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

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

miller2, shealy

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1637 Ex Parte Gyllensten et al 10/529,447 SCHEINER 103(a) PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR, LLP EXAMINER THOMAS, DAVID C

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Swidersky et al 11/453,922 GARRIS 103(a) CROWELL & MORING LLP EXAMINER KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S

1787 Ex Parte Forloni et al 10/565,868 HASTINGS 102(b)/103(a) Sealed Air Corporation EXAMINER FREEMAN, JOHN D

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Cruanes et al 11/001,363 DIXON 102(e) HICKMAN PALERMO TRUONG & BECKER/ORACLE EXAMINER RADTKE, MARK A

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2431 Ex Parte Fischer et al 10/400247 DILLON 102(e)/103(a) KENYON & KENYON LLP EXAMINER SHERKAT, AREZOO

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Reithofer 11/498,286 JEFFERY 102(b)/103(a) DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA EXAMINER KAPLAN, HAL IRA

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Johnson et al 11/622,897 ASTORINO 102(b)/103(a) WONG, CABELLO, LUTSCH, RUTHERFORD & BRUCCULERI, L.L.P. EXAMINER KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K

3653 Ex Parte Vernon et al 10/699,485 McCARTHY 103(a) KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP EXAMINER MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2437 Ex Parte Blaker et al 09/852,562 POTHIER 102(e)/102(b)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC EXAMINER CALLAHAN, PAUL E

Paper containing logic or a program is printed matter and is considered non-statutory under § 101. See In re Miller, 418 F.2d 1392, 1396 (CCPA 1969); see also Ex parte Shealy, 2007 WL 5211669, No. 2006-1601, at *21-22 (BPAI April 23, 2007) (informative) and Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) § 706.03(a)(I)(A)
, 8th ed., Rev. 6, Sept. 2007.

Miller, In re, 418 F.2d 1392, 164 USPQ 46 (CCPA 1969) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706.03(a)

2453 Ex Parte Sen et al 10/245,476 BAUMEISTER 103(a) 103(a) WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. EXAMINER NGUYEN, THU HA T

REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
3745 Ex Parte 7384244 et al 90/009,815 COCKS 103(a) PATENT OWNER: TREGO, HINES & LADENHEIM, PLLC GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: Mark F. Smith EXAMINER DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES original EXAMINER WHITE, DWAYNE J

REISSUE

EXAMINER AFFIRMED

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2855 Ex Parte Budmiger 11/255,236 6,634,238 NAPPI 251 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC EXAMINER PATEL, HARSHAD R

We note that MPEP § 1414 (II)(C) states “[a]ny error in the claims must be identified by reference to the specific claim(s) and the specific claim language wherein lies the error.” MPEP § 1414(II)(C) also states “[a] statement of “. . . failure to include a claim directed to . . .” and then presenting a newly added claim, would not be considered [a] sufficient “error” statement because applicant has not pointed out what the other claims lacked that the newly added claim has, or vice versa. Such a statement would be no better than saying in the reissue oath or declaration that “this application is being filed to correct errors in the patent which may be noted from the change made by adding new claim 10. In both cases, the error has not been identified.”

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Puri et al 12/200,211 FREDMAN 103(a) FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) EXAMINER SHOMER, ISAAC

1617 Ex Parte Glenn et al 11/973,591 FREDMAN 103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER BUCKLEY, AUDREA

1633 Ex Parte Zimenkov et al 11/063,223 WALSH 112(1) written description/112(1) enablement CERMAK NAKAJIMA LLP EXAMINER POPA, ILEANA

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Ogasawara et al 10/897,409 TIMM 103(a) KUBOVCIK & KUBOVCIK EXAMINER ANTHONY, JULIAN

1741 Ex Parte Park et al 11/260,585 McKELVEY 102(b)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY EXAMINER MINSKEY, JACOB T

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Roye 10/690,674 DILLON 103(a) Walter J. Tencza Jr. EXAMINER RYAN, PATRICK A

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3694 Ex Parte Mirlas et al 10/286,921 KIM 101/103(a) IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER MILEF, ELDA G