wesslau, bausch & lomb

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1647 Ex Parte Salfeld et al 13965152 - (D) FLAX 112(1) STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. ROMEO, DAVID S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Morgan et al 13281627 - (D) STEPINA 103 Eversheds Sutherland GE WOLCOTT, BRIAN P

2617 Ex Parte Sorgard et al 11987265 - (D) DEJMEK 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC AMINI, JAVID A

2617 Ex Parte Van Meel 14421721 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LE, MICHAEL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Kutluhan 11720719 - (D) STAICOVICI 102/103 VENJURIS, P.C. BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE

3742 Ex Parte Barhorst et al 13418148 - (D) STEPINA 103 FLETCHER YODER (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) DANG, KET D

3788 Ex Parte Decker 12827393 - (D) BAHR 103 GP-Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP DESAI, KAUSHIKKUMAR A

It is impermissible within the framework of section 103 to pick and choose from any one reference only so much of it as will support a given position, to the exclusion of other parts necessary to the full appreciation of what such reference fairly suggests to one of ordinary skill in the art. 

In re Wesslau, 353 F.2d 238, 241 (CCPA 1965) (cited with approval in Bausch & Lomb, Inc. v. Barnes Hind/Hydrocurve, Inc., 796 F.2d 443, 448 (Fed. Cir. 1986)).

Bausch & Lomb v. Barnes-Hind/Hydrocurve, Inc., 796 F.2d 443, 230 USPQ 416 (Fed. Cir. 1986) 2141.02

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Yang et al 11032487 - (D) NEW 103 COOLEY LLP POPA, ILEANA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 Ex Parte Wyatt et al 13954919 - (D) DENNETT 103 Fletcher Yoder PC Johnson Controls, Inc. OHARA, BRIAN R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2172 Ex Parte Bansal et al 12832642 - (D) JEFFERY 103 Rolnik Law Firm, P.C. IBM Corp. (END/RCR) BADAWI, ANGIE M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Kohler et al 13408793 - (D) MEDLOCK 101/103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S

3625 Ex Parte Varadarajan et al 14040149 - (D) MOORE 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY AIRAPETIAN, MILA

3629 Ex Parte Ramalingamoorthy et al 13151580 - (D) BUSCH 101/103 HONEYWELL/HUSCH JASMIN, LYNDA C

3634 Ex Parte Carter et al 14507528 - (D) COURTENAY 103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION KELLY, CATHERINE A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3748 Ex Parte BRÜCK 13155426 - (D) DOUGAL 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP SHEPPARD, JASON A

3777 Ex Parte Brown et al 13636613 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS IP, JASON M

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Sengupta 13920613 - (D) HOWARD 103 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (BO) ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

DENIED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Lesch et al 12522646 - (D) GRIMES 112(1) PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT ATTORNEYS, LLC NGUYEN, QUANG

wesslau, concrete pipe

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Ismail et al 11630856 - (D) MAJORS 101/102/103 Agilent Technologies, Inc, NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Wolkin et al 13620381 - (D) SNAY 102/103 Hollingsworth Davis TALBOT, BRIAN K

1732 Ex Parte Morimitsu et al 13457221 - (D) BEST 103 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN, LLP (Xerox) QIAN, YUN

1734 Ex Parte Oskarsson et al 12574477 - (D) DELMENDO 103 MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (WA) LEE, REBECCA Y

1754 Ex Parte Kelly et al 12433214 - (D) DELMENDO 103 BrooksGroup COHEN, BRIAN W

As stated by the Appellants, "[t]he use of only select portions of multiple references to piece together the claimed invention, while ignoring the remaining disclosures, is not a proper basis for judging obviousness" (Appeal Br. 26) (citing In re Wesslau, 353 F.2d 238, 241 (CCPA 1965)).

1788 Ex Parte Ambrose et al 13735353 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 PPG Industries, Inc. VO, HAI

1797 Ex Parte DONTULA et al 13316011 - (D) DERRICK 112(2)/102 Borden Ladner Gervais LLP BLG(GE) BEHRENDT, BENJAMIN J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte Segel 11967432 - (D) BEAMER 102 Tong, Rea, Bentley & Kim, LLC ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC BHARGAVA, ANIL K

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 Ex Parte Rouse 12968844 - (D) BAIN 103 ERICSSON INC SANDERS, STEPHEN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2615 Ex Parte MATSUOKA 13437061 - (D) EVANS 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P,C WELCH, DAVID T

2619 Ex Parte SUZUKI 13045806 - (D) NAPPI 102 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P,C HARRISON, CHANTE E

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte Taig et al 11740642 - (D) ANKENBRAND 103 HP Inc. FERGUSON SAMRETH, MARISSA LIANA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Jeong 12476394 - (D) WORTH 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC YU, ARIEL J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1754 Ex Parte Reents et al 11661704 - (D) WILSON 103 double patenting RENNER OTTO BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP COHEN, BRIAN W

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2183 Ex Parte Capps et al 12335696 - (D) McCARTHY 102 103 TERRILE, CANNATTI, CHAMBERS & HOLLAND, LLP IBM Austin CALDWELL, ANDREW T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2436 Ex Parte Kahn et al 13721655 - (D) ENGELS 103 103 THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. REZA, MOHAMMAD W

2451 Ex Parte Weel 10840108 - (D) McKEOWN 103 103 Concert Technology Corporation DAFTUAR, SAKET K

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Rusnak et al 12710225 - (D) BROWNE 103 103 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC BURKE, SEAN P

3661 Ex Parte Wilson 11423873 - (D) REIMERS 103 103 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P,C LOUIE, WAE LENNY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Brunner 13227859 - (D) HILL 103 103 CHALKER FLORES, LLP GRAHAM, MARK S

3725 Ex Parte Commander 11990563 - (D) GEIER 103 103 OHLANDT, GREELEY, RUGGIERO & PERLE, LLP GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT

3746 Ex Parte Chatfield et al 12189630 - (D) GEIER 103 103 THE LAW OFFICE OF RICHARD W. JAMES COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Wei 13006452 - (D) NEW 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY GOTFREDSON, GAREN

1653 Ex Parte D'ALESSANDRO 13680452 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103/double patenting FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DA) BOWERS, ERIN M

1653 Ex Parte Wallage 13338883 - (D) PRATS 103 NAECKEL HANLEY, SUSAN MARIE

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Eitzinger 12735016 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 COLLARD & ROE, P.C. HERNANDEZ-DIAZ, JOSE

1725 Ex Parte Goto et al 11729043 - (D) DENNETT 103 NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP CHAN, HENG M

1733 Ex Parte Ürgen et al 12741592 - (D) McMANUS 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P,C ZHENG, LOIS L

1782 Ex Parte Auf Der Heide et al 10570930 - (D) BEST 112(2) 103 ProPat, LLC BLACKWELL, GWENDOLYN

1782 Ex Parte Herwig 12359460 - (D) BEST 112(2) 103 ProPat, LLC BLACKWELL, GWENDOLYN

1791 Ex Parte Moore et al 12463673 - (D) WILSON 102/103 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE

1792 Ex Parte McCurdy et al 12920834 - (D) SQUIRE 102/103 41.50 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC LEFF, STEVEN N

1799 Ex Parte Tsui 11850527 - (D) GAUDETTE 102/103 WANG & HO JOYNER, KEVIN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2127 Ex Parte Blay et al 13056140 - (D) BUI 102 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC GAMI, TEJAL

2158 Ex Parte Garbow et al 12060986 - (D) MOORE 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP ANDERSEN, KRISTOPHER E

The burden of showing something by a preponderance of the evidence simply requires the trier of fact to believe that the existence of a fact is more probable than its nonexistence. Concrete Pipe & Prods. of Cal., Inc. v. Constr. Laborers Pension Tr.for S. Cal., 508 U.S. 602, 622 (1993).

2163 Ex Parte Nejat et al 13232560 - (D) HUME 103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP NGUYEN, KIM T

2169 Ex Parte Lin et al 12869460 - (D) Per Curiam 103 Wolfe-SBMC TRUONG, DENNIS

2172 Ex Parte Maeng 12047952 - (D) McKEOWN 103 GARLICK & MARKISON HUR, ECE

2174 Ex Parte Bergsbjörk 13216471 - (D) CRAIG 103 COATS & BENNETT/SONY ERICSSON CHOI, DAVID E

2194 Ex Parte Liu et al 13333148 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton/Qualcomm WOOD, WILLIAM C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte ZHAO et al 12724332 - (D) CHEN 103 Next IP Law Group LLP Cox Communications, Inc, TAYLOR, JOSHUA D

2447 Ex Parte Chen et al 13405286 - (D) HUME 102/103 WINSTEAD P.C. IBM CORP, (WSM) ALRIYASHI, ABDULKADER MOHAMED

2486 Ex Parte SASAI et al 14041043 - (D) SAADAT 103 Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, LLP, DOBBS, KRISTIN SENSMEIER

2492 Ex Parte Jiang 11984790 - (D) CURCURI 103 Blue Capital Law Firm, P,C, ALMEIDA, DEVINE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 Ex Parte Hayashi et al 13362289 - (D) BAIN 103 NIXON & V ANDERHYE, P,C GUO, XILIN

2633 Ex Parte Elend 13273150 - (D) CRAIG 103 NXP B.V. JOSEPH, JAISON

2685 Ex Parte Bialoskorski et al 13255334 - (D) BAIN 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS YACOB, SISAY

2689 Ex Parte Protopapas 14045031 - (D) SHAW 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P,CJFG1L CASILLASHERNANDEZ, OMAR

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2822 Ex Parte Holstein et al 12312446 - (D) DEJMEK 103 Amerson Law Firm, PLLC GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC. NGUYEN, SOPHIA T

2842 Ex Parte CHERN et al 13859413 - (D) LENTIVECH 102/103 Hauptman Ham, LLP (TSMC) WELLS, KENNETH B

2854 Ex Parte HOTELLING 11552746 - (D) GARRIS 103 APPLE c/o MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP LA BANH, DAVID H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3612 Ex Parte Muskos 13261082 - (D) BROWNE 102/103 MARK P. STONE HICKS, EMORY T

3625 Ex Parte AL-KHUDAIRY et al 13044259 - (D) WORTH 112(2) 103 LITMAN LAW OFFICES, LTD. ALLEN, WILLIAM J

3626 Ex Parte Firminger et al 12590335 - (D) FISCHETTI 103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC BURGESS, JOSEPH D

3626 Ex Parte Firminger et al 12658056 - (D) FISCHETTI 102/103/double patenting Constellation Law Group, PLLC BURGESS, JOSEPH D

3627 Ex Parte Hoentschel et al 13783685 - (D) WIEDER 103 NCR Corporation CHEIN, ALLEN C

3638 Ex Parte Brandt et al 13652858 - (D) WIEDER 103 BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS, INC BUCKLE JR, JAMES J

3671 Ex Parte Carr et al 11934242 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 ZARLEY LAW FIRM P.L.C. MITCHELL, JOEL F

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Roth 12243213 - (D) OSINSKI 112(1) 103 Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A. THOMPSON, JASON N

3746 Ex Parte Marcinkiewicz et al 12246893 - (D) ASTORINO 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S

3762 Ex Parte Bardy 12689706 - (D) LEBOVITZ 101/102/103 PAULY, DEVRIES SMITH & DEFFNER, L.L.C. FLORY, CHRISTOPHER A

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2431 Ex parte FINJAN, INC. Appellant Ex Parte 7647633 et al 11/159,455 90013016 - (D) CURCURI dissenting BRANCH 102/103 305 Bey & Cotropia PLLC (Finjan Inc.) CC: Third Party Requester: DLA PIPER LLP (US) BASEHOAR, ADAM L original REVAK, CHRISTOPHER A

wesslau, bausch & lomb

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte MCCOY 12341094 - (D) JESCHKE 103 WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION - MD 3601 EVANS, KIMBERLY L

3675 Ex Parte Takeuchi et al 12624902 - (D) HOSKINS 102 HONEYWELL/IFL FOSTER, NICHOLAS L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Bonde et al 11740049 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT , P.A HOUSTON, ELIZABETH

3738 Ex Parte Thornton et al 11466322 - (D) BAHR 102/103 Medtronic Vascular - APV Division STEWART, JASON-DENNIS NEILKEN

The Examiner's reasoning in proposing to modify Rioux to have a uniform natural diameter lacks rational underpinnings because it fails to consider the teachings of the prior art as a whole.

It is impermissible within the framework of section 103 to pick and choose from any one reference only so much of it as will support a given position, to the exclusion of other parts necessary to the full appreciation of what such reference fairly suggests to one of ordinary skill in the art.

In re Wesslau, 353 F.2d 238, 241 (CCPA 1965) (cited with approval in Bausch & Lomb, Inc. v. BarnesHind/Hydrocurve, Inc., 796 F.2d 443, 448 (Fed. Cir. 1986)).

Bausch & Lomb v. Barnes-Hind/Hydrocurve, Inc., 796 F.2d 443, 230 USPQ 416 (Fed. Cir. 1986) 2141.02

3763 Ex Parte Nelson 13247203 - (D) SCHOPFER 102/103 MEDTRONIC, INC. (NEURO/MRG) VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Kalyankar et al 13072860 - (D) DELMENDO 102/103 102/103 Legal Department HEINCER, LIAM J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Boscher et al 11793673 - (D) KENNY 112(1)/103 103 YOUNG & THOMPSON WANG, HARRIS C

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Quincy et al 13336168 - (D) NEW 102 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. CABRAL, ROBERT S

1662 Ex Parte Albertsen et al 12400175 - (D) FLAX 112(1)/102 103/double patenting PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. KUBELIK, ANNE R

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte Jambunathan et al 12031256 - (D) KENNEDY 103/double patenting AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. ARCIERO, ADAM A

1766 Ex Parte Bai et al 13027747 - (D) ROSS 103 Henkel Corporation DOLLINGER, MICHAEL M

1772 Ex Parte Van Den Berg et al 12988918 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY LOUIE, PHILIP Y

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2144 Ex Parte Petri 11681926 - (D) KUMAR 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP SMITH, BENJAMIN J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2683 Ex Parte Vandivier et al 12776632 - (D) KHAN 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL HOLLOWAY III, EDWIN C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Blomberg et al 12611407 - (D) BAYAT 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (LICENSING) SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N

3693 Ex Parte Bouchard 12298720 - (D) KIM 103 Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP BORLINGHAUS, JASON M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Thomas et al 12604084 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 ALLERGAN, INC. HENSON, DEVIN B

3737 Ex Parte Sorensen 11969478 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP SIRIPURAPU, RAJEEV P

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2471 Ex Parte Burckart et al 13407653 - (D) TROCK 103 CRGO LAW CHOU, ALBERT T

rembrandt, tomlinson, wesslau

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1621 Ex Parte Strebelle et al 11722598 - (D) GRIMES 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. VALENROD, YEVGENY

1649 Ex Parte Piliponsky et al 11875710 - (D) WALSH 102 BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Grohowski 11450059 - (D) COLAIANNI 102/103 Zitzmann Consulting, LLC ZHU, WEIPING

1754 Ex Parte Thiel 10841986 - (D) OWENS 102/103 PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. BAND, MICHAEL A

1792 Ex Parte van Krieken et al 10739036 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP CHAWLA, JYOTI

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Ex Parte Gupta et al 10954816 - (D) BENOIT 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY OKEKE, ONYEDIKA C

2439 Ex Parte Van Brabant 10748008 - (D) CHEN 112(2)/102/103 NOVAK DRUCE & QUIGG, LLP WANG, HARRIS C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2699 Ex Parte Nurmi 11191152 - (D) FRAHM 103 Harrington & Smith, Attorneys At Law, LLC SHAPIRO, LEONID

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Pai et al 11350276 - (D) KRIVAK 103 Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (GD-AIS) PATEL, ISHWARBHAI B

2883 Ex Parte Farber et al 10398859 - (D) CURCURI 103 NIXON PEABODY, LLP RADKOWSKI, PETER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte SUTLIFF et al 11278927 - (D) POWELL 103 WONG, CABELLO, LUTSCH, RUTHERFORD & BRUCCULERI, L.L.P. BASTIANELLI, JOHN

Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
1754 Ex parte BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE, Patent Owner and Appellant 90011112 6,616,909 09/492,246 GUEST 103 BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE JOHNSON, JERRY D original STRICKLAND, JONAS N

In re Wesslau, 353 F.2d 238, 241 (CCPA 1965) (“It is impermissible within the framework of section 103 to pick and choose from any one reference only so much of it as will support a given position, to the exclusion of other parts necessary to the full appreciation of what such reference fairly suggests to one of ordinary skill in the art.”).

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2857 Ex Parte Nanikashvili et al 90010751 7,542,878 12706541 LEBOVITZ 102/103 102/103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE WEST, JEFFREY R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Smythe 11221386 - (D) VANOPHEM concurring-in-part HOELTER 103 obviousness-type double patenting Clifford Kraft PLUMMER, ELIZABETH A

3643 Ex Parte Krouse 11345070 - (D) HORNER 103 103 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP NGUYEN, SON T

3685 Ex Parte Andersson 11340890 - (D) FETTING 103 103 RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP HEWITT II, CALVIN L

3692 Ex Parte Vales 11045937 - (D) PETRAVICK 103 103 KING & SPALDING BAIRD, EDWARD J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Yang et al 11304976 - (D) BONILLA 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Forest Laboratories, Inc. PURDY, KYLE A

1627 Ex Parte Breitenbach et al 11573327 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 Abel Law Group, LLP KAROL, JODY LYNN

1628 Ex Parte Chatlapalli et al 11478400 - (D) SNEDDEN 103 37 C.F.R § 41.50(b) 103 WYETH LLC SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L

1651 Ex Parte Breton et al 11314043 - (D) BONILLA 103 K&L Gates LLP MARX, IRENE

As stated in Tomlinson, after finding admixing of the compounds to be obvious:

As to the introductory language, ‘a process of inhibiting degradation of polypropylene caused by exposure to light,’ again we do not think these words can serve to patentably distinguish the claimed process from the prior art. That language in effect, states the result of admixing the two materials. While the references do not show a specific recognition of that result, its discovery by appellants is tantamount only to finding a property in the old composition, not in the nickel compound for which, it is argued, a new use has been found.

In re Tomlinson, 363 F.2d 928, 934 (CCPA 1966).

Tomlinson, In re, 363 F.2d 928, 150 USPQ 623 (CCPA 1966) 2112.02

1653 Ex Parte Chaudhry 11435204 - (D) JENKS 112(1) Butzel Long DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Jenninger et al 12569533 - (D) McKELVEY 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE & QUIGG LLP GRESO, AARON J

1726 Ex Parte Yoo 11232872 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC LEE, CYNTHIA K

1729 Ex Parte Sennoun et al 10912298 - (D) OWENS 103 BrooksGroup CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG

1734 Ex Parte LaCourse et al 12419162 - (D) TIMM 103 ABEL LAW GROUP, LLP KOSLOW, CAROL M

1771 Ex Parte Chambard et al 10863041 - (D) GARRIS 103 Infineum USA L.P. VASISTH, VISHAL V

1778 Ex Parte Harnack et al 11563463 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP KURTZ, BENJAMIN M

1791 Ex Parte Stokes et al 12051056 - (D) KIMLIN 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE & QUIGG LLP STULII, VERA

1791 Ex Parte Stokes et al 11863823 - (D) KIMLIN 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE & QUIGG LLP STULII, VERA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Dettinger et al 10897353 - (D) THOMAS 102/103 IBM GOFMAN, ALEX N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2449 Ex Parte Werner 10767785 - (D) DROESCH 103 AT & T Legal Department - WS WON, MICHAEL YOUNG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2641 Ex Parte Manchev 11306485 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(1)/102 PETER B. MANCHEV HOLLIDAY, JAIME MICHELE

2642 Ex Parte Han 11545239 - (D) COURTENAY 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. VIANA DI PRISCO, GERMAN

2644 Ex Parte Kim et al 10845001 - (D) BUI 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. EDOUARD, PATRICK NESTOR

2645 Ex Parte Anderson 10401517 - (D) MARTIN 103 HAMILTON, BROOK, SMITH & REYNOLDS, P.C. BRANDT, CHRISTOPHER M

2649 Ex Parte Karaoguz 10314292 - (D) KRIVAK 103 GARLICK & MARKISON DEAN, RAYMOND S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Ex Parte Lin et al 11174189 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 112(2)/103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP CAO, PHAT X

2853 Ex Parte Perez et al 10513052 - (D) SMITH 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SHAH, MANISH S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Chrosny et al 10996275 - (D) FETTING 101/102/103 PITNEY BOWES INC. POUNCIL, DARNELL A

In fact, these claims are ambiguous hybrid claims that the Examiner should review for definiteness. See Rembrandt Data Techs., LP v. AOL, LLC, 641 F.3d 1331, 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (“reciting both an apparatus and a method of using that apparatus renders a claim indefinite under section 112, paragraph 2”) (internal citation and quotations omitted).

3665 Ex Parte Herzog et al 10908792 - (D) HORNER 103 HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP BROADHEAD, BRIAN J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Worrick 11602521 - (D) TARTAL 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY CHOI, STEPHEN

3731 Ex Parte Avellanet et al 11452852 - (D) WALSH 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON TANNER, JOCELIN C

3738 Ex Parte Bonitati et al 11859425 - (D) WALSH 103 BARNES & THORNBURG LLP HOBAN, MELISSA A

3772 Ex Parte Patel 12154789 - (D) McCARTHY 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 AMIT V. PATEL JACKSON, BRANDON LEE

3779 Ex Parte Schara et al 11083277 - (D) FREDMAN 103 ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC SMITH, PHILIP ROBERT

Tech Center 3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
1632 THE FOUNDATION FOR TAXPAYER & CONSUMER RIGHTS Requester and Appellant v. Patent of WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION Patent Owner and Respondent 95000154 7029913 09/982,637 LEBOVITZ 102/103 Riverside Law LLP KUNZ, GARY L original WOITACH, JOSEPH T

2857 MEDICOMP, INC. Requester, Respondent, and Cross-Appellant v. Patent of CARD GUARD SCIENTIFIC, LTD. Patent Owner, Appellant, and Cross-Respondent 95001312 7,542,878 11/059,791 LEBOVITZ 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 102/103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE NGUYEN, LINH M original RAYMOND, EDWARD

REHEARING

DENIED
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3692 Ex Parte Boni et al 11024146 - (D) FETTING 101 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) EBERSMAN, BRUCE I

wesslau, burroughs, coleman, hybritech, sewall, skoner

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Qiu et al 10891407 - (D) WALSH 103 CIBA VISION CORPORATION ALAWADI, SARAH

“It is impermissible within the framework of section 103 to pick and choose from any one reference only so much of it as will support a given position, to the exclusion of other parts necessary to the full appreciation of what such reference fairly suggests to one of ordinary skill in the art.” In re Wesslau, 353 F.2d 238, 241 (CCPA 1965).

1621 Ex Parte JOHNSEN et al 12621551 - (D) SNEDDEN 112(2)/103/obviousnesstype double patenting 37 CFR § 41.50(b) obviousnesstype double patenting GE HEALTHCARE, INC. PUTTLITZ, KARL J

1621 Ex Parte HOMESTAD 12621571 - (D) SNEDDEN 112(2)/103/obviousnesstype double patenting 37 CFR § 41.50(b) obviousnesstype double patenting GE HEALTHCARE, INC. PUTTLITZ, KARL J

1621 Ex Parte JOHNSEN et al 12621556 - (D) SNEDDEN 112(2)/102/103/obviousness-type double patenting 37 CFR § 41.50(b) obviousness-type double patenting GE HEALTHCARE, INC. PUTTLITZ, KARL J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1789 Ex Parte Grube et al 11755452 - (D) BEST 103 GAF WILLIAM J. DAVIS, ESQ. JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH

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3643 Ex Parte Zine 12368494 - (D) WALSH 103 Bay Area Technolgy Law Group PC PARSLEY, DAVID J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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1629 Ex Parte Habash et al 11815440 - (D) WALSH 112(1)/103 102/103 37 CFR § 41.50(b) 102 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH

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2186 NVIDIA CORPORATION Respondent v. RAMBUS, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant 95001189 7287119 11/681,384 SIU 103 102/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. CHOI, WOO H original BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE

3504 NVIDIA CORPORATION Respondent v. RAMBUS, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant 95001205 7360050 SIU 103 102/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. CHOI, WOO H original SAFAVI, MICHAEL

AFFIRMED
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1628 Ex Parte Leonard 11757764 - (D) FREDMAN 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC BADIO, BARBARA P

See In re Skoner, 517 F.2d 947, 950 (CCPA 1975) (“Expected beneficial results are evidence of obviousness of a claimed invention. Just as unexpected beneficial results are evidence of unobviousness.”)

1647 Ex Parte Champion et al 11188417 - (D) FREDMAN 103/obviousness-type double patenting FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG BUNNER, BRIDGET E

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1712 Ex Parte Meiere 11063638 - (D) GAUDETTE 103/obviousness-type double patenting PRAXAIR, INC. HORNING, JOEL G

1777 Ex Parte Arpaia et al 10556803 - (D) DELMENDO 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. XU, XIAOYUN

1792 Ex Parte Barnett et al 11669580 - (D) KRATZ 103 CARSTENS & CAHOON, LLP WILLIAMS, LELA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2181 Ex Parte Battaglia et al 10994271 - (D) MCKONE 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LEWIS-TAYLOR, DAYTON A.

2181 Ex Parte Sakiyama et al 10775080 - (D) THOMAS 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC LEE, CHUN KUAN

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2447 Ex Parte Olchanski et al 09996475 - (D) THOMAS 103 WILMERHALE/DC TANG, KAREN C

For starters, we focus on the issue of conception. As comprehensively set forth by the Federal Circuit in Burroughs Wellcome Co. v. Barr Labs., Inc., 40 F.3d 1223, 1227-28 (Fed. Cir. 1994):

Conception is the touchstone of inventorship, the completion of the mental part of invention. Sewall v. Walters, 21 F.3d 411, 415, 30 USPQ2d 1356, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 1994). It is “the formation in the mind of the inventor, of a definite and permanent idea of the complete and operative invention, as it is hereafter to be applied in practice.” Hybritech Inc. v. Monoclonal Antibodies, Inc., 802 F.2d 1367, 1376, 231 USPQ 81, 87 (Fed. Cir. 1986) (citation omitted). Conception is complete only when the idea is so clearly defined in the inventor's mind that only ordinary skill would be necessary to reduce the invention to practice, without extensive research or experimentation. Sewall, 21 F.3d at 415, 30 USPQ2d at 1359; see also Coleman v. Dines, 754 F.2d 353, 359, 224 USPQ 857, 862 (Fed. Cir. 1985) (conception must include every feature of claimed invention). Because it is a mental act, courts require corroborating evidence of a contemporaneous disclosure that would enable one skilled in the art to make the invention. Coleman v. Dines, 754 F.2d at 359, 224 USPQ at 862.

Burroughs Wellcome Co. v. Barr Labs., Inc., 40 F.3d 1223, 32 USPQ2d 1915 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2138.04, 2163

Hybritech, Inc. v. Monoclonal Antibodies, Inc., 802 F.2d 1367, 231 USPQ 81 (Fed. Cir. 1986) 716.03(b), 2138.04, 2145, 2163, 2164.01, 2164.05(a), 2173.05(a), 2182, 2184

Coleman v. Dines, 754 F.2d 353, 224 USPQ 857 (Fed. Cir. 1985) 2138.04

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2646 Ex Parte Kirke 11422638 - (D) CURCURI 103 GARLICK & MARKISON OBAYANJU, OMONIYI

2682 Ex Parte McEwan 10419274 - (D) CALDWELL 103 NIXON PEABODY, LLP NGUYEN, NAM V

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3623 Ex Parte Smith et al 10899656 - (D) TURNER 103 WILLIAM L. PARADICE, III ANDERSON, FOLASHADE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte Clough 11961936 - (D) OSINSKI 112(2)/103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. FIDEI, DAVID  

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2783 Ex parte MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC. Patent Owner & Appellant 90010889 5958006 08/574,541 BLANKENSHIP 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. RYMAN, DANIEL J original COLEMAN, ERIC