REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Vial et al 12991506 - (D) FLAX 103 Winston & Strawn LLP HIRT, ERIN E
A claim can be obvious even where all of the claimed features are not found in specific prior art references, where “there is a showing of a suggestion or motivation to modify the teachings of [the prior art] to the claimed invention.” SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc. v. Cadus Pharm. Corp., 225 F.3d 1349,1356 (Fed. Cir. 2000) (concluding that patent would have been obvious in light of teachings in prior art which provided motivation and suggestion to modify existing techniques to arrive at method in question).
Ormco Corp. v. Align Tech., Inc., 463 F.3d 1299, 1307 (Fed. Cir. 2006).
However, “[e]ven when obviousness is based on a single prior art reference, there must be a showing of a suggestion or motivation to modify the teachings of that reference.” In re Kotzab, 217 F.3d 1365, 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2000).
“The mere fact that the prior art may be modified in the manner suggested by the Examiner does not make the modification obvious unless the prior art suggested the desirability of the modification.” In re Fritch, 972 F.2d 1260, 1266 (Fed. Cir. 1992).
1631 Ex Parte SHIOYAMA et al 13217338 - (D) MILLS 101 SUGHRUE-265550 LIN, JERRY
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2626 Ex Parte Raffa et al 13834262 - (D) PINKERTON 103 International IP Law Group, P.L.L.C. CASAREZ, BENJAMIN X.
2627 Ex Parte Murarka et al 13705384 - (D) SILVERMAN 102 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. DAVIS, DAVID DONALD
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Greenspan et al 12657725 - (D) BROWNE 112(1)/102/103 HolzerlPLaw, PC O'CONNOR, MARSHALL P
3662 Ex Parte DUNKELBERGER et al 12852159 - (D) HOMERE 102 ANDREWS KURTH KENYON LLP ALSOMIRI, MAJDI A
3747 Ex Parte Pingen et al 13451401 - (D) SHAH 103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP AMICK, JACOB M
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2817 Ex Parte Cohen 12471557 - (D) KAISER 112(1)/103 103 URI COHEN SMITH, BRADLEY
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Xu 13066827 - (D) O’HANLON 103 103 HONEYWELL/GRIECCI MCCAFFREY, KAYLA M
3745 Ex Parte Xu 13066838 - (D) O’HANLON 103 103 HONEYWELL/GRIECCI MCCAFFREY, KAYLA M
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Iwamoto et al 14098037 - (D) RANGE 103 Cheng Law Group, PLLC ROBINSON, ELIZABETH A
1787 Ex Parte Voge et al 13576143 - (D) KRATZ 103/double patenting Cozen O'Connor SHAH, SAMIR
1788 Ex Parte Bartusiak et al 14234074 - (D) GARRIS 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY DESAI, ANISH P
1793 Ex Parte Palav et al 12590521 - (D) GUPTA 103 FAY SHARPE LLP MUKHOPADHYAY, BHASKAR
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 Ex Parte Sela et al 12775956 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 BGL/ MERCADO, RAMON A
2132 Ex Parte Wade et al 14286443 - (D) MacDONALD 112(4)/103 Setter Roche LLP AHMED, ZUBAIR
2164 Ex Parte Dietz et al 11255143 - (D) THOMAS 103 IBM CORPORATION OHBA, MELLISSA M
2182 Ex Parte Guillemin et al 13543673 - (D) HAGY 103 Seed IP Law Group LLP/ST (EP ORIGINATING) MEHTA, JYOTI
2185 Ex Parte BERENBAUM 13004890 - (D) DIXON 112(1) 103 Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC ZAMAN, FAISAL M
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Chia-Chen 12262598 - (D) GALLIGAN 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP SHIBRU, HELEN
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2865 Ex Parte Singh et al 13173139 - (D) INGLESE 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Lakshminarayanan et al 13623697 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY MILLER, ALAN S
3637 Ex Parte Watts 13827342 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 Pearne and Gordon, LLP AYRES, TIMOTHY MICHAEL
3641 Ex Parte Ehmig et al 13936911 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB ELDRED, JOHN W
3684 Ex Parte Sanguinetti 13966215 - (D) KIM 101 P&T LAW, APC STOPP, COURTNEY L
3686 Ex Parte Baronov et al 13826441 - (D) SCHOPFER 101 Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP GO, JOHN P
3696 Ex Parte Jayaram et al 13622967 - (D) SHAH 101 The Law Office of James Baudino, PLLC PATEL, JAGDISH
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte PELISSIER et al 12188191 - (D) GRIMES 103 DRIGGS, HOGG, DAUGHERTY & DEL ZOPPO CO., L.P.A. COOK, CHRISTOPHER L
3778 Ex Parte Hwang et al 13435248 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH
3788 Ex Parte Benedetti et al 12095475 - (D) STEPINA 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO
REEXAMINATION
REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3692 Ex parte TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC., Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8793181 et al 13659050 90013558 - (D) SIU 103 Polsinelli PC Special Reexam Group Third Party Requester: SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL REICHLE, KARIN M original WONG, ERIC TAK WAI
