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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Msika 10808701 - (D) FREDMAN 103 FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU

See In re Reuter, 670 F.2d 1015, 1023 (CCPA 1981) (expert's opinion on ultimate legal issue entitled to no weight).

1635 Ex Parte Bentwich 10536560 - (D) WALSH 112(2)/102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102 ROSETTA-GENOMICS c/o POLSINELLI SHUGHART PC SHIN, DANA H

1652 Ex Parte Koizumi et al 10940026 - (D) SNEDDEN 103 FITZPATRICK CELLA HARPER & SCINTO RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Sexton et al 11697695 - (D) OWENS 112(1)/103 MARTINE PENILLA GROUP, LLP CHEN, KEATH T

1777 Ex Parte Kopperschmidt et al 10580869 - (D) NAGUMO 102/112(6)/103 KENYON & KENYON LLP GIONTA, ALLISON

When a claim is drawn to a computer implemented function invoking 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 6, a general purpose computer is usually sufficient for the corresponding structure for performing a general computing function, but the corresponding structure for performing a specific function is required to be more than simply a general purpose computer. In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Patent Litig., 639 F.3d 1303, 1316 (Fed. Cir. 2011). The structure needed to transform a general purpose computer into a specific purpose computer is an algorithm. Aristocrat Techs. Australia Pty Ltd. v. Int’l Game Tech., 521 F.3d 1328, 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2008). An algorithm is defined, for example, as “a finite sequence of steps for solving a logical or mathematical problem or performing a task.” MICROSOFT COMPUTER DICTIONARY 23 (5th ed. 2002).

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Adendorff et al 10663345 - (D) FETTING 103 Walder Intellectual Property Law PC PARKER, BRANDI P

3646 Ex Parte Harris et al 10529055 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC BRAINARD, TIMOTHY A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Flynn et al 10245193 - (D) McCARTHY 102/103 GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE,ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C FRIDIE JR, WILLMON

3731 Ex Parte Gellman et al 10325125 - (D) SCHEINER 102/103 BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP NGUYEN, TUAN VAN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Osawa et al 11286356 - (D) NAGUMO 103 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. IP, SIKYIN

1746 Ex Parte Varaprasad 12222071 - (D) GARRIS 103 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC BLADES, JOHN A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2859 Ex Parte Syed et al 12817703 - (D) McKONE 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL BERHANU, SAMUEL

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1641 Ex Parte Koyata et al 11121937 - (D) GREEN 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. DO, PENSEE T

“Ordinarily drawings which accompany an application for a patent are merely illustrative of the principles embodied in the alleged invention claimed therein and do not define the precise proportions of elements relied upon to endow the claims with patentability.” In re Olson, 212 F.2d 590, 592 (CCPA 1954).
 
1649 Ex Parte SCHAEBITZ et al 11931326 - (D) PRATS 102/103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1735 Ex Parte Burns et al 10606436 - (D) KIMLIN 112(2)/103 BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. c/o CPA Global IP, SIKYIN

1747 Ex Parte Thielen et al 11930805 - (D) METZ 103 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY FISCHER, JUSTIN R

1763 Ex Parte Kawaguchi et al 12520913 - (D) TIMM 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC USELDING, JOHN E

1791 Ex Parte Cupp et al 10945768 - (D) KRATZ 103 K&L Gates LLP SAYALA, CHHAYA D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2822 Ex Parte Yeh et al 11285614 - (D) NEW 103 MACRONIX C/O HAYNES BEFFEL & WOLFELD LLP DUONG, KHANH B

2854 Ex Parte Schmitt 11528928 - (D) CURCURI 102/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP BANH, DAVID H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3687 Ex Parte Katzman et al 11190347 - (D) FETTING 101/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS ADE, OGER GARCIA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Herzog et al 10415195 - (D) GREENHUT 103 MERCHANT & GOULD PC ELVE, MARIA ALEXANDRA

3735 Ex Parte Bauman 11516388 - (D) FREDMAN 103 BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. DORNA, CARRIE R

3737 Ex Parte Schwartz 10574184 - (D) GREEN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS SANTOS, JOSEPH M

3763 Ex Parte Nishikawa et al 10520180 - (D) McCARTHY 103 Burns Doane Swecker & Mathis BOUCHELLE, LAURA A