REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Moore et al 10/713,833 SMITH 103(a) MICHAEL C. POPHAL EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY INC EXAMINER LEWIS, BEN

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2183 Ex Parte Albritton 11/197,521 COURTENAY III 103(a) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC EXAMINER PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Sypeck et al 10/479,833 McCARTHY 103(a) NOVAK DRUCE DELUCA + QUIGG LLP EXAMINER KATCHEVES, BASIL S

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3773 Ex Parte Maschke 11/093,451 MILLS 103(a) SIEMENS CORPORATION EXAMINER ANDERSON, GREGORY A

3761 Ex Parte Tani 10/673,258 McCARTHY 103(a) LOWE HAUPTMAN HAM & BERNER, LLP EXAMINER HAND, MELANIE JO

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte STATEN 11/160,047 OWENS 103(a)/112(1) SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP EXAMINER GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE

1798 Ex Parte Lester et al 11/178,906 ROBERTSON 112(1)/112(2)/102(b)/103(a) HAMMER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. EXAMINER JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Koskinen et al 11/531,325 McCARTHY 102(b)/103(a) WRB-IP LLP EXAMINER FRIDIE JR, WILLMON

3723 Ex Parte Kurata 10/565,599 LEE 102(b)/103(a) KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP EXAMINER KARLS, SHAY LYNN

AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1781 Ex Parte Albritton 11/059,807 GREEN 103(a) MUELLER AND SMITH, LPA EXAMINER
BEKKER, KELLY JO

1733 Ex Parte Mihoya 10/386,230 SMITH 103(a) MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC EXAMINER ZHENG, LOIS L

1796 Ex Parte Temple et al 11/072,834 TIMM 112(1)/112(2)/102(b)/102(e)/103(a)/nonstatutuory obviousness-type double patenting PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. EXAMINER GILLESPIE, BENJAMIN

The question is the same when the claims call for the exclusion of an element. See Ex parte Grasselli, 231 USPQ 393, 394 (BPAI 1983), aff’d mem., 738 F.2d 453 (Fed. Cir. 1984) (“[T]he express exclusion of certain elements implies the permissible inclusion of all other elements not so expressly excluded”) (citing Anderson, 471 F.2d at 1241). However, not all negative limitations introduce new concepts such that there is no written descriptive support. See Ex parte Parks, 30 USPQ2d 1234, 1236 (BPAI 1993) (Board determining that “appellants had possession of the concept of conducting” a decomposition step “in the absence of a catalyst” citing examples where no catalyst is used, despite the fact that “the discussion . . . would seem to cry out for a catalyst if one were used” and declaratory evidence that one of ordinary skill in the art would have recognized that the reaction was conducted without a catalyst).

Grasselli, Ex parte, 231 USPQ 393 (Bd. App. 1983) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2143.03, 2173.05(i)

Anderson, In re, 471 F.2d 1237, 176 USPQ 331 (CCPA 1973) . . . . . . 2163.07, 2181

Parks, Ex parte, 30 USPQ2d 1234 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1993) . . . . . . . . . 2173.05(i)

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2176 Ex Parte Hyland et al 10/720,404 BARRY 103(a) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & PAUL, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER HILLERY, NATHAN

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2893 Ex Parte Jung et al 11/019,315 HOFF 112(1)/102(a, b, or e)/103(a) SHERR & VAUGHN, PLLC EXAMINER CHEN, JACK S J

"One shows that one is 'in possession' of the invention by describing the invention, with all its claimed limitations, not that which makes it obvious." Lockwood v. American Airlines, Inc., 107 F.3d 1565, 1572 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (emphasis in original).

Although "the meaning of terms, phrases, or diagrams in a disclosure is to be explained or interpreted from the vantage point of one skilled in the art, all the limitations must appear in the specification." Id. The specification need not describe the claimed subject matter in exactly the same terms as used in the claims, but it must contain an equivalent description of the claimed subject matter. Id.

Lockwood v. American Airlines, Inc., 107 F.3d 1505, 41 USPQ2d 1961 (Fed. Cir. 1997) . . . . . . . 2133.03(a), 2163, 2163.02

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Ex Parte Gold 10/755,038 PRATS 103(a) THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C. EXAMINER DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA

3729 Ex Parte Wang et al 10/215,407 LEE 103(a) INTEL CORPORATION c/o CPA Global EXAMINER TUGBANG, ANTHONY D

REHEARING

DENIED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1638 Ex Parte Kinney et al 10/776,311 GRIMES 103(a) E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY EXAMINER FOX, DAVID T