REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 Ex Parte Volkel et al 12967172 - (D) INGLESE 103 FAY SHARPE LLP / XEROX - PARC KEYWORTH, PETER
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Fuenfer 13440643 - (D) PESLAK 112(2)/103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1785 Ex Parte Kong et al 12722581 - (D) SNAY 112(2)/103 112(1) Hall Estill Attorneys at Law Seagate Technology LLC CHAU, LISA N
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2125 Ex Parte BACHRACH et al 13792789 - (D) McNEILL 103 103/double patenting Artegis Law Group, LLP VON BUHR, MARIA N
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Powell 13691432 - (D) BROWNE 103 112(2) Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP MACFARLANE, EVAN H
As the Examiner’s reasoning identifies no advantages gained by the proposed combination, to counterbalance the resulting disadvantages, the Examiner’s reasoning lacks rational underpinning. An ordinary artisan would not be motivated to make such a modification which adds disadvantages without countervailing advantages. See Winner Int'l Royalty Corp. v. Wang, 202 F.3d 1340, 1349 n. 8 (Fed. Cir. 2000).
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Morrison 13419603 - (D) OGDEN 103 PPG Industries, Inc. LEE, DOUGLAS
1732 Ex Parte Chaumonnot et al 13995531 - (D) SNAY 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. MAYES, MELVIN C
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte Guilleminot et al 13743483 - (D) HOMERE 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation KLICOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2636 Ex Parte Li 13583327 - (D) McKEOWN 101/103 Patti & Malvone Law Group, LLC SHALABY, MINAM
2645 Ex Parte Hillebrandt Poulsen et al 13140088 - (D) HOMERE 103 FAY SHARPE/LUCENT AHSAN, UMAIR
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2856 Ex Parte THOMPSON et al 14356991 - (D) GUPTA 101 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN, LLP (Chevron) MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3668 Ex Parte Dow et al 13179010 - (D) HILL 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A
3681 Ex Parte Swanson 12315688 - (D) BEAMER 103 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD
3686 Ex Parte Clapp et al 12948217 - (D) FETTING 101 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Bosch) SEOH, MINNAH L
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Draper 13467931 - (D) FLAX 112(2) 112(1)/102 Moximed, Inc HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA
3741 Ex Parte Morea et al 13390742 - (D) BROWNE 112(2)/102/103 102/103 SIEMENS CORPORATION KIM,TAEJUN
