sneed, yorkey

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Noe et al 12134641 - (D) GUIJT 103 JANSSON MUNGER MCKINLEY & SHAPE LTD. TRUONG, THANH K

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Dlugos et al 12562267 - (D) GUIJT 103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC REDDY, SUNITA

3766 Ex Parte Moffitt 12904933 - (D) WARNER 102/103 Lowe Graham Jones Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. WU, TONG E

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Ren 12582142 - (D) KRIVAK 103 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP NGUYEN, PHU K

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Chornet et al 12587389 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi, Stewart & Olstein COHEN, STEFANIE J

see also In re Sneed, 710 F.2d 1544, 1550 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (“[I]t is not necessary that the inventions of the references be physically combinable to render obvious the invention under review.”).

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

1745 Ex Parte Cowan et al 11104409 - (D) DERRICK 103 Georgia-Pacific LLC BELL, WILLIAM P

Yorkey v. Diab, 601 F.3d 1279, 1284 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (The Board has discretion to give more weight to one item of evidence over another “unless no reasonable trier of fact could have done so”).

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Schimpf et al 12647965 - (D) TROCK 103 BAINWOOD HUANG & ASSOCIATES LLC c/o LOTUS AND RATIONAL SOFTWARE TORGRIMSON, TYLER J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3687 Ex Parte Olson 11710722 - (D) FISCHETTI 103 SAILE ACKERMAN LLC ULLAH MASUD, MOHAMMAD R

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1626 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO. and PUBLIC PATENT FOUNDATION Requesters and Respondents v. ABBVIE Inc. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7148359 et al 11/122,300 95000570 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102 ABBOTT LABORATORIES For Third Party Requestor: PUBLIC PATENT FOUNDATION and MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB HUANG, EVELYN MEI original SHIAO, REI TSANG

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2463 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. Requester and Respondent v. BEAR CREEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7889722 et al 11/253,129 95002190 - (D) CHEN 103 Joseph B. Thompson THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP original Bear Creek Technologies, Inc. LEE, CHRISTOPHER E original MARCELO, MELVIN C

yorkey, celeritas, crish, boyer, bush, kuhle, thompson

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1649 Ex Parte Verfaillie et al 10561826 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. WANG, CHANG YU

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Weismantel et al 12065123 - (D) GAUDETTE 102/103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP BUIE-HATCHER, NICOLE M

Determination that a claim is anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) involves two analytical steps: (1) the Board must interpret the claim language; and (2) the Board must then compare the construed claim to a prior art reference and make factual findings that "each and every limitation is found either expressly or inherently in [that] single prior art reference."

Yorkey v. Diab, 605 F.3d 1297 (2010) (quoting In re Crish, 393 F.3d 1253, 1256 (Fed.Cir. 2004) (quoting Celeritas Techs. Ltd. v. Rockwell Int'l Corp., 150 F.3d 1354, 1360 (Fed.Cir.1998) (alteration in original))).

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2615 Ex Parte Xydis 09997299 - (D) HOMERE 103 103 HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC PICH, PONNOREAY

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3651 Ex Parte Lunak et al 11423060 - (D) KAMHOLZ concurring SCANLON 103 103 McKesson Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP BURGESS, RAMYA PRAKASAM

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Buehlmeyer et al 12084162 - (D) OWENS 103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION CORMIER, DAVID G

1733 Ex Parte Ougi et al 10855868 - (D) KIMLIN 103 FLYNN THIEL BOUTELL & TANIS, P.C. YANG, JIE

The elimination of a feature disclosed by the prior art, along with its attendant function, is a matter of obviousness for one of ordinary skill in the art. Application of Thompson, 545 F. 2d 1290, 1294 (CCPA 1976) Application of Kuhle, 526 F. 2d 553, 555 (CCPA 1975)

1782 Ex Parte Bartley et al 11840467 - (D) McKELVEY 103 37 CFR § 41.50(b) 103 PPG INDUSTRIES INC JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN

1793 Ex Parte DeSmidt et al 10918892 - (D) KIMLIN 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN S.C. WONG, LESLIE A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Ex Parte Kwon et al 11226693 - (D) JEFFERY 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. LUONG, ALAN H

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2644 Ex Parte Chambers et al 10951930 - (D) KOHUT 103 DUFT BORNSEN & FISHMAN, LLP GENACK, MATTHEW W

2645 Ex Parte Link et al 11541916 - (D) McKONE 103 O'Shea, Getz & Kosakowski, P.C. MILLER, BRANDON J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3692 Ex Parte Nathans et al 10392849 - (D) TURNER 103 Pay Rent, Build Credit, Inc. MONFELDT, SARAH M

In sustaining a multiple reference rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), the Board may rely on one reference alone without designating it as a new ground of rejection. In re Bush, 296 F.2d 491, 496 (CCPA 1961); In re Boyer, 363 F.2d 455, 458 n.2, (CCPA 1966).