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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Eshoo et al 13233913 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 Casimir Jones, S.C. KOSTURKO, GEORGE W

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Aburada et al 14260925 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 CORNING INCORPORATED SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA

1777 Ex Parte Ohashi et al 13549699 - (D) WILSON 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP ZALASKY, KATHERINE M

1783 Ex Parte Feist et al 12937310 - (D) DENNETT concurring HOUSEL 103 RENNER OTTO BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP KHATRI, PRASHANT J

A reasonable expectation of success is a necessary part of a prima facie case of obviousness. In re Vaeck, 947 F.2d 488, 493 (Fed. Cir. 1991). "Both the suggestion [to combine references] and the reasonable expectation of success must be founded in the prior art, not in the applicant's disclosure." Id. Whether or not a person of ordinary skill in the art would have had a reasonable expectation that a particular combination of references would work is a pure question of fact. Alza Corp. v. Mylan Labs., Inc., 464 F.3d 1286, 1289 (Fed. Cir. 2006). 

Vaeck, In re, 947 F.2d 448, 20 USPQ2d 1438 (Fed. Cir. 1991) 2107.01 ,   2144.08 ,   2164.01 ,   2164.01(c) ,   2164.03 ,  2164.06(b) ,   2164.08

Alza Corp. v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc., 464 F.3d 1286, 80 USPQ2d 1001 (Fed. Cir. 2006) 2143.01

1788 Ex Parte Chamberlain et al 14210928 - (D) OWENS 103 EGL/Rolls-Royce Corporation GOLDEN, CHINESSA T

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2141 Ex Parte van Os et al 13493963 - (D) CURCURI 102 DENTONS US LLP - Apple San Francisco AUGUSTINE, NICHOLAS

2184 Ex Parte Kim et al 15179424 - (D) STRAUSS 102/103 ORACLE (Oracle formerly d/b/a Sun Microsystems) OBERLY, ERIC T

2193 Ex Parte Desire 14467665 - (D) McNEILL 103 LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP PAULINO, LENIN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2466 Ex Parte SHOR et al 14899137 - (D) McNEILL 103 NXP-LARSON NEWMAN, LLP OH, ANDREW CHUNG SUK

2491 Ex Parte MARTINELLI 14546018 - (D) MORGAN 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC DESROSIERS, EV ANS

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte TSUDA et al 14745974 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. DU, HAIXIA

2628 Ex Parte Verschueren 12307813 - (D) NAPPI 102/103 PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V. LAM, VINH TANG

2628 Ex Parte Veeramani et al 14226008 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/Intel SADIO, INSA

2631 Ex Parte SINGH et al 14593800 - (D) FENICK 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C./QUALCOMM SINGH, HIRDEPAL

2646 Ex Parte Ma et al 13714753 - (D) McCARTNEY 112(2)/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/Apple LAFONTANT, GARY

2654 Ex Parte BRIAND et al 15350934 - (D) PYONIN 101 Sage Patent Group/Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson TON, DAVID L

2816 Ex Parte Haeberlen et al 13893937 - (D) GUEST 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA BOYLE, ABBIGALE A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3668 Ex Parte Peake et al 14293739 - (D) PESLAK 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Trimble Inc. MARNE, KEVIN P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte Leone et al 13735980 - (D) BAYAT 103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP HAMAOUI, DAVIDE

3752 Ex Parte Leigh 13884965 - (D) ASTORINO 103 SIMON KAHN - PYI Tech, Ltd. c/o PURRFECT PATENTS LLC ZHOU, QINGZHANG

3754 Ex Parte Stockinger et al 14362747 - (D) MURPHY 112(2)/103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J

3763 Ex Parte Tylutki et al 13745917 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 Harness Dickey (DENSO International America, Inc.) THOMPSON, JASON N

3771 Ex Parte Gerber et al 14430347 - (D) BAYAT 103 MEDTRONIC, INC. (NEURO/MRG) BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE

3774 Ex Parte de Villiers et al 15167763 - (D) SCHOPPER 102/103 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSA TI/Simplify Medical SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD

3783 Ex Parte Bijloo et al 14430347 - (D) MOHANTY 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS ZAMORY, JUSTIN L

3791 Ex Parte Peltola et al 14040095 - (D) STAICOVICI 102 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS DORNA, CARRIER

3792 Ex Parte Shi et al 14206650 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P.A ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO

3793 Ex Parte Soltani et al 13219403 - (D) BAHR 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC

3793 Ex Parte Jain et al 14364336 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LUONG, PETER

3793 Ex Parte Zelenka et al 14795976 - (D) HOFFMANN 102 Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Intellectual Property Group, ACIST Patents LUONG, PETER

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2117 Ex Parte Potucek et al 14211461 - (D) McNEILL 103 103 MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP / Hayward Industries, Inc. LIN, JASON

2136 Ex Parte Goodman et al 15272303 - (D) JEFFERY 102 112(2)/103 41.50 112(2) ZILKA-KOTAB, PC- IBM BIRKHIMER, CHRISTOPHER D

2143 Ex Parte Smith et al 14173934 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. SPRATT, BEAU D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Hey 12700430 - (D) CUTITTA 103 103 LKGLOBAL (Dish Technologies L.L.C.) TELAN, MICHAEL R

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Ex Parte Pagaila et al 13225683 - (D) TIMM 112(1) 112(1)/102/103 STATS ChipPAC/PATENT LAW GROUP: Atkins and Associates, P.C. BOYLE, ABBIGALE A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3774 Ex Parte Gamache et al 12140412 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 112(2) NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Bourne et al 14082274 - (D) MILLS 103 OTDP KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC PIPIC, ALMA

1619 Ex Parte Andjelic et al 13417810 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE

1652 Ex Parte Doudna Cate et al 13982248 - (D) FLAX 103 RICHARD ARON OSMAN EKSTROM, RICHARD C

1653 Ex Parte Cunningham-Rundles et al 12688160 - (D) KATZ 103 SCULLY SCOTT MURPHY & PRESSER, PC PYLA, PAUL D

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Minami et al 13377457 - (D) DELMENDO 103 FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP KLUNK, MARGARET D

1723 Ex Parte KIM et al 13761449 - (D) INGLESE 103 LEE & MORSE, P.C. ZHANG, HAIXIA

1741 Ex Parte Li et al 14247894 - (D) GARRIS 103 CORNING INCORPORATED HOFFMANN, JOHN M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2117 Ex Parte Dickinson 13537245 - (D) CURCURI 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP VON BUHR, MARIAN

2137 Ex Parte Swanson et al 14496773 - (D) McCARTNEY 102/103 Jordan IP Law, LLC BONE, DUSTIN

2174 Ex Parte TAKAMURA et al 13586072 - (D) DIXON 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC TRAN, TAM T

2175 Ex Parte HOU et al 14292509 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - VMware HO, RUAY L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2433 Ex Parte Horvitz et al 14533901 - (D) HOMERE 103 Fountainhead Law Group P.C. WOLDEMARIAM, NEGA

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Floyd et al 15185785 - (D) FRAHM 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP WU, YANNA

2628 Ex Parte Katz et al 15060533 - (D) KUMAR 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP CHOWDHURY, AFROZA Y

2683 Ex Parte Olson et al 13705130 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 SCHLUMBERGER K.K. NGUYEN, LAURAN

2686 Ex Parte Egly 13414814 - (D) CHUNG 103 ZARLEY LAW FIRM P.L.C. MA, KAM WAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2899 Ex Parte CASTRO 14818969 - (D) HANLON 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED HARRISTON, WILLIAM A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Xue et al 13011504 - (D) SILVERMAN 101/103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY MORGAN, ROBERT W

3628 Ex Parte Ganguly et al 12498324 - (D) BUI 101 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP JOSEPH, TONY A S

3629 Ex Parte Shin et al 13551404 - (D) CHUNG 101 103 Duane Morris-CHICAGO IP SENSENIG, SHAUN D

3681 Ex Parte Kim et al 13098371 - (D) RANGE 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Visa REFAI, SAM M.

3692 Ex Parte Cotton 13789510 - (D) EVANS 101 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B

3695 Ex Parte Johnson 12289674 - (D) BEAMER 112(2) 101 DENTONS US LLP (CITI CUSTOMER NUMBER) SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3791 Ex Parte Olde et al 13519067 - (D) STAICOVICI 103/OTDP MUETING, RAASCH & GEBHARDT, P.A. ALTER, MITCHELLE

3791 Ex Parte Rane 14041774 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 AMS/Kagan Binder, PLLC COX, THADDEUS B

3792 Ex Parte Liu et al 13366202 - (D) CRAWFORD 103/OTDP Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC JENNESS, NATHAN JAY

vaeck

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1625 Ex Parte Grunenberg et al 12444974 - (D) SMITH 112(1) MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. REESE, HEIDI L

1663 Ex Parte Russell et al 13011666 - (D) NEWMAN 112(1) TraskBritt, PC KEOGH, MATTHEW R

“That some experimentation may be required is not fatal; the issue is whether the amount of experimentation required is ‘undue.’” In re Vaeck, 947 F.2d 488, 495 (Fed. Cir. 1991) (emphasis in original).

Vaeck, In re, 947 F.2d 448, 20 USPQ2d 1438 (Fed. Cir. 1991) 2107.01 ,   2144.08 ,   2164.01 ,   2164.01(c) ,   2164.03 ,  2164.06(b) ,   2164.08

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2196 Ex Parte Ringseth et al 12131128 - (D) ENGELS 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION KIM, DONG U

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3691 Ex Parte Foley et al 11841601 - (D) MEYERS 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Hammer et al 13656133 - (D) PESLAK 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP LAROSE, RENEE MARIE

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1785 Ex Parte Chen et al 13802354 - (D) GARRIS 103 103 Hollingsworth Davis CHAU, LINDA N

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3691 Ex Parte KAY et al 13082654 - (D) MOHANTY 102 103 DENTONS US LLP (CITI CUSTOMER NUMBER) TINKLER, MURIEL S

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1655 Ex Parte Fowler et al 12375582 - (D) SMITH 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Jemaa et al 13120249 - (D) DERRICK 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP NGUYEN, NGOC YEN M

1747 Ex Parte Winterson et al 12003219 - (D) HASTINGS 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC ALCS Law Dept. - Product and IP NGUYEN, PHU HOANG

1783 Ex Parte Maier et al 13391218 - (D) McMANUS 103/double patenting NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2437 Ex Parte Ngo et al 12755347 - (D) DANG 112(2)/103 DITTHAVONG & STEINER, P.C. LANIER, BENJAMIN E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Graham 12806571 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody & Agnello KING, BRIAN M

3769 Ex Parte O’SULLIVAN et al 10622221 - (D) STAICOVICI 112(2) 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP ROANE, AARON F

angstadt, vaeck, armbruster, marzocchi

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Stanton 11601524 - (D) NAGUMO 103 WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KOEHLER, P.A. CHANDRA, SATISH

1756 Ex Parte Detournay et al 12305444 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 Solvay America, Inc. PHASGE, ARUN S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2879 Ex Parte Tu et al 12440039 - (D) OWENS 102 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS STERN, JACOB R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Becken et al 11992369 - (D) PAK 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 103 CORNING INCORPORATED SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA

It is well established that the Examiner has the “burden of giving reasons, supported by the record as a whole, why the specification is not enabling…Showing that the disclosure entails undue experimentation is part of the PTO’s initial burden.” In re Angstadt, 537 F.2d 498, 504 (CCPA 1976). In determining whether any given disclosure would require undue experimentation to practice the claimed subject matter, the Examiner must consider not only the breadth of the claims, the amount of direction or guidance presented and the presence or absence of working examples, but also the nature of the invention, the state of the prior art, the relative skill of those in the art and the predictability or unpredictability of the art. In re Vaeck, 947 F.2d 488, 495 (Fed. Cir. 1991). When “a [S]pecification disclosure…contains a teaching of the manner and process of making and using the invention in terms which correspond in scope to those used in describing and defining the subject matter sought to be patented[,]” such [S]pecification disclosure “must be taken as in compliance with the enabling requirement of the first paragraph of § 112 unless there is reason to doubt the objective truth of the statements contained therein which must be relied on for enabling support.” In re Armbruster, 512 F.2d 676, 677 (CCPA 1975) (quoting In re Marzocchi, 439 F.2d 220 (CCPA 1971)).

Angstadt, In re, 537 F.2d 498, 190 USPQ 214 (CCPA 1976) 2164.01 , 2164.06 , 2164.08(b)

Vaeck, In re, 947 F.2d 448, 20 USPQ2d 1438 (Fed. Cir. 1991) 2107.01 ,   2144.08 ,   2164.01 ,   2164.01(c) ,   2164.03 ,  2164.06(b) ,   2164.08

Armbruster, In re, 512 F. 2d 676, 185 USPQ 152 (CCPA 1975) 608.01(b) , 2161 , 2181

Marzocchi, In re, 439 F.2d 220, 169 USPQ 367 (CCPA 1971) 2107.01 ,   2107.02 ,   2124 ,   2163 ,   2163.04 ,   2164.03 ,   2164.04 ,   2164.08

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte BROWN et al 12372681 - (D) ADAMS 103 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY NABI, REZA U

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2697 Ex Parte Hildebrandt et al 11911185 - (D) ZADO 103 102/103 TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP MANDEVILLE, JASON M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Franer et al 10943222 - (D) WIEKER 103 102/103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC MCEVOY, THOMAS M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Guilford et al 10289934 - (D) JENKS 103 Daneker, McIntire, Schumm, Prince, Manning & Widmann, P.C. PRYOR, ALTON NATHANIEL

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ex Parte Mager et al 11732574 - (D) SMITH 102/103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP BOYLE, KARA BRADY

1766 Ex Parte Rische et al 11732575 - (D) SMITH 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP BOYLE, KARA BRADY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Lessing et al 12339983 - (D) ZECHER 102/103 TERADATA CORPORATION PEACH, POLINA G

2166 Ex Parte Malik 12043521 - (D) SHIANG 103 AT&T Legal Department - CC YEN, SYLING

2172 Ex Parte LEE 11835673 - (D) HARLOW 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. HUR, ECE

2199 Ex Parte Besbris et al 11281887 - (D) SHIANG 103 AOL Inc./Finnegan MITCHELL, JASON D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2467 Ex Parte Brown 11687545 - (D) BEAMER 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (26530) DUONG, DUC T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte McCloud et al 12966953 - (D) MCMILLIN 102/103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD YU, LIHONG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 Ex Parte Moon et al 12497261 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP TRAN, NGUYEN

2864 Ex Parte Tran et al 12244096 - (D) GARRIS 112(2) 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY HWANG, TIMOTHY

minerals, wands, vaeck, wertheim

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Kaijima et al 12254697 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 IBM CORPORATION C/O: VanCott Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy LY, ANH

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2644 Ex Parte Sebire et al 11227923 - (D) LaVIER 103 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Nokia Corporation IRACE, MICHAEL

2656 Ex Parte Green 11365081 - (D) SAADAT 103 Wolfe-SBMC FLANDERS, ANDREW C

2681 Ex Parte Doan et al 12202477 - (D) SHIANG 103 IBM CORP. (DHJ) c/o DAVID H. JUDSON LU, SHIRLEY

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Delafoy et al 11628222 - (D) BROWNE 112(1)/112(2)/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(1)/112(2) Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC O'CONNOR, MARSHALL P

The standard for determining whether the specification meets the enablement requirement was cast in the Supreme Court decision of Minerals Separation v. Hyde, 242 U.S. 261, 270 (1916) which postured the question: is the experimentation needed to practice the invention undue or unreasonable? That standard is still the one to be applied. In re Wands, 858 F.2d 731, 737 (Fed. Cir. 1988).

Determining enablement is a question of law based on underlying factual findings. In re Vaeck, 947 F.2d 488, 495 (Fed. Cir. 1991). The determination that “undue experimentation” would have been needed to make and use the claimed invention is not a single, simple factual determination. Rather, it is a conclusion that may be reached by weighing the following factual considerations: (1) the quantity of experimentation necessary, (2) the amount of direction or guidance presented, (3) the presence or absence of working examples, (4) the nature of the invention, (5) the state of the prior art, (6) the relative skill of those in the art, (7) the predictability or unpredictability of the art, and (8) the breadth of the claims. Wands at 737.

Mineral Separation v. Hyde, 242 U.S. 261 (1916) 2164.01

Wands, In re, 858 F.2d 731, 8 USPQ2d 1400 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 706.03(a) ,   706.03(b) ,   2161.01 ,   2164.01 ,   2164.01(a) ,   2164.06 ,   2164.06(b)

Vaeck, In re, 947 F.2d 448, 20 USPQ2d 1438 (Fed. Cir. 1991) 2107.01 ,   2144.08 ,   2164.01 ,   2164.01(c) ,   2164.03 ,   2164.06(b) ,   2164.08
...
New Grounds of Rejection
Written Description: Claims 43, 47–65, and 67–69 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. ...

As correctly noted by the Examiner, independent claim 43 recites the open ended limitations of “greater than 430 W/cm” and “greater than 180 W/cm.” See Ans. 17. These limitations “do not meet the written description requirement because the phrase ‘at least’ ha[s] no upper limit and cause[s] the claim to read literally on [an] embodiment outside of” the disclosed range of values. In re Wertheim, 541 F.2d 257, 263 (CCPA 1976).

Wertheim, In re, 541 F.2d 257, 191 USPQ 90 (CCPA 1976) 706.03(o) ,   1302.01 ,   2144.05 ,   2163 ,   2163.03 ,   2163.04 ,   2163.05

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte Vargo et al 12785136 - (D) HASTINGS 103 HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. C/O Conley Rose, P.C. ABU ALI, SHUANGYI

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2183 Ex Parte Choudhury et al 12134255 - (D) HUME 101/103 IBM CORPORATION- AUSTIN (JVL) C/O LESLIE A. VAN LEEUWEN PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW

2193 Ex Parte Kapoor et al 11420375 - (D) HORVATH 103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG VU, TUAN A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Jensen et al 12084786 - (D) HANLON 103 DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC FIGUEROA, FELIX O

2894 Ex Parte Czubatyj et al 11743459 - (D) HANLON 102/103 HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ & COHN LLP LAURENZI, MARK A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3673 Ex Parte Caminade 12036582 - (D) GREENHUT 103 HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC. KELLEHER, WILLIAM J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2614 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. Requester and Respondent v. DENNIS S. FERNANDEZ Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7,221,387 et al 10/444,261 95001958 - (D) BRANCH 103 Law Office of Scott C Harris Inc Third Party Requester: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP IP SECTION  HOTALING, JOHN M original RAMAKRISHNAIAH, MELUR

vaeck

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Klett et al 12308330 - (D) GARRIS 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP SHOSHO, CALLIE E

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2862 Ex Parte Gysling et al 12197748 - (D) BEST 103 EXPRO METERS, INC. LEE, PAUL D

Appellants characterize their argument as being that Gysling and Small teach away from the proposed combination. (App. Br. 5.) The substance of Appellants’ argument, however, is directed to the question of whether a person of ordinary skill in the art would have had a reasonable expectation that the teachings of the two references could be combined successfully. Such an expectation is a necessary part of a prima facie case of obviousness. In re Vaeck, 947 F.2d 488, 493 (Fed. Cir. 1991).

Vaeck, In re, 947 F.2d 448, 20 USPQ2d 1438 (Fed. Cir. 1991)  2107.01 ,   2144.08 ,    2164.01 ,   2164.01(c) ,   2164.03 ,   2164.06(b) ,   2164.08

2874 Ex Parte Hughes et al 11430352 - (D) FRANKLIN Dissenting TIMM 103 WALL & TONG, LLP/ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. HAHM, SARAH UH YOUNG

2886 Ex Parte Bills et al 12570527 - (D) BEST 103 Luedeka Neely Group, P.C. PHAM, HOA Q

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex Parte Atkins et al 11865112 - (D) FREDMAN 103 102 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY TAPP, AMELIA L

AFFIRMED 
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2158 Ex Parte Garbow et al 12061107 - (D) BUI 102 IBM CORPORATION HASAN, SYED HAROON

angstadt, atlas powder2, falkner, vaeck, masham

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1622 Ex Parte Machhammer et al 10815873 - (D) PRATS 112(1) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. OH, TAYLOR V

Accordingly, it is “well settled that patent applicants are not required to disclose every species encompassed by their claims, even in an unpredictable art.” In re Vaeck, 947 F.2d 488, 496 (Fed. Cir. 1991).

For example, in Falkner v. Inglis, the court affirmed the conclusion of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences that claims to a modified pox virus vaccine were enabled, despite the fact that the specification focused on viruses other than pox virus, provided no examples directed to pox virus, and discussed pox virus only in general terms relating to the inventive disclosure. Falkner v. Inglis, 448 F.3d 1357, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2006).

Vaeck, In re, 947 F.2d 448, 20 USPQ2d 1438 (Fed. Cir. 1991) 2107.01, 2144.08, 2164.01, 2164.01(c), 2164.03, 2164.06(b), 2164.08

Falkner v. Inglis, 448 F.3d 1357, 79 USPQ2d 1001 (Fed. Cir. 2006) 2163

However, it is well settled that a claim does not lack enablement merely because it encompasses inoperative embodiments. See Atlas Powder Co. v. E.I. du Pont De Nemours & Co., 750 F.2d 1569, 1576 (Fed. Cir. 1984); see also In re Angstadt, 537 F.2d 498 (CCPA 1976).

Atlas Powder Co. v. E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co., 750 F.2d 1569, 224 USPQ 409 (Fed. Cir. 1984) 2111.03, 2164.01, 2164.08(b)

Angstadt, In re, 537 F.2d 498, 190 USPQ 214 (CCPA 1976) 2164.01, 2164.06, 2164.08(b)

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3736 Ex Parte Foerster et al 10734671 - (D) JENKS 102 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN

A “recitation with respect to the manner in which a claimed apparatus is intended to be employed does not differentiate the claimed apparatus from a prior art apparatus” if the prior art apparatus teaches all the structural limitations of the claim. Ex parte Masham, 2 USPQ2d 1647 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1987).

Masham, Ex parte, 2 USPQ2d 1647 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1987) 2114