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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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Reversed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 CRODA, INC. 15024567 TOWNSEND 103/OTDP RATNERPRESTIA SHIN, MONICA A

1748 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 15515326 FRANKLIN 103 HP Inc. GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ

1783 FLOORING TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 15656583 SMITH 103 Roberts Calderon Safran & Cole, P.C. GUO, TONG

1795 Saudi Arabian Oil Company 14989582 HOUSEL 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DA) KEELING, ALEXANDER W

Appellant’s argument is persuasive of reversible error. The rejections combine eight references to arrive at the invention of claim 1, and nine referencesto arrive at the inventions of claims 11 and 20. Yet only impermissible hindsight serves as a guide for their combination. In re Rouffet, 149 F.3d 1350, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (“[H]indsight” is inferred when the specific understanding or principal within the knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art leading to the modification of the prior art in order to arrive at Appellant’s claimed invention has not been explained.). “[W]e cannot allow hindsight bias to be the thread that stitches together prior art patches into something that is the claimed invention.” Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc. v. The Toro Co., 848 F.3d 1358, 1367 (Fed. Cir. 2017).

2178 Paul Miller et al. 13286594 STRAUSS 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP ROY, SANCHITA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2433 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 15196933 FRANKLIN 103 Sunstein LLP TRAN, ELLEN C

2433 Nicira, Inc. 15387242 HOMERE 103 ADELI LLP TRAN, ELLEN C

2437 Safa, John 14973606 FRANKLIN 103 Aram Ayrapetian CALLAHAN, PAUL E

2485 Robert Bosch GMBH et al. 14850145 HUGHES 103 FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP TORRENTE, RICHARD T

2498 Xavier Banchelin 12747619 MCKEOWN 112(1) BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC LEMMA, SAMSON B

2616 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC 15640339 MCKEOWN 103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC) WU, MING HAN

2651 Vishal DHAWAN et al. 12717865 HUGHES 103 FisherBroyles, LLP - MAIN CN ZENATI, AMAL S

2696 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 15476043 JURGOVAN 103 LENOVO - JVL C/O LESLIE A. VAN LEEUWEN WANG, XI

2817 Baozhen Li et al. 13234205 SQUIRE 103 Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C. SMITH, BRADLEY

2826 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 15951470 FRANKLIN 102 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC (AS) SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P

3621 Google Inc. 15646909 FISCHETTI 102/103 41.50 101 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. HOAR, COLLEEN A

3633 HPC OKINAWA CO., LTD. 15314611 WIEDER 103 KRATZ, QUINTOS & HANSON, LLP FIGUEROA, LUZ ADRIANA

3715 Zynga Inc. 15607298 JUNG 103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner / Zynga ZHANG, YINGCHUAN

3745 Honeywell International Inc. 15590211 ASTORINO 102/103 Garrett/Hill Patent Services Legal Department SOSNOWSKI, DAVID E

3762 Hussmann Corporation 14032402 LORIN 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) MAY, ELIZABETH M

3771 Francis Derk et al. 15414715 GUIJT 103 BELZER PC ATTN: John G. Posa BYRD, BRIGID K

3772 Sonendo, Inc. 14137937 ASTORINO 102/103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P

Affirmed-in-Part 
1741 CORNING INCORPORATED 15181706 HANLON 103 112(2) CORNING INCORPORATED DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S

1761 BASF SE 15544065 ROBERTSON 103 103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) DELCOTTO, GREGORY R

1793 Kerry Luxembourg S.a.r.l. 14269455 COLAIANNI 103 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC TURNER, FELICIA C

2175 PRIMESENSE LTD. 13849517 STEPHENS 103 103 KLIGLER & ASSOCIATES PATENT ATTORNEYS LTD. SHREWSBURY, NATHAN K

3734 SONCO DEVELOPMENT, INC. 15947419 WOOD 103 103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP HELVEY, PETER N.

3747 United Technologies Corporation 15708711 MARTIN Dissenting PLENZLER 112(2)/103 103 Bachman & LaPointe, P.C. TAYLOR JR, ANTHONY D

3792 Valencell, Inc. 14820910 WIEDER 103 102 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. STEINBERG, AMANDA L

Affirmed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Strongbridge Dublin Limited 16205602 ADAMS 103 GLOBAL PATENT GROUP - STRG c/o MISSOURI PATENT SERVICES SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L

1725 PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC. 15638448 BEST 102/103 41.50 102/103 PPG Industries, Inc. CULLEN, SEAN P

1737 AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.R.L. 14976498 DENNETT 103 EMD PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CORP. ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J

1744 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 15678136 DENNETT 103 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY TROCHE, EDGAREDMANUE

1764 BASELL POLLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L. 14439878 COLAIANNI 112(2)/103 LyondellBasell Industries KRYLOVA, IRINA

1768 The Lubrizol Corporation 15564465 SMITH 103 The Lubrizol Corporation BHUSHAN, KUMAR R

1777 Aglient Technologies, Inc. 14959892 ROBERTSON 103 Agilent Technologies, Inc. PEO, KARA M

1781 The Boeing Company 14707143 RANGE 103 PATENT DOCKET DEPARTMENT ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP SAWDON, ALICIA JANE

1785 International Business Machines Corporation 15719318 SQUIRE 102 ZILKA-KOTAB, PC- IBM CHAU, LINDA N

1792 Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER 15193199 COLAIANNI 112(1)/103/OTDP FOLEY & LARDNER LLP AXTELL, ASHLEY

1793 NESTEC S.A. 15106415 SQUIRE 103 K&L Gates LLP-Nestec S.A. LI, CHANGQING

1796 Andrew Boeckl et al. 10609132 WORTH 103 41.50 103 NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION HARMON, CHRISTOPHER R

1797 Damir Janigro et al. 15264682 GUPTA 103 112(1)/103 Flocel Inc. EOM, ROBERT J

1797 JEOL Ltd. 14667746 SQUIRE 103 THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C. XU, XIAOYUN

2135 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 15605436 MCKEOWN 103 OTDP Client 170101 c/o THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP RIGOL, YAIMA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 THOMSON LICENSING 15535058 COURTENAY 101/102/103 Patent Docketing TAYLOR, JOSHUA D

2445 THOMSON LICENSING 14398571 CURCURI 103 InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings JAKOVAC, RYAN J

2472 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15420052 STRAUSS 103/OTDP MICROSOFT CORPORATION LEE, CHI HO A

2484 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 14221360 STRAUSS 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL CHOWDHURY, NIGAR

2612 International Business Machines Corporation 15332508 STRAUSS 103 SCULLY, SCOTT, MURPHY & PRESSER, P.C. ZHAI, KYLE

2627 Hewlett-Packard Development Comphany, LP 15500564 HOMERE 103 HP Inc. NOKHAM, JAMES S

2641 Himmelstein, Richard B. 14053237 EVANS 112(1) 103/OTDP Volpe Koenig APPIAH, CHARLES NANA

2887 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15109092 HANLON 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY LY, TOAN C

3619 BLANCHARD, Alec 14892216 KERINS 112(1) Andre Roland S.A. SANDERSON, JOSEPH W

3624 Abdullah Erdal 14521100 FISCHETTI 101 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP CHOY, PAN G

3624 ServiceNow, Inc. 15722976 WHITEHEAD JR. 101/103 ServiceNow c/o Fletcher Yoder PC LABOGIN, DORETHEA L

3625 COPART, INC. 15297287 BAUMEISTER 101 MUNCK WILSON MANDALA L.L.P YANG, ELISA H

3626 Lasse TOIMELA et al. 13249669 MEYERS 101/103 Murabito, Hao & Barnes LLP (Varian) COBANOGLU, DILEK B

3628 John Simms et al. 14544035 CHANG 103 Dennis Clarke MOLNAR, HUNTER A

3634 Lutron Technology Company LLC 15148926 GREENHUT 103 LUTRON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LLC Condo, Roccia, Koptiw LLP SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A

3637 Innovia Security Pty Ltd 14367675 SCHOPFER 103 Intellectual Property Dept. DeWitt LLP GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT

3646 Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems LLC 14331089 BROWN 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC BARKER, MATTHEW M

3664 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15654155 HUTCHINGS 103 101 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL KISWANTO, NICHOLAS

3681 Facebook, Inc. 14450183 SCHOPFER 102/103 101 Mannava & Kang, P. C. SHORTER, RASHIDA R

3689 Manuel Becerra et al. 13435474 CALVE 103 101 ALSTON & BIRD LLP ARAQUE JR, GERARDO

3691 STC Limited Corp. 15664567 JEFFERSON 101 LRK Patent Law Firm KALINOWSKI, ALEXANDER G

3724 The Gillette Company LLC 15464754 GREENHUT 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY MICHALSKI, SEAN M

3734 William Mathews 13339711 BAHR 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY BATTISTI, DEREK J

3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14906019 WOOD 112(1) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY PETERS, BRIAN O

3791 Kulangara Sivadas 12931101 BAHR 112(1) 112(1)/101/103 Kulangara Sivadas BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN

3791 Robyn Haines et al. 12925221 MARTIN 112(2)/101/103 Robert B. Aylor WEARE, MEREDITH H

Friday, September 26, 2014

rouffet

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Sanders 11376896 - (D) CURCURI 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP LIAO, JASON G

2196 Ex Parte Hinkley 11365124 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102/103 Baker Botts LLP SWIFT, CHARLES M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte MORGANA 12142174 - (D) DIXON 103 Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco P.L. SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D

2649 Ex Parte Benjamin et al 11751701 - (D) FRAHM 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC TRAN, PAUL P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2834 Ex Parte Bach Andersen et al 11569270 - (D) WILSON 112(1)/103 PANITCH SCHWARZE BELISARIO & NADEL LLP KIM, JOHN K

It is well understood that to reject a claim in a patent application as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), the Examiner must establish a prima facie case of obviousness, which includes a showing that each of the claimed limitations are either shown or suggested by the prior art. “In the absence of a proper prima facie case of obviousness, an applicant who complies with the other statutory requirements is entitled to a patent.” In re Rouffet, 149 F.3d 1350, 1355 (Fed. Cir. 1998).

Rouffet, In re, 149 F.3d 1350, 47 USPQ2d 1453 (Fed. Cir. 1998) 1216.01

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3686 Ex Parte Brown 10818879 - (D) MEDLOCK 102(e)/103 Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Inc. PASS, NATALIE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Faulconer 12146940 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 EDWARD S. WRIGHT HADEN, SALLY CLINE

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2847 Ex Parte Karrer 12142099 - (D) OWENS 103 102(e)/102/103 GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE,ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C CHEN, XIAOLIANG

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3644 Ex Parte Jain 11938975 - (D) BAHR 102/103 102 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global SANDERSON, JOSEPH W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Zeiner et al 12113829 - (D) BROWN 103 103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC WEEKS, GLORIA R

3775 Ex Parte Berberich et al 11962581 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 112(1) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(1) ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC SEVILLA, CHRISTIAN ANTHONY


AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Kirkpatrick 12366719 - (D) SMITH 103 Brown Patent Law, P.L.L.C. COLEMAN, RYAN L

1729 Ex Parte FAGLEY et al 12358989 - (D) SMITH 103 112(1) MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION WANG, EUGENIA

1765 Ex Parte Christel et al 11886818 - (D) SMITH 102/103 Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi, Stewart & Olstein TISCHLER, FRANCES

1771 Ex Parte Selby et al 12373490 - (D) OWENS,FRANKLIN, COLAIANNI 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY WEISS, PAMELA HL

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2659 Ex Parte Wu et al 11558168 - (D) ENGELS 103 Foley & Lardner LLP/ Broadcom Corporation GUERRA-ERAZO, EDGAR X

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2829 Ex Parte Hart et al 11735871 - (D) HANLON 102(e)/103 Advantest c/o Murabito Hao & Barnes LLP CAMPBELL, SHAUN M

2835 Ex Parte Hoffman et al 12753084 - (D) ROESEL 112(2) 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY GANDHI, JAYPRAKASH N

2856 Ex Parte Underwood et al 12370745 - (D) DERRICK 103 KLINTWORTH & ROZENBLAT IP LLC AND THE BOEING COMPANY DEVITO, ALEX T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Diaz et al 12054702 - (D) COCKS 103 GIBB & RILEY, LLC UTAMA, ROBERT J

3724 Ex Parte Oba et al 11786810 - (D) McCARTHY 103 PETERSON, KENNETH E WOOD, PHILLIPS, KATZ, CLARK & MORTIMER

REHEARING

DENIED
3664 Ex Parte Breed 11936950 - (D) SMEGAL 112(1)/103 BRIAN ROFFE, ESQ NGUYEN, BAO LONG T

REEXAMINED

AFFIRMED (declined to adopt)
2782 HTC CORPORATION Requester and Appellant v. FLASHPOINT TECHNOLOGY Respondent and Patent Owner Ex Parte 6,134,606 et al 08/900,486 95001431 - (D) HOFF 102/103 Herskovitz & Associates, PLLC ESCALANTE, OVIDIO original NGUYEN, TANH Q

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3688 VESDIA CORPORATION Requester v. TUITIONFUND, LLC Ex Parte 7,653,572 et al 12/347,136 95001601 - (D) HOFF 102/103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP HOTALING, JOHN M original MYHRE, JAMES W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3752 SNOW ECONOMICS, INC. Requester, Respondent v. TOPGUN SNOW MAKING SYSTEMS, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 6547157 et al 09/754,989 95001961 - (D) SONG 112(2) 112(2)/102(e)/102/103/305 HESLIN ROTHENBERG FARLEY & MESITI PC KAUFMAN, JOSEPH A original HWU, DAVIS D

3774 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. Requester v. ORBUSNEICH MEDICAL, INC. Patent Owner/Appellant Ex Parte Addonizio et al 7,967,852 12/878,232 95001768 - (D) MARTIN 102(e)/102/103 CHRISTOPHER & WEISBERG, P.A. WEHNER, CARY ELLEN original STROUD, JONATHAN R

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3691 GOOGLE, INC. and MICROSOFT CORP. v. PAID SEARCH ENGINE TOOLS, LLC Patent Owner and Appellant. Requesters and Respondents, Ex Parte 7,974,912 et al 11/379,897 95001863 - (D) HOFF 102 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP WORJLOH, JALATEE original AKINTOLA, OLABODE



Thursday, March 13, 2014

rouffet

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Lifka et al 12373920 - (D) HANLON 103 Philips Intellectual Property and Standards CULLEN, SEAN P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2879 Ex Parte Chin et al 11017647 - (D) WILSON 103 H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC RAABE, CHRISTOPHER M

“In the absence of a proper prima facie case of obviousness, an applicant who complies with the other statutory requirements is entitled to a patent.” In re Rouffet, 149 F.3d 1350, 1355 (Fed. Cir. 1998)

Rouffet, In re, 149 F.3d 1350, 47 USPQ2d 1453 (Fed. Cir. 1998) 1216.01

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2811 Ex Parte Miyata 11064586 - (D) TIMM 103 103 MAYER & WILLIAMS PC NGUYEN, CUONG QUANG

2898 Ex Parte Khoche et al 11895590 - (D) TIMM 103 103 Advantest c/o Murabito Hao & Barnes LLP MALDONADO, JULIO J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Saiga et al 10472234 - (D) NEW obviousness-type double patenting 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. SOROUSH, LAYLA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Pryce et al 11838590 - (D) HUME 102/103 CAMPBELL STEPHENSON LLP HOSSEINI, REZA

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Aziz et al 11399647 - (D) DANG 103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP MCKIE, GINA M

2659 Ex Parte Ban et al 11291541 - (D) KUMAR 103 J. B. Kraft BAKER, MATTHEW H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2818 Ex Parte Ho et al 11301713 - (D) HANLON 102/103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. HAN, JONATHAN

2881 Ex Parte Kovtoun 11713263 - (D) GARRIS 103 THERMO FINNIGAN LLC IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE

Thursday, April 25, 2013

rouffet, texas instruments

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Komatsu et al 11064149 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Hoffmann & Baron LLP KRUER, KEVIN R

In re Rouffet, 149 F.3d 1350, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (“hindsight” is inferred when the specific understanding or principal within the knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art leading to the modification of the prior art in order to arrive at appellant’s claimed invention has not been explained);

Rouffet, In re, 149 F.3d 1350, 47 USPQ2d 1453 (Fed. Cir. 1998) 1216.01

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2169 Ex Parte Dettinger et al 11462082 - (D) CURCURI 103 IBM CORPORATION SAEED, USMAAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2883 Ex Parte Krumme et al 11536237 - (D) MacDONALD 102/103 DAFFER MCDANIEL LLP ANDERSON, GUY G

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3694 Ex Parte Ogilvie 11532514 - (D) SMEGAL 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 102 TUROCY & WATSON, LLP HOLLY, JOHN H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Lahti et al 10632026 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) ALTER, ALYSSA MARGO

3779 Ex Parte Saadat et al 11036029 - (D) SNEDDEN 102/103 USGI Medical, Inc. KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN

See Texas Instr. Inc. v. United States Int’l Trade Comm’n, 988 F.2d 1165, 1171 (Fed. Cir. 1993) (Claim language cannot be mere surplusage. An express limitation cannot be read out of the claim).

Texas Instruments, Inc. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 988 F.2d 1165, 26 USPQ2d 1018 (Fed. Cir. 1993) 716.04

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Brust et al 12029972 - (D) McKELVEY 103 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY HEINCER, LIAM J

1778 Ex Parte Lauer 11990929 - (D) TORCZON 103 Roylance Abrams Berdo & Goodman KURTZ, BENJAMIN M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Manczak et al 11654148 - (D) EVANS 103 Oracle America/ SUN / STK BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. NGUYEN, CAM LINH T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte vonDoenhoff et al 11130557 - (D) MacDONALD 103 HARNESS DICKEY & PIERCE, PLC INGVOLDSTAD, BENNETT

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3665 Ex Parte Chigusa et al 11752500 - (D) WEATHERLY 112(2)/103 GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE, ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C. ALGAHAIM, HELAL A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 Ex Parte Huddleston 10765501 - (D) KILE 112(2)/103 DAVID E. HUDDLESTON BUI, LUAN KIM

3767 Ex Parte Vaillancourft et al 12321900 - (D) MILLS 102/103/obviousness-type double patenting CARELLA, BYRNE, BAIN, GILFILLAN, CECCHI, STEWART & OLSTEIN PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP

REHEARING
 
GRANTED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3734 Ex Parte Anderson 11831625 - (D) FREDMAN 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) EVERAGE, KEVIN D

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

rouffet, microsoft

custom search

REVERSED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Bernaski et al 10903321 - (D) OBERMANN 103 PRATT & WHITNEY LUND, JEFFRIE ROBERT


see In re Rouffet, 149 F.3d 1350, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (“hindsight” is inferred when the specific understanding or principle leading to the modification of the prior art is not adequately explained).

Rouffet, In re, 149 F.3d 1350, 47 USPQ2d 1453 (Fed. Cir. 1998) . . . . . . . . . 1216.01


1777 Ex Parte Vuong 11607158 - (D) KRATZ 102/103 FULWIDER PATTON LLP FORTUNA, ANA M

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex Parte Muller et al 11168601 - (D) THOMAS 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O''KEEFE, LLP QUELER, ADAM M

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Levy et al 09952475 - (D) ZECHER 103 Foley & Lardner LLP TIV, BACKHEAN

2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Zerbe et al 11455252 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 112(1)/112(2)/102 SILICON EDGE LAW GROUP, LLP TORRES, JUAN A

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Lawrence et al 10887634 - (D) FITZPATRICK 103 Steven J. Rosen HEINRICH, SAMUEL M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2191 Ex Parte Bennett et al 10906524 - (D) THOMAS 103 101 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP BROPHY, MATTHEW J

Significantly, “[a]bstract software code is an idea without physical embodiment.” Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp., 550 U.S. 437, 449 (2007).

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Matsumura et al 11171953 - (D) PRATS 103 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP PLLC MEDWAY, SCOTT J

AFFIRMED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 Ex Parte Charkoudian 10414980 - (D) METZ 103 EMD Millipore Corporation MENON, KRISHNAN S


2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security

2451 Ex Parte Doyle et al 09943562 - (D) ZECHER 103 STEVENS & SHOWALTER, L.L.P. BOX IBM DIVECHA, KAMAL B

2600 Communications
2627 Ex Parte Shin et al 11011033 - (D) GONSALVES 103 STAAS & HALSEY LLP SIMPSON, LIXI CHOW

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte Kim et al 11257119 - (D) BISK 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP BENSON, WALTER

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 Ex Parte Packard 12004324 - (D) ABRAMS 112(1)/112(1)/103 THOMAS G. PACKARD ACKUN, JACOB K

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2172 Ex parte VISTAPRINT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, Appellant 90009295 90009315 6247011 08/982,438 SIU 103 VISTA PRINT USA, INC. WOOD, WILLIAM H original COLBERT, ELLA

3624 Ex parte VISTAPRINT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, Appellant 90009313 90009296 6631375 09/204,388 SIU 103 VISTA PRINT USA, INC WOOD, WILLIAM H original COLBERT, ELLA