REVERSED
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3723 Ex Parte Murray 11729359 - (D) HORNER 103 WOLFF LAW OFFICE, PLLC SCRUGGS, ROBERT J
3726 Ex Parte Groenenboom et al 11717823 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SALONE, BAYAN
3767 Ex Parte Willis et al 11769762 - (D) ADAMS 102/103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. GILBERT, ANDREW M
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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3742 Ex Parte Stuehr et al 11163700 - (D) OSINSKI 102 102 RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP VAN, QUANG T
3771 Ex Parte Hansen et al 11980256 - (D) GRIMES 103 103 Bartz & Bartz, P.A. YU, JUSTINE ROMANG
3771 Ex Parte Facer et al 11743716 - (D) McCOLLUM 102 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY SKORUPA, VALERIE LYNN
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Fischer 11733490 - (D) MILLS 103 Workman Nydegger ROBERTS, LEZAH
1616 Ex Parte Ogura et al 10547638 - (D) FREDMAN 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte Shipman et al 11219448 - (D) BOUCHER 101/102/103 MILLER & MARTIN KIM, EUNHEE
2161 Ex Parte Hettish et al 10673390 - (D) CLEMENTS 102 Fritzsche Patent c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (SEN) PADMANABHAN, KAVITA
2185 Ex Parte Wen et al 10710097 - (D) WHITE 103 NORTH AMERICA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION CAMPOS, YAIMA
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Wang et al 10729804 - (D) QUINN 103 JACKSON WALKER (CONEXANT) MADAMBA, GLENFORD J
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2676 Ex Parte Hanson et al 11006352 - (D) DIXON 103 Xerox Corporation c/o ORTIZ & LOPEZ, PLLC CHEN, HUO LONG
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2871 Ex Parte Hsu et al 11217457 - (D) HOMERE 102/103 LOWE HAUPTMAN HAM & BERNER, LLP NGUYEN, LAUREN
2882 Ex Parte Dinsmore et al 12137662 - (D) HORNER 251 BURNS & LEVINSON, LLP YUN, JURIE
“[The Federal Circuit’s] case law holds that the deliberate action of an inventor or attorney during prosecution generally fails to qualify as a correctable error under § 251.” In re Serenkin, 479 F.3d 1359, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (holding that Serenkin cannot rely on the reissue statute, in light of a belated decision that he should have retained the original filing date, in order to undo the consequences of his attorney’s deliberate choice of selecting the drawings over the original international filing date in response to the PCT examiner’s requirement).
In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit held that 35 U.S.C. § 251 cannot be used to withdraw a terminal disclaimer from an issued patent. In re Yamazaki, 702 F.3d 1327, 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2012). In Yamazaki, the Patentee attempted to extend the term of the original patent by removing the terminal disclaimer that the Patentee inadvertently failed to have withdrawn prior to issuance of the patent. Id. The court in Yamazaki held that the “term of the original patent” is set at the time of issuance so that the Office is not permitted under 35 U.S.C. § 251 to reissue a patent for a longer term. Id.
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Ex Parte Falck-Schmidt 10593455 - (D) CALVE 102 JAMES C. WRAY TO, TOAN C
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3724 Ex Parte Szczepanowski et al 10956752 - (D) KAUFFMAN 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY LEE, LAURA MICHELLE
3768 Ex Parte Boese et al 11522262 - (D) CAPP 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE
REHEARING
DENIED
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3788 Ex Parte ROBERTS 12253393 - (D) GREENHUT 103 ROBERTS & ROBERTS, LLP DESAI, KAUSHIKKUMAR A
REEXAMINATION
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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1773 NANOCO TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. Requester and Cross-Appellant and Respondent v. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Patent Owner and Appellant and Cross-Respondent 95001268 6861155 10/642,578 LEBOVITZ 103 102/103 STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: WONG, CABELLO, LUTSCH RUTHERFORD & BRUCCULERI, LLP DIAMOND, ALAN D original LE, HOA T
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2617 SYBASE, INC. Requester v. TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 95001241 7,355,990 11/113,033 BLANKENSHIP 102/103 102/103 Flachsbart & Greenspoon Third Party Requester: Sterne Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y original HERRERA, DIEGO D
2662 SYBASE, INC. Requester v. TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 95001240 6891811 09/588,460 BLANKENSHIP 102/103 102/103 Flachsbart & Greenspoon Third Party Requester: Sterne Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y original LEVITAN, DMITRY
AFFIRMED
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1773 NANOCO TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. Requester and Cross-Appellant and Respondent v. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Patent Owner and Appellant and Cross-Respondent 95001298 7125605 10/960,947 LEBOVITZ 102/103 STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: WONG, CABELLO, LUTSCH RUTHERFORD & BRUCCULERI, LLP DIAMOND, ALAN D original LE, HOA T
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3749 Ex parte HARRIS RESEARCH, INC. Appellant, Patent Owner 90010690 6298577 09/356,782 McCARTHY 102 Kunzler Law Group CLARKE, SARA SACHIE original WILSON, PAMELA ANNE
FEDERAL CIRCUIT
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
2312 CREATIVE INTEGRATED SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NINTENDO OF AMERICA, INC., NINTENDO CO., LTD., MACRONIX AMERICA, INC., AND MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Defendants-Cross Appellants. 2012-1579, -1626 5,241,497 07/912,112 REYNA Judgmentof non-infringement 112(2) Barnes & Thornburg, LLP; Baker & McKenzie, LLP LANE, JOHN A
AFFIRMED
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3731 REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AGA MEDICAL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. 2012-1167 6,077,281 6,077,291 09/271,762 08/756,776 DYK summary judgment of invalidity 102 Leonard, Street and Deinard Professional Association; Caspers, Vandenburgh, Lindquist & Schuman, P.A. JACKSON, GARY
