REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Schelberger et al 11322211 - (D) JENKS 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP PRYOR, ALTON NATHANIEL
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Sumakeris et al 11512800 - (D) OBERMANN 102/103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC ZERVIGON, RUDY
1765 Ex Parte FUJII et al 12350764 - (D) SMITH 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC LISTVOYB, GREGORY
1779 Ex Parte Han et al 10598662 - (D) PAK 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC ANDERSON, DENISE R
1791 Ex Parte Coleman et al 11250425 - (D) SMITH 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP Mondelez International, Inc. BEKKER, KELLY JO
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Dettinger et al 10720960 - (D) THOMAS 103 IBM CORPORATION DWIVEDI, MAHESH H
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2682 Ex Parte Castle et al 11361984 - (D) WINSOR 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY NGUYEN, NAM V
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2874 Ex Parte Falkenstein et al 11689584 - (D) WARD 102/103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY TRAN, HOANG Q
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex Parte Kismarton 11118594 - (D) CALVE 103 HUGH P. GORTLER LEE, BENJAMIN P
3665 Ex Parte Hannah et al 11277016 - (D) HOELTER 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP MAWARI, REDHWAN K
3665 Ex Parte Preston et al 11340264 - (D) ABRAMS 103 Lockheed Martin and Withrow & Terranova ALGAHAIM, HELAL A
3687 Ex Parte Smires et al 11606289 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 VONAGE GOYEA, OLUSEGUN
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3729 Ex Parte Sinclair 11166636 - (D) BROWN 103 MICROSOFT WESTMAN CHAMPLIN KIM, PAUL D
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Kovatchev et al 10524094 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(2)/102 101 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP CLOW, LORI A
The collection of a blood sample from a patient is a “well-understood, routine, conventional activity previously engaged in by researcher in the field” that is insufficient to transform an abstract idea into an eligible concept. See Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs, Inc., 132 S.Ct. at 1294-1298 (“Purely conventional or obvious‟ '[pre]-solution activity' is normally not sufficient to transform an unpatentable law of nature into a patent-eligible application of such a law.”); accord Perkinelmer, Inc. v. Intema Ltd., 2012 WL 5861658, *5 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (purely conventional “measuring” steps insufficient to make the claims reciting mental processes and natural laws patent-eligible).
Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 566 U.S. __, 132 S.Ct. 1289, 101 USPQ2d 1961 (2012) 2106.01
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1723 Ex Parte Krajewski et al 10765822 - (D) COLAIANNI 102 102 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC MAPLES, JOHN S
1779 Ex Parte Frye et al 11569302 - (D) GARRIS 103 103 PRICE HENEVELD LLP FORTUNA, ANA M
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte Arnold et al 10499275 - (D) BENOIT 103 103 SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS BENGZON, GREG C
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Armenise 11399689 - (D) BROWN 103 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Clifford Kraft NGUYEN, KIEN T
3727 Ex Parte Wood et al 10301999 - (D) McCARTHY 103 103 HUGH P. GORTLER SHAKERI, HADI
3767 Ex Parte McRae et al 11472793 - (D) OSINSKI 103 103 Covidien HALL, DEANNA K
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Claus-Herz et al 11577149 - (D) JENKS 103 Bausch & Lomb Incorporated YU, HONG
1615 Ex Parte Miller et al 11651444 - (D) PRATS 102/103/obviousness-type double-patenting DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP LEVY, NEIL S
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Moorlag et al 11615136 - (D) GARRIS 103 XEROX CORPORATION C/O FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP WALTERS JR, ROBERT S
1731 Ex Parte Lewis et al 11689688 - (D) PRAISS 103 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. MARCANTONI, PAUL D
1741 Ex Parte Thellier et al 10550736 - (D) WARREN 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA
1754 Ex Parte Kruger et al 10555137 - (D) SMITH 103 Siemens Corporation RIPA, BRYAN D
1761 Ex Parte Seo et al 11659900 - (D) McKELVEY 102/103 37 CFR § 41.50(b) 103 Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz AHVAZI, BIJAN
1783 Ex Parte Rao et al 11208974 - (D) OBERMANN 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP KHATRI, PRASHANT J
1793 Ex Parte Hitchcock et al 11194176 - (D) SCHAFER 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. HEGGESTAD, HELEN F
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte Masurkar 10875329 - (D) BENOIT 103 Oracle America BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./ SUN / STK KO, CHAE M
2177 Ex Parte Battagin et al 10858188 - (D) MORGAN 112(b)/103 MICROSOFT MERCHANT & GOULD FABER, DAVID
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte James et al 11097481 - (D) HOMERE 103 THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. TILAHUN, ALAZAR
The prior art structure must be capable of performing the function without further programming. Typhoon Touch Techs., Inc. v. Dell, Inc., 659 F.3d 1376, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (discussing Microprocessor Enhancement Corp. v. Texas Instruments, Inc., 520 F.3d 1367 (Fed.Cir.2008)). When the functional language is associated with programming or some other structure required to perform the function, that programming or structure must be present in order to meet the claim limitation. Id.
2427 Ex Parte Vance et al 11018519 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC, P.A. ALATA, YASSIN
2427 Ex Parte Levy 10797920 - (D) MORGAN 102/103 DIGIMARC CORPORATION CORBO, NICHOLAS T
2439 Ex Parte Van Vugt 10516149 - (D) KRIVAK 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J
2473 Ex Parte Masui et al 11798659 - (D) STEPHENS 103 MATTINGLY & MALUR, PC NGUYEN, STEVEN H D
2478 Ex Parte Brown et al 10732077 - (D) STEPHENS 103 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O'KEEFE, LLP LI, GUANG W
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Subramanian 11179356 - (D) MacDONALD 102 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP HA, DAC V
2641 Ex Parte Agapi et al 10744254 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 101 CAREY, RODRIGUEZ, GREENBERG & O''KEEFE, LLP AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE
2645 Ex Parte Toyoshima 12190756 - (D) McKONE 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES TORRES, MARCOS L
2649 Ex Parte Kim 11583397 - (D) DIXON 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. LIAO, HSINCHUN
2663 Ex Parte Levien et al 11404381 - (D) HUGHES 102/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC TREHAN, AKSHAY
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2832 Ex Parte Abram et al 11964062 - (D) WARD 103 PAMELA A. KACHUR LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN
2835 Ex Parte Yen 11639208 - (D) WINSOR 102 LEONG C. LEI THOMAS, BRADLEY H
2837 Ex Parte Amato et al 10534124 - (D) ARPIN 103 NIXON PEABODY, LLP GORDON, BRYAN P
2884 Ex Parte Schell et al 11602554 - (D) SAADAT 103 INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY PRODUCTS WILLIAM J. DAVIS LEE, SHUN K
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Thiers 11400190 - (D) REIMERS 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC LAUX, JESSICA L
3641 Ex Parte Boyer 10800403 - (D) ASTORINO 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 OBERIKALER C/O ROYAL W CRAIG JOHNSON, STEPHEN
3677 Ex Parte Fink et al 10524811 - (D) CAPP 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP BATSON, VICTOR D
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Alt 10622184 - (D) SNEDDEN 102 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) SZMAL, BRIAN SCOTT
3746 Ex Parte Seibel et al 11750783 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103/obviousness-type-double patenting HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. FREAY, CHARLES GRANT
3749 Ex Parte Dowst et al 10603947 - (D) GREENHUT 112(2)/102/103 Harris Beach/Syracuse PRICE, CARL D
3762 Ex Parte OBRIEN 10969397 - (D) HORNER 103 Greatbatch Ltd. PATTON, AMANDA K
3762 Ex Parte Houben et al 11742011 - (D) ADAMS Concurring GRIMES 112(1)/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) HOLMES, REX R
3775 Ex Parte Re et al 11206892 - (D) BONILLA 103 Covidien LP BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT
