piasecki, rinehart

custom search

Reversed 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1613 L'OREAL 14762043 ADAMS 103 POLSINELLI PC (DC OFFICE) ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S

1627 Array BioPharma Inc. 14355903 ADAMS 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. CHONG, YONG SOO

1653 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC 14452453 FREDMAN 103 41.50 101/102 LLNL/Zilka-Kotab Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory MCNEIL, STEPHANIE A N

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1788 LG Chem, Ltd. 14386980 OWENS 112(2)/103 LGCHEM Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP MANGOHIG, THOMAS A

1789 DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD. et al. 15116406 RANGE 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC WORRELL, KEVIN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2426 INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDING 15533059 NAPPI 103 Invention Mine IDC RABOVIANSKI, JIVKA A

2433 McAfee, LLC 14581651 HOWARD 103 Patent Capital Group - McAfee, LLC TRAN, ELLEN C

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2683 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15966307 Per Curiam Concurring BAUMEISTER 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford EUSTAQUIO, CAL J

2694 DENSO CORPORATION 15954904 SILVERMAN 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION LAMB, CHRISTOPHER RAY

2698 Rambus Inc. 15953597 SAADAT 102/103 SILICON EDGE LAW GROUP, LLP SPINKS, ANTOINETTE T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2832 NTN Corporation 14912816 BEST 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP KENERLY, TERRANCE L

2842 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15195918 COURTENAY 102 OLIFF PLC KIM, JUNG H

2853 Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 14099873 HOUSEL 112(1)/103 MRG/HD - PARC c/o Mueting Raasch Group VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO

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

3621 Scratch-It, Inc. 13785612 McNEILL 103 Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP KIM, PATRICK

3626 Michelle Fisher 14078440 MOHANTY 103 Michelle Fisher BARR, MARY EVANGELINE

3627 Philippe ROY et al. 11557507 LORIN 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP MINCARELLI, JAN P

3631 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 14967906 MEDLOCK 112(2)/102 MACMILLAN, SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC - FORD STERLING, AMY JO

3674 CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY 14278124 MURPHY 103 POLSINELLI PC LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN

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

3725 Deere & Company 15292017 HOFFMANN 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (JOHN DEERE) BROWN, JARED O

3735 Pedro Encinas 14056533 CAPP 103 VENJURIS, P.C. NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA

3747 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 13900421 BAYAT 102/103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP CAMPBELL, JOSHUA A

3761 Robert Bosch Tool Corporation et al. 14208399 GREENHUT 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP MCGRATH, ERIN E

3771 Michael Marks et al. 13543657 SCHOPFER 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP DANG, ANH TIEU

3775 University of Kansas 13741263 GREENHUT 103 Ray Quinney & Nebeker-KU Paul N. Taylor KU, SI MING

When prima facie obviousness is established and evidence is submitted in rebuttal, the decision-maker must start over. . . . An earlier decision should not, as it was here, be considered as set in concrete, and applicant’s rebuttal evidence then be evaluated only on its knockdown ability. . . . Facts established by rebuttal evidence must be evaluated along with the facts on which the earlier conclusion was reached, not against the conclusion itself. 

In re Piasecki, 745 F.2d 1468, 1472 (Fed. Cir. 1984) (quoting In re Rinehart, 531 F.2d 1048, 1052 (CCPA 1976)).

Piasecki, In re, 745 F.2d 1468, 223 USPQ 785 (Fed. Cir. 1984) 716.01(d) , 2107.02 , 2142 , 2145

Rinehart, In re, 531 F.2d 1048, 189 USPQ 143 (CCPA 1976) 2107.02 , 2142 , 2143.02 , 2144.04

Affirmed-in-Part 

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2426 MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC. 15367226 HOMERE 102/103 103 HONIGMAN LLP/MAGNA RABOVIANSKI, JIVKA A

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2652 Binder, Yehuda 12890888 SZPONDOWSKI 112(1)/103 112(1)/103 May Patents Ltd. c/o Dorit Shem-Tov WOO, STELLA L 

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

3634 CHEDDIE, Daniel 14367114 HOELTER Dissenting FITZPATRICK 102/103 102/103 BakerHostetler CHIN-SHUE, ALVIN CONSTANTINE

Affirmed 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1611 Helga Biergiesser et al. 10995203 SCHNEIDER 103 Abel Schillinger, LLP PURDY, KYLE A

1611 L'OREAL 14432011 NEW 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LAZARO, DOMINIC

1627 ITALFARMACO SPA 15346926 ADAMS 103/OTDP NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC CHONG, YONG SOO

1642 DiscernDx, Inc. 15414456 CHANG 103 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI AEDER, SEAN E

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1717 INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE 14521657 PRAISS 103 Lavery, De Billy, LLP PADGETT, MARIANNE L

1742 Board of Regents, The University of Texas System 14575484 PRAISS 112(2)/112(4)/103 Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC KHARE, ATUL P

1743 Marcus Jarman-Smith et al. 13985457 DENNETT 103 Casimir Jones, S.C. OCHYLSKI, RYAN M

1765 PBI Performance Products, Inc. 15427381 WILSON 103 HAMMER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. PENG, KUO LIANG

1797 Scott Cooper 13897782 INGLESE 112(2) 103 O-I Glass, Inc. Attn: Stephen L. Scharf XU, XIAOYUN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2145 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14502273 HUME 102/103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC ORR, HENRY W

2159 Dropbox, Inc. 14448173 CRAIG 102/103 Dropbox c/o Polsinelli PC JACOBS, EDWARD

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2414 Nokia Corporation 14515829 HOMERE 103 SQUIRE PB (Nokia) Nokia Technologies Oy KO, SITHU

2414 Lear Corporation 14514529 OWENS Concurring BAUMEISTER 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. / LEAR CORPORATION NGUYEN, STEVEN H D

2423 Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC et al. 15041747 BAUMEISTER 103/OTDP COZEN O'CONNOR HANCE, ROBERT J

2423 INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS 15315392 ARPIN 103 VOLPE KOENIG BANTAMOI, ANTHONY

2448 GENBAND US LLC 14472688 AMUNDSON 103 Haynes and Boone, LLP (47856) EDWARDS, JAMES A

2485 CARBONELL, LEE A. et al. 12907284 JEFFERY 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC TORRENTE, RICHARD T

2486 Shachor, Gabriel et al. 14849598 FRAHM 112(2)/103 RECHES PATENTS BOYLAN, JAMES T

2497 ASSA ABLOY AB 16032185 SILVERMAN 103 Sheridan Ross PC ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2622 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14311727 CUTITTA 102/103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES LAM, NELSON C

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2846 Faraday&Future Inc. 14954963 HASTINGS 103 Veros Legal Solutions, LLP // FARADAY LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S

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

3621 eBay Inc. 13826100 MEYERS 103 SBMC/eBay BEKERMAN, MICHAEL

3622 Target Brands, Inc. 14943629 SHIANG 103 101 TARGET BRANDS, INC. ANDREI, RADU

3625 MOBILETRAC LLC 14825582 SAADAT 101/103 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC / KAR Auction Services GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE

3628 BEIJING DIDI INFINITY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD. 15784271 MEDLOCK 101 METIS IP LLC VETTER, DANIEL

3633 INTEGRATED CONCRETE FORMING LTD. 15568276 KERINS 112(2)/103 Wilson Lue LLP IHEZIE, JOSHUA K

3633 Dal-Tile Corporation 15825309 WIEDER 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP HERRING, BRENT W

3682 John Nicholas and Kristin Gross Trust U/A/D April 13, 2010 14499057 CHUNG 103 101/103 Law Office of J. Nicholas Gross, Prof. Corp. DAGNEW, SABA

3683 Uber Technologies, Inc. 14566190 TOWNSEND 101 Mahamedi IP Law LLP (Uber) LEAL, HECTOR

3684 Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. 14336469 SHAW 103 101 JOSEPH F. SHIRTZ JOHNSON & JOHNSON SUTCH JR., NORMAN DONALD

3686 Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation 14326863 MEDLOCK 101/103 Grable Martin Fulton PLLC MOSELEY, GREGORY D

3691 RetailMeNot, Inc. 15208128 MEDLOCK 101 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP HAMILTON, LALITA M

3693 MasterCard International Incorporated 15259767 LEBOVITZ 103 101 MASTERCARD C/O Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA

3693 MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED 14308400 STRAUSS 101 MasterCard c/o Ballard Spahr LLP KWONG, CHO YIU

3694 Michael Roscoe 12421353 LORIN 103 101 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S

3695 Jeffrey Feinstein et al. 12425282 LORIN 101 Mintz Levin/Fair Isaac Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. PUTTAIAH, ASHA

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

3735 Graphic Packaging International, Inc. 15142025 WOOD 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP PAGAN, JAVIER A

3791 Koninklijke Philips N.V. 14429487 HOELTER 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS CERIONI, DANIEL LEE

Rehearing

Denied 

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

3622 Datonics, LLC 15893354 MacDONALD 103 LOUIS J. HOFFMAN, P.C. SITTNER, MICHAEL J

eli lilly3, piasecki, rinehart

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Mikulec et al 12209802 - (D) SMITH 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP LEE, REBECCA Y

1741 Ex Parte Hoess et al 10546241 - (D) HASTINGS 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. MINSKEY, JACOB T

After a prima facie case of obviousness has been made and rebuttal evidence submitted, all the evidence must be considered anew. In re Eli Lilly & Co., 902 F. 2d 943, 945 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (citing In re Piasecki, 745 F.2d 1468, 1472, 223 USPQ 785, 788 (Fed.Cir.1984)): Piaseki at 745 F.2d at 1472 ("Prima facie obviousness is a legal conclusion, not a fact. Facts established by rebuttal evidence must be evaluated along with the facts on which the earlier conclusion was reached, not against the conclusion itself." (quoting In re Rinehart, 531 F.2d 1048, 1052, 189 USPQ 143, 147 (CCPA 1976)).  

Eli Lilly, In re, 902 F.2d 943, 14 USPQ2d 1741 (Fed. Cir. 1990) 716.01(d), 716.02(b), 716.02(c), 2142, 2144, 2144.08

Piasecki, In re, 745 F.2d 1468, 223 USPQ 785 (Fed. Cir. 1984) 716.01(d), 2107.02, 2142, 2145
DONNER 8: 18, 20, 26, 27, 994, 996, 1008, 1010, 1063, 1064, 1321-25
HARMON 1: 239-41; 4: 151, 316, 369; 18: 60

Rinehart, In re, 531 F.2d 1048, 189 USPQ 143 (CCPA 1976) 2107.02, 2142, 2143.02, 2144.04
DONNER 8: 96, 1044, 1073

1771 Ex Parte Smith et al 12549579 - (D) DELMENDO 103 CARMODY & TORRANCE LLP OLADAPO, TAIWO

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2668 Ex Parte Torre-Bueno et al 10882661 - (D) BUSCH 112(2)/103 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. TSAI, TSUNG YIN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2811 Ex Parte Yamazaki et al 10199514 - (D) TURNER 101/112(2)/103 Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, P.C. NADAV, ORI

2812 Ex Parte Kim et al 10988481 - (D) NAGUMO 103 GE Licensing POMPEY, RON EVERETT

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3636 Ex Parte Schurg et al 10587218 - (D) WEATHERLY 102/103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. GARRETT, ERIKA P

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Fairbourn 11721564 - (D) OBERMANN 103 103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP EMPIE, NATHAN H

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Neal et al 12257581 - (D) SMITH 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global EMPIE, NATHAN H

1712 Ex Parte Strock et al 11739823 - (D) PAK 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global HORNING, JOEL G

1735 Ex Parte Halken et al 12287482 - (D) SMITH 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION STONER, KILEY SHAWN

1758 Ex Parte Yang et al 11456887 - (D) PAK 103 General Motors Corporation c/o REISING ETHINGTON P.C. MERSHON, JAYNE L

1771 Ex Parte Habeeb et al 11527309 - (D) OBERMANN 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50 (b) 103 ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company GOLOBOY, JAMES C

1788 Ex Parte Keung 12190454 - (D) SMITH 103 EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY PATEL, RONAK C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Ostrowka 11163755 - (D) DIXON 103 MERCHANT & GOULD SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2654 Ex Parte Hanna 09638245 - (D) JEFFERY 103 McDermott Will & Emery LEE, PING

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Maslowski et al 11836608 - (D) CAPP 103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP DESAI, HEMANT

3782 Ex Parte BRUNSON et al 12184402 - (D) BROWNE 103 ZARLEY LAW FIRM P.L.C. LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
2747 Ex parte APPLE, INC., Appellant and Patent Owner 90011287  5946647 08/595,257 SIU 102 Apple Inc. c/o Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP STEELMAN, MARY J original EDOUARD, PATRICK NESTOR

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3671 THE TORO COMPANY Requester, Cross-Appellant, Respondent v. WRIGHT MANUFACTURING, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant, Respondent 95001742 6,935,093 10/186,680 SONG 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: James W. Miller JASTRZAB, JEFFREY R original FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD

3671 THE TORO COMPANY Requester, Cross-Appellant, Respondent v. WRIGHT MANUFACTURING, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant, Respondent 95001741 6,438,931 09/714,824 SONG 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE PC THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: James W. Miller JASTRZAB, JEFFREY R original FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD

rinehart, kollman, atlas powder

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Karanam et al 11966051 - (D) DELMENDO 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP - SABIC (CPP) SALVITTI, MICHAEL A

In re Rinehart, 531 F. 2d 1048, 1052 (CCPA 1976) ("When prima facie obviousness is established and evidence is submitted in rebuttal, the decision-maker must start over.")

Rinehart, In re, 531 F.2d 1048, 189 USPQ 143 (CCPA 1976) 2107.02, 2142, 2143.02, 2144.04

1772 Ex Parte Ostrowski et al 11526393 - (D) PAK 103 Covidien LP WHITE, DENNIS MICHAEL

1772 Ex Parte Ostrowski et al 11526417 - (D) PAK 103 Covidien LP WHITE, DENNIS MICHAEL

1772 Ex Parte Ostrowski et al 11526369 - (D) PAK 103 Covidien LP WHITE, DENNIS MICHAEL

1772 Ex Parte Ostrowski et al 11526834 - (D) PAK 103 Covidien LP WHITE, DENNIS MICHAEL

1782 Ex Parte Mengel et al 11523953 - (D) PAK 103 BEMIS COMPANY, INC. PATTERSON, MARC A

1786 Ex Parte Boehm et al 10490893 - (D) BEST 102/103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. THOMPSON, CAMIE S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2183 Ex Parte Claydon 10450615 - (D) SMITH 102/103 WEIDE & MILLER - MINDSPEED COLEMAN, ERIC

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Komaki et al 10308142 - (D) Per Curiam 102 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC SRIVASTAVA, VIVEK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Farrell et al 10696583 - (D) ASTORINO 103 CAHN & SAMUELS LLP GILBERT, WILLIAM V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Rysavy 11745555 - (D) GREENHUT 103 WRB-IP LLP SWINNEY, JENNIFER B

3726 Ex Parte Schnyder 11022881 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. AFZALI, SARANG

3767 Ex Parte Marshall et al 10506472 - (D) ASTORINO 102 YOUNG & THOMPSON GILBERT, ANDREW M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1644 Ex Parte Valenta et al 11933498 - (D) ADAMS 112(1) 102 PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR, LLP ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2113 Ex Parte Poletto et al 10701356 - (D) MOORE 102 112(2)/102 Riverbed Technology Inc. - PVF c/o PARK, VAUGHAN, FLEMING & DOWLER LLP MEHRMANESH, ELMIRA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Myers et al 11465999 - (D) GREENHUT 103 102 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102 HAHN LOESER / LINCOLN RALIS, STEPHEN J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Ramnarayan et al 10923620 - (D) ADAMS 103 Sapient Discovery Dr. Kal Ramnarayan BRUSCA, JOHN S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1745 Ex Parte Yan et al 11762103 - (D) HOUSEL 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. MCCLELLAND, KIMBERLY KEIL

1764 Ex Parte He et al 11290064 - (D) HANLON 103/obviousness-type double patenting MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC. c/o Dilworth & Barrese, LLP PAK, HANNAH J

1767 Ex Parte SOUNIK et al 12132722 - (D) GARRIS 103 BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE LLC GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F

1775 Ex Parte Jung et al 11729276 - (D) PRAISS 103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC EDWARDS, LYDIA E

1781 Ex Parte DeBiccari et al 11588814 - (D) HASTINGS 103 BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. c/o CPA Global MEHTA, MEGHA S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Baluja et al 11004499 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. VY, HUNG T

2164 Ex Parte Vasey 10933466 - (D) SMITH 103 Anderson Gorecki & Rouille LLP CHOI, YUK TING

2184 Ex Parte Lathrop et al 11343794 - (D) GIANNETTI 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY BORROMEO, JUANITO C

2185 Ex Parte Hampel et al 11381349 - (D) DILLON 103 Rambus MARC P. SCHUYLER LI, ZHUO H

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte Dougherty et al 10957229 - (D) CURCURI 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B

2483 Ex Parte He et al 10888268 - (D) MORGAN 102/103 MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC HOLDER, ANNER N

We recognize that a trend in results may be shown where the full scope of a claim has not been tested. In re Kollman, 595 F.2d 48, 56 (CCPA 1979).

Kollman, In re, 595 F.2d 48, 201 USPQ 193 (CCPA 1979) 716.02(d)

2486 Ex Parte MacInnis et al 11269424 - (D) GONSALVES 102 (Broadcom) THOMAS
HORSTEMEYER, LLP (Broadcom) VO, TUNG T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Costello et al 11271293 - (D) GONSALVES 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE LLP THOMAS, BRADLEY H

AtlasPowder Co. v. Ireco Inc., 190 F.3d 1342, 1347 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (“[T]he discovery of a previously unappreciated property of a prior art composition, or of a scientific explanation for the prior art’s functioning, does not render the old composition patentably new to the discoverer.”).

Atlas Powder Co. v. IRECO, Inc., 190 F.3d 1342, 51 USPQ2d 1943 (Fed. Cir. 1999) 2112, 2131.01, 2131.05

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Johnson et al 12157550 - (D) FREDMAN dissenting WALSH 102 JOHNSON & JOHNSON PHILIP S. JOHNSON SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN

3754 Ex Parte Lasserre et al 11178283 - (D) WOOD 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. NGO, LIEN M

pfizer2, rinehart, zickendraht

custom search

REVERSED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1762 Ex Parte Xia et al 11382101 - (D) BEST 103 Loctite Corporation SASTRI, SATYA B

A combination of references only renders a claimed invention obvious if the skilled artisan would have had a reasonable expectation that the combination would work for its intended purpose. Pfizer, Inc. v. Apotex, Inc., 480 F.3d 1348, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2007); In re Rinehart, 531 F.2d 1048, 1053-54 (CCPA 1976).

Pfizer, Inc. v. Apotex Inc., 480 F.3d 1348, 82 USPQd 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2007) . . . 2143.01, 2145

Rinehart, In re, 531 F.2d 1048, 189 USPQ 143 (CCPA 1976) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2107.02, 2142, 2143.02, 2144.04

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Wilson et al 10650904 - (D) POTHIER 103 IBM CORP C/O WINSTEAD P.C. GOFMAN, ALEX N

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Singhal et al 10691917 - (D) WALSH 112(1) SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P. A. STOKLOSA, JOSEPH A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Berezowski et al 09823705 - (D) DANG 102/103 102 Tyco Healthcare Group LP d/b/a Covidien KOHARSKI, CHRISTOPHER

AFFIRMED
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2197 Ex Parte Cromer et al 11394277 - (D) ZECHER 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES PAN, HANG

2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Voronka et al 10958457 - (D) COURTENAY 112(2)/103/obviousness-type double patenting GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE,ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O

The doctrine of double patenting seeks to prevent the unjustified extension of patent exclusivity beyond the term of a patent. The public policy behind this doctrine is that:

The public should . . . be able to act on the assumption that upon the expiration of the patent it will be free to use not only the invention claimed in the patent but also any modifications or variants thereof which would have been obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made, taking into account the skill [in] the art and prior art other than the invention claimed in the issued patent.

In re Zickendraht, 319 F.2d 225, 232 (CCPA 1963) (Rich, J., concurring).

Zickendraht, In re, 319 F.2d 225, 138 USPQ 22 (CCPA 1963) . .804, 804.03, 1504.06

2625 Ex Parte Aschenbrenner et al 10881522 - (D) CHEN 103 Yudell Isidore Ng Russell PLLC TRAN, DOUGLAS Q

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Yoshida et al 11516787 - (D) GONSALVES 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP FISHMAN, MARINA

2839 HENRY MILAN, Patent Owner and Appellant v. APPLE, INC., Third Party Requester and Respondent 95001083 6991483 10/987,242 MARTIN 112(1)/102/103 BUTZEL LONG REICHLE, KARIN M original ZARROLI, MICHAEL C

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte Albert et al 10645139 - (D) PETRAVICK 102/103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. ALLEN, AKIBA KANELLE

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Miller 11147390 - (D) SCHEINER 103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC PANI, JOHN

3763 Ex Parte Wenchell 12503419 - (D) WALSH 103 Tyco Healthcare Group LP d/b/a Covidien KOHARSKI, CHRISTOPHER
 
REHEARING 

DENIED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1778 Ex Parte Halaka 11555975 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1)/102/103 Talivaldis Cepuritis Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd. KURTZ, BENJAMIN M

modine, rinehart, syntex, gurley, fulton,

REVERSED 

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry 

Ex Parte Ware et al 11/142,651 GRIMES 112(2)/102(b)/102(a) BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP EXAMINER CHEN, SHIN LIN 

“Such broadening usages as ‘about’ must be given reasonable scope; they must be viewed by the decisionmaker as they would be understood by persons experienced in the field of the invention. Although it is rarely feasible to attach a precise limit to ‘about,’ the usage can usually be understood in light of the technology embodied in the invention.” Modine Manufacturing Co. v. U.S. ITC, 75 F.3d 1545, 1554 (Fed. Cir. 1996). 

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering 

Ex Parte Kawabata et al 10/472,753 NAGUMO 103(a) KRATZ, QUINTOS & HANSON, LLP EXAMINER OLSEN, KAJ K 

Ex Parte Lawrence et al 10/399,797 TIMM 103(a) MCDONNELL BOEHNENHULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP EXAMINER SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM 

2100 Computer Architecture and Software 

Ex Parte Day et al 10/606,582 SIU 112(1)/103(a)/101 IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER UNELUS, ERNEST 

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components 

Ex Parte Kelly 10/820,484 BAUMEISTER 103(a) Avago Technologies Limited EXAMINER ANDUJAR, LEONARDO 

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

Ex Parte Wilbanks 10/445,584 SILVERBERG 103(a) MICHAEL J. COLITZ, JR. EXAMINER ELLIS, CHRISTOPHER P 

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design 

Ex Parte Kocher et al 10/204,374 BAHR 103(a) Striker Striker & Stenby EXAMINER PRONE, JASON D 

Ex Parte Veith 10/693,555 HORNER 103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER HAND, MELANIE JO 

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry 

Ex Parte Peart et al 10/759,280 ADAMS obviousness-type double patenting/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) WHITHAM, CURTIS & CHRISTOFFERSON & COOK, P.C. EXAMINER ALSTRUM ACEVEDO, JAMES HENRY 

Obviousness does not require absolute predictability; however, at least some degree of predictability is required. Evidence showing there was no reasonable expectation of success can support a conclusion of non-obviousness. In re Rinehart, 531 F.2d 1048, 1053-54 (CCPA 1976). 

Rinehart, In re, 531 F.2d 1048, 189 USPQ 143 (CCPA 1976) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2107.02, 2142, 2143.02, 2144.04 

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

Ex Parte McElroy 10/368,425 LANE 103(a)/102(e) Foley and Lardner, LLP EXAMINER WALKER, KEITH D 

When a reference teaches away

it suggests that the developments flowing from its disclosures are unlikely to produce the objective of the applicant's invention. In re Gurley, 27 F.3d 551, 553 (Fed. Cir. 1994). A statement that a particular combination is not a preferred embodiment does not teach away absent clear discouragement of that combination.In re Fulton, 391 F.3d at 1199-1200.

Syntex LLC v. Apotex, Inc. 407 F.3d 1371, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2005). 

Gurley, In re, 27 F.3d 551, 31 USPQ2d 1130 (Fed. Cir. 1994). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2123, 2145 

Fulton, In re, 391 F.3d 1195, 73 USPQ2d 1141 (Fed. Cir. 2004) . . . . 2123, 2141.02, 2143.01, 2145