Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Kouda, Tohru et al. 11165200 JENKS 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. WESTERBERG, NISSA M
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1788 Vogel, Roland et al. 13811663 INGLESE 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP MANGOHIG, THOMAS A
In re Schulpen, 390 F.2d 1009, 1013 (CCPA 1968) (explaining that an obviousness rejection cannot stand when the modification proposed by the Examiner would run counter to the teaching of a prior art reference).
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Linda Tong et al. 14329796 MEDLOCK 103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP SITTNER, MICHAEL J
3674 Flotek Chemistry, LLC 14857097 HOFFMANN 102/103 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. SUE-AKO, ANDREW B.
3697 Akli Adjaoute 14815940 STEPHENS 101 Hovey Williams LLP OYEBISI, OJO O
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Zhang, Yu et al. 14091016 FITZPATRICK 112(2)/103 PROSKAUER ROSE LLP STAPLETON, ERIC S
3785 Mark D'Angelo et al. 14125663 HOFFMANN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS WOODWARD, VALERIE LYNN
When the phrase “consists of” appears in a clause in the claim body, rather than immediately following the preamble, there is an “exceptionally strong presumption that a claim term set off with ‘consisting of’ is closed to unrecited elements.” Multilayer Stretch Cling Film Holdings, Inc. v. Berry Plastics Corp., 831 F.3d 1350, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2016).
Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2465 Nimal K. K. Gamage et al. 15012801 MacDONALD 103 103 Keysight Technologies, Inc. LAM, YEE F
Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Celine Farcet et al. 14116015 MAJORS 103 POLSINELLI PC TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V
1656 Mikhail Kharisovich. Ziyatdinov et al. 13432519 SMITH 103 CERMAK NAKAJIMA MCGOWAN LLP LEE, JAE W
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ponomarev, Sergey G. 13644268 McMANUS 103 ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP LEE, DOUGLAS
1722 Kouki Sagou et al. 13806146 CASHION 103 JCIPRNET MALLOY, ANNA E
1723 Harris, W. Porter. et al. 14841617 HASTINGS 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP ZENG, LINGWEN R
1733 Takeshi Nishiuchi et al. 14780264 INGLESE 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC SU, XIAOWEI
1765 Becker, Heinrich et al. 14913086 GAUDETTE 102 103 Kim IP Law Group PLLC MC GINTY, DOUGLAS J
1789 Kunze, Ulrich E. et al. 14134538 HASTINGS 112(1)/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY PIZIALI, ANDREW T
1792 Luckhardt, Christoph 14381617 RANGE 103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP SMITH, PRESTON
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2114 Gregory James. Lipinski et al. 14982857 SHAW 101 Gilliam IP PLLC (Broadcom) CONTINO, PAUL F
2143 Roddy Mckee. Bullock 14664843 CYGAN 101/103 Roddy M. Bullock YOON, ERIC
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2456 John I. Okimoto et al. 13305958 HAGY 103 ARRIS Enterprises, LLC CHOUDHURY, AZIZUL Q
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Jagannath Ghoshal et al. 15063383 DIRBA 103 SPRINT TAYLOR, BARRY W
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Rodrigo Alejandro. Acuna Agost et al. 14174196 MEDLOCK 101 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP STERRETT, JONATHAN G
3623 Vishwanath Bandoo. Pargaonkar et al. 13260293 FETTING 102/103 101 MICRO FOCUS LLC SWARTZ, STEPHEN S
3627 Ex parte NOCHTA 11483478 SHAH 101 Fountainhead Law Group P.C. SHEIKH, ASFAND M
3647 DeMonte, Todd R. et al. 14276372 HOELTER 103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. BURGESS, MARC R
3665 Mark E. Krugman et al. 14260417 HOELTER 103 101 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL WALLACE, DONALD JOSEPH
3681 John Hegeman et al. 12611874 FETTING 101 Facebook/Fenwick LI, SUN M
3681 Sean Michael. Bruich 13658536 FETTING 102 101 Facebook/Fenwick REFAI, SAM M
3682 David Selinger et al. 12012323 FETTING 101 James A. D. White VLP Law Group WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J
3683 Marin Litoiu et al. 12023708 FETTING 102/103 101 The Steadman Law Firm PLLC YOUNG, ASHLEY YA-SHEH
3692 Salmon, Diane et al. 14244488 BELISLE 101 LOEB & LOEB, LLP WONG, ERIC TAK WAI
3693 Matthew Hanmer 14500578 FETTING 101 Harness Dickey (Mastercard) MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M
3693 Davide Messina et al. 14451818 FETTING 103 101 MASTERCARD C/O Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA
3694 Patricia M. Mckernan et al. 14171529 RAEVSKY 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP RANKINS, WILLIAM E
3697 Art Porth et al. 15373170 BUI 101 Richards Patent Law P.C. FU, HAO
3697 Shashi Kapur et al 13159936 PYONIN 101/103 Toering Patents PLLC LIU, I JUNG
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3734 David Woodhouse et al. 14813470 HOFFMANN 103 Ford Global Technologies, LLC/ King & Schickli, PLLC BATTISTI, DEREK J
3772 Kwang Bum Park et al. 13642570 DOUGAL 102/103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP NELSON, MATTHEW M
3785 John Power et al. 12583256 WOOD 103 NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS LOUIS, LATOYA M
3794 Shawn L. Stewart 14696779 HOFFMANN 103 Global Intellectual Property Agency, LLC DEMIE, TIGIST S
Reexamination
Rehearing
Granted-in-Part
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 VICOR CORPORATION, Requester, v. SYNQOR, INC., Patent Owner. 7272021 et al. 95/001,637 11/407,699 95001637 SIU 102/103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. NGUYEN, LINH M original BERHANE, ADOLF D
