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

Thursday, May 3, 2012

REVERSED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Ferris et al 10/836,516 GAUDETTE 112(1)/103(a) CANTOR COLBURN LLP DHINGRA, RAKESH KUMAR

1726 Ex Parte Tamura et al 11/234,239 HOUSEL 102(b)/103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LEWIS, BEN

1774 Ex Parte Steuerwald et al 10/515,306 GAUDETTE 103(a) BACON & THOMAS, PLLC RAMDHANIE, BOBBY

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte Trantow 10/280,889 WINSOR 102(e) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN LLP SALL, EL HADJI MALICK

It has been suggested that “[a] claim drawn to such a computer readable medium that covers both transitory and non-transitory embodiments may be amended to narrow the claim to cover only statutory embodiments to avoid a rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 101 by adding the limitation ‘non-transitory’ to the claim.” David J. Kappos, Subject Matter Eligibility of Computer Readable Media, 1351 OFF. GAZ. PAT. OFFICE 212 (Feb. 23, 2010).

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Fulton et al 10/839,112 MILLS 103(a) WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC SZMAL, BRIAN SCOTT

AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1786 Ex Parte Deka 11/711,495 OWENS 102(e)/103(a) DORITY & MANNING, P.A. CHRISS, JENNIFER A

1787 Ex Parte Brown 11/157,617 GAUDETTE 103(a)/112(1)/112(2) E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY FREEMAN, JOHN D

1787 Ex Parte Brown 11/195,325 GAUDETTE 102(e)/103(a)/112(2) E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY FREEMAN, JOHN D