REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte Pierik et al 13121206 - (D) MILLS 101/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LU, FRANK WEI MIN
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte Elangovan et al 12240725 - (D) DELMENDO 103 CERAMA TEC, INC. CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2481 Ex Parte Minagawa et al 13022804 - (D) BAIN 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED BELAI, NAOD W
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2626 Ex Parte Scheibe 11836104 - (D) HAMANN 103 HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP - Colorado Springs SIMPSON, LIXI CHOW
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Chang et al 13614688 - (D) HORNER 112(2)/102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P,C (AU) BAXTER, GWENDOLYN WRENN
3664 Ex Parte Pickett et al 11655492 - (D) PESLAK 112(1) YEE & ASSOCIATES P.C. MANCHO, RONNIE M
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Merrell 12372300 - (D) WARNER 102/103 41.50 112(2) OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J
When a claim merely recites a function to be achieved by recited element-here, the rod having an insertion end that is "configured for insertion" into a cavity of a bone-the boundaries of the claim scope may be unclear. See Halliburton Energy Servs., Inc. v. M-I LLC, 514 F.3d 1244, 1255 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (noting that the Supreme Court has explained that a vice of functional claiming occurs "when the inventor is painstaking when he recites what has already been seen, and then uses conveniently functional language at the exact point of novelty") (quoting General Elec. Co. v. Wabash Appliance Corp., 304 U.S. 364, 371 (1938)).
3738 Ex Parte Schmitz et al 12188113 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 Pabst Patent Group LLP SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Lehtiniemi et al 13547705 - (D) HOMERE 102/103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON FISHER, ABIGAIL L
1629 Ex Parte Pfluecker et al 12670442 - (D) NEWMAN 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP SIMMONS, CHRIS E
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Paul et al 13990137 - (D) SQUIRE 103 The Dow Chemical Company ROLLAND, ALEX A
1746 Ex Parte OLOUGHLIN et al 13610993 - (D) GARRIS 103 RENNER OTTO BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP MUSSER, BARBARA J
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2171 Ex Parte Hodges 12906222 - (D) O'HANLON 102/103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P,C, SAMWEL, DANIEL
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2433 Ex Parte Shuster 12814197 - (D) KHAN 103 MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL, P,C TRAN, ELLEN C
2443 Ex Parte Yen et al 12281977 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP COONEY, ADAM A
2449 Ex Parte Etchegoyen 14201612 - (D) BUI 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP/CISC CELANI, NICHOLAS P
2487 Ex Parte Rajamani et al 13239823 - (D) MOORE 103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J
2495 Ex Parte DOHRING et al 12516084 - (D) ANKENBRAND 103 Uniloc USA Inc. GEE, JASON KAI YIN
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte LI et al 11534845 - (D) NEWMAN 103 WITHROW & TERRANOVA, PLLC ALAM, MOHAMMED R
2881 Ex Parte Preikszas 12931356 - (D) SQUIRE 103 MUIRHEAD AND SATURNELLI, LLC PURINTON, BROOKE J
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte Scharp 13066552 - (D) CAPP 103 COLLARD & ROE, P.C. PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN
3753 Ex Parte HARRINGTON et al 13210922 - (D) PENICK 101/112(1)/103 DORITY & MANNING, PA MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M
REHEARING
DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2161 Ex Parte Wall et al 12010414 - (R) GALLIGAN 103 DOWELL & DOWELL, P.C. DAYE, CHELCIE L
