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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Eidenschink et al 11282252 - (D) FREDMAN 102 VIDAS, ARRETT & STEINKRAUS, P.A. SZPIRA, JULIE ANN
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2432 Ex Parte Sima et al 11461767 - (D) THOMAS 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY OKEKE, IZUNNA
2441 Ex Parte Mao et al 11850192 - (D) COURTENAY 101/103 Howard H. Sheerin, Attorney at Law HIGA, BRENDAN Y
2445 Ex Parte Hofmann et al 11563897 - (D) ANDERSON 101/102 ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. WALL & TONG, LLP BIAGINI, CHRISTOPHER D
“[A]dding a ‘computer aided’ limitation to a claim covering an abstract concept, without more, is insufficient to render [a] claim patent eligible” where the claims “are silent as to how a computer aids the method, the extent to which a computer aids the method, or the significance of a computer to the performance of the method.” DealerTrack, Inc. v. Huber, 674 F.3d 1315, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2012); see MPEP § 2106(II)(B)(1)(a). Integral use of a machine or apparatus to achieve performance of the method weighs toward eligibility, as compared to where the machine or apparatus is merely an object on which the method operates, which weighs against eligibility. See CyberSource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc., 654 F.3d 1366, 1375 (Fed. Cir. 2011); MPEP § 2106(II)(B)(1)(b) .
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2898 Ex Parte Mani et al 11736562 - (D) BUSCH 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP / AMAT ABDELAZIEZ, YASSER A
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design 3742 Ex Parte Maev et al 11221545 - (D) OSINSKI 102/103 Chrysler Group LLC JENNISON, BRIAN W
