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

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

kohler, mills, bozek, boe

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
07/27/2011 1612 Ex Parte Peyton et al 11/220,159 GRIMES 112(1)/103(a) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. EXAMINER SUTTON, DARRYL C

07/26/2011 1615 Ex Parte Fuchs et al 10/312,077 GREEN 112(1)/103(a) FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P. EXAMINER MERCIER, MELISSA S

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
07/26/2011 1771 Ex Parte McAllister et al 10/815,276 TIMM 103(a) SHELL OIL COMPANY EXAMINER BOYER, RANDY

2600 Communications
07/26/2011 2617 Ex Parte Stephens et al 10/860,343 BAUMEISTER 103(a) COOL PATENT, P.C. c/o CPA Global EXAMINER D AGOSTA, STEPHEN M

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
07/26/2011 2827 Ex Parte Riedel et al 11/220,872 HOFF 102(b)/103(a) EITAN MEHULAL LAW GROUP EXAMINER HO, HOAI V

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
07/26/2011 3721 Ex Parte Milliman 11/728,698 O’NEILL 103(a) Tyco Healthcare Group LP /b/a Covidien EXAMINER CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
07/26/2011 1798 Ex Parte O'DONNELL 10/522,191 OWENS 102(e)/102(b)/103(a) OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY EXAMINER GRAY, JILL M

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
07/27/2011 2166 Ex Parte Kingsbury et al 11/426,144 WINSOR 101/102(b)/103(a) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & PAUL, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER OBERLY, VAN HONG

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
07/26/2011 2431 Ex Parte Hars 10/540,185 JEFFERY 102(e) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EXAMINER AVERY, JEREMIAH L

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
07/26/2011 3748 Ex Parte Sun 11/386,306 SPAHN 103(a) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. EXAMINER DAVIS, MARY ALICE

07/27/2011 3769 Ex Parte Shanks et al McCARTHY 102(b)/obviousness-type double patenting/103(a) ETHERTON LAW GROUP, LLC EXAMINER JOHNSON III, HENRY M

AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
07/26/2011 1733 Ex Parte Ohki 11/118,385 OWENS 103(a) McDermott Will & Emery LLP EXAMINER ROE, JESSEE RANDALL

Murakami is not limited to its preferred embodiments. See In re Kohler, 475 F.2d 651, 653 (CCPA 1973); In re Mills, 470 F.2d 649, 651 (CCPA 1972); In re Bozek, 416 F.2d 1385, 1390 (CCPA 1969). Instead, all disclosures therein must be evaluated for what they would have fairly suggested to one of ordinary skill in the art. See In re Boe, 355 F.2d 961, 965 (CCPA 1966).

07/26/2011 1747 Ex Parte Sandstrom 11/046,479 HASTINGS 103(a) THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY EXAMINER FISCHER, JUSTIN R

07/26/2011 1765 Ex Parte Butler et al 10/966,969 HASTINGS 103(a) FINA TECHNOLOGY INC EXAMINER TISCHLER, FRANCES

07/26/2011 1787 Ex Parte Younes et al 11/893,447 GARRIS 103(a) BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE LLC EXAMINER FREEMAN, JOHN D

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
07/26/2011 2163 Ex Parte Bohmer et al 10/792,912 COURTENAY 112(2)/obviousness-type double patenting/103(a) LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP EXAMINER HO, BINH VAN

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
07/26/2011 2448 Ex Parte Pineau et al 09/842,754 DROESCH 103(a) WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP EXAMINER STRANGE, AARON N

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
07/26/2011 2874 Ex Parte Spillane et al 11/158,660 RUGGIERO 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER RAHLL, JERRY T

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
07/27/2011 3635 Ex Parte Kim et al 11/265,498 ASTORINO 103(a) DORITY & MANNING, P.A. EXAMINER PLUMMER, ELIZABETH A

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
07/26/2011 3715 Ex Parte Feygin et al 10/806,531 ASTORINO 103(a) DEMONT & BREYER, LLC EXAMINER HU, KANG