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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1645 Ex Parte Kelley 10468691 - (D) FLAX 103 MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP NEWARK ZEMAN, ROBERT A

1649 Ex Parte McIntyre 13186017 - (D) KATZ 103 FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP FONTAINHAS, AURORA M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1799 Ex Parte Nagasaki et al 11187621 - (D) HANLON 103 JC PATENTS HOBBS, MICHAEL L

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte Wernecke 13030461 - (D) CURCURI 102/103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP NGUYEN, LEV

2197 Ex Parte Geheb et al 14341310 - (D) SHIANG 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC SOLTANZADEH, AMIR

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2486 Ex Parte Chien et al 13247785 - (D) CRAIG 102 Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A. TRUONG, NGUYEN T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2685 Ex Parte Johnson et al 14165922 - (D) SHIANG 102/103 Duncan Galloway Egan Greenwald, PLLC WU, ZHEN Y

Inherency is a question of fact that arises both in the context of anticipation and obviousness rejections. See In re Napier, 55 F.3d 610, 613 (Fed. Cir. 1995). Inherency can only be established when "prior art necessarily functions in accordance with, or includes, the claimed limitations." In re Cruciferous Sprout Litig., 301 F.3d 1343, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2002) ( citations and internal quotation marks omitted). 

Napier, In re, 55 F.3d 610, 34 USPQ2d 1782 (Fed. Cir. 1995) 2112

Cruciferous Sprout Litig., In re, 301 F.3d 1343, 64 USPQ2d 1202 (Fed. Cir. 2002) 2111.02

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2855 Ex Parte Tham et al 13516423 - (D) REN 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC ROBERTS, HERBERT K

"Inherency may not be established by probabilities or possibilities. The mere fact that a certain thing may result from a given set of circumstances is not sufficient to establish inherency." Scaltech Inc. v. 
Retec/Tetra L.L.C., 178 F.3d 1378, 1384 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (citations omitted). 

Scaltech, Inc. v. Retec/Tetra, L.L.C., 269 F.3d 1321, 60 USPQ2d 1687 (Fed. Cir. 2001) 2133.03(c)

2862 Ex Parte Cheah et al 12576177 - (D) GAUDETTE 112(2)/103 Brown & Michaels (END) c/o Brown & Michaels, PC NGHIEM, MICHAEL P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3668 Ex Parte Duncan et al 14054613 - (D) PLENZLER 103 Foley & Lardner LLP LANG, MICHAEL DEAN

3691 Ex Parte Brignone et al 11389785 - (D) FETTING 101 Hewlett Packard Enterprise PRESTON, JOHN 0

3696 Ex Parte Phillips 11674316 - (D) FETTING 101 Mastercard International Incorporated c/o Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC DEGA, MURALI K

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte JOHNSON 12910006 - (D) MAJORS 103 41.50 103 James Ray & Associates Intellectual Property, LLC WARSI, YASMEEN S

3743 Ex Parte Demerath 13693068 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 The Small Patent Law Group, LLC LIN, KO-WEI

3745 Ex Parte Andersen et al 13312135 - (D) ASTORINO 103 Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP (Vestas Wind Systems) VERDIER, CHRISTOPHER M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1651 Ex Parte Herzog et al 13204415 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103 O""Shea Getz P.C. FAN, LYNN Y

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2145 Ex Parte Cheah 13612606 - (D) FRAHM 103 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. STITT, ERIK V

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2486 Ex Parte Chen et al 14237612 - (D) SHAW 102 102 BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMANN LLP VO, TUNG T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Kim et al 14816671 - (D) WINSOR 103 OTDP TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORA TED YU, LI HONG

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Vo et al 13630019 - (D) CALVE 102 102 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY ADJAGBE, MAXIME M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1629 Ex Parte Zielinski et al 14844219 - (D) JENKS 103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. SIMMONS, CHRIS E

1631 Ex Parte Duffy 13412887 - (D) SMITH 101 MOSER TABOADA SKIBINSKY, ANNA

1644 Ex Parte Hyde et al 12228892 - (D) NEW 103 CAROL NOTTENBURG SZPERKA, MICHAEL EDWARD

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Irumata et al 12300173 - (D) PRAISS 103 HOWSON & HOWSON LLP KOSLOW, CAROL M

1747 Ex Parte Duggins et al 13370600 - (D) BEST 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP FELTON, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2143 Ex Parte Buchanan et al 13600922 - (D) JEFFERY 103 Siemens Corporation SUN, LI P

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2459 Ex Parte Rait et al 13455506 - (D) ENGLE 103 101 Facebook/Fenwick RASHID, ISHRAT

2477 Ex Parte NAVEN 14165373 - (D) ENGLE 103 Dorsey & Whitney LLP-IP Dept.-MTI SEFCHECK, GREGORY B

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2651 Ex Parte CHIPCHASE et al 12548306 - (D) WINSOR 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. LE, PHAN

2683 Ex Parte Petricoin 14606406 - (D) WINSOR 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Bosch) SYED, NAB IL H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte VELLA 14078602 - (D) SQUIRE 112(2)/103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT LLC HINZE, LEO T

2881 Ex Parte Baturin et al 13724096 - (D) GUPTA 103 Carestream Health, Inc. CHOI, JAMES J

2883 Ex Parte Levola et al 14447419 - (D) CASHION 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION LEPISTO, RYAN A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Nelson et al 10390570 - (D) FETTING 101 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP ZIMMERMAN, JEFFREY P

3625 Ex Parte Liu 13430102 - (D) MacDONALD 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY MISIASZEK, MICHAEL

3627 Ex Parte LAVENTMAN et al 14089967 - (D) DIXON 101/OTDP Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C. SHEIKH, ASFAND M

3649 Ex Parte Salwan 15188000 - (D) HOELTER 112(1) 101/103 Angadbir Singh Salwan BORISSOV, IGOR N

3681 Ex Parte Crites et al 12048609 - (D) FETTING 102 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC SORKOWITZ, DANIEL M

3689 Ex Parte BOROWSKI et al 12204517 - (D) THOMAS 112(2)/102/103 112(1)/112(2)/112(4)/101/102/103 Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C. RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM

3693 Ex Parte Sweeting et al 14088680 - (D) FETTING 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. MERCHANT, SHAHID R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Sciandra 14181091 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 SIMPSON & SIMPSON, PLLC DAVISON, LAURAL

3721 Ex Parte Ullrich et al 13536462 - (D) STEPHENS 112(2) 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP TECCO, ANDREW M

3737 Ex Parte Mark et al 13474433 - (D) NEW 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. LUONG, PETER

3737 Ex Parte Xu 13716532 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 W&C IP PENG, BO JOSEPH

scaltech

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1723 Ex Parte Buck et al 14506560 - (D) OWENS 103 Enerl, Inc.- Faegre Baker Daniels LLP AKHTAR, KIRAN QURAISHI

1723 Ex Parte Wang et al 14054710 - (D) HEANEY 103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP DIGNAN, MICHAEL L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2482 Ex Parte KEROFSKY 13354178 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 CHERNOFF VILHAUER MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP ZHOU, ZHIHAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte YASUNO 13013668 - (D) KENNEDY 103 Chris Mizumoto SMITH, DAVID E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3674 Ex Parte Sheehy et al 14307133 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 ZARLEY LAW FIRM P.L.C. RUNYAN, SILVANAC

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Strong 13115729 - (D) PRATS 103 Lowe Graham Jones PLLC MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS

3747 Ex Parte Lemke et al 12592030 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 Achates Power, Inc. KIM, JAMES JAY

3763 Ex Parte Ross et al 13613937 - (D) REN 102/103 LAW OFFICE OF LOUIS WOO LEE, WENG WAH

"Inherency may not be established by probabilities or possibilities. The mere fact that a certain thing may result from a given set of circumstances is not sufficient to establish inherency." Scaltech Inc. v. Retec/Tetra L.L.C., 178 F.3d 1378, 1384 (Fed. Cir. 1999) 

Scaltech, Inc. v. Retec/Tetra, L.L.C., 269 F.3d 1321, 60 USPQ2d 1687 (Fed. Cir. 2001) 2133.03(c)

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2145 Ex Parte Hilerio et al 12977668 - (D) DIXON 112(1)/103 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION GUYEN, TUAN S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Washizaki et al 13701659 - (D) JESCHKE 102/103 112(2) WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP STCLAIR, ANDREW D

3765 Ex Parte Pham 14086409 - (D) HOFFMANN 102 102 41.50 112(1) Hao Kim Pham SUTTON, ANDREW W

3765 Ex Parte Rober et al 14058109 - (D) HILL 103 103 41.50 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP SUTTON, ANDREW W

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2489 Ex Parte Hu et al 13454471 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 IBM CORPORATION LOTFI, KYLE M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2676 Ex Parte Liguori et al 14720916 - (D) KUMAR 103 William Propp, Esq. CHEN, HUO LONG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2834 Ex Parte Shepard et al 13247410 - (D) KENNEDY 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Power Controls, Sensing Systems TRUONG, THOMAS

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte OSULLIVAN et al 12827309 - (D) MEYERS 101 HOLLAND & KNIGHT SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N

3643 Ex Parte Sandy 13629012 - (D) DOUGAL 103 O'Shea Getz P.C. TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA

3714 Ex Parte Reiss et al 13926015 - (D) HILL 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, L.L.P. MYHR, JUSTIN L

scaltech, weber, haas, harnisch, kronig

REVERSED

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Peterson 10/246,851 GRIMES 103(a) Christopher M. Goff (27839) ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP EXAMINER ZALUKAEVA, TATYANA

“Inherency may not be established by probabilities or possibilities. The mere fact that a certain thing may result from a given set of circumstances is not sufficient to establish inherency.” Scaltech Inc. v. Retec/Tetra L.L.C., 178 F.3d 1378, 1384 (Fed. Cir. 1999). ]

Scaltech, Inc. v. Retec/Tetra, L.L.C., 269 F.3d 1321, 60 USPQ2d 1687 (Fed. Cir. 2001). . . . . . . . .2133.03(c)
3765 Ex Parte Nunn 11/650,365 STAICOVICI 102(b)/103(a) Timothy T. Tyson Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen EXAMINER QUINN, RICHALE LEE

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1742 Ex Parte Kong et al 10/852,448 TIMM 102(b) WINSTEAD SECHREST & MINICK P.C. EXAMINER PIERY, MICHAEL T

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Doll et al 10/926,155 SCHAFER 102(b)/103(a) MCNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC EXAMINER PETTITT, JOHN F

AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1781 Ex Parte Makadia et al 11/267,540 FREDMAN 103(a) SENNIGER POWERS LLP (MTC) EXAMINER PADEN, CAROLYN A

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Sell et al 10/437,267 GREENHUT 103(a) HARNESS, DICKEY, & PIERCE, P.L.C EXAMINER KISH, JAMES M

ORDER FOR FURTHER BRIEFING

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1627 Ex Parte DeGrado et al 10/801,951 SCHAFER 121 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. EXAMINER CHONG, YONG SOO

Applicants ... argued that requiring a restriction between independent inventions present in a single claim was improper under In re Weber, 580 F.2d 455 (C.C.P.A. 1978) and In re Haas, 580 F.2d 461 (C.C.P.A. 1978).

We require that Applicants brief the apparent conflict between the plain language of § 121 and the Weber and Haas opinions. As part of the briefing applicants are required to address whether the language of the second paragraph of § 112, requiring “one or more claims . . . claiming the subject matter the applicant regards as his invention” necessarily precludes the Director from exercising his statutory discretion “to require the application to be restricted to one of the inventions” when more than one independent and distinct inventions are encompassed within a single claim.

Weber, In re, 580 F.2d 455, 198 USPQ 328 (CCPA 1978) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.02

Haas, In re, 580 F.2d 461, 198 USPQ 334 (CCPA 1978). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803.02
We also require additional briefing on whether Claims 16-48 are proper Markush Claims. In re Harnisch, 631 F.2d 716 (C.C.P.A. 1980) notes that the body of law relating to Markush-type claims is concerned with the concept of “unity of invention.” Harnisch, 631 F.2d at 721.

Harnisch, In re, 631 F.2d 716, 206 USPQ 300 (CCPA 1980) . . . . . . . . . . . 803.02, 2173.05(h)

REHEARING

DENIED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1641 Ex Parte Frutos et al 11/437,477 FREDMAN 102(b)/103(a) CORNING INCORPORATED EXAMINER YU, MELANIE J

See In re Kronig, 539 F.2d 1300, 1302 (CCPA 1976) (“[T]he ultimate criterion of whether a rejection is considered „new‟ in a decision by the board is whether appellants have had fair opportunity to react to the thrust of the rejection.”)

DENIED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Ni et al 09/821,753 TIMM Dissenting Opinion KRATZ 112(1)/103(a) LOWE HAUPTMAN GILMAN & BERNER, LLP EXAMINER ALEJANDRO MULERO, LUZ L

NEW

REVERSED
2444 Ex Parte Betge-Brezetz et al 10/434,056 LUCAS 102(b)/103(a) SUGHRUE MION, PLLC EXAMINER CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B

3753 Ex Parte Strattan et al 10/972,923 KAUFFMAN 103(a) CANTOR COLBURN LLP EXAMINER RIVELL, JOHN A

AFFIRMED
1781 Ex Parte Makadia et al 11/267,540 FREDMAN 103(a) SENNIGER POWERS LLP (MTC) EXAMINER PADEN, CAROLYN A

3734 Ex Parte Terry et al 11/135,824 STAICOVICI 102(b) MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD EXAMINER DOWE, KATHERINE MARIE