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

Monday, December 19, 2011

graves, LeGrice

REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Wong et al 10/795,012 WALSH 103(a)/non-statutory obviousness-type double patenting VISTA IP LAW GROUP LLP EXAMINER WHALEY, PABLO S

2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Rantalainen 10/043,926 STEPHENS 103(a) HARRINGTON & SMITH EXAMINER DOAN, KIET M

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2824 Ex Parte Dennison 11/262,246 RUGGIERO 103(a) TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. EXAMINER LULIS, MICHAEL P

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Johnson et al 10/790,604 MacDONALD 102(e)/103(a) MYERS BIGEL SIBLEY & SAJOVEC, P. A. EXAMINER DEBERADINIS, ROBERT L

REEXAMINATION

EXAMINER AFFIRMED

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2839 Ex Parte 6521831 et al BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC. Third Party Requestor, Respondent, Appellant v. ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. Patent Owner, Respondent, Appellant 95/000,196 09/941,341 TURNER 103(a) PATENT OWNER: THE JACKSON PATENT GROUP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER MICHAEL J. STRAUSS MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP EXAMINER GELLNER, JEFFREY L original EXAMINER NASRI, JAVAID H

AFFIRMED

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Bruner et al 11/585,458 KATZ 103(a) William J. Uhl EXAMINER BURKHART, ELIZABETH A

1746 Ex Parte Thorson et al 11/361,288 TIMM 103(a) KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. EXAMINER AFTERGUT, JEFF H

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Ex Parte Wang et al 11/173,098 FRAHM 103(a) BIRCH, STEWART, KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP EXAMINER TAKELE, MESEKER

See In re Graves, 69 F.3d 1147, 1152 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (citing In re LeGrice, 301 F.2d 929, 936 (CCPA 1962))(confirming the longstanding interpretation that the teachings of a reference may be taken in combination with knowledge of the skilled artisan to put the artisan in possession of the claimed invention even though the patent does not specifically disclose certain features.).

LeGrice, In re, 301 F.2d 929, 133 USPQ 365 (CCPA 1962) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2121.03

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2422 Ex Parte Vornsand 09/852,883 RUGGIERO 103(a) Zenith Electronics Corporation EXAMINER YENKE, BRIAN P

2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Lengning et al 11/076,255 WHITEHEAD, JR. 103(a) CROWELL & MORING LLP EXAMINER NGUYEN, TAI T

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2834 Ex Parte Gerfast 10/703,656 SAADAT 102(b)/103(a) STEN R. GERFAST EXAMINER NGUYEN, TRAN N

2892 Ex Parte Bronner et al 11/308,604 STEPHENS 102(e)/103(a) OHLANDT, GREELEY, RUGGIERO & PERLE, LLP EXAMINER TRICE, KIMBERLY N