REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1653 Ex Parte Reuter 12658920 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 BUTZEL LONG, P.C. AFREMOVA, VERA
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1764 Ex Parte Koch et al 12293166 - (D) DELMENDO 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. KRYLOVA, IRINA
1791 Ex Parte TERADA et al 13416219 - (D) OGDEN 112(1)/102 PEARL COHEN ZEDEK LATZER, LLP DICUS, TAMRA
1797 Ex Parte Jung et al 11906143 - (D) HASTINGS 103 41.50 112(2) Constellation Law Group, PLLC MUI, CHRISTINE T
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2481 Ex Parte Vafin et al 12838118 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION HESS, MICHAEL J
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Lahoui et al 12521499 - (D) McNEILL 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC AKINYEMI, AJIBOLA A
However, merely asserting that the change is an obvious design choice is insufficient. See Cutsforth, Inc. v. MotivePower, Inc., 636 Fed. Appx. 575, 578 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (unpublished) (stating that a particular placement of an element is a design choice does not make it obvious; a reason must be offered as to why a skilled artisan would have made the specific design choice).
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Chin-Chen et al 13434266 - (D) KERINS 103 Cardinal Health, Inc. OU, JING RUI
3744 Ex Parte Mitchell et al 12948293 - (D) BROWN 103 Dority & Manning, P.A. and Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. MARTIN, ELIZABETH J
3765 Ex Parte Kusjanovic 13398766 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP STAMFORD ANNIS, KHALED
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Ex Parte Rabault et al 12440890 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 103/double patenting Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP DUBOIS, PHILIP A
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3754 Ex Parte LASSEN 13954083 - (D) HORNER 102/103 112(1)/102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC DURAND, PAUL R
3762 Ex Parte Carbunaru et al 12501170 - (D) GUIJT 102/103 102 41.50 103 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN
3788 Ex Parte Hansen 12448502 - (D) KERINS 103 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1662 Ex Parte Kuhn et al 13393028 - (D) TOWNSEND 112(1) Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) BURAN, ASHLEY KATE
1677 Ex Parte Lang et al 12580113 - (D) FREDMAN 102/103 MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK, LLP CRAWFORD, ERIK B
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1723 Ex Parte Rosen et al 12409700 - (D) TIMM 103 ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. SMITH, JEREMIAH R
1723 Ex Parte Zhang et al 13527089 - (D) McGEE 112(1) CANTOR COLBURN LLP VO, JIMMY
1771 Ex Parte DATTA et al 13006057 - (D) CASHION 103 EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY MCAVOY, ELLEN M
1771 Ex Parte KNUDSEN et al 13709523 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL COMPANY MCAVOY, ELLEN M
1788 Ex Parte Wilson et al 13237045 - (D) PRAISS 102/103 Legal Department (M-495) GOLDEN, CHINESSA T
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Chen et al 13728928 - (D) CHEN 103 Patent Ingenuity, P.C. DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. LE, RONG
2437 Ex Parte Thomas Hall et al 13876574 - (D) HAGY 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise LI, MENG
2447 Ex Parte Cheng 12766484 - (D) COURTENAY 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION TANG, KAREN C
2479 Ex Parte Vijayasankar et al 13889878 - (D) HOMERE 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED FAYED, RASHA K
2481 Ex Parte MUENSTERER et al 13480798 - (D) DIXON 102/103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. BENNETT, STUART D
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3656 Ex Parte Watarai et al 11970586 - (D) MELVIN 112(1)/103 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP YABUT, DANIEL D
3694 Ex Parte Dogin et al 13571926 - (D) KIM 101 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC CRANFORD, MICHAEL D
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3754 Ex Parte Faulkner 13385680 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 Iandiorio Teska & Coleman, LLP LONG, DONNELL ALAN
REHEARING
DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Ex Parte Duggan et al 14059675 - (R) McCARTNEY 112(1) CRGO LAW BRYAN, JASON B
REEXAMINATION
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2876 SQUARE, INC., Requester, v. Patent of REM HOLDINGS 3, LLC, Patent Owner Ex Parte 7896248 et al 12/657,792 95001620 - (D) POTHIER 112(1) 112(1)/112(2)/103 41.77 112(1) Caldwell Cassady Curry P.C. RUBIN, MARGARET R original MIKELS, MATTHEW
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Requester, v. ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Patent Owner. Ex Parte 7161525 et al 11/062,500 95001860 - (D) SIU 103 103 ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. CAMPBELL,JOSHUAD original SOTOMAYOR, JOHN B
REHEARING
DENIED
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1629 WOODBOLT DISTRIBUTION, LLC. Requester and Respondent v. NATURAL ALTERNATIVES INTERNATIONAL, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8067381 et al 95/002,048 13/215,073 95002001 - (D) LEBOVITZ 120 Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C. For THIRD PARTY REQUESTOR: LUCAS & MERCANTI, LLP KUNZ,GARY L original HENLEY III, RAYMOND J
1629 WOODBOLT DISTRIBUTION, LLC. Requester and Respondent v. NATURAL ALTERNATIVES INTERNATIONAL, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8129422 et al 95/002,001 12/806,356 95002048 - (R) LEBOVITZ 120 Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C. For THIRD PARTY REQUESTOR: LUCAS & MERCANTI, LLP PONNALURI, PADMASHRI original HENLEY III, RAYMOND J
