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

Friday, June 1, 2012

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REVERSED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Austin et al 10/797,704 COLAIANNI 103(a) VIDAS, ARRETT & STEINKRAUS, P.A. Richard A. Arrett  EDWARDS, LAURA ESTELLE

1761 Ex Parte Khan et al 10/851,580 GARRIS 103(a) GAF MATERIALS CORPORATION SZEKELY, PETER A

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Khan Alicherry et al 10/722,651 BARRY 102(e) Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP SILVER, DAVID

2156 Ex Parte Merchant et al 11/051,200 HUGHES 102(e) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY AL HASHEMI, SANA A

2159 Ex Parte Murthy et al 11/256,527 DANG 103(a) HICKMAN PALERMO TRUONG BECKER BINGHAM WONG/ORACLE CONYERS, DAWAUNE A

2168 Ex Parte Arora et al 10/949,102 NAPPI 102(b)/103(a) HICKMAN PALERMO TRUONG BECKER BINGHAM WONG/ORACLE MOBIN, HASANUL

2178 Ex Parte Saito et al 11/071,230 THOMAS 101/102(b) SUGHRUE MION, PLLC VAUGHN, GREGORY J

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2826 Ex Parte Yamazaki et al 10/878,654 MANTIS MERCADER 103(a) Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office, P.C. DICKEY, THOMAS L

2833 Ex Parte Fedde et al 11/069,102 HOFF 103(a) MUETING, RAASCH & GEBHARDT, P.A. CHUNG TRANS, XUONG MY

2833 Ex Parte Minich 11/678,775 HOFF 102(b)/103(a) WOODCOCK WASHBURN, LLP LE, THANH TAM T

2856 Ex Parte Dwyer et al 11/419,938 PER CURIAM 112(1)/102(e)/103(a) HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. FAYYAZ, NASHMIYA SAQIB

2857 Ex Parte Green et al 10/570,742 MANTIS MERCADER 102(b) MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP LAU, TUNG S

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Anderson 11/033,586 McCARTHY 102(e)/103(a) Medtronic, Inc (Spinal/Krieg DeVault) COTRONEO, STEVEN J

3733 Ex Parte Wolford et al 11/387,282 GREEN 102(b)/103(a) TAYLOR IP, P.C. COMSTOCK, DAVID C

3761 Ex Parte Gilbert et al 11/601,946 SCHEINER 102(b)/103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY CHAPMAN, GINGER T

3761 Ex Parte Karapasha et al 10/994,075 BONILLA 102(b)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103(a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY ZALUKAEVA, TATYANA

3764 Ex Parte Bewick-Sonntag et al 10/422,670 MILLS 102(b)/103a) THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY ANDERSON, CATHARINE L

3775 Ex Parte Block et al 10/956,181 LEE 103(a) BARNES & THORNBURG LLP BATES, DAVID W

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Friske et al 11/106,404 COLAIANNI 102(b)/103(a) 103(a)
CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. CAPOZZI, CHARLES
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Roesner et al 10/847,175 POTHIER 102(b) 102(b)/103(a) FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP PHAM, KHANH B

2197 Ex Parte Li et al 09/955,764 DANG 103(a) 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY RUTTEN, JAMES D

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2472 Ex Parte Hassink et al 10/322,814 BAUMEISTER 112(2)/103(a) 112(2)/101 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC QURESHI, AFSAR M

See, e.g., Ex parte Shealy, No. 2006-1601, at 36 (BPAI Apr. 23, 2007) (informative) (An expanded panel of this tribunal sustained the Examiner’s rejection of the claims under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as being directed to non-statutory subject matter because the Specification expressly stated that “the computer-readable medium could even be paper.”).

2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Ott 10/532,231 STEPHENS 103(a) 102(b)/103(a) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. LU, SHIRLEY

2613 Ex Parte Sawyers et al 10/357,857 BARRY 112(1) 103(a) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED LEUNG, WAI LUN

2624 Ex Parte McKinley et al 10/053,488 CHEN 102(e) 103(a) Foley & Lardner LLP CHEN, WENPENG

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Iida 10/499,907 HOFF 103(a) 103(a) OSHA LIANG L.L.P. VU, HIEN D

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Salvadori et al 11/362,659 STAICOVICI 103(a) 102(b) Tyco Healthcare Group LP d/b/a Covidien DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK

3739 Ex Parte Francischelli et al 10/844,213 FRANKLIN 103(a) 103(a) Medtronic CardioVascular PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F

AFFIRMED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1637 Ex Parte Bischoff et al 11/692,115 ADAMS 103(a) FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI, LLP WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Choi 11/139,349 HANLON 103(a) PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX CHEN, KEATH T

1716 Ex Parte Donis 11/063,788 HOUSEL 103(a) RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP FORD, NATHAN K

1716 Ex Parte Toshima 11/826,336 TORCZON 103(a) NIXON PEABODY, LLP CHANDRA, SATISH

1732 Ex Parte Wang et al 11/639,941 SMITH 103(a) GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY LI, JUN

1744 Ex Parte Rauwendaal 11/101,973 GUEST 103(a) Patent Law Office of Larry Guernsey LEYSON, JOSEPH S

1746 Ex Parte Dronzek 10/674,116 SMITH 103(a) HEDMAN & COSTIGAN, P.C. GOFF II, JOHN L

1766 Ex Parte Saito et al 11/921,865 PRAISS 102(b)/103(a) KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP DOLLINGER, MICHAEL M

1774 Ex Parte Levitt et al 11/923,410 McKELVEY 37 CFR § 41.50(b) 103(a) ECOLAB USA INC. VANDEUSEN, CHRISTOPHER

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte Deng et al 10/797,266 DANG 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SOMERS, MARC S

2179 Ex Parte Parimi 10/904,934 HOMERE 103(a) HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC LO, WEILUN

2191 Ex Parte Cote et al 09/790,283 McNAMARA 103(a) FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP VO, TED T

2193 Ex Parte Kanoor et al 10/826,481 HUGHES 102(a)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY WANG, JUE S

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2477 Ex Parte Boer et al 10/859,752 FRAHM 103(a) KENYON & KENYON LLP SEFCHECK, GREGORY B

2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Zahorsky 10/873,613 COURTENAY 103(a) VENABLE LLP MENBERU, BENIYAM

2628 Ex Parte Cannon et al 10/810,283 BARRY 112(2)/103(a) EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY SAMS, MICHELLE L

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Mirafzal et al 11/541,623 DANG 102(b)/103(a) Rockwell Automation, Inc./FY CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY

2856 Ex Parte Boos et al 10/483,157 MANTIS MERCADER 103(a) GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. FRANK, RODNEY T

2857 Ex Parte Sundaresan et al 11/271,156 MANTIS MERCADER 101/103(a) MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC CHARIOUI, MOHAMED

2858 Ex Parte Haase 10/594,285 HOFF 102(e)/102(b) MICHAEL J. STRIKER PHAN, HUY Q
 
3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
1775 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. v. Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electro-Mechanics America, Inc. Requester and Respondent Patent Owner and Appellant 95/001,267 90/010,861 6377439 ROBERTSON 102(b)/103(a) MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. C/O KEATING & BENNETT, LLP DIAMOND, ALAN D original LAM, CATHY FONG FONG

REHEARING
 
DENIED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte Kim et al 11/191,018 PAK 103(a) H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC ENIN-OKUT, EDU E