wood

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Reversed
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Kenji Sakamoto et al. 13395677 SMITH 103 Pepper Hamilton LLP/Boston QI, HUA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2169 Lars Engebretsen et al. 14361637 KUMAR 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. BARTLETT, WILLIAM P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2884 General Electric Company 14268404 REN 102/103 DEAN D. SMALL THE SMALL PATENT LAW GROUP LLC MIDKIFF, ANASTASIA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 International Business Machines Corporation 14933196 MEDLOCK 103 SCULLY, SCOTT, MURPHY & PRESSER, P.C. KASSIM, HAFIZ A

3686 Allscripts Software, LLC 14318500 MEDLOCK 112(1)/112(2)/101 Medley, Behrens & Lewis, LLC AUGUSTINE, VICTORIA PEARL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3726 James L. Ebert 14153507 LANEY 103 VIVACQUA LAW, PLLC KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M

3762 Rotter, Martin J. 15191784 SILVERMAN 103 VOLPE AND KOENIG, P.C. KOSANOVIC, HELENA

3785 MARTIN, RUTH E. et al. 13040048 FITZPATRICK 103 BGL MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E

3792 CARDIAC PACEMAKERS, INC. 15232191 PLENZLER 102/103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP PORTER, JR, GARY A

3792 MARSHALL, Mark T. et al. 14695167 PLENZLER 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CVG) LEVICKY, WILLIAM J

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Yang Yang et al. 13804156 PESLAK 103 103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP-Dow AgroSciences TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA

  (“[I]t is necessary to consider ‘the reality of the circumstances,’ --in other words, common sense--in deciding in which fields a person of ordinary skill would reasonably be expected to look for a solution to the problem facing the inventor.” (quoting In re Wood, 599 F.2d 1032, 1036 (CCPA 1979)). 

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. 14749126 FLAX 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP GHALI, ISIS A D

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. 15315635 CASHION 102/103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. CHRISTIE, ROSS J

1749 Luca Giannini et al. 14430403 DELMENDO 103 41.50 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP FISCHER, JUSTIN R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2153 MICROSOFT CORPORATION 13705515 CYGAN 102 101/102 MICROSOFT CORPORATION BULLOCK, JOSHUA

2157 Aabhas V. Paliwal et al. 11543635 KUMAR 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP MUELLER, KURT A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Faqir Zarrar. Yousaf et al. 14387965 HOMERE 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) RYAN, PATRICK A

2462 AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP 15070045 GALLIGAN 103 103/OTDP AT&T Legal Department - G&G MILLS, DONALD L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2615 Fukushima, Atsuhiko et al. 14175277 HOMERE 103 SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA C/O KEATING & BENNETT, LLP HUNTSINGER, PETER K

2636 John Lindsay 14710553 HOMERE 112(2)/102/103 JOHN B. LINDSAY LAMBERT, DAVID W

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2862 Google Inc. 14585675 CASHION 101 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. LEE, PAUL D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Lessin, Samuel et al. 13681198 CALVE 112(1)/112(2)/101/103 Facebook/Fenwick CARVALHO, ERROL A

3686 Richard Allen. Robbins et al. 13675440 FISCHETTI 101 HUGHES HUBBARD & REED LLP TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL

3687 TARGET BRANDS, INC. 14324535 CRAWFORD 103 101/103 TARGET BRANDS, INC. CRAWLEY, TALIA F

3689 Abel, Kenton 13049873 PYONIN 103 101 Kenton Abel NGUYEN, TAN D

3691 Robert D. Reany et al. 12813766 MEYERS 101 Otterstedt, Wallace & Kammer, LLP PRESTON, JOHN O

keller, wood, sneed, orthopedic, nievelt

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1643 Ex Parte Lawson 11910612 - (D) SMITH 102 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte Sultenfuss et al 12261626 - (D) BARRY 103 LARSON NEWMAN, LLP SHIN, KYUNG H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3656 Ex Parte Shahana 11740514 - (D) WIEDER 112(2)/103 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP YABUT, DANIEL D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Der-Yang et al 11761698 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON GREENE, IVAN A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte ORSINI et al 13024791 - (D) PYONIN 103 ROPES & GRAY LLP TRUVAN, LEYNNA THANH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3686 Ex Parte Niemetz et al 11080251 - (D) MEYERS 103 RATNERPRESTIA NGUYEN, HIEP VAN

"The test for obviousness is not whether the features of a secondary reference may be bodily incorporated into the structure of the primary reference . . . . Rather, the test is what the combined teachings of those references would have suggested to those of ordinary skill in the art." In re Keller, 642 F.2d 413, 425 (CCPA 1981) (citing In re Wood, 599 F.2d 1032 (CCPA 1979)); see also In re Sneed, 710 F.2d 1544, 1550 (Fed. Cir. 1983) ("[l]t is not necessary that the inventions of the references be physically combinable to render obvious the invention under review.") (citing Orthopedic Equip. Co., Inc. v. United States, 702 F.2d 1005, 1013 (Fed. Cir. 1983)); and In re Nievelt, 482 F.2d 965, 968 (CCPA 1973) ("Combining the teachings of references does not involve an ability to combine their specific structures.").

Keller, In re, 642 F.2d 413, 208 USPQ 871 (CCPA 1981) 707.07(f) , 2145

Sneed, In re, 710 F.2d 1544, 218 USPQ 385 (Fed. Cir. 1983) 1445 , 2145

Nievelt, In re, 482 F.2d 965, 179 USPQ 224 (CCPA 1973) 2145

wood

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Hoehne 12438391 - (D) PINKERTON 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP HOLDER, BRADLEY W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Ohwaki et al 11852721 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. THOMPSON, JASON N

"[l]t is necessary to consider 'the reality of the circumstances, in other words, common sense—in deciding in which fields a person of ordinary skill would reasonably be expected to look for a solution to the problem facing the inventor." (quoting In re Wood, 599 F.2d 1032, 1036 (C.C.P.A. 1979)

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2647 Ex Parte Fang et al 11469298 - (D) BARRY 103 102/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED NGUYEN, DUC M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Hao et al 11944239 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP GOTFREDSON, GAREN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ex Parte Sotzing 13094348 - (D) ROESEL 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP FANG, SHANE

2159 Ex Parte Graefe 12361455 - (D) HORVATH 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise PHAM, HUNG Q

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Fischer 12775897 - (D) MACDONALD 103 FOGG & POWERS LLC LU, ZHIYU

deminski, wood, oetiker

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Zwieback et al 12067258 - (D) NAGUMO 102/103 THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C. SAHA, BIJAY S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2194 Ex Parte Waldo et al 11385164 - (D) Per Curiam 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. /Oracle America/ SUN / STK KRAFT, SHIH-WEI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Strub et al 11519195 - (D) PAULRAJ 103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP HOFFMAN, MARY C

3752 Ex Parte Stuhlbacher et al 11569669 - (D) GOODSON 102/103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. REIS, RYAN ALEXANDER

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Keller et al 12006820 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Lee Pederson KISHORE, GOLLAMUDI S

1619 Ex Parte Brzeczko et al 12019666 - (D) FREDMAN 102 Ashland Inc. WILLIAM J. DAVIS, ESQ. WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1772 Ex Parte Beadle et al 10582929 - (D) WILSON 103 EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY BULLOCK, IN SUK C

As to whether references are properly used to reject the claims of a pending patent application, the Federal Circuit has stated:

In order to rely on a reference as a basis for rejection of the applicant’s invention, the reference must either be in the field of the applicant’s endeavor or, if not, then be reasonably pertinent to the particular problem with which the inventor was concerned. See In re Deminski, 796 F.2d 436, 442, 230 USPQ 313, 315 (Fed.Cir.1986). . . . We have reminded ourselves and the PTO that it is necessary to consider “the reality of the circumstances”, In re Wood, 599 F.2d 1032, 1036, 202 USPQ 171, 174 (CCPA 1979)—in other words, common sense—in deciding in which fields a person of ordinary skill would reasonably be expected to look for a solution to the problem facing the inventor. 

In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1447 (Fed. Cir. 1992) (emphasis added).

Deminski, In re, 796 F.2d 436, 230 USPQ 313 (Fed. Cir. 1986) 2141.01(a)
Oetiker, In re, 977 F.2d 1443, 24 USPQ2d 1443 (Fed. Cir. 1992) 707.07(f) ,   716.01(d) ,   1504.01(a) ,   2107.02 ,   2142 ,   2145 ,   2164.07

1788 Ex Parte KISHIOKA 12711538 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 SUGHRUE-265550 DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D

clay, wood

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3776 Ex Parte Kalish et al 11670306 - (D) LEE 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. DOAN, ROBYN KIEU

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2116 Ex Parte Law et al 10300370 - (D) DANG 112(1)/112(2) 112(2)/103 TKHR (Broadcom) NGUYEN, TANH Q

2161 Ex Parte Harik 10674056 - (D) POTHIER 112(1)/103 103 Straub & Pokotylo PADMANABHAN, KAVITA

2174 Ex Parte Mercs 10401911 - (D) JEFFERY 103 103 Procopio - SPE PHAM, LINH K

2186 NVIDIA CORPORATION Respondent, Requester v. RAMBUS, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant 95001196 7330952 11/692,159 SIU 103 102/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. CHOI, WOO H original BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE

2186 NVIDIA CORPORATION Respondent, Requester v. RAMBUS, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant 95001201 7,330,953 11/692,162 SIU 102/103 102/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. CHOI, WOO H original BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2859 Ex Parte Larson et al 10460288 - (D) BAUMEISTER 102/103 102/103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. RAMADAN, RAMY O

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Stemmle 11441988 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102/103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 ROBERTS MLOTKOWSKI SAFRAN & COLE, P.C. CICCHINO, PATRICK D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1645 Ex Parte Laurent et al 10842922 - (D) FREDMAN 103 Becton, Dickinson and Company (Alston & Bird LLP) ARCHIE, NINA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte McDonald et al 12021238 - (D) OWENS 103 THE MUELLER LAW OFFICE, P.C. PILLAY, DEVINA

The test of whether a reference is from a nonanalogous art is first, whether it is within the field of the inventor's endeavor, and second, if it is not, whether it is reasonably pertinent to the particular problem with which the inventor was involved.  See In re Wood, 599 F.2d 1032, 1036  (CCPA 1979). A reference is reasonably pertinent if, even though it may be in a different field from that of the inventor's endeavor, it is one which, because of the matter with which it deals, logically would have commended itself to an inventor's attention in considering his problem. See In re Clay, 966 F.2d 656, 659 (Fed. Cir. 1992)

Clay, In re, 966 F.2d 656, 23 USPQ2d 1058 (Fed. Cir. 1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2144.08

1746 Ex Parte Mikami et al 10357151 - (D) TIMM 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY MUSSER, BARBARA J

1746 Ex Parte Mikami et al 11971980 - (D) TIMM 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY MUSSER, BARBARA J

1788 Ex Parte Mikami et al 11410382 - (D) TIMM 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY CHANG, VICTOR S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Chenevich et al 10799378 - (D) BISK 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP TIMBLIN, ROBERT M

2167 Ex Parte Ruiz et al 10407967 - (D) SIU 112(1)/103 Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Myers et al 10421716 - (D) FRAHM 102 SIEMENS CORPORATION WANG, HARRIS C

2451 Ex Parte Hickey et al 09999062 - (D) GONSALVES 103 MICHAEL O. SCHEINBERG MADAMBA, GLENFORD J

2457 Ex Parte Larson et al 10460288 - (D) RUGGIERO 112(2)/102 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY TODD, GREGORY G

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2627 Ex Parte OH et al 11769060 - (D) COURTENAY 103 Tabarrok & Zahrt (SEAGATE-10/11) OLSON, JASON C

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2887 Ex Parte McGlamery et al 10905253 - (D) GONSALVES 103 Bank of America c/o Moore and Van Allen, PLLC LE, THIEN MINH

REHEARING  

DENIED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1773 Ex Parte Lee 11650280 - (D) OWENS obviousness-type double patenting BERND W. SANDT ALEXANDER, LYLE

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Kent et al 11173689 - (R) BARRY 102 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. KIM, WESLEY LEO