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PTAB.US: Decisions of PTAB Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Tuesday June 29, 2010

REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Merovitz 10/458,772 KIMLIN 112(2)/102(b)/103(a) CHARLES N.J. RUGGIERO, ESQ.OHLANDT, GREELEY,RUGGIERO & PERLE, LLP EXAMINER JUSKA, CHERYL ANN

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Arpirez 10/375,083 STEPHENS 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER HILLERY, NATHAN

Ex Parte Forrer et al 11/016,216 HOMERE 103(a) IBM CORP (YA)C/O YEE & ASSOCIATES PC EXAMINER CYGIEL, GARY W

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte van Lith et al 10/619,398 O’NEILL 102(b)/103(a) RYAN A. SCHNEIDER TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP EXAMINER CHARLES, MARCUS

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
Ex Parte Denney et al 10/690,833 BAHR 103(a) KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP EXAMINER ELVE, MARIA ALEXANDRA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry

Ex Parte Nicholas 10/476,508WALSH 102(e)/103(a) WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, PLLC EXAMINER TONGUE, LAKIA J

A declaration may supply a missing feature from an evidentiary exhibit. See Ex Parte Ovshinsky, 10 U.S.P.Q.2d, 1075, 1076 (Bd. Pat. App. Interf. Feb. 3, 1989).

Ovshinsky, Ex parte, 10 USPQ2d 1075 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1989) . . . . . . . . . . . . 715.07

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Vogel et al 09/833,452 LANE 102(e)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(D) E I Du Pont De Nemours and Company EXAMINER JACKSON, MONIQUE R

But, “the mere fact that an inventor may have invented the combination, A, B, and C, for
example, before a patentee does not in itself prove that he has also invented the combination A, B, C, and D at the same time . . . .” In re Tanczyn, 347 F.2d 830, 832 (CCPA 1965).

Tanczyn, In re, 347 F.2d 830, 146 USPQ 298 (CCPA 1965) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715.02

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
Ex Parte Van Rijnsoever et al 10/482,145 BARRY 101/112(1)/112(2)/102(b) Philips Electronics North America Corporation EXAMINER DINH, MINH

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Ohmer 10/904,910 BAHR 103(a) SCHLUMBERGER RESERVOIR COMPLETIONS EXAMINER ANDREWS, DAVID L

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
Ex Parte Aderhold et al 10/788,979 O’NEILL 103(a) LAW OFFICES OF CHARLES GUENZER ATTN: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. EXAMINER PAIK, SANG YEOP

Ex Parte Bivens 10/642,130 BAHR 102(b)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) MEREK, BLACKMON & VOORHEES, LLC EXAMINER MAI, TRI M

Ex Parte Carlson et al 11/590,638 KERINS 103(a)/112(2) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KELLY P.A. EXAMINER LEWIS, KIM M

Ex Parte Denney et al 11/401,114 BAHR 103(a) KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP EXAMINER ELVE, MARIA ALEXANDRA

Ex Parte Sexton et al 10/768,424 BAHR 112(1)/102(e)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER MATTER, KRISTEN CLARETTE