sonix, nautilus, packard

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Reversed 

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1712 Michael Eskra et al. 13617162 FRANKLIN 112(1)/103 ZIOLKOWSKI PATENT SOLUTIONS GROUP, SC (ZPS) HORNING, JOEL G

1727 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. 14432264 FRANKLIN 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK L.L.P. WEI, ZHONGQING

1795 Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft für Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KG 14971063 McMANUS 102/103 Endress+Hauser, Inc. ALLEN, JOSHUA L

1795 The California Institute of Technology 14048163 GAUDETTE 103 Joseph R. Baker, APC Gavrilovich, Dodd & Lindsey LLP FRIDAY, STEVEN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2139 VMware, Inc. 14528276 HUGHES 103 Barta, Jones & Foley, P.C. (Patent Group - VMware) HO, AARON D

2166 HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP 14532289 HUGHES 102 Hewlett Packard Enterprise PHAM, KHANH B

2176 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 14754496 McNEILL 102/103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (MS) NGUYEN, MAIKHANH

2184 ARM Limited 15241461 PYONIN 103 Leveque Intellectual Property Law, P.C OBERLY, ERIC T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2423 DISH Network L.L.C. 14875558 HUGHES 103 Wash Park IP Ltd. -- DISH BANTAMOI, ANTHONY

2445 Blumofe, Robert D. et al. 13164102 HOFF 103 Akamai Technologies, Inc. LOUIE, OSCAR A

2481 Imagination Technologies Limited 15176727 AMUNDSON 112(1)/112(2)/103 Potomac Law Group PLLC (IMGTEC) HESS, MICHAEL J

 The definiteness requirement “strikes a ‘delicate balance’ between ‘the inherent limitations of language’ and providing ‘clear notice of what is claimed.’” Sonix Tech. Co. v. Publ’nsInt’l, Ltd., 844 F.3d 1370, 1377 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (quoting Nautilus, Inc. v.Biosig Instruments, Inc., 572 U.S. 898, 909 (2014)). Due to the need for “particular[ity]” and “distinct[ness],” claim language that “is ambiguous, vague, incoherent, opaque, or otherwise unclear in describing and defining the claimed invention” warrants a rejection under § 112(b). In re Packard, 751 F.3d 1307, 1311, 1313 (Fed. Cir. 2014)

Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2120, 110 USPQ2d 1688 (2014) 2173.02

Packard, In re, 751 F.3d 1307, 110 USPQ2d 1785 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2173.02 , 2173.05(a) , 2173.05(e) , 2173.06

2484 NXP B.V. 15610060 HOWARD 102 Intellectual Property and Licensing NXP B.V. SHIBRU, HELEN

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2611 Farell, James Paul. 15097989 ARPIN 103 Quinn IP Law / Visteon WANG, YI

2627 SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. 13783809 MANTIS MERCADER 103 Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, P.C. NOKHAM, JAMES S

2699 Samsung Display Co., Ltd. 15711277 FRAHM 103 H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC MARINELLI, PATRICK

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2853 HP SCITEX LTD. 15938128 SMITH 103 HP Inc. ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3624 InsightExpress, Inc. 14629261 SHIANG 101/103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP PRASAD, NANCY N

3625 Chang Tang et al. 11830493 LEBOVITZ 103 OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE

3629 Paul Martino et al. 14506116 FRAHM 103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner / LinkedIn/Microsoft SENSENIG, SHAUN D

3664 Robert Bosch GmbH 15543894 SCHOPFER 102 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP KISWANTO, NICHOLAS

3668 Sjoerd Aben et al. 13977790 MOHANTY 103 TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL B.V. IP Creation MUSTAFA, IMRAN K

3669 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 14171413 STAICOVICI 102/103 TUNG & ASSOCIATES ODEH, NADEEM N

3689 International Business Machines Corporation 15349693 FISCHETTI 103 Proactive Patents LLC ARAQUE JR, GERARDO

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3715 Yoshio Okano et al. 13266622 WARNER 102/103 41.50 112(2) WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A

3731 KHS CORPOPLAST GMBH 15104235 MARTIN 112(1)/103 RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP FRY, PATRICK B

3735 Lindsay Breidenbach 13964090 BROWN 103 THOMAS SCOTT BREIDENBACH STASHICK, ANTHONY D

3746 WALBRO ENGINE MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 14190629 STAICOVICI 103 REISING ETHINGTON P.C. LETTMAN, BRYAN MATTHEW

3763 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC 13843761 HOUSEL 103 LLNL/Zilka-Kotab Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory SHAIKH, MERAJ A

Affirmed-in-Part 

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1711 CARL FREUDENBERG KG 14427338 BEST 112(2)/103 112(2) Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) MARKOFF, ALEXANDER

1764 Detering, Jürgen et al. 13299688 HANLON 103 112(1)/103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) KUMAR, PREETI

1791 James McGuire 12017031 WILSON 112(2)/112(4)/103 103 THE GRIFFITH LAW FIRM, A P.C DICUS, TAMRA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2157 Dropbox, Inc. 14660113 RANGE 103 OTDP Dropbox c/o Polsinelli PC KHOSHNOODI, FARIBORZ

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2185 Texas Instruments Incorporated 14530266 PYONIN 103 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED IRADUKUNDA, HERVE

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2616 NINTENDO CO., LTD. 15213653 JURGOVAN 102/103 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. NGUYEN, PHU K

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2838 Texas Instruments Incorporated 15396031 SMITH 103 112(2) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED FINCH III, FRED E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3624 TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC 14282619 BUSCH 103 103 41.50 103 Armis Intellectual Property Law, LLC EL-BATHY, MOHAMED N

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3763 SECURITY, LLC, LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL 13843818 HOUSEL 112(2)/103 103 LLNL/Zilka-Kotab Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory SHAIKH, MERAJ A

3793 SENSUS HEALTHCARE, LLC 13740181 WARNER 103 112(2) Fox Rothschild LLP / G. Nelson COOK, CHRISTOPHER L

Affirmed 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1616 David SANDS et al. 15236897 CHANG 102/103 LKGLOBAL LIU, SUE XU

1631 International Business Machines Corporation 14170373 TOWNSEND 101/103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP - IBM ARC DIVISION HARWARD, SOREN T

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1736 Biogenic Reagent Ventures, LLC 14523358 HOUSEL 112(2)/103 Perkins Coie LLP - CHI General HENDRICKSON, STUART L

1745 Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH 15509468 KENNEDY 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP TOLIN, MICHAEL A

1765 MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS JAPAN LLC 14438447 McMANUS 103 FLYNN THIEL, P.C. ZIMMER, MARC S

1773 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC et al. 13666781 COLAIANNI 103 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J

1787 Asako Minamide et al. 13812359 DELMENDO 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LOWREY, DANIEL D

1787 Jason Constantinou et al. 14542108 DENNETT 112(2) 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP ROBINSON, ELIZABETH A

1793 CHR. HANSEN A/S 14649444 KENNEDY 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP MCCLAIN-COLEMAN, TYNESHA L.

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2136 International Business Machines Corporation 15245466 PER CURIAM 112(2)/102/103 Roberts Calderon Safran & Cole, P.C. ALSIP, MICHAEL

2142 FLUKE CORPORATION 13837888 SILVERMAN 103 Seed IP Law Group LLP/Fluke-All Except Maint. Fees OLSHANNIKOV, ALEX

2168 Holt, Christopher L. 13336087 CHUNG 101/103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP MENG, JAU SHYA

2176 ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 13803727 McCARTNEY 103 Kraguljac Law Group/Oracle BRAHMACHARI, MANDRITA

2191 Shani, Inbar et al. 14374841 EVANS 103 MICRO FOCUS LLC SOLTANZADEH, AMIR

2191 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15399913 RAEVSKY 102 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL THATCHER, CLINT A

2193 International Business Machines Corporation 14992252 DEJMEK 103 TERRILE, CANNATTI & CHAMBERS, LLP IBM Austin PAN, HANG

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2416 Juniper Networks, Inc. 14515074 CUTITTA 103 Cooley LLP / Juniper Networks, Inc. AUNG, SAI

2426 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 14351419 STEPHENS 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP RABOVIANSKI, JIVKA A

2438 NETSWEEPER (BARBADOS) INC. 15024499 McNEILL 103/OTDP PERRY + CURRIER INC. PEARSON, DAVID J

2451 iControl Networks, Inc. 15630900 JURGOVAN OTDP 102 BakerHostetler / Comcast WALSH, JOHN B

2487 Omer, Thomas et al. 13220535 McCARTNEY 103 NIXON PEABODY, LLP JOISIL, BERTEAU

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2611 Koo, Anthony WL. et al. 15338492 MANTIS MERCADER 103 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. c/o Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP VALDEZ, PATRICK F

2618 VIA Alliance Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 15160991 FRANKLIN 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP WANG, YUEHAN

2636 Ciena Corporation 14816573 PYONIN 103 Clements Bernard Walker LAMBERT, DAVID W

2647 SONY CORPORATION 15109765 KUMAR 112(1) 102/103 XSENSUS LLP TORRES, MARCOS L

2652 Avaya Inc. 14983068 CYGAN 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. POPE, KHARYE

2661 RaPID Medical Technologies, LLC 14846880 PYONIN 103/OTDP Brannon Sowers & Cracraft PC SAINI, AMANDEEP SINGH

2684 ENDRESS+HAUSER GMBH+CO. KG 14431568 DIXON 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2826 Infineon Technologies AG 15646127 FRANKLIN 103 MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES CARPENTER, ROBERT K

2835 Texas Instruments Incorporated et al. 15162888 ROBERTSON 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED PAPE, ZACHARY

2884 Carestream Health, Inc. 14611298 CASHION 103 Carestream Health, Inc. MIDKIFF, ANASTASIA

2891 SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 14434735 CASHION 103 Schlumberger Princeton Technology Center ASHBAHIAN, ERIC K

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3619 PRINCESS SUMAYA UNIVERSITY FOR TECHNOLOGY 15245546 GREENHUT 112(2)/103 112(1)/112(2)/101/103 41.50 112(2) Matheson Keys & Kordzik PLLC SANDERSON, JOSEPH W

3624 APPLIED PREDICTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 14448501 CRAIG 101 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP SADANANDA, ABHIJIT B

3626 Nuance Communications, Inc. 16059967 WHITEHEAD JR. 101 Holland & Knight LLP COLEMAN, CHARLES P.

3628 Jared Miller et al. 12634459 FISCHETTI 101 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP TALLMAN, BRIAN A

3646 James Noel et al. 13366909 SONG 103 BWXT c/o Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP WASIL, DANIEL D

3651 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15320541 WOOD 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L

3683 ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 14628397 CAPP 101 Kraguljac Law Group/Oracle LEAL, HECTOR

3685 AirWatch LLC 14502654 FISCHETTI 112(1) 112(1)/101 Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP (VMW) RAVETTI, DANTE

3688 DOING GOOD BETTER, LLC 14035346 McCARTNEY 101/102/103 CARSTENS & CAHOON, LLP FRUNZI, VICTORIA E.

3688 Bonnie Ray et al. 12824772 STRAUSS 101/103 SCULLY, SCOTT, MURPHY & PRESSER, P.C. VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA

3691 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 14063784 HOMERE 101 Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C. POINVIL, FRANTZY

3692 Gabriel Krajicek et al. 12171289 McCARTNEY 101 Matheson Keys & Kordzik PLLC POE, KEVIN T

3693 Mastercard International Incorporated 15987696 MANTIS MERCADER 112(1)/112(2) 101/103 Hovey Williams LLP ALLADIN, AMBREEN A

3695 Norbert Holl et al. 13821692 SAADAT 101 Workman Nydegger SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

3696 The Toronto-Dominion Bank 15286345 CRAWFORD 101 CPST Intellectual Property Inc. OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3711 Frank Camaratta 14819777 ASTORINO 103 SIMPSON & SIMPSON, PLLC MENDIRATTA, VISHU K ART UNIT PAPER N

3774 Dietmar SONNLEITNER 15227384 CAPP 112(2) 102/103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. HOBAN, MELISSA A

3792 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15109488 GREENHUT 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR

3793 SENO MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC. 15144478 DEFRANCO 103 The Small Patent Law Group, LLC SIRIPURAPU, RAJEEV P

3793 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 14787279 HOELTER 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MEHL, PATRICK M

McAward, packard

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Ex Parte Piorkowski 14701342 - (D) TIMM 112(2)/103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP DICUS, TAMRA

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Cianfrone 14224939 - (D) McKEOWN 103 Finch & Maloney PLLC LHYMN, SARAH

2625 Ex Parte Puskarich 15091501 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 APPLE INC./BROWNSTEIN c/o Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP HARRIS, DOROTHY H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2882 Ex Parte Ouderkirk et al 14865206 - (D) FRANKLIN 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY LE, BAO-LUAN Q

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3652 Ex Parte Sheedy et al 13513998 - (D) KERINS 103 Atlanta Baker Donelson ROMANO, ASHLEY K

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Perron 14211873 - (D) FITZPATRICK 102/103 GARVEY, SMITH & NEHRBASS, PATENT ATTORNEYS, L.L.C. BAYS, MARIE D

3771 Ex Parte Merz et al 13865532 - (D) KERINS 102/103 KS - Whitmyer IP Group LLC HERBERMANN, ERICH G.

3771 Ex Parte Swaney et al 14208508 - (D) SONG 102/103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. HERBERMANN, ERICH G.

3771 Ex Parte LITSCHER et al 14746094 - (D) STEPINA 102 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP -- BSC BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE

3794 Ex Parte Jackson 14874372 - (D) PESLAK 102/103 41.50 112(2) SIMPSON & SIMPSON, PLLC EKRAMI, YASAMIN

We also enter additional new grounds of rejection against claims 12 and 25 as indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112(b ). "[W]e apply the approach for assessing indefiniteness approved by the Federal Circuit in Packard, i.e., '[a] claim is indefinite when it contains words or phrases whose meaning is unclear."' Ex parte McAward, No. 2015-006416, 2017 WL 3669566, at *5 (PTAB Aug. 25, 2017) (precedential) (quoting In re Packard, 751 F.3d 1307, 1310, 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2014)).

Packard, In re, 751 F.3d 1307, 110 USPQ2d 1785 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2173.02 , 2173.05(a) , 2173.05(e) , 2173.06

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 Ex Parte RODGERS et al 14247810 - (D) McKEOWN 103 103 Vista IP Law Group, LLP (Oracle) BAYOU, YONAS A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Cohen-Solal et al 13981998 - (D) COURTENAY 101 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TIEDEMAN, JASON S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3774 Ex Parte BAYM et al 13858738 - (D) SCHNEIDER 112(2) 112(1) Advent, LLP/INTELLECTUAL VENTURES BAHENA, CHRISTIE L.

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1641 Ex Parte Evers et al 14358512 - (D) VALEK 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS COUNTS, GARY W

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1718 Ex Parte OKIMOTO et al 13749031 - (D) GUPTA dissenting-in-part NAGUMO OTDP 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BENNETT, CHARLEE

1737 Ex Parte IMAMOTO et al 14698215 - (D) DENNETT 103 Leason Ellis LLP CHEA, THORL

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 Ex Parte Baptist et al 15281317 - (D) KUMAR 101 Garlick & Markison (IBM) GANDHI, DIPAKKUMAR B

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 Ex Parte Hesketh et al 13348348 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC BLAIR, DOUGLAS B

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Isaacson et al 12887559 - (D) PRAISS 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. DHILLON, JAGDEEP S

2875 Ex Parte Andrews 14195892 - (D) PRAISS 103 Global Intellectual Property Agency, LLC ZIMMERMAN, GLENN D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte WEINBERGER et al 14148199 - (D) JURGOVAN 101/103 MasterCard c/o Ballard Spahr LLP SADANANDA, ABHIJIT B

3626 Ex Parte FINDLAY et al 12468563 - (D) FETTING 103 101/103 Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP MORGAN, ROBERT W

3683 Ex Parte Bortolotti et al 12114728 - (D) McCARTNEY 101/103 IBM CORPORATION C/0: Fabian Vancott AUSTIN, JAMIE H

3688 Ex Parte CRANE et al 12884559 - (D) CUTITTA 101 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC) ALVAREZ, RAQUEL

packard, nautilus, McAward

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Johnson et al 13446353 - (D) DENNETT 103 PARKER IBRAHIM & BERG LLP QI, HUA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Ruehl et al 13957463 - (D) HAMANN 102/OTDP Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2462 Ex Parte Hoffmann 13911538 - (D) BENNETT 103 GATES & COOPER LLP - Boeing BANTHRONGSACK, JEFF

2462 Ex Parte Zhong 14288870 - (D) HUGHES 103 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. c/o Conley Rose, P.C. BARON, HENRY

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte FRIPP et al 14443046 - (D) BARRY 102/103 41.50 112(2) HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP ODOM, CURTIS B

We apply the test for indefiniteness approved by the Federal Circuit in In re Packard, i.e., "[a] claim is indefinite when it contains words or phrases whose meaning is unclear." 751 F.3d 1307, 1310, 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (per curiam) ( citing Manual of Patent Examining Procedure ("MPEP") § 2173.05); see also id. at 1313 (stating that "claims are required to be cast in clear-as opposed to ambiguous, vague, indefinite-terms"); MPEP § 2173.02(1). We recognize that after the Packard decision, the Supreme Court in Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2120 (2014), articulated a differently worded definiteness requirement in the context of patent-infringement litigation. Nautilus, 134 S. Ct. at 2129 (requiring "that a patent's claims, viewed in light of the specification and prosecution history, inform those skilled in the art about the scope of the invention with reasonable certainty"). Nautilus does not, however, mandate a change in the approach to indefiniteness in patent-examination matters in which, as discussed above, the claims are interpreted under the broadest reasonable interpretation standard and an opportunity to amend the claims is afforded. See Packard, 751 F.3d at 1323-24 (Plager, J., concurring) (recognizing and approving the reasons enumerated by the Office regarding why the Office review of pending claims for indefiniteness uses "a lower threshold for ambiguity than a court's"); see also Ex Parte McAward, Appeal 2015006416, 2017 WL 3669566, at *2 (Aug. 25, 2017) (precedential).

Packard, In re, 751 F.3d 1307, 110 USPQ2d 1785 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2173.02 , 2173.05(a) , 2173.05(e) , 2173.06

Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2120, 110 USPQ2d 1688 (2014) 2173.02

2636 Ex Parte ZHANG et al 15225412 - (D) HUGHES 112(1) Harrity & Harrity, LLP CORS, NATHAN M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2886 Ex Parte DEN BOEF et al 14264547 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. COOK, JONATHON

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Naughton 14727888 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 Black, McCuskey, Souers & Arbaugh, LPA VENNE, DANIEL V

3617 Ex Parte Nelson et al 14980663 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 Perkins Coie LLP - DEN General BELLINGER, JASON R

3635 Ex Parte Kelly 14791600 - (D) PLENZLER 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP WALRAED-SULLIV AN, KYLE

3681 Ex Parte Wallace et al 12206846 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 BRANDENBURG, WILLIAM A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Annunziata 11711364 - (D) FREDMAN 112(2)/103 MCDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY LLP HOLLM, JONATHAN A

3743 Ex Parte Andres 13162152 - (D) ASTORINO 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. DECKER, PHILLIP

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Benedict et al 14602336 - (D) BAYAT 103 103 Dority & Manning, P.A. and Haier US Appliance TRPISOVSKY, JOSEPH F

3764 Ex Parte Price 14219464 - (D) GUIJT 102 102/103 ZARLEY LAW FIRM P.L.C. THANH, LOAN H

3782 Ex Parte Ren 14335670 - (D) OSINSKI 102 102/103 41.50 103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1621 Ex Parte Fischer et al 12740487 - (D) PRATS 102/103 McBee Moore Woodward & Vanik IP, LLC QAZI, SABIHA NAIM

1627 Ex Parte Klamer 12998843 - (D) JENKS 102 Cermak Nakajima & McGowan LLP KANTAMNENI, SHOBHA

1633 Ex Parte Li et al 13341239 - (D) NEW 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP BABIC, CHRISTOPHER M

1677 Ex Parte Akerstrom et al 13636493 - (D) COTTA 103/OTDP 101 Foley & Lardner LLP MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ex Parte Yoshida et al 12996275 - (D) DERRICK 103 41.50 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP TRAN, LIEN THUY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2191 Ex Parte Saenz et al 14620065 - (D) THOMAS 103 Kraguljac Law Group/Oracle CHEN, QING

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 Ex Parte Zadeh et al 13854044 - (D) HUGHES 101/103 INNOVATION PARTNERS DOAN, TAN

2465 Ex Parte KIM et al 14180973 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP COSME, NATASHA W

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Homan et al 12885901 - (D) SNAY 103 HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ & COHN LLP AMRANY, ADI

2857 Ex Parte Hadley 13455867 - (D) RANGE 103 Entit Software LLC CROHN, MARK I

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Dhavle et al 13344332 - (D) BUSCH 103 101/103 FIALA & WEAVER P.L.L.C. RAPILLO, KRISTINE K

3681 Ex Parte Bruich et al 13693470 - (D) KIM 101 103 Facebook/Fenwick REFAI,SAMM

3689 Ex Parte Tse 14097079 - (D) BUSCH 112(2)/102/103 101 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP GLENNIE, DEBRA L

3696 Ex Parte Gamble et al 13782909 - (D) CRAWFORD 101 McKesson Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP c/o Alston & Bird LLP OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA

3696 Ex Parte Hilario et al 13169773 - (D) BAYAT 101 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. NGUYEN, LIZ P

3696 Ex Parte Sarkissian et al 14031757 - (D) MacDONALD 101 K&L GATES LLP-Pittsburgh CHANG, EDWARD

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Cadeau et al 14241140 - (D) ASTORINO 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO

3778 Ex Parte Nishikawa et al 13764954 - (D) CAPP 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY ANDERSON, CATHARINE L

packard

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Prencipe et al 12866766 - (D) FREDMAN 112(2)/103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY MILLIGAN, ADAM C

[The indefiniteness] requirement is not a demand for unreasonable precision. The requirement, applied to the real world of modem technology, does not contemplate in every case a verbal precision of the kind found in mathematics. Nor could it do so in a patent system that actually works, in practice, to provide effective protection for modem-day inventions. Rather, how much clarity is required necessarily invokes some standard of reasonable precision in the use of language in the context of the circumstances. 

In re Packard, 751, F.3d 1307, 1313 (Fed. Cir. 2014). 

Packard, In re, 751 F.3d 1307, 110 USPQ2d 1785 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2173.02 , 2173.05(a) , 2173.05(e) , 2173.06

1618 Ex Parte Prater et al 11603766 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. VU, JAKE MINH

1634 Ex Parte GELFAND et al 12421188 - (D) NEW 112(1)/101 ROCHE / KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP SISSON, BRADLEY L

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ex Parte Desai et al 13905429 - (D) OWENS 112(1)/103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. WALES, CHRISTINA H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3739 Ex Parte Daw et al 13362773 - (D) SHAH 103 C. R. Bard, Inc./BBS DELLA,JAYMI E

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 Ex Parte Puttaswamy Naga et al 13448661 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102/103 112(2) FAY SHARPE/NOKIA MOORAD, IMRAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Montgomery 13242489 - (D) BAHR 103 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. VENNE, DANIEL V

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte MURAMOTO et al 14327822 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 MOLEX, LLC LIU, TRACY

1618 Ex Parte Ashmore et al 14369088 - (D) FLAX 103 ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY c/o The Dow Chemical Company CABRAL, ROBERTS

1625 Ex Parte BRANDENBURG et al 14694155 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION DESAI, RITA J

1631 Ex Parte Lea et al 11632746 - (D) FREDMAN 103 TRASKBRITT, P.C. HARWARD, SOREN T

1633 Ex Parte Kinsella et al 13825543 - (D) PRATS 103 Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP LEA VITT, MARIA GOMEZ

1675 Ex Parte Riggs-Sauthier et al 14122384 - (D) PRATS 103 NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS COFFA, SERGIO

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 Ex Parte Smythe 14267950 - (D) BEST 102 41.50 103 INFINEUM USA L.P. VASISTH, VISHAL V

1797 Ex Parte Gentle et al 12382979 - (D) HOUSEL 112(1)/102 103 Botos Churchill IP Law LLP GAKH, YELENA G

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2194 Ex Parte Daum et al 13972991 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 GE GPO- Transportation- The Small Patent Law Group CHEN, ZHAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2844 Ex Parte SEGERS 14532908 - (D) HASTINGS 103 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG

2855 Ex Parte Beer et al 13809413 - (D) REN 102/103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) DEVITO, ALEX T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Gibbs 12674895 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 FULWIDER PATTON LLP VENNE, DANIEL V

3683 Ex Parte AGARWAL et al 13099504 - (D) AMUNDSON 112(1)/112(2) 101/103 Law Office of Jim Boice AUSTIN, JAMIE H

3696 Ex Parte Herr 12157734 - (D) CUTITTA 101/103 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. c/o Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP TROTTER, SCOTTS

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Kosa et al 14568216 - (D) NEW 103 Covidien LP TYSON, MELANIE RUANO

3782 Ex Parte HANNA 14267426 - (D) PLENZLER 103 FLYNN THIEL BOUTELL & TANIS, P.C. NEWHOUSE, NATHAN JEFFREY

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
3752 AIRBUS S.A.S. Requester, Cross-appellant and Respondent v. FIREPASS CORPORATION Patent Owner, Appellant and Respondent Ex Parte 7,207,392 et al 11199770 95001553 - (D) SONG 102 41.77 103 The Law Office of Roger S. Thompson THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP GRAHAM, MATTHEW C original GANEY, STEVEN J

REHEARING

DENIED
1618 BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC. Requester v. ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. Patent Owner Ex Parte 6521831 et al 95000196 - (R) FLAX 103 ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY c/o The Dow Chemical Company CABRAL, ROBERTS

packard

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Boncha et al 13100461 - (D) STEPHENS 103 41.50 103 Ascenda Law Group, PC HASAN, SYED Y

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Kitabata 12656042 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP STRIMBU, GREGORY J

3647 Ex Parte Chander et al 12543051 - (D) HORNER 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. /FGTL FABULA, MICHAEL A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Pepper et al 13015197 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC COTRONEO, STEVEN J

3738 Ex Parte Basamania et al 12408391 - (D) ENGELS 103 MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK, LLP PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D

3754 Ex Parte Rosam et al 14028012 - (D) BROWNE 102/103 Whitmyer IP Group LLC JACYNA, J CASIMER

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 Ex Parte Caspole et al 12849724 - (D) HOMERE 112(2)/103 MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL (AMD) BIRKHIMER, CHRISTOPHER D

“[C]laims are required to be cast in clear—as opposed to ambiguous, vague, indefinite—terms. It is the claims that notify the public of what is within the protections of the patent, and what is not.” In re Packard, 751 F.3d 1307, 1313 (Fed. Cir. 2014).

Packard, In re, 751 F.3d 1307, 110 USPQ2d 1785 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2173.02 , 2173.05(a) , 2173.05(e) , 2173.06

packard, ariad, vas-cath, ralston

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Takahashi et al 10573373 - (D) COTTA 103 Parker Highlander PLLC PARAD, DENNIS J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Abramov et al 13182029 - (D) NAGUMO 112(2)/103 CORNING INCORPORATED HOFFMANN, JOHN M

The Federal Circuit has explained that indefiniteness, as a subset of claim construction, is a question of law. In re Packard, 751 F.3d 1307, 1313 (Fed. Cir. 2014). In particular, the court held, “[a]s the statutory language of ‘particular[ity]’ and ‘distinct[ness]’ indicates, claims are required to be cast in clear—as opposed to ambiguous, vague, indefinite—terms. It is the claims that notify the public of what is within the protections of the patent, and what is not.” Id.

Packard, In re, 751 F.3d 1307, 110 USPQ2d 1785 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2173.02 , 2173.05(a) , 2173.05(e) , 2173.06

1793 Ex Parte van Os et al 12364470 - (D) OWENS 103 THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C. TURNER, FELICIA C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte Spakevicius et al 13318591 - (D) SHAW 103 41.50 103 Apple c/o MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP SF TILLERY, RASHAWN N

2477 Ex Parte Aghili et al 12241256 - (D) BARRY 103 VOLPE AND KOENIG, P.C. ESMAEILIAN, MAJID

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2636 Ex Parte Azemati et al 13246779 - (D) WINSOR 103 103 Maschoff Brennan LAMBERT, DAVID W

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1789 Ex Parte FERNANDO et al 12648903 - (D) ROSS 103 CURATOLO SIDOTI CO., LPA COLE, ELIZABETH M

1791 Ex Parte Gutknecht et al 13341563 - (D) KENNEDY 103 JAY BROWN LAW FIRM GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A

2174 Ex Parte Kauranen 13575305 - (D) ENGLE 102/103 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Nokia Technologies Oy TSAI, JAMES T

2859 Ex Parte Seman et al 13587107 - (D) HASTINGS 103 THE BLACK & DECKER CORPORATION TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3675 Ex Parte Kocurek 13493984 - (D) BROWNE 112(1)/103 103 FLETCHER YODER (CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION) PATEL, VISHAL A

The purpose of the written description requirement in 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, is to “‘clearly allow persons of ordinary skill in the art to recognize that [the inventor] invented what is claimed.”’  Ariad Pharms., Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Co., 598 F.3d 1336, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (en banc) (citing Vas-Cath, Inc. v. Mahurkar, 935 F.2d 1555, 1562–63 (Fed. Cir. 1991)). “[T]he test for sufficiency is whether the disclosure of the application relied upon reasonably conveys to those skilled in the art that the inventor had possession of the claimed subject matter as of the filing date.” Id.  This test “requires an objective inquiry into the four corners of the specification from the perspective of a person of ordinary skill in the art.”  Id.  “Based on that inquiry, the specification must describe an invention understandable to that skilled artisan and show that the inventor actually invented the invention claimed.”  Id.  This inquiry is a question of fact.  Id. (citing Ralston Purina Co. v. Far-Mar-Co, Inc., 772 F.2d 1570, 1575 (Fed. Cir. 1985)).

Ariad Pharms., Inc. v. Eli Lilly & Co., 598 F.3d 1336, 94 USPQ2d 1161 (Fed. Cir. 2010)(en banc)   2161 ,   2161.01 ,   2163 ,   2163.03 ,   2173.05(g) ,   2181

Vas-Cath, Inc. v. Mahurkar, 935 F.2d 1555, 19 USPQ2d 1111 (Fed. Cir. 1991)  1504.20 ,   2152.02(b) ,   2161 ,   2161.01 ,   2163 ,  2163.02 ,  2164 ,  2181

Ralston Purina Co. v. Far-Mar-Co., Inc., 772 F.2d 1570, 227 USPQ 177 (Fed. Cir. 1985) 2163.02

3741 Ex Parte Li et al 13431400 - (D) HORNER 112(2) 102/103 BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC ALSTOM MEADE, LORNE EDWARD

3786 Ex Parte Feldman et al 13767350 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. DIETERLE, JENNIFER M