REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Barr et al ROBERTSON 103(a) ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LLC
A method of applying an imaging composition on a work piece, comprising selectively applying a computer programmed 3-D image in the form of laser light on the imaging composition
Telfer 5,681,676 Oct. 28, 1997

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
Ex Parte Chandra COURTENAY 103(a) FENWICK & WEST LLP
monitoring and analyzing network traffic for use in ranking the search results returned by a search engine
Tams US 6,279,037 B1 Aug. 21, 2001
Pulley US 2002/0087679 A1 Jul. 4, 2002
Bharat US 6,526,440 B1 Feb. 25, 2003
Vo US 2003/0229692 A1 Dec. 11, 2003
McKeeth US 6,763,362 B2 Jul. 13, 2004
Sehm US 2005/0021731 A1 Jan. 27, 2005
Matsliach US 6,879,994 B1 Apr. 12, 2005

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Foo et al STAICOVICI 102(b)/103(a) TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P.
method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle’s occupant restraining device (airbag)
Gray US 5,620,202 Apr. 15, 1997
de Mersseman US 5,779,264 Jul. 14, 1998
Sakakida US 6,428,040 B2 Aug. 6, 2002
Ugusa US 6,728,604 B2 Apr. 27, 2004
We must be careful not to read a particular embodiment appearing in the written description into the claim if the claim language is broader than the embodiment. See Superguide Corp. v. DirecTV Enters., Inc., 358 F.3d 870, 875 (Fed. Cir. 2004). The challenge is to interpret claims in view of the specification without unnecessarily importing limitations from the specification into the claims. See E-Pass Techs., Inc. v. 3Com Corp., 343 F.3d 1364, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2003).

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte DiMatteo et al GRIMES 102(e)/103(a) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS
gas delivery system
Deane et al., US 2005/0072426 A1, Apr. 7, 2005.
Glucksman, U.S. Patent 5,512,086, Apr. 30, 1996.

Ex Parte Viola STAICOVICI 102(b) TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP
tool assembly for a surgical stapling device
Plyley US 5,816,471 Oct. 6, 1998

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Schindzielorz et al WARREN 102(e) FOLEY AND LARDNER
coated woven fabric wherein the elongation of the fabric in the warp and weft directions is balanced
Matsui US 6,784,980 B2 Jun. 15, 2004

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Douceur et al HAIRSTON obviousness-type double patenting/103(a) LEE & HAYES, PLLC
file system encryption method
Whiting US 5,778,395 Jul. 7, 1998
Dickinson US 6,574,657 B1 Jun. 3, 2003 (filed May 3, 1999)
Douceur3 US 6,983,365 B1 Jan. 3, 2006