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

Thursday, February 23, 2012

thorner

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Takigawa et al 11/707,008 WALSH 102(b)/103(a)/nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP EXAMINER GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte Evans et al 11/823,993 LORIN 112(2)/103(a) MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP HARTFORD EXAMINER DELCOTTO, GREGORY R

1763 Ex Parte Krause et al 12/009,873 SMITH 103(a) BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE LLC EXAMINER LEONARD, MICHAEL L

1778 Ex Parte Rosenblatt et al 11/625,397 SMITH 103(a) JOEL I. ROSENBLATT EXAMINER ANDERSON, DENISE R

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2192 Ex Parte LaFontaine 10/333,655 POTHIER 102(e)/103(a) ARTHUR G. SCHAIER CARMODY & TORRANCE LLP EXAMINER DAO, THUY CHAN

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2433 Ex Parte Ferri et al 10/718,064 DIXON 102(e)/103(a) IBM CORP. (WIP) c/o WALDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. EXAMINER TRAN, ELLEN C

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Nyland 10/848,829 McCARTHY 102(b)/103(a) Merchant & Gould P.C. EXAMINER POON, PETER M

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Howland et al 10/145,840 WALSH 103(a) FULWIDER PATTON LLP EXAMINER SZMAL, BRIAN SCOTT

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1798 Ex Parte Takigawa et al 11/383,889 SMITH 103(a) 102(b)/103(a) LAUBSCHER & LAUBSCHER, P.C. EXAMINER JUSKA, CHERYL ANN

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Brunedal et al 11/907,965 BARRETT 103(a) 103(a) NOVAK, DRUCE + QUIGG L.L.P. - PERGO EXAMINER WENDELL, MARK R

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Warkentine et al 11/752,105 FREDMAN 101/102(b)/103(a) 102(b)/103(a) RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP EXAMINER HOBAN, MELISSA A

3774 Ex Parte LAZZARA et al 09/237,605 HORNER 103(a) 103(a) NIXON PEABODY, LLP EXAMINER PREBILIC, PAUL B


REEXAMINATION

REVERSED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2603 Ex Parte 5388101 et al Ex parte EON Corp. IP Holdings, LLC, Appellant and Patent Owner 90/010,383 TURNER 103(a) DAFFER MCDANIEL LLP EXAMINER FOSTER, ROLAND G original EXAMINER CHIN, WELLINGTON

REVERSED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2172 Ex Parte 6,253,216 et al Ex parte Tele-Publishing, Inc., Appellant and Patent Owner 90/010,792 TURNER 102(e)/103(a) NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP EXAMINER ESCALANTE, OVIDIO original EXAMINER KINDRED, ALFORD W


AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Fisch 10/381,225 MILLS 103(a) Ira J Schaefer , Esq. Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P. EXAMINER JAGOE, DONNA A

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Blacker et al NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC 11/482,103 SMITH 103(a) EXAMINER BURKHART, ELIZABETH A

1774 Ex Parte McCLANAHAN et al 11/954,281 SMITH 103(a) HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC BASF CORPORATION EXAMINER JANCA, ANDREW JOSEPH

1777 Ex Parte Beplate 10/387,854 SMITH 103(a) Thompson E. Fehr EXAMINER MENON, KRISHNAN S

3723 Ex Parte Dilger et al 10/858,654 HORNER 103(a) COLLARD & ROE, P.C. EXAMINER REDDING, DAVID A

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 Ex Parte Witecha 11/043,179 PER CURIAM 103(a) LOWE HAUPTMAN HAM & BERNER, LLP EXAMINER BATTULA, PRADEEP CHOUDARY

And even assuming that were so, this mere description of Appellant’s preferred embodiment would not be a clear and unmistakable disclaimer of the plain meaning of “mailer” given above.

See
Thorner v. Sony Computer, No. 2011-1114, slip op. at 7 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 1, 2012) (“It is likewise not enough that the only embodiments, or all of the embodiments, contain a particular limitation. We do not read limitations from the specification into claims; we do not redefine words. Only the patentee can do that. To constitute disclaimer, there must be a clear and unmistakable disclaimer.”).

3764 Ex Parte Osborn et al 11/651,746 SCHEINER 102(b)/103(a)/nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY EXAMINER ANDERSON, CATHARINE L

3764 Ex Parte Wheeler et al 11/800,343 ADAMS 103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER ANDERSON, CATHARINE L