REVERSED
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1777 Ex Parte FORREST et al 11854019 - (D) NAGUMO 102/103 Foley & Lardner LLP FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G
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2447 Ex Parte Colven et al 11255452 - (D) GREENHUT 103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. NDIAYE, CHEIKH T
2497 Ex Parte Hall 10981064 - (D) HUGHES 103 IBM CORPORATION ARMOUCHE, HADI S
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2829 Ex Parte Wallow et al 11623036 - (D) HANLON 103 FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP CAMPBELL, SHAUN M
2837 Ex Parte Farber 12018145 - (D) WARREN 103 George Farber MUSLEH, MOHAMAD A
REVERSED 3743 Ex Parte Gasteyer et al 11702479 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 PRAXAIR, INC. LU, JIPING
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3774 Ex Parte Imhof 10596752 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(2)/102/103 SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. HOFFMAN, MARCIA
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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2177 Ex Parte PALLESCHI et al 11549298 - (D) FRANKLIN 102/103 102/103 ROBERTS MLOTKOWSKI SAFRAN & COLE, P.C. HUYNH, THU V
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2682 Ex Parte Hudson et al 11905624 - (D) HUGHES 103 103 Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, PA LABBEES, EDNY
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2862 Ex Parte Agarwal et al 11961442 - (D) PRAISS 103 102/103 IBM CORPORATION (MH) c/o MITCH HARRIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, L.L.C. NGHIEM, MICHAEL P
2899 Ex Parte Yan et al 12364804 - (D) TIMM 103 103 SLATER & MATSIL, L.L.P. SNOW, COLLEEN ERIN
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte Luisi et al 11622025 - (D) BAHR 103 103 WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION - MD 3601 HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3777 Ex Parte Grunwald et al 11431118 - (D) BAHR 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(2) SHAY GLENN LLP REARDON, ROCHELLE D
Claims 7 and 29 recite “a sensor attachment mechanism” and do not use the term “means.” Typically, when a claim recitation does not include the term “means,” the recitation is presumed not to be in means-plus function format. However, in this case, the claim term “mechanism” is a generic term that fails to recite sufficiently definite structure. Moreover, the remainder of claims 7 and 29 recite functional language without sufficient structure for performing the recited functions. Because the term “mechanism” and the functional language that follows are “essentially . . . devoid of anything that can be construed as structure,” the presumption is overcome. See Flo Healthcare Solutions, LLC v. Kappos, 697 F.3d 1367, 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2012). We thus conclude that claims 7 and 29 are drafted in means-plus-function format.
AFFIRMED
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1725 Ex Parte Chowdhury 12134445 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION MILLER IP GROUP, PLC BUCHANAN, JACOB
1742 Ex Parte Clark et al 11655878 - (D) GARRIS 103 MANELLI SELTER PLLC LIU, XUE H
AFFIRMED 1758 Ex Parte Sheng et al 12208478 - (D) KIMLIN 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - Applied Materials GARDNER, SHANNON M
1771 Ex Parte Rappas et al 12342663 - (D) WILSON 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP WEISS, PAMELA HL
1786 Ex Parte Hoyuelos et al 10544343 - (D) KAISER 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LOPEZ, RICARDO E.
1787 Ex Parte Temchenko et al 11595535 - (D) KIMLIN 103 Madico, Inc. Finch & Maloney HUANG, CHENG YUAN
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2199 Ex Parte Davis et al 11214980 - (D) COURTENAY 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP GOORAY, MARK A
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2465 Ex Parte WAKUMOTO et al 12032280 - (D) BUI 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY ZHU, BO HUI ALVIN
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Baek et al 10608187 - (D) DIXON 112(2)/103 MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (WA) PIZIALI, JEFFREY J
2631 Ex Parte Pan 10977210 - (D) HUME 102/103 Oblon, Spivak/Broadcom Corporation HUANG, DAVID S
2687 Ex Parte Shaffer et al 12034099 - (D) DIXON 103 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. RADER, FISHMAN & GRAUER PLLC WILSON, BRIAN P
2688 Ex Parte Saliba 11347489 - (D) DIXON 102/103 Roeder & Broder LLP DRAVININKAS, ADAM B
2695 Ex Parte HWANG et al 12036488 - (D) MORGAN 103 NSIP LAW LAMB, CHRISTOPHER RAY
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2812 Ex Parte Geefay et al 10985312 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 Avago Technologies Limited POMPEY, RON EVERETT
2856 Ex Parte Lee et al 12234958 - (D) DELMENDO 103 Harris, Shelton, Hanover and Walsh JAGAN, MIRELLYS
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3618 Ex Parte Penrod 12925537 - (D) BAHR 103 Fred Franklin Penrod GURARI, EREZ
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3746 Ex Parte Burns 12228954 - (D) SMEGAL 102/103 ROGERS TOWERS, P.A. KASTURE, DNYANESH G
REEXAMINATION
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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2182 XILINX, INC. Requester v. INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC Patent Owner and Appellant 95001550 6272646 08/707,694 BLANKENSHIP 103 102/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. SAGER, MARK ALAN original BUTLER, DENNIS
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2819 SK HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. Requester v. ELBRUS INTERNATIONAL, LIMITED and exclusive licensee: CASCADES COMPUTER INNOVATION, LLC. Patent Owner 95000657 6366130 09/505,656 KOHUT 112(1) 112(1) 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(b)
112(1) CLIFFORD H. KRAFT HUGHES, DEANDRA M original TAN, VIBOL
