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Monday, January 23, 2017

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Sorger et al 13132798 - (D) ROESEL 103 RATNERPRESTIA EASHOO, MARK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3677 Ex Parte Turdjian 13317329 - (D) HORNER 102/103 MOLDEX-METRIC, INC. BATSON, VICTOR D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Moberg et al 12768281 - (D) ENGELS 103 Medtronic Vascular - APV Division DANG, ANH TIEU

3762 Ex Parte Dicks et al 11876711 - (D) BROWNE 102 Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves FLORY, CHRISTOPHER A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Cassivi 13062908 - (D) BAHR 103 103 MUETING, RAASCH & GEBHARDT, P.A. CHENG, JACQUELINE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1653 Ex Parte Klann et al 12274765 - (D) NEWMAN 103 WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE, LLP PYLA, PAUL D

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Ha 13129154 - (D) DENNETT 103 NOVICK, KIM & LEE, PLLC EMPIE, NATHAN H

1765 Ex Parte Gindin et al 11208321 - (D) PRAISS 103 Covestro LLC SERGENT, RABON A

1786 Ex Parte Kaiser et al 13147186 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) GARRETT, DAWN L

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2173 Ex Parte Liao et al 13088464 - (D) HAGY 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP BYCER, ERIC J

2441 Ex Parte Reunamaki et al 13521506 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD MUNDUR, PADMAVATHI V

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2697 Ex Parte KIM et al 13860024 - (D) CRAIG 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP SARMA, ABHISHEK

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Sundararaman et al 12437741 - (D) FETTING 103 HONEYWELL/HUSCH JASMIN, LYNDA C

The argument is made in the wrong direction. Appellants contend that the claim recites a generic function without any specific implementation and fault the references for actually providing 
implementation examples for the generic function. A species of a genus anticipates the genus. Mikus v. Wachtel, 504 F.2d 1150, 1151 (CCPA 1974); In re Slayter, 276 F.2d 408, 411 (CCPA 1960); In re Gosteli, 872 F.2d 1008, 10 USPQ2d 1614 (Fed. Cir. 1989).

Slayter, In re, 276 F.2d 408, 125 USPQ 345 (CCPA 1960) 715.03 2131.02

Gosteli, In re, 872 F.2d 1008, 10 USPQ2d 1614 (Fed. Cir. 1989)   608.01(p) ,   715.03 ,  2131.02 ,   2136.05 ,   2163.02 ,   2163.03 ,   2163.05

3683 Ex Parte Rafei et al 13493390 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 101 Reed Smith LLP GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Findlay et al 13861834 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. COLLINS, DOLORES R

3741 Ex Parte Veninger et al 12742031 - (D) PESLAK 103 41.50 103 Kinney & Lange, P.A. NGUYEN, ANDREW H

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte Kross 13275400 - (R) NAGUMO 103 EDWIN D. SCHINDLER ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D