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REVERSED 

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1743 Daijitsu Harada et al. 13369459 - (D) HANLON 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP OCHYLSKI, RYAN M

1744 KHS Corpoplast GmbH 14911676 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 LUCAS & MERCANTI, LLP LE,  NINH V

1774 Yamaguchi, Kazuo et al. 13810672 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. HOWELL, MARC C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2416 BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 15121695 - (D) BOUDREAU 103 Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A. SCHNELL, RICHARD L

2454 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 14568181 - (D) EVANS 101/103 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. c/o Davidson Sheehan LLP BOOK, PHYLLIS A

2454 Equalum Ltd. 14975899 - (D) EVANS 101/103 M&B IP Analysts, LLC NGUYEN, ANH

2457 Eyran Lida et al. 14482197 - (D) FENICK 112(2)/103 Active Knowledge Ltd. VANG, MENG

2465 KATZ, Adi et al. 14655168 - (D) EVANS 103 NXP-LARSON NEWMAN, LLP LAM, YEE F

2483 Ye-Kui Wang et al. 13753278 - (D) BRANCH 112(1)/112(2)/101/103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.
ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

2491 NETFLIX, INC. 14329687 - (D) BARRY 103 Artegis Law Group, LLP / Netflix DESROSIERS, EVANS

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2647 BKLK Ltd. 15427326 - (D) PINKERTON 103 M&B IP Analysts, LLC NGUYEN, DINH

2657 Google Inc. 14982567 - (D) CURCURI 103 HONIGMAN LLP-GOOGLE WOZNIAK, JAMES S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2861 TA Instruments - Waters L.L.C. 15160615 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP / Waters MORELLO, JEAN F

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3621 MagQuest, Inc. 13714185 - (D) FISCHETTI 103 41.50 101 VERIZON - HH SNIDER, SCOTT

3636 Van Wagoner, Jon Phillip. 14322870 - (D) MURPHY 103 Laurence & Phillips IP Law VERAA, CHRISTOPHER

3644 Robert Conrad 13076791 - (D) REIMERS 103 ALAN J. HOWARTH BARLOW, MONICA L

3685 Visa International Service Association 14719014 - (D) CHANG 112(1)/101/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/VISA CASTILHO, EDUARDO D

We are not persuaded.  In general, “every limitation positively recited in a claim must be given effect.”  In re Wilder, 429 F.2d 447, 450 (CCPA 1970).  The Examiner has not provided any persuasive reason – e.g., that the claim elements are merely the intended use or result of other positively recited limitations – why limitations relating to the limited use threshold should be given no patentable weight. 

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3715 Kengo Takeda 14371366 - (D) LANEY 103 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (UEC Applications)  MYHR, JUSTIN L

3723 Jerry L. Allen 14712101 - (D) REIMERS 103 Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber Co., LPA HONG, SEAHEE

3723 Medline Industries, Inc. 15072069 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 Philip H. Burrus, IV Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC MCCONNELL, AARON R

3763 BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH 15363029 - (D) ASTORINO 112(2)/102/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP SULLENS, TAVIA L

3781 C. R. Bard, Inc. 15724879 - (D) ASTORINO 103 41.50 103 BD/Rutan & Tucker, LLP  MARCETICH, ADAM M

3793 Franz Fadler et al. 15175028 - (D) MARTIN 103 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC COOK, CHRISTOPHER L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1611 Peter Finan 13805981 - (D) PRATS 103 103 QIPLG BARHAM, BETHANY P

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1716 Bo-I Lee et al. 13240856 - (D) WILSON 103 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (24061) CHEN, KEATH T

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2628 ABB TECHNOLOGY AG 14054531 - (D) STEPHENS 103 102/103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (ABB) LAM, VINH TANG

2658 Alistair E. Jeffs 12200905 - (D) MOORE 103 112(1) AT&T Legal Dept. - [HDP] ADESANYA, OLUJIMI A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3675 TriTeq Lock and Security LLC 13866525 - (D) JESCHKE 103 102/103 Charles T. Riggs Jr. LUGO, CARLOS

3685 Amazon Technologies, Inc. 14733795 - (D) BENNETT 103 103 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP  ATI HUANG, JAY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3731 MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION 13838126 - (D) BAHR 103 112(4)/102/103 MICHAEL, BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (MT) KOTIS, JOSHUA G

3753 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 15444490 - (D) GUIJT 102/103 112(2) CROWELL & MORING LLP COLON MORALES, DAVID

3794 BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL), LTD. 13648449 - (D) KERINS 103 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP DELLA, JAYMI E

AFFIRMED 

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1625 EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH 15213444 - (D) CHANG markush 103 SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL, LLP O DELL, DAVID K

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1712 Karl Zuercher et al. 13203677 - (D) SNAY 103 The Dow Chemical Company/Brooks Cameron & Huebsch TSCHEN, FRANCISCO W

1735 Federal-Mogul Nurnberg GmbH 14397267 - (D) HEANEY 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC YUEN, JACKY

1788 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. 13942116 - (D) BEVERLY A. FRANKLIN 112(1)/103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PATEL, RONAK C

1792 BASF SE 14696996 - (D) McMANUS 103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) SMITH, PRESTON

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2123 APPLE INC. 13743989 - (D) STEPHENS 103 APPLE/JWMH BEJCEK II, ROBERT H

2127 DANGEVILLE, NICOLAS et al. 13316624 - (D) REPKO 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC  SHAH, KAMINI S

2199 International Business Machines Corporation 14488164 - (D) BARRY 103 MARTIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC BULLOCK JR, LEWIS ALEXANDER

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2423 Gracenote, Inc. 15406887 - (D) BENNETT 103 McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP/Gracenote MENDOZA, JUNIOR O

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2672 HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 15305271 - (D) BELISLE 103 HP Inc VO, QUANG N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2842 Cree Fayetteville, Inc. 15382172 - (D) CRAIG 103 BakerHostetler KIM, JUNG H

2859 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15112451 - (D) DELMENDO 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TRISCHLER, JOHN T

2863 MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION 15592410 - (D) RANGE 103 MICHAEL, BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (MT) MILLER, DANIEL R

2882 ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. 15196120 - (D) HOUSEL 112(1) Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP ASFAW, MESFIN T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3619 James L. Hubbard et al. 14413484 - (D) LANEY 103 CARLSON GASKEY & OLDS TRUONG, MINH D

3621 Facebook, Inc. 13717541 - (D) REPKO 103 Facebook/Fenwick VAN BRAMER, JOHN W

3621 Dropbox, Inc. 14632289 - (D) SHIANG 101/103 Hickman Palermo Becker Bingham / Dropbox  MPAMUGO, CHINYERE

3623 Hironori Takuechi et al. 11947114 - (D) MOHANTY 101 CANTOR COLBURN LLP - IBM ARC DIVISION ELKASSABGI, ZAHRA

3625 eBay Inc. 14637174 - (D) BARRY 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY  GARG, YOGESH C

3628 Speich, Jan et al. 14860865 - (D) LORIN 102/103 101 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. ZEROUAL, OMAR

3628 International Business Machines Corporation 14951916 - (D) FISCHETTI 101 YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N

3681 Visa International Service Association 14072583 - (D) MOHANTY 101 The Webb Law Firm / Visa International REFAI, SAM M

3682 Adobe Inc. 14630377 - (D) BISK 101/103 SBMC ANDREI, RADU

3682 Michael A. Marth et al. 14630442 - (D) BISK 103 101 SBMC ANDREI, RADU

3683 Oracle International Corporation 14273646 - (D) BAYAT 101 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

3683 Apple Inc. 14503113 - (D) FITZPATRICK 101 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (APPLE) TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN

3685 MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED 14482485 - (D) FISCHETTI 101/102 MASTERCARD C/O Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC NIGH, JAMES D

3685 MasterCard International Incorporated 14636467 - (D) JURGOVAN 112(2)/101/102/103 112(1) Mastercard International Incorporated c/o Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC ASGARI, SIMA

3693 NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 14157938 - (D) PYONIN 103 112(1)/101 MCDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY LLP CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA

3693 The Toronto-Dominion Bank 14755786 - (D) PUR CURIAM 101 Duane Morris LLP KHATTAR, RAJESH

3694 Uman, Julie et al. 12760763 - (D) BAYAT 101/102 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. MILEF, ELDA G

3694 TELECOM ITALIA S.P.A. 14651163 - (D) BRANCH 112(2) 101/103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. ANDERSON, SCOTT C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design

3715 KING SHOW GAMES, INC. 15495499 - (D) GREENHUT 101 King Show Games, INC.  RENWICK, REGINALD A

3715 Ostergren, Brian Hunter. et al. 13247861 - (D) LANEY 101 MICROSOFT CORPORATION  LIDDLE, JAY TRENT

3715 KING SHOW GAMES, INC. 14015473 - (D) GREENHUT 101 King Show Games, INC.  DOSHI, ANKIT B

3715 Miller, Kenneth L. et al. 14668348 - (D) MARTIN 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N

3715 Fantasy Pot Odds, LLC 15189803 - (D) FITZPATRICK 101 Black, McCuskey, Souers & Arbaugh, LPA KIM, KEVIN Y

3724 Wolfgang Steiner 13993688 - (D) MARTIN 112(1) 103 WRB-IP LLP MICHALSKI, SEAN M

3741 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14429087 - (D) GREENHUT 112(2)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY CHENG, STEPHANIE S

3753 CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE et al. 15422580 - (D) ASTORINO 103 112(2) YOUNG & THOMPSON MACKAY-SMITH, SETH WENTWORTH

3763 Lam Research Corporation 14984178 - (D) PLENZLER 112(2)/103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Lam) FLANIGAN, ALLEN J

3792 Joovv, Inc. 15616028 - (D) WIEDER 103 112(2)/103 Schwie Law, LLC MOSS, JAMES R

3792 Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. 15879139 - (D) FITZPATRICK 112(2)/103 112(1)/102/OTDP SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/BSC STICE, PAULA J

REHEARING

DENIED 

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

3662 Anthony Mark. Phillips et al. 13157533 - (R) O’HANLON 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL SMITH, ISAAC G

3688 Thomas J. Gilg et al. 14235261 - (R) JURGOVAN 103 HP Inc. MACASIANO, MARILYN G

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Tu et al 14539460 - (D) SNAY 102/103 41.50 103 CORNING INCORPORATED SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3689 Ex Parte Boss et al 12208510 - (D) MEDLOCK 112(1)/101/103 Keohane & D'Alessandro WEISENFELD, ARYANE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Hazani 14726619 - (D) BAHR 112(1)/103 41.50 112(2) Dr. Mark M. Friedman CARTER, CAMERON A

3761 Ex Parte Yuki et al 13386314 - (D) PLENZLER 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP VAN, QUANG T

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex Parte Chen et al 11379610 - (D) NAPPI 103 103 YEE AND ASSOCIA TES, P.C. FABER, DAVID

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Ex Parte Gammie et al 14478325 - (D) FREDMAN 112(1)/112(2)/102 102/103 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L

While we agree with the Examiner that "comprising" may allow additional elements (see Ans. 4), that presumption may be overcome when "there is evidence of a clear intent to limit the claims." Scanner Technologies Corp. v. ICOS Vision Systems Corp. N. V., 365 F.3d 1299, 1305-6 (Fed. Cir. 2004). In this case, we disagree with the Examiner's interpretation based on "comprising" because of the express exclusion in claim 1 that the disposing step must occur "while maintaining the entire distal portion ... on the ventricular side of the leaflet." We note that "every limitation positively recited in a claim must be given effect in order to determine what subject matter that claim defines." In re Wilder, 429 F.2d 447, 450 (CCPA 1970).

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Marshall et al 14055449 - (D) CASHION 102/103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA

1747 Ex Parte Cantrell et al 13907283 - (D) CASHION 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP NGUYEN, PHU HOANG

1774 Ex Parte Levecq et al 13984565 - (D) CASHION 102/103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC INSLER, ELIZABETH

1792 Ex Parte SHIRALI et al 13326158 - (D) DENNETT 112(2)/103 WOOD, HERRON & EV ANS, LLP SMITH, PRESTON

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte BONILLA ACEVEDO et al 15297106 - (D) GALLIGAN 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP MARTELLO, EDWARD

2653 Ex Parte GOODAY 14748258 - (D) CUTITTA 103 MARTIN D. MOYNIHAN d/b/a PRTSI, INC. GAUTHIER, GERALD

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte WANG et al 14289596 - (D) COURTENAY 112(2) 101/102 Sheppard Mullin / Palantir SEREBOFF, NEAL

3681 Ex Parte SANDERS et al 13608272 - (D) JURGOVAN 101 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP/JPMorgan Chase SHORTER, RASHIDA R

3684 Ex Parte Langhammer 12040556 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 101 WOOD, HERRON & EV ANS, LLP POND, ROBERT M

3686 Ex Parte Rosow et al 13117674 - (D) SHAH 101 LOZA & LOZA, LLP/Allscripts LE, LINH GIANG

3691 Ex Parte Bonissone et al 10425610 - (D) STEPHENS 101 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS

3693 Ex Parte Leitch et al 13643886 - (D) BAUMEISTER 112(1)/112(2) 101 Fluor Coporation BARTLEY, KENNETH

3693 Ex Parte Purves et al 13542535 - (D) GALLIGAN 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA ALLADIN, AMBREEN A

3696 Ex Parte Harton et al 14280892 - (D) BAIN 101/103 Travelers Companies c/o Fincham Downs LLC OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA

Tech Center  4100 Patent Training Academy 
4114 Ex Parte Gastineau 13665547 - (D) ENGLE 103 101 Davis Malm & D"Agostine P.C. ZIEGLE, STEPHANIE M

wilder, enzo, lockwood

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1677 Ex Parte Crum 11891323 - (D) GRIMES 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. MOERSCHELL, RICHARD P

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1786 Ex Parte TAKAHASHI et al 12256896 - (D) ANKENBRAND 103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD CHOI, PETER Y

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2474 Ex Parte Lejeune 12355578 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 102 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H

see also In re Wilder, 429 F.2d 447, 450 (CCPA 1970) (“[E]very limitation positively recited in a claim must be given effect in order to determine what subject matter that claim defines.”).

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1772 Ex Parte Vichailak et al 12206039 - (D) KENNEDY 103 103 CDTech/Lummus/Osha Liang LLP PREGLER, SHARON

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3696 Ex Parte Senter et al 13296517 - (D) BAHR 103 112(1) Setter Roche LLP BERONA, KIMBERLY SUE

Drawings may be relied upon to satisfy the written description requirement.  See Enzo Biochem, Inc. v. Gen-Probe Inc., 323 F.3d 956, 969 (Fed. Cir. 2002) (stating that the "written description requirement is satisfied by the [patent applicant's] disclosure of  'such descriptive means as words, structures, diagrams, formulas, etc., that fully set forth the claimed invention.'" (quoting Lockwood v. American Airlines, Inc., 107 F.3d 1565, 1572 (Fed. Cir. 1997)).

Enzo Biochem, Inc. v. Gen-Probe, Inc., 323 F.3d 956, 63 USPQ2d 1609 (Fed. Cir. 2002) 2161.01 , 2163

Lockwood v. American Airlines, Inc., 107 F.3d 1505, 41 USPQ2d 1961 (Fed. Cir. 1997) 2133.03(a) , 2163 , 2163.02

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Verlee et al 10704114 - (D) HARLOW 112(1) 102 SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Lindsay et al 11638910 - (D) McKELVEY 102 Huntsman Corporation SERGENT, RABON A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2173 Ex Parte Cipriani et al 12256103 - (D) KUMAR 103 Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC BYCER, ERIC J

2175 Ex Parte Do et al 11970201 - (D) SMITH 103 MOLLBORN PATENTS, INC. HO, RUAY L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2414 Ex Parte Robbins 13079190 - (D) MacDONALD 102 VERIZON NGUYEN, STEVEN H D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Vijay et al 11191346 - (D) HOELTER 103 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (Adobe Systems Incorporated) HOLDER, BRADLEY W

2461 Ex Parte Du et al 12493358 - (D) HAGY 102 BGL/Huawei HAILU, KIBROM T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Suh et al 12120006 - (D) PINKERTON 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. GENACK, MATTHEW W

2682 Ex Parte Conley et al 11863790 - (D) STEPHENS 103 JENKINS, WILSON, TAYLOR & HUNT, P.A. SANDISK CORPORATION WANG, JACK K

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Walther et al 11189249 - (D) HOELTER 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A

3724 Ex Parte Madeira et al 13105958 - (D) WOODS 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY PAYER, HWEI-SIU C

3768 Ex Parte Altmann et al 11264221 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC. Requester, Respondent v. SPINEOLOGY INC. Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 7226481 et al 10/440,036 95002179 - (D) SONG 112(1)/103 112(1)/112(2)/103 Third Party Requester: NDQ SPECIAL REEXAM GROUP Patent Owner: Carlson, Caspers, Vandenburgh, Lindquist & Schuman, PA Patent Owner: DAWSON, GLENN K original ROBERT, EDUARDO C