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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1781 Ex Parte Heutling et al 12988045 - (D) OWENS 103 BARLOW, JOSEPHS & HOLMES, LTD. KHAN, TAHSEEN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2847 Ex Parte Andresen et al 13655135 - (D) DERRICK 103 Streets & Steele - Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. AYCHILLHUM, ANDARGIE M

2865 Ex Parte Kavusi et al 13017391 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP ALKAFAWI, EMAN A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3681 Ex Parte Cheng et al 13747649 - (D) FINAMORE 101/102/103 Facebook/Fenwick CIRNU, ALEXANDRU

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Greenberg et al 13382783 - (D) STEPHENS 101 BALLY (DELIZIO LAW) MYHR, JUSTIN L

3722 Ex Parte Dudzinsky et al 13296302 - (D) MURPHY 103 KENNAMETAL INC. SNYDER, ALAN W

3744 Ex Parte Noonchester et al 13032870 - (D) STEPHENS 103 Quinn IP Law CRENSHAW, HENRY T

3745 Ex Parte Thomen et al 13717913 - (D) ASTORINO 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY MIKUS, JASON

3746 Ex Parte Kasai et al 12439593 - (D) REIMERS 112(1)/103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP FREAY, CHARLES GRANT

3749 Ex Parte Rop 13263888 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION LIN, KO-WEI

3765 Ex Parte Quiroga et al 13363104 - (D) WARNER 103 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP KINSAUL, ANNA KATHRYN

3772 Ex Parte Horvath 12586224 - (D) WARNER 102 ATLO, Stanton E. Collier, Esq. HICKS, VICTORIA J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Ex Parte Hardy et al 13831071 - (D) MORGAN 102/103 102/103 Seed IP Law Group LLP/EchoStar (290110) EKPO, NNENNA NGOZI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3675 Ex Parte Moehrle et al 13276481 - (D) ASTORINO 103 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION NEUBAUER, THOMAS L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Olsen et al 13264013 - (D) COTTA 103 103 Medtronic - WK NGUYEN, TIN DUC

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Hong et al 11379733 - (D) PAK 103 PAUL AND PAUL VETERE, ROBERT A

1724 Ex Parte Li et al 13631220 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 Fletcher Yoder PC Johnson Controls, Inc. HASKE, WOJCIECH

1746 Ex Parte Attarwala et al 12358798 - (D) KRATZ 103 Henkel Corporation LEE, JAEYUN

1788 Ex Parte Yakovleva et al 14604036 - (D) KRATZ 103 Williams; Mullen FERRE, ALEXANDRE F

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 Ex Parte Raghunathan 13037251 - (D) HOFF 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION TALUKDAR, ARVIND

2174 Ex Parte Johnson et al 13829274 - (D) CURCURI 103 Trellis IP Law Group/Oracle CHOI, DAVID E

2178 Ex Parte Worsley et al 13629556 - (D) BAIN 102/103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A. TSUI, WILSON W

2185 Ex Parte Quddus 13706911 - (D) CUTITTA 103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. ZAMAN, FAISAL M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Rippe et al 13628447 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 DUFT BORNSEN & FETTIG, LLP MONTOYA, OSCHTA I

2433 Ex Parte Meckauskas et al 11468904 - (D) ULLAGADDI 103 DALY, CROWLEY, MOFFORD & DURKEE, LLP RAYTHEON COMPANY GOODCHILD, WILLIAM J

2437 Ex Parte Mordetsky et al 12792206 - (D) BRANCH 103 Uniloc USA Inc. PYZOCHA, MICHAEL J

2456 Ex Parte Fiatal et al 11701590 - (D) KRIVAK 112(1)/112(2) 103 NK Patent Law- Seven Networks MAI, KEVIN S

2488 Ex Parte Azar et al 13632210 - (D) BUI 103 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./Nvidia PARIKH, DAKSHESH D

2497 Ex Parte ARANA 14139691 - (D) HUGHES 103 Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. HO, DAO Q

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Piemonte et al 13632027 - (D) CURCURI 112(1)/112(2)/103 DLA Piper LLP (US) LIU, ZHENGXI

2614 Ex Parte Eggers et al 12293364 - (D) PINKERTON 103 PATENT CENTRAL LLC RICHER, AARON M

2814 Ex Parte Yee et al 13722334 - (D) HANLON 112(2)/103 Artegis Law Group LLP/NVIDEA PIZARRO CRESPO, MARCOS D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Kellner et al 12054537 - (D) REIMERS 103 GE GPO- Transportation- The Small Patent Law Group LE, MARK T

3623 Ex Parte Rai 11779464 - (D) KRIVAK 101 XEROX CORPORATION C/O FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP ANDERSON, FOLASHADE

3628 Ex Parte Aubry et al 13113008 - (D) CRAIG Dissenting MOORE 103 Thompson Hine LLP VETTER, DANIEL

3628 Ex Parte King et al 14297525 - (D) KRIVAK 103 WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI ERB, NATHAN

3628 Ex Parte King et al 12355734 - (D) KRIVAK 103 WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI ALLEN, AKIBA KANELLE

3644 Ex Parte Aikala et al 13520805 - (D) BROWN 102/103 YOUNG & THOMPSON WILLIAMS, MONICA L

3646 Ex Parte Hyde et al 12930150 - (D) CALVE 103 Holzer Patel Drennan HolzerlPLaw, PC MCGUE, FRANK J

3665 Ex Parte Roscoe 12421353 - (D) LORIN 101 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. BERONA, KIMBERLY SUE

3694 Ex Parte Reardon et al 13681729 - (D) HUTCHINGS 101 DAVID REARDON TRAN, HAI

3696 Ex Parte Erbey et al 13611299 - (D) FINAMORE 101 Meunier Carlin & Curfman, LLC Altisource PATEL, JAGDISH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Racenet 13346954 - (D) ENGELS 102/103 Covidien LP LOPEZ, MICHELLE

3723 Ex Parte VERHAVERBEKE et al 13764132 - (D) STEPHENS 102/103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - Applied Materials TAYLOR, JON S

3726 Ex Parte Bormann et al 12735532 - (D) WARNER 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP HIDALGO-HERNANDEZ, RUTH G

3743 Ex Parte Ozbek et al 11568764 - (D) WARNER Dissenting-in-Part STEPINA 112(1) 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP YUEN, JESSICA JIPING

3743 Ex Parte Barrows 13492163 - (D) BAHR 103 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. LAUX, DAVID J

3744 Ex Parte Reis et al 12723651 - (D) WARNER 103 Advanced Energy Technologies LLC THOMPSON, JASON N

3748 Ex Parte Ramanathan et al 12915640 - (D) MARSCHALL Concurring CAPP 103 Quinn IP Law SINGH, DAPINDER

3749 Ex Parte Brückner et al 13254201 - (D) ENGELS 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION BARGERO, JOHN E

3762 Ex Parte Sommer et al 12771217 - (D) KINDER 102/103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM

3771 Ex Parte JACUK et al 13399385 - (D) REIMERS 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC STANIS, TIMOTHY A

3782 Ex Parte ROHRMÜLLER et al 13354549 - (D) REIMERS 102/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Cucchiara et al 12337268 - (R) REIMERS 103 MOORE & VAN AT .TEN PLLC VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex parte PRIOR ART LTD. Appellant, Patent Owner Ex Parte 6735473 et al 09/971,461 90013593 - (D) SONG 103 103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, LLP WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE original JASTRZAB, JEFFREY R

Odetics, Inc. v. Storage Tech. Corp., 185 F.3d 1259, 1267 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (“Structural equivalence under § 112, ¶ 6 is met only if the differences are insubstantial, see Chiuminatta [Concrete Concepts, Inc. v. Cardinal Indus., Inc.], 145 F.3d [1303, 1308, (Fed. Cir. 1998)]; that is, if the assertedly equivalent structure performs the claimed function in substantially the same way to achieve substantially the same result as the corresponding structure described in the specification.”).   

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte YAMAUTI et al 13086693 - (D) OWENS 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. HA, STEVEN S

1764 Ex Parte Zhao et al 14132547 - (D) INGLESE 103 CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC. BROOKS, KREGGT

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2477 Ex Parte Naito et al 12907351 - (D) McNEILL 103 Paratus Law Group, PLLC ESMAEILIAN, MAJID

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Stovall et al 13460001 - (D) KERINS 103 Hoffman Warniok T T .P MA, KUN KAI

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3782 Ex Parte Ayers 12283629 - (D) PESLAK 103 103 CAROTHERS AND CAROTHERS MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS

 See also In re Donaldson Co., 16 F.3d 1189, 1195 (Fed. Cir. 1994) (“the broadest reasonable interpretation that an examiner may give means-plus-function language is that statutorily mandated in paragraph six.”).  Equivalence under 35 U.S.C. § 112, sixth paragraph requires “[f]unctional identity and either structural identity or equivalence.”  Odetics, Inc. v. Storage Technology Corp., 185 F. 3d 1259, 1267 (Fed. Cir. 1999). 

Donaldson, In re, 16 F.3d 1189, 29 USPQ2d 1845 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2111.01 , 2114 , 2161.01 , 2163.03

Odetics Inc. v. Storage Tech. Corp., 185 F.3d 1259, 51 USPQ2d 1225 (Fed. Cir. 1999) 2183 , 2184

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1757 Ex Parte WEEKLEY 13216144 - (D) HANLON 102/103 112(1)/112(2) THE NOBLITT GROUP, PLLC BARTON, JEFFREY THOMAS

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2197 Ex Parte Ding et al 12815375 - (D) McNEILL 103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG PAULINO, LENIN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte FONSEKA 13902036 - (D) REPKO 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC GARFT, CHRISTOPHER

 Additionally, courts have recognized that it would have been obvious to substitute one known element for another that performs the same function, where the results of the substitution would have been predictable. See, e.g., Agrizap, Inc. v. Woodstream Corp., 520 F.3d 1337, 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (concluding that the claims were obvious, noting that “[t]he asserted claims simply substitute a resistive electrical switch for the mechanical pressure switch”).

3688 Ex Parte Robbins et al 10766517 - (D) MURPHY 101 OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP STIBLEY, MICHAEL R

odetics

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3684 Ex Parte Giordano et al 12/038,177 KIM 102(b) 102(b) MOORE & VAN ALLEN, PLLC FOR BOFA EXAMINER FIELDS, BENJAMIN S
AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Hershberger 10/758,997 FREDMAN 103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W

1618 Ex Parte KLUNK et al 12/046,070 FREDMAN 103(a) FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP EXAMINER JONES, DAMERON LEVEST
REHEARING

DENIED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte Freeman et al 11/235,344 ZECHER 102(b) Mr. Christopher John Rourk Jackson Walker LLP EXAMINER OSBORNE, LUKE R

In the Request, Appellants allege that, in view of Odetics, Inc. v. Storage Tech. Corp., 185 F.3d 1259, 1267 (Fed. Cir. 1999), the Decision improperly found “Froese’s algorithms are only similar in function to Appellant’s special purpose computer and are not identical in function.” (Request 4.) (Emphasis in original.)

In Odetics, the Federal Circuit instructs that a limitation recited in “means-plus function” format covers only structure which performs the identical function recited in the limitation and which is identical or equivalent to the corresponding structure described in the specification. Odetics, 185 F.3d at 1267. Equivalency is an issue of fact determined by assessing whether the prior art structure performs the recited function in substantially the same way as the corresponding structure so as to produce substantially the same result. Id.

Odetics Inc. v. Storage Tech. Corp., 185 F.3d 1259, 51 USPQ2d 1225 (Fed. Cir. 1999) . . . . . . . . 2183, 2184

GRANTED

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte Hinnebusch 10/015,866 KIM 112(2) PETER K. TRZYNA, ESQ. EXAMINER NELSON, FREDA ANN