REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1645 Ex Parte Beumer et al 10344226 - (D) SNEDDEN 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC HINES, JANA A
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1711 Ex Parte Rosenbauer et al 11794519 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION OSTERHOUT, BENJAMIN LEE
1722 Ex Parte Field et al 11006060 - (D) CRUMBLEY 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY KELLY, CYNTHIA HARRIS
1732 Ex Parte Chettouf et al 12307937 - (D) CRUMBLEY 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY LI, JUN
1777 Ex Parte Lin et al 12414373 - (D) HANLON 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP XU, XIAOYUN
1782 Ex Parte Hashimoto et al 10471996 - (D) TIMM 103 OLIFF & BERRIDGE, PLC JACOBSON, MICHELE LYNN
1787 Ex Parte Lam et al 10898882 - (D) KRATZ 102 BrooksGroup JACKSON, MONIQUE R
1788 Ex Parte Creasy 11143333 - (D) NAGUMO 103 HARNESS, DICKEY, & PIERCE, P.L.C DESAI, ANISH P
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Salazar 10324612 - (D) DIXON 102/103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC AL HASHEMI, SANA A
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte Jiang 11245531 - (D) HUGHES 103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION HUSSAIN, FARRUKH
2457 Ex Parte Chen et al 10900795 - (D) WINSOR 102/103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 101/103 IBM Corporation (SAUL-END) C/O Saul Ewing LLP KIM, HEE SOO
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2853 Ex Parte Vasudevan et al 11372967 - (D) FRAHM 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SHAH, MANISH S
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Sade 11364955 - (D) McCARTHY 102/103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC KWIECINSKI,RYAN D
3654 Ex Parte Ach 12403026 - (D) RICE 103 WOLFF & SAMSON, P.C. KRUER, STEFAN
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Kurzweil 10735294 - (D) BROWN 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (BO) MOSSER, KATHLEEN MICHELE
3721 Ex Parte Karogal 11142586 - (D) SMITH 103 HAHN LOESER / LINCOLN ELVE, MARIA ALEXANDRA
3736 Ex Parte Speeg et al 12038359 - (D) SNEDDEN 103 Devicor Medical Products, Inc. c/o Frost Brown Todd LLC NGUYEN, HUONG Q
3744 Ex Parte Jackman 11829169 - (D) KERINS 103 BEUSSE WOLTER SANKS MORA & MAIRE, P. A. TYLER, CHERYL JACKSON
3767 Ex Parte Cheng et al 11954408 - (D) ADAMS 103 VIDAS, ARRETT & STEINKRAUS, P.A. BOSWORTH, KAMI A
3775 Ex Parte Horan et al 11361245 - (D) JENKS 102/103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1641 Ex Parte Quinn et al 10152745 - (D) MILLS 103 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED HAQ, SHAFIQUL
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2169 Ex Parte Theis 11191405 - (D) HUGHES 101 103 IBM (ROC-BLF) C/O BIGGERS & OHANIAN, LLP CHAU, DUNG K
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Ex Parte Dunko et al 11315867 - (D) HOFF 103 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC, P.A. BATISTA, MARCOS
2649 Ex Parte Hillyard 12338927 - (D) COURTENAY 102 102 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP (Broadcom) NGUYEN, HAI V
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 Ex Parte Ruby et al 11402198 - (D) ASTORINO 112(1)/102/103 112(1)/112(2) James C. Wray BRADEN, SHAWN M
3767 Ex Parte Christenson 12105441 - (D) JENKS 103 103 MUETING, RAASCH & GEBHARDT, P.A. CARPENTER, WILLIAM R
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Berlin 11055338 - (D) SCHEINER 103 WYETH LLC MAEWALL, SNIGDHA
“In cases involving overlapping ranges . . . even a slight overlap in range establishes a prima facie case of obviousness.” In re Peterson, 315 F.3d 1325, 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2003). Moreover,
Selecting a narrow range from within a somewhat broader range disclosed in a prior art reference is no less obvious than identifying a range that simply overlaps a disclosed range. In fact, when . . . the claimed ranges are completely encompassed by the prior art, the conclusion is even more compelling than in cases of mere overlap. . . . [A] prior art reference that discloses a range encompassing a somewhat narrower claimed range is sufficient to establish a prima facie case of obviousness.
(Id. at 1329-1330.)
Peterson, In re, 315 F.3d 1325, 65 USPQ2d 1379 (Fed. Cir. 2003) 716.02(d), 2144.05
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1762 Ex Parte Molaire 10887968 - (D) METZ 103 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS
1764 Ex Parte Wenz et al 11725388 - (D) HANLON 103/obviousness-type double patenting Baker Donelson Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC KRYLOVA, IRINA
1776 Ex Parte Gidner 11666694 - (D) KATZ 103 MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL, P.C. STELLING, LUCAS A
1791 Ex Parte Melisch et al 11881533 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 BERESKIN & PARR LLP/S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l. ANDERSON, JERRY W
1792 Ex Parte Rossin 11579402 - (D) HANLON 103 LADAS & PARRY THAKUR, VIREN A
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Winter 10805888 - (D) HUME 112(2)/103 Robert W. Winter MYINT, DENNIS Y
2173 Ex Parte HONG 12262818 - (D) COURTENAY 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. SHIH, HAOSHIAN
2198 Ex Parte Wade 10881663 - (D) CHEN 102/103 LSI CORPORATION TECKLU, ISAACTUKU
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte Kamperman 10521858 - (D) FISHMAN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS SCHWARTZ, DARREN B
2457 Ex Parte Meiri et al 11083486 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 MUIRHEAD AND SATURNELLI, LLC NANO, SARGON N
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2648 Ex Parte Liu 11391018 - (D) KRIVAK 103 COATS & BENNETT/SONY ERICSSON PEREZ, ANGELICA
2682 Ex Parte Graef 11738626 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102/103 Hamilton,DeSanctis & Cha (LSI) LABBEES, EDNY
2683 Ex Parte Fitzgibbon et al 10715988 - (D) MOORE 112(1)/103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP HOLLOWAY III, EDWIN C
2683 Ex Parte Rofougaran et al 11377815 - (D) KRIVAK 103 GARLICK & MARKISON YANG, JAMES J
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte Sato et al 10495865 - (D) COURTENAY 103 Rader Fishman & Grauer GOLUB-MILLER, MARCIA A
2829 Ex Parte Giles et al 11559572 - (D) WHITEHED, JR. 102/103 Infineon Technologies AG c/o Schiff Hardin LLP TRAN, THANH Y
2871 Ex Parte Choi et al 11217399 - (D) McKEOWN 103 Innovation Counsel LLP BRIGGS, NATHANAEL R
2894 Ex Parte Rueger et al 10924707 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP GRAYBILL, DAVID E
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3645 Ex Parte Kilper et al 11616917 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102 WALL & TONG, LLP/ ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. BOLDA, ERICL
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Marshall et al 10958193 - (D) GROSSMAN 103 ROPES & GRAY LLP MOSSER, KATHLEEN MICHELE
3746 Ex Parte McCormick et al 10533329 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 GRACO MINNESOTA INC BAYOU, AMENE SETEGNE
3788 Ex Parte Edenfield 11281543 - (D) SPAHN 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 102/103 James C. Wray NEWAY,BLAINE GIRMA
REHEARING
GRANTED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Grilliot et al 11375735 - (D) HORNER 103 HONEYWELL/WOOD PHILLIPS DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE
The Examiner relies on In re Rose, 220 F.2d 459 (CCPA 1955) for the proposition that “[a] change in size is generally recognized as being within the level of ordinary skill in the art.” Ans. 8.
The Examiner’s reliance on In re Rose is misplaced... The court in Rose did not address a modification in which the size of a particular component of the article is modified without a respective size change in the remaining components...
Rose, In re, 220 F.2d 459, 105 USPQ 237 (CCPA 1955) 2144.04
