REVERSED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Hattendorf et al 11/648,333 WALSH 103(a) CARTER, DELUCA, FARRELL & SCHMIDT, LLP EXAMINER KLINKEL, KORTNEY L
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1723 Ex Parte Zajcev et al 10/511,811 FRANKLIN 102(e)/103(a) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EXAMINER SMITH, NICHOLAS A
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3685 Ex Parte Banatwala et al 10/745,098 CRAWFORD 103(a) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & PAUL, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER WINTER, JOHN M
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2121 Ex Parte Foulger et al 09/841,167 BLANKENSHIP 101/102(e) STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. EXAMINER ROBERTSON, DAVID
As the Supreme Court has made clear, “[a]n idea of itself is not patentable.” In re Warmerdam, 33 F.3d 1354, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 1994) (quoting Rubber-Tip Pencil Co. v. Howard, 87 U.S. (20 Wall.) 498, 507 (1874)). Moreover, the invention of claim 3 is merely an algorithm combined with a data-gathering step, which is not patent eligible subject matter. See In re Grams, 888 F.2d 835, 839-41 (Fed. Cir. 1989); In re Bilski, 545 F.3d at 963.
Warmerdam, In re, 33 F.3d 1354, 31 USPQ2d 1754 (Fed. Cir. 1994) . .2106, 2106.01, 2106.02
Rubber-Tip Pencil Co. v. Howard, 87 U.S. (20 Wall.) 498 (1874). . . . . . . . . . . . . .2106
2161 Ex Parte Theurer 10/880,720 COURTENAY 103(a) IBM AUSTIN (ANTHONY ENGLAND)C/O LAW OFFICE OF ANTHONY ENGLAND EXAMINER BIBBEE, JARED M
2165 Ex Parte Faunce et al 11/044,753 JEFFERY 102(e) WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, L.L.P. (IBM) EXAMINER HOFFLER, RAHEEM
“The doctrine of claim differentiation creates a presumption that each claim in a patent has a different scope . . . . The difference in meaning and scope between claims is presumed to be significant to the extent that the absence of such difference in meaning and scope would make a claim superfluous.” Free Motion Fitness, Inc. v. Cybex Int’l, Inc., 423 F.3d 1343, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).
2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2477 Ex Parte Iwamura 10/790,496 HAHN 103(a)/112(2) ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES EXAMINER PHUNKULH, BOB A
2600 Communications
2629 Ex Parte Hill 10/850,516 KRIVAK 102(b)/103(a) 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY EXAMINER BECK, ALEXANDER S
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Chan et al 09/97 1,206 LORIN 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER REFAI, RAMSEY
3623 Ex Parte Coon 12/030,305 FETTING 112(2)/103(a) HOLLAND & HART EXAMINER STERRETT, JONATHAN G
REEXAMINATION
EXAMINER AFFIRMED
3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2182 Ex parte POWERS INTEGRATION, INC. 90/008,326 6,249,876 SIU 102(b) For Patent Owner: James Y. Go BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN. LLP For Third Party Requester: Sanjeet K. Dutta Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP EXAMINER LEE, CHRISTOPHER E original EXAMINER BUTLER, DENNIS
NEW
AFFIRMED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1644 Ex Parte Naparstek 09/826,069 SPIEGEL 103(a) EDWARD LANGER c/o SHIBOLETH YISRAELI ROBERTS ZISMAN & CO. EXAMINER EWOLDT, GERALD R
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2173 Ex Parte Hao et al 11/044,705 JEFFERY 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER LEE, TING ZHOU
2181 Ex Parte Forrer et al 10/880,718 COURTENAY 103(a) IBM CORP (YA) EXAMINER UNELUS, ERNEST
2184 Ex Parte Andres et al 10/999,675 DANG 103(a) Richard Lau INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION EXAMINER NAM, HYUN
2189 Ex Parte McBride et al 11/344,900 BLANKENSHIP 103(a) IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER
FAAL, BABOUCARR
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3686 Ex Parte Davidson 10/938,326 MOHANTY 112(2)/103(a) J. Charles Dougherty Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP EXAMINER KOPPIKAR, VIVEK D
REHEARING
DENIED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1632 Ex Parte Rader et al 10/282,766 GREEN 112(1) THE HECKER LAW GROUP EXAMINER TON, THAIAN N
