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

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

hoeksema

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1654 Ex Parte Moosman et al 10/148,557 GREEN 112(1) FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, LLP EXAMINER TELLER, ROY R

1655 Ex Parte Jia et al 11/457,388 WALSH 112(1)/102(b)/103(a) SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP PLLC EXAMINER MELLER, MICHAEL V

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Hashimoto et al 11/063,546 HANLON 103(a) SUGHRUE-265550 EXAMINER BLAN, NICOLE R

1731 Ex Parte Wilzbacher et al 11/199,618 GUEST 102(b)/103(a) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC EXAMINER MCDONOUGH, JAMES E

1761 Ex Parte Gohl et al 10/345,090 KRATZ 103(a) FAEGRE & BENSON LLP EXAMINER DELCOTTO, GREGORY R

1767 Ex Parte McGinnis et al 12/008,534 GREEN 103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER STANLEY, JANE L

1783 Ex Parte Kmetz 11/654,302 NAGUMO 103(a) BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. EXAMINER FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2478 Ex Parte Katayama 10/501,082 STEPHENS 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER MUSA, ABDELNABI O

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Bobb et al 10/374,291 MORGAN 102(b)/103(a) MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC EXAMINER CAVALLARI, DANIEL J

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Hughes 11/595,026 PATE III 112(1)/103(a) PETER K HAHN LUCE, FORWARD, HAMILTON, SCRIPPS, LLP. EXAMINER AVILA, STEPHEN P

3656 Ex Parte Oishi et al 10/905,075 KERINS 103(a)/112(2) DELAND LAW OFFICE EXAMINER BOES, TERENCE

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Ausnit 11/451,793 BROWN 103(a) DAY PITNEY LLP ACCOUNT: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. EXAMINER HARMON, CHRISTOPHER R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2883 Ex Parte Bhagavatula et al 10/948,995 KRIVAK 102(b)/103(a) 103(a) CORNING INCORPORATED EXAMINER WONG, ERIC K

REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3673 Ex Parte 7052207 et al Ex parte BRIAN J. WIMBERGER 90/009,717 COCKS 102(b)/103(a) 103(a) WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KELLY, P.A. THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: NIKOLAI & MERSEREAU, PA EXAMINER GELLNER, JEFFREY L original EXAMINER LEE, JONG SUK

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1649 Ex Parte Mandel et al 10/768,798 PRATS 112(2) MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (SF) EXAMINER HAYES, ROBERT CLINTON

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1736 Ex Parte Esser et al 10/641,995 ROBERTSON 103(a) SIEMENS CORPORATION EXAMINER SHEEHAN, JOHN P

1746 Ex Parte Cadieux et al 11/642,150 GUEST 103(a) Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP EXAMINER MUSSER, BARBARA J

1763 Ex Parte Verhaverbeke 10/873,261 SMITH 102(b)/103(a) APPLIED MATERIALS/BSTZ BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN LLP EXAMINER ASDJODI, MOHAMMAD REZA

1786 Ex Parte Kim et al 11/011,587 McKELVEY 103(a) ROBERT E. BUSHNELL & LAW FIRM EXAMINER THOMPSON, CAMIE S

1798 Ex Parte Martin Rivera et al 10/554,213 McKELVEY 102(b) 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY EXAMINER COLE, ELIZABETH M

To be sure, a reference used in a § 103 context must be enabling. In re Hoeksema, 399 F.2d 269, 274 (CCPA 1968).

Hoeksema, In re, 399 F.2d 269, 158 USPQ 596 (CCPA 1968). . . . . . . 2121.01, 2121.02, 2144.09, 2145

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2182 Ex Parte Welbergen 10/507,509 MORGAN 103(a) JACK SHORE MUCH SHELIST FREED DENENBERG AMENT & RUBENSTEIN, PC EXAMINER VIDWAN, JASJIT S

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2445 Ex Parte Morris et al 09/968,540 MANTIS MERCADER 112(1)/101/102/Double
Patenting FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP EXAMINER COULTER, KENNETH R

2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Raj et al 09/839,023 RUGGIERO 112(1)/112(2)/102(e)/103(a) TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. EXAMINER VANDERPUYE, KENNETH N

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2819 Ex Parte Fahrbach et al 10/538,526 MANTIS MERCADER 102(e)/103(a) KENYON & KENYON LLP EXAMINER WHITE, DYLAN C

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte Nyeboer et al 11/122,686 LEE 103(a) WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP EXAMINER CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J

REHEARING

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Piggush 11/823,699 FRANKLIN 112(1) BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. c/o CPA Global EXAMINER LIN, KUANG Y

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Malamud et al 10/927,842 KRIVAK 103(a) KELLER LAPUMA WOODARD PC - IV EXAMINER BALAOING, ARIEL A