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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 MORI, Yoko et al. 15108191 KATZ 102/103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BROWN, COURTNEY A

1627 Stephen M. Strittmatter 14272874 MAJORS 103 Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP (Philadelphia) CHONG, YONG SOO

1653 Frank Benkwitz et al. 14360645 JENKS 103/OTDP LanzaTech New Zealand Limited BOWERS, ERIN M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Carder, Gary et al. 15077758 GAUDETTE 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (CH) BADR, HAMID R

As explained by our reviewing court, “[a]bsent some additional reasoning, . . . [a] finding that a skilled artisan would have arrived at the claimed invention through routine optimization is insufficient to support a conclusion of obviousness.” In re Stepan Co., 868 F.3d 1342, 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2017).

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2143 Nicholas Zambetti et al. 14833014 BEAMER 103 DENTONS US LLP - Apple REPSHER III, JOHN T

2159 Li Li et al. 13106751 BENNETT 103 IBM CORPORATION C/O: Fabian Vancott SINGH, AMRESH

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2422 Jeroen Gerard. Scheepens et al. 15022593 JURGOVAN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS YENKE, BRIAN P

2434 Joel M. Ezell et al. 14943225 MORGAN 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. SHERKAT, AREZOO

2485 Dominik Hofmann 14201435 PYONIN 103 BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMANN LLP c/o CPA Global HUANG, FRANK F

2486 Yaniv ALON 12748416 EVANS 103 Dr. Hanan Farber Patent Agent Ltd. PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2683 Bauckman, Mark J. et al. 15665754 JEFFERY 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP EUSTAQUIO, CAL J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2876 Shashi Kapur et al. 14416814 MCGEE 112(2)/102/103 Toering Patents PLLC MIKELS, MATTHEW

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Asok Kumar. Nedumaran et al. 14764367 BROWN 103 COOPER & DUNHAM, LLP WIEST, ANTHONY D

3626 Anca I.D. Bucur et al. 13700743 EVANS 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS PAULSON, SHEETAL R.

3627 Quadracci, Leonard Jon. 13359217 CASS 101/103 DUKE W. YEE YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. GLASS, RUSSELL S

3651 Paul Bui Vinh. Tran 13983482 SILVERMAN 103 Paul Tran KUMAR, RAKESH

3668 Allstate Insurance Company 15247018 ASTORINO 102/103 BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD LANG, MICHAEL DEAN

3679 CAMPBELL FITTINGS, INC. 15043681 ASTORINO 103 RATNERPRESTIA LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT

3681 Jaffri, Taqi 12487118 MEYERS 112(1)/112(2)/101/103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION IOSIF, MARIO CINCINAT

3688 Patrick James. Hunt 13948588 BENNETT 101/103 DANIEL M. FITZGERALD (21652) ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP PATEL, DIPEN M

3696 Ian Domowitz et al. 14286496 SHIANG 101 Prince Lobel Tye LLP NIQUETTE, ROBERT R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Shunmugam Baskar et al. 14967464 DOUGAL 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL KELLER, BRIAN D

3731 Robert Bosch GmbH 13787236 ASTORINO 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP FRY, PATRICK B

3745 Claus Grewe 14376426 STAICOVICI 103 41.50 103 BEUSSE WOLTER SANKS & MAIRE CORDAY, CAMERON A

3792 Viktoria A. Averina et al. 13325354 FITZPATRICK 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/BSC MORALES, JON ERIC C

3794 Martin R. Willard et al. 14327154 DOUGAL 103 KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC OUYANG, BO

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2135 Bharat Chandra. Baddepudi et al. 13288785 MORGAN 103 103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM/ORACLE SAIN, GAUTAM

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Noah Tilman. Rowles 15046958 RAEVSKY 101 103 VAN PELT, YI & JAMES LLP MENGESHA, MULUGETA A

2454 Rajeev Pandey et al. 14170404 POTHIER 101/103 103 MICRO FOCUS LLC MEKONEN, TESFU N

2463 Thomas Zasowski et al. 14547825 BENNETT 102/103 102/103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD ANWAR, MOHAMMAD S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Alex Dunn 14942391 COURTENAY 102 103 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./Nvidia HOANG, PHI

2616 Paolo Fazzini 14733119 CUTITTA 103 103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (ImgTec) SUN, HAI TAO

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3674 Roger L. Schultz et al. 15347535 HOSKINS 103 103 SMITH IP SERVICES, P.C. LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN

3674 Roger L. Schultz et al. 14698578 HOSKINS 103 103 SMITH IP SERVICES, P.C. LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN


Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Robert W. Van Holten 15270352 ADAMS 103 41.50 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON LIU, TRACY

1616 Neivaldo Tunes. Caceres et al. 14201416 GRIMES 112(2) 103 DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC CHUI, MEI PING

1623 James W. Davis et al. 15421513 HARDMAN 103 ALCON MILLER, DALE R

1634 Conrad, Richard et al. 15162373 VALEK 103 LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION POHNERT, STEVEN C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 ALENGRIN, Simon 14911115 HASTINGS 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ahmed S. Al-Zawawi et al. 14337798 RAEVSKY 101 Bracewell LLP ONES, HUGH M

2159 TomTom Belgium N.V. 13932067 BELISLE 103 TOMTOM INTERNATIONAL B.V. IP Creation ALMANI, MOHSEN

2166 Winfried Schwarzmann 12566917 HUGHES 101 Mintz Levin/SAP Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. HARPER, ELIYAH STONE

2178 Yehonatan Aumann 12590895 BARRY 112(!)/103 103 Duncan Galloway Egan Greenwald, PLLC PATEL, MANGLESH M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Mehmet Balasaygun et al. 14154412 BEAMER 103 Setter Roche LLP HLAING, SOE MIN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Giriyappa, Ravichandra et al. 15261652 CYGAN 102/103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (ImgTec) FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS

2686 Jean-Luc Derouineau et al. 14860849 BENNETT 103 HONEYWELL/LKGLOBAL HAILE, BENYAM

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Philip Yin et al. 13862130 INGLESE 112(1)/103 Rimon Law - SEAGATE TRAN, THAI H

2837 Armen Mkrtchyan 13726775 PRAISS 102/103 ESPLIN & ASSOCIATES c/o DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J

2857 CHANDRASHEKARAIAH, Pushpa et al. 13923506 McMANUS 101 Kraguljac Law Group/Oracle CROHN, MARK I

2863 Yasuo Fujishima et al. 14052067 ROBERTSON 101 PEARNE & GORDON LLP LAU, TUNG S

2874 Elford, Michael et al. 14181073 CASHION 103 CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC TRAN, HOANG Q

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Chris W. Higgins et al. 12493778 CHEN 101 103 BGL/Excalibur HOAR, COLLEEN A

3623 Bradley Paul. Smith et al. 12776569 MOHANTY 101 HAVERSTOCK & OWENS LLP BOYCE, ANDRE D

3623 Ming Lei et al. 14132097 McKONE 101 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA

3626 Andrew S. Robinson et al. 14185976 COURTENAY 101 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (Hill-Rom) REYES, REGINALD R

3626 Joan Christensen et al. 14280472 McKONE 102/103 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP SEREBOFF, NEAL

3627 Yair Goldfinger et al. 14315257 YAP 102 101 CHOATE, HALL & STEWART LLP GLASS, RUSSELL S

3644 MARKS, GEOFFREY W. 15811345 SCHOPFER 112(2)/103 SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, LLP NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION WONG, JESSICA BOWEN

3668 Perry Robinson. Macneille et al. 15067877 O’HANLON 103 101/102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL INGRAM, THOMAS P

3669 RAO, Manoharprasad K. et al. 15185833 PESLAK 102/103 101 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL KHATIB, RAMI

3677 Lajewardi, Farhad et al. 15375238 PESLAK 103 THOMPSON HINE L.L.P. O BRIEN, JEFFREY D

3681 Davide Di Censo et al. 14319338 DIXON 103 Artegis Law Group, LLP - Harman SHELDEN, BION A

3685 Kevin Willeitner et al. 12572727 SILVERMAN 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 KUCAB, JAMIE R

3692 Howard W. Lutnick et al. 12631181 MOHANTY 103 101/103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. FELTEN, DANIEL S

3693 William L. Wittsche 13472429 CRAWFORD 101/103 112(1)/112(2)/112(6) Mr. Christopher John Rourk Jackson Walker LLP BORLINGHAUS, JASON M

3693 Srinivas D. Reddy et al. 14046527 HUME 101/103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA

3694 Sheila H. James et al. 12408449 COURTENAY 112(1) 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP RANKINS, WILLIAM E

3695 Richard Burdett et al. 12982951 CRAWFORD 101 103 Otterstedt, Wallace & Kammer, LLP POLLOCK, GREGORY A

3695 Mark Wiesman et al. 12343837 MORGAN 101 103 DANIEL M. FITZGERALD (21652) ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP POLLOCK, GREGORY A

3697 Gil Don et al. 14224129 YAP 101 Professional Patent Solutions OYEBISI, OJO O

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Jamie Abrahamson 15157518 OSINSKI 101/103 Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID

3711 Long, Keenan et al. 14918513 HOELTER 103 PERKINS COIE LLP - LOS GENERAL GRAHAM, MARK S

3715 Takayuki Itoh et al. 14454329 BROWN 101/OTDP OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LIM, SENG HENG

3791 Marcus H. CRAWFORD 14425925 HOELTER 103 THE LAW FIRM OF ANDREA HENCE EVANS, LLC SHOSTAK, ANDREY

3791 Matthew W. Bown et al. 14309782 OSINSKI 103 102/103 BD/Rutan & Tucker, LLP KREMER, MATTHEW

3792 Pfleiderer, Martin et al. 14867646 KAUFFMAN 103 COHEN & HILDEBRAND, PLLC KABIR, ZAHED

3793 Lior Sobe 11945828 HORNER 112(1)/112(2) 103 DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC (STJ) COOK, CHRISTOPHER L

Rehearing

Granted
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3792 Birkholz, Doug M. et al. 15278113 STEPINA 102/103/OTDP OTDP SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/BSC KABIR, ZAHED

Denied
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2486 Satoshi Kira et al. 14078855 CHUNG 103 103 41.50 112(1)/112(2) NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. ABAZA, AYMAN A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 David J. Schram et al. 14104896 DIXON 103 S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. WHITAKER, ANDREW B