thibault, otto

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1797 Ex Parte Nielsen et al 12475714 - (D) OWENS 103 HP Inc. XU, XIAOYUN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2845 Ex Parte Ozden et al 12310752 - (D) HOMERE 103 Core Wireless Licensing Ltd WIMER, MICHAEL C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3685 Ex Parte Tien et al 10844863 - (D) FETTING 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY AGWUMEZIE, CHINEDU CHARLES

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte Chakra et al 13166961 - (D) PINKERTON 102 102 WINSTEAD P.C. IBM CORP. (WSM) LY, ANH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3681 Ex Parte Kim et al 12866105 - (D) FETTING 102 102 HAUPTMAN HAM, LLP LI, SUN M

"[E]xpressions relating the apparatus to contents thereof during an intended operation are of no significance in determining patentability of the apparatus claim." Ex parte Thibault, 164 USPQ 666, 667 (Bd. App. 1969). Furthermore, "inclusion of material or article worked upon by a structure being claimed does not impart patentability to the claims." In re Otto, 312 F.2d 937, 940 (CCPA 1963).

INCLUDES LINK TO PDF OF THIBAULT FROM USPQ, NOT IN GOOGLE SCHOLAR!

Otto, In re, 312 F.2d 937, 136 USPQ 458 (CCPA 1963) 2111.02 , 2115

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1621 Ex Parte Oron et al 12231601 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 COOPER & DUNHAM, LLP FAY, ZOHREH A

1627 Ex Parte DePierro et al 11841183 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY KAROL, JODY LYNN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1782 Ex Parte Brebion 13325196 - (D) HEANEY 112(2) 103 SEALED AIR CORPORATION YAGER, JAMES C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2133 Ex Parte Braga 12967355 - (D) STRAUSS 103 MYERS BIGEL & SIBLEY, P.A. RUTZ, JARED IAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2482 Ex Parte Mizosoe et al 12182641 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Mcilvain et al 12964024 - (D) LANEY 103 41.50 103 EDELL, SHAPIRO & FINNAN, LLC CHAMBERS, MICHAEL S

wertheim

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 Ex Parte Fulton 13431976 - (D) HAMANN 103 Nelson and Nelson VERBRUGGE, KEVIN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3633 Ex Parte Sareyka 13694393 - (D) MURPHY 102 JACKSON AND CHOVANES A, PHI DIEU TRAN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Ohta 11514935 - (D) GUIJT 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC RENWICK, REGINALD A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Thomas 12929424 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC MILLISER, THERON S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Lutnick et al 11459254 - (D) HOFFMANN 112(1) 103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. PIERCE, WILLIAM M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1764 Ex Parte Tang et al 11368755 - (D) DELMENDO 112(1)/102/103 NATH, GOLDBERG & MEYER HUHN, RICHARD A

We agree with the Examiner's finding (Ans. 6) that m < n encompasses any values of m and n, including values well beyond the originally disclosed numerical values. In re Wertheim, 541 F.2d 257, 263-264 (CCPA 1976) ("By pointing to the fact that claim I reads on embodiments outside the scope of the description, the PTO has satisfied its burden.) ...

In view of the Examiner's specific findings and the Appellants' reliance on "m < n" as a basis for patentability (discussed infra in Rejection III), we find that the Examiner satisfied the initial burden of establishing that the broad ranges for m and n as described in the original disclosure in combination with the exemplified polymers are not sufficiently descriptive of the presently recited "m < n " and thus hold that the claim does not comply with written description requirement as required by 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ l . See Wertheim, 541 F.2d at 265 ("[w]here it is clear, for instance, that the broad described range pertains to a different invention than the narrower (and subsumed) claimed range, then the broader range does not describe the narrower range"). 

Wertheim, In re, 541 F.2d 257, 191 USPQ 90 (CCPA 1976) 706.03(o) ,   1302.01 ,   2144.05 ,   2163 ,   2163.03 ,   2163.04 ,   2163.05

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2448 Ex Parte Murray et al 12292745 - (D) SHIANG 103 Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP STRANGE, AARON N

2491 Ex Parte Choi et al 11545507 - (D) BAER 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC EDWARDS, LINGLAN E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Yilmaz et al 11946892 - (D) KINDER 112(1) 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY GOYAL, ARUN

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Ex Parte Raghavan et al 12454622 - (D) ULLAGADDI 103 FLYNN, THIEL, BOUTELL & TANIS, P.C. MEHMOOD, JENNIFER

wrigley

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2452 Ex Parte YOU 12902362 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP GREENE, JOSEPH L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2636 Ex Parte Harley et al 12330691 - (D) PYONIN 103 Clements Bernard PLLC SANDHU, AMRITBIR K

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3748 Ex Parte Spagnuolo 12623665 - (D) SCHOPFER 102/103 Joseph G. Spagnuolo WAN, DEMING

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Ishikawa et al 12313417 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 double patenting INTELLECTUAL VENTURES - ISF LIN, JERRY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2181 Ex Parte Ananthanarayanan et al 12698733 - (D) MacDONALD 112(2)/102/103 101 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC TAYLOR, BROOKE JAZMOND

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Tomita et al 12996977 - (D) SAWERT 103 LACKENBACH SIEGEL, LLP FALKOWITZ, ANNA R

The instant situation of selecting known elements for use in cosmetics is also similar to that in Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. v. Cadbury Adams USA LLC, 683 F.3d 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2012). In that case, the Federal Circuit found a “strong case of obviousness based on the prior art references of record” based on the recitation in the claim at issue of “ a combination of elements that were all known in the prior art, and all that was required to obtain that combination was to substitute one well-known . . . agent for another.”

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2446 Ex Parte Wright et al 12974522 - (D) HAGY 103 CRGO LAW HUSSAIN, TAUQIR

OPQA Ex Parte Jessen et al 13013214 - (D) KUMAR 102/103 InfoPrint Solutions/ Blakely GUILLERMETY, FRED

wesslau, bausch & lomb

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte MCCOY 12341094 - (D) JESCHKE 103 WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION - MD 3601 EVANS, KIMBERLY L

3675 Ex Parte Takeuchi et al 12624902 - (D) HOSKINS 102 HONEYWELL/IFL FOSTER, NICHOLAS L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Bonde et al 11740049 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT , P.A HOUSTON, ELIZABETH

3738 Ex Parte Thornton et al 11466322 - (D) BAHR 102/103 Medtronic Vascular - APV Division STEWART, JASON-DENNIS NEILKEN

The Examiner's reasoning in proposing to modify Rioux to have a uniform natural diameter lacks rational underpinnings because it fails to consider the teachings of the prior art as a whole.

It is impermissible within the framework of section 103 to pick and choose from any one reference only so much of it as will support a given position, to the exclusion of other parts necessary to the full appreciation of what such reference fairly suggests to one of ordinary skill in the art.

In re Wesslau, 353 F.2d 238, 241 (CCPA 1965) (cited with approval in Bausch & Lomb, Inc. v. BarnesHind/Hydrocurve, Inc., 796 F.2d 443, 448 (Fed. Cir. 1986)).

Bausch & Lomb v. Barnes-Hind/Hydrocurve, Inc., 796 F.2d 443, 230 USPQ 416 (Fed. Cir. 1986) 2141.02

3763 Ex Parte Nelson 13247203 - (D) SCHOPFER 102/103 MEDTRONIC, INC. (NEURO/MRG) VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Kalyankar et al 13072860 - (D) DELMENDO 102/103 102/103 Legal Department HEINCER, LIAM J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Boscher et al 11793673 - (D) KENNY 112(1)/103 103 YOUNG & THOMPSON WANG, HARRIS C

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Quincy et al 13336168 - (D) NEW 102 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. CABRAL, ROBERT S

1662 Ex Parte Albertsen et al 12400175 - (D) FLAX 112(1)/102 103/double patenting PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. KUBELIK, ANNE R

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte Jambunathan et al 12031256 - (D) KENNEDY 103/double patenting AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. ARCIERO, ADAM A

1766 Ex Parte Bai et al 13027747 - (D) ROSS 103 Henkel Corporation DOLLINGER, MICHAEL M

1772 Ex Parte Van Den Berg et al 12988918 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY LOUIE, PHILIP Y

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2144 Ex Parte Petri 11681926 - (D) KUMAR 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP SMITH, BENJAMIN J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2683 Ex Parte Vandivier et al 12776632 - (D) KHAN 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL HOLLOWAY III, EDWIN C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Blomberg et al 12611407 - (D) BAYAT 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (LICENSING) SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N

3693 Ex Parte Bouchard 12298720 - (D) KIM 103 Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP BORLINGHAUS, JASON M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Thomas et al 12604084 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 ALLERGAN, INC. HENSON, DEVIN B

3737 Ex Parte Sorensen 11969478 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 QUARLES & BRADY LLP SIRIPURAPU, RAJEEV P

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2471 Ex Parte Burckart et al 13407653 - (D) TROCK 103 CRGO LAW CHOU, ALBERT T

Morris, K-2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte Hall 12961615 - (D) KINDER 103 MARSHALL & MELHORN, LLC KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS

[T]he PTO applies to the verbiage of the proposed claims the broadest reasonable meaning of the words in their ordinary usage as they would be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art, taking into account whatever enlightenment by way of definitions or otherwise that may be afforded by the written description contained in the applicant’s specification. 

In re Morris, 127 F.3d 1048, 1054 (Fed. Cir. 1997). In doing so, the Office may not read the claims in a way that would effectively expunge a term from the claim language. See K-2 Corp. v. Salomon S.A., 191 F.3d 1356, 1363 (Fed. Cir. 1999). 

Morris, In re, 127 F.3d 1048, 44 USPQ2d 1023 (Fed. Cir. 1997) 904.01 , 2111 , 2111.01 , 2163 , 2173.05(a) , 2181

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION Requester v. MEDTRONIC, INC. Patent Owner, Appellant Ex Parte 7,691,143 B2 et al 11/534,188 95000694 - (D) SONG 102 MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP JASTRZAB, JEFFREY R original GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J

bose, may, nolan

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2486 Ex Parte PAI M.M et al 12627737 - (D) KRIVAK 103 BRUNDIDGE & STANGER, P.C. SOSANYA, OBAFEMI OLUDAYO

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1781 Ex Parte Currier et al 12372032 - (D) NAGUMO 103 Georgia-Pacific LLC GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA

1782 Ex Parte KIM et al 12464455 - (D) ROSS 103 H.C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC ZHANG, RUIYUN

1797 Ex Parte Thoes et al 12910425 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS INC. WECKER, JENNIFER

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2184 Ex Parte Balasubramanian 12221515 - (D) KHAN 102/103 Haynes and Boone, LLP (47415) PARK, ILWOO

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 Ex Parte Whitney 13017231 - (D) Per Curiam 103 Fletcher Yoder PC GE Energy Management
 POWERS, WILLIAM S

2498 Ex Parte Golden 13080777 - (D) KUMAR 103 Alpine Technology Law Group LLC GUIRGUIS, MICHAEL M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2683 Ex Parte Wagner et al 12807920 - (D) FRAHM 103 BAE SYSTEMS LAU, KEVIN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2817 Ex Parte KIM et al 12550073 - (D) KUMAR 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP TRINH, HOA B

2817 Ex Parte Kim et al 11603839 - (D) KUMAR 103 MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP TRINH, HOA B

See Bose Corp. v. JBL, Inc., 274 F.3d 1354, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (holding that "[t]here can be no dispute that mathematically an inherent characteristic of an ellipse is a major diameter"). 

Bose Corp. v. JBL, Inc., 274 F.3d 1354, 61 USPQ2d 1216 (Fed. Cir. 2001) 2173.05

Evidence of unexpected results must be weighed against evidence supporting prima facie obviousness in making a final determination of the obviousness of the claimed invention. In re May, 574 F.2d 1082, 1092, (citing In re Nolan, 553 F.2d 1261, 1267 (CCPA 1977))

May, In re, 574 F.2d 1082, 197 USPQ 601 (CCPA 1978) 716.02(c) , 2112.02 , 2144.08 , 2144.09

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3784 CoolIT SYSTEMS, INC., Third Party Requester, Respondent, v. ASETEK A/S, Patent Owner, Appellant. Ex Parte 8245764 et al original 13/269,234 95002386 - (D) MARTIN 102/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP KAUFMAN, JOSEPH A original DUKE, EMMANUEL E

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 VICOR CORPORATION Requester and Respondent v. Patent of SYNQOR, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7072190 et al 10/812,314 95001702 - (D) MOORE 103 103 41.77 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. Third Party Requester: Turner Boyd LLP NGUYEN, LINH M original NGUYEN, MATTHEW VAN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 VICOR CORPORATION, Requester, v. SYNQOR, INC., Patent Owner and Appellant. Ex Parte 8023290 et al 12/478,942 95001861 - (D) MOORE 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. Third Party Requester: Turner Boyd LLP Tom, My-Trang original NGUYEN, MATTHEW VAN

REHEARING

GRANTED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 CERRO WIRE, INC. Requester and Respondent v. SOUTHWIRE COMPANY Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7557301 et al 12/017,222 95000696 - (R) CHEN 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: DLA PIPER US LLP PATEL, HETUL B original MAYO III, WILLIAM H

2838 VICOR CORPORATION Requester v. SYNQOR, Inc. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7272021 et al 11/407,699 95001637 - (D) MOORE 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. Third Party Requester: Turner Boyd LLP Nguyen, Linh original BERHANE, ADOLF D

DENIED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 VICOR CORPORATION Requester v. SYNQOR, INC. Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7,564,702 et al 11/901,263 95001853 - (D) MOORE 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. Third Party Requester: Turner Boyd LLP Menefee, James original NGUYEN, MATTHEW VAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3672 Ex parte DAVID WALTER Ex Parte 7513711 et al 11/620,000 90013165 - (R) MARTIN 112(1) MARK TERRY, ESQ. FETSUGA, ROBERT M original KRECK, JOHN J

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1629 Ex Parte Krishnan 11994752 - (D) SMITH 112(1) Krishnan Ramu BORI, IBRAHIM D

1631 Ex Parte Genge et al 12266837 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 41.50 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. BORIN, MICHAEL L

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Mokuno et al 12439887 - (D) SMITH 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP MAYES, MELVIN C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2485 Ex Parte Hassenzahl 12952582 - (D) SAADAT 103 NCR Corporation MIKESKA, NEIL R

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2815 Ex Parte Lin et al 11683131 - (D) HOWARD 103 McClure, Qualey & Rodack, LLP CHEN, DAVID Z

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte Van Dyke et al 12835462 - (D) KORNICZKY 102/103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) KNUTSON, JACOB D

3683 Ex Parte Riggs et al 11005678 - (D) CRAWFORD 102/103 Bauer Law Offices MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M

3684 Ex Parte PYLE et al 11565147 - (D) MEYERS 112(a)/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC ZUKANOVICH, BRANDY A

3686 Ex Parte Mollus et al 12920330 - (D) MOHANTY 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS WILLIAMS, TERESA S

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2169 Ex Parte Castellani et al 12781299 - (D) POTHIER 103 103 FAY SHARPE / XEROX - ROCHESTER KIM, PAUL

2199 Ex Parte Bhattacharyya et al 12169919 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 103 Fabian Vancott IBM CORPORATION TANG, KENNETH

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2875 Ex Parte Germain 13074322 - (D) DERRICK 103 102/103 FAY SHARPE LLP/GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC TSIDULKO, MARK

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Khopade et al 12601429 - (D) FREDMAN 112(2)/103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC BASQUILL, SEAN M

1628 Ex Parte STORK et al 12879758 - (D) SMITH 103/double patenting STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. THOMAS, TIMOTHY P

1631 Ex Parte Brown 11359437 - (D) McCOLLUM 103/double patenting Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Inc. HARWARD, SOREN T

1644 Ex Parte Grunewald et al 12735575 - (D) GRIMES 112(1)/double patenting QUINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, P.C. ROGERS, JAMES L

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1743 Ex Parte Boucherie 12311651 - (D) ROESEL 103 LAW OFFICES OF STUART J. FRIEDMAN KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J

1765 Ex Parte La Camera et al 13038016 - (D) HASTINGS 112(2)/102/103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA

1767 Ex Parte Srinivasan et al 12670979 - (D) ROSS 103 ARENT FOX LLP STANLEY, JANE L

1787 Ex Parte Tripathi et al 13083788 - (D) SMITH 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP CHEN, VIVIAN

1789 Ex Parte Moireau 12158470 - (D) PAK 103/double patenting OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. WYROZEBSKI LEE, KATARZYNA I

1789 Ex Parte Moireau 12158707 - (D) PAK 103/double patenting OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. WYROZEBSKI LEE, KATARZYNA I

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2133 Ex Parte Rijshouwer et al 12993847 - (D) McMILLIN 103 NXP B.V. LI, ZHUO H

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte Arsenault et al 12745352 - (D) BARRY 103 Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP JOSHI, SURAJ M

2456 Ex Parte Omidyar 11174280 - (D) SAADAT 102/103 FENWICK & WEST LLP CHANG, TOM Y

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Jang et al 12783473 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP CHANG, KENT WU

2686 Ex Parte Sivakumar et al 13155923 - (D) SHIANG 103 112(1) HONEYWELL/HUSCH LU, SHIRLEY

2697 Ex Parte OHSAWA 12328279 - (D) BAIN 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. LEIBY, CHRISTOPHER E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Salwan 12587101 - (D) MOHANTY 112(1)/112(2)/101/103 Angadbir Singh Salwan LONG, FONYA M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Fendelander et al 12630735 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 Cambridge Heart, Inc. LEVICKY, WILLIAM J

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Hotelling et al 12118659 - (D) DEJMEK 103 APPLE c/o MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP LA SHAPIRO, LEONID

GRANTED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Milka 11795666 - (D) HOFFMANN 112(2) Anatoliy Dmytrovych MILKA ADAMOS, THEODORE V

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2658 Ex Parte Klinefelter et al 12658496 - (D) SAADAT 103 PICCIONELLI & SARNO OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3651 Ex parte HANSEN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION Appellant Ex Parte 6,044,965 et al 09/025,563 90013092 - (D) SONG 103 HARNESS, DICKEY, & PIERCE, P.L.C THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: WINSTON & STRAWN LLP JASTRZAB, JEFFREY R original DILLON JR, JOSEPH A

gordon

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Amichai 12261761 - (D) CRAIG 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise ALHIJA, SAIF A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2422 Ex Parte Doser et al 12450637 - (D) CHEN 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC TEITELBAUM, MICHAEL E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte Det et al 11968334 - (D) BROWNE 103 John M. Siragusa, Carlson, Gaskey & Olds KRUER, STEFAN

If the proposed modification would render the prior art invention being modified unsatisfactory for its intended purpose, then there is no suggestion or motivation to make the proposed modification. In re Gordon, 733 F.2d 900 (Fed. Cir. 1984). Nakagaki states, “it is an object of the present invention . . . to provide an elevator capable of further reducing the vertical height of a top space of an elevator shaft, of further stably suspending a cage, and comprising a reduced number of component parts.” Nakagaki ¶ 17 (emphasis added). The modification proposed by the Examiner would defeat this objective, thus, rendering Nakagaki unsatisfactory for this intended purpose. Accordingly, Appellants’ argument is persuasive.

Gordon, In re, 733 F.2d 900, 221 USPQ 1125 (Fed. Cir. 1984) 2143.01 , 2144.08

3673 Ex Parte Low 13505691 - (D) BROWNE 102 QUARLES & BRADY LLP BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3761 Ex Parte Song et al 12491701 - (D) PER CURIAM 102 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex Parte Bastide et al 12967913 - (D) NAPPI 103 101 CRGO LAW TRAN, QUOC A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Ex Parte Kvernvik et al 12738283 - (D) KENNY 102 102 ERICSSON INC. WHIPPLE, BRIAN P

2455 Ex Parte Jawa et al 11031754 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 102/103 102/103 Polsinelli -- Apple Inc. HUQ, FARZANA B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte Veenstra 12609366 - (D) BAYAT 103 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL MATHEW, FENN C

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1621 Ex Parte LIPPERT et al 13273337 - (D) SMITH 103 NATH, GOLDBERG & MEYER RAO, SAVITHA M

1629 Ex Parte Prencipe et al 11614486 - (D) FREDMAN 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY SIMMONS, CHRIS E

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1745 Ex Parte Goodman et al 13079848 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON OSELE, MARK A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2191 Ex Parte Bates et al 13210539 - (D) CRAIG 103 Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP IBM (ROC-KLS) LYONS, ANDREW M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2486 Ex Parte Bai et al 12721801 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC - GM ANDERSON II, JAMES M

2494 Ex Parte Said et al 13001525 - (D) HAAPALA 103 International IP Law Group ALATA, AYOUB

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Lindqvist et al 12481515 - (D) McNEILL 103 ERICSSON INC. ROSARIO, NELSON M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Koh et al 13032509 - (D) PER CURIAM 102 PACESETTER, INC. EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Sawhney et al 12485192 - (D) FREDMAN 112(1)/102/103 41.50 103 DARDI & HERBERT, PLLC SHOMER, ISAAC

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Pudipeddi et al 11229485 - (D) ULLAGADDI 103 Baker & Hostetler LLP (MICROSOFT CORPORATION) LO, ANN J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2481 Ex Parte BASRA et al 13052804 - (D) THOMAS 102/103 VERIZON ADAMS, EILEEN M

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2897 Ex Parte Swain et al 12466795 - (D) DERRICK 103 Marger, Johnson -SRI International SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED

See, e.g., Belden Inc. v. Berk-Tek LLC, 805 F.3d 1064, 1073 (Fed. Cir. 2015) ("obviousness concerns whether a skilled artisan not only could have made but would have been motivated to make the combinations or modifications of prior art to arrive at the claimed invention") (emphasis in original).

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Monsere et al 12328989 - (D) WIEKER 102/103 BrooksGroup NGUYEN, XUAN LAN T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Becker et al 12201185 - (D) HOFFMANN 112(2)/103 FLETCHER YODER (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) BRANDON, MEGAN E

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Bates et al 12473524 - (D) FETTING 103 103 EMC CORPORATION CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Landreth et al 12439395 - (D) GRIMES 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO, LLP MCMILLIAN, KARA RENITA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1743 Ex Parte Fentress et al 12290448 - (D) HEANEY 102 112(1)/103 Becton, Dickinson and Company OCHYLSKI, RYAN M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2488 Ex Parte Edwards et al 13079835 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 HONEYWELL/HUSCH LE, PETER D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Vion et al 12665092 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TRYDER, GREGORY J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3777 Ex Parte Borgert et al 10598567 - (D) MELVIN 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS GUPTA, VANI

3788 Ex Parte Rubenson et al 13353313 - (D) SHAH 102/103 DOUGLAS L WELLER WAY, JAMES R

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Fan et al 11972882 - (D) PAULRAJ 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY SULLIVAN, DANIELLE D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3752 Ex Parte Christianson 12317459 - (D) BROWNE 112(2) S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. KIM, CHRISTOPHER S