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Reversed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 15609564 FREDMAN 102/103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP WEBB, WALTER E

1616 NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S 15758828 ADAMS 103 NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC. BRANSON, DANIEL L

1626 HALDOR TOPSØE A/S 16096493 FREDMAN 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC KOSACK, JOSEPH R

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1722 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15251392 INGLESE 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford GRESO, AARON J

1738 NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION 15541932 GUPTA 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP O'KEEFE, SEAN P

1746 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 16340740 OWENS 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W

1774 BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. et al. 15457802 MCGEE 103 K&L Gates LLP-Chicago SORKIN, DAVID L

1784 NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION 15576944 OWENS 102 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP CHRISTY, KATHERINE A

1791 Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER 15313613 HOUSEL 103 UNILEVER PATENT GROUP COX, STEPHANIE A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2146 Johnson Controls Technology Company 15895836 CUTITTA 103 41.50 101 Foley & Lardner LLP OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS

2147 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. 15001188 SAADAT 103 ESPLIN & ASSOCIATES (Disney)c/o DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. COTHRAN, BERNARD E

2174 CommScope Technologies LLC 14277167 HUGHES 103 Fogg & Powers LLC/Commscope PACK, CONRAD R

2176 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14296940 FRAHM 102/103 THE SMALL PATENT LAW GROUP LLC BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R

2177 Jeffrey STEPHENSON et al. 12013499 BAUMEISTER 103 41.50 112(2) Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) MUHEBBULLAH, SAJEDA

2177 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 15704924 STRAUSS 103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD TRAN, QUOC A

2193 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 15345550 HUME 101 IBM Corp. - Fishkill Drafting Center PAULINO, LENIN

2193 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 15670454 HUME 101 IBM Corporation - Patent Center PAULINO, LENIN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2426 CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC 15849924 HUGHES 103 CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC TAYLOR, JOSHUA D

2448 VMWARE, INC. 14841737 ZADO 103 Patterson + Sheridan, LLP ¡V Vmware SOWA, TIMOTHY JOHN

2449 Welch Allyn, Inc. 15474782 FRAHM 103 Merchant & Gould- Welch Allyn FAN, HUA

2453 IRDETO B.V. 15562426 SHAW 103 Rimon PC PATEL, DHAIRYA A

2476 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 15403231 FRAHM 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC AGA, SORI A

2482 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15697870 STRAUSS 103 PRICE HENEVELD LLPFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC ZHOU, ZHIHAN

2485 GOOGLE LLC 15630071 CRAIG 103 Google LLCc/o Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C. CARTER, RICHARD BRUCE

2485 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 15804774 DIXON 102/103 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson KIR, ALBERT

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2659 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 15969139 HAGY 102/103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC SHARMA, NEERAJ

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2838 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 16116408 MCGEE 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL MOODY, KYLE J

2853 Xerox Corporation 16205429 DENNETT 103 GIBB & RILEY, LLCFrederick W. Gibb, III, Esq. ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P

2881 Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH 15600996 INGLESE 102/103 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. MCCORMACK, JASON L

2883 Acacia Communications, Inc. 14927016 KENNEDY 103 K&L GATES LLP RADKOWSKI, PETER

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

3648 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15253216 HUTCHINGS 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL GALT, CASSI J

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

3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14917124 CAPP 103 41.50 112(2) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY WONG, ELTON K

3745 General Electric Company 15343849 MARTIN 103 McGarry Bair PC / General Electric Company SEHN, MICHAEL L

3745 General Electric Company 15875167 BAHR 103 FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP REITZ, MICHAEL K.

It is not improper for the Examiner to rely solely on drawings to show the claimed relationship. Description via drawings and pictures can be relied upon alone as well as by words to disclose claimed subject matter if they clearly show the structure claimed. In re Mraz, 455 F.2d 1069, 1072 (CCPA 1972). Although, in the case of patent drawings not indicated as drawn to scale, it is improper to rely “on ‘a greatly enlarged section of a small drawing obviously never intended to show the dimensions of anything,’” that does “not mean that things patent drawings show clearly are to be disregarded.” Id. (quoting In re Wilson, 312 F.2d 449, 454 (CCPA 1963)).

Mraz, In re, 455 F.2d 1069, 173 USPQ 25 (CCPA 1972) 2125

3761 Goodrich Corporation 15368271 HUTCHINGS 103 Kinney & Lange, P.A. PAIK, SANG YEOP

3771 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 15351957 SHAH 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP HERBERMANN, ERICH G.

3786 Micam Tullous 13750763 CHAGNON 112(2)/101/102/103 Gunn, Lee & Cave, P.C. NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN

3792 REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA et al. 16229160 KAUFFMAN 103 MRG/University of Minnesotac/o Mueting Raasch Group TEJANI, ANKIT D

3793 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15546310 WOOD 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI

Affirmed-in-Part

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1627 Gruenenthal GmbH 15245855 LEBOVITZ 103 41.50 103 Briscoe, Kurt G.Norris McLaughlin, PA CRUZ, KATHRIEN ANN

1627 SYNTHON B.V. 16322571 JENKS 103 103 Buscher Patent PLLC NEAGU, IRINA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2447 COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 13630210 BAUMEISTER 103 103 BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD WOLDEMARIAM, AYELE F

2485 Miku, Inc. 16239501 CHUNG 103 103 41.50 103 LAMORTE & ASSOCIATES P.C. GLOVER, CHRISTOPHER KINGSBURY

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

3663 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 16087233 STAICOVICI 102/103 112(2)/101/103 Stevens Law Group ¡V FGTL OHMAN, TIFFANY P

3679 HYPERLOOP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 15452107 SONG 103 102 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. HEWITT, JAMES M

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

3731 PREGIS INNOVATIVE PACKAGING LLC 15960187 WOOD 112(1)/112(2)/102 112(2)/OTDP Fox Rothschild LLP GERRITY, STEPHEN FRANCIS

3741 General Electric Company 15689460 OSINSKI 103 102/103 Dority & Manning, P.A. and GEC-Aviation NG, HENRY

3783 C. R. Bard, Inc. 15085463 GUIJT 103 103 BD/Rutan & Tucker, LLP FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B

Affirmed

Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

1616 NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S 15327671 CHANG 103/OTDP NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC. BRANSON, DANIEL L

1616 NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S 16284800 ADAMS 103

NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC. PRYOR, ALTON NATHANIEL

1619 Marc Stadler et al. 14124429 LEBOVITZ 101 Briscoe, Kurt G.Norris McLaughlin, PA WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL

1619 Yun Shao et al. 13391590 WISZ 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY GREENE, IVAN A

1631 International Business Machines Corporation 14930840 SCHNEIDER 101 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-IBM YORKTOWN CLOW, LORI A

1631 BGI GENOMICS CO., LTD. 15329148 GRIMES 101 WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KOEHLER, P.A. BRUSCA, JOHN S

1633 University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc 15306163 JENKS 112(1)/103 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. NGUYEN, QUANG

1637 Ryo Kubota et al. 13805578 SCHNEIDER 103 Pepper Hamilton LLP/Diagenetix CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA

1639 Ilumina, Inc. 15471730 CHANG 102 103 Illumina, Inc BUNKER, AMY M

1653 Progenity Inc. 15835270 NEW 103 PROGENITY / PCHS MARTIN, PAUL C

1656 Reactive Surfaces Ltd., LLP 16266096 GRIMES 103 IVC Patent Agency TSAY, MARSHA M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1715 Illinois Tool Works Inc. 16044104 KENNEDY 102 Lando & Anastasi, LLPITW TALBOT, BRIAN K

1716 Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation 15521645 REN 103 OTDP XSENSUS LLP CROWELL, ANNA M

1726 SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. et al. 15178384 HASTINGS 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. KANG, TAE-SIK

1731 Schott AG 15283933 INGLESE 103 TAYLOR IP, P.C. BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A

1742 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. 15774619 GAUDETTE 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M

1761 Milliken & Company 15624758 REN 102/103 Legal Department (M-495) KHAN, AMINA S

1762 NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. 14917853 DENNETT 102 OLIFF PLC SASTRI, SATYA B

1783 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 16067023 KENNEDY 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA

1789 Fiber Innovation Technology, Inc. 15355772 REN 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH

1792 The Hillshire Brands Company 15994912 CASHION 103 Duane Morris LLP-HILLSHIRE THAKUR, VIREN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software

2127 NEC EUROPE LTD. 15110409 ARPIN 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) HOOVER, BRENT JOHNSTON

2144 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 15840744 LEBOVITZ 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Merge/IBM) KELLS, ASHER

2157 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC. 15199818 KUMAR 103 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCSHOOK, HARDY & BACON LLP MUELLER, KURT A

2177 WARHEAD, INC. 13969219 ARPIN 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP PAULA, CESAR B

2177 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 14957210 SZPONDOWSKI 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise HUYNH, THU V

2178 eBay Inc. 14471953 COURTENAY 103 Holland & Hart LLP/eBay HASTY, NICHOLAS

2192 International Business Machines Corporation 15467444 KUMAR 103 Roberts Calderon Safran & Cole, P.C. WEI, ZENGPU

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2425 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. 14268695 HOMERE 103 VERIZON ¡V SCLC JOHNSON-CALDERON, FRANK J

2433 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 14635494 DIXON 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP BROWN, ANTHONY D

2444 Wistron AiEDGE Corporation 15993575 COURTENAY 101 102 Grable Martin Fulton PLLC HAJ SAID, FADI

2447 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15958553 HUME 103 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCSHOOK, HARDY & BACON LLP WOLDEMARIAM, AYELE F

2453 VMware, Inc. 15281684 LEBOVITZ 103 Setter Roche LLP PATEL, DHAIRYA A

2484 THOMSON Licensing DTV 15704050 BUI 101/103 OTDP Patent Docketing TRAN, LOI H

2495 General Electric Company 15594779 KUMAR 103 GRC c/o BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC SARKER, SANCHIT K

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2616 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15116843 EASTHOM 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD

2616 Disney Enterprises, Inc. 15429953 SAADAT 112(1) 103/OTDP ESPLIN & ASSOCIATES (Disney)c/o DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. MAZUMDER, TAPAS

2646 NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY 15927173 ARPIN 103 SQUIRE PB (Nokia)Nokia Technologies Oy AJAYI, JOEL

2674 CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA 15142034 HUME 103 Venable LLP ZHANG, FAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components

2811 ABLIC Inc. 16139360 OWENS 103 Crowell/BGL CHOU, SHIH TSUN A

2859 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 15347492 OWENS 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC HENZE-GONGOLA, DAVID V

2883 GREGORY JOHNSON 15998162 CHEN 112(1)/112(2)/102 GREGORY WALKER JOHNSON PENG, CHARLIE YU

2899 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 14911877 HASTINGS 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI

2899 PAC TECH - PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES GMBH 15557591 GAUDETTE 103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI

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

3619 LaterPay GmbH 14283885 FETTING 101 Brooks Kushman HUANG, JAY

3621 ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 13740570 HUTCHINGS 101 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) DETWEILER, JAMES M

3628 Alexander Costakis 11279997 FETTING 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. ROBINSON, AKIBA KANELLE

3628 United Parcel Service of America, Inc. 13921406 BAYAT 101 United Parcel Service, Inc.SHOOK, HARDY & BACON LLP NELSON, FREDA ANN

3683 Meelo Logic, Inc. 14818642 FETTING 101 Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC HATCHER, DEIRDRE D

3683 ShiftPixy, Inc. 15658336 FETTING 112(1)/103 101/103 Klein, O''Neill & Singh, LLP EXAMINER PADOT, TIMOTHY

3686 Think Anew LLC 15620245 MEYERS 101/103 DLA PIPER LLP US WILLIAMS, TERESA S

3688 Ellen Lippman 16281027 FETTING 112(1) 101/103 FisherBroyles, LLP - MAIN CN FRUNZI, VICTORIA E.

3694 Intuit Inc. 14484119 MEDLOCK 101 112(2) DLA PIPER LLP US ¡V INTUIT ANDERSON, SCOTT C

3697 Allstate Insurance Company 15245343 CALVE 101 Polsinelli ¡V Allstate TRAN, HAI

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

3715 Alexander Kremen et al. 15482713 HUTCHINGS 101 Alexander Michael Kremen and Michelle Esteban GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER

3746 ATLAS COPCO COMPTEC, LLC 15091908 HILL 102/103 SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS KASTURE, DNYANESH G

3753 Hanon Systems 15873444 GUIJT 103 McLean IP Global GARDNER, NICOLE

3763 BITZER Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbH 15706392 GUIJT 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. COMINGS, DANIEL C

3771 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 14914748 MARTIN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LABRANCHE, BROOKE N

3781 Johnson & Johnson Consummer Inc. 15271299 MARTIN 103 JOSEPH F. SHIRTZJOHNSON & JOHNSON ARBLE, JESSICA R

3781 The Proctor & Gamble Company 15337453 SHAH 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KIDWELL, MICHELE M

3793 Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. 15271283 MARTIN 103 JOSEPH F. SHIRTZ JOHNSON & JOHNSON LI, JOHN DENNY

3793 B-K Medical Aps 15307420 BROWN 112(1)/112(2) 103 DAUGHERTY & DEL ZOPPO CO., L.P.A. SHENG, CHAO

3793 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 14394611 MARTIN 103 112(2) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS BEHRINGER, LUTHER G

Rehearing

Denied 

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering

1784 MELIOR INNOVATIONS, INC. 14864162 BEST 102/103 Belvis Law -Melior SHEIKH, HUMERA N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security

2419 Carrier Corporation 15528820 RAEVSKY 103 Bachman & LaPointe, PC (Carrier) PYZOCHA, MICHAEL J

2449 LISNR, Inc. 15864797 FRAHM 103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP WON, MICHAEL YOUNG

Tech Center 2600 Communications

2628 Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. 16013682 STRAUSS 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATESJOHN L. ROGITZ CHOWDHURY, AFROZA Y

2685 ConocoPhillips Company 16051602 SHAW 103 POLSINELLI PC BENLAGSIR, AMINE

Reexamination

Reversed

2157 Amazon Technologies, Inc 14816481 8,504,535 12/972,634 MacDONALD 103 41.50 112(1) THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP WASSUM, LUKE S

Rehearing

Denied

2153 VIRNETX INC. (OWNER) et al. 95001682 6,502,135 09/504,783 HIRSHFELD 102/103 PAUL HASTINGS LLP For Third Party Requester: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP PEIKARI, BEHZAD

McLaughlin, mraz, hockerson-halberstadt, wilson1

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Manjunath et al 12720689 - (D) ENGELS 102 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY PEACH, POLINA G

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2829 Ex Parte Wang et al 12864205 - (D) HANLON 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SENGDARA, VONGSAVANH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3633 Ex Parte Gill 12084718 - (D) WOODS 103 Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber Co., LPA IHEZIE, JOSHUA K

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2141 Ex Parte DAY et al 12267815 - (D) KINDER 103 103 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP (SV) DRAGOESCU, CLAUDIA B

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3681 Ex Parte Irwin 10775680 - (D) BROWNE 102/103 102/103 DILWORTH IP, LLC HENRY, RODNEY M

3696 Ex Parte Deeming et al 12144538 - (D) MEDLOCK 101/103 103 AOL Inc./Finnegan BERONA, KIMBERLY SUE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Ex Parte Grgac et al 12746948 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 MAGNA INTERNATIONAL, INC. VAN SELL, NATHAN L

It has been recognized that the question of obviousness involves hindsight reasoning:

Any judgment on obviousness is in a sense necessarily a reconstruction based upon hindsight reasoning, but so long as it takes into account only knowledge which was within the level of ordinary skill at the time the claimed invention was made and does not include knowledge gleaned only from applicant’s disclosure, such a reconstruction is proper.

In re McLaughlin, 443 F.2d 1392, 1395 (CCPA 1971).

McLaughlin, In re, 443 F.2d 1392, 170 USPQ 209 (CCPA 1971) 707.07(f) , 2145

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Hammen et al 12136058 - (D) JIVANI 112(2)/103 Perkins Coie LLP - SHA General WITZENBURG, BRUCE A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Jacobs 11852956 - (D) McCARTNEY 102/103 THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. SMITH, CHENEA

2487 Ex Parte Biesbrouck et al 11008165 - (D) SHIANG 103 YOUNG & THOMPSON WERNER, DAVID N

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3664 Ex Parte Kirk 12193546 - (D) HOSKINS 103 HONEYWELL/FOGG NGUYEN, BAO LONG T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Hoang 12515531 - (D) WOODS 102/103 FLETCHER YODER (CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION) FOX, JOHN C

While we are mindful that Hockerson-Halberstadt cautioned that patent drawings not designated as being drawn to scale cannot be relied upon to define precise proportions of elements if the specification is completely silent on the issue, that does not mean, “that things patent drawings show clearly are to be disregarded.” In re Mraz, 455 F.2d 1069, 1072 (CCPA 1972); Hockerson-Halberstadt, 222 F.3d at 956. ...

We find the Mraz decision to be more on point than both the Wright and Nystrom cases. The Mraz case involved a claim that included an edging roll having a groove therein formed by inwardly converging inclined surfaces, with the angle of the inclines not exceeding 15°. Mraz, 435 F.2d at
1070. A prior art reference to Wilson, asserted to disclose this claim feature, and illustrating (but not explicitly disclosing in writing) an angle of incline of about 6°, was characterized by the Court as, “focus[ing] on the edge rolls, showing them with great particularity and showing the grooves thereon to have an angularity well within the range recited in appellant’s claims.” 1 Id. at 1072. This was contrasted with and distinguished from a situation in an earlier decision, In re Wilson, in which “the attempted reliance was not only on a patent drawing per se, it was on a greatly enlarged section of a small drawing obviously never intended to show the dimensions of anything.” Mraz, 435 F.2d at 1072; In re Wilson, 312 F.2d 449 (CCPA 1963).

1 The angle of incline was presumably determined through the simple use of a protractor.

Hockerson-Halberstadt, Inc. v. Avia Group Int’l, 222 F.3d 951, 55 USPQ2d 1487 (Fed. Cir. 2000) 2125

Mraz, In re, 455 F.2d 1069, 173 USPQ 25 (CCPA 1972) 2125

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 TRANSPERFECT GLOBAL INC. Requester and Respondent v. MOTIONPOINT CORP. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7584216 et al 10/784,727 95001918 - (D) JEFFERY 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP - MotionPoint THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX PLLC DESAI, RACHNA SINGH original AL HASHEMI, SANA A