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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Du Bois et al 12974365 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP- -Applied Materials ANTOLIN, STANISLAV

1733 Ex Parte Fukushima et al 13142427 - (D) DELMENDO 103 HOWSON & HOWSON LLP YANG, JIE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte Dettinger et al 12128133 - (D) SIU 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte MURATA 13909811 - (D) NAPPI 103 XSENSUS LLP SHAH,SUJIT

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2892 Ex Parte Decker et al 14709583 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES GORDON, MATTHEW E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3645 Ex Parte POOLE 13913630 - (D) HOELTER 112(1)/103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D

However, the Examiner's rejection is not predicated on a lack of enablement, but instead is predicated on a lack of written support. Final Act. 2. On this point, we are informed that "an inventor need not explain every detail because a patent is read by those of skill in the art." Wellman, Inc. v. Eastman Chem. Co., 642 F.3d 1355, 1367 (Fed. Cir. 2011). 

3655 Ex Parte WANG et al 14057618 - (D) PESLAK 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL FLUHART, STACEY A

3696 Ex Parte Winter 13477016 - (D) DIXON 101 Rimon, P.C. NGUYEN, LIZ P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Aagaard et al 14175266 - (D) CALVE 103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. ALLEN, JEFFREY R

3745 Ex Parte Teicholz et al 13669510 - (D) JESCHKE 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BEEBE, JOSHUA R

3747 Ex Parte Sanches Provase et al 14381456 - (D) MURPHY 102/103 CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC. VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Fernandez 11385054 - (D) ADAMS 112(2) 103 FERNANDEZ & ASSOCIATES, LLP SIMS, JASON M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Kaino et al 14373737 - (D) CUTITTA 103 103 XSENSUS LLP YOON, SAE WON

2694 Ex Parte Kim 13213173 - (D) NAPPI 103 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PA)-Apple EDOUARD, PATRICK NESTOR

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex Parte Baker 13615897 - (D) BROWNE 102/103 112(2) WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP COOPER, JOHN

3655 Ex Parte She et al 14615733 - (D) PLENZLER 102/103 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3746 Ex Parte Chatfield et al 13600090 - (D) HORNER 101/103 101 Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT

3791 Ex Parte Hong et al 14216743 - (D) SCHNEIDER Dissenting MAJORS 103 101 Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP; FITBIT ATTN: FITBIT, INC CERIONI, DANIEL LEE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1625 Ex Parte Jansen et al 13981704 - (D) FREDMAN 103 41.50 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. SOLOLA, TAOFIQ A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Southard 14162829 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 Locke Lord LLP WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P

1721 Ex Parte Pruneri et al 13578902 - (D) RANGE 103 OSTROLENK FABER LLP GONZALEZ RAMOS, MA YLA

1745 Ex Parte Steelman et al 14232931 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY SMITH JR., JIMMY R

1761 Ex Parte Goredema et al 14573191 - (D) GAUDETTE 102/103 MARYLOU J. LAVOIE, ESQ. LLC DIAZ, MATTHEW R

1786 Ex Parte Topolkaraev et al 13370845 - (D) KENNEDY 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 Ex Parte Loaiza et al 13801319 - (D) POTHIER 103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM/ORACLE DUDEK JR, EDWARD J

2173 Ex Parte Strain et al 14070133 - (D) NAPPI 103 Foley & Lardner LLP CALDERON N, ALVARO R

2185 Ex Parte Chavali et al 14015690 - (D) CUTITTA 102/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED HUYNH, KIM T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2415 Ex Parte Nagata 14000447 - (D) PYONIN 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP TACDIRAN, ANDRE GEE

2431 Ex Parte Statchuk 14736467 - (D) SHAW 102/103 IBM Corporation - Endicott Drafting Center AVERY, JEREMIAH L

2441 Ex Parte KLIEM et al 13399513 - (D) HOFF 103 Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A. KATSIKIS, KOSTAS J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2647 Ex Parte ENOMOTO et al 14780267 - (D) PYONIN 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte Chiari et al 13816836 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 OSTROLENK FABER LLP CULLER, JILL E

2857 Ex Parte Cornwall 13747295 - (D) INGLESE 112(1) 101 Lee & Hayes, PLLC SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER

2865 Ex Parte Mezghani et al 13902333 - (D) BEST 101 Bracewell LLP HENSON, MISCHITA L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3665 Ex Parte Wong 14713343 - (D) CAPP 103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC. c/o Patent Ingenuity, P.C. SMITH, AARON C

3681 Ex Parte Berry 12624987 - (D) HUME 101/102/103 Haley Guiliano LLP BRANDENBURG, WILLIAM A

3696 Ex Parte Kirkwood 11750178 - (D) CLEMENTS 101 LIU & LIU DEGA, MURALI K

3697 Ex Parte Howe 13890414 - (D) ARPIN 101 Budzyn IP Law, LLC NORMAN, SAMICA L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3791 Ex Parte Hong et al 14250256 - (D) SCHNEIDER Dissenting MAJORS 101/103 Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP; FITBIT ATTN: FITBIT, INC CERIONI, DANIEL LEE

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REVERSED 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1774 Ex Parte Merino et al 12956237 - (D) PAK 103 OHLANDT, GREELEY, RUGGIERO & PERLE, LLP SORKIN, DAVID L

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Kline et al 11406291 - (D) EVANS 103 RIDOUT & MAYBEE LLP VO, TRUONG V

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Barish 12292211 - (D) CAPP 103 103 MARTIN D. MOYNIHAN d/b/a PRTSI, INC. HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1792 Ex Parte Romeo et al 10138851 - (D) WARREN 103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP SMITH, CHAIM A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2183 Ex Parte GSCHWIND 11762156 - (D) COURTENAY 112(1)/112(2)/103 112(1) TUTUNJIAN & BITETTO, P.C. CALDWELL, ANDREW T

If a Notice of Appeal is filed prior to January 23, 2012, then the 2004 version of the Board Rules last published in the 2011 edition of Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations (37 C.F.R. § 41.1 et seq.) applies to the appeal. See also Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) 8th ed., Rev. 8, July 2010.

Whether the best mode requirement has been satisfied is a question of fact. Bayer AG v. Schein Pharms., Inc., 301 F.3d 1306, 1312 (Fed. Cir. 2002). Two specific factual questions must be answered to determine whether there has been a violation of the best mode requirement: The first is whether, at the time of filing the patent application, the inventor had a best mode of practicing the claimed invention—a subjective question. The second is whether, assuming the inventor had a preference for one mode over all others, the inventor objectively concealed his preferred mode from the public. See Wellman, Inc. v. Eastman Chem. Co., 642 F.3d 1355, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2011).

See also Engel Indus., Inc. v. Lockformer Co., 946 F.2d 1528, 1531 (Fed. Cir. 1991) (“invalidity for failure to set forth the best mode requires that (1) the inventors knew of a better mode of carrying out the claimed invention than they disclosed in the specification, and (2) the inventors concealed that better mode.”) .

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte Lee et al 12725508 - (D) PAK 103 ESCHWEILER & ASSOCIATES, LLC OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3677 Ex Parte Zimmer et al 12386573 - (D) MURPHY 103 KLAUS J. BACH BATSON, VICTOR D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Justin 12784824 - (D) ASTORINO 102 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. CHOI, STEPHEN