REVERSED
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1784 Ex Parte Ghesquiere 13737463 - (D) CASHION dissenting NAGUMO 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2184 Ex Parte SAIDI et al 13681801 - (D) NAPPI 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. SNYDER, STEVEN G
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2426 Ex Parte Sue et al 11782554 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102 AT&T Legal Dept. - [HDP] RABOVIANSKI, JIVKA A
2487 Ex Parte Vojtisek et al 13895646 - (D) PINKERTON 103 MACMILLAN, SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC - FORD JOISIL, BERTEAU
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2672 Ex Parte Hiebert 11412258 - (D) POTHIER 103 41.50 103 HP Inc. DICKERSON, CHAD S
REVERSED 2695 Ex Parte AURONGZEB et al 15078676 - (D) HUME 102/103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. CHOW, VAN NGUYEN
2696 Ex Parte Unruh et al 13830674 - (D) CURCURI 103 ONELLO & MELLO LLP KETEMA, BENY AM
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3654 Ex Parte Hubbard et al 13201673 - (D) GREENHUT 103 CARLSON GASKEY & OLDS MANSEN, MICHAEL R
3669 Ex Parte Bailey et al 13898507 - (D) PYONIN 103 OSTRAGER CHONG FLAHERTY & BROITMAN, P.C. WORDEN, THOMAS E
3695 Ex Parte Dahiwadkar 12589755 - (D) SILVERMAN 101 Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver DONLON, RYAN D
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3721 Ex Parte Cerf 13972078 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 SAM SILVERBERG TAWFIK, SAMEH
3744 Ex Parte Senf et al 13511800 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier FURDGE, LARRY L
3772 Ex Parte Nace 14748610 - (D) STEPINA 103 LARSON AND LARSON NELSON, KERI JESSICA
3781 Ex Parte BOYKIN 14043400 - (D) OSINSKI 102/103 41.50 112(2) The Carver Law Firm MAI, TRIM
3782 Ex Parte DAVIS et al 12043442 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP HELVEY, PETER N.
In Japikse the court summarized the Patent Office position regarding shifting a switch having no effect on the operation of the claimed devices, and stated, without further discussion, "[w]e find no error in the holding." Although MPEP § 2144.04(IV)(C) cites Japikse as an example of using legal rationale as the basis for concluding that a rearrangement of parts was obvious, that same section of the MPEP also cautions (citing Ex parte Chicago Rawhide Mfg. Co., 223 USPQ 351, 353 (BPAI 1984)):
[t]he mere fact that a worker in the art could rearrange the parts of the reference device to meet the terms of the claims on appeal is not by itself sufficient to support a finding of obviousness. The prior art must provide a motivation or reason for the worker in the art, without the benefit of appellant's specification, to make the necessary changes in the reference device.
Japikse, In re, 181 F.2d 1019, 86 USPQ 70 (CCPA 1950) 2144.04
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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1717 Ex Parte Hanzlicek et al 13089763 - (D) DENNETT 103 103 SWIMC,LLC WALTERS JR, ROBERTS
1786 Ex Parte Kismir et al 12601450 - (D) SNAY 112(1)/103 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Autoliv) CHOI, PETER Y
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2199 Ex Parte CROCKETT 13486806 - (D) CURCURI 102/103 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC AQUINO, WYNUEL S
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2443 Ex Parte Poggesi et al 12607928 - (D) PINKERTON 102/103 102 Zilka-Kotab-Poughkeepsie BELANI, KISHIN G
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2628 Ex Parte Robinson 14276020 - (D) ENGLE 103 103 Pangrle Patent, Brand & Design Law, P.C. LENOVO/P ANGRLE MISHLER, ROBIN J
2667 Ex Parte Chen et al 13683166 - (D) DEJMEK 103 OTDP Wolfe-SBMC BALI, VIKKRAM
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3662 Ex Parte Wagner et al 14361800 - (D) GREENHUT 102 102/103 41.50 102/103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP ALSOMIRI, MAID! A
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3749 Ex Parte Persson 13248177 - (D) JESCHKE 103 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) BARGERO, JOHN E
3782 Ex Parte Miller 13163675 - (D) JESCHKE 103 103 Taylor English Duma LLP DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R
AFFIRMED
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1616 Ex Parte Bell et al 12674741 - (D) FREDMAN 103 41.50 103 Syngenta Corp Protection, LLC HIRT, ERIN E
1619 Ex Parte INOUE 14168741 - (D) NEWMAN 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL
1631 Ex Parte Bernini et al 13593575 - (D) WORTH 101 Harness Dickey & Pierce (Roche) RIGGS II, LARRY D
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1712 Ex Parte Collins et al 13536141 - (D) GUPTA 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY HORNING, JOEL G
1765 Ex Parte Bleys et al 12279903 - (D) OWENS 103/112(2)/1112(4) HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC SERGENT, RABON A
1777 Ex Parte Aoki et al 13496785 - (D) WILSON 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP ROYCE, LIAM A
1781 Ex Parte LEONHARD et al 14272329 - (D) CASHION 103 POLSINELLI PC FIGG, LAURA B
1787 Ex Parte Bhaatia et al 14046023 - (D) McMANUS 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY LOWREY, DANIEL D
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2133 Ex Parte Nochimowski et al 14317950 - (D) SHIANG 103 BGL/ CHERY, MARDOCHEE
2136 Ex Parte Lichmanov 13332260 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 112(2)/103 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. c/o Davidson Sheehan LLP DOAN, HAN V
2142 Ex Parte Hyde et al 13905839 - (D) COURTENAY OTDP/112(1)/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE
2156 Ex Parte Kostamaa et al 11608278 - (D) THOMAS 103 TERADATA US, INC. LU, KUEN S
2174 Ex Parte KITAYAMA 12850726 - (D) HAGY 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J
2178 Ex Parte Gearhart et al 12913475 - (D) KUMAR 103 CRGO LAW BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D
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2438 Ex Parte Armitage 14286676 - (D) KUMAR 112(2)/101/103 HolzerIPLaw, PC dba Holzer Patel Drennan LYNCH, SHARON S
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2641 Ex Parte HOWARD 12959434 - (D) SHIANG 112(1)/103 Jordan IP Law, LLC LAI, DANIEL
2652 Ex Parte ENAMITO et al 13973767 - (D) BEAMER 103 AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP HOQUE, NAFIZ E
2658 Ex Parte Hwang et al 13809835 - (D) KUMAR 101/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (SV) SAINT CYR, LEONARD
2663 Ex Parte INABA 12965683 - (D) DIXON 103 FATTIBENE & FATTIBENE TREHAN, AKSHAY
2686 Ex Parte Escobosa et al 14736761 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP BROWN, VERNAL U
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2824 Ex Parte Lombard et al 13622513 - (D) HEANEY 103 Pearne & Gordon LLP KING, DOUGLAS
2852 Ex Parte Bauer et al 14368611 - (D) INGLESE 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC SCHMITT, BENJAMIN R
2854 Ex Parte Gresty et al 14484749 - (D) SNAY 103 Blank Rome LLP Nanoco TANKERSLEY, BLAKE A
2854 Ex Parte Stowe et al 13095757 - (D) WILSON 103 BEVER, HOFFMAN & HARMS, LLP Xerox-PARC ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D
2863 Ex Parte Cohen et al 13454572 - (D) CASHION 101 Hewlett Packard Enterprise DINH, LYNDA
2886 Ex Parte Yuan et al 14161796 - (D) DELMENDO 112(1)/103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP AMARA, MOHAMED K
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3629 Ex Parte Moss et al 11553671 - (D) SHAW 101/103 CRGO LAW BAHL, SANGEETA
3632 Ex Parte Nostrant 14941894 - (D) SCHOPPER 112(1) 103 Ruttler Mills PLLC MILLNER, MONICA E
3644 Ex Parte Biser et al 13669212 - (D) OSINSKI 102/103 Lightfoot & Alford PLLC (BHTI) SANDERSON, JOSEPH W
3668 Ex Parte Wirola et al 13981748 - (D) GREENHUT 112(1)/103 41.50 112(1)/103 Locke Lord LLP INGRAM, THOMAS P
3683 Ex Parte BINSWANGER et al 12192664 - (D) HUTCHINGS 101 YEE AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. PADOT, TIMOTHY
3689 Ex Parte Hamilton, et al 12039215 - (D) ENGLE 101/103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC ARAQUE JR, GERARDO
"Pre-AIA section 102(g) allows a patent owner to antedate a reference by proving earlier conception and reasonable diligence in reducing to practice." Perfect Surgical Techniques, Inc. v. Olympus Am., Inc., 841 F.3d 1004, 1007 (Fed. Cir. 2016). "Reasonable diligence must be shown throughout the entire critical period, which begins just prior to the competing reference's effective date and ends on the date of the invention's reduction to practice." Id.
"An attorney's work in preparing a patent application is evidence of an inventor's diligence." Perfect Surgical, 841 F.3d at 1010. Thus, we are "required to weigh this evidence [of activity of preparing and filing the application] by application of a rule of reason over the course of the entire critical period." Id. at 1010-11.
3691 Ex Parte Li et al 13348511 - (D) BARRY 101/103 Maschoff Brennan/ PayPal KANERVO, VIRPI H
3693 Ex Parte OLSSON et al 14322049 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC LEMIEUX, JESSICA
3694 Ex Parte Malhotra 12177479 - (D) HAMANN 103 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. CRANFORD, MICHAEL D
3696 Ex Parte Burton 12597717 - (D) COURTENAY 101 Mintz Levin/San Diego Office DEGA, MURALI K
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3711 Ex Parte Zartman 14317466 - (D) PESLAK 102/103 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - MINNEAPOLIS NGUYEN, KIEN T
3745 Ex Parte Thrue et al 13283884 - (D) KNIGHT 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION VERDIER, CHRISTOPHER M
3777 Ex Parte Deladi et al 14233897 - (D) FREDMAN 103 112(2) 41.50 112(2) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TURCHEN, ROCHELLE DEANNA
3782 Ex Parte Cobler 13688369 - (D) CAPP 103 Poly-America, L.P. BATTISTI, DEREK J
REEXAMINATION
AFFIRMED
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3731 Ex parte WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC. Appellant, Patent Owner Ex Parte 5860973 et al 08741301 90013464 - (D) SONG 102/103 MARTIN & FERRARO, LLP FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL original TRUONG, KEVIN THAO
