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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Tu et al 14539460 - (D) SNAY 102/103 41.50 103 CORNING INCORPORATED SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3689 Ex Parte Boss et al 12208510 - (D) MEDLOCK 112(1)/101/103 Keohane & D'Alessandro WEISENFELD, ARYANE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Hazani 14726619 - (D) BAHR 112(1)/103 41.50 112(2) Dr. Mark M. Friedman CARTER, CAMERON A

3761 Ex Parte Yuki et al 13386314 - (D) PLENZLER 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP VAN, QUANG T

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex Parte Chen et al 11379610 - (D) NAPPI 103 103 YEE AND ASSOCIA TES, P.C. FABER, DAVID

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Ex Parte Gammie et al 14478325 - (D) FREDMAN 112(1)/112(2)/102 102/103 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L

While we agree with the Examiner that "comprising" may allow additional elements (see Ans. 4), that presumption may be overcome when "there is evidence of a clear intent to limit the claims." Scanner Technologies Corp. v. ICOS Vision Systems Corp. N. V., 365 F.3d 1299, 1305-6 (Fed. Cir. 2004). In this case, we disagree with the Examiner's interpretation based on "comprising" because of the express exclusion in claim 1 that the disposing step must occur "while maintaining the entire distal portion ... on the ventricular side of the leaflet." We note that "every limitation positively recited in a claim must be given effect in order to determine what subject matter that claim defines." In re Wilder, 429 F.2d 447, 450 (CCPA 1970).

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Marshall et al 14055449 - (D) CASHION 102/103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA

1747 Ex Parte Cantrell et al 13907283 - (D) CASHION 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP NGUYEN, PHU HOANG

1774 Ex Parte Levecq et al 13984565 - (D) CASHION 102/103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC INSLER, ELIZABETH

1792 Ex Parte SHIRALI et al 13326158 - (D) DENNETT 112(2)/103 WOOD, HERRON & EV ANS, LLP SMITH, PRESTON

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte BONILLA ACEVEDO et al 15297106 - (D) GALLIGAN 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP MARTELLO, EDWARD

2653 Ex Parte GOODAY 14748258 - (D) CUTITTA 103 MARTIN D. MOYNIHAN d/b/a PRTSI, INC. GAUTHIER, GERALD

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte WANG et al 14289596 - (D) COURTENAY 112(2) 101/102 Sheppard Mullin / Palantir SEREBOFF, NEAL

3681 Ex Parte SANDERS et al 13608272 - (D) JURGOVAN 101 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP/JPMorgan Chase SHORTER, RASHIDA R

3684 Ex Parte Langhammer 12040556 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 101 WOOD, HERRON & EV ANS, LLP POND, ROBERT M

3686 Ex Parte Rosow et al 13117674 - (D) SHAH 101 LOZA & LOZA, LLP/Allscripts LE, LINH GIANG

3691 Ex Parte Bonissone et al 10425610 - (D) STEPHENS 101 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS

3693 Ex Parte Leitch et al 13643886 - (D) BAUMEISTER 112(1)/112(2) 101 Fluor Coporation BARTLEY, KENNETH

3693 Ex Parte Purves et al 13542535 - (D) GALLIGAN 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA ALLADIN, AMBREEN A

3696 Ex Parte Harton et al 14280892 - (D) BAIN 101/103 Travelers Companies c/o Fincham Downs LLC OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA

Tech Center  4100 Patent Training Academy 
4114 Ex Parte Gastineau 13665547 - (D) ENGLE 103 101 Davis Malm & D"Agostine P.C. ZIEGLE, STEPHANIE M

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2183 Ex Parte Gschwind et al 11416421 - (D) SHIANG 103 TUTUNJIAN & BITETTO, P.C. HUISMAN, DAVID J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2848 Ex Parte Beaupre et al 12317361 - (D) DELMENDO 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY WU, JERRY

2898 Ex Parte Yee et al 12014578 - (D) HANLON 103 ISHIMARU & ASSOCIATES LLP CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M

Scanner Tech. Corp. v. ICOS Vision Sys. Corp., N.V., 365 F.3d 1299 (Fed. Cir. 2004), is instructive. The court explains:

“This court has repeatedly emphasized that an indefinite article ‘a’ or ‘an’ in patent parlance carries the meaning of ‘one or more’ in open-ended claims containing the transitional phrase ‘comprising.’ Unless the claim is specific as to the number of elements, the article ‘a’ receives a singular interpretation only in rare circumstances when the patentee evinces a clear intent to so limit the article.” 

Id., at 1304 (quoting KCJ Corp. v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc., 223 F.3d 1351, 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2000)).

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2169 Ex Parte MALLOY et al 11776708 - (D) DESHPANDE 102 102 Riverbed Technology Inc. - PVF c/o PARK, VAUGHAN, FLEMING & DOWLER LLP VO, CECILE H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2876 Ex Parte Kindberg 11483043 - (D) KAISER 102 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MIKELS, MATTHEW

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1784 Ex Parte Strock et al 11776082 - (D) KIMLIN 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY c/o CPA Global MCNEIL, JENNIFER C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2497 Ex Parte Takata et al 11905433 - (D) KIM 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP RASHID, HARUNUR

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2682 Ex Parte Strittmatter 11291895 - (D) DANG 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC NGUYEN, NAM V

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3673 Ex Parte Huang et al 12176337 - (D) GUIJT 102/103 112(2) YUMING HUANG GALL, LLOYD A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte O’SULLIVAN 13286129 - (D) BROWNE 103 ROBERTS MLOTKOWSKI SAFRAN & COLE, P.C. WONG, STEVEN B

3728 Ex Parte Feinauer et al 10579940 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED 
2745 Ex parte GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6122482 et al 09/001,484 90012127 - (D) BAUMEISTER 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC Third Party Reqeuster: Greenblum & Bernstein, PLC REICHLE, KARIN M original VO, NGUYEN THANH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 ENTEROPTYX, INC. Requester, Respondent v. HEINZ KURZ GmbH MEDIZINTECHNIK Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 6579317 et al 09/933,619 95000662 - (D) SONG 102/103 STRIKER STRIKER & STENBY Third Party Requester: GORDON & JACOBSON, P.C. JASTRZAB, JEFFREY R original GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J