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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1765 SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V. 15578116 SMITH 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP - SABIC (NORYL) TRUONG, DUC
1768 ConocoPhillips Company et al. 14989350 McMANUS 103 Boulware & Valoir Tamsen Valoir BLAND, ALICIA
2135 ATI Technologies ULC et al. 14747944 HOMERE 103 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. c/o Davidson Sheehan LLP YU, JAE UN
2158 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 13769521 ENGLE 103 IBM Corp. - Fishkill Drafting Center SVL HEFFERN, JAMES E
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2459 Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. 14586622 BUSCH 103 Joshua D. Isenberg GEORGANDELLIS, ANDREW C
2473 QUALCOMM Incorporated 14567985 SHIANG 102/103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP/Qualcomm PATEL, HARDIKKUMAR D
2846 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15067878 INGLESE 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL AGARED, GABRIEL T
2875 Hubbell Incorporated 15454525 WILSON 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (HUBBELL) DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E
3625 The Procter & Gamble Company 15465292 BAYAT 112(1)/112(2)/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE
3637 Bertrand Dumont 14716484 HILL 103 Daniel P. Burke, Esq. Daniel P. Burke & Associates, PLLC ING, MATTHEW W
3689 Joshua Carney et al. 14424350 TOWNSEND 103 41.50 112(1) ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC WHITE, LANCE WILLIAM
3723 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation 15089025 SHAH 103 Reinhart (Milwaukee Tool) KELLER, BRIAN D
3735 LIPP, Xaver 15034561 SCHOPFER 112(2)/102/103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. PERREAULT, ANDREW D
3741 Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. 13937587 GREENHUT 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP (PWC) BURKE, THOMAS P
The Examiner’s position is also not saved by the mere citation or
reliance upon per se rules and generalizations without application to the
specific facts at hand. See, e.g., Ans. 4 (citing Smith v. Nichols, 88 U.S. 112,
118–19 (1874) and In re Williams, 36 F.2d 436, 438 (CCPA 1929)). Mere
conclusory statements that the recited ranges are “equivalents doing the same thing” do not amount to the evidence or technical reasoning necessary
to support an obviousness rejection. See MPEP § 2144 (stating, in discussing
Smith v. Nichols and In re Williams, “such rationales should not be treated as
per se rules, but rather must be explained and shown to apply to the facts at
hand. . . . Simply stating the principle (e.g., ‘art recognized equivalent,’
‘structural similarity’) without providing an explanation of its applicability
to the facts of the case at hand is generally not sufficient to establish a prima
facie case of obviousness”).
Smith v. Nichols, 88 U.S. 112 (1874) 2144.05
3763 BSH Home Appliances Corporation et al. 15643591 WOODS 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation ZEC, FILIP
3771 Samuel Lichtenstein et al. 12904885 SONG 112(1)/112(2)/103 Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP COLELLO, ERIN L
3793 VOLCANO CORPORATION 14266218 KAUFFMAN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS CWERN, JONATHAN
Affirmed-in-Part
2158 Zhang, Wenli 14457419 STRAUSS 103 103 SAP SE c/o BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC NGUYEN, LOAN T
2171 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 14270585 CYGAN 103 103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Microsoft) LEGGETT, ANDREA C.
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2411 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED et al. 15312747 FRAHM 103 103 Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm KIM, HARRY H
2483 Ofer Saphier et al. 12809299 FENICK 103 112(1) KLA Corporation / Hodgson Russ LLP ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL
2866 General Electric Company 15594745 MCGEE 102/103 102/103 The Small Patent Law Group LLC NGUYEN, VINCENT Q
3711 DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD. 15171897 HOELTER 112(2)/103 112(2) 41.50 112(2) BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP PIERCE, WILLIAM M
3747 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 14855820 HOFFMANN 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN
3761 Diverse Global Sourcing, Inc. 14802378 WOODS 102/103 112(4) WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KOEHLER, P.A. STAPLETON, ERIC S
3761 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 14808450 CAPP 103 102/103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T
3775 ORTHOSOFT INC. 15968868 STEPINA 102/103 103 41.50 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP (Zimmer Cas) LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES
3793 Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH 14102250 CALVE 103 102/103 STOEL RIVES LLP - SLC MEHL, PATRICK M
Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 RESPIRA THERAPEUTICS, INC. 15102957 REN 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V
1628 REATA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 15791677 SCHNEIDER 112(2) 112(1) Parker Highlander PLLC BADIO, BARBARA P
1636 Trizell Ltd. 15287909 NEWMAN 112(1)/112(2) 103 Pharmaceutical Patent Attorneys, LLC HAMMELL, NEIL P
1642 University Health Network 14640318 TOWNSEND 112(1)/103/OTDP Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (SF) REDDIG, PETER J
1717 Guido Hitschmann et al. 13522363 HASTINGS 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY DAGENAIS-ENGLEHA, KRISTEN A
1722 Melanie Klasen-Memmer et al. 14008022 MCMANUS 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. MALLOY, ANNA E
1772 Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP 15394411 RANGE 103/OTDP CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY PREGLER, SHARON
1788 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15586074 ROBERTSON 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY PATEL, RONAK C
2128 Sangram ALAPATI et al. 12645836 KUMAR 102 IBM CORP. C/O THE LAW OFFICE OF JAMES BAUDINO, PLLC BROCK, ROBERT S
2128 Schlumberger Technology Corporation 14551667 PYONIN 112(2) 103 WesternGeco L.L.C. SAXENA, AKASH
2129 DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 14679383 DIRBA 101 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C.
THANGAVELU, KANDASAMY
THANGAVELU, KANDASAMY
2139 Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd 14628700 PYONIN 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (Broadcom) BANSAL, GURTEJ
2182 International Business Machines Corporation 15414124 McCARTNEY 101 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC
CALDWELL, ANDREW T
CALDWELL, ANDREW T
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 INTEL CORPORATION 14582110 CUTITTA 103 Eschweiler/Apple Inc. c/o Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC SHAO, HONG
2467 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 14071294 DEJMEK 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. JONES, PRENELL P
2611 Imagination Technologies Limited 15275645 CUTITTA 103 Potomac Law Group PLLC (IMGTEC) WU, SING-WAI
2641 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 15600067 KHAN 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GROUP DOAN, KIET M
2816 Roden Topacio et al. 15395859 MCGEE dissenting OWENS 101 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. c/o Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M
2822 International Business Machines Corporation et al. 15895664 MCGEE 103/OTDP 112(1)/112(2) IBM YOR IPLAW (GLF) c/o Garg Law Firm, PLLC NIESZ, JAMIE C
2895 SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC 15926127 HASTINGS 102 112(2) SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC (AS) LEE, KYOUNG
3621 Eric Meyerhofer 12161788 LEBOVITZ 102/103 112(1) FisherBroyles, LLP - MAIN CN POUNCIL, DARNELL A
3623 International Business Machines Corporation et al. 14196088 CUTITTA 101 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP GUILIANO, CHARLES A
3624 International Business Machines Corporation 14700512 HUGHES 101 IBM Corp. (WIP) c/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C. PRASAD, NANCY N
3624 FLEETMATICS IRELAND LIMITED 13837422 KAISER 101 VERIZON - HH VERIZON PATENTING GROUP SADANANDA, ABHIJIT B
3626 Cerner Innovation, Inc. 14209568 WISZ 101 Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP (Cerner Corporation) COLEMAN, CHARLES P.
3652 Cascade Corporation 15653926 FITZPATRICK Dissenting STAICOVICI CHERNOFF, VILHAUER, MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP SNELTING, JONATHAN D
3683 International Business Machines Corporation 15820989 LORIN 103 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC WAESCO, JOSEPH M
3686 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15035617 LEBOVITZ 101/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH
3686 Vericle Corporation 14665502 CHUNG 112(1)/103 101 The Roy Gross Law Firm, LLC MOSELEY, GREGORY D
3697 REVESTOR LLC 15592086 MOHANTY 103 101 PATENT LAW GROUP: Atkins and Associates P.C. GOTTSCHALK, MARTIN A
3715 Gregory Manning et al. 11403722 ENGELS 101 INNOVATION DIVISION CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES
3735 Sugar Beets, LLC 15054564 PLENZLER 103 KELLY & KELLEY, LLP NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA
Affirmed 3745 General Electric Company 14923005 FITZPATRICK 103 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC PETERS, BRIAN O
Affirmed 3745 General Electric Company 14923005 FITZPATRICK 103 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC PETERS, BRIAN O
3745 United Technologies Corporation 15069197 PLENZLER 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BEEBE, JOSHUA R
3763 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 14087268 JESCHKE 103 112(1)/112(2)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford ALVARE, PAUL
3771 Obalon Therapeutics, Inc. 15097072 SCANLON 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP LAUER, CHRISTINA C
3775 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 15173455 CAPP 103 41.50 103 Kacvinsky Daisak Bluni PLLC WOODALL, NICHOLAS W
3799 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 13968002 SILVERMAN 103 Kacvinsky Daisak Bluni PLLC PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E
Rehearing
Denied
3631 Jenny Cheng 15054349 SONG 103 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO MORRIS, TAYLOR L