REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2112 Ex Parte Downing et al 13080041 - (D) MacDONALD 102 41.50 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise RIZK, SAMIR WADIE
2131 Ex Parte Runcie et al 12469240 - (D) STEPHENS 103 Haynes and Boone, LLP MACKALL, LARRY T
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2481 Ex Parte He 11608616 - (D) MARGOLIES 102 NXP-Huffman Law Group, P.C. PEREZ FUENTES, LUIS M
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Titmus 12531871 - (D) PESLAK 103 Rhodes Donahoe, LLC KENNEDY, JOSHUA T
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Watson et al 12894826 - (D) STEPINA 103 Covidien (Senniger Powers) TOWA, RENE T
3748 Ex Parte Huang et al 12874639 - (D) HOELTER 103 ALLEMAN HALL MCCOY RUSSELL & TUTTLE, LLP LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte Rogers 13484126 - (D) HOFFMANN 101 112(2)/112(4) MALHOTRA LAW FIRM, PLLC DUFFY, DAVID W
AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Wolff 11239701 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 HARNESS, DICKEY, & PIERCE, P.L.C YOUNG, MICAH PAUL
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ex Parte Li et al 12546874 - (D) KRATZ 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP GULAKOWSKI, RANDY P
1799 Ex Parte Tanaami et al 13149195 - (D) DELMENDO 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP HASSAN, LIBAN M
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2172 Ex Parte Macadaan et al 12036948 - (D) PYONIN 112(1)/103 AOL Inc./Finnegan HUR, ECE
2194 Ex Parte Joseph et al 13182840 - (D) MCMILLIN 112(2)/103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise RONI, SYED A
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Iyer et al 12465763 - (D) McGRAW 103 Bose Corporation BANTAMOI, ANTHONY
2466 Ex Parte R. van Nee 11482316 - (D) McKEOWN 112(2) 102/103 Avago Technologies Limited GUADALUPE CRUZ, AIXA AMYR
2495 Ex Parte Chen 11736387 - (D) HOMERE 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. GEE, JASON KAI YIN
2496 Ex Parte Jutila 12142362 - (D) DEJMEK 103 Core Wireless Licensing Ltd PATEL, NIRAV B
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2614 Ex Parte Chan et al 12339423 - (D) SMITH 103 Keohane & D'Alessandro ZALALEE, SULTANA MARCIA
2641 Ex Parte Lee et al 11790551 - (D) PYONIN 102/103 NSIP LAW BEHNAMIAN, SHAHRIAR
2644 Ex Parte Kallio 11477767 - (D) BAUMEISTER 101 103 Mintz Levin/Nokia Technologies Oy EISNER, RONALD
Specifically, these networking operations are not steps of a real-world economic practice or other similar abstract idea performed in a computer network. See, e.g., BuySafe, Inc. v. Google, Inc., 765 F.3d 1350, 1355 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (noting that the "claims [in that case] are squarely about creating a contractual relationship"—an abstract idea). Instead, the present claims expressly limit the settings to a subscriber to a network and requires processing these settings in a particular way to affect the network's service. It is a challenge particular to networking.
Because the claims are not drawn to any abstract idea recognized by the courts under Alice 's first step of the inquiry, we need not determine whether an inventive concept transforms the method into a patent-eligible application. Here, we only note that "the claimed solution is necessarily rooted in computer technology in order to overcome a problem specifically arising in the realm of computer networks." DDR Holdings, 773 F.3d at 1257, quoted in 2014 Interim Guidance, 79 Fed. Reg. at 74,632. Accordingly, claim I is eligible subject matter.
buySAFE, Inc. v. Google, Inc., 765 F.3d 1350, 112 USPQ2d 1093 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2106
DDR Holdings, LLC v. Hotels.com, L.P., 773 F.3d 1245 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2173.05(b)
2687 Ex Parte Gnanasekaran et al 12621713 - (D) SHAW 103 HONEYWELL/CONLEY ROSE POPE, DARYL C
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2847 Ex Parte Levy et al 13304881 - (D) KRIVAK 103 The Chemours Company MAYO III, WILLIAM H
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3696 Ex Parte Palmer 12327912 - (D) KIM 112(2)/102/103 41.50 101/112(2) TUCKER ELLIS LLP BERONA, KIMBERLY SUE
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3717 Ex Parte Berman et al 12907555 - (D) HOELTER 102 King Show Games, INC. LIM, SENG HENG
3744 Ex Parte KERLER et al 12619566 - (D) KERINS 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. RUSSELL, DEVON L
3754 Ex Parte Babick et al 11351648 - (D) BAHR 103 Foley & Lardner LLP NGUYEN, TUAN N
3775 Ex Parte Scortecci 12988878 - (D) WIEKER 103 YOUNG & THOMPSON COLEY, ZADE JAMES
REHEARING
DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2682 Ex Parte Huxley et al 12598847 - (D) PYONIN 103 RENNER OTTO BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP BUGG, GEORGE A
