishop et al 10/841,046 WALSH 103(a) CONVATEC INC. EXAMINER GHALI, ISIS A D

1627 Ex Parte Bosch et al 10/697,716 GRIMES 103(a) Elan Drug Delivery, Inc. c/o Foley & Lardner EXAMINER JEAN-LOUIS, SAMIRA JM

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Ibrahim et al 10/988,179 SMITH 103(a) SENNIGER POWERS LLP EXAMINER BURKHART, ELIZABETH A

1741 Ex Parte Bajorek 10/659,006 SMITH 102(b)/103(a) WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION EXAMINER DANIELS, MATTHEW J

1765 Ex Parte Damme 11/793,582 SMITH 103(a) FINA TECHNOLOGY INC EXAMINER TISCHLER, FRANCES

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3695 Ex Parte Broms et al 10/154,742 FETTING 101/112(1) IM IP Law PLLC EXAMINER HAMMOND III, THOMAS M

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Watanabe 11/637,839 CLARKE 103(a) SUGHRUE MION, PLLC EXAMINER GORDEN, RAEANN