merck2, unigene, bayer4

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Zerbe et al 13848325 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 BGL RICCI, CRAIG D

1617 Ex Parte Busch 14993588 - (D) LAVIER 103 Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP BROWN, COURTNEY A

Although the sheer number of options taught in the prior art is not a barrier to obviousness per se, see Merck & Co. v. Biocraft Labs., Inc., 874 F.2d 804, 807 (Fed. Cir. 1989) ("[A] multitude of effective combinations does not render any particular formulation less obvious."), the "prior art cannot be 'vague' and must collectively, although not explicitly, guide an artisan of ordinary skill towards a particular solution," Unigene Labs., Inc. v. Apotex, Inc., 655 F.3d 1352, 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (quoting Bayer Schering Pharma AG v. Barr Labs., Inc., 575 F.3d 1341, 1347 (Fed. Cir. 2009)). 

Merck & Co. v. Biocraft Laboratories, 874 F.2d 804, 10 USPQ2d 1843 (Fed. Cir. 1989)  716.02(a) ,  2123 ,  2144.05 ,  2144.08

1632 Ex Parte West et al 14257299 - (D) TOWNSEND 102/103 BROWN RUDNICK LLP TON, THAIAN N

1636 Ex Parte Barros Olmedo et al 14394018 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. BROWN, MINDY G

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte De Lima Figueiredo 13130688 - (D) NAGUMO dissenting GUPTA 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. KIECHLE, CAITLIN ANNE

1768 Ex Parte KOCH et al 14568230 - (D) INGLESE 103 Avery Dennison Corporation CHANG, JOSEPHINE L

1794 Ex Parte Morita et al 13636255 - (D) NAGUMO 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2112 Ex Parte Tai et al 14973603 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER Concurring BEAMER 101 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PH)(SanDisk) VALLECILLO, KYLE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte MATLOW 14889864 - (D) HOMERE 103 Dr. Mark M. Friedman DSOUZA, JOSEPH FRANCIS A

2668 Ex Parte Carter et al 15014698 - (D) BELISLE 112(1)/101 IBM CORP. (WIP) c/o WALDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. YANG, QIAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Bendix et al 14190627 - (D) DELMENDO 103 QUINN IP Law MILLISER, THERON S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3674 Ex Parte Shen et al 14015660 - (D) OSINSKI 102/103 JONES DELFLACHE LLP SUE-AKO, ANDREW B.

3685 Ex Parte Bruchlos et al 10876023 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 101/103 Greg Goshorn, P.C. WINTER, JOHN M

3687 Ex Parte Thue et al 13621097 - (D) SHIANG 101 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP FRENEL, VANEL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Goodwin et al 13410276 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. SZAFRAN, BRIEANNA TARAH LARELL

3772 Ex Parte Clark et al 13160297 - (D) STAICOVICI Concurring CAPP 103 41.50 112(2) ICE MILLER LLP NELSON, MATTHEW M

3793 Ex Parte Tan et al 14561416 - (D) BROWN 103 Covidien LP LAMPRECHT, JOEL

3794 Ex Parte Sinelnikov 12074559 - (D) STEPINA 102/103 41.50 112(1) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS GOOD, SAMANTHA M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Wilson et al 14703253 - (D) VALEK 103 103 Klarquist Sparkman, LLP (Triad) DONOHUE, SEAN R

1623 Ex Parte Padmanabhan et al 14437434 - (D) MILLS 103 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP CRAIGO, BAHAR ALA WI

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 Ex Parte Boons 14534444 - (D) BEST 103 103 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP VASISTH, VISHAL V

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2455 Ex Parte Nadalin et al 14816892 - (D) BUI 103 103 FisherBroyles, LLP - Vonage CHANG, TIJLIAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Elangovan et al 14637351 - (D) FISHMAN 103 103 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP (SV) LU, WILLIAM

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte LALLORET et al 12173126 - (D) FREDMAN OTDP OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. CHANNAVAJJALA, LAKSHMI SARADA


1623 Ex Parte Seeberger et al 14385948 - (D) VALEK OTDP 103 MAIER & MAIER, PLLC KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY

1632 Ex Parte Nejadnik et al 14210752 - (D) LEBOVITZ 112(1) 103 THOMAS I HORSTEMEYER, LLP WILSON, MICHAEL C

1634 Ex Parte Donner et al 13182691 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL, LLP POHNERT, STEVEN C

1643 Ex Parte Giaccia et al 14712731 - (D) HARDMAN OTDP 112(1)/OTDP Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP ROARK, JESSICA HOPE

1646 Ex Parte Raibekas et al 11097993 - (D) FREDMAN 102/103/OTDP FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP XIE, XIAOZHEN

1654 Ex Parte Bonny 14035450 - (D) COTTA 103 HAUG PARTNERS LLP LIEB, JEANETTE M

1658 Ex Parte Fein 13141590 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103/OTDP GOODWIN PROCTER LLP NIEBAUER, RONALD T

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1722 Ex Parte Fink et al 13976105 - (D) CASHION 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP KEKIA, OMAR M

1729 Ex Parte INOUE 14294488 - (D) REN 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC AMPONSAH, OSEI K

1745 Ex Parte Riley 13443316 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 The Dobrusin Law Firm, P.C. TOLIN, MICHAEL A.

1791 Ex Parte Oki et al 14241357 - (D) OBERMANN 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) DEES, NIKKI H

2478 Ex Parte Ponnuswamy 14755583 - (D) PYONIN 101/103 Invoke RENNER, BRANDON M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Bolz et al 14627496 - (D) DIXON 103 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./Nvidia LIU, GORDON G

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte FAFARA 14686430 - (D) CRAWFORD 101/103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP BURGESS, JOSEPH D

3685 Ex Parte Chang et al 12512859 - (D) BISK 101/103 MERCHANT & GOULD (MICROSOFT) OBEID, MAMON A

3693 Ex Parte Wender 14618067 - (D) SHIANG 101 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) LEMIEUX, JESSICA

3694 Ex Parte MURGAI et al 14132900 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 101 Finnegan/Capital One CRANFORD, MICHAEL D

3696 Ex Parte Carrington et al 14076036 - (D) DEJMEK 103 101 MasterCard c/o Ballard Spahr LLP NGUYEN, LIZ P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Deese 14192940 - (D) CAPP 112(2) 103 Global Intellectual Property Agency, LLC KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE

3732 Ex Parte Doumit 14979813 - (D) HORNER 103 Kaufhold Dix Patent Law SPATZ, ABBY M

3747 Ex Parte POHLMANN et al 14397383 - (D) WIEDER 112(2) 102/103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP TRAN, LONG T

KSR, unigene

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1621 Ex Parte BUCK et al 13467414 - (D) NEW 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC QAZI, SABIHA NAIM

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1723 Ex Parte ONEILL 14171811 - (D) GARRIS 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. VO, JIMMY

1787 Ex Parte Shah et al 13300077 - (D) CASHION 103 ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY c/o The Dow Chemical Company SHUKLA, KRUPA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2133 Ex Parte Nikolayevich et al 14484861 - (D) AMUNDSON Concurring HOWARD 101 HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP ROSSITER, SEAN D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2667 Ex Parte Ursin et al 14265539 - (D) KRIVAK 103 Dickinson Wright, PLLC Petroleum Geo-Services, Inc. ROSARIO, DENNIS

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2824 Ex Parte Chung et al 14164005 - (D) DELMENDO 103 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./Nvidia LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY

2872 Ex Parte Blaesing et al 14260703 - (D) HOUSEL 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. BROOME, SHARRIEF I

2872 Ex Parte Robbins et al 13477646 - (D) HASTINGS 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION RAKOWSKI, CARA E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3665 Ex Parte Katrak 12718198 - (D) BROWNE 103 EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED c/o FISHMAN STEWART PLLC KING, RODNEY P

3677 Ex Parte Fong 14522438 - (D) BAHR 112(1)/102/103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC O'BRIEN, JEFFREY D

3678 Ex Parte Delafield et al 12698554 - (D) BROWN 103 NEW RIVER VALLEY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, PC MCMAHON, MATTHEW R

3685 Ex Parte Colnot 13632907 - (D) PINKERTON 112(1)/112(2)/103 NXP B.V. LEFFALL-ALLEN, NAKIA

3688 Ex Parte Jamal et al 13457668 - (D) JEFFERY 101/103 41.50 103 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP (DXC) NETZLOFF, ERIC R

3695 Ex Parte Jessop et al 09942453 - (D) AMUNDSON 101 Docket Clerk-GOLD POLLOCK, GREGORY A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte VOIC 14038463 - (D) ADAMS 103 Cosud Intellectual Property Solutions, P.C. EASTWOOD, DAVID C

Obviousness[, however,] requires more than a mere showing that the prior art includes separate references covering each separate limitation in a claim under examination. KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398,418, 127 S. Ct. 1727, 167 L.Ed.2d 705 (2007). Rather, obviousness requires the additional showing that a person of ordinary skill at the time of the invention would have selected and combined those prior art elements in the normal course of research and development to yield the claimed invention. Id. at 421, 127 S. Ct. 1727. 

Unigene Laboratories, Inc. v. Apotex, Inc., 655 F.3d 1352, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2011 ).

KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 82 USPQ2d 1385 (2007)  2141 ,   2144.05 ,   2145 ,   2216 ,   2242 ,   2286 ,   2616 ,   2642 ,   2686.04

3742 Ex Parte Anton Falcon et al 13643128 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation CHEN, KUANG YUE

3743 Ex Parte Daniels et al 11526215 - (D) GUIJT 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP PROBST, SAMANTHA A

3744 Ex Parte PEARD et al 14010647 - (D) HOELTER 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (DENSO International America, Inc.) NIEVES, NELSON J

3745 Ex Parte Asheim et al 13611314 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION ADJAGBE, MAXIME M

3746 Ex Parte Levine 13574797 - (D) WOOD 102/103 Professional Patent Solutions SOLAK, TIMOTHY P

3763 Ex Parte Sharkey et al 13550392 - (D) DOUGAL 103 SHAY GLENN LLP BOSWORTH, KAMI A

3765 Ex Parte Tschernjaew et al 12996539 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 41.50 112(2) OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LYNCH, MEGAN E

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Nierle et al 14241166 - (D) FLAX dissenting-in-part LA VIER 103 103 Abel Law Group, LLP VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE

1618 Ex Parte Argembeaux et al 14355616 - (D) NEW 112(1)/102/103 103 Abel Law Group, LLP CABRAL, ROBERTS

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1792 Ex Parte Eckstrom 13561688 - (D) SNAY 103 103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP WILLIAMS, LELA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3667 Ex Parte Albrecht et al 13234838 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 103 103 41.50 103 CORRIGAN LAW OFFICE LAROSE, RENEE MARIE

3679 Ex Parte PAMPEL 13531777 - (D) HORNER 102 112(2) The Ollila Law Group LLC HEWITT, JAMES M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Davenport 13273216 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 103 WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON, LLP WEATHERFORD, SYVILA

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1626 Ex Parte Onji et al 13641224 - (D) GRIMES 103 DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH (DC) OTTON, ALICIA L

1634 Ex Parte Fu et al 13793461 - (D) MILLS 103 Quine Intellectual Property Law Group P.C. FORMAN, BETTY J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Turner et al 12361668 - (D) RANGE 112(1) 112(1)/103 HULSEY PC LEE, DOUGLAS

1745 Ex Parte Beard et al 13082908 - (D) KENNEDY 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP BELL, WILLIAM P

1747 Ex Parte Currie et al 14192017 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1)/112(2)/112(4) 103 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY ROGERS, MARTIN K

1763 Ex Parte Toriyabe et al 14431174 - (D) TIMM 102 Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP WHITELEY, JESSICA

1766 Ex Parte Zheng et al 14471008 - (D) McGEE 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP RODD, CHRISTOPHER M

1768 Ex Parte Minagoshi et al 13981026 - (D) SNAY 103/OTDP BIRCH, STEW ART, KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP CHANG, JOSEPHINE L

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Sauve et al 11251397 - (D) GRIMES 103 ARENT FOX LLP& Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC CAO, PHUONG THAO

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2448 Ex Parte Burgard et al 10203429 - (D) SAADAT 103 Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC STRANGE, AARON N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Leedy 14032844 - (D) RANGE 112(1)/112(2)/103 USEFUL ARTS IP LUKE, DANIEL M

2892 Ex Parte Pellizzer et al 14578704 - (D) GUPTA 102/103 112(2) SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/MICRON HUBER, ROBERT T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Markey et al 14057188 - (D) SHAW 112(1) 103 PARKER IBRAHIM & BERG LLP SITTNER, MICHAEL J

3683 Ex Parte Chen et al 11741385 - (D) MOHANTY 101 LAW OFFICE OF IDO TUCHMAN (YOR) MILLER, ALAN S

3691 Ex Parte Hu et al 13725688 - (D) MOHANTY 101 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (SV) KAZIMI, HANI M

3696 Ex Parte Barron Guerra Vicente 13462091 - (D) HAGY 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. NGUYEN, LIZ P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Ex Parte Sibenaller et al 14007751 - (D) SONG 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS SIPPEL, RACHEL T

3774 Ex Parte Salgo et al 10283761 - (D) CAPP 103 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP PREBILIC, PAUL B

3775 Ex Parte Theofilos et al 13800530 - (D) LAVIER 103 CARTER, DELUCA, FARRELL & SCHMIDT, LLP WOODALL, NICHOLAS W

unigene, interconnect

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte Yonezawa 11215432 - (D) DEJMEK 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC NGUYEN, THU N

Additionally, “[o]bviousness requires more than a mere showing that the prior art includes separate references covering each separate limitation in a claim under examination.” Unigene Labs., Inc. v. Apotex, Inc., 655 F.3d 1352, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2011). Moreover, while it is well-established that any obviousness analysis must, on some level, rely on hindsight, it is impermissible to engage in a hindsight reconstruction of the claimed invention, using the applicant’s invention as a template and selecting elements from references to fill the gaps. Interconnect Planning Corp. v. Feil, 774 F.2d 1132, 1143 (Fed. Cir. 1985).

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2468 Ex Parte Nason et al 11674771 - (D) SHIANG 103 MITEL NETWORKS CORP. c/o MICHELLE WHITTINGTON PERRY + CURRIER INC. (FOR MITEL) PHUNG, LUAT

2673 Ex Parte Nara 12625971 - (D) PINKERTON 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC WALLACE, JOHN R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 Ex Parte Elliott 13477692 - (D) ASTORINO 103 Caterpillar c/o LEYDIG, VOIT & MAYER, LTD NGUYEN, NGA X

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Aquino et al 13644781 - (D) McCARTHY 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC ALIE, GHASSEM

3742 Ex Parte Kohl et al 13231556 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. SINGH, AMIT K

3744 Ex Parte Schwerer et al 12920651 - (D) PESLAK 103 FACTOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, LTD. SULLENS, TAVIA L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte Tompkins 13191312 - (D) GUIJT 102 102/103 DOCKET CLERK COLLADO, CYNTHIA FRANCISCA

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Kaes et al 13181773 - (D) McMANUS 103 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY FISCHER, JUSTIN R

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte HAKURA et al 14058053 - (D) BEAMER 103 Artegis Law Group, LLP/NVIDIA HE, WEIMING

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2853 Ex Parte Murphy et al 14900957 - (D) KUMAR 112(2) 103 HP Inc. VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3695 Ex Parte KANJLIA et al 14109017 - (D) MEYERS 101 Finnegan/Capital One DONLON, RYAN D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3722 Ex Parte Piper 12822941 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 Klintworth & Rozenblat IP LLC GATES, ERIC ANDREW

3763 Ex Parte Dimashkieh et al 13822627 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Richard C. Litman DARB, HAMZA A.

3763 Ex Parte Senarith et al 13840196 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC (STJ) STIGELL, THEODORE J

3775 Ex Parte Kang et al 13178148 - (D) SMITH 103 MILLER, MATTHIAS & HULL LLP BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
2764 Ex Parte 6,173,267 B1 et al Ex Parte Cairns 90/012,264 09028718 13589343 - (D) SIU 101/103 DAVID M. QUINLAN, P.C. THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: LOEB & LOEB, LLP WORJLOH, JALATEE

unigene

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1774 Ex Parte Kanno et al 11992590 - (D) NAGUMO 103 OLIFF PLC CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2158 Ex Parte XIE 11876225 - (D) NAPPI 103 Lee & Hayes , pllc SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN

2166 Ex Parte Lee 12667340 - (D) SMITH 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC GMAHL, NA VNEET K

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2449 Ex Parte Link et al 12051125 - (D) DROESCH 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC FAN, HUA

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2658 Ex Parte Jeffs 12200905 - (D) WINSOR 103 41.50 102 THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. ADESANYA, OLUJIMI A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Pop et al 12841848 - (D) OSINSKI 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC MCGUE, FRANK J

see also Unigene Labs., Inc. v. Apotex, Inc., 655 F.3d 1352, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2011) ("Obviousness requires more than a mere showing that the prior art includes separate references covering each separate limitation in a claim under examination. Rather, obviousness requires the additional showing that a person of ordinary skill at the time of the invention would have selected and combined those prior art elements .... ")

3668 Ex Parte Anderson et al 13212104 - (D) HOSKINS 102/103 YEE & ASSOCIATES P.C. MARNE, KEVIN P

3683 Ex Parte Strauss et al 13101138 - (D) WIEKER 103 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP HATCHER, DEIRDRE D

3687 Ex Parte Koller et al 12461955 - (D) McSHANE 102/103 SAP SE ULLAH MASUD, MOHAMMAD R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte HASLAM 12954261 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 102/103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC MYHR, JUSTIN L

3771 Ex Parte Curtis 12880879 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 103 CARSTENS & CAHOON, LLP LOUIS, LATOYA M

3771 Ex Parte Guten et al 12701890 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 103 CARSTENS & CAHOON, LLP LOUIS, LATOYA M

3779 Ex Parte Foertsch et al 13016087 - (D) MELVIN 103 SCHIFF HARDIN, LLP FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN

3788 Ex Parte Albers et al 11951749 - (D) LEE 102/103 ONELLO & MELLO LLP STASHICK, ANTHONYD

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Weres 12765706 - (D) GUPTA 112(1) 112(1)/103 OLIFF PLC NGUYEN, NGOC YEN M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2113 Ex Parte Graef 12750871 - (D) STEPHENS 102 102/103 Avago Technologies Limited MCCARTHY, CHRISTOPHER S

2154 Ex Parte Petersen 12485082 - (D) STEPHENS 103 103 Concert Technology Corporation KUDDUS, DANIEL A

2175 Ex Parte Elford et al 12978082 - (D) NAPPI 103 103 SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON & WYATT, P,C PARKER, JEANETTE J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2878 Ex Parte Yadid-Pecht et al 12126762 - (D) FRAHM 112(2)/102 102/103 Gordon Intellectual Property Law, P.L.L.C. WYATT, KEVIN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3682 Ex Parte Watfa et al 12870690 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 103/double patenting 103 Mauriel Kapouytian Woods LLP BOVEJA, NAMRATA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Pierre et al 12320648 - (D) OSINSKI 102/103 102/103 LAW OFFICE OF LOUIS WOO LEE, WENG WAH

3768 Ex Parte Lipson et al 13204836 - (D) HOSKINS 102 112(2)/103/double patenting PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE

3775 Ex Parte Figueroa et al 12284280 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 103 41.50 103 Driver McAfee Peek & Hawthorne, P.L. COLEY, ZADE JAMES

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ex Parte Chiou et al 12995042 - (D) HEANEY 103/double patenting STANDLEY LAW GROUP LLP BOYLE, KARA BRADY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2138 Ex Parte Merritt 12797350 - (D) THOMAS 102 251 Dorsey & Whitney LLP-IP Dept.-MTI TRAN, DENISE

2165 Ex Parte Faruquie et al 12859607 - (D) BEAMER 102 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC HICKS, MICHAEL J

2165 Ex Parte Ren et al 12827714 - (D) BUI 102/103 FAY SHARPE/LUCENT PEACH, POLINA G

2166 Ex Parte Cortes et al 13595918 - (D) STEPHENS 102 Polsinelli PC -- Apple Inc. YEN, SYLING

2171 Ex Parte Rosenshein et al 13473382 - (D) BEAMER 103 ARENT FOX LLP NGUYEN, TUAN S

2184 Ex Parte Monreal 13344959 - (D) STEPHENS 103 DALY, CROWLEY, MOFFORD & DURKEE, LLP PHAN, DEAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Ex Parte PAVLOV et al 12703909 - (D) KRIVAK 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP MCLEOD, MARSHALL M

2455 Ex Parte HAYWARD 12943724 - (D) STEPHENS 103 AOL Inc./Finnegan CHANG, TIJLIAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Gray et al 11396449 - (D) ULLAGADDI 103 PPG Industries, Inc, MARTELLO, EDWARD

2656 Ex Parte Flockhart et al 12882977 - (D) NAPPI 102/103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. MAUNG, THOMAS H

2658 Ex Parte Barthel 13070646 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP VILLENA, MARK

2662 Ex Parte ELLIS 12110691 - (D) KUMAR 112(1) 103 HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP FOSSELMAN, JOEL W

2674 Ex Parte Hall 11669116 - (D) ULLAGADDI 103 HP Inc. CHACKO, SUNIL

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2862 Ex Parte BOSE et al 12256907 - (D) STEPHENS 103/double patenting TUTUNJIAN & BITETTO, P,C NGHIEM, MICHAEL P


Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Kudia 12178473 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 103 TRUONG, THANH K TRUONG, THANH K

3736 Ex Parte Sharrow 11250079 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP EISEMAN, ADAM JARED

3769 Ex Parte Abboud et al 11710205 - (D) PESLAK 103 Christopher & Weisberg, P,A, JENNESS, NATHAN JAY

3777 Ex Parte Holthuizen et al 13392928 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TURCHEN, ROCHELLE DEANNA

3778 Ex Parte Murai 12452302 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 DLA PIPER LLP US HAIRELL, AUNDRIA C

3779 Ex Parte Intoccia et al 12127261 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN

IPLA Ex Parte Aoki et al 11740823 - (D) FREDMAN 103/double patenting ALLERGAN, INC GUPTA, ANISH

unigene, GPAC, ruff

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1642 Ex Parte Lorens et al 10696909 - (D) PRATS 103 Klarquist Sparkman, LLP REDDIG, PETER J

Thus, even post-KSR, “[o]bviousness requires more than a mere showing that the prior art includes separate references covering each separate limitation in a claim under examination.” Unigene Laboratories, Inc. v. Apotex, Inc., 655 F.3d 1352, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2011).

Instead, “[i]n determining whether obviousness is established by combining the teachings of the prior art, the test is what the combined teachings of the references would have suggested to those of ordinary skill in the art.” In re GPAC Inc., 57 F.3d 1573, 1581 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (internal quotations omitted).

GPAC, In re, 57 F.3d 1573, 35 USPQ2d 1116 (Fed. Cir. 1995) 716.03, 2145

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Eickmeyer et al 11812443 - (D) DELMENDO 102/103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC LEONG, NATHAN T

1716 Ex Parte Mahoney et al 11066520 - (D) PAK 112(2)/103 JOSHUA D. ISENBERG DHINGRA, RAKESH KUMAR

1734 Ex Parte Kim et al 12192024 - (D) HASTINGS 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP LEE, REBECCA Y

In order to rely on equivalence as a rationale supporting an obviousness rejection, the equivalency must be recognized in the prior art, and cannot be based on applicant's disclosure or the mere fact that the components at issue are functional or mechanical equivalents. In re Ruff, 256 F.2d 590, 596-96 (CCPA 1958); In re Lam, 35 Fed. Appx. 889, 894-95 (Fed. Cir. 2002)

Ruff, In re, 256 F.2d 590, 118 USPQ 340 (CCPA 1958) 2144.06

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2181 Ex Parte Maitland et al 11588384 - (D) DANG 102/103 FAY SHARPE/LUCENT TAYLOR, BROOKE JAZMOND

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Kjellstrom et al 11045571 - (D) SCHEINER 102/103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) HELLER, TAMMIE K

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Straccia et al 11609501 - (D) GARRIS 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL GAMBETTA, KELLY M

1763 Ex Parte Nodelman et al 12002435 - (D) GARRIS 103 BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE LLC LEONARD, MICHAEL L

1791 Ex Parte Jolly et al 11486423 - (D) SCHAFER 103 FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP BADR, HAMID R

1792 Ex Parte Nietling et al 11255330 - (D) KRATZ 103 WARNER, NORCROSS & JUDD IN RE: ALTICOR INC. CHAWLA, JYOTI

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Blair 11783909 - (D) KUMAR 103 Lawrence Harbin MAHMOOD, REZWANUL

2168 Ex Parte Bruce et al 11263224 - (D) NEW 103 Baker Botts LLP MACKES, KRIS E

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2615 Ex Parte Muth 10517246 - (D) CLEMENTS 103 112(2) 37 CR 41.50(b) 102/103 NXP B.V. NEURAUTER, GEORGE C

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2871 Ex Parte Park et al 11454505 - (D) DIXON 102/103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE ARENDT, PAISLEY L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Tower et al 11432838 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Medtronic, Inc. HUGHES, SAMUEL T

3731 Ex Parte Tower et al 10127969 - (D) FREDMAN 112(1)/103 Medtronic CardioVascular SEVERSON, RYAN J

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2887 LTS SCALE COMPANY, LLC Requester and Appellant v. ACME SCALE COMPANY INC. Patent Owner 95001401 7,757,946 11/108,271 WEINBERG 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 102/103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (CH THIRD  PARTY R EQUESTER:  ECKERT  EAMANS  CHERIN  &  MELLOTT TON, MY TRANG original LE, THIEN MINH

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1753 Guardian Industries Corp. Requester and Appellant v. Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. and AGC Plat Glass Patent Owner and Respondent 90009782 6,193,856 09/011,749 LEBOVITZ 103 FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP Third Party Requester: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. original OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. DIAMOND, ALAN D original VERSTEEG, STEVEN H

unigene

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Ex Parte Vig et al 11435917 - (D) WINSOR 102/103 LARSON NEWMAN, LLP CHENG, DIANA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3727 Ex Parte Harpell 11516381 - (D) LEBOVITZ 112(1)/103 JACK PAAVILA MULLER, BRYAN R

3736 Ex Parte Fuller et al 11998692 - (D) JENKS 102 TERUMO CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS CORPORATION HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Rohall 10994780 - (D) POTHIER 103 101 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC CHEEMA, AZAM M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2441 Ex Parte Collins et al 09858080 - (D) DANG 103 101 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY BATURAY, ALICIA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Marshall et al 11811608 - (D) KAMHOLZ 103 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C

3738 Ex Parte Wang et al 11784886 - (D) PRATS 102/103 102 SQUIRE SANDERS (US) LLP SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE

Thus, "[o]bviousness requires more than a mere showing that the prior art includes separate references covering each separate limitation in a claim under examination." Unigene Laboratories, Inc. v. Apotex Inc. 655 F.3d 1352, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2011) 

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Forry et al 10840042 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY CORDRAY, DENNIS R

1741 Ex Parte Forry et al 11105998 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(1)/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY CORDRAY, DENNIS R

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2626 Ex Parte Davis et al 10364704 - (D) BAUMEISTER Concurring JEFFERY 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(1) AT&T Legal Department - TKHR SAINT CYR, LEONARD

2626 Ex Parte Habermas 10741250 - (D) HOMERE 103 General Motors Corporation c/o REISING ETHINGTON P.C. SMITS, TALIVALDIS IVARS

2628 Ex Parte Walton et al 11260966 - (D) DANG 101/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY WASHBURN, DANIEL C

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2817 ARROW COMMUNICATION LABORATORIES, INC. Requester v. JOHN MEZALINGUA ASSOCIATES Patent Owner, Appellant 95001071 - (D) 6,737,935 10/309,376 LEBOVITZ 102/103 JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, INC. C/O SCHMEISER OLSEN & WATTS TON, MY TRANG original SUMMONS, BARBARA

2898 Ex Parte Ryu et al 11236111 - (D) WINSOR 103 F. CHAU & ASSOCIATES, LLC MALDONADO, JULIO J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 Ex Parte Bahar et al 10365864 - (D) KAMHOLZ 103 CAHILL vonHELLENS & GLAZER P.L.C. YU, MICKEY

3785 Ex Parte Kitazawa et al 11791538 - (D) KAMHOLZ 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH WALBERG, TERESA J

unigene, spormann, dulberg, mayo

REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Kato et al 11/727,472 SMITH 103(a) MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP EXAMINER RHEE, JANE J

1731 Ex Parte Uzunian et al 11/530,522 SMITH 102(b)/103(a) BASF CORPORATION EXAMINER ABU ALI, SHUANGYI

1763 Ex Parte Tabary et al 11/574,172 NAGUMO 103(a) ANTONELLI, TERRY, STOUT & KRAUS, LLP EXAMINER LI, AIQUN

1764 Ex Parte Callander et al 11/552,591 COLAIANNI 103(a) EDWIN A. SISSON , ATTORNEY AT LAW . LLC EXAMINER LEE, DORIS L

1788 Ex Parte Hayashi et al 11/572,522 COLAIANNI 112(1)/103(a) GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. EXAMINER DESAI, ANISH P

1789 Ex Parte Sarma et al 11/251,654 OWENS 102(b) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103(a) JONES DAY EXAMINER YOO, HONG THI

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 Ex Parte Factor et al 11/192,480 HUGHES 102(e) Stephen C. Kaufman IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER REYES, MARIELA D

2174 Ex Parte Williams et al 11/135,507 THOMAS 102(e)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER KUMAR, ANIL N

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Ex Parte Kushnarenko 11/357,081 HUGHES 102(b)/103(a) EITAN MEHULAL LAW GROUP EXAMINER TRA, ANH QUAN

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Kinross 10/927,905 BAHR 103(a) HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC EXAMINER REDMAN, JERRY E

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Fulton et al 10/839,112 MILLS 103(a) WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC EXAMINER SZMAL, BRIAN SCOTT
 
3762 Ex Parte Wallace et al 10/841,069 PRATS 102(b)/103(a) VISTA IP LAW GROUP LLP/BSC - NEUROMODULATION EXAMINER PATTON, AMANDA K

Thus, “[o]bviousness requires more than a mere showing that the prior art includes separate references covering each separate limitation in a claim under examination.” Unigene Laboratories, Inc. v. Apotex, Inc., 655 F.3d 1352, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2011).

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Liversidge et al 11/372,227 FRANKLIN 103(a) 103(a) Elan Drug Delivery, Inc. c/o Foley & Lardner EXAMINER MILLIGAN, ADAM C

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1773 Ex Parte Daniel et al 11/537,679 COLAIANNI 103(a) 103(a) FAY SHARPE LLP / XEROX - PARC EXAMINER KWAK, DEAN P

Obviousness cannot be predicated on what is unknown. In re Spormann, 363 F.2d 444, 448 (CCPA 1966).

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Kaplan 11/129,275 THOMAS 103(a) 103(a) TUTUNJIAN & BITETTO, P.C. EXAMINER YEN, SYLING

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2432 Ex Parte Pinder et al 10/015,351 CHEN 103(a) 103(a) MERCHANT & GOULD SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY EXAMINER NOBAHAR, ABDULHAKIM

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Wilson 11/931,384 CRAWFORD 103(a) 103(a) ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. EXAMINER SORKOWITZ, DANIEL M

3684 Ex Parte Celi et al 10/324,535 KIM 103(a) 103(a) Novak Druce + Quigg LLP EXAMINER FIELDS, BENJAMIN S

3689 Ex Parte Doyle et al 10/663,509 DESHPANDE 103(a) 102(b)/103(a)
CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O''KEEFE, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER MOONEYHAM, JANICE A
3695 Ex Parte Volchek et al 11/957,999 KIM 103(a) 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103(a) WIGGIN AND DANA LLP EXAMINER MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B

See In re Dulberg, 289 F.2d 522, 523 (CCPA 1961) (making something separable is obvious). 

Dulberg, In re, 289 F.2d 522, 129 USPQ 348 (CCPA 1961) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2144.04

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3752 Ex Parte Daspit et al 09/569,178 HORNER 103(a) 103(a) TYCO FIRE PROTECTION PRODUCTS - WILLFIRE HC LLC EXAMINER HWU, DAVIS D

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Jenkins et al 11/446,564 FRANKLIN 103(a)/nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting Elan Drug Delivery, Inc. c/o Foley & Lardner EXAMINER BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA

1618 Ex Parte Van Bommel et al 10/596,920 ADAMS 103(a) 103(a) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EXAMINER SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H

1636 Ex Parte O'BEIRNE et al 10/521,495 MILLS 102(b)/103(a) GE HEALTHCARE BIO-SCIENCES CORP. EXAMINER BOESEN, CHRISTIAN C

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Tanaka et al 11/666,830 LORIN 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER YANG, JIE

1734 Ex Parte Bouet-Griffon et al 10/561,010 GAUDETTE 103(a) Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC EXAMINER LEE, REBECCA Y

1741 Ex Parte Liu et al 11/022,283 BEST 103(a) DORITY & MANNING, P.A. EXAMINER CORDRAY, DENNIS R

1745 Ex Parte Wargo et al 11/325,519 COLAIANNI 103(a) ROSENBERG, KLEIN & LEE EXAMINER CHAN, SING P

1765 Ex Parte Scurati et al 11/305,279 ADAMS 112(1) 103(a)
BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS, INC. EXAMINER ZEMEL, IRINA SOPJIA
1771 Ex Parte Bandali 11/635,324 COLAIANNI 103(a) LyondellBasell Industries EXAMINER SINGH, PREM C

1775 Ex Parte Ririe 10/478,453 SMITH 103(a) MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK, LLP EXAMINER BEISNER, WILLIAM H

1783 Ex Parte Cornelisse 11/068,705 COLAIANNI 103(a) DAY PITNEY LLP ACCOUNT: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. EXAMINER WATKINS III, WILLIAM P
 
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2158 Ex Parte Thomas 11/363,239 HUGHES 103(a) SAP / FINNEGAN, HENDERSON LLP EXAMINER WU, YICUN

2177 Ex Parte Gebert et al 09/782,850 PER CURIAM Res Judicata/103(a) InfoPrint Solutions/ Blakely EXAMINER QUELER, ADAM M
 
2192 Ex Parte Shapiro 11/428,369 HAHN 103(a) LEMAIRE PATENT LAW FIRM, P.L.L.C. EXAMINER DAO, THUY CHAN
 
2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Ex Parte Hong et al 10/139,301 KUMAR 103(a) THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. EXAMINER NGUYEN, DUSTIN

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Golestani et al 10/953,356 SMITH 103(a) CAPITOL PATENT & TRADEMARK LAW FIRM, PLLC EXAMINER EDOUARD, PATRICK NESTOR

In the event of further prosecution, the Examiner should evaluate claim 1 in light of the recent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court in Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 132 S.Ct. 1289 (2012), to determine whether claim 1 recites anything more than the combination of a law of nature with a known step of allocating. 

2625 Ex Parte Sievert et al 10/909,237 RUGGIERO 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER DICKER, DENNIS T
 
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Denneler et al 10/416,071 MacDONALD 103(a) KENYON & KENYON LLP EXAMINER HAMMOND, BRIGGITTE R
 
2835 Ex Parte Neal et al 11/584,126 HUGHES 102(b)/102(e)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER PAPE, ZACHARY

2857 Ex Parte Randall 11/174,118 DIXON 103(a) MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK, LLP EXAMINER BUI, BRYAN

2871 Ex Parte Vesely et al 10/098,681 DILLON 103(a) DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO MORIN & OSHINSKY LLP EXAMINER CHUNG, DAVID Y

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3695 Ex Parte Doyle et al 11/303,606 CRAWFORD 102(b) IM IP Law PLLC EXAMINER OYEBISI, OJO O

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Martinek 10/972,464 SCHEINER 103(a) Tyco Healthcare Group LP d/b/a Covidien EXAMINER SONNETT, KATHLEEN C

3735 Ex Parte Shah et al 10/861,837 FRANKLIN 103(a) Gates & Cooper LLP EXAMINER TOTH, KAREN E

3738 Ex Parte Hazebrouck et al 11/860,833 BONILLA 102(b)/103(a) BARNES & THORNBURG LLP EXAMINER HOBAN, MELISSA A

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3625 Ex Parte 7,379,900 et al Ex parte Variant Holdings, LLC and Variant, Inc., Appellants and Patent Owners 90/010,701 09/504,374 TURNER 102(b)/102(e) STEPHEN WREN EXAMINER CHOI, WOO H original EXAMINER ZURITA, JAMES H

REHEARING

DENIED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Levine et al 11/510,094 WALSH 103(a) ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB EXAMINER KISHORE, GOLLAMUDI S