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Monday, December 3, 2018

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte NWACHUKWU et al 13104396 - (D) LAVIER 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KARPINSKI, LUKE E

1654 Ex Parte Ducry et al 14001237 - (D) ADAMS 112(1)/112(2)/markush DORITY & MANNING, P.A. HEARD, THOMAS SWEENEY

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte Tamura et al 14375888 - (D) McCARTHY 103 WOOD, PHILLIPS, KATZ, CLARK & MORTIMER BUSE, MARK KENNETH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte McGarry et al 14038023 - (D) PESLAK 103 ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC CHU, KING M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2168 Ex Parte Maresca 14199950 - (D) ENGLE 112(1)/101 101 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. (Microsoft) OWYANG, MICHELLE N

The claims, however, do provide guidance as to the meaning of "storage device." In particular, claim 15 depends from claim 14 and further recites "the storage device is not a signal." Claim differentiation therefore suggests that claim 14 lacks the "not a signal" limitation of dependent claim 15 (i.e., that claim 14 includes a signal). See Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corp. v. Velan, Inc., 438 F.3d 1374, 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2006). 

"While we recognize that the doctrine of claim differentiation is not a hard and fast rule of construction, it does create a presumption that each claim in a patent has a different scope." Comark Commc 'ns, Inc. v. Harris Corp., 156 F.3d 1182, 1187 (Fed. Cir. 1998). 

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2648 Ex Parte BERNARD et al 15144034 - (D) CHEN 103 OTDP BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMANN LLP TSVEY, GENNADIY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3783 Ex Parte Arnitz 13524760 - (D) BAHR 103 112(2)/103 Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. (DC) Woodard, Ernhardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry LLP PRICE, NATHAN R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1652 Ex Parte Clark et al 12812519 - (D) FLAX 112(1)/103 POLSINELLI PC HUTSON, RICHARD G

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Walls et al 14356755 - (D) DELMENDO 103 OLIVE LAW GROUP, PLLC HUANG, CHENG YUAN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2135 Ex Parte Fisher et al 13744519 - (D) BISK 103 Sheridan Ross P.C. WADDY JR, EDWARD

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Gautron et al 14875813 - (D) SHAW 101 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./Nvidia TSENG, CHARLES

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Aitken et al 11560930 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. POUNCIL, DARNELL A

3626 Ex Parte Jones et al 13492727 - (D) CUTITTA 101 Potomac Law Group, PLLC BURGESS, JOSEPH D

3683 Ex Parte Ng et al 14146038 - (D) JEFFERY 101/103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP ULLAH, ARIF

3688 Ex Parte Lee et al 14738006 - (D) PYONIN 101 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP REAGAN, JAMES A

3691 Ex Parte Latimer 13362207 - (D) MEYERS 101 NCR Corporation KAZIMI, HANI M

3692 Ex Parte Shakkarwar 13567983 - (D) FETTING 101 Artegis Law Group, LLP FELTEN, DANIELS

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3734 Ex Parte Clark et al 13880084 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Hoffmann & Baron LLP Newhouse, Nathan Jeffrey