REVERSED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1637 Ex Parte Bard et al 11/159,412 MILLS 102(a) FOLEY & LARDNER LLP EXAMINER CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3618 Ex Parte Steins 11/300,006 SPAHN 102(b) Karl M. Steins Steins & Associates EXAMINER OLSZEWSKI, JOHN
3673 Ex Parte Hollander 11/701,980 KAUFFMAN 103(a) LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK EXAMINER SANTOS, ROBERT G
Gzybowski’s flexible bag type container, when modified as proposed by the Examiner, could be opened by an adult, thwarting Gzybowski’s purpose of providing a tamperproof container, and rendering Gzybowski’s container unsuitable for its intended purpose. See Tec Air, Inc. v. Denso Mfg. Michigan Inc., 192 F.3d 1353, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (Where the proposed modification would render the prior art invention being modified unsatisfactory for its intended purpose, the proposed modification would not have been obvious.).
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Haugaard 10/570,764 KAUFFMAN 103(a) ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. EXAMINER FOX, JOHN C
AFFIRMED
2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2456 Ex Parte Puri et al 10/191,892 ZECHER 103(a) WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP EXAMINER NGUYEN, VAN KIM T
