REVERSED
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Smith STEPHENS 112(1)/103(a) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b)
system and method for storing a group of data files as a single compressed file with editable components
Whiting US 5,778,395 Jul. 7, 1998
Cabrera US 5,931,935 Aug. 3, 1999
"A reference may be said to teach away when a person of ordinary skill, upon reading the reference, would be discouraged from following the path set out in the reference, or would be led in a direction divergent from the path that was taken by the applicant." In re Kahn, 441 F.3d 977, 990 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (quoting In re Gurley, 27 F.3d 551, 553 (Fed. Cir. 1994)).
Ex Parte Pooni et al STEPHENS 102(e) HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY
system and method for generating a persistent path to an SCSI
Heitman US 2003/0177168 A1 Sep. 18, 2003 (filed Oct. 5, 2001)
2600 Communications
Ex Parte Nantz et al KRIVAK 103(a) BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. / LEAR CORPORATION
self-tuning transmitter for wireless remote control systems
Anderson US 5,987,085 Nov. 16, 1999
Nolan US 6,072,404 Jun. 6, 2000
Stine US 6,701,140 B1 Mar. 2, 2004 (filed Sep. 14, 2000)
“Where the legal conclusion [of obviousness] is not supported by facts it cannot stand.”
In re Warner, 379 F.2d 1011, 1017 (CCPA 1967).
“The mere fact that a certain thing may result from a given set of circumstances is not sufficient [to establish inherency]” (emphasis in original). In re Rijckaert, 9 F.3d 1531, 1534 (Fed. Cir. 1993) quoting In re Oelrich, 666 F.2d 578, 581 (CCPA 1981).
Ex Parte Steenbergen et al SAADAT 102(b)/103(a) HAMILTON & TERRILE, LLP
information storage in optical media
Gotoh US 6,278,671 B1 Aug. 21, 2001
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Houtman et al STAICOVICI 103(a) DAIMLERCHRYSLER
system and a process for preventing chain jump in a drivetrain of a four-wheel drive vehicle
Arocha US 4,995,862 Feb. 26, 1991
Rodrigues US 6,213,242 B1 Apr. 10, 2001
It is elementary that to support an obviousness rejection “[a]ll words in a claim must be considered in judging the patentability of that claim against the prior art.” In re Wilson, 424 F.2d 1382, 1385 (CCPA 1970).
Ex Parte Wilfong MEDLEY 102(b)/103(a) ALSTON & BIRD LLP
dispensing apparatus for a packet of plastic bags
Beasley et al. 5,562,580 Oct. 8, 1996
Phelps et al. 6,230,929 May 15, 2001
Simhaee 6,230,953 May 15, 2001
Chen 6,557,723 May 6, 2003
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Barak et al ADAMS 102(b)/103(a) GAUTHIER & CONNORS, LLP
system for applying pressure to a limb of a body
Tumey US 5,674,262 Oct. 7, 1997
Watson et al. US 6,231,532 B1 May 15, 2001
McEwen et al. US 6,544,202 B2 Apr. 8, 2003
Oser et al. US 6,592,527 B2 Jul. 15, 2003
Mitchell US 6,810,542 B1 Nov. 2, 2004
Hui US 7,048,702 B2 May 23, 2006
Because the hallmark of anticipation is prior invention, the prior art reference – in order to anticipate under 35 U.S.C. § 102 – must not only disclose all elements of the claim within the four corners of the document, but must also disclose those elements "arranged as in the claim." Connell v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 722 F.2d 1542, 1548 (Fed.Cir.1983).
Net MoneyIN, Inc. v. VeriSign, Inc., 545 F.3d 1359, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2008).
Ex Parte Turner PATE III 102/103 MUNSCH, HARDT, KOPF & HARR, P.C.
retrieval system for use in placing wiring or the like into a remote area inside of a structure
Flowers US 4,527,775 Jul. 9, 1985
Perkins US 6,857,382 B2 Feb. 22, 2005
Ex Parte Wilson et al McCOLLUM 112(1)/103(a) WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP
method of activating a service apparatus which provides at least one of HVAC and electrical power to a truck parked at a parking site
Holmes, US 2,962,951, Dec. 6, 1960
Wetherell, US 6,109,049, Aug. 29, 2000
Kenney et al., US 5,957,329, Sep. 28, 1999
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Olson et al McKELVEY 102(b)/103(a) HOWREY LLP-HN
cooling tower support grid for supporting splash bars typically used in cooling towers
Furlong 3,879,502 22 April 1975
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Linder et al BARRETT 102(e)/103(a) FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
method of describing products in an electronically-accessible format
Taylor 5,991,528 Nov. 23, 1999
Han US 2002/0052807 May 02, 2002 (filed Jun. 26, 2001)
