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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Stanton 11601524 - (D) NAGUMO 103 WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KOEHLER, P.A. CHANDRA, SATISH

1756 Ex Parte Detournay et al 12305444 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 Solvay America, Inc. PHASGE, ARUN S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2879 Ex Parte Tu et al 12440039 - (D) OWENS 102 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS STERN, JACOB R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Becken et al 11992369 - (D) PAK 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 103 CORNING INCORPORATED SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA

It is well established that the Examiner has the “burden of giving reasons, supported by the record as a whole, why the specification is not enabling…Showing that the disclosure entails undue experimentation is part of the PTO’s initial burden.” In re Angstadt, 537 F.2d 498, 504 (CCPA 1976). In determining whether any given disclosure would require undue experimentation to practice the claimed subject matter, the Examiner must consider not only the breadth of the claims, the amount of direction or guidance presented and the presence or absence of working examples, but also the nature of the invention, the state of the prior art, the relative skill of those in the art and the predictability or unpredictability of the art. In re Vaeck, 947 F.2d 488, 495 (Fed. Cir. 1991). When “a [S]pecification disclosure…contains a teaching of the manner and process of making and using the invention in terms which correspond in scope to those used in describing and defining the subject matter sought to be patented[,]” such [S]pecification disclosure “must be taken as in compliance with the enabling requirement of the first paragraph of § 112 unless there is reason to doubt the objective truth of the statements contained therein which must be relied on for enabling support.” In re Armbruster, 512 F.2d 676, 677 (CCPA 1975) (quoting In re Marzocchi, 439 F.2d 220 (CCPA 1971)).

Angstadt, In re, 537 F.2d 498, 190 USPQ 214 (CCPA 1976) 2164.01 2164.06 2164.08(b)

Vaeck, In re, 947 F.2d 448, 20 USPQ2d 1438 (Fed. Cir. 1991) 2107.01 ,   2144.08 ,   2164.01 ,   2164.01(c) ,   2164.03 ,  2164.06(b) ,   2164.08

Armbruster, In re, 512 F. 2d 676, 185 USPQ 152 (CCPA 1975) 608.01(b) 2161 2181

Marzocchi, In re, 439 F.2d 220, 169 USPQ 367 (CCPA 1971) 2107.01 ,   2107.02 ,   2124 ,   2163 ,   2163.04 ,   2164.03 ,   2164.04 ,   2164.08

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte BROWN et al 12372681 - (D) ADAMS 103 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY NABI, REZA U

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2697 Ex Parte Hildebrandt et al 11911185 - (D) ZADO 103 102/103 TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP MANDEVILLE, JASON M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Franer et al 10943222 - (D) WIEKER 103 102/103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC MCEVOY, THOMAS M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Guilford et al 10289934 - (D) JENKS 103 Daneker, McIntire, Schumm, Prince, Manning & Widmann, P.C. PRYOR, ALTON NATHANIEL

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ex Parte Mager et al 11732574 - (D) SMITH 102/103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP BOYLE, KARA BRADY

1766 Ex Parte Rische et al 11732575 - (D) SMITH 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP BOYLE, KARA BRADY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Lessing et al 12339983 - (D) ZECHER 102/103 TERADATA CORPORATION PEACH, POLINA G

2166 Ex Parte Malik 12043521 - (D) SHIANG 103 AT&T Legal Department - CC YEN, SYLING

2172 Ex Parte LEE 11835673 - (D) HARLOW 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. HUR, ECE

2199 Ex Parte Besbris et al 11281887 - (D) SHIANG 103 AOL Inc./Finnegan MITCHELL, JASON D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2467 Ex Parte Brown 11687545 - (D) BEAMER 103 HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (26530) DUONG, DUC T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte McCloud et al 12966953 - (D) MCMILLIN 102/103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD YU, LIHONG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 Ex Parte Moon et al 12497261 - (D) ABRAHAM 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP TRAN, NGUYEN

2864 Ex Parte Tran et al 12244096 - (D) GARRIS 112(2) 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY HWANG, TIMOTHY