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

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

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AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Mumaw 11/136,157 SPAHN 102(b)/103(a) TIMOTHY M. BARLOW EXAMINER COLLINS, DOLORES R


The content or meaning of printed matter recited in a claim does not structurally distinguish the subject matter of the claim from prior art unless there is a new or nonobvious functional relationship between the printed matter and the remainder of the claimed subject matter. See In re Ngai, 367 F.3d 1336, 1338-39 (Fed. Cir. 2004).

Ngai, In re, 367 F.3d 1336, 70 USPQ2d 1862 (Fed. Cir. 2004) . . . . . . . . . . 2106.01, 2112.01


REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2164 Ex parte ABLAISE LIMITED 90/010,311 6,961,737 SIU 102(a)/102(e) For Patent Owner: NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC For Third Party Requester: Linda J. Thayer, Esq. FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P. EXAMINER WOOD, WILLIAM H original EXAMINER RONES, CHARLES

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3712 MEGA BRANDS AMERICA, INC. Requester, Cross-Appellant, Respondent v. Patent of HASBRO, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant, Respondent 95/000,098 6,729,932 SONG 112(2)/103(a)/double patenting For Patent Owner: MILLER, MATTHIAS & HULL LLP (HASBRO) For Third Party Requester: MICHEAL R. FRISCIA MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP EXAMINER FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP (Hasbro) original EXAMINER WILLIAMS, JAMILA O

AFFIRMED

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Rincavage et al 10/086,253 TURNER 103(a) Philip D. Freedman PC EXAMINER RINES, ROBERT D


NEW

REVERSED

1713 Ex Parte Gu et al 11/229,825 KRATZ 102(b) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER ALANKO, ANITA KAREN

1782 Ex Parte Tan 10/644,435 NAGUMO 103(a) BELASCO, JACOBS & TOWNSLEY LLP EXAMINER PATTERSON, MARC A

REEXAMINATION

2161 TALEO CORPORATION Respondent, Cross-Appellant v. KENEXA BRASSRING, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant 95/001,060 6,996,561 SIU 102(e)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b) 103(a) EXAMINER HUGHES, DEANDRA M original EXAMINER AMSBURY, WAYNE P

AFFIRMED

1767 Ex Parte Grooms et al 11/487,622 GUEST 103(a) Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. EXAMINER EASHOO, MARK

2166 Ex Parte Narang et al 10/982,475 DESHPANDE 103(a) Ojanen Law Offices EXAMINER SAEED, USMAAN

REMANDED

2478 Ex Parte Bornstein et al 11/266,661 BARTLETT amendment after final IBM CORP (YA) C/O YEE & ASSOCIATES PC EXAMINER MYERS, JASMINE

3634 Ex Parte Daume 10/950,503 BARTLETT reply brief not considered SHLESINGER, ARKWRIGHT & GARVEY LLP EXAMINER CHIN SHUE, ALVIN C

2475 Ex Parte Mirtorabi et al 11/292,535 BARTLETT amendment after final CESARI AND MCKENNA, LLP EXAMINER KAVLESKI, RYAN C