REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Strang 10469592 - (D) HANLON 103 OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. MOORE, KARLA A
1735 Ex Parte Kolbeck et al 12742760 - (D) FRANKLIN 102/103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. GAMINO, CARLOS J
1782 Ex Parte Iwasa et al 11700050 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 SUGHRUE-265550 YAGER, JAMES C
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2184 Ex Parte CONROY et al 12057146 - (D) CHEN 102/103 GAZDZINSKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A.
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2456 Ex Parte Lakshman et al 11147768 - (D) REIMERS 103 WALL & TONG, LLP/ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC. FAN, HUA
2484 Ex Parte Blattman et al 11445659 - (D) FISHMAN 102/103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 MERCHANT & GOULD SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA, A CISCO COMPANY SHIBRU, HELEN
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2614 Ex Parte Desgranges et al 11419017 - (D) SMITH 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION PRENDERGAST, ROBERTA D
2647 Ex Parte Roufoogaran et al 11753626 - (D) HUGHES 102/103 McDermott Will & Emery LLP (Broadcom) HSIEH, PING Y
2671 Ex Parte Enomoto et al 10384657 - (D) ADAMS 103 OLIFF PLC DHINGRA, PAWANDEEP
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2800 Ex Parte Ijzerman et al 11995574 - (D) WARREN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS FINEMAN, LEE A
2828 Ex Parte Zhang et al 12593431 - (D) PAK 103 GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE,ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C HAGAN, SEAN P
2833 Ex Parte WEI 12502933 - (D) BEST 103 BRUNDIDGE & STANGER, P.C. KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP
2843 Ex Parte Puzella et al 12694450 - (D) WARREN 103 RAYTHEON COMPANY C/O DALY, CROWLEY, MOFFORD & DURKEE, LLP JONES, STEPHEN E
2851 Ex Parte Cote et al 12352538 - (D) OWENS 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 101 BEVER HOFFMAN & HARMS, LLP AISAKA, BRYCE M
2854 Ex Parte Kiemele et al 10554276 - (D) KAISER dissenting WARREN 103 Cozen O'Connor EVANISKO, LESLIE J
2866 Ex Parte Owens et al 12271533 - (D) NAGUMO 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(b) Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP BALDRIDGE, BENJAMIN M
2875 Ex Parte Purchase et al 12506915 - (D) WARREN 102(e)/103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC GRAMLING, SEAN P
2886 Ex Parte Lewis et al 12775582 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 AT & T Legal Department - WS LAPAGE, MICHAEL P
2886 Ex Parte Hayward et al 12795114 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 AT & T Legal Department - WS LAPAGE, MICHAEL P
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Aviv et al 11775997 - (D) MOHANTY 103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA
3633 Ex Parte Zirbel et al 11943954 - (D) JUNG 103 Monahan & Company, LLC IHEZIE, JOSHUA K
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3751 Ex Parte Eisenhut 11294331 - (D) KERINS 103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC LE, HUYEN D
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Dai et al 11787381 - (D) POLLOCK 103 103 37 CFR 41.50(b) 103 WYETH LLC PFIZER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BROWE, DAVID
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Ex Parte Liberty et al 11820515 - (D) FRAHM 112(2)/103 102 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC SITTA, GRANT
2666 Ex Parte Binnig et al 11807096 - (D) DIXON 103 102/103 IMPERIUM PATENT WORKS NAKHJAVAN, SHERVIN K
The informational content of non–functional descriptive material is not entitled to weight in the patentability analysis. See In re Lowry, 32 F.3d 1579, 1583 (Fed. Cir. 1994) (“Lowry does not claim merely the information content of a memory. . . . Nor does he seek to patent the content of information resident in a database.”).
Lowry, In re, 32 F.3d 1579, 32 USPQ2d 1031 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2111.05
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Furman 11550120 - (D) REIMERS 103 103 HAHN LOESER / LINCOLN MAYE, AYUB A
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Brady et al 12168619 - (D) POLLOCK 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 PRICE HENEVELD LLP TRAN, SUSAN T
Thus, although we consider all claim limitations when determining patentability, Appellants’ non-functional descriptive designations are not entitled to weight in the analysis. Cf. In re Lowry, 32 F.3d 1579, 1584 (Fed. Cir. 1994) (“Lowry’s data structures are physical entities that provide increased efficiency in computer operation. They are not analogous to printed matter.”)
Lowry, In re, 32 F.3d 1579, 32 USPQ2d 1031 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 2111.05
1631 Ex Parte Jung et al 11487180 - (D) PAULRAJ 103 Dorsey & Whitney / INVENTION SCIENCE FUND BORIN, MICHAEL L
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Brownell et al 12011619 - (D) NAGUMO 103 Ronald Bakule - The Dow Chemical Company WALTERS JR, ROBERT S
1718 Ex Parte Buhay et al 10422096 - (D) GARRIS 103 PPG Industries, Inc. TUROCY, DAVID P
1726 Ex Parte Kejha et al 10552114 - (D) DELMENDO 112(2)/103 RATNERPRESTIA DOVE, TRACY MAE
1735 Ex Parte Chen et al 12250750 - (D) SMITH 103 General Motors Corporation c/o REISING ETHINGTON P.C. GAMINO, CARLOS J
1762 Ex Parte Chakravarti et al 11782668 - (D) McGRAW 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP - SABIC (CPP) YOON, TAE H
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Headd et al 11137888 - (D) FISHMAN 103 DUNLAP CODDING, P.C. OBISESAN, AUGUSTINE KUNLE
2158 Ex Parte Tripathi 11597674 - (D) STRAUSS 102(e)/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY HASAN, SYED HAROON
2159 Ex Parte Alexander et al 11770978 - (D) YANG 103 Vista IP Law Group, LLP (Oracle) BURKE, JEFF A
2184 Ex Parte Kale et al 12049440 - (D) DIXON 103 STREETS & STEELE - IBM CORPORATION RHU, KRIS M
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2432 Ex Parte Erlingsson 10456805 - (D) DIXON 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. ALMEIDA, DEVIN E
2433 Ex Parte Maitland et al 10762364 - (D) DIXON 103 Wolff & Samson (ALU) TRAN, ELLEN C
2454 Ex Parte Brown et al 12324183 - (D) BAYAT 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP PATEL, CHIRAG R
2466 Ex Parte McGee et al 11320649 - (D) CHUNG 103 CAPITOL PATENT & TRADEMARK LAW FIRM, PLLC OH, ANDREW CHUNG SUK
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2614 Ex Parte Kim et al 10813280 - (D) DIXON 102(e)/103 ROYLANCE, ABRAMS, BERDO & GOODMAN, L.L.P. RICHER, AARON M
2643 Ex Parte Tenny 11673532 - (D) BUI 103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED TAYLOR, NATHAN SCOTT
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2800 Ex Parte Haran et al 12575026 - (D) KRATZ 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY TAMAI, KARL I
2814 Ex Parte Jung 11987998 - (D) WARREN 103 ROBERT E. BUSHNELL & LAW FIRM WEISS, HOWARD
2828 Ex Parte Oron et al 12159412 - (D) BEST 103 OLIFF PLC CARTER, MICHAEL W
2829 Ex Parte Andrews et al 11563840 - (D) HOUSEL 103 MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC, P.A. CHI, SUBERR L
2829 Ex Parte Sun 12540517 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP MAI, ANH D
2837 Ex Parte BATES et al 12202854 - (D) GARRIS 102/103 GRIFFITHS & SEATON PLLC (IBM) RO, BENTSU
2848 Ex Parte Rendek et al 12016089 - (D) FRANKLIN dissenting NAGUMO 103 ADDMG - 27975 SEMENENKO, YURIY
2853 Ex Parte Nielsen et al 11505258 - (D) WARREN 112(1) 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY LEGESSE, HENOK D
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Cohn et al 11684004 - (D) MEDLOCK 102(e) WHITHAM, CURTIS, CHRISTOFFERSON & COOK, P.C. FIELDS, BENJAMIN S
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Kludjian et al 12898605 - (D) MURPHY 103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN PAYER, HWEI-SIU C
3734 Ex Parte Nishiki 10687748 - (D) JENKS 102(e)/103 Clyde I. Coughenour OBU, KENDRA NNEAMAKA
3773 Ex Parte Meade et al 11993003 - (D) McCOLLUM 102/103 Rutan & Tucker, LLP. TYSON, MELANIE RUANO
3773 Ex Parte Cauldwell et al 12120293 - (D) LaVIER 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L
REHEARING
DENIED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2834 Ex Parte Takahashi et al 12093568 - (R) SMITH 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC MULLINS, BURTON S
REEXAMINATION
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1621 SYMED LABS LIMITED Requester and Respondent v. GRÜNENTHAL GMBH Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7417170 et al 11/294,449 95002077 - (D) LEBOVITZ 112(1)/112(2)/314(a) 103/112(2) Patent Owner and Third Party Requester: HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP HUANG, EVELYN MEI original DAVIS, BRIAN J
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2181 RAMBUS, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant v. MICHELLE K. LEE, Deputy Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Ex Parte 6260097 et al 09/514,872 95001134 - (D) EASTHOM 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.77(f) 103 Paul M. Anderson, PLLC Third Party Requester: HAYNES AND BOONE LLP ESCALANTE, OVIDIO original AUVE, GLENN ALLEN
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 QUEST SOFTWARE, INC. Requester and Respondent v. CENTRIFY CORPORATION Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7,591,005 et al 11/262,000 95001434 - (D) McKEOWN 102/103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: COOLEY LLP RIMELL, SAMUEL G original SONG, HOSUK
