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

Friday, July 29, 2011

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REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Suda et al 10/540,632 WALSH 103(a) RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP EXAMINER SULLIVAN, DANIELLE D

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Kannan et al 10/525,797 FRANKLIN 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE

1726 Ex Parte Schwab 10/578,461 COLAIANNI 102(b) Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC EXAMINER APICELLA, KARIE O

1735 Ex Parte Matsumoto et al 11/325,529 KRATZ 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P

1778 Ex Parte Grangeon et al 10/451,532 OWENS 103(a) CLARK & BRODY EXAMINER
KURTZ, BENJAMIN M

1778 Ex Parte Nakashima 11/090,081 SMITH 102(b)/103(a) JOHN K. CORBIN EXAMINER
REIFSNYDER, DAVID A

1781 Ex Parte Wilkey 10/369,363 PAK 103(a) DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP EXAMINER BEKKER, KELLY JO

1781 Ex Parte Bartkowska et al 10/664,101 SMITH 102(a)/103(a) UNILEVER PATENT GROUP EXAMINER BEKKER, KELLY JO

1785 Ex Parte Hino et al 10/477,917 COLAIANNI 112(1)/103(a) LOWE HAUPTMAN HAM & BERNER, LLP EXAMINER AMAKWE, TAMRA L

1792 Ex Parte Selvamanickam et al 10/456,733 KRATZ 103(a) ABEL LAW GROUP, LLP EXAMIENR TALBOT, BRIAN K

1796 Ex Parte Zaschke et al 10/507,315 FRANKLIN 112(2)/103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER COONEY, JOHN M

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex Parte Adler et al 10/095,797 WINSOR 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & PAUL, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER
TRAN, QUOC A

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3633 Ex Parte Southern et al 10/034,446 PATE III 103(a) DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - NEW YORK EXAMINER A, PHI DIEU TRAN

3644 Ex Parte Grauzer et al 10/998,048 PATE III 112(2)/112(1) Dickinson Wright PLLC James E. Ledbetter, Esq. EXAMINER SANDERSON, JOSEPH W

3644 Ex Parte Senter et al 11/233,558 ASTORINO 103(a) Setter Roche LLP EXAMINER SMITH, KIMBERLY S

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3718 Ex Parte Haas 09/967,500 PATE III 102(b) Mark A Litman and Associates, P.A. EXAMINER VO, PETER DUNG BA

3733 Ex Parte Teitelbaum 10/688,135 SAINDON 102(e)/103(a) KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP EXAMINER CUMBERLEDGE, JERRY

3767 Ex Parte Woehr et al 11/497,188 McCARTHY 112(2)/102(b) KLEIN, O'NEILL & SINGH, LLP EXAMINER MEHTA, BHISMA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1655 Ex Parte Jaspers et al 11/547,098 PRATS 103(a) GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. EXAMINER HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Pitt et al 10/471,309 COLAIANNI 103(a) MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP EXAMINER JACKSON, MONIQUE R

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte Bergman et al 10/993,377 DANG 102(b)/103(a) TUTUNJIAN & BITETTO, P.C. EXAMINER JOHNSON, GRANT D

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Gabara et al 10/668,544 MANTIS MERCADER 102(e)/103(a) Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP EXAMINER CASCA, FRED A

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Hamakita et al 10/796,301 McCARTHY 103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103(a) MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC EXAMINER SCHARICH, MARC A

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Janesky 10/978,643 SPAHN 103(a) Thomas L. Tully PERMAN AND GREEN EXAMINER DWIVEDI, VIKANSHA S

See In re Bush, 296 F.2d 491, 496 (CCPA 1961) (“[W]here a rejection is predicated on two references each containing pertinent disclosure which has been pointed out to the applicant, we deem it to be of no significance, but merely a matter of exposition, that the rejection is stated to be on A in view of B instead of on B in view of A, or to term one reference primary and the other secondary.”).

3716 Ex Parte Locke 10/140,601 BARRETT 101/103(a) NIXON PEABODY LLP EXAMINER HSU, RYAN

3721 Ex Parte Wild et al 11/121,546 PATE III 112(2)/102(b)/103(a) STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP EXAMINER TRUONG, THANH K

REEXAMINATION EXAMINER AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2851 Ex Parte 6454472B1 et al Ex parte SEMES COMPANY, LTD. Appellant 90/008,321 CHEN 103(a) FOR PATENT OWNER: MARGER JOHNSON & MCCOLLOM, P.C. FOR THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: MARTIN M. ZOLTICK ROTHWELL FIGG ERNST & MANBECK P.C.EXAMINER KIELIN, ERIK J original EXAMINER RUTLEDGE, DELLA J

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Di Salvo et al 11/554,214 ADAMS 103(a)/obviousness-type double patenting PHILIP S. JOHNSON JOHNSON & JOHNSON EXAMINER HEYER, DENNIS

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Lee et al 11/011,596 PAK 103(a)/obviousness-type double patenting CHRISTIE, PARKER & HALE, LLP EXAMINER LIN, JAMES

1778 Ex Parte Rieth et al 10/960,132 COLAIANNI Dissenting NAGUMO 112(1)/103(a) CLAUDE ANDERSON EXAMINER SAVAGE, MATTHEW O

1785 Ex Parte Poncelet et al 10/522,006 COLAIANNI concurring NAGUMO 102(e) EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY EXAMINER JOY, DAVID J

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2183 Ex Parte Barlow et al 10/284,165 DANG 103(a) MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD EXAMINER PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Levy et al 10/060,049 WHITEHEAD, JR. 103(a) DIGIMARC CORPORATION EXAMINER RAMAN, USHA

2600 Communications
2614 Ex Parte Ignatin 10/938,095 TURNER 102(e)/103(a) MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD EXAMINER PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL

2618 Ex Parte Becker 10/533,728 KRIVAK 103(a) SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP PLLC EXAMINER HU, RUI MENG

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex Parte Ramirez et al 10/758,845 SAINDON 112(1)/103(a) KANG LIM EXAMINER
WEBER, JONATHAN C

3644 Ex Parte Tsengas et al 10/963,953 STAICOVICI 102(b)/103(a) PATENT, COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARK LAW GROUP EXAMINER NGUYEN, TRINH T

REHEARING

GRANTED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Strang 10/469,592 HANLON 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER MOORE, KARLA A

DENIED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Lindell et al 10/481,053 COLAIANNI 103(a) WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP EXAMINER FELTON, MICHAEL J

1775 Ex Parte West et al 10/701,097 COLAIANNI 103(a) EXAMINER BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW

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

1784 Ex Parte Takayama et al 11/042,187 COLAIANNI 112(1)/103(a) RADER FISHMAN & GRAUER PLLC EXAMINER SAVAGE, JASON L