REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte TAKAMURA et al 14046386 - (D) FREDMAN 112(2)/103 CHOATE, HALL & STEWARTLLP ORWIG, KEVIN S
1633 Ex Parte Averbuch 12170385 - (D) LEBOVITZ 101/103 Covidien LP LI, QIAN JANICE
1783 Ex Parte Matsumoto et al 13688324 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Venable LLP PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA
1792 Ex Parte Russell-Maynard 13755593 - (D) HANLON 103 Nestle Purina Petcare Global Resources, Inc YOO, HONG THI
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte Aleksovski 13786524 - (D) ENGLE 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS CHOW, DOON Y
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Menon et al 13913965 - (D) THOMAS Concurring BAUMEISTER 101/103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP ZAMAN, SADARUZ
3793 Ex Parte Herrmann 13884978 - (D) FREDMAN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MEHL, PATRICK M
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Hong 13240818 - (D) ROSS 103 112(2) H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC CAPOZZI, CHARLES
1767 Ex Parte ATWATER et al 12176057 - (D) NAGUMO 103 103 Gavrilovich, Dodd & Lindsey LLP KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte DeVincent 12780762 - (D) SILVERMAN 101/103 112(2) PEARNE & GORDON LLP EVANS, KIMBERLYL
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Busch et al 12092646 - (D) HORNER 103 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) NEWAY,BLAINE GIRMA
To the extent that the statement in paragraph 9 of the Schmitz Declaration that thinly metallized film made with PLA film "is gaining unexpectedly - excellent barrier properties" as compared to conventional laminate paper is evidence of improved results, it is weak evidence, as no data was supplied in the Declaration in support of this statement, and thus, no quantification of the extent of the improvement can be discerned. See Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., 769 F.3d 1339 (per curiam) (Fed. Cir. 2014) ("[O]ne should consider the substantiality of the differences between the properties of the prior art and those of the invention to determine the significance of those differences."); In re Soni, 54 F.3d 746, 751 (Fed. Cir. 1995) ("Mere improvement in properties does not always suffice to show unexpected results.").
Soni, In re, 54 F.3d 746, 34 USPQ2d 1684 (Fed. Cir. 1995) 707.07(f) , 2145
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Sinclair et al 14145839 - (D) OWENS 112(1) Roy Kiesel Ford Doody & Thurmon NGUYEN, PHU HOANG
1788 Ex Parte Erasmus 13811146 - (D) HASTINGS 103 GOODWIN PROCTER LLP VAZQUEZ, ELAINE M
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2491 Ex Parte KIM et al 14195971 - (D) SMITH 103 NSIPLAW HENNING, MATTHEW T
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Cheng et al 13241997 - (D) SNAY 103/OTDP PPG Industries, Inc. RAKOWSKI, CARA E
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Paulos et al 13033195 - (D) FETTING 101/103 FisherBroyles, LLP - MAIN CN CROSS, MICHAEL J
3626 Ex Parte Skocic 13492791 - (D) FETTING 112(2)/101/103 Law Offices of John D. Gugliotta, P.E. Esq., LPA LULTSCHIK, WILLIAM G
3685 Ex Parte Huxham 14234130 - (D) FISCHETTI 112(2)/103 OTDP KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP/VISA CASTILHO, EDUARDO D
3693 Ex Parte ALTMAN 12698774 - (D) MEYERS 101 BGL/ Accenture - Chicago BRINKS GILSON & LIONE BARTLEY, KENNETH
3693 Ex Parte AMAITIS et al 13288223 - (D) FETTING 101/103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. ALLADIN, AMBREEN A
3695 Ex Parte Priebatsch 13899760 - (D) BISK 101/103 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (BO) ROBINSON, KITO R
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Sorenson et al 13540359 - (D) CAPP 112(2)/101 ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC HUMPHREY, MICHAEL C
