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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Sullivan et al 14049141 - (D) SNAY 102/103 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL/Zilka-Kotab MA YES, MELVIN C

The Examiner's adopted interpretation would encompass any material, irrespective of the material's ability to support its own weight during deposition, and, therefore, incorrectly reads the term "self-supporting" out of the claims. See Stumbo v. Eastman Outdoors, Inc., 508 F.3d 1358, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (denouncing claim constructions that render claimed terms superfluous). 

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2145 Ex Parte Sevigny et al 14023075 - (D) BEAMER 103 Bose Corporation PATEL, PARMANAND D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Diril et al 14735707 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & G (Apple) LEE, KWANG B

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2864 Ex Parte Bardainne 14188170 - (D) RANGE 101 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC RIVERA VARGAS,MANUELA

2887 Ex Parte Kaplinger et al 14154376 - (D) RANGE 101/102/103 IBM CORP. (WSM) c/o WINSTEAD P.C. MAI, THIEN T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 Ex Parte Schnell et al 13605104 - (D) CALVE 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON

3745 Ex Parte Lutjen et al 14790076 - (D) HOELTER 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J

3763 Ex Parte Hanamachi 13808783 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Locke Lord LLP ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E

3793 Ex Parte Salminen 13496043 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Intrinsic Law Corp. ROY, BAISAKHI

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1742 Ex Parte Maziers 14594280 - (D) DENNETT 103 102/103 FINA TECHNOLOGY INC LIU, XUE H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2863 Ex Parte Ono et al 13405949 - (D) CURCURI Dissenting BUSCH 101 112(1)/112(2)/101 K&L Gates LLP-Chicago NGO, DACTHANG P

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Lewus et al 13884035 - (D) NEW 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY COHEN, MICHAEL P

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte Miyanari et al 14072158 - (D) OWENS 112(1)/112(2)/103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP PHAM, THOMAS T

1791 Ex Parte Smit et al 13804167 - (D) GUPTA 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA BEKKER, KELLY JO

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte Dang et al 14823384 - (D) KRIVAK 101 IBM Corporation - Endicott Drafting Center CHU, GABRIELL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2492 Ex Parte DOGU et al 14042732 - (D) SMITH 103 RYUKA USA LLP KIM, TAE K

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Takami 13577160 - (D) BISK 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC BUTTRAM, ALAN T

2659 Ex Parte Jansche et al 13912255 - (D) SMITH 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. TZENG, FENG-TZER

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2818 Ex Parte Lee et al 14286600 - (D) SNAY 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED PARK, SAMUEL

2819 Ex Parte Ramdani et al 13617584 - (D) GAUDETTE 112(1)/102 112(1)/103 The Law Offices of Bradley J. Bereznak HARGROVE, FREDERICK B

2836 Ex Parte Archer 15216540 - (D) FRANKLIN 102/103 112(2) The Mason Group Patent Specialists LLC THOMAS, LUCY M

2863 Ex Parte Heshmati et al 14710511 - (D) ROBERTSON 102/103 Bay Area Technology Law Group/ InvenSense BHAT, ADITYA S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte CANNON et al 14266352 - (D) BUI 101 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (Cerner Corporation) PAULSON, SHEETAL R.

3626 Ex Parte Wartenfeld et al 13208417 - (D) WIEDER 101 103 Medley, Behrens & Lewis, LLC MORGAN, ROBERT W

3651 Ex Parte Fourney 14847836 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 LAITRAM, L.L. C. HARP, WILLIAM RAY

3683 Ex Parte Linn et al 12477073 - (D) HAMANN 101/103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC PEACHER, LORENA R

3693 Ex Parte Ghosh 13935188 - (D) SHAW 101 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP ALLADIN, AMBREEN A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte Asher et al 12903112 - (D) STAICOVICI 101/OTDP CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY

3731 Ex Parte Scott et al 14210812 - (D) BAHR 103 MICHAEL, BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (MT) SEIF, DARIUSH

3745 Ex Parte Potter 14597553 - (D) BROWN 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT

3774 Ex Parte GOLDFARB et al 14070936 - (D) SCHNEIDER 112(1) 103 Sughrue Mion - Abbott (Legacy Evalve) WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Meyer 10845471 - (D) SMITH Concurring MORGAN 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (EP ORIGINATING) PATEL, DHAVAL V

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2857 Ex Parte Joshi et al 11839826 - (D) GAUDETTE 102(b)/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED CHARIOUI, MOHAMED

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3682 Ex Parte Barnett et al 09879825 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP (NV) DURAN, ARTHUR D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Scirica 11520343 - (D) GROSSMAN 102(b)/103 Covidien LP WEEKS, GLORIA R

3725 Ex Parte Kaufman 12137682 - (D) BROWNE 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) Southeast IP Group, LLC BATTULA, PRADEEP CHOUDARY

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Chun et al 11139591 - (D) STRAUSS 103 103 NSIP LAW CHBOUKI, TAREK

2165 Ex Parte Chun et al 11832982 - (D) STRAUSS 103 103 NSIP LAW CHBOUKI, TAREK

2171 Ex Parte Muir 11831660 - (D) JENKS 103 102(b) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP LEGGETT, ANDREA C.

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Ford 12381451 - (D) PLENZLER 102(b)/103 102(b) Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A. SWINEHART, EDWIN L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 Ex Parte Hester et al 11425139 - (D) KERINS 103 103 TILLMAN WRIGHT, PLLC LEWIS, JUSTIN V

Interpreting the claim term “removably” to mean merely being capable of being removed so as to encompass dissolution of the adhesive or disruption of other conventional and generally permanent attachment methods identified in Lee does not give appropriate weight to the meaning of that term and is not consistent with the nature of the attachment method disclosed by Appellants. See Bicon, Inc. v. Straumann Co., 441 F.3d 945, 950 (Fed. Cir. 2006) and In re Danly, 263 F.2d 844, 847 (CCPA 1959) (appellant has used such phrases as “for holding” and “for insulating” throughout the appealed claims with the obvious intention of limiting them to actual performance of the stated functions, as distinguished from mere possibility of such performance). The Examiner’s interpretation essentially renders the terms in the claims superfluous as most attachment methods are capable of being removed if exposed to some outside destructive force. Thus, the Examiner’s interpretation is unreasonably broad as it effectively would expunge the term “removably” from the claim language. See Stumbo v. Eastman Outdoors, Inc., 508 F.3d 1358, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (denouncing claim constructions that render phrases in claims superfluous).

Danly, In re, 263 F.2d 844, 120 USPQ 528 (CCPA 1959) 2114

DONNER 8: 1554

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Cummings et al 12124725 - (D) PAK 103 ECOLAB USA INC. CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN

1732 Ex Parte Palla et al 12475102 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 HONEYWELL/UOP NGUYEN, COLETTE B

1792 Ex Parte Bekele 12152615 - (D) MURPHY 103 Sealed Air Corporation THAKUR, VIREN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2193 Ex Parte Mourra 10906592 - (D) SMITH 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP VU, TUAN A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2885 Ex Parte Oketani et al 12274599 - (D) SMITH 112(2)/103 KRATZ, QUINTOS & HANSON, LLP LEE, JONG SUK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Wilcoxen et al 10970037 - (D) OSINSKI 103 The Law Office of Steven G. Roeder VERAA, CHRISTOPHER

3677 Ex Parte Swerdlick 12080226 - (D) DANIELS 112(2)/102(b)/103 Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. MILLER, WILLIAM L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Brown 11614302 - (D) CAPP 103 Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Inc. FRISBY, KESHA

3778 Ex Parte Davidowski et al 11300052 - (D) SNEDDEN 102(e)/103 37 C.F.R § 41.50(b) 102(e) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Richards 12069674 - (R) CALVE Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC HARMON, CHRISTOPHER R

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1653 CONJUCHEM, LLC Requester and Cross-Appellant v. AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 95000276 6924264 09/561,226 LEBOVITZ 103 103 CONJUCHEM BIOTECHNOLOGIES INC. Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: JONES DAY TURNER, SHARON L original LIU, SAMUEL W

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2151 APPLE INC. Requester and Respondent v. ZAPMEDIA SERVICES, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 95001143 7343414 11/162,716 HOFF 102(b)/102(e)/103 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. Third Party Requester NOVAK DRUCE & QUIGG, LLP FERRIS III, FRED O original MAUNG, ZARNI

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Ansorge et al 11794515 - (D) PAK 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY AKRAM, IMRAN

1726 Ex Parte Junge et al 11215151 - (D) GARRIS 103 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3618 Ex Parte Pedret et al 11538972 - (D) DeFRANCO 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. / LEAR CORPORATION EBNER, KATY MEYER

3641 Ex Parte Moore et al 11317647 - (D) MORRISON 102/103 SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. (Main) LEE, BENJAMIN P

3653 Ex Parte Takahashi 11938372 - (D) BROWNE 103 Mr. Ryoichi Harada BUTLER, MICHAEL E

3663 Ex Parte Pickens et al 11673484 - (D) THOMAS 103 MERCHANT & GOULD EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte Miyamoto et al 11522357 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. HSU, RYAN

3752 Ex Parte Lawyer et al 12215661 - (D) BROWNE 112(2)/102/103 William M. Hobby III KIM, CHRISTOPHER S

Further, the Examiner’s interpretation of “sprinkler housing” renders the claim terminology “sprinkler” meaningless.  Claims are construed with an eye toward giving effect to all terms in the claim.  Eicon Inc. v. Straumann Co., 441 F.3d 945, 950 (Fed. Cir. 2006).  See Stumbo v. Eastman Outdoors, Inc., 508 F.3d 1358, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (denouncing claim constructions which render phrases in claims superfluous).  Accordingly, the Examiner’s claim construction which reads the limitation “sprinkler” out of the claim is in error. 

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Ritter et al 10951972 - (D) HOUSEL 103 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. TALBOT, BRIAN K

1777 Ex Parte Savage et al 11776098 - (D) NAGUMO 112(1)/112(2)/103 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. GIONTA FITZSIMMON, ALLISON

1777 Ex Parte KIM et al 12397102 - (D) KIMLIN 102/103 102/103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP XU, XIAOYUN

1781 Ex Parte Renavikar et al 11297722 - (D) TIMM 103 102/103 Winkle, PLLC c/o CPA Global MEHTA, MEGHA S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex Parte Fonte 11460100 - (D) SPAHN 103 102/103 Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE

3651 Ex Parte Ackley 11605328 - (D) HOSKINS 102/103 112(1) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SINGH, KAVEL

3654 Ex Parte Mohr et al 11027286 - (D) GREENHUT 103 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Xu et al 11711460 - (D) COURTENAY 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. MENGESHA, MULUGETA A

2452 Ex Parte Dawson et al 11243658 - (D) ANDERSON 103 Whitham, Curtis, & Christofferson. P.C. CHANG, JULIAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2874 Ex Parte Marquis et al 11764894 - (D) KALAN 103 VERIZON BEDTELYON, JOHN M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Ex Parte Zivin 11517973 - (D) HOFFMANN 112(1) 112(1)/102 COOPER & DUNHAM, LLP ZUKANOVICH,BRANDY A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Baggot et al 11498864 - (D) KAUFFMAN 102/103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. CHOI, STEPHEN

3778 Ex Parte Roe et al 11133973 - (D) GROSSMAN 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY ANDERSON, CATHARINE L

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Whirlpool Corporation Requester v. LG Electronics Inc. Patent Owner and Appellant 95001561 7,762,098 12/125,117 GUEST 103 102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DC) THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: Michael A. Hawes ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN original TAPOLCAI, WILLIAM E

AFFIRMED
3401 SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. Requester, Cross-Appellant, Respondent v. SYNTHES (U.S.A.) Patent Owner, Appellant, Respondent 90009378 6623486 SONG 103 WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP Third Party Requester: Hunton & Williams, LLP REIP, DAVID OWEN original GARRETT, ROBERT E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Whirlpool Corporation Requester v. LG Electronics Inc. Patent Owner and Appellant 95001523 7,428,820 12/125,117 GUEST 112(2) 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DC) THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: Michael A. Hawes ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN original TAPOLCAI, WILLIAM E

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1635 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V., MAXPLANCK-INNOVATION GMBH, WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, AND ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Defendants-Appellants, AND ROBERT L. CARET, JAMES R. JULIAN, JR., DAVID J. GRAY, AND JAMES P. MCNAMARA, Defendants-Appellants. 2012-1540, -1541, -1661 7,056,704 10/832,432 7,078,196 10/832,248 REYNA Dissenting MOORE no exclusive original jurisdiction/indispensable party Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP; Irell & Manella, LLP BOWMAN, AMY HUDSON

american academy, stumbo, bicon

REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte Mikhail et al 11/196,632 GARRIS 102(b)/103(a) MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION EXAMINER YANCHUK, STEPHEN J

2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Sturm 11/926,244 WINSOR 102(b) CROWELL & MORING LLP EXAMINER WANG, JACK K

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Blette et al 10/939,540 SPAHN 103(a) 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY EXAMINER POON, PETER M

See In re Am. Acad. of Sci. Tech. Ctr., 367 F.3d 1359, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (We determine the scope of the claims in patent applications not solely on the basis of the claim language, but upon giving claims their broadest reasonable construction in light of the specification as it would be interpreted by one of ordinary skill in the art.).

American Academy of Science Tech. Center, In re, 367 F.3d 1359, 70 USPQ2d 1827 (Fed. Cir. 2004) . . . . . 2111, 2111.01
See Bicon Inc. v. Straumann Co., 441 F.3d 945, 950 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (Claims are construed with an eye toward giving effect to all terms in the claim.).

See Stumbo v. Eastman Outdoors, Inc., 508 F.3d 1358, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (denouncing claim constructions which render phrases in claims superfluous).

3644 Ex Parte Freidell 11/338,221 SAINDON 102(b)/103(a) Mark P. Stone EXAMINER WILLIAMS, MONICA L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Cameron et al 10/517,906 GARRIS 103(a) 103(a) The BOC Group, Inc. EXAMINER YANG, JIE
REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED-IN-PART & REVERSED-IN-PART

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3749 Ex Parte 6886553 et al Ex parte HEATMAX, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 90/008,869 DELMENDO 102(b)/103(a) 102(b)/103(a) PATENT OWNER: THOMAS, KAYDEN, HORSTEMEYER & RISLEY, LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: WILLIAM L. BROOKS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PRACTICE GROUPEXAMINER WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE original EXAMINER YEUNG, JAMES C
AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte Pickering 11/445,360 HASTINGS 103(a) MDIP LLC EXAMINER VAJDA, PETER L

1747 Ex Parte Ueyoko et al 11/592,893 KATZ 103(a) THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY EXAMINER FISCHER, JUSTIN R

1778 Ex Parte Benevides et al 11/211,066 GARRIS 112(2)/103(a) Waters Technologies Corporation EXAMINER THERKORN, ERNEST G

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Ex Parte Egnor et al 11/024,967 SMITH 103(a) HARRITY & HARRITY, LLP EXAMINER HWA, SHYUE JIUNN

2179 Ex Parte Lee et al 10/743,476 ZECHER 102(b) THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. EXAMINER LO, WEILUN

2186 Ex Parte Kuwata 11/372,198 DANG 103(a) MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC EXAMINER DUDEK JR, EDWARD J

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Shih et al 10/703,762 RUGGIERO 102(e)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER SMOOT, STEPHEN W

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3685 Ex Parte Gaetano 10/641,853 FISCHETTI 103(a) 37 CFR § 41.50(b) 103(a) MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION EXAMINER AGWUMEZIE, CHARLES C

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Venturelli 10/538,913 GREEN 103(a) MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. EXAMINER MCEVOY, THOMAS M

3751 Ex Parte Aylward 11/421,624 BAHR 103(a) ALSTON & BIRD LLP EXAMINER NIESZ, JASON KAROL
REHEARING

DENIED

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Golden 11/095,355 HOELTER 102(b) GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE, ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C EXAMINER MAI, HAO D

o'farrell, life techs, bicon, stumbo

REVERSED 

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry 

Ex Parte Wells et al 10/153,207 SPIEGEL 112(1)/102(e) GATES & COOPER LLP EXAMINER SAOUD, CHRISTINE J 

Ex Parte Childress et al 11/144,464 ADAMS 112(1)/103(a) MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC. C/O DILWORTH & BARRESE, LLP EXAMINER BALASUBRAMANIAN, VENKATARAMAN 

Ex Parte Kleinsek 11/711,921 SPIEGEL 102(b)/103(a) DON A. KLEINSEK, PH.D. EXAMINER SCHUBERG, LAURA J 

For obviousness under § 103, all that is required is a reasonable expectation of success." In re O’Farrell, 853 F.2d 894, 903-04 (Fed. Cir. 1988). Expectation of success is assessed from the perspective of a person of ordinary skill in the art, at the time the invention was made. Life Techs., Inc. v. Clontech Labs., Inc. , 224 F.3d 1320, 1326 (Fed. Cir. 2000). 

O’Farrell, In re, 853 F.2d 894, 7 USPQ2d 1673 (Fed. Cir. 1988) . . 2143.01, 2143.02, 2144.08, 2145 

2100 Computer Architecture and Software 

Ex Parte Berger et al 10/637,339 HUGHES 102(e) Yee & Associates, P.C. EXAMINER GORTAYO, DANGELINO N 

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

Ex Parte Holmstrom et al 10/832,180 BARRETT 102(b)/103(a) ADVANTEDGE LAW GROUP, LLC EXAMINER STRIMBU, GREGORY J 

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design 

Ex Parte Jankoski et al 10/364,705 SILVERBERG 112(1)/102(b)/103(a) SUGHRUE MION, PLLC EXAMINER MAI, TRI M 

Ex Parte Wasylucha 10/872,256 SILVERBERG 103(a) GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE, ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C EXAMINER EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 

Claims are construed with an eye toward giving effect to all terms in the claim. Bicon Inc. v. Straumann Co., 441 F.3d 945, 950 (Fed. Cir. 2006). See Stumbo v. Eastman Outdoors, Inc., 508 F.3d 1358, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (denouncing claim constructions which render phrases in claims superfluous). 

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry 

Ex Parte Warrell 10/738,867 GRIMES 103(a) DIEHL SERVILLA LLC EXAMINER GIBBS, TERRA C 

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design 

Ex Parte Mantle 10/523,857 SILVERBERG 103(a) SHAY GLENN LLP EXAMINER WIEST, PHILIP R