REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Johnson et al 13446353 - (D) DENNETT 103 PARKER IBRAHIM & BERG LLP QI, HUA
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Ruehl et al 13957463 - (D) HAMANN 102/OTDP Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2462 Ex Parte Hoffmann 13911538 - (D) BENNETT 103 GATES & COOPER LLP - Boeing BANTHRONGSACK, JEFF
2462 Ex Parte Zhong 14288870 - (D) HUGHES 103 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. c/o Conley Rose, P.C. BARON, HENRY
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte FRIPP et al 14443046 - (D) BARRY 102/103 41.50 112(2) HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP ODOM, CURTIS B
We apply the test for indefiniteness approved by the Federal Circuit in In re Packard, i.e., "[a] claim is indefinite when it contains words or phrases whose meaning is unclear." 751 F.3d 1307, 1310, 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (per curiam) ( citing Manual of Patent Examining Procedure ("MPEP") § 2173.05); see also id. at 1313 (stating that "claims are required to be cast in clear-as opposed to ambiguous, vague, indefinite-terms"); MPEP § 2173.02(1). We recognize that after the Packard decision, the Supreme Court in Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2120 (2014), articulated a differently worded definiteness requirement in the context of patent-infringement litigation. Nautilus, 134 S. Ct. at 2129 (requiring "that a patent's claims, viewed in light of the specification and prosecution history, inform those skilled in the art about the scope of the invention with reasonable certainty"). Nautilus does not, however, mandate a change in the approach to indefiniteness in patent-examination matters in which, as discussed above, the claims are interpreted under the broadest reasonable interpretation standard and an opportunity to amend the claims is afforded. See Packard, 751 F.3d at 1323-24 (Plager, J., concurring) (recognizing and approving the reasons enumerated by the Office regarding why the Office review of pending claims for indefiniteness uses "a lower threshold for ambiguity than a court's"); see also Ex Parte McAward, Appeal 2015006416, 2017 WL 3669566, at *2 (Aug. 25, 2017) (precedential).
Packard, In re, 751 F.3d 1307, 110 USPQ2d 1785 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2173.02 , 2173.05(a) , 2173.05(e) , 2173.06
Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2120, 110 USPQ2d 1688 (2014) 2173.02
2636 Ex Parte ZHANG et al 15225412 - (D) HUGHES 112(1) Harrity & Harrity, LLP CORS, NATHAN M
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2886 Ex Parte DEN BOEF et al 14264547 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. COOK, JONATHON
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3617 Ex Parte Naughton 14727888 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 Black, McCuskey, Souers & Arbaugh, LPA VENNE, DANIEL V
3617 Ex Parte Nelson et al 14980663 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 Perkins Coie LLP - DEN General BELLINGER, JASON R
3635 Ex Parte Kelly 14791600 - (D) PLENZLER 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP WALRAED-SULLIV AN, KYLE
3681 Ex Parte Wallace et al 12206846 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 BRANDENBURG, WILLIAM A
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Annunziata 11711364 - (D) FREDMAN 112(2)/103 MCDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY LLP HOLLM, JONATHAN A
3743 Ex Parte Andres 13162152 - (D) ASTORINO 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. DECKER, PHILLIP
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Benedict et al 14602336 - (D) BAYAT 103 103 Dority & Manning, P.A. and Haier US Appliance TRPISOVSKY, JOSEPH F
3764 Ex Parte Price 14219464 - (D) GUIJT 102 102/103 ZARLEY LAW FIRM P.L.C. THANH, LOAN H
3782 Ex Parte Ren 14335670 - (D) OSINSKI 102 102/103 41.50 103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1621 Ex Parte Fischer et al 12740487 - (D) PRATS 102/103 McBee Moore Woodward & Vanik IP, LLC QAZI, SABIHA NAIM
1627 Ex Parte Klamer 12998843 - (D) JENKS 102 Cermak Nakajima & McGowan LLP KANTAMNENI, SHOBHA
1633 Ex Parte Li et al 13341239 - (D) NEW 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP BABIC, CHRISTOPHER M
1677 Ex Parte Akerstrom et al 13636493 - (D) COTTA 103/OTDP 101 Foley & Lardner LLP MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ex Parte Yoshida et al 12996275 - (D) DERRICK 103 41.50 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP TRAN, LIEN THUY
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2191 Ex Parte Saenz et al 14620065 - (D) THOMAS 103 Kraguljac Law Group/Oracle CHEN, QING
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 Ex Parte Zadeh et al 13854044 - (D) HUGHES 101/103 INNOVATION PARTNERS DOAN, TAN
2465 Ex Parte KIM et al 14180973 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP COSME, NATASHA W
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Homan et al 12885901 - (D) SNAY 103 HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ & COHN LLP AMRANY, ADI
2857 Ex Parte Hadley 13455867 - (D) RANGE 103 Entit Software LLC CROHN, MARK I
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Dhavle et al 13344332 - (D) BUSCH 103 101/103 FIALA & WEAVER P.L.L.C. RAPILLO, KRISTINE K
3681 Ex Parte Bruich et al 13693470 - (D) KIM 101 103 Facebook/Fenwick REFAI,SAMM
3689 Ex Parte Tse 14097079 - (D) BUSCH 112(2)/102/103 101 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP GLENNIE, DEBRA L
3696 Ex Parte Gamble et al 13782909 - (D) CRAWFORD 101 McKesson Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP c/o Alston & Bird LLP OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA
3696 Ex Parte Hilario et al 13169773 - (D) BAYAT 101 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. NGUYEN, LIZ P
3696 Ex Parte Sarkissian et al 14031757 - (D) MacDONALD 101 K&L GATES LLP-Pittsburgh CHANG, EDWARD
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Cadeau et al 14241140 - (D) ASTORINO 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO
3778 Ex Parte Nishikawa et al 13764954 - (D) CAPP 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY ANDERSON, CATHARINE L
