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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1612 L'ORÉAL 16228996 NEW 103 Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg & Liao, LLP LIU, TRACY

1634 BIOMERIEUX 14367608 FREDMAN 112(a)/112(b)/103 OLIFF PLC POHNERT, STEVEN C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1716 LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 16114497 BEST 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Lam) KACKAR, RAM N

1741 Vestas Wind Systems A/S 15777266 COLAIANNI 103 Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (Vestas Wind Systems) LIANG, SHIBIN

1785 AGFA GRAPHICS NV 14370977 KENNEDY 103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD (AGFA) REDDY, SATHAVARAM I

1791 NISSHIN FOODS INC. 15750409 REN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. COX, STEPHANIE A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2165 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15612242 HUGHES 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION PEACH, POLINA G

2175 SAP SE 15609978 FENICK 103 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. (SAP) HO, RUAY L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2412 VONAGE NETWORK LLC 14609654 HUME 103 MOSER TABOADA / VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP. LIN, WILL W

2419 Gentex Corporation 15072775 DEJMEK 103 GENTEX CORPORATION ABAZA, AYMAN A

2421 GAJ HOLDING 15506272 CURCURI 103 Melcher Patent Law PLLC SALCE, JASON P

2424 IMDb.com, Inc. 15898103 VALEK 102/103 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP HICKS, CHARLES N

2448 VMware, Inc. 16391668 SILVERMAN 103 Olympic Patent Works PLLC VU, VIET D

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2687 Universal Electronics Inc. 16595974 DIXON 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP UN, NAY L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2866 Infineon Technologies AG 16023306 COLAIANNI 102(a)(1) Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC. MONSUR, NASIMA

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

3624 Unify GmbH & Co. KG 16073108 FETTING 103 Unify c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (SEN) GUNN, JEREMY L

3665 SRI International 16222623 O’HANLON 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P. A./SRI International REDA, MATTHEW J

3669 Wirtgen GmbH 16568694 HILL 103 PATTERSON Intellectual Property Law, P.C. WHITTINGTON, JESS G

3683 VITEC VIDEOCOM INC. 15489477 FETTING 112(b)/102(a)(1)/103 GABLEGOTWALS WHITE, DYLAN C

3687 SATO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15748855 SHAH 102(a)(1) 41.50 101 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP SULLIVAN, JESSICA E

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

3722 Sandvik Intellectual Property AB 16220770 SCHOPFER 102(a)(1)/103 Sandvik Intellectual Property RUFO, RYAN C

3731 CURT G. JOA, INC. 14919332 WOOD 103 Klintworth & Rozenblat IP LLP TAWFIK, SAMEH

3753 B. Braun Medical Inc. 15655321 WARNER 103 KENEALY VAIDYA LLP MACKAY-SMITH, SETH WENTWORTH

 Affirmed-in-Part

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Nathalie Geffroy et al. 13824533 TOWNSEND 103 112(4)/103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE

1616 BEIERSDORF AG 15772846 LEBOVITZ 103 Abel Schillinger, LLP SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W

1631 David KRAVITZ et al. 13490852 ADAMS 112(1)/101 112(1) OLIFF PLC BORIN, MICHAEL L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2485 FotoNation Limited 15591406 PRAISS Dissenting WHITEHEAD JR. 103 103 Accel IP Law Firm KIR, ALBERT

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2616 ADOBE INC. 16376905 FRAHM 103 Adobe Inc. Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. GOOD JOHNSON, MOTILEWA

2646 STAR CO Scientific Technologies Advanced Research Co, LLC d/b/a STAR CO 16884663 BEAMER 103 102 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD SAMS, MATTHEW C

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

3631 Thomas Moses et al. 15927564 PLENZLER 103 103 Southeast IP Group, LLC. MORRIS, TAYLOR L

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

3711 John Schaffer 12684968 OSINSKI 112(2)/103 112(2)/103/OTDP Paul T Dietz Dietz Law Office LLC KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE

While a reference must enable someone to practice the invention in order to anticipate under § 102(b), a non-enabling reference may qualify as prior art for the purpose of determining obviousness under § 103. Reading & Bates Constr. Co. v. Baker Energy Resources Corp., 748 F.2d 645, 652, (Fed. Cir. 1984) (reference that lacks enabling disclosure is not anticipating, but “itself may qualify as a prior art reference under § 103, but only for what is disclosed in it” (emphasis in original)); see Beckman Instruments, Inc. v. LKB Produkter AB, 892 F.2d 1547, 1551, (Fed. Cir. 1989) (“[e]ven if a reference discloses an inoperative device, it is prior art for all that it teaches”).

Reading & Bates Construction Co. v. Baker Energy, 748 F.2d 645, 223 USPQ 1168 (Fed. Cir. 1984) 2129

Beckman Instruments v. LKB Produkter AB, 892 F.2d 1547, 13 USPQ2d 1301 (Fed. Cir. 1989) 2121.01 , 2158

3735 BioFlex Solutions, LLC 16537853 SCHOPFER 102(a)(1)/103 103 KDB Firm PLLC (1580) IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN

3774 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 15842628 CAPP 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D

3785 SMITHS MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 15109559 SILVERMAN 103 103 LAW OFFICE OF LOUIS WOO KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Sven Dobler et al. 14999688 CHANG 103 Paul M. Denk PATENT LAW OFFICE, LC CHANNAVAJJALA, LAKSHMI SARADA

1612 THE INSTITUTE FOR ETHNOMEDICINE 14229624 LEBOVITZ OTDP 102(b)/103 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP (CV) PACKARD, BENJAMIN J

1617 Woodstream Corporation 15294869 ADAMS 103 JACOBSON HOLMAN PLLC BROWN, COURTNEY A

1619 Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 14841898 GRIMES 103 112(1)/103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP GOTFREDSON, GAREN

1619 L'OREAL 14415894 TOWNSEND 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. MATTISON, LORI K

1649 UNM Rainforest Innovations 15561130 SCHNEIDER 112(a) 103 MUETING RAASCH GROUP WEIDNER, ADAM M

1649 Electrophoretics Limited et al. 15104149 MORGAN markush 112(1) ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP - New York CHERNYSHEV, OLGA N

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1716 Applied Materials, Inc. 15167480 KENNEDY 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPLIED MATERIALS CHEN, KEATH T

1726 SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 14912618 ROBERTSON 103 Cozen O'Connor PILLAY, DEVINA

1759 MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC. 16200337 SHAH 103 Gates & Cooper LLP - Minimed KAUR, GURPREET

1761 The Procter & Gamble Company 15869113 SHAH 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS

1773 ASK Chemicals LLC 15823729 RANGE 103 STANDLEY LAW GROUP LLP MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J.

1791 Gregory Stokes et al. 12051056 OWENS 103 SCOTT R. COX LYNCH, COX, GILMAN & GOODMAN, P.S.C. STULII, VERA

1793 Ohayo Dairy Products Co., Ltd. 16468099 MCGEE 112(b)/102(a)(1)/103 Katherine Koenig Koenig IP Works, PLLC MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L.

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2113 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 16166006 JEFFERY 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC DUNCAN, MARC M

2147 LG CHEM, LTD. 15311335 PRAISS 103 MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (WA LGC) COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD

2153 Gabara, Thaddeus John 16248967 CRAIG 112(a)/103 Thaddeus Gabara HTAY, LIN LIN M

2161 International Business Machines Corporation 14871040 DEJMEK 101/103 SEED IP LAW GROUP LLP

 
2178 Apple Inc. 14609006 WHITEHEAD JR. 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PA)(Apple) TAN, ALVIN H

2179 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC. 15336717 BENNETT 103/OTDP Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP-Microsoft DUCKWORTH, JIANMEI F

2179 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC. 15336699 BENNETT 103/OTDP Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP-Microsoft DUCKWORTH, JIANMEI F

2198 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 14651281 CHUNG 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY RIFKIN, BEN M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2425 VISLAB S.R.L. 14452804 BUI 103/112(1) MAIORANA, PC - AMBARELLA LOTFI, KYLE M

2436 GOOGLE LLC 16122294 CHUNG 103 BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMANN LLP KHAN, MOEEN

2445 Oracle America, Inc. 14482429 MORGAN 103 Oracle / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP HABTEMARIAM, MELAKU Y

2447 THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC 15943393 DEJMEK 103 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Nielsen) JOSHI, SURAJ M

2454 May Patents Ltd. 16053836 JEFFERY 103 May Patents Ltd. c/o Dorit Shem-Tov LEE, PHILIP C

2454 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 13659472 ARPIN 112(1)/103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC CHANG, JULIAN

2461 BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 15740835 McNEILL 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2621 Apple Inc. 16267966 PRAISS 103 Apple c/o Kubota & Basol LLP BUKOWSKI, KENNETH

2645 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 16367447 HOMERE 103 MACMILLAN, SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC - FORD HEIBER, SHANTELL LAKETA

2645 Keysight Technologies, Inc. 16141444 PYONIN 103 Keysight Technologies, Inc. CHEN, JUNPENG

2655 SoundHound, Inc. 15853780 BUI 102/103 Dana Legal Services - SoundHound Inc. LE, THUYKHANH

2659 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC 15621387 KUMAR 103 MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. ARMSTRONG, ANGELA  A

2683 Ronald Taylor et al. 12796425 ENGLE 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP

 
2685 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 16378219 DIXON 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION RUSHING, MARK S

2699 iControl Networks, Inc. 16396368 MCKEOWN 102/103 BakerHostetler / Comcast BEE, ANDREW W.

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2857 Hexagon Metrology, Inc. 15887514 KENNEDY 103 Hexagon/Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG

2863 Ciambella Ltd. 15683078 HASTINGS 103 MOSER TABOADA SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER

2884 Cytiva Sweden AB 16316276 HASTINGS 103 EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP KIM, KIHO

2887 Mastercard International Incorporated 15882277 GUPTA 103 MASTERCARD C/O Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC MAI, THIEN T

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

3622 Kemal Leslie 15850021 CALVE 102/103 112(a) 41.50 112(b) ADE & COMPANY INC. KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE

3626 International Business Machines Corporation 15283477 FETTING 101 Walder Intellectual Property Law PC REYES, REGINALD R

3629 BlackBook Media Inc. 16269174 FETTING 103 101 Mintz Levin/Boston Office WHITAKER, ANDREW B

3631 Ryan Teasdale 16154857 STAICOVICI 102(a)(1) 102(a)(1)/103 41.50 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. BARNETT, DEVIN K

3646 Dynac Systems, LLC 14697469 CAPP 103 Intellectual Innovations Legal Advisors WASIL, DANIEL D

3683 Esurance Insurance Services, Inc. 15853007 WIEDER 101 Polsinelli - Allstate RINES, ROBERT D

3683 ADP, LLC 14878463 FETTING 103 101 Duke W. Yee – ADP Yee & Associates, P.C. KARMIS, ALISSA D

3693 Nasdaq, Inc. 16522316 MEDLOCK 101 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SHAH, BHAVIN D

3698 BGC Partners, Inc. 13958935 ENGLE 101/OTDP CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. APPLE, KIRSTEN SACHWITZ

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

3724 SHAVELOGIC, INC. 16547170 SONG 103 Leber IP Law AYALA, FERNANDO A

3763 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 16089651 CAPP 103 POSZ LAW GROUP, PLC ARANT, HARRY E

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Affirmed-in-Part

3673 Patricia Long 16514940 10,149,551 17/482414 HILL 251 251/102(a)(1) Guy Cumberbatch REIP, DAVID OWEN

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3775 Ex Parte Beaurain et al 10498234 - (D) SHAH 102/103 Denko Coburn Lauff LLP BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3618 Ex Parte Roth 12004172 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 103 THE LAW OFFICES OF DONNA L. ANGOTTI EBNER, KATY MEYER

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit addressed the issue of whether enablement is a requirement for a reference cited in an obviousness rejection and determined the following: 

While a reference must enable someone to practice the invention in order to anticipate under §102(b), a non-enabling reference may qualify as prior art for the purpose of determining obviousness under § 103. Reading & Bates Constr. Co. v. Baker Energy Resources Corp., 748 F.2d 645, 652, 223 USPQ 1168, 1173 (Fed.Cir. 1984) (reference that lacks enabling disclosure is not anticipating, but “itself may qualify as a prior art reference under § 103, but only for what is disclosed in it” (emphasis in original)); see Beckman Instruments, Inc. v. LKB Produkter AB, 892 F.2d 1547, 1551, 13 USPQ2d 1301, 1304 (Fed.Cir. 1989) (“[e]ven if a reference discloses an inoperative device, it is prior art for all that it teaches”). 

Symbol Technologies, Inc. v. Opticon, Inc., 935 F.2d 1569, 1578 (Fed. Cir. 1991).

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Atala et al 11083602 - (D) MILLS 103 41.50 103 PEPPER HAMILTON LLP SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H

1618 Ex Parte Draper 11684666 - (D) FREDMAN 102/103 Blue Filament Law VU, JAKE MINH

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Tienor 12032868 - (D) SMITH 103 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. WOODALL, MARK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3647 Ex Parte Glomset et al 12639435 - (D) SMEGAL 103 The BOC Group, Inc. EVANS, EBONY E

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Zalit et al 11481962 - (D) FREDMAN 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP CHANNAVAJJALA, LAKSHMI SARADA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2458 Ex Parte Pashley et al 10770959 - (D) CALDWELL 103 Cool Patent, P.C. c/o Intellevate, LLC DINH, KHANH Q

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2691 Ex Parte Olien et al 10916726 - (D) McKEOWN 102/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP KARIMI, PEGEMAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Kim 12240941 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH CHERVINSKY, BORIS LEO

2859 Ex Parte Kumar et al 10879612 - (D) PETTIGREW 112(1)/103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. BERHANU, SAMUEL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3652 Ex Parte Mulligan et al 11545906 - (D) KERINS 102/103 Okamoto & Benedicto LLP RUDAWITZ, JOSHUA I

3672 Ex Parte Bixenman et al 11539200 - (D) ASTORINO 102 SCHLUMBERGER RESERVOIR COMPLETIONS BAGNELL, DAVID J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Burt et al 11471873 - (D) McCARTHY 103 HAHN LOESER / LINCOLN ELVE, MARIA ALEXANDRA

3732 Ex Parte Freilich et al 11078600 - (D) FREDMAN 103 EDWARDS WILDMAN PALMER LLP EIDE, HEIDI MARIE

3781 Ex Parte Hafellner et al 10956611 - (D) HOELTER 112(1)/112(2)/102 BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J

3788 Ex Parte Fryer et al 12290586 - (D) DANIELS 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte Hosaka et al 10574038 - (D) KIMLIN 103 102/103 YOUNG BASILE ENIN-OKUT, EDU E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2485 Ex Parte Kato et al 10882838 - (D) JEFFERY Dissenting-in-part MCKONE 103 103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE

To be sure, related art is not prior art if the associated subject matter is the inventor’s own work—a principle that applies even for subject matter labelled “PRIOR ART.” See MPEP § 2129(I) (citing Constant v. Advanced Micro-Devices, Inc., 848 F.2d 1560, 1570 (Fed. Cir. 1988); Reading & Bates Constr. Co. v. Baker Energy Res. Corp., 748 F.2d 645, 650 (Fed. Cir. 1984)).

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

Reading & Bates Construction Co. v. Baker Energy, 748 F.2d 645, 223 USPQ 1168 (Fed. Cir. 1984) 2129

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2677 Ex Parte Clark-Lindh 11063407 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 102/103 MICROSOFT MERCHANT & GOULD CRAWFORD, JACINTA M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Ellison 11207073 - (D) ASTORINO 103 103 James Ray & Associates Intellectual Property, LLC KWIECINSKI, RYAN D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Cantor et al 09965610 - (D) GREEN 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY GHALI, ISIS A D

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 Ex Parte Sexton et al 11541339 - (D) KIMLIN 103 EMCH, SCHAFFER, SCHAUB & PORCELLO CO SINGH, PREM C

1785 Ex Parte Kurt et al 10539362 - (D) KIMLIN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Harville et al 10427647 - (D) COURTENAY 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY DAYE, CHELCIE L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Liebhold et al 10512332 - (D) ARPIN 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC LONSBERRY, HUNTER B

2434 Ex Parte Franke et al 10528312 - (D) BUI 102 Siemens Corporation HAILU, TESHOME

2437 Ex Parte Williams et al 10778770 - (D) DANG 103 Patent Capital Group GELAGAY, SHEWAYE

2442 Ex Parte Guthrie et al 10944440 - (D) STRAUSS 102/103 Jackson Walker LLP ZHANG, SHIRLEY X

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2678 Ex Parte Loo 11333495 - (D) POTHIER 103 Broadcom/BHGL MARTELLO, EDWARD