REVERSED
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1788 Ex Parte Inoue et al 11577705 - (D) NAGUMO 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP PATEL, RONAK C
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2452 Ex Parte Brown 12609990 - (D) CRAWFORD 102/103 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY HUSSAIN, TAUQIR
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2848 Ex Parte KATO et al 12366707 - (D) SMITH 103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. FERGUSON, DION
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3645 Ex Parte Manin et al 10586847 - (D) WARNER 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC MURPHY, DANIEL L
3688 Ex Parte Aarnio et al 11967608 - (D) CRAWFORD 102 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC STIBLEY, MICHAEL R
AFFIRMED–IN–PART
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1761 Ex Parte Bardman et al 12313714 - (D) DERRICK 102/103 103 Ronald Bakule - The Dow Chemical Company DELCOTTO, GREGORY R
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2183 Ex Parte Xu et al 11733978 - (D) BEAMER 103 103 LARSON NEWMAN, LLP CALDWELL, ANDREW T
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2815 Ex Parte Khan et al 12480304 - (D) TIMM 103 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. JACKSON JR, JEROME
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3781 Ex Parte Silver 12729049 - (D) MAYBERRY 112(2)/102 112(1)/103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP WEAVER, SUE A
We find Appellant’s argument persuasive. In determining whether a claim is definite under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, “[t]he USPTO, in examining an application, is obliged to test the claims for reasonable precision . . . .” In re Packard, 751 F.3d 1307, 1313 (Fed. Cir. 2014). We find that claim 1 satisfies this standard. ...
The claim does not omit structure that provides for the recited function but instead the functional language further characterizes the structure of claim 1. See, e.g., In re Swinehart, 439 F.2d 210, 212 (CCPA 1971) (“[T]here is nothing intrinsically wrong with [defining something by what it does rather than what it is] in drafting patent claims.”).
Swinehart, In re, 439 F.2d 210, 169 USPQ 226 (CCPA 1971) 2114 , 2161.01 , 2173.01 , 2173.05(g) , 2183
AFFIRMED
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1747 Ex Parte ESSÉN et al 12892436 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP MAYES, DIONNE WALLS
1772 Ex Parte Merrill 12177740 - (D) SMITH 103 FINA TECHNOLOGY INC BULLOCK, IN SUK C
1774 Ex Parte Olivier et al 12383152 - (D) NAGUMO 103 WOOD, PHILLIPS, KATZ, CLARK & MORTIMER DUONG, THANH P
1781 Ex Parte Mulholland 12600284 - (D) KRATZ 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T
1793 Ex Parte Harvey et al 11348898 - (D) SMITH dissenting PAK 103 Weintraub Genshlea Chediak GEORGE, PATRICIA ANN
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2465 Ex Parte Perraud et al 12063422 - (D) PYONIN 103 LARSON NEWMAN, LLP WYLLIE, CHRISTOPHER T
2492 Ex Parte Stayton et al 12235429 - (D) KAISER 102 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP SHEPPERD, ERIC W
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2891 Ex Parte Yoo et al 11819568 - (D) TIMM 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC WARD, ERIC A
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3654 Ex Parte Aulanko et al 10969095 - (D) CAPP Concurring-in-Part and Dissenting-in-part STAICOVICI 112(a) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. KRUER, STEFAN
3685 Ex Parte Menadue et al 12138183 - (D) CRAWFORD 112(2) 103 LAW OFFICES (San Jose) NILFOROUSH, MOHAMMAD A
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3745 Ex Parte Scott 12018994 - (D) HILL 102/103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. VERDIER, CHRISTOPHER M
3746 Ex Parte Key et al 11004259 - (D) SCANLON 112(1)/103 WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KOEHLER, P.A. KRAMER, DEVON C
3765 Ex Parte Light et al 12619819 - (D) STEPINA 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. SZAFRAN, BRIEANNA TARAH LARELL
3781 Ex Parte Mickelson 12058412 - (D) GUIJT 103 CRGO LAW STEVEN M. GREENBERG MATHEW, FENN C
REEXAMINATION
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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2432 BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC., Patent Owner and Appellant v. A10 NETWORKS, INC., Requester Ex Parte 7,774,833 et al 10/668,455 95001811 - (D) MARTIN 102/103 103 2nd Reexam Group - Novak Druce + Quigg LLP For Third Party Requester: FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRET & DUNNER LLP WOOD, WILLIAM H original HO, VIRGINIA T
AFFIRMED
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2154 YAHOO! INC. Requester and Respondent v. AUGME TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7,269,636 B2 et al 10/612,480 95001734 - (D) CHEN 102/103 Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: MORRISON & FOERSTER, LLP YIGDALL, MICHAEL J original PATEL, ASHOKKUMAR B
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3661 BOOPSIE, INC., ZILLOW, INC., HOTPADS, INC., IDX, INC., REALPAGE, INC., PRIMEDIA, INC., CONSUMER SOURCE, INC., TRULIA, INC., and ZIP REALTY, INC., Requesters and Cross Appellants, v. SMARTER AGENT, LLC, Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6496776 et al 09/774,120 95001437 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 COOLEY LLP FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTERS: Perkins Coie, LLP WEAVER, SCOTT LOUIS original BEAULIEU, YONEL
3696 INTERNET PAYMENT EXCHANGE, INC. Requester v. IMAGEVISION.NET, INC. Patent Owner Ex Parte 7567925 et al 10/719,889 95002017 - (D) KOHUT 112(2)/305/103 BARNES & THORNBURG LLP (DE) CARLSON, JEFFREY D original GRAHAM, CLEMENT B
REHEARING
GRANTED
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2432 Ex parte BROCADE COMMUNCATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. Ex Parte 7774833 et al 10/668,455 90011769 - (R) MARTIN 102 2nd Reexam Group - Novak Druce + Quigg LLP For Third Party Requester: FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRET & DUNNER LLP CAMPBELL, JOSHUA D original HO, VIRGINIA T
DENIED
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2617 BOOPSIE, INC., ZILLOW, INC., HOTPADS, INC., IDX, INC., REALPAGE, INC., PRIMEDIA, INC., CONSUMER SOURCE, INC., TRULIA, INC., and ZIP REALTY, INC., Requesters and Cross Appellants, v. SMARTER AGENT, LLC, Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7072665 et al 09/774,119 95001436 - (R) POTHIER 103 COOLEY LLP FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTERS: Perkins Coie, LLP WEAVER, SCOTT LOUIS original PEREZ, JULIO R
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3661 BOOPSIE, INC., ZILLOW, INC., HOTPADS, INC., IDX, INC., REALPAGE, INC., PRIMEDIA, INC., CONSUMER SOURCE, INC., TRULIA, INC., and ZIP REALTY, INC., Requesters and Cross Appellants, v. SMARTER AGENT, LLC, Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 6385541 et al 09/639,265 95001435 - (D) POTHIER 103 COOLEY LLP FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTERS: Perkins Coie, LLP WEAVER, SCOTT LOUIS original BEAULIEU, YONEL
