REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
Ex Parte Frostegard ADAMS 103(a) FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P.
Method of diagnosing cadiovascular disease

Ex Parte West et al WALSH 112(1)/103(a) BAKER BOTTS LLP
Tissue engineering scaffolds promoting matrix protein production
Woonza Rhee et al. U.S. 5,162,430, Nov. 10, 1992.
Malcolm Schinstine et al. U.S. 5,935,849, Aug. 10, 1999.
WO 94/23740, by Johanna Bentz et al., published Oct. 27, 1994.
WO 96/27657, by Linda G. Cima et al., published Sep. 12, 1996.


1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Kriltz et al COLAIANNI, dissenting TIMM 103(a) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC
Fire-resisting glass
Jacquemin (US 3,974,316, published Aug. 10, 1976)
Ando (US 5,264,286, published Nov. 23, 1993)
de Moncuit (US 5,154,953, published Oct. 13, 1992)
Bond (US 5,834,103, published Nov. 10, 1998)
Yang (US 6,030,671, published Feb. 29, 2000)
Szczyrbowski (US 6,180,247 B1, published Jan. 30, 2001)

"[T]he phrase 'consisting essentially of' limits the scope of a claim to the specified ingredients and those that do not materially affect the basic and novel characteristic(s) of a composition." In re Herz, 537 F.2d 549, 551-52 (CCPA 1976)(emphasis omitted)(quoting In re Janakirama-Rao, 317 F.2d 951 (CCPA 1963)). Appellants have the burden of showing that the additional layer or material taught by the prior art reference affects the basic and novel characteristic of the claimed invention. See In re De Lajarte, 337 F.2d 870, 874 (CCPA 1964). If a proposed modification would render the prior art invention being modified unsatisfactory for its intended purpose, then there is no suggestion or motivation to make the proposed modification. In re Gordon, 733 F.2d 900, 902 (Fed. Cir. 1984).

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
Ex Parte Jacobus COURTENAY 103(a) GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE, ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C
Distributed computing environment
Waters US 5,841,980 Nov. 24, 1998
Lambright US 6,015,348 Jan. 18, 2000
DeSimone US 6,138,144 Oct. 24, 2000

Ex Parte Arora et al DANG 103(a) MHKKG/SUN AUSTIN, TX
Instant messaging using distributed indexes
Bankert US 5,659,746 Aug. 19, 1997
Mendolia US 2002/0006803 A1 Jan. 17, 2002
Dunkeld US 2003/0110126 A1 Jun. 12, 2003
Appelman US 6,912,564 B1 Jun. 28, 2005
Srinivasan US 6,920,460 B1 Jul.. 19, 2005

NUIJTEN - AFFIRMED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Marcjan et al THOMAS 101/103(a) LEE & HAYES, PLLC
User interface for controlling access to computer objects
Cohen-Levy 5,423,034 Jun. 6, 1995
Cohen 6,507,845 B1 Jan. 14, 2003
Nelson 2004/0122849 A1 Jun. 24, 2004 (filed Dec. 24, 2002)

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Hohmann et al 102(e)/103(a) HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY
System and method for offering one or more drivers to run on the computer
Saulpaugh US 5,630,076 May 13, 1997
Baumann US 2004/0221146 A1 Nov. 04, 2004 (filed Apr. 30, 2003)