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1791 William Mutilangi et al. 14627075 - (D) KENNEDY 103 Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. DICUS, TAMRA
2166 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 14296450 - (D) EVANS 103 Barta, Jones & Foley, P.C. (Patent Group - Microsoft Corporation) OBERLY, VAN HONG
2645 Bakker, John-Luc et al. 13529088 - (D) SHAW 103 Conley Rose - BlackBerry Files SEYEDVOSOGHI, FARID
3624 The Boeing Company 13768427 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 41.50 101 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP/BOEING DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H
3645 David Hill et al. 13059795 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP HULKA, JAMES R
A so-called “design choice” rationale, such as the Examiner relies upon, has been deemed appropriate where one prior art element or property is proposed to be substituted for another that achieves the same purpose. ... Cf. In re Gal, 980 F.2d 717, 719 (Fed. Cir. 1992) (“The Board held that Gal had simply made an obvious design choice. However, the different structures of Gal and Matsumura achieve different purposes.”).
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
1732 Hermanus Jongkind et al. 14428496 - (D) KENNEDY 103 OTDP SHELL OIL COMPANY CALL, DOUGLAS BRYANT
1763 Infineon Technologies Austria AG 15371554 - (D) DENNETT 103 103 MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER/INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES USELDING, JOHN E
2611 Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation 14740862 - (D) DEJMEK 103 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (Dolby) TUNG, KEE M
3621 Pahls, Avery Colorado. et al. 13297041 - (D) SMITH 101/103 101/103 Intellectual Property Law Offices of Joel Voelzke APC VAN BRAMER, JOHN W
3711 Epoch Lacrosse, LLC. 15399662 - (D) SONG 112(1)/103 112(2)/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP PENG, RAYSHUN K.
3761 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15222311 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 112(1)/112(2) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford MCGRATH, ERIN E
AFFIRMED
1611 ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC 15408924 - (D) ADAMS 112(2) 112(2)/103/OTDP KING & SPALDING BARHAM, BETHANY P
1618 GE HEALTHCARE LIMITED 15742512 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 Arent Fox LLP and GE Healthcare DONOHUE, SEAN R
1735 Steven J. Bullied et al. 14937988 - (D) KENNEDY 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY YUEN, JACKY
1764 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY 14818774 - (D) HASTINGS 103 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY LEE, DORIS L
1796 Sharps Compliance, Inc. 14533381 - (D) KENNEDY 112(2)/102/103 Adolph Locklar Michael Locklar WEISS, PAMELA HL
2176 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 14297810 - (D) KUMAR 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION NGUYEN, MAIKHANH
2643 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC. 14605717 - (D) DESHPANDE 103 Barta, Jones & Foley, P.C. (Patent Group - Microsoft Corporation) YI, ALEXANDER J.
3623 Rackham, Guy Jonathan James. 12325288 - (D) CUTITTA 101 IBM Corp-Rochester Drafting Center CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N
3688 VP Holdings, Inc. 14221233 - (D) NAPPI 102 101/102 HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC RETTA, YEHDEGA
3746 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 15138491 - (D) REIMERS 112(1)/112(2) 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL
REHEARING
DENIED
1646 Zietchick Research Institute, LLC 15322881 - (R) ADAMS 112(1) Mitchell Intellectual Property Law, PLLC DILLAHUNT, SANDRA E