Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 AMOLIFESCIENCE CO., LTD. 15768300 GRIMES 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2148 Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. 16679503 HUGHES 103 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN
2153 International Business Machines Corporation 17035284 BUI 103 IBM CORPORATION - PATENTS+ TEAM HTAY, LIN LIN M
2177 Oracle International Corporation 15664271 BUI 103 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) BARNES JR, CARL E
2191 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15047715 PYONIN 103 Brooks Kushman P.C./Ford HUDA, MOHAMMED NURUL
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 17279111 HUME 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MONTOYA, OSCHTA I
Tech Center 2600 Communications
3624 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 16436524 WIEDER 112(1) 41.50 112(2) JPMorgan Chase / Greenblum & Bernstein OBAID, HAMZEH M
3645 Robert Bosch GmbH 16066745 STAICOVICI 102/103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
Affirmed
1649 Hadasit Medical Research Services & Development Limited 15826235 SCHNEIDER 102/103 Browdy and Neimark, PLLC MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY 13907283 CASHION 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP NGUYEN, PHU HOANG
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2125 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 16204784 NAPPI 112(2) 112(1)/112(2) Calderon Safran & Cole P.C. CHEN, ALAN S
2126 International Business Machines Corporation 16589314 CURCURI 103 Walder Intellectual Property Law PC SIEGER, LEONARD A
2129 National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC 14521194 HUGHES 101 Sandia National Laboratories COUGHLAN, PETER
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Viacom International Inc. 15886514 CURCURI 103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP JOHNSON-CALDERON, FRANK J
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
3623 Residential Logistics Solutions, LLC 15838239 SILVERMAN 101 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP EL-HAGE HASSAN, ABDALLAH A
3633 Plastic Ties Technologies LLC 16179178 DEJMEK 103 Dickinson Wright PLLC ĄV Troy A, PHI DIEU TRAN
3674 Transworld Technologies Inc. 15940692 STAICOVICI 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast RUNYAN, SILVANA C
3692 Capital One Services, LLC 16205627 PER CURIAM 112(1) 112(1)/101/103 DLA Piper LLP (US) SHARVIN, DAVID
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
1613 AMOLIFESCIENCE CO., LTD. 15768300 GRIMES 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 USD Group LLC 17589106 CASHION 103 Haynes and Boone, LLP STEIN, MICHELLE
1777 GAMBRO LUNDIA AB 16295878 BEST 102/103 41.50 112(1) MUETING RAASCH GROUP HUANG, RYAN
Here, we note that
[d]epending on the technology, even small differences in formulations can be meaningful. Where differences clearly exist and there is no evidence that they are either not meaningful or one of skill in the art would know to discard the limits set by the prior art, proximity alone is not enough to establish a prima facie case of obviousness.
In re Patel, 566 Fed. Appx. 1005, 1010 (Fed. Cir. 2014).
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 International Business Machines Corporation 16128616 BUI 112(1)/103 Otterstedt & Kammer PLLC AHMED, ZUBAIR
2148 Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. 16679503 HUGHES 103 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN
2153 International Business Machines Corporation 17035284 BUI 103 IBM CORPORATION - PATENTS+ TEAM HTAY, LIN LIN M
2177 Oracle International Corporation 15664271 BUI 103 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) BARNES JR, CARL E
2191 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15047715 PYONIN 103 Brooks Kushman P.C./Ford HUDA, MOHAMMED NURUL
2199 VMware, Inc. 16751544 MacDONALD 103 Kim & Stewart LLP- VMware AQUINO, WYNUEL S
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2413 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) 16480020 ENGLE 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC PACE, LALITA W
2421 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 17279111 HUME 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MONTOYA, OSCHTA I
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 QUALCOMM Incorporated 16649097 HUME 103 103 Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm YU, LIHONG
3624 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 16436524 WIEDER 112(1) 41.50 112(2) JPMorgan Chase / Greenblum & Bernstein OBAID, HAMZEH M
3645 Robert Bosch GmbH 16066745 STAICOVICI 102/103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3746 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 16467604 SONG 103 Delizio, Peacock, Lewin, & Guerra (Halliburton) BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S
Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1755 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 15165671 TIMM 103 103 WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION NGUYEN, SONNY V
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2192 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 16704925 MacDONALD 103 103 John Ogilvie WEI, ZHENG
Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 ECOLAB USA INC. 17302470 LEBOVITZ 103/OTDP McKee, Voorhees & Sease P.L.C. ATTN: Ecolab Inc NEAGU, IRINA
1631 THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM 16900178 LEBOVITZ 103 Charles Landrum HILL, KEVIN KAI
1649 Hadasit Medical Research Services & Development Limited 15826235 SCHNEIDER 102/103 Browdy and Neimark, PLLC MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 16130183 TIMM 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC MOORE, KARLA A
1747 R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY 13907283 CASHION 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP NGUYEN, PHU HOANG
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2125 Imagination Technologies Limited 16136553 16/136,553 HOANG 103 Potomac Law Group PLLC (IMGTEC) BALDWIN, RANDALL KERN
2125 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 16204784 NAPPI 112(2) 112(1)/112(2) Calderon Safran & Cole P.C. CHEN, ALAN S
2126 International Business Machines Corporation 16589314 CURCURI 103 Walder Intellectual Property Law PC SIEGER, LEONARD A
2129 National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC 14521194 HUGHES 101 Sandia National Laboratories COUGHLAN, PETER
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 17375747 17/375,747 FRAHM 102/103 BakerHostetler / Comcast BOYD, ALEXANDER L
2425 Viacom International Inc. 15886514 CURCURI 103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP JOHNSON-CALDERON, FRANK J
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2618 PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS COMPANY OF AMERICA 17159856 17/159,856 PYONIN 103 PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS COMPANY OF AMERICA YANG, KWANG-SU
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2853 PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. 15885674 REN 112(2)/103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. OLAMIT, JUSTIN N
3623 Residential Logistics Solutions, LLC 15838239 SILVERMAN 101 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP EL-HAGE HASSAN, ABDALLAH A
3633 Plastic Ties Technologies LLC 16179178 DEJMEK 103 Dickinson Wright PLLC ĄV Troy A, PHI DIEU TRAN
3674 Transworld Technologies Inc. 15940692 STAICOVICI 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast RUNYAN, SILVANA C
3692 Capital One Services, LLC 16205627 PER CURIAM 112(1) 112(1)/101/103 DLA Piper LLP (US) SHARVIN, DAVID
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3796 Medtronic, Inc. 15903550 CAPP 103 Medtronic Inc. TEJANI, ANKIT D
Rehearing
Denied
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1792 SG GLOBAL CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 17136152 GUPTA 103 41.50 103 DIEDERIKS & WHITELAW, PLC THAKUR, VIREN A
Reexamination
Affirmed
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 LIT-US CHISUM 21-A LLC (PATENT OWNER) et al. 90014902 8,194,924 13/051,698 MacDONALD 102/103 Williams Simons & Landis PLLC/GTP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: PAUL HASTINGS LLP RALIS, STEPHEN J original TOM Y LU