american medical, storage tech., bio-rad

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Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Symrise AG 15554791 SCHNEIDER 103 DILWORTH & BARRESE, LLP PURDY, KYLE A

1612 ARx, LLC 16453432 GRIMES 103/OTDP MCNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC LIU, TRACY

1653 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 15048789 GRIMES 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP NGUYEN, NGHI V

1675 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Univetsity 15560136 SCHNEIDER 103 STANFORD UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY LICENSING BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP BUNKER, AMY M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1718 Applied Materials, Inc. 14554250 DENNETT 103 AMAT / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP BENNETT, CHARLEE

1735 M SQUARED LASERS LIMITED 14889005 KENNEDY 103 FisherBroyles, LLP - MAIN SAAD, ERIN BARRY

1744 KHS Corpoplast GmbH 15314488 PRAISS 103 RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP ZHAO, XIAO SI

1796 Cytiva Sweden AB 15653501 HOUSEL 103 EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP EDWARDS, LYDIA E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP 15522791 FRAHM 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise BENGZON, GREG C

2472 Lutron Technology Company LLC 16055806 HOMERE 103 LUTRON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LLC AHMED, ABDULLAHI

2473 NEC CORPORATION 16494432 ENGLE 103 41.50 112(1) NEC-IPC BOKHARI, SYED M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Samsung Display Co., Ltd. 15818592 MCGEE 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP BELL, LAUREN R

2875 LEDVANCE GmbH 16129174 INGLESE 102(a)(2)/103 HAYES SOLOWAY P.C. GUHARAY, KARABI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3655 Charles Osborne 16732005 BAHR 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Boxine GmbH 16071817 O’HANLON 103 Howard IP Law Group PENG, RAYSHUN K.

3794 Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA 15323546 STAICOVICI 103 41.50 112(2) MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C

Affirmed-in-Part

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Misapplied Sciences, Inc. 15944366 FRAHM 103 103 Kaplan Breyer Schwarz, LLP MIDKIFF, AARON

2683 TRUEMOTION, INC. 15413005 HUME 103 112(2) Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast KHAN, OMER S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 15216318 SHAH 103 103 AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. MENGESHA, WEBESHET

“Whether to treat a preamble term as a claim limitation is ‘determined on the facts of each case in light of the claim as a whole and the invention described in the patent.’” Am. Med. Sys., Inc. v. Biolitec, Inc., 618 F.3d 1354, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (quoting Storage Tech. Corp. v. Cisco Sys., Inc., 329 F.3d 823, 831 (Fed. Cir. 2003)). ...

“If the claim uses the preamble only to state a purpose or intended use for the invention, then the preamble is not limiting.” Bio-Rad Labs., Inc. v. 10X Genomics Inc., 967 F.3d 1353, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2020) (citation omitted).

3785 Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA 14959330 STAICOVICI 103 103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC MOON, MATTHEW RYAN

3785 Jed Black et al. 15224510 WOOD dissenting PLENZLER 103 103 Vista IP Law Group LLP MURPHY, VICTORIA

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Corium International, Inc. 16219859 GRIMES OTDP 103 McDermott Will & Emery LLP SONG, JIANFENG

1616 FYTEKO 15760468 ADAMS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SHIN, MONICA A

1617 Claire Bourdin et al. 14122470 ADAMS 103 The Marbury Law Group, PLLC PEEBLES, KATHERINE

1617 Gulbrandsen Technologies, Inc. 16536557 SCHNEIDER 103 LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK SOROUSH, ALI

1619 Evonik Technochemie GmbH 15746989 FREDMAN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PROSSER, ALISSA J

1628 JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV 15852181 SCHNEIDER 103 DAVID A. LANE, JR. JOHNSON & JOHNSON RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B

1662 Marc-Andre D'Aoust et al. 13992893 TOWNSEND 103 Raphael Bellum PLLC UYENO, STEPHEN G

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1733 Systems Spray-Cooled, Inc 15874349 INGLESE 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - The Systems Group KASTLER, SCOTT R

1738 General Cable Technologies Corporation et al. 16409569 PRAISS 102/103 ULMER & BERNE LLP WALCK, BRIAN D

1767 COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN 15776505 HASTINGS 103 COZEN O'CONNOR HEINCER, LIAM J

1774 DISPERSOL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15402556 DENNETT 103 103 Parker Highlander PLLC COOLEY, CHARLES E

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2125 RCRDCLUB Corporation 15354377 DEJMEK 103 Butzel Long BALDWIN, RANDALL KERN

2136 Cisco Technology, Inc. 15826801 McNEILL 103 Cisco Technology, Inc. c/o Polsinelli WONG, NANCI N

2139 Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 16358792 SZPONDOWSKI 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP CARDWELL, ERIC

2161 Sisense Ltd. 14677285 SHIANG 103 M&B IP Analysts, LLC SAMARA, HUSAM TURKI

2168 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. 14508264 McNEILL 101 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN

2176 DROPBOX INC. 15486285 CHERRY 103 DLA Piper LLP (US) ĄV Dropbox PAN, PHOEBE X

2184 NXP B.V. 16293804 ARPIN 103 Intellectual Property and Licensing NXP B.V. WANG, HARRY Z

2195 VMware, Inc. 15383591 THOMAS 103 Patterson + Sheridan, LLP ĄV Vmware AYERS, MICHAEL WART

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2419 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 16119288 HOMERE 103 Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel (Amazon) PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R

2466 TANGO NETWORKS, INC 16044307 SAADAT 112(2) 103 Proactive Patents LLC LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS

2484 Universal Electronics Inc. 16816433 CRAIG 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP ZHAO, DAQUAN

2493 ICONTROL NETWORKS, INC. 14201133 PYONIN 103 BakerHostetler / Comcast SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2641 Nokia of America Corporation 16095990 KHAN 102(a)(2)/103 MENDELSOHN DUNLEAVY, P.C. ELHAG, MAGDI

2654 Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd. 16236861 McKEOWN 103 Cirrus Logic/Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP MEI, XU

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2853 HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 16343501 KENNEDY 103 HP Inc. VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO

2857 THE BOEING COMPANY 15833564 HOUSEL 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP/BOEING KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG

2884 Kromnigon AB 15627601 CASHION 103 RMCK Law Group, PLC LEE, SHUN K

2897 Infineon Technologies AG 16437978 MCGEE 103 MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES GRAY, AARON J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 CFPH, LLC 16042564 BAYAT 101/OTDP CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. GLASS, RUSSELL S

3633 BUSHBOARD LTD 16722247 WOODS 103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC AGUDELO, PAOLA

3642 LELY PATENT N.V. 15752919 BROWN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. WANG, MICHAEL H

3642 LELY PATENT N.V. 16467701 BROWN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. MORONEY, MEGAN J

3676 Stabil Drill Specialties, L.L.C. 16256690 CAPP 103 JONES WALKER PATEL, NEEL G

3681 ARRIS Enterprises LLC 16284538 MEDLOCK 101 CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP(Arris/Commscope) LI, SUN M

3685 Apple Inc. 14502981 CRAWFORD 112(1)/112(2) 101 Apple c/o Kubota & Basol LLP RAVETTI, DANTE

3685 The Toronto-Dominion Bank 14936812 SONG 101 Duane Morris LLP - Washington, D.C. RAK, TAYLOR SIMON DUANE

3695 Roger Burkhardt et al. 11545222 ADAMS 112(1) 101 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

3695 The Westport Group 15968054 CALVE 101 MEDLEN & CARROLL, LLP POLLOCK, GREGORY A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Nokia Technologies Oy 15704438 SILVERMAN 101/103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP MLICK, WILLIAM D

3731 Ethicon LLC 15850505 WOOD 103 K&L GATES LLP ĄV ETHICON TECCO, ANDREW M

3745 Danfoss A/S 16455998 KAUFFMAN 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. LAMBERT, WAYNE A

3752 Wagner Spray Tech Corportaion 16297885 SCHOPFER 103 Kelly, Holt & Christenson, P.L.L.C. CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL

3754 Maor Grinberg 16061422 CAPP 112(1)/103 Dr. Mark M. Friedman SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J

3771 JenaValve Technology, Inc. 15559498 BAHR 112(2)/103 EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP SIMPSON, SARAH A

Rehearing

Denied 

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2439 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 15528121 HOMERE Concurring ZADO Dissenting BAUMEISTER 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC MOHAMMADI, FAHIMEH M

allen eng'g, boehringer, IMS, Jung, Kinetic, storage tech.

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1743 Ex Parte Eisenhut et al 11294332 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC OCHYLSKI, RYAN M

1766 Ex Parte Heeney et al 12094895 - (D) SMITH 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. KAHN, RACHEL

1777 Ex Parte Beatty 11197960 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M

1779 Ex Parte Gaid 12088501 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC ANDERSON, DENISE R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3767 Ex Parte Abuzaina et al 12147046 - (D) MARTIN 102/103 Tyco Healthcare Group LP d/b/a Covidien BOSQUES, EDELMIRA

Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3636 Ex parte Lear Corporation, Patent Owner and Appellant 90011745 6955397 10/950,711 ROBERTSON 103 LEAR CORPORATION BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. JASTRZAB, JEFFREY R original BROWN, PETER R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2661 Ex Parte Geng 10728393 - (D) DANG 102 102/103 Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy PETERSON, CHRISTOPHER K

That is, such “being configured to” language merely represents a statement of intended use of the light projector. An intended use will not limit the scope of the claim because it merely defines a context in which the invention operates. Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. v. Schering-Plough Corp., 320 F.3d 1339, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2003).
...

Although claim 73 claims a “3D imaging camera” in the preamble, “[w]hether to treat a preamble term as a claim limitation is ‘determined on the facts of each case in light of the claim as a whole and the invention described in the patent.’” Storage Tech. Corp. v. Cisco Sys., Inc., 329 F.3d 823, 831 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (citation omitted). The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has held generally that “the preamble does not limit the claims.” Allen Eng’g Corp. v. Bartell Indus., Inc., 299 F.3d 1336, 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2002) (citation omitted).

Allen Eng’g Corp. v. Bartell Indus., Inc., 299 F.3d 1336, 63 USPQ2d 1769 (Fed. Cir. 2002) 2133.03(e), 2133.03(e)(4)

We do not find that the body of the claim depends on the preamble for completeness; since the preamble does not provide more than just “a descriptive name to the set of limitations in the body of the claim that completely set forth the invention.” IMS Tech., Inc. v. Haas Automation, Inc., 206 F.3d 1422, 1434 (Fed. Cir. 2000). Therefore, we find that the preamble has no separate limiting effect.

IMS Technology Inc. v. Haas Automation Inc., 206 F.3d 1422, 54 USPQ2d 1129 (Fed. Cir. 2000) 2181, 2183, 2184

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2873 Ex Parte Matsuzawa et al 10152930 - (D) HOFF 103 103 CIBA VISION CORPORATION STULTZ, JESSICA T

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Caldwell et al 11115968 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 EPA - Bozicevic Field & Francis LLP BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Tran Quoc et al 11573162 - (D) SCHAFER 103 Pearne & Gordon LLP LOUIE, MANDY C

1744 Ex Parte Curdy et al 10574003 - (D) SMITH 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC LE, NINH V

1745 Ex Parte Giacometti 10552360 - (D) SMITH 103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC TOLIN, MICHAEL A

1746 Ex Parte Bauer 11805444 - (D) SMITH 103 Avery Dennison Corporation DODDS, SCOTT

1762 Ex Parte Ung et al 11094102 - (D) KATZ 103 Mintz Levin/Palo Alto HARLAN, ROBERT D

1765 Ex Parte Wei et al 12708368 - (D) PRAISS 103/obviousness-type double patenting THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY MCGINTY, DOUGLAS J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2183 Ex Parte Kottapalli 11638315 - (D) BENOIT 102/103 KENYON & KENYON LLP HUISMAN, DAVID J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2661 Ex Parte Lim et al 10419984 - (D) DANG 103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. PASIEWICZ, DANIEL M

2686 Ex Parte Karr et al 11265629 - (D) FRAHM 103 SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC C/O WESTMAN, CHAMPLIN & KELLY, P.A. KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH

To establish a prima facie case of obviousness, so as to meet the notice required of 35 USC § 132, requires (1) “set[ting] forth the statutory basis of the rejection”; (2) “the reference or references relied upon”; and (3) explaining the references “in a sufficiently articulate and informative manner.” In re Jung, 637 F.3d 1356, 1363 (Fed. Cir. 2011). Further, there must be (4) “a reason to combine prior art references[, which] is a question of fact.” Kinetic Concepts, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., 688 F.3d 1342, 1367 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (internal citations omitted).

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Carrison 10793694 - (D) JENKS 103 VISTA IP LAW GROUP LLP SZPIRA, JULIE ANN

storage tech., allen eng'g, catalina, pitney bowes, symantec, IMS, american medical

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Squibbs et al 11/035,801 MANTIS MERCADER 103(a) 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER NGUYEN, NAM V

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Schrader et al 10/967,022 KAUFFMAN 103(a) 103(a) WHITHAM, CURTIS & CHRISTOFFERSON & COOK, P.C. EXAMINER VALENTI, ANDREA M

Whether to treat a preamble term as a claim limitation is “determined on the facts of each case in light of the claim as a whole and the invention described in the patent.” Storage Tech. Corp. v. Cisco Sys., Inc., 329 F.3d 823, 831 (Fed.Cir. 2003). While there is no simple test for determining when a preamble limits claim scope, we have set forth some general principles to guide that inquiry. “Generally,” we have said, “the preamble does not limit the claims.” Allen Eng’g Corp. v. Bartell Indus., Inc., 299 F.3d 1336, 1346 (Fed.Cir. 2002). Nonetheless, the preamble may be construed as limiting “if it recites essential structure or steps, or if it is ‘necessary to give life, meaning, and vitality’ to the claim.” Catalina Mktg. Int’l, Inc. v. Coolsavings.com, Inc., 289 F.3d 801, 808 (Fed. Cir. 2002), quoting Pitney Bowes, Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 182 F.3d 1298, 1305 (Fed. Cir. 1999). A preamble is not regarded as limiting, however, “when the claim body describes a structurally complete invention such that deletion of the preamble phrase does not affect the structure or steps of the claimed invention.” Catalina, 289 F.3d at 809. If the preamble “is reasonably susceptible to being construed to be merely duplicative of the limitations in the body of the claim (and was not clearly added to overcome a [prior art] rejection), we do not construe it to be a separate limitation.” Symantec Corp. v. Computer Assocs. Int’l, Inc., 522 F.3d 1279, 1288-89 (Fed. Cir. 2008). We have held that the preamble has no separate limiting effect if, for example, “the preamble merely gives a descriptive name to the set of limitations in the body of the claim that completely set forth the invention.” IMS Tech., Inc. v. Haas Automation, Inc., 206 F.3d 1422, 1434-35 (Fed.Cir. 2000).

Am. Med. Sys., Inc. v. Biolitec, Inc., 618 F.3d 1354, 1358-59 (Fed. Cir. 2010).

Allen Eng’g Corp. v. Bartell Indus., Inc., 299 F.3d 1336, 63 USPQ2d 1769 (Fed. Cir. 2002) . . . . . . 2133.03(e), 2133.03(e)(4)

Catalina Mktg. Int’l v. Coolsavings.com, Inc., 289 F.3d 801, 62 USPQ2d 1781(Fed. Cir. 2002).. . . . . 2111.02

Pitney Bowes, Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 182 F.3d 1298, 51 USPQ2d 1161 (Fed. Cir. 1999) . . . . . . .2111.02

IMS Technology Inc. v. Haas Automation Inc., 206 F.3d 1422, 54 USPQ2d 1129 (Fed. Cir. 2000) . .2181, 2183, 2184
AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1764 Ex Parte Dijk et al 11/699,692 McKELVEY 103(a) KRATON POLYMERS U.S. LLC EXAMINER KAUCHER, MARK S

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Chane et al 10/306,752 POTHIER 102(e)/103(a) BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD EXAMINER AHLUWALIA, NAVNEET K

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte Aikens et al 10/370,640 HUGHES Concurring BLANKENSHIP 101/102(e)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102(e)/103(a) Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC EXAMINER BURGESS, BARBARA N