REVERSED

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Johnson BAHR 103(a) MARK A. LITMAN AND ASSOCIATES, P.A.

Rejections based on 35 U.S.C. §103 must rest on a factual basis. In making such a rejection, the examiner has the initial duty of supplying the requisite factual basis and may not, because of doubts that the invention is patentable, resort to speculation, unfounded assumptions or hindsight reconstruction to supply deficiencies in the factual basis. In re Warner, 379 F.2d 1011, 1017 (CCPA 1967).

Warner, In re, 379 F.2d 1011, 154 USPQ 173 (CCPA 1967) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2142

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Atkinson LUCAS 102(e)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY

Appellant’s argument is based on a reading of In re Ratti, 270 F.2d 810 (CCPA 1959). We have reviewed that venerable case of the CCPA, and find that much of its holding must be updated by further developments in the law guided by the Supreme Court as expressed in KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex, Inc., 550 U.S. 398 (2007).

Ratti, In re, 270 F.2d 810, 123 USPQ 349 (CCPA 1959). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2143.01

KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 USPQ2d 1385 (2007) . . . . . . . . .2141 to 2145, 2216, 2242, 2286, 2616, 2642, 2686.04

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Kennedy et al HAIRSTON 103(a) BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./LEAR CORPORATION

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Linsky et al McCOLLUM 102(b)/103(a) WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP