REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Yoshihara et al 14314728 - (D) BEST 103 HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C. BURKHART, ELIZABETH A
1727 Ex Parte Birke et al 12597377 - (D) BEST 103 41.50 103 RATNERPRESTIA LAIOS, MARIA J
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2139 Ex Parte BLAKE et al 14692959 - (D) DEJMEK 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. HO, AARON D
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2691 Ex Parte Simmons 14448472 - (D) PETTIGREW 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./ Atmel Corporation YANG, KWANG-SU
2689 Ex Parte Brodersen et al 12401350 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & G (Apple) HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Rothman et al 11282644 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 41.50 112(2)/101 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP/JPMorgan Chase DURAN, ARTHUR D
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Robinson 13126466 - (D) JENKS 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KINNARD, LISA M
3744 Ex Parte Patel et al 13091705 - (D) HORNER 103 Kinney & Lange, P.A. COMINGS, DANIEL C
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte KITAZATO 14626216 - (D) AMUNDSON 102/103 OTDP OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. MARANDI, JAMES R
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte Ritter 14703607 - (D) DEJMEK 103 103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP LE, SARAH
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2822 Ex Parte LIN 14466412 - (D) HASTINGS 103 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. WALL, VINCENT
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Burdick et al 13139537 - (D) JENKS 102/103 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP FALKOWITZ, ANNA R
"The use of patents as references is not limited to what the patentees describe as their own inventions or to the problems with which they are concerned. They are part of the literature of the art, relevant for all they contain." In re Heck, 699 F.2d 1331, 1332-33 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (quoting In re Lemelson, 397 F.2d 1006, 1009 (CCPA 1968).
Heck, In re, 699 F.2d 1331, 216 USPQ 1038 (Fed. Cir. 1983) 2123
Lemelson, In re, 397 F.2d 1006, 158 USPQ 275 (CCPA 1968) 2123
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Coleman et al 12191751 - (D) HASTINGS 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP FELTON, MICHAEL J
In addition, we emphasize that, although secondary considerations such as unexpected results must be taken into account, they do not necessarily control the obviousness conclusion. Intercontinental Great Brands (Kraft) v. Kellogg, 869 F.3d 1336, 1345--46 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (there are some prima facie obviousness cases so strong that they are impossible to overcome even with the best possible secondary indicia of nonobviousness)
1766 Ex Parte Scherzer et al 13588446 - (D) GARRIS 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) KAHN, RACHEL
1781 Ex Parte Shigeta 13639036 - (D) GARRIS 103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC SAWDON, ALICIA JANE
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2173 Ex Parte Wilson 12913203 - (D) SHAW 103 Baker Botts LLP/CA Technologies BASOM, BLAINE T
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2467 Ex Parte Wager et al 14381492 - (D) NAPPI 103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. WEI, SIREN
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Ex Parte Susitaival et al 14793884 - (D) NAPPI 112(2)/103/OTDP BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. MIAH, LITON
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte OMULLAN et al 14704044 - (D) HANLON 102/103 Timothy M. Honeycutt HAGAN, SEAN P
2886 Ex Parte Hillis et al 13623041 - (D) REN 103 Elwha LLC c/o Polsinelli PC AMARA, MOHAMED K
2892 Ex Parte Castro et al 14838729 - (D) DELMENDO 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED ZHU, SHENG-BAI
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Jacob Sushil et al 13554049 - (D) BAUMEISTER 101 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP YESILDAG, MEHMET
3629 Ex Parte Cloran 14136003 - (D) FETTING 101/103 103 FENWICK & WEST LLP MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A
3629 Ex Parte GIL et al 13326336 - (D) FETTING 103 101 Facebook/Fenwick FLEISCHER, MARK A
3629 Ex Parte Lutnick 11616756 - (D) JEFFERY 112(1)/101 103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A
3688 Ex Parte Prehofer et al 12329499 - (D) FETTING 103 101 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. REAGAN, JAMES A
3693 Ex Parte HAMOR 13958961 - (D) FETTING 101 Charles A. Rattner KHATTAR, RAJESH
3693 Ex Parte Priebatsch 14107677 - (D) WIEDER 101 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (BO) KHATTAR, RAJESH
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Garbers et al 14461798 - (D) SAWERT Dissenting-in-Part ADAMS 112(2) 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY GILL, JENNIFER FRANCES
3762 Ex Parte McNamara et al 12425361 - (D) NEW 103 BRAEMAR MANUFACTURING, LLC WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL
