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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Miyamoto et al 11720390 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. FRANKLIN, JODI COHEN

1782 Ex Parte Sager et al 10698988 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 JDI PATENT PATTERSON, MARC A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Lou et al 11833773 - (D) ZECHER 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 MARTINE PENILLA GROUP, LLP AHLUWALIA, NAVNEET K

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Rofougaran 11536351 - (D) DIXON 112(1)/102/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. SHAHEED, KHALID W

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte DiMaggio 11384554 - (D) GREENHUT 103 OSTROLENK FABER LLP BUTLER, MICHAEL E

3671 Ex Parte Woodruff 11402583 - (D) POWELL 103 Casimir Jones, S.C. MAYO-PINNOCK, TARA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Albrecht et al 11470717 - (D) McCARTHY 102 FLETCHER YODER (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) JENNISON,BRIAN W

Conversely, a prior art structure does not satisfy a functional limitation in an apparatus claim unless the structure is shown, under the applicable burdens of proof and production, to be capable of performing the recited function. This is true even if the structure might have been modified (e.g., programmed) to perform the recited function. Typhoon Touch Tech., Inc. v. Dell, Inc., 659 F.3d 1376, 1380-81 (Fed. Cir. 2011).
HARMON 5: 18, 19; 6: 12; MV6: 253, 283

3742 Ex Parte Konig et al 11665435 - (D) ABRAMS 102/103 KF ROSS PC JENNISON, BRIAN W
REVERSED 1779 Ex Parte Bene et al 12780301 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 101 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC BASS, DIRK R

3773 Ex Parte Stoltze et al 11541792 - (D) GREEN 102 Hoffmann & Baron LLP EREZO, DARWIN P

3782 Ex Parte Gold et al 11090808 - (D) McCARTHY 103 REILLY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW FIRM VANTERPOOL, LESTERL

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ex Parte Scherer et al 11793481 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 102 KENYON & KENYON LLP DOLLINGER, MICHAEL M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2681 Ex Parte Bakarania et al 11423093 - (D) HOFF 103 103 Larson & Anderson, LLC WU, DANIEL J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2893 Ex Parte Cho et al 10898204 - (D) WHITEHEAD, JR. 103 103 LOWE HAUPTMAN & HAM, LLP SEFER, AHMED N

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Rawson 11982049 - (D) ASTORINO 112(2)/103 112(2) Patrick J. Walsh, Esq. VENNE, DANIEL V

3632 Ex Parte Pollard 12002408 - (D) GROSSMAN 103 103 J. BENNETT MULLINAX, LLC GARFT, CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3782 Ex Parte Owen et al 11054032 - (D) GERSTENBLITH 102/103 102/103 ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. McCarter & English LLP HELVEY, PETER N.

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Berner et al 11322448 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 McDermott Will & Emery LLP KLINKEL, KORTNEY L

1618 Ex Parte Larsen et al 10421244 - (D) GREEN 103/obviousness-type double patenting CLARK & ELBING LLP PERREIRA, MELISSA JEAN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Ernst et al 11215651 - (D) OBERMANN 103 BEEM PATENT LAW FIRM ROGERS, MARTIN K

1755 Ex Parte Rearick et al 10454714 - (D) KIMLIN 103 PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. AYAD, TAMIR

1756 Ex Parte Krempel-Hesse 11904299 - (D) KIMLIN 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP BRAYTON, JOHN JOSEPH

1787 Ex Parte Wendt 12194814 - (D) COLAIANNI 112(2) 103 Florek & Endres PLLC ROBINSON, ELIZABETH A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Lee et al 10843766 - (D) KOHUT 103 THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC. TRAN, HAI V
AFFIRMED 2646 Ex Parte Sollenberger et al 11353369 - (D) BOUCHER 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C AFSHAR, KAMRAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Wilber et al 11845002 - (D) FRAHM 102/103 AlbertDhand LLP PATEL, HARSHAD C

2858 Ex Parte Yee et al 11932501 - (D) FRANKLIN 102/103 Avago Technologies Limited SHRIVASTAV, BRIJ B

2879 Ex Parte Zhu et al 10583236 - (D) HOUSEL 103 McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP HINES, ANNE M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3658 Ex Parte Bai et al 10752183 - (D) SPAHN 102/103 Agilent Technologies, Inc. in care of:CPA Global BOES, TERENCE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Leong-Fern et al 11479543 - (D) OSINSKI 101/103 BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE UTAMA,ROBERT J

3717 Ex Parte Levitan et al 10809329 - (D) PLENZLER 103 DENNISON ASSOCIATES SHAH, MILAP

3748 Ex Parte Pulch et al 11498442 - (D) GROSSMAN 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY BOMBERG, KENNETH

3773 Ex Parte Stoltze et al 10020592 - (D) GREEN 102 HOFFMANN & BARON, LLP EREZO, DARWIN P

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Huang et al 10910867 - (D) DESHPANDE Siemens Corporation BIBBEE, JARED M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte Shotwell 11564262 - (D) ASTORINO 103 LOWE HAUPTMAN & HAM, LLP STASHICK, ANTHONY D

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORP. Requester Appelant and Cross-Respondent v. ILLUMINA INC. Patent Owner Respondent and Cross-Appellent 95000527 7598035 10/962,337 LEBOVITZ 102/103 102/103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN S.C. Third Party Requester: Life Technologies Corporation TURNER, SHARON L original LU, FRANK WEI MIN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1753 SWITECH MEDICAL AG Requester and Respondent v. SANUWAVE, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant 95001321 6,972,116 10/099,876 GUEST 112(1)/103 112(2) HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: ADAMS AND REESE LLP JASTRZAB, KRISANNE MARIE original VERSTEEG, STEVEN H

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 SPACECO BUSINESS SOLUCTIONS, INC. Requester, Respondent v. INNOVATIVE OFFICE PRODUCTS, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant 95001869 7017874 10/305,565 MARTIN 103 DESIGN IP, P.C. Third Party Requester: SpaceCo Business Solutions, Inc. GRAHAM, MATTHEW C original BAXTER, GWENDOLYN WRENN

FEDERAL CIRCUIT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3767 APPLIED MEDICAL RESOURCES CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP (doing business as Covidien), Defendant-Appellee. 2012-1412 RE 42,379 11/132,741 PER CURIAM no literal infringement, no infringement under doctrine of equivalents Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP; Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP WITCZAK, CATHERINE