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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte YORDEM et al 13875505 - (D) BEST 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY TRIVISONNO, ANGELO

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2139 Ex Parte HAGERSTEN et al 14549065 - (D) CHUNG 103 41.50 112(2) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. THOMAS, JAMES JORDAN

As an initial matter, although the Examiner did not proffer a claim construction, claim construction is an issue of law that is left for a court or a tribunal. "[W]hen the district court reviews only evidence intrinsic to the patent (the patent claims and specifications, along with the patent's prosecution history), the judge's determination will amount solely to a determination of law." Teva Pharms. USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., 135 S. Ct. 831, 841 (2015). "[T]he ultimate issue of the proper construction of a claim should be treated as a question of law." Id. at 838.

We construe claim terms according to their broadest reasonable construction in light of the specification of the patent or application in which they appear. In re Bigio, 381 F.3d 1320, 1324 (Fed. Cir. 2004).

Bigio, In re, 381 F.3d 1320, 72 USPQ2d 1209 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2141.01(a) , 2173.01

2141 Ex Parte Nama et al 13932666 - (D) HOMERE 103 HONEYWELL/LKGLOBAL NG, AMY

2177 Ex Parte Shuler et al 14067331 - (D) BARRY 103 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC/ SR FABER, DAVID

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2455 Ex Parte Borges et al 13282275 - (D) STRAUSS 103 41.50 102/103 Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & G (Apple) HUQ, FARZANA B

2495 Ex Parte Khazan et al 14733325 - (D) MacDONALD 101/103 OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP TSANG, HENRY

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2818 Ex Parte ARGENTO 14068451 - (D) PRAISS 103 NXP USA, Inc. HAN, JONATHAN

2862 Ex Parte Bye et al 13464298 - (D) PRAISS 101 HONEYWELL/FOGG NGON, RICKY

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3655 Ex Parte ORTMANN et al 14503610 - (D) DOUGAL 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL DANG, TINH

3668 Ex Parte Wagger 13512714 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 Neal Gerber & Eisenberg, LLP - Studio Torta KLEINMAN, LAIL A

3674 Ex Parte Machado et al 14179266 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Rockwell Automation, Inc./FY WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte HONG 14611798 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 Studebaker & Brackett PC VANDERVEEN, JEFFREYS

3732 Ex Parte Bye et al 14266130 - (D) BAYAT 103 MRG/University of Minnesota c/o Mueting, Raasch & Gebhardt, P.A. COLLIER, JAMESON D

3746 Ex Parte Lifson et al 13382379 - (D) BAYAT 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier BERTHEAUD,PETERJOHN

3747 Ex Parte Gentry et al 14742901 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP SCHARPF, SUSAN E

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3652 Ex Parte SHAFFER et al 14316094 - (D) BAHR 103 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL HAGEMAN, MARK C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Rankin et al 14193145 - (D) STAICOVICI 102/103 102/103 41.50 102/103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Power Controls, Sensing Systems TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1643 Ex Parte Lejeune et al 13130867 - (D) MAJORS 103/OTDP Sanofi/Genzyme c/o Morrison & Foerster LLP DUFFY, BRADLEY

1656 Ex Parte Miller 13380329 - (D) FLAX 103 Parker Highlander PLLC STEADMAN, DAVID J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Lionheart 13910051 - (D) HEANEY 103 Klauber & Jackson LLC CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN

1713 Ex Parte Sanghera et al 13559936 - (D) REN 103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY PHAM, THOMAS T

1766 Ex Parte Gabriel et al 14359355 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP RODD, CHRISTOPHER M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2121 Ex Parte Pope 14840150 - (D) BUI 101 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP COUGHLAN, PETER D

2174 Ex Parte OSULLIVAN et al 14024709 - (D) JEFFERY 101 103/OTDP Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC CHOI, DAVID E

2174 Ex Parte OSULLIVAN et al 14036139 - (D) JEFFERY 103/OTDP Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC CHOI, DAVID E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte Obeid 13659791 - (D) McNEILL 101/103 Kenneth P. Waszkiewicz DENNISON, JERRY B

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2651 Ex Parte Truon et al 14304903 - (D) KUMAR 103 Polycom c/o Blank Rome LLP PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G

2654 Ex Parte King et al 13675844 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 Wolfe-SBMC JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A

2696 Ex Parte Aono 13392858 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102 Studebaker & Brackett PC JANSEN II, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Kadaba 14035723 - (D) COURTENAY 101 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. KONERU, SUJAY

3681 Ex Parte Goyal et al 11828789 - (D) CLEMENTS 101 BGL/Excalibur BRANDENBURG, WILLIAM A

3683 Ex Parte Ritter et al 13239223 - (D) JEFFERY 112(1)/112(2) 101 VAN PELT, YI & JAMES LLP MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

3686 Ex Parte JOHNSON et al 13905943 - (D) STRAUSS 101/103 Covidien LP GO, JOHN P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3785 Ex Parte Choi et al 13087629 - (D) HILL 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY TSAI, MICHAEL JASPER

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2471 Ex parte CHRIMAR SYSTEMS, INC. Appellant and Patent Owner Ex Parte 8155012 et al 12239001 90013740 - (D) CHEN 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. CRAVER, CHARLES R original HYUN, SOON D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2656 Ex parte ANOVA HEARING LABS, INC., Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8477978 et al 13101296 96000138 - (D) SIU 103 CLARK & BRODY GAGLIARDI, ALBERT J original JOSHI, SUNITA

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ex Parte Zoltai et al 13450073 - (D) TIMM 112(1)/102 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP WONG, LESLIE A

The Examiner and this Board have an independent obligation to determine the meaning of an application’s claims, notwithstanding the views asserted by an applicant. The obligation is analogous to that of district and appeals court judges. See, e.g., Exxon Chem. Patents, Inc. v. Lubrizol Corp., 64 F.3d 1553, 1555 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (“the trial judge has an independent obligation to determine the meaning of the claims, notwithstanding the views asserted by the adversary parties.”); see also Teva Pharm. USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., 135 S. Ct. 831, 835 (2015) (quoting Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 517 U.S. 370, (1996) (“‘the construction of a patent, including terms of art within its claim,’ is not for a jury but ‘exclusively’ for ‘the court’ to determine.”); In re Abbott Diabetes Care Inc., 696 F.3d 1142, 1148 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (Although, “[i]n contrast to district court proceedings involving an issued patent, claims under examination before the PTO are given their broadest reasonable interpretation consistent with the specification,” claim construction remains a legal question, reviewed de novo.).

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3651 Ex Parte Pearl et al 12145954 - (D) MAYBERRY 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102 BOYLE FREDRICKSON S.C. KUMAR, RAKESH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte Henke et al 12375556 - (D) CALVE 103/ obviousness-type double patenting MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. CHU, KING M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2486 Ex Parte Murray et al 10555214 - (D) HOMERE 102/103 102/103 Husch Blackwell LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz VO, TUNG T

2492 Ex Parte Karnik 12195737 - (D) HUME 102 102/103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION PAN, PEILIANG

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte SMITH et al 12368284 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 GE GPO- Transportation- The Small Patent Law Group LE, MARK T

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte YIN et al 13163088 - (D) ANKENBRAND 103 INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY CALANDRA, ANTHONY J

1791 Ex Parte Jendrysik et al 12766998 - (D) ROESEL 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2686 Ex Parte Giorgi et al 12059539 - (D) FRAHM 102/103 ZILKA-KOTAB, PC- HIT KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2891 Ex Parte Gillies et al 11175196 - (D) HANLON 112(2) HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC TORNOW, MARK W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Lampert et al 11983403 - (D) GUIJT 103 DOCKET CLERK STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 TAIWAN MICROLOOPS CORPORATION and HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY Requester, Cross-Appellant, Respondent v. CONVERGENCE TECHNOLOGIES (USA) Patent Owner, Appellant, Respondent Ex Parte 7422053 et al 11/272,145 95001749 - (D) SONG 103 EDELL, SHAPIRO & FINNAN, LLC THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: PATTERSON THUENTE CHRISTENSEN PEDERSEN, P.A. CLARKE, SARA SACHIE original FLANIGAN, ALLEN J