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

Thursday, March 31, 2011

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte Heeger et al 11/193,318 ADAMS 103(a) BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP EXAMINER CROW, ROBERT THOMAS

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Bera et al 10/418,996 FRANKLIN 102(e)/103(a) PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX EXAMINER GRAMAGLIA, MAUREEN

1727 Ex Parte Park et al 11/834,335
COLAIANNI 103(a) CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP EXAMINER SCULLY, STEVEN M

1729 Ex Parte Fujikawa et al 11/339,617
FRANKLIN 103(a) MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP EXAMINER CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG

1733 Ex Parte Wickersham et al 11/055,535
FRANKLIN 103(a) Cabot Corporation/ LAK EXAMINER ROE, JESSEE RANDALL

1785 Ex Parte Schoela et al 10/510,963
COLAIANNI 102(b)/103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER JOY, DAVID J

1788 Ex Parte Kaminsky et al 10/425,005
SMITH 103(a) Paul A. Leipold Eastman Kodak CompanyEXAMINER NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L

1798 Ex Parte Taylor 11/072,683
SMITH 103(a) FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY EXAMINER PIZIALI, ANDREW T

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Ex Parte Gonzalez et al 11/471,236 KRIVAK 103(a) Michael G. Fletcher FLETCHER YODER EXAMINER WEISS, HOWARD

2816 Ex Parte Boerstler et al 11/109,090
MacDONALD 102(b)/103(a) IBM CORP. (WIP) c/o WALDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. EXAMINER ALMO, KHAREEM E

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1796 Ex Parte Verleysen 10/589,306 PAK 103(a) FINA TECHNOLOGY INC EXAMINER LU, C CAIXIA

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2465 Ex Parte Hoffmann et al 10/221,268 BOALICK 102(e)/103(a) LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP EXAMINER HSU, ALPUS

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2832 Ex Parte Ludwig 10/702,262 JEFFERY 102(b)/103(a) Lester F. Ludwig EXAMINER FLETCHER, MARLON T

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3633 Ex Parte Sullivan et al 11/517,723 McCARTHY 102(b)/103(a) Bay Area Technolgy Law Group PC EXAMINER BUCKLE JR, JAMES J

REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED
3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3653 Ex parte Coinstar, Inc. Appellant and Patent Owner 90/008,683 6,863,168 TURNER 103(a) PATENT OWNER: PERKINS COIE LLP PATENT-SEA THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE PLLCEXAMINER FOSTER, JIMMY G original EXAMINER BEAUCHAINE, MARK J

REHEARING DENIED
3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3616 ELESYS NORTH AMERICA, INC. Requester, Respondent v. AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant 95/001,012 and 90/008,351 6,942,248 SONG 103(a) Patent Owner: BRIAN ROFFE, ESQ Third Party Requester: BRINKS, HOFER, GILSON, & LIONE EXAMINER KAUFMAN, JOSEPH A original EXAMINER TO, TOAN C

EXAMINER REVERSED
3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2776 Ex parte NETJUMPER SOFTWARE, LLC. 90/010,014 5,890,172 EASTHOM 305/112(1)/102(a)/103(a) Brooks Kushman, PC Third Party Requester: John A. Dragseth Fish & Richardson, PC EXAMINER BANANKHAH, MAJID A original EXAMINER HONG, STEPHEN S

REHEARING DENIED
3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2835 RIOUX VISION, INC. Requester v. Patent of FLO HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, LLC Patent Owner 95/000,251 6,721,178 DELMENDO 102(a)/103(a) Patent Owner: HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. Third-Party Requester: TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP EXAMINER ESCALANTE, OVIDIO original EXAMINER DATSKOVSKIY, MICHAIL V

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Rothenburger et al 11/188,444 GRIMES 112(1)/102(b)/103(a) ROBERTS MLOTKOWSKI SAFRAN & COLE, P.C. EXAMINER KLINKEL, KORTNEY L

1612 Ex Parte Hughes et al 11/364,687 GREEN 103(a) ALLERGAN, INC. EXAMINER WEBB, WALTER E

1619 Ex Parte Ghosh et al 11/334,928 GREEN 103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER KASSA, TIGABU

1648 Ex Parte Breimer et al 10/555,577 PRATS 112(1) Mandel & Adriano EXAMINER BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P

1655 Ex Parte Zhang et al 11/122,265 ADAMS 102(b)/103(a) THORPE NORTH & WESTERN, LLP. EXAMINER DAVIS, DEBORAH A

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Maguire et al 11/414,284 FRANKLIN 102(b)/103(a) ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC EXAMINER MARKOFF, ALEXANDER

1713 Ex Parte Fernandez et al 11/518,890 SMITH 112(2)/103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER NORTON, NADINE GEORGIANNA

1716 Ex Parte Coburn 10/732,966 COLAIANNI 103(a) FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. EXAMINER MACARTHUR, SYLVIA

1716 Ex Parte Chen et al 10/732,966 COLAIANNI 103(a) FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. EXAMINER MACARTHUR, SYLVIA

1716 Ex Parte Wang 11/029,191 COLAIANNI 112(2)/102(b)/103(a) COHEN, PONTANI, LIEBERMAN & PAVANE LLP EXAMINER OLSEN, ALLAN W

1728 Ex Parte He et al 10/897,268 WARREN 102(b)/102(a)/103(a) FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) EXAMINER BARTON, JEFFREY THOMAS

1733 Ex Parte Yuse et al 11/317,174 FRANKLIN 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER YEE, DEBORAH

1733 Ex Parte White 11/280,711 GARRIS 103(a) GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE,ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C EXAMINER ROE, JESSEE RANDALL

1733 Ex Parte YOSHIHARA 11/276,842 COLAIANNI 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER YEE, DEBORAH

1734 Ex Parte Johansson 11/228,475 SMITH 102(b)/103(a) KENYON & KENYON LL EXAMINER NGUYEN, NGOC YEN M

1735 Ex Parte Streubel 12/383,234 SMITH 102(b)/103(a) ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB EXAMINER LIN, KUANG Y

1762 Ex Parte Lin et al 11/339,129 FRANKLIN 103(a) BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS, INC. EXAMINER YOON, TAE H

1764 Ex Parte Roher et al 11/231,984 COLAIANNI 103(a) FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP EXAMINER KHAN, AMINA S

1766 Ex Parte Nguyen et al 11/583,251 ADAMS 102(b)/103(a) CONNOLLY BOVE LODGE & HUTZ LLP EXAMINER KAHN, RACHEL

1767 Ex Parte Cummings et al 11/780,819 COLAIANNI 103(a) INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L. EXAMINER EASHOO, MARK

1782 Ex Parte Lehman 10/902,300 COLAIANNI 103(a) WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP EXAMINER PATTERSON, MARC A

1782 Ex Parte Hiscock 11/068,624 FRANKLIN 103(a) Solae, LLC EXAMINER AUGHENBAUGH, WALTER

1785 Ex Parte Chen 11/053,730 COLAIANNI 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM

1789 Ex Parte Lamp et al 11/358,764 ADAMS 103(a) FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY EXAMINER TRAN LIEN, THUY

1789 Ex Parte Covelli et al 10/814,219 PRATS 103(a) Deborah A. Peacock Peacock Myers, P.C. EXAMINER HEGGESTAD, HELEN F

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2129 Ex Parte Sun et al 11/171,388 BLANKENSHIP 101/112(1) Whitham, Curtis, & Christofferson, P.C. EXAMINER STARKS, WILBERT L

2158 Ex Parte Bates 11/008,807 JEFFERY 103(a) WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, L.L.P. (IBM) EXAMINER BOCCIO, VINCENT F

2176 Ex Parte Keane et al 10/384,507 BLANKENSHIP 103(a) VISTA PRINT USA, INC. EXAMINER HUTTON JR, WILLIAM D

2186 Ex Parte Mathieu et al 11/121,412 BLANKENSHIP 101/103(a) RSW IPLAW DEPARTMENT IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER SCHNEE, HAL W

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Shintani et al 10/622,876 MANTIS MERCADER 103(a) FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY EXAMINER HUYNH, SON P

2462 Ex Parte Cummings et al 10/228,288 HOFF 103(a) STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. EXAMINER MILLS, DONALD L

2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Flick 10/153,101 NAPPI 103(a) ALLEN, DYER, DOPPELT, MILBRATH & GILCHRIST P.A. EXAMINER HOLLOWAY III, EDWIN C

2614 Ex Parte Reus 10/959,461 MacDONALD 102(e)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL

2617 Ex Parte Allen et al 11/058,113 SAADAT 102(b)/103(a) TRIMBLE NAVIGATION LIMITED C/O WAGNER BLECHER EXAMINER RAMPURIA, SHARAD K

2617 Ex Parte Lohtaja et al 10/168,051 MacDONALD 103(a) Harrington & SMith , Attorneys At Law, LLC EXAMINER KIM, WESLEY LEO

2625 Ex Parte Wong et al 10/456,234 MacDONALD 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER MCLEAN, NEIL R

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2823 Ex Parte Yau et al 10/756,122 ROBERTSON 103(a) PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX EXAMINER MALDONADO, JULIO J

2833 Ex Parte Verdon et al 11/424,046 MANTIS MERCADER 103(a) GRIFFIN & SZIPL, PC EXAMINER COLLINS, JASON M

2839 Ex Parte Flickinger et al 10/706,748 MANTIS MERCADER 103(a) The Whitaker Corporation EXAMINER DINH, PHUONG K

2876 Ex Parte Ishibashi et al 11/021,187 MacDONALD 102(e)/103(a) HAMILTON & TERRILE, LLP IBM RSW EXAMINER KIM, AHSHIK

2894 Ex Parte Park et al 10/604,912 ROBERTSON 102(b) FREDERICK W. GIBB, III Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC EXAMINER KEBEDE, BROOK

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3663 Ex Parte Sencaj et al 10/732,971 McCARTHY 102(b) Delphi Technologies, Inc. EXAMINER TO, TUAN C

3673 Ex Parte Obernyer et al 11/824,901 LEE 103(a) JOHNS MANVILLE EXAMINER
KELLEHER, WILLIAM J

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 PAULSEN.pdf 11/085,933 TIERNEY 103(a) Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - IGT EXAMINER RUSTEMEYER, MALINA K

3766 Ex Parte Schulman et al 10/997,398 McCARTHY 102(b)/103(a) ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH EXAMINER SARCIONE, JESSICA LYNN