wright3, halliburton, miyazaki

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2176 Ex Parte Reimann et al 12569411 - (D) PINKERTON 103 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. BURKE, TIONNA M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2462 Ex Parte LUCKY 12433378 - (D) POTHIER 102 41.50 112(1) THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. MILLS, DONALD L

For questions of enablement, the Federal Circuit has held that “the specification of a patent must teach those skilled in the art how to make and use the full scope of the claimed invention without ‘undue experimentation’.” In re Wright, 999 F.2d 1557, 1561 (Fed. Cir. 1993) (emphasis added). Regarding the scope of enablement for purely functional claims, the Board has held that

[W]hen the limitation encompasses any and all structures or acts for performing a recited function, including those which were not what the applicant had invented, the disclosure fails to provide a scope of enablement commensurate with the scope of the claim and the claim would violate the prohibition of [Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Walker, 329 U.S. 1 (1946)].

Ex parte Miyazaki, 89 USPQ2d 1207, 1217 (BPAI 2008) (precedential).

Wright, In re, 999 F.2d 1557, 27 USPQ2d 1510 (Fed. Cir. 1993)   2107.01 ,   2161.01 ,   2164.03 ,   2164.01(a) ,   2164.04 ,   2164.05(a) ,   2164.06(b) ,   2164.08

2462 Ex Parte Lavigne et al 12022486 - (D) BAER 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY HUYNH, KHOA B

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2652 Ex Parte Sylvain 11536304 - (D) WINSOR 112(2)/102 41.50 102 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. POPE, KHARYE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Wastlund-Karlsson et al 12084880 - (D) PAULRAJ 103 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC SCA Hygiene Products AB KIDWELL, MICHELE M

3778 Ex Parte Karlson et al 11576497 - (D) PAULRAJ 112(1)/103 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC SCA Hygiene Products AB DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte LEE et al 12730088 - (D) NAGUMO 103 103 Tokyo Electron U.S. Holdings, Inc. LAW, NGA LEUNG V

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte Johnston et al 11372778 - (D) FISHMAN 103 LEWIS RICE LLC TILLERY, RASHAWN N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2448 Ex Parte Cohen et al 11524040 - (D) Per Curiam 103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC BELCHER, HERMAN A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte Lommel et al 12072845 - (D) DELMENDO 102/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex parte TESSERON LTD. Appellant Ex Parte 6771387 et al 10/090,074 90012752 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP Third Party Requester: REED SMITH LLP DESAI, RACHNA SINGH original GARCIA, GABRIEL I

wright3, wands, strahilevitz, amgen1

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1722 Ex Parte Van Ingen Schenau et al 12000190 - (D) SMITH 112(1) Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP (NV) CHACKO DAVIS, DABORAH

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 Ex Parte Kuo 12420827 - (D) PYONIN 103 Blue Capital Law Firm, P.C. DUFFY, JAMES P

2485 Ex Parte Moore et al 13185395 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(2)/102/103 Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A. VAS/Orbital ATK, Inc. LEE, Y YOUNG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2641 Ex Parte Pridmore et al 11996230 - (D) BOUDREAU 102/103 41.50 112(2) NIXON PEABODY, LLP ZEWARI, SAYED T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2811 Ex Parte Eisert et al 11684347 - (D) HANLON 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) NADAV, ORI

2822 Ex Parte Vaartstra 11493967 - (D) TIMM 112(1)/103 Wells St. John P.S. PATTON, PAUL E

“[T]o be enabling, the specification of a patent must teach those skilled in the art how to make and use the full scope of the claimed invention without ‘undue experimentation.’” In re Wright, 999 F.2d 1557, 1561 (Fed. Cir. 1993)). “Whether undue experimentation is needed is not a single, simple factual determination, but rather is a conclusion reached by weighing many factual considerations.” In re Wands, 858 F.2d 731, 737 (Fed. Cir. 1988). The court in Wands set forth a number of factors to consider, i.e., (1) the quantity of experimentation necessary, (2) the amount of direction or guidance presented, (3) the presence or absence of working examples, (4) the nature of the invention, (5) the state of the prior art, (6) the relative skill of those in the art, (7) the predictability or unpredictability of the art, and (8) the breadth of the claims. Id. Although the Examiner need not review all the Wands factors as they are illustrative, not mandatory, the Examiner must “advance acceptable reasoning inconsistent with enablement.” In re Strahilevitz, 668 F.2d 1229, 1232 (CCPA 1982); Amgen, Inc. v. Chugai Pharm. Co., 927 F.2d 1200, 1213 (Fed.Cir.1991).

Here, the only evidence the Examiner relies upon is the breath of the claim as encompassing impossible or at least improbable chemical entities. But a statement that the claims are broad and encompass inoperative embodiments does not establish lack of enablement unless it is clear that the
experimentation needed to arrive at the usable zirconium/hafnium silicates within the formula was more than routine. The Examiner has not established that the experimentation needed was not routine, but undue.

We do not sustain the Examiner’s rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112 ¶ 1 for lack of enablement.

Wright, In re, 999 F.2d 1557, 27 USPQ2d 1510 (Fed. Cir. 1993) 2107.01 ,   2161.01 ,   2164.03 ,   2164.01(a) ,   2164.04 ,   2164.05(a) ,   2164.06(b) ,   2164.08

Wands, In re, 858 F.2d 731, 8 USPQ2d 1400 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 706.03(a) ,   706.03(b) ,   2161.01 ,   2164.01 ,   2164.01(a) ,   2164.06 ,   2164.06(b)

Amgen, Inc. v. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., 927 F.2d 1200, 18 USPQ2d 1016 Fed. Cir. 1991) 2138 ,   2138.04 ,   2143.02 ,   2163 ,  2163.02 ,   2164.08 ,   2165.04 ,   2173.05(b) ,   2411.01

2842 Ex Parte BROWN et al 12433270 - (D) KATZ 102 41.50 103 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP GOOGLE O NEILL, PATRICK

2862 Ex Parte Demos 13325695 - (D) SHAW 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DC) NGHIEM, MICHAEL P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Horn et al 10939524 - (D) LORIN 103 SAP / FINNEGAN, HENDERSON LLP JASMIN, LYNDA C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Winter 11869040 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY PRAGER, JESSE M

3748 Ex Parte Crawley et al 11871701 - (D) BROWN 102 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (IN) TRAN, DIEM T

AFFIRMED–IN–PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1636 Ex Parte Hashimoto et al 12747826 - (D) JENKS 103 103 J-TEK LAW PLLC GALISTEO GONZALEZ, ANTONIO

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Druskin et al 12356562 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 103 WesternGeco L.L.C. SAXENA, AKASH

2172 Ex Parte Taylor et al 11961352 - (D) KAMHOLZ 102/103 101 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG WRIGHT, ELIZABETH G

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Houck et al 11343172 - (D) WARREN 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP ROLLAND, ALEX A

1726 Ex Parte Noda et al 12808742 - (D) ROESEL 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY GRESO, AARON J

1731 Ex Parte Weibel 12307893 - (D) KRATZ 103 CURATOLO SIDOTI CO., LPA HIJJI, KARAM Y

1767 Ex Parte Shimono et al 11578066 - (D) HOUSEL 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC BUIE-HATCHER, NICOLE M

1772 Ex Parte LAURITZEN et al 12542400 - (D) SMITH 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY DANG, THUAN D

1789 Ex Parte Snider et al 11449265 - (D) GARRIS 103 Polymer Group, Inc. MATZEK, MATTHEW D

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2197 Ex Parte Pena et al 11318802 - (D) KINDER 102 112(2)/103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG COYER, RYAN D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte Levi 12361279 - (D) ZADO 102 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY KYLE, TAMARA TESLOVICH

2454 Ex Parte HUNG et al 12715559 - (D) BRANCH 102/103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP- BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED LIN, WEN TAI

2476 Ex Parte WANG et al 11428964 - (D) SHIANG 103 Davidson Sheehan LLP Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. SLOMS, NICHOLAS

2477 Ex Parte Soni et al 11656861 - (D) KRIVAK 102/103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems YOUNG, STEVE R

2485 Ex Parte Thoreau et al 12223887 - (D) BRANCH 103 TUTUNJIAN & BITETTO, P.C. TORRENTE, RICHARD T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2623 Ex Parte Lee et al 10911542 - (D) McMILLIN 103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. ZUBAJLO, JENNIFER L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte Florin et al 12028884 - (D) SMITH 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION PURINTON, BROOKE J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Boss et al 10726186 - (D) BROWN 103 CAHN & SAMUELS, LLP DURAN, ARTHUR D

3626 Ex Parte Hyde et al 12286751 - (D) BARRETT 101 102/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC LUBIN, VALERIE

3626 Ex Parte Hyde et al 12287686 - (D) BARRETT 101 103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC LUBIN, VALERIE

3657 Ex Parte Von Hayn et al 11997774 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC. SAHNI, VISHAL R

3671 Ex Parte MAHAL et al 12892945 - (D) KERINS 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP HARTMANN, GARY S

3681 Ex Parte Marhoefer 13506870 - (D) BROWN 102 101 41.50 112(2) L. Joseph Maroefer BRANDENBURG, WILLIAM A

3685 Ex Parte Perttila et al 10452865 - (D) HUTCHINGS 101 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. AGWUMEZIE, CHINEDU CHARLES

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Lifson et al 12088022 - (D) KERINS 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. BRADFORD, JONATHAN

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC. Requester and Appellant v. NUVASIVE, INC. Patent Owner and Respondent Ex Parte 7905840 et al 10/967,668 95001890 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 41.77(b) 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (TC) WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE original SMITH, FANGEMONIQUE A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1781 E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY Requester and Cross Appellant v. MONSANTO COMPANY Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8,057,835 et al 11/267,540 95002309 - (D) GUEST 102/103 DENTONS US LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: Dickstein Shapiro, LLP DIAMOND, ALAN D original PADEN, CAROLYN A

REHEARING

DENIED
3303 REFOCUS OCULAR, INC. Requester, Respondent v. READING ENHANCEMENT CO. Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 7,736,389 B1 et al 07/712,359 95002082 - (D) MARTIN NGHIEM, MICHAEL P Edwin H. Crabtree REQUESTER: WILLIAM A. MUNCK, ESQ. FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL original SMITH, JEFFREY A

DENIED
3303 REFOCUS OCULAR, INC. Requester, Respondent v. READING ENHANCEMENT CO. Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 8,167,938 B1 et al 95002083 - (D) MARTIN FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DC) Edwin H. Crabtree REQUESTER: WILLIAM A. MUNCK, ESQ. FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL original SMITH, JEFFREY A

railroad dynamics, wright3, brandstadter, kuderna, shuman

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1629 Ex Parte Ljunggren et al 11911726 - (D) GRIMES 103 Pepper/AstraZeneca FINN, MEGHAN R

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 Ex Parte Bangert 11603034 - (D) TIMM 112(1) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. GAKH, YELENA G

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2694 Ex Parte LO et al 10250123 - (D) WINSOR 102 JIANQ CHYUN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE LEFKOWITZ, SUMATI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3687 Ex Parte Helmolt et al 10308217 - (D) MEDLOCK 102/103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN ADE, OGER GARCIA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte SPINK 12408283 - (D) MARTIN 103 OLIFF & BERRIDGE, PLC TAWFIK, SAMEH

3767 Ex Parte Keeley et al 12137923 - (D) PRATS 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON BOSWORTH, KAMI A

3769 Ex Parte Ferren et al 11072007 - (D) FREDMAN 103 THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND CLARENCE T. TEGREENE CRANDALL, LYNSEY P

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3674 Ex Parte Tidwell 11458083 - (D) OSINSKI 103 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE

Neither the Bartley Declaration nor Tidwell Declaration provide evidence of the efforts and resources expended during the time corresponding to the length of need in attempts to solve the problem, or that others have specifically tried and failed to solve the problem. See Railroad Dynamics, Inc. v. Stuki Co., 579 F. Supp. 353, 363 (E.D. Pa. 1983), aff’d 727 F.2d 1506 (Fed. Cir. 1984), cert. denied 105 U.S. 220 (1984).
...
Declarations fail in their purpose when they merely make unsupported conclusory statements. See in re Wright, 999 F.2d 1557, 1563 (Fed. Cir. 1993) and In re Brandstadter, 484 F.2d 1395, 1405 (CCPA 1973).

Wright, In re, 999 F.2d 1557, 27 USPQ2d 1510 (Fed. Cir. 1993) 2107.01, 2161.01, 2164.03, 2164.01(a), 2164.04, 2164.05(a), 2164.06(b), 2164.08

Brandstadter, In re, 484 F.2d 1395, 179 USPQ 286 (CCPA 1973) 716.01(c), 716.09, 2164.05, 2164.06(c)

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3775 Ex Parte Henninger et al 10513531 - (D) POWELL 103 103 GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE, ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C BATES, DAVID W

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte Exner 11314202 - (D) MILLS 103 FOLEY AND LARDNER LLP SALMON, KATHERINE D

Obviousness is determined in view of the sum of all of the relevant teachings in the art, not isolated teachings in the art. See In re Kuderna, 426 F.2d 385, 389 (CCPA 1970); see also In re Shuman, 361 F.2d 1008, 1012 (CCPA 1966).

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1765 Ex Parte Niesten et al 12170820 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 Baker Donelson Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC COONEY, JOHN M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2679 Ex Parte Morphet 11999133 - (D) JEFFERY 103 FLYNN THIEL BOUTELL & TANIS, P.C. HAJNIK, DANIEL F

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Shin et al 12140067 - (D) ANDERSON 103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION CONSILVIO, MARK J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Kramer et al 11793102 - (D) CAPP 102/103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION ATKISSON, JIANYING CUI

REHEARING  

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Krishnaprasad et al 11100083 - (D) BENOIT HICKMAN PALERMO TRUONG BECKER BINGHAM WONG/ORACLE CHEMPAKASERIL, ANN J  

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 KV PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY Requester and Respondent v. CIMA LABORATORIES, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 95000160 6221392 09/464,882 LEBOVITZ 103 MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP original WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP HUANG, EVELYN MEI original SPEAR, JAMES M

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 MOTIVA, LLC, Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION, Appellee, AND NINTENDO CO., LTD., AND NINTENDO OF AMERICA, INC., Intervenors. 2012-1252 7,292,151 11/187,373 7,492,268 11/935,578 PROST no Section 337 violation STANDLEY LAW GROUP LLP PHAM, TOAN NGOC