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1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Hatfield et al 10736155 - (D) ERIC GRIMES 103 USDA-ARS-OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER NATIONAL CTR FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH PRYOR, ALTON NATHANIEL
1631 Ex Parte Bangera et al 11807336 - (D) GREEN obviousness-type double patenting THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND CLARENCE T. TEGREENE BRUSCA, JOHN S
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Bengston et al 11113968 - (D) OWENS 103 Whirlpool Patents Company - MD 0750 HECKERT, JASON MARK
1712 Ex Parte Compains et al 10582927 - (D) OWENS 102/103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION WALDBAUM, SAMUEL A
1722 Ex Parte CHANG et al 11427017 - (D) HANLON 112(2)/103/obviousness-type double patenting HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP DUDA, KATHLEEN
1727 Ex Parte Fagley et al 11130804 - (D) BEST 102/103 General Motors Corporation MARTIN, ANGELA J
1742 Ex Parte Isobe et al 11464346 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP KHARE, ATUL P
1781 Ex Parte Clark McIver et al 10390905 - (D) HANLON 103 WINSTON & STRAWN LLP BEKKER, KELLY JO
1785 Ex Parte Stork et al 11478167 - (D) KRATZ 103 Cozen O'Connor HESS, BRUCE H
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Schacher et al 11396673 - (D) HUGHES 102 RSW IP Law IBM CORPORATION LE, THU NGUYET T
2172 Ex Parte Martin 10967446 - (D) SMITH 103 MARTIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC ENGLAND, SARA M
2175 Ex Parte Janakiraman et al 11456230 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. Dissenting HOMERE 102/103 IBM CORP (YA) VU, THANH T
2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2431 Ex Parte Wasilewski et al 10602987 - (D) GONSALVES 102 MERCHANT & GOULD SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY CHAI, LONGBIT
2431 Ex Parte Wasilewski et al 10602986 - (D) GONSALVES 102/103 MERCHANT & GOULD SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY CHAI, LONGBIT
2431 Ex Parte Wasilewski et al 10602988 - (D) GONSALVES 102 MERCHANT & GOULD SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY CHAI, LONGBIT
2451 Ex Parte Bagsby 10402392 - (D) GIANNETTI 102/obviousness-type double patenting AT & T LEGAL DEPARTMENT - Toler DIVECHA, KAMAL B
We start with the well-settled proposition that “[i]n the absence of evidence to the contrary, we must presume that the use of different terms in the claims connotes different meanings.” CAE Screenplates Inc. v. Heinrich Fiedler GmbH & Co. KG, 224 F.3d 1308, 1317 (Fed. Cir. 2000).
2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Shafer et al 11144883 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Tyco International LABBEES, EDNY
2612 Ex Parte Junker et al 11490645 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck WONG, ALBERT KANG
2625 Ex Parte Fischer et al 10844993 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY VO, QUANG N
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Renntoft 10468292 - (D) GREENHUT 103
VENABLE LLP GISHNOCK, NIKOLAI A
3721 Ex Parte Buchenau et al 11639605 - (D) SAINDON 103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C
3725 Ex Parte Schroth et al 11671493 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 Quinn Law Group, PLLC EKIERT, TERESA M
3742 Ex Parte Miki et al 10505453 - (D) CALVE 102/103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. ELVE, MARIA ALEXANDRA
3761 Ex Parte Bertrand et al 11605936 - (D) GRIMES 103 IPLM GROUP, P.A. MARCETICH, ADAM M
3763 Ex Parte Kanamura et al 11501672 - (D) JENKS 103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP PLLC HOLLOWAY, IAN KNOBEL
3766 Ex Parte Struble et al 11380353 - (D) MARTIN 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) PORTER, JR, GARY A
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Bangera et al 11724593 - (D) GREEN 112(1)/obviousness-type double patenting obviousness-type double patenting THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND CLARENCE T. TEGREENE BRUSCA, JOHN S
2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Mohammed 10116186 - (D) GONSALVES 103 103 ADELI & TOLLEN, LLP IQBAL, KHAWAR
2629 Ex Parte Daly 10973157 - (D) SMITH 103 103 CHERNOFF VILHAUER MCCLUNG & STENZEL, LLP SHERMAN, STEPHEN G
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Drader et al 10857966 - (D) COURTENAY 103 103 Research in Motion Corp./CR AMRANY, ADI
3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Kissner et al 10707570 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 PITNEY BOWES INC. ALMATRAHI, FARIS S
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Hahn et al 11517724 - (D) ASTORINO 112(2)/103 103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB WEEKS, GLORIA R
3735 Ex Parte Castillo et al 10860829 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1)/103 103 FREILICH, HORNBAKER & ROSEN MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN
3738 Ex Parte Wyss et al 11121408 - (D) WALSH 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP MILLER, CHERYL L
See also, In re Kubin, 561 F.3d 1351, 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (“This court cannot, in the face of KSR, cling to formalistic rules for obviousness, customize its legal tests for specific scientific fields in ways that deem entire classes of prior art teachings irrelevant, or discount the significant abilities of artisans of ordinary skill in an advanced area of art”)
3764 Ex Parte Dyer et al 11342936 - (D) HOELTER 103 102/103 TERENCE P. O'BRIEN AMER SPORTS NORTH AMERICA THANH, LOAN H
AFFIRMED
1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1629 Ex Parte Kucharik 10846822 - (D) SCHEINER 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP SPIVACK, PHYLLIS G
1654 Ex Parte Ishikawa et al 11891331 - (D) GREEN 103 THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND CLARENCE T. TEGREENE SKOWRONEK, KARLHEINZ R
1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Elhamid et al 11450793 - (D) OWENS 103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION DOUYETTE, KENNETH J
1772 Ex Parte Dath et al 10719267 - (D) WARREN 103 David J. Alexander Fina Technology, Inc. DANG, THUAN D
1782 Ex Parte Harrington 11316149 - (D) HANLON 103 GENERAL MILLS, INC. DYE, RENA
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2127 Ex Parte Chen 09944969 - (D) HUGHES 101/112(2)/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY ROBERTSON, DAVID
2191 Ex Parte Gehman et al 10816213 - (D) HUGHES 103 LSI Logic Corporation RAMPURIA, SATISH
2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Brooks 09956688 - (D) JEFFERY 103 GAZDZINSKI & ASSOCIATES, PC SCHNURR, JOHN R
2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Ashikhmin et al 10835085 - (D) HUGHES 102/103 Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP KIM, KEVIN
2612 Ex Parte Adamczyk et al 10899855 - (D) KRIVAK 103 AT&T Legal Department - CC SWARTHOUT, BRENT
2612 Ex Parte Smith et al 11486494 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Delphi Technologies, Inc. MCNALLY, KERRI L
2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Schmitt 11123265 - (D) COURTENAY 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - APPM/TX MALEK, MALIHEH
2816 Ex Parte Kocaman et al 11116160 - (D) HOFF 103 Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP C/O Intellevate TRA, ANH QUAN
2823 Ex Parte Gasner et al 11737395 - (D) SMITH 103 Fogg & Powers LLC/Intersil Americas LLC LEE, HSIEN MING
2856 Ex Parte Hobert 10888824 - (D) SMITH 103 Johns Manville ROGERS, DAVID A
2872 Ex Parte Schmidt 11506123 - (D) SCHAFER 103 Dickinson Wright PLLC DOAK, JENNIFER L
2884 Ex Parte Kindem et al 10776645 - (D) SMITH 112(1)/112(2)/103 Law Office of Scott C Harris Inc LEE, SHUN K
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Rosenberg 09823943 - (D) FITZPATRICK 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP CEGIELNIK, URSZULA M
3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2771 Ex parte NETAPP, INC., Appellant and Patent Owner 90009103 90008903 5819292 08/454,921 ARBES 102 CESARI AND MCKENNA, LLP CHOI, WOO H original LINTZ, PAUL R
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GRANTED
3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Hazebrouck et al 11860833 - (D) BONILLA 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102/103
BARNES & THORNBURG LLP HOBAN, MELISSA A
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