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PTAB.US: Decisions of PTAB Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Monday, December 13, 2021

nat'l steel, jones






Reversed
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1776 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY 15500752 COLAIANNI 102 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY ANBACHT, BRIT ELIZA

1777 RDP Technologies, Inc. 15601111 SMITH 102/103 PAUL AND PAUL PEO, KARA M

1785 Kronoplus Technical AG 15624823 GUPTA 103 RENNER OTTO BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP REDDY, SATHAVARAM I

1788 Custom Adhesive Products LLC 15826397 COLAIANNI 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN S.C. CHANG, VICTOR S

1799 Solentim Ltd 15603184 DENNETT 103 FBFK PRAKASH, GAUTAM

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2129 SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT 15236599 CUTITTA 103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP HANN, JAY B

2135 ARM Limited 14449689 HUGHES 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. CHAPPELL, DANIEL C

2184 QUALCOMM Incorporated 15709550 HOFF 102 W&T/Qualcomm HASSAN, AURANGZEB

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2416 Nicira, Inc. 15442073 PER CURIAM 103 ADELI LLP MAK, RODRICK

2419 VMware, Inc. 15612331 EVANS 103 Patterson + Sheridan, LLP - VMware PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R

2447 LENOVO (BEIJING) LTD. 15373266 JEFFERY 102 Russell Ng PLLC (LENOVO) NDIAYE, CHEIKH T

2483 NOVADAQ TECHNOLOGIES ULC 14636448 BUI 103 Stryker European Operations Limited c/o Morrison & Foerster LLP AN, SHAWN S

2485 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 15538853 CYGAN 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC GLOVER, CHRISTOPHER KINGSBURY

2494 International Business Machines Corporation 15724897 BUSCH 103 IBM CORP. (WSM) c/o WINSTEAD ASHLEY, BRUCE S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. 16263371 HOWARD 103 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP GIRMA, FEKADESELASS

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2845 Infineon Technologies AG 16058749 HANLON 102 Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A. Infineon Technologies AG NGUYEN, LINH V

2886 Valencell, Inc. 16011985 WILSON 102 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. AMARA, MOHAMED K

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation 15202294 CAPP 112(1)/112(2)/103 WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION C/O BOYLE FREDRICKSON S.C NGUYEN, SON T

3666 AUDI AG 15562243 KERINS 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. JEN, MINGJEN

3683 Juggle, Inc. 15096231 MEYERS 112(2)/103 Grable Martin Fulton PLLC PADOT, TIMOTHY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Georg Utz Holding AG 15741336 BROWN 102/103 COLLARD & ROE, P.C. ANDERSON, DON M

3734 AMCOR FLEXIBLES, INC 13677475 KERINS 103 AMCOR FLEXIBLES NORTH AMERICA, INC. ATTEL, NINA KAY

3745 United Technologies Corporation 15841792 HUTCHINGS 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY PRUITT, JUSTIN A

3746 PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH 15772091 HUTCHINGS 102/103 THOT PATENT ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C

3772 3Shape A/S 15529771 MARTIN 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC EIDE, HEIDI MARIE

3772 L'OREAL 14368185 MURPHY 103 OLIFF PLC KALACH, BRIANNE E

3793 Oura Health Oy 14606341 HUTCHINGS 103 Holland & Hart LLP/Oura Health Oy PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG

3793 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15100652 WOODS 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MAYNARD, JOHNATHAN A

Affirmed-in-Part 
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Maersk Olie og Gas A/S 15863398 STRAUSS 103 103 Crowell/BGL GIRMA, FEKADESELASS

“It has long been the law that the motivation to combine need not be found in prior art references, but equally can be found ‘in the knowledge generally available to one of ordinary skill in the art.’” Nat’l Steel Car, Ltd. v. Canadian Pacific Ry., Ltd., 357 F.3d 1319, 1337 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (quoting In re Jones, 958 F.2d 347, 351 (Fed. Cir. 1992)).

Nat'l Steel Car, Ltd. v. Can. Pac. Ry., Ltd., 357 F.3d 1319, 69 USPQ2d 1641 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2141.03

Jones, In re, 958 F.2d 347, 21 USPQ2d 1941 (Fed. Cir. 1992) 707.07(f) 2143.01 2144 2144.05 2144.08

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd. 15432150 HEANEY 102 102 Cirrus Logic c/o Jackson Walker LLP c/o Jackson Walker, L.L.P. DE LEON DOMENECH, RAFAEL O

2846 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 15250172 ANKENBRAND 112(1) 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC BOUZIANE, SAID

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Honeywell International Inc. 15368472 WARNER 103 103 HONEYWELL/STW Intellectual Property Services Group RUBY, TRAVIS C

3774 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. 15822747 FITZPATRICK 103 102 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP GANESAN, SUBA

3794 GYRUS MEDICAL LIMITED 15404286 MURPHY 103 112(2) OLIFF PLC GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY

Affirmed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 L'OREAL 15757424 LEBOVITZ 103 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. LIU, TRACY

1642 MEDIMMUNE, LLC 15023858 LEBOVITZ 112(1)/102/103 103/OTDP Jones Day ALLEN, MICHAEL D

1647 Ambrx, Inc. et al. 16165813 WISZ 112(1) 103 Elanco US Inc. ALLEN, MARIANNE P

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 SUNEDISON SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED 15549919 HEANEY 103 Richard A. Schuth (SunEdison) Armstrong Teasdale LLP BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A

1733 OUTOKUMPU OYJ 14342865 SMITH 103 CARTER, DELUCA & FARRELL LLP KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN

1734 EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH et al. 14896719 REN 103 LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL A. SANZO, LLC NGUYEN, NGOC YEN M

1765 Katsumi Tokumoto et al. 12995332 WILSON 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SERGENT, RABON A

1766 Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 14193409 PRAISS 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W.

1783 SCHOTT AG 15066650 TOWNSEND 102 OHLANDT, GREELEY, RUGGIERO & PERLE, LLP JOHNSON, NANCY ROSENBERG

1787 Covestro Deutschland AG 15557997 OWENS 103 Covestro LLC JACKSON, MONIQUE R

1787 PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC. 15296548 SNAY 103 PPG Industries, Inc. IP Law Group NELSON, MICHAEL B

1792 Michael Sauvageau et al. 15618698 HOUSEL 103 ZIEGLER IP LAW GROUP, LLC. AXTELL, ASHLEY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2133 ARM LIMITED 15741830 COURTENAY 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. CHOI, CHARLES J

2192 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 15348503 CRAIG 103 Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Microsoft) LUU, CUONG V

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2411 NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY 14767623 CURCURI 103 SQUIRE PB (Nokia) Nokia Technologies Oy KIM, HARRY H

2424 comScore, Inc. 16100356 EVANS 101 BakerHostetler RIAZ, SAHAR AQIL

2455 VMware, Inc. 15013066 CURCURI 103 Patterson + Sheridan, LLP - VMware HENRY, MARIEGEORGES A

2456 NICIRA, INC. 15375142 HAGY 103 Ren-Sheng International (VMWARE-NICIRA) KEEHN, RICHARD G

2463 Apple Inc. 14917931 LEBOVITZ 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (APPLE) MARCELO, MELVIN C

2481 QUALCOMM Incorporated 14585041 DEJMEK 103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A. JEAN BAPTISTE, JERRY T

2483 Xiangyun Ye et al. 12647192 CHUNG 103 101 Cognex Corporation ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL

2483 Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation 14612915 HUME 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. SECHSER, JILL D

2632 Continental Automotive GmbH 16074748 SHIANG 103 Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC DSOUZA, JOSEPH FRANCIS A

2688 BOSE CORPORATION 15267552 PYONIN 103 LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP BOSE SHERWIN, RYAN W

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 15301772 SNAY 102/103 Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC BOYLE, ABBIGALE A

2853 X-Celeprint Limited 14804031 HOUSEL 103 CHOATE, HALL & STEWART LLP NGUYEN, QUANG X.L.

2884 RAYTHEON COMPANY 14603877 ANKENBRAND 112(1) LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP Raytheon FIN, CAROLYN

2892 LG Display Co., Ltd. 15354178 COLAIANNI 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (WA) HUBER, ROBERT T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 International Business Machines Corporation 15363575 WIEDER 103 112(1)/101 41.50 112(2) Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN

3626 International Business Machines Corporation 15340003 CALVE 101 41.50 101 Walder Intellectual Property Law PC COBANOGLU, DILEK B

3626 International Business Machines Corporation 14870073 CRAWFORD 101 Walder Intellectual Property Law PC BARR, MARY EVANGELINE

3628 BlitzIt, Inc. 16053878 HUTCHINGS 101/103 MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC WALSH, EMMETT K

3691 Creditex Group, Inc. 14633445 MOHANTY 112(2) 101 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) HAMILTON, LALITA M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Mara Enterprises Limited 15255334 BROWN 101 FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP BUMGARNER, MELBA N

3715 Peter Clarke et al. 15847079 MOHANTY 101/103 SALIWANCHIK, LLOYD & EISENSCHENK A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER

3715 WIPEBOOK CORP. 14498904 HILL 103 112(1) NEXUS LAW GROUP LLP KORB, JENNIFER LUANN

3715 Vnomics Corp. 16057473 HILL OTDP 101 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP SAINT-VIL, EDDY

3722 Akira SUGIYAMA 16021901 FITZPATRICK 112(2) FLYNN THIEL, P.C. DIAB, YASIR A

3723 DMS Innovations Limited et al. 14421605 HOSKINS 102/103 QIPLG RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND

3726 Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. 15555917 BROWN 103 MARK D. SARALINO (PAN) RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP TRAVERS, MATTHEW P

3731 Covidien LP 16354796 MOHANTY 103 Covidien LP TECCO, ANDREW M

3736 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER 15517025 HOELTER 102 CANTOR COLBURN LLP THOMAS, KAREEN KAY

3741 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 15244367 DEJMEK 103 HONEYWELL/LKGLOBAL KANG, EDWIN G

Rehearing

Granted 
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. 15654452 MURPHY 112(1)/103 101/102/103 STAAS & HALSEY LLP PAULSON, SHEETAL R.

Denied 
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Opdig, Inc. 14212678 MORGAN 103 Eric Jeffrey Keller PARKER, JEFFREY ALAN 

Reexamination

Reversed 
3993 Rollex Corporation 15005311 MURPHY 112(1)/112(2)/103 Seyfarth Shaw LLP STORMER, RUSSELL D