REVERSED
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1792 Ex Parte Andrade et al 12814576 - (D) BEST 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 112(1) CONNORS ASSOCIATESpc SMITH, CHAIM A
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2476 Ex Parte Vanzante et al 12494993 - (D) HOFF 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY SLOMS, NICHOLAS
“A rejection for anticipation under section 102 requires that each and every limitation of the claimed invention be disclosed in a single prior art reference.” See In re Buszard, 504 F.3d 1364, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (quoting In re Paulsen, 30 F.3d 1475, 1478-79 (Fed. Cir. 1994)).
Buszard, 504 F.3d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2007) 2111
Paulsen, In re, 30 F.3d 1475, 31 USPQ2d 1671 (Fed. Cir. 1994) 716.03 , 2114 , 2144.08
2483 Ex Parte Kuo 11393268 - (D) CHUNG 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP HOLDER, ANNER N
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2845 Ex Parte Yano 12310825 - (D) KRATZ 103 NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP WIMER, MICHAEL C
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3646 Ex Parte Ignatin 11014121 - (D) ASTORINO 112(1)/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. NGUYEN, CHUONG P
3687 Ex Parte Suvernev et al 11155732 - (D) FETTING 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP REFAI, RAMSEY
3689 Ex Parte Victor 11854089 - (D) FETTING 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. FISHER, PAUL R
3692 Ex Parte Taylor et al 11970170 - (D) LORIN 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. WONG, ERIC TAK WAI
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3777 Ex Parte Sardar et al 10543001 - (D) KERINS 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP BRUTUS, JOEL F
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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2641 Ex Parte Fry 12144193 - (D) MORGAN 102/103 102/103 GIFFORD, KRASS, SPRINKLE,ANDERSON & CITKOWSKI, P.C SHAHEED, KHALID W
Appellant’s reliance on this purported prosecution disclaimer is unavailing. “[T]he PTO is under no obligation to accept a claim construction proffered as a prosecution history disclaimer, which generally only binds the patent owner.” Tempo Lighting, Inc. v. Tivoli, LLC, 742 F.3d 973, 978 (Fed. Cir. 2014). Rather, the PTO is obligated to give claims their broadest reasonable interpretation not inconsistent with the remainder of the specification. In re Zletz, 893 F.2d 319, 321 (Fed. Cir. 1989) (“[D]uring patent prosecution when claims can be amended, ambiguities should be recognized, scope and breadth of language explored, and clarification imposed.”) (citations omitted); see also In re Bigio, 381 F.3d 1320, 1325 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (counseling “the PTO to avoid the temptation to limit broad claim terms solely on the basis of specification passages”) (citation omitted). The PTO has been counseled that it “should only limit the claim based on . . . prosecution history [that] expressly disclaim[s] the broader definition.” Id. However, this is a caution against careless reliance on prosecution history by the PTO, not a mandate for the liberal reliance on prosecution disclaimer to allow broadly worded claims to be read narrowly without requiring clarifying amendments to the claims or to the Specification.
Zletz, In re, 893 F.2d 319, 13 USPQ2d 1320 (Fed. Cir. 1989) 715 , 2111 , 2111.01 , 2111.03 , 2138 , 2171 , 2173.05(a) , 2181 , 2286 , 2686.04
Bigio, In re, 381 F.3d 1320, 72 USPQ2d 1209 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2141.01(a)
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2872 Ex Parte Kim 11417132 - (D) DELMENDO 112(1)/103 112(1)/103 LAW OFFICE OF PERRY M. FONSECA, PC LAVARIAS, ARNEL C
AFFIRMED
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1747 Ex Parte Hampton 12330882 - (D) SMITH 112(1)/103 GIPPLE & HALE ROYSTON, ELIZABETH
1758 Ex Parte Mathai et al 12262147 - (D) WILSON 103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MEKHLIN, ELI S
1782 Ex Parte Julien et al 11298610 - (D) ROESEL 103 NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG LLP WOOD, ELLEN SUZANNE
1783 Ex Parte SCHMIDT et al 12854686 - (D) GARRIS 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC VAN SELL, NATHAN L
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2159 Ex Parte Bossmeyer et al 12111438 - (D) FISHMAN 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP REYES, MARIELA D
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2423 Ex Parte Nishikawa et al 11938660 - (D) MORGAN 103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN CHIN, RICKY
2425 Ex Parte Santangelo et al 10970429 - (D) DANG 103 GAZDZINSKI & ASSOCIATES, PC STRONCZER, RYAN S
2435 Ex Parte Yeap et al 11002077 - (D) CHUNG 103 GOWLING, LAFLEUR & HENDERSON LLP PALIWAL, YOGESH
2452 Ex Parte Yu 11972030 - (D) SAADAT 103 YEE & ASSOCIATES PC IBM CORP (YA) WIDHALM, ANGELA M
2456 Ex Parte Parsons 11225936 - (D) KRIVAK 103 Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC CHACKO, JOE
2475 Ex Parte Fleury et al 11327699 - (D) BENOIT 103 MYERS WOLIN, LLC PREVAL, LIONEL
2492 Ex Parte Fedronic et al 10218665 - (D) NAPPI 103 Muirhead and Saturnelli, LLC PAN, PEILIANG
2493 Ex Parte Borghetti et al 12348389 - (D) STRAUSS 101/103 WALDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. IBM CORP. (WIP) LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D
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2695 Ex Parte Anzai et al 11907186 - (D) SAADAT 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK L.L.P. WATKO, JULIE ANNE
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3621 Ex Parte Michaud et al 12573598 - (D) MOORE 103 BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMANN LLP C/O CPA Global ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E
3645 Ex Parte Tenghamn et al 12151314 - (D) KERINS 103 Petroleum Geo-Services, Inc. MURPHY, DANIEL L
3657 Ex Parte Knappe et al 10512705 - (D) HOELTER 103 Striker Striker & Stenby BURCH, MELODY M
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3724 Ex Parte Delfini et al 12341360 - (D) McGRAW 112(1) 103 STRIKER, STRIKER & STENBY ALIE, GHASSEM
3725 Ex Parte BUTTERFIELD et al 12487295 - (D) WOODS 102/103 Prass LLP KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON
REEXAMINATION
AFFIRMED
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1744 BIODELIVERY SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC. Requester and Cross Appellant v. MONOSOL RX, LLC Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7897080 et al 12/614,928 95002170 - (D) GUEST 112(1)/112(2)/103 37 CFR 41.77(b) 112(1)/112(2) Hoffmann & Baron LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: McCarter & English, LLP DIAMOND, ALAN D original LEE, EDMUND H
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1791 BIODELIVERY SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC. Requester and Cross Appellant v. MONOSOL RX, LLC Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7666337 et al 10/856,176 95002171 - (D) GUEST 112(2) 103 Hoffmann & Baron LLP DIAMOND, ALAN D original LEE, EDMUND H
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2164 IBM, SAS, and ALGORITHMICS INC. Requester and Respondent v. INVESTPIC, LLC Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6349291 et al 09/489,364 95001939 - (D) DILLON 102/103 Foster Pepper PLLC Third Party Requester: JONES DAY SAGER, MARK ALAN original FELTEN, DANIEL S
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2455 Ex parte RPOST INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Ex Parte 8275845 et al 13/107,819 90012771 - (D) HUGHES 112(1)/103 Rutan & Tucker, LLP. Third Party Requester: WANG LAW FIRM, INC. DESAI, RACHNA SINGH original TRAN, PHILIP B
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3626 PSKW, LLC. Third Party Requester TRIALCARD INCORPORATED Patent Owner Ex Parte 7925531 et al 10/098,700 95002029 - (D) BAUMEISTER 102/103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC LEE, CHRISTOPHER E original COBANOGLU, DILEK B
REHEARING
DENIED
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1752 MACDERMID PRINTING SOLUTIONS LLC Requester and Appellant v. E.I. DUPONT de NEMOURS & CO. Patent Owner and Respondent Ex Parte 6797454 et al 10/069,426 95001962 - (D) GUEST 103 DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: CARMODY & TORRANCE LLP DIAMOND, ALAN D original GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE
