REVERSED
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2426 Ex Parte Zhou 14664992 - (D) MacDONALD 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL
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2627 Ex Parte Shepelev et al 13628040 - (D) DEJMEK 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - Synaptics REED, STEPHEN T
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Appellants thus provide evidence of the criticality and results of the claimed coating thickness range compared to the prior art range of 8 mm to 10 mm. This evidence precludes the Examiner's finding that the claimed coating thickness is an obvious matter of design choice. See In re Chu, 66 F.3d 292, 299 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (evidence that the claimed structure and function it performed differed from the prior art precluded a finding that catalyst placement was merely a design choice).
Chu, In re, 66 F.3d 292, 36 USPQ2d 1089 (Fed. Cir. 1995) 211.05 , 716.02(f) , 2145 ,
Nor has the Examiner explained why a skilled artisan would have arrived at the claimed coating thickness. Cutsforth, Inc. v. MotivePower, Inc., 636 F. App'x 575, 578 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (non-precedential) ("stating that a particular placement of an element is a design choice does not make it obvious.").
3762 Ex Parte Sullivan et al 14292720 - (D) ADAMS 102/103 Lane Powell, PC MAHMOOD, NADIA AHMAD
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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2456 Ex Parte Alstad 13475263 - (D) MacDONALD 112(1)/103 103 M&B IP Analysts, LLC MAI, KEVIN S
AFFIRMED
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1611 Ex Parte Alkan et al 11360071 - (D) ADAMS 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY PURDY, KYLE A
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1742 Ex Parte Diaz de Leon Izquierdo et al 13652740 - (D) TIMM 112(2)/103 McNair Law Firm, P.A. HAUTH, GALEN H
1781 Ex Parte Canary 13739757 - (D) HASTINGS 103 O'Shea Getz P.C. YANG, ZHEREN J
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2135 Ex Parte Pace 13861312 - (D) STRAUSS 103 IBM END IPLA W (GLF) c/o Garg Law Firm, PLLC MATIN, TASNIMA
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2454 Ex Parte Shapiro et al 13618457 - (D) NAPPI 101 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 SPRINGER, JAMES E
2486 Ex Parte Husak et al 13054855 - (D) MORGAN 103 41.50 103 Wong & Rees LLP Dolby Laboratories Inc. TRUONG, NGUYEN T
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Schnell et al 14106698 - (D) GARRIS 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP FENG, ZHENGFU J
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3600 Ex Parte CHODROFF et al 12765413 - (D) BAUMEISTER 101/102/103 YEE AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. PLUCINSKI, JAMISUE A
3626 Ex Parte Mansour 14299460 - (D) CRAIG 101 Tillman Wright, PLLC BURGESS, JOSEPH D
3677 Ex Parte Kenerly et al 13663422 - (D) BROWNE 103 112(2)/103 CROSE LAW LLC MAH, CHUCK Y
3686 Ex Parte Yasnoff 11533209 - (D) MEDLOCK 101/102 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP KANAAN, MAROUN P
3687 Ex Parte Seawall 13792110 - (D) HOWARD 101/103 MALHOTRA LAW FIRM, PLLC CHEIN, ALLEN C
3693 Ex Parte APTE et al 11848140 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM/ORACLE MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M
3694 Ex Parte CACHERIA et al 12684932 - (D) HAGY 101/103 MUNCK WILSON MANDALA L.L.P CRANFORD, MICHAEL D
3695 Ex Parte Blair et al 10225410 - (D) MEYERS 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP OYEBISI, OJO 0
3695 Ex Parte DeMeyer et al 11963734 - (D) SHAH 101 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. OYEBISI, OJO 0
