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

Friday, January 20, 2012

modine

REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Kish 11/654,431 ROBERTSON 103(a)/112(2) CHRISTOPHER JOHN RUDY EXAMINER GRESO, AARON J

“Such broadening usages as ‘about’ must be given reasonable scope; they must be viewed by the decisionmaker as they would be understood by persons experienced in the field of the invention. Although it is rarely feasible to attach a precise limit to ‘about,’ the usage can usually be understood in light of the technology embodied in the invention.” Modine Mfg. Co. v. U.S. ITC, 75 F.3d 1545, 1554 (Fed. Cir. 1996) (internal citations omitted).

1777 Ex Parte Sirkar et al 11/189,213 NAGUMO 103(a) MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP STAMFORD EXAMINER MENON, KRISHNAN S

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Kaminsky et al 10/321,356 DROESCH 102(a) CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP STEVEN M. GREENBERG EXAMINER NGUYEN BA, HOANG VU A

2494 Ex Parte Kruse 10/571,955 STEPHENS 101/102(b)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103(a) Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco PL EXAMINER ABRISHAMKAR, KAVEH

2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Lowe 10/847,542 NAPPI 103(a) Sheridan Ross P.C EXAMINER BROWN, VERNAL U

2614 Ex Parte Bruelle-Drews 10/528,870 HAHN 102(e) HARMAN - BRINKS HOFER INDY Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione EXAMINER LAO, LUN S


AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Nevill-Manning 10/608,270 JEFFERY 103(a) 103(a) HARRITY & HARRITY, LLP EXAMINER CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T

AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte Suzuki et al 12/104,068 GARRIS obviousness-type double patenting/103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER DOTE, JANIS L

1722 Ex Parte Shirasagi et al 10/579,211 PAK GAUDETTE HASTINGS PER CURIAM 103(a) RADER FISHMAN & GRAUER PLLC EXAMINER VERDERAME, ANNA L

1723 Ex Parte Maruyama 10/790,759 OWENS 103(a)/112(1) McDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY EXAMINER MOWLA, GOLAM

1734 Ex Parte Takada et al 10/509,156 SMITH 103(a) WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP EXAMINER ZHU, WEIPING

1745 Ex Parte Sias et al 11/015,845 SMITH 102(a)/102(b)/103(a) BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE EXAMINER KOCH, GEORGE R

1762 Ex Parte Miller et al 11/129,121 HASTINGS 103(a)/112(1) BARLOW, JOSEPHS & HOLMES, LTD. EXAMINER NERANGIS, VICKEY MARIE

1781 Ex Parte Ootsuka et al 10/472,033 OWENS 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER STULII, VERA

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Dettinger et al 10/992,398 ROBERTSON 103(a) IBM CORPORATION EXAMINER NGUYEN, THU N

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte Barth et al 11/932,170 WINSOR 103(a) PATTERSON THUENTE CHRISTENSEN PEDERSEN, P.A. EXAMINER STULTZ, JESSICA T

2834 Ex Parte Zafferri 11/558,274 BAUMEISTER 103(a) SNR DENTON US LLP EXAMINER DESAI, NAISHADH N

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3694 Ex Parte Naas et al 10/828,497 KIM 103(a) Reed Smith LLP EXAMINER MERCHANT, SHAHID R

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Yamamoto et al 11/352,357 COCKS 103(a) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC EXAMINER BASTIANELLI, JOHN

REHEARING

DENIED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Chane et al 10/306,752 POTHIER 103(a) BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD EXAMINER AHLUWALIA, NAVNEET K