REVERSED
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1652 Ex Parte Realff et al 12942906 - (D) McCOLLUM 101/102 Andrews Kurth LLP HUTSON, RICHARD G
Section 101 states that "[w]hoever invents or discovers any new and useful process ... may obtain a patent therefor." However, the "Court has long held that this provision contains an important implicit exception. '[L]aws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas' are not patentable.' Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 132 S. Ct. 1289, 1293 (2012). In addition, "to transform an unpatentable law of nature into a patent-eligible application of such a law, one must do more than simply state the law of nature while adding the words 'apply it."' Id. at 1294. Furthermore, a "'new combination of steps in a process may be patentable even though all the constituents of the combination were well known and in common use before the combination was made."' Id. at 1298 (quoting Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U.S. 175, 188 (1981)).
Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 566 U.S. __, 132 S.Ct. 1289, 101 USPQ2d 1961 (2012) 2103 , 2106
Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U.S. 175, 209 USPQ 1 (1981) 2103 , 2106 , 2107.01 , 2111.05
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1717 Ex Parte Cray et al 12377508 - (D) DELMENDO 103 HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC WALTERS JR, ROBERTS
1724 Ex Parte Blunk 13014484 - (D) RANGE 103 Brooks Kushman P.C. THOMAS, BRENT C
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2454 Ex Parte Angelov 12794094 - (D) HOELTER 112(2)/102 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Tu et al 13308386 - (D) MEDLOCK 102/103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (LICENSING) SYROWIK, MATHEW RICHARD
3686 Ex Parte Coffman et al 13185427 - (D) KIM 102 McDermott Will & Emery LLP PAULSON, SHEETAL R.
3686 Ex Parte Sakai 12676582 - (D) KIM 112(2)/102 Cheng Law Group, PLLC PATEL, NEHA
3696 Ex Parte HOLENSTEIN et al 13752967 - (D) MOHANTY 102/103 PANITCH SCHWARZE BELISARIO & NADEL LLP NIQUETTE, ROBERT R
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Kaplan et al 13271908 - (D) CAPP 102 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP HELLER, TAMMIE K
Thus, even when guidance is not provided in explicit definitional format, the specification may define claim terms by implication such that their meaning may be ascertained by reading the patent documents. Irdeto Access, Inc. v. Echostar Satellite Corp., 383 F.3d 1295, 1300 (Fed. Cir. 2004).
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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2421 Ex Parte DLUNA et al 09969212 - (D) SHIANG 103 103 Foley & Lardner LLP/ Broadcom Corporation SMITH, CHENEA
2454 Ex Parte Cohen et al 13301586 - (D) SHIANG 103 103 DeLizio Law, PLLC Qualcomm Inc (DL) KHAN, AFTAB N
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2649 Ex Parte Santori et al 12480816 - (D) DEJMEK 102/103 102 BROOKS KUSHMAN P,CJFG1L LIAO, HSINCHUN
AFFIRMED
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1612 Ex Parte Scala et al 11465525 - (D) FREDMAN 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY GULLEDGE, BRIAN M
1613 Ex Parte Gjorstrup 12287712 - (D) FREDMAN 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP BASQUILL, SEAN M
1615 Ex Parte Ei-Habbal 12920345 - (D) FREDMAN 112(4)/103 112(2)/102 Bay State IP, LLC WORSHAM, JESSICA N
1616 Ex Parte Bleckmann et al 11585246 - (D) FLAX 112(2)/103/double patenting Abel Law Group, LLP FISHER, ABIGAIL L
1644 Ex Parte Zang 12630228 - (D) TOWNSEND 112(1) 103 Arnold & Porter LLP EWOLDT, GERALD R
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1785 Ex Parte Bonucci et al 13131393 - (D) ROSS 103 Steinfl & Bnmo LLP RUMMEL, IAN A
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2145 Ex Parte Campbell et al 12697076 - (D) McGRAW 102/103 Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP/SLA STITT, ERIK V
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2648 Ex Parte Cichy et al 13530873 - (D) HOWARD 103 Cantor Colburn LLP-General Motors CHAKRABORTY,RAJARSHI
2649 Ex Parte Hart 11453055 - (D) HOWARD 103 SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL DEAN, RAYMOND S
2684 Ex Parte Brandl 13360866 - (D) HUME 112(2) 112(2)/103 41.50 112(2) NXP B.V. PHAM, QUANG
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2895 Ex Parte Scotch et al 13170276 - (D) KENNEDY 103 OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc. DIALLO, MAMADOU L
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3623 Ex Parte Hintz 12334060 - (D) KIM 103/double patenting KENNETH J. HINTZ GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Stein 12825724 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(2)/103 Orthosensor, Inc, CERIONI, DANIEL LEE
REHEARING
DENIED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2897 Ex Parte Kapusta et al 13327333 - (D) OWENS 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (LICENSING) HALL, VICTORIA KATHLEEN
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3638 Ex Parte Kreizinger 14738851 - (D) WIEKER 112(2)/102/103 Kenneth R Kreizinger KATCHEVES, BASILS
