REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Zhou et al 13188598 - (D) HARDMAN 101 AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP SKIBINSKY, ANNA
1634 Ex Parte ALBITAR 14208850 - (D) JENKS 101/103 Parker Highlander PLLC BAUSCH, SARAE L
1634 Ex Parte Matthiesen 14352815 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103/OTDP Agilent Technologies, Inc. CROW, ROBERT THOMAS
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte CANOVA et al 15029656 - (D) DENNETT 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P
Because the Examiner does not establish that the prior art recognizes the purported equivalency between Lemmer and Reymond - as is required by In re Ruff - the Examiner improperly relied on equivalence as a rationale for supporting an obviousness rejection. See In re Ruff, 256 F.2d 590, 596 (CCPA 1958) (substitution of one equivalent for another is obvious only where equivalency is known in the prior art). Frorn our perspective, the only suggestion for putting the selected disclosures of the references together in the manner proposed by the Examiner lays in the hindsight accorded one who first viewed Appellant's disclosure. This, of course, is not a proper basis for a rejection. See Sensonics Inc. v. Aerosonic Corp., 81 F.3d 1566, 1570 (Fed. Cir. 1996) ("The invention must be viewed not after the blueprint has been drawn by the inventor, but as it would have been perceived in the state of the art that existed at the time the invention was made." ( citing Interconnect Planning Corp. v. Feil, 774 F.2d 1132, 1138 (Fed. Cir. 1985))).
Ruff, In re, 256 F.2d 590, 118 USPQ 340 (CCPA 1958) 2144.06
1783 Ex Parte DOLZINSKI et al 13851555 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A. HANDVILLE, BRIAN
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2658 Ex Parte Beller et al 15152906 - (D) SHIANG 101 IBM CORP. (WIP) c/o WALDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. BLANKENAGEL, BRYANS
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte NELLISSEN et al 14647141 - (D) INGLESE 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS SMYTH, ANDREW P
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Narayanan et al 13532837 - (D) FINAMORE 103 ZARLEY LAW FIRM P.L.C. LAMBERT, WAYNE A
3745 Ex Parte Buhl et al 14221563 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 MCCORMICK, PAULDING & HUBER LLP WIBLIN, MATTHEW
3762 Ex Parte Jonsson 12742189 - (D) BAHR 103 OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP NAMAY, DANIEL ELLIOT
3792 Ex Parte Misener 14201300 - (D) CALVE 103 41.50 103 ED/Rutan & Tucker, LLP LEVICKY, WILLIAM J
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Wu et al 14037528 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103 41.50 103 ALLERGAN, INC. DICKINSON, PAUL W
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1737 Ex Parte Neubauer et al 14362954 - (D) McGEE 103 103 ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY c/o The Dow Chemical Company HUFF, MARK F
1791 Ex Parte Barrett et al 13624073 - (D) GARRIS 103 103 Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2488 Ex Parte Wang 14461520 - (D) DIRBA 102 112(1)/102/103 GoogleLLC c/o Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C. XU, XIAOLAN
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3792 Ex Parte Gatzemeyer et al 14709140 - (D) ADAMS 101 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Thanoo et al 12328136 - (D) GRIMES 112(2) 103/OTDP BENESCH, FRIEDLANDER, COPLAN & ARONOFF LLP ORWIG, KEVIN S
1616 Ex Parte McInnes et al 12677236 - (D) WORTH 103 41.50 103 Foley & Lardner LLP CHUI, MEI PING
1619 Ex Parte Lodhi et al 11490414 - (D) WISZ 102/103 SurModics/Kagan Binder, PLLC ALAWADI, SARAH
1623 Ex Parte HOSAKA et al 15323928 - (D) ADAMS 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP WHITE, EVERETT
1655 Ex Parte REID et al 13840921 - (D) PRATS 103 Bayer CropScience LP CLARK, AMYL YNN
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte Shukla et al 15465004 - (D) FRAHM 103 MITEL NETWORKS CORP. c/o MICHELLE WHITTINGTON PERRY+ CURRIER INC. (FOR MITEL) ALRIYASHI, ABDULKADER MOHAMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Hunt et al 14595435 - (D) RAEVSKY 103 TUCKER ELLIS LLP EDWARDS, MARK
2658 Ex Parte Buck et al 13990176 - (D) BRANCH 101 103 Nuance c/o Daly, Crowley, Mofford and Durkee, LLP OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Scheibe et al 12198252 - (D) PYONIN 101 103 VLP Law Group LLP SITTNER, MICHAEL J
3624 Ex Parte Banner 13989786 - (D) JEFFERY 101 HP Inc. DICKERSON, TIPHANY B
3634 Ex Parte Roy et al 14224227 - (D) GREENHUT 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC KELLY, CATHERINE A
3682 Ex Parte WU et al 12483358 - (D) BISK 101 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) BROWN, LUIS A
3692 Ex Parte SAMUELS et al 14095225 - (D) MEDLOCK 102 101 TINKLER, MURIEL S TINKLER, MURIEL S
3693 Ex Parte Cataline et al 11717057 - (D) LORIN 101 41.50 101 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP/JPMorgan Chase KHATTAR, RAJESH
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte PAGAN et al 13350336 - (D) CALVE 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY ANDERSON, DON M
3763 Ex Parte Sangiovanni 13982112 - (D) FINAMORE 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier ZEC, FILIP
