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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

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REVERSED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Bernaski et al 10903321 - (D) OBERMANN 103 PRATT & WHITNEY LUND, JEFFRIE ROBERT


see In re Rouffet, 149 F.3d 1350, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (“hindsight” is inferred when the specific understanding or principle leading to the modification of the prior art is not adequately explained).

Rouffet, In re, 149 F.3d 1350, 47 USPQ2d 1453 (Fed. Cir. 1998) . . . . . . . . . 1216.01


1777 Ex Parte Vuong 11607158 - (D) KRATZ 102/103 FULWIDER PATTON LLP FORTUNA, ANA M

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex Parte Muller et al 11168601 - (D) THOMAS 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O''KEEFE, LLP QUELER, ADAM M

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Levy et al 09952475 - (D) ZECHER 103 Foley & Lardner LLP TIV, BACKHEAN

2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Zerbe et al 11455252 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 112(1)/112(2)/102 SILICON EDGE LAW GROUP, LLP TORRES, JUAN A

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Lawrence et al 10887634 - (D) FITZPATRICK 103 Steven J. Rosen HEINRICH, SAMUEL M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2191 Ex Parte Bennett et al 10906524 - (D) THOMAS 103 101 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP BROPHY, MATTHEW J

Significantly, “[a]bstract software code is an idea without physical embodiment.” Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp., 550 U.S. 437, 449 (2007).

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Matsumura et al 11171953 - (D) PRATS 103 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP PLLC MEDWAY, SCOTT J

AFFIRMED
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 Ex Parte Charkoudian 10414980 - (D) METZ 103 EMD Millipore Corporation MENON, KRISHNAN S


2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security

2451 Ex Parte Doyle et al 09943562 - (D) ZECHER 103 STEVENS & SHOWALTER, L.L.P. BOX IBM DIVECHA, KAMAL B

2600 Communications
2627 Ex Parte Shin et al 11011033 - (D) GONSALVES 103 STAAS & HALSEY LLP SIMPSON, LIXI CHOW

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte Kim et al 11257119 - (D) BISK 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP BENSON, WALTER

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 Ex Parte Packard 12004324 - (D) ABRAMS 112(1)/112(1)/103 THOMAS G. PACKARD ACKUN, JACOB K

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2172 Ex parte VISTAPRINT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, Appellant 90009295 90009315 6247011 08/982,438 SIU 103 VISTA PRINT USA, INC. WOOD, WILLIAM H original COLBERT, ELLA

3624 Ex parte VISTAPRINT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, Appellant 90009313 90009296 6631375 09/204,388 SIU 103 VISTA PRINT USA, INC WOOD, WILLIAM H original COLBERT, ELLA