blue calypso, antares

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ex Parte Mesu DENNETT 12517307 - (D) 103 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP TRAN, LIEN THUY

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Hao et al 13220759 - (D) BENNETT 102/103 VERIZON BAIG, SAHARA

2486 Ex Parte PB et al 12104920 - (D) HOMERE 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 DOBBS, KRISTIN SENSMEIER

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Patwardhan et al 13747913 - (D) HOMERE 103 41.50 102 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED AKINYEMI, AJIBOLA A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Ex Parte CHEN KENNEDY 13786044 - (D) 102 Hauptman Ham, LLP (TSMC) ALMO, KHAREEM E

For a prior art reference to anticipate a claim, "it [must] disclose[] each and every element of the claimed invention ... arranged or combined in the same way as in the claim." Blue Calypso, LLC v. Groupon, Inc., 815 F.3d 1331, 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (internal quotation marks and alterations omitted).

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3671 Ex Parte Aardema et al 13308497 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 CATERPILLAR/FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, L.L.P. RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Ouyang et al 13094415 - (D) GUIJT 103 Maschoff Brennan VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1745 Ex Parte Arthun SNAY 14064279 - (D) 251/102 double patenting HAMILTON, BROOK, SMITH & REYNOLDS, P,C KOCH, GEORGE R

See Antares Pharma, Inc. v. Medac Pharma Inc., 771 F.3d 1354, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2014) ("[F]or § 251, it is not enough that an invention might have been claimed in the original patent because it was suggested or indicated in the specification. Rather, the specification must clearly and unequivocally disclose the newly claimed invention as a separate invention.") (internal quotations and citation omitted). 

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 Ex Parte Merifield et al 12297039 - (D) PYONIN 103 FISHMAN STEWART PLLC FAULK, DEVONA E

2625 Ex Parte Scheibe 11836117 - (D) POTHIER 103 HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP - Colorado Springs EDWARDS, CAROLYN R

2682 Ex Parte Reynolds et al 13098333 - (D) CUTITTA 103 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (US) L.L.P. SMALL, NAOMI J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2883 Ex Parte Tannas 12773687 - (D) BUI 103 Vista IP Law Group LLP TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3625 Ex Parte Awiszus 13592612 - (D) MEDLOCK 112(2) 103/double patenting 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE

3662 Ex Parte Mueller-Lerwe et al 13011963 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 MACMILLAN, SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC - FORD WALLACE, DONALD JOSEPH

galderma

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2672 Ex Parte Chandu et al 13346231 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 InfoPrint Solutions/ Blakely VO, QUANG N

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Spurgat et al 13614990 - (D) FETTING 103 Keller Jolley Preece/Facebook OBAID, FATEH M

3684 Ex Parte Acharya et al 09975831 - (D) FETTING 103 Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt/SFC-FC ZUKANOVICH, BRANDY A

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Wang et al 11546638 - (D) DIXON 103 103 Alston & Bird LLP Nokia Corporation MCINNISH, KEVIN K

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Sugai et al 13250117 - (D) GARRIS 112(1) 112(1)/103 Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP FELTON, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Simpson 13760661 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P,C TORGRIMSON, TYLER J

Further, we are not persuaded Simpson's inputting the number of pages (as opposed to an automatic word count) rises to the level of teaching away. See Galderma Labs., L.P. v. Tolmar, Inc., 737 F.3d 731, 738 (Fed. Cir. 2013) ("A reference does not teach away ... if it merely expresses a general preference for an alternative invention but does not criticize, discredit, or otherwise discourage investigation into the invention claimed.")

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2479 Ex Parte Lee et al 13056223 - (D) KAISER 103 MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (WA) KADING, JOSHUA A

2487 Ex Parte Wernersson 13274682 - (D) PYONIN 103 MOORE AND VAN ALLEN PLLC FOR SEMC JOISIL, BERTEAU

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2637 Ex Parte West 13621673 - (D) PYONIN 103 MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. CISCO Technology, Inc. LEUNG, WAI LUN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Ex Parte Yu et al 13162297 - (D) OGDEN 103 SLATER MATSIL, LLP PIZARRO CRESPO, MARCOS D

2823 Ex Parte McKinstry et al 13213369 - (D) HASTINGS 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P,C /Oracle America/ SUN / STK STARK, JARRETT J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 Ex Parte Martin et al 12128217 - (D) HORNER 103 QUARLES & BRADYLLP TEFERA, HIWOT E

man machine, NTP, microsoft2

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2641 Ex Parte Gabara 11681158 - (D) FINK 103 Thaddeus Gabara LAI, DANIEL

Although we give claims their broadest reasonable interpretation, “the construction cannot be divorced from the specification and the record evidence.”  In re Man Machine Interface Technologies LLC, 822 F.3d 1282, 1286 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (quoting In re NTP, Inc., 654 F.3d 1279, 1288 (Fed. Cir. 2011).  A construction that is unreasonably broad and does not reasonably reflect the plain language and disclosure in the specification will not pass muster.  Microsoft Corp. v. Proxyconn, Inc., 789 F.3d 1292, 1298 (Fed. Cir. 2015).

man machine

NTP, In re, 654 F.3d 1268, 99 USPQ2d 1500 (Fed. Cir. 2011) 2258 , 2658

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Spurgat et al 13612837 - (D) FETTING 103 Keller Jolley Preece/Facebook OBAID, FATEH M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3728 Ex Parte EVANS 13269810 - (D) BAHR 102/103 Shaddock Law Group, PC ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO

3745 Ex Parte Coffin et al 11938963 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY YOUNGER, SEAN JERRARD

3775 Ex Parte Lappin 13363583 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK, LLP KAMIKAWA, TRACY L

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte Negishi et al 13265724 - (D) GARRIS 103 NATH, GOLDBERG & MEYER DELCOTTO, GREGORYR

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Grandhi et al 12398957 - (D) JIVANI 102/103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY MUELLER, KURT A

2442 Ex Parte Peles 12104820 - (D) PINKERTON 103 M&B IP Analysts, LLC MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Parten 13198497 - (D) STEPHENS 103 Law Offices of Eric Karich VENNE, DANIEL V

3645 Ex Parte Husom et al 12896628 - (D) PESLAK 103 WestemGeco L.L.C. LOBO, IAN J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Amano et al 13402082 - (D) O'HANLON 103 Medtronic Vascular - APV Division EISENBERG, REBECCA E

mayo, diamond1, irdeto

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1652 Ex Parte Realff et al 12942906 - (D) McCOLLUM 101/102 Andrews Kurth LLP HUTSON, RICHARD G

Section 101 states that "[w]hoever invents or discovers any new and useful process ... may obtain a patent therefor." However, the "Court has long held that this provision contains an important implicit exception. '[L]aws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas' are not patentable.' Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 132 S. Ct. 1289, 1293 (2012). In addition, "to transform an unpatentable law of nature into a patent-eligible application of such a law, one must do more than simply state the law of nature while adding the words 'apply it."' Id. at 1294. Furthermore, a "'new combination of steps in a process may be patentable even though all the constituents of the combination were well known and in common use before the combination was made."' Id. at 1298 (quoting Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U.S. 175, 188 (1981)).

Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 566 U.S. __, 132 S.Ct. 1289, 101 USPQ2d 1961 (2012) 2103 , 2106

Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U.S. 175, 209 USPQ 1 (1981) 2103 , 2106 , 2107.01 , 2111.05

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Cray et al 12377508 - (D) DELMENDO 103 HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC WALTERS JR, ROBERTS

1724 Ex Parte Blunk 13014484 - (D) RANGE 103 Brooks Kushman P.C. THOMAS, BRENT C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Ex Parte Angelov 12794094 - (D) HOELTER 112(2)/102 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Tu et al 13308386 - (D) MEDLOCK 102/103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (LICENSING) SYROWIK, MATHEW RICHARD

3686 Ex Parte Coffman et al 13185427 - (D) KIM 102 McDermott Will & Emery LLP PAULSON, SHEETAL R.

3686 Ex Parte Sakai 12676582 - (D) KIM 112(2)/102 Cheng Law Group, PLLC PATEL, NEHA

3696 Ex Parte HOLENSTEIN et al 13752967 - (D) MOHANTY 102/103 PANITCH SCHWARZE BELISARIO & NADEL LLP NIQUETTE, ROBERT R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Kaplan et al 13271908 - (D) CAPP 102 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP HELLER, TAMMIE K

Thus, even when guidance is not provided in explicit definitional format, the specification may define claim terms by implication such that their meaning may be ascertained by reading the patent documents. Irdeto Access, Inc. v. Echostar Satellite Corp., 383 F.3d 1295, 1300 (Fed. Cir. 2004).

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte DLUNA et al 09969212 - (D) SHIANG 103 103 Foley & Lardner LLP/ Broadcom Corporation SMITH, CHENEA

2454 Ex Parte Cohen et al 13301586 - (D) SHIANG 103 103 DeLizio Law, PLLC Qualcomm Inc (DL) KHAN, AFTAB N

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Santori et al 12480816 - (D) DEJMEK 102/103 102 BROOKS KUSHMAN P,CJFG1L LIAO, HSINCHUN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Scala et al 11465525 - (D) FREDMAN 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY GULLEDGE, BRIAN M

1613 Ex Parte Gjorstrup 12287712 - (D) FREDMAN 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP BASQUILL, SEAN M

1615 Ex Parte Ei-Habbal 12920345 - (D) FREDMAN 112(4)/103 112(2)/102 Bay State IP, LLC WORSHAM, JESSICA N

1616 Ex Parte Bleckmann et al 11585246 - (D) FLAX 112(2)/103/double patenting Abel Law Group, LLP FISHER, ABIGAIL L

1644 Ex Parte Zang 12630228 - (D) TOWNSEND 112(1) 103 Arnold & Porter LLP EWOLDT, GERALD R

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1785 Ex Parte Bonucci et al 13131393 - (D) ROSS 103 Steinfl & Bnmo LLP RUMMEL, IAN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2145 Ex Parte Campbell et al 12697076 - (D) McGRAW 102/103 Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP/SLA STITT, ERIK V

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2648 Ex Parte Cichy et al 13530873 - (D) HOWARD 103 Cantor Colburn LLP-General Motors CHAKRABORTY,RAJARSHI

2649 Ex Parte Hart 11453055 - (D) HOWARD 103 SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL DEAN, RAYMOND S

2684 Ex Parte Brandl 13360866 - (D) HUME 112(2) 112(2)/103 41.50 112(2) NXP B.V. PHAM, QUANG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2895 Ex Parte Scotch et al 13170276 - (D) KENNEDY 103 OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc. DIALLO, MAMADOU L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Hintz 12334060 - (D) KIM 103/double patenting KENNETH J. HINTZ GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Stein 12825724 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(2)/103 Orthosensor, Inc, CERIONI, DANIEL LEE

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2897 Ex Parte Kapusta et al 13327333 - (D) OWENS 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (LICENSING) HALL, VICTORIA KATHLEEN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3638 Ex Parte Kreizinger 14738851 - (D) WIEKER 112(2)/102/103 Kenneth R Kreizinger KATCHEVES, BASILS

cyclobenzaprine, kubin

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1725 Ex Parte Ryan et al 13094496 - (D) BEST 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L AKRAM, IMRAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2853 Ex Parte Chandu et al 13242507 - (D) REN 103 41.50 112(2) InfoPrint Solutions/ Blakely THIES, BRADLEY W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Jeffers 11861357 - (D) HORNER 103 VERIZON CARLOS, ALVIN LEABRES

3723 Ex Parte Gerhards et al 13327788 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd, (Frankfurt office) SCRUGGS, ROBERT J

3744 Ex Parte Niwa et al 12262246 - (D) CALVE 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P,C DUONG, THO V

3777 Ex Parte MOON et al 12559379 - (D) CHERRY 103 Acuity Law Group, P,C, LIU, CHU CHUAN

3779 Ex Parte KATAYAMA et al 12644581 - (D) JESCHKE 103 SCULLY SCOTT MURPHY & PRESSER, PC WOO, JAE KYUN

see also In re Cyclobenzaprine Hydrochloride Extended-Release Capsule Patent Litig., 676 F.3d 1063, 1073 (Fed. Cir. 2012) ("[W]here the prior art, at best, '[gives] only general guidance as to the particular form of the claimed invention or how to achieve it,' relying on an 'obvious-to-try' theory to support an obviousness finding is 'impermissible."' (quoting In re Kubin, 561 F3d 1351, 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2009))

Kubin, Ex parte, 83 USPQ2d 1410 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 2007) 2143.01

3788 Ex Parte Macinnes et al 13153300 - (D) SHAH 102 41.50 103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC POON, ROBERT

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2816 Ex Parte CHIOU et al 13864676 - (D) PRAISS 103 102/103 Hauptman Ham, LLP (TSMC) BOYLE, ABBIGALE A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Balan et al 12983800 - (D) BROWNE 103 103 FLETCHER YODER (CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION) FRISTOE JR, JOHN K

3777 Ex Parte Gazdzinski 13305654 - (D) CALVE 103 103/double patenting 41.50 112(2) GAZDZINSKI & ASSOCIATES, PC ROY, BAISAKHI

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Farnes et al 12953622 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 ALLERGAN, INC. RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B

1637 Ex Parte Usui et al 13059703 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP OYEYEMI, OLAYINKAA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1785 Ex Parte McManus 11398786 - (D) GARRIS 112(1)/103 HP Inc. REDDY, SATHAVARAM I

2144 Ex Parte Hafez et al 13335600 - (D) NAPPI 103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M

2168 Ex Parte Akiyama et al 12363193 - (D) DIXON 103 Nelson and Nelson GORTAYO, DANGELINO N

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Ex Parte Frontino et al 13105951 - (D) CUTITTA 103 Hultquist IP ALAM, MIRZA F

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex Parte Kolesnychenko et al 11025600 - (D) GARRIS 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D

2863 Ex Parte Lingk 13126605 - (D) PRAISS 103 BGL CASEY, LIAM R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Wood et al 12822251 - (D) DOUGAL 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation MCDUFFIE, MICHAEL D

3676 Ex Parte Veeningen et al 12751331 - (D) BROWNE 103 Conley Rose P.C MICHENER, BLAKE E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Rastegar et al 11479768 - (D) CAPP 102/103 Thomas Spinelli, Esq. BAYS, MARIE D

3788 Ex Parte Mceldowney et al 12246087 - (D) BROWNE 103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC DESAI, KAUSHIKKUMAR A

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte Brown et al 12982776 - (R) SHAH 103 CRGO LAW CAMPBELL, SHANNON S

REEXAMINATION

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS US, Inc. Third Party Requester, v. SCHRADER ELECTRONICS, INC. Patent Owner. Ex Parte 7518495 et al 10/716,121 95002268 - (R) MOORE 103 41.77 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Third Party Requester: STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP NGUYEN, MINH DIEU T original POPE, DARYL C

smith2

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Bolondi et al 12452825 - (D) GRIMES 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SCHULTZ, JAMES

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2844 Ex Parte Billmaier et al 13494465 - (D) MEDLOCK 102/103 HP Inc. YESILDAG, LAURA G

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte Sustaeta et al 12242525 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION I AT&W ALLEN, AKIBA KANELLE

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Miller et al 12883134 - (D) HOSKINS 103 103 BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC EGLOFF, PETER RICHARD

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1651 Ex Parte Ashburn 12271722 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 STEPHEN P, ASHBURN GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN

1673 Ex Parte Baldaro et al 12515526 - (D) PRATS 103 Mossman, Kumar & Tyler PC LAU, JONATHAN S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Ravet et al 12445645 - (D) OWENS 103 YOUNG & THOMPSON LI, JUN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2473 Ex Parte Maheshwari et al 12124541 - (D) HORVATH 103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED LIU, JUNG-JEN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte Muggler et al 13609536 - (D) OGDEN 103 Advent/Maxim ROSENAU, DEREK JOHN

2844 Ex Parte Ashdown 13255118 - (D) REN 103 PHILIPS LIGHTING BY OWENS, DOUGLAS W

2883 Ex Parte Lewallen et al 12946139 - (D) KENNEDY 103 CORNING INCORPORATED JORDAN, ANDREW

2898 Ex Parte CHENG et al 13278621 - (D) OWENS 103 SLATER MATSIL, LLP ESKRIDGE, CORYW

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Kearns 13066509 - (D) SCHOPFER 101 MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & MCCLOY COLLINS, DOLORES R

Regarding the first step of the Alice analysis (i.e., determining whether the claims at issue are directed to a patent-ineligible concept), a wagering game, as claimed here, is akin to fundamental economic practices related to exchanging and resolving financial obligations based on probabilities. See In re Smith, 815 F.3d 816, 818–819 (Fed. Cir. 2016).  As such, the claimed method and game are directed to an abstract idea.  See id. at 819. 

Regarding the second step of the Alice analysis (i.e., determining whether there are additional elements that transform the nature of the claim with a sufficient inventive concept), we find that the claims do no more than require conventional steps normally associated with wagering games, i.e. dealing a standard deck of cards, placing wagers, and resolving outcomes based on the cards dealt and the wagers placed.  “[A]ppending purely conventional steps to an abstract idea does not supply a sufficiently inventive concept.”  Id.  Thus, we agree with the Examiner that the additional elements recited in the claims do not impose meaningful limits on the abstract idea of a set of rules for playing a game.  See id. at 817 (Affirming rejection of claims under 35 U.S.C. § 101 “[b]ecause the claims cover only the abstract idea of rules for playing a wagering game and use conventional steps of shuffling and dealing a standard deck of cards.”)

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1632 Ex Parte Colman et al 10080713 - (D) FREDMAN 102/103 KING & SPALDING TON, THAIAN N

dystar, dembiczak

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte Christensen et al 13777175 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Abel Law Group, LLP OLSEN, KAJ K

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Kota et al 12247230 - (D) HOMERE 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES TURCHEN, JAMES R

2463 Ex Parte Hultell et al 13640327 - (D) SHIANG 102/103 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson ONAMUTI, GBEMILEKE J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Miller 12689943 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 TRASKBRITT, P,C BALDOR!, JOSEPH B

3781 Ex Parte Kopulos et al 13017245 - (D) CALVE 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY CASTILLO, KEVIN CHARLES

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte SHAN 13771804 - (D) RANGE 103 double patenting PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP, HAILEY, PATRICIA L

1782 Ex Parte Kezios et al 11407990 - (D) OWENS 112(2)/103 112(2) OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BLACKWELL, GWENDOLYN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Sleeper 13430223 - (D) HOELTER 103 103 Medtronic Inc. (CRDM/MRG) HOLMES, REX R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1723 Ex Parte Kawa 12670445 - (D) KENNEDY 103 BRIAN ROFFE, ESQ D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2191 Ex Parte HUTCHISON et al 13557746 - (D) SHIANG 103 double patenting Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC WU, DAXIN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2666 Ex Parte Johnson et al 13499008 - (D) McNEILL 102/103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. POTTS, RYAN P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Ex Parte LIANG 13189682 - (D) KENNEDY 112(1) 103 CLIFFORD B. PERRY GRAYBILL, DAVID E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Weng et al 13245689 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 Vista IP Law Group, LLP KISH, JAMES M

[E]vidence of a motivation to combine need not be found in the prior art references themselves, but rather may be found in "the knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art or, in some cases, from the nature of the problem to be solved." ... When not from the prior art references, the "evidence" of motive will likely consist of an explanation of the well-known principle or problem-solving strategy to be applied.

Dystar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG v. C.H. Patrick Co., 464 F.3d 1356, 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (emphases in original, quoting In re Dembiczak, 175 F.3d 994, 999 (Fed. Cir. 1999)).

Dystar textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG v. C. H. Patrick Co., 464 F.3d 1356, 80 USPQ2d 1641 (Fed. Cir. 2006)   2143.01 ,   2144

Dembiczak, In re, 175 F.3d 994, 50 USPQ2d 1614 (Fed. Cir. 1999) 1504.06 , 2144.04

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2194 Ex Parte GUO et al 13350910 - (R) ENGLE 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC KRAFT, SHIH-WEI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Giuffrida et al 13153063 - (D) KINDER 102/103 Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies Inc. SOREY, ROBERT A

mformation

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1655 Ex Parte Hastings et al 11339135 - (D) GRIMES 103 MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP CHEN, CATHERYNE

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Ostgard et al 12601816 - (D) GUPTA 103 LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL A, SANZO, LLC NGUYEN, COLETTE B

1767 Ex Parte ALSEWAILEM et al 13784055 - (D) OWENS 103 Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C. HILL, NICHOLAS E

1784 Ex Parte DRILLET et al 13621015 - (D) RANGE 102/103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC SCHLEIS, DANIEL J

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Gonzales et al 11534847 - (D) FREDMAN 103 103 WOOD, HERRON & EV ANS, LLP PERREIRA, MELISSA JEAN

While Fuster (1990) and Nieuwenhuis teach that platelets interact with exposed collagen (FF 11, 15), neither of these references nor the other cited prior art provides a reason to delay treatment until "during a cascading rupture" rather than upon determination that vulnerable plaque exists. See Mformation Technologies, Inc. v. Research in Motion Ltd., 764 F.3d 1392, 1398-99 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (A "claim 'requires an ordering of steps when the claim language, as a matter of logic or grammar, requires that the steps be performed in the order written, or the specification directly or implicitly requires' an order of steps.") 

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2825 Ex Parte SATO et al 14019143 - (D) KENNEDY 102/103 102/103 Kunzler Law Group BUl,THA-OH

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Angelopoulos et al 11538824 - (D) OWENS 112(1)/112(2) 103 BrooksGroup MURATA, AUSTIN

1777 Ex Parte Ishizuka et al 11576598 - (D) OWENS 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP MENON, KRISHNAN S

1793 Ex Parte Ohkuma et al 11790766 - (D) OWENS 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC KING, FELICIA C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2173 Ex Parte MIYAZAKI 13179626 - (D) BENNETT 102/103 41.50 112(1) Paratus Law Group, PLLC GATTEW, ASTEWAY T

2195 Ex Parte Levy et al 12540650 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 KING & SCHICKLI, PLLC KAWSAR, ABDULLAH AL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Irwin et al 11913665 - (D) BENNETT 103 Workman Nydegger JACKSON, JENISE E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Cookson et al 12429450 - (D) SMEGAL 112(2)/102/103 103 41.50 112(1)/112(2) BAE SYSTEMS WARD, THOMAS JOHN

prindle

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1663 Ex Parte Gepstein et al 11909262 - (D) MAJORS 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP KUMAR, VINOD

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1782 Ex Parte DUNN et al 13296981 - (D) RANGE 103 STANDLEY LAW GROUP LLP FROST, ANTHONY J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Keys 12983223 - (D) BEAMER 102 WITHERS & KEYS, LLC MCINNISH, KEVIN K

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2818 Ex Parte KNIPPELS et al 13764406 - (D) KENNEDY 102/103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP HAN, JONATHAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Sharma et al 13267404 - (D) SHAH 103 VERIZON PRASAD, NANCY N

3657 Ex Parte Sheynkman et al 12439284 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 CARLSON GASKEY & OLDS LANE, NICHOLAS J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3775 Ex Parte Walther et al 13113026 - (D) HOFFMANN 102 Gagnon, Peacock & Vereeke P.C. COLEY, ZADE JAMES

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2462 Ex Parte Sun et al 13453549 - (D) HOWARD 103 103 Slater Matsil, LLP BANTHRONGSACK, JEFF

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2865 Ex Parte Zhang et al 12259352 - (D) OGDEN 103 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION HENSON, MISCHITA L

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3693 Ex Parte Otto et al 13022420 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. ALLADIN, AMBREEN A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Buehler et al 11457316 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON VU, JAKE MINH

1628 Ex Parte Kobayashi et al 13693987 - (D) LAVIER 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP PAGONAKIS, ANNA

We have also considered Appellants' evidence of unexpected properties and success. But we remain unpersuaded, because we agree with the Examiner that Appellants' "demonstration of properties is not evidence of unexpected results but merely recognition of an undiscovered property." Ans. 8. This is not sufficient to overcome a prima facie case of obviousness. See In re Prindle, 297 F.2d 251, 254 (CCPA 1962) ("Mere recognition of those latent properties does not render the otherwise obvious [claimed subject matter] unobvious and thereby patentable.").

1644 Ex Parte Murakami et al 13503357 - (D) SMITH 112(1)/103 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP EWOLDT, GERALD R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Ex Parte Koehler et al 12999942 - (D) CUTITTA 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise MALINOWSKI, WALTER J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte Hartmann 13134634 - (D) PESLAK 102/103 KLAUS J, BACH AMICK, JACOB M

CSDC Ex Parte MATSUDA et al 13727735 - (D) HEANEY 112(1) 102/103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, PLC LAM, CATHY FONG FONG

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1662 Ex Parte Sunkar et al 12309128 - (R) FLAX 103 QUINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, P,C ZHOU, SHUBO

ochiai, kunzmann

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Bruck 13005656 - (D) O'HANLON 102/103 SIEMENS CORPORATION CALVETTI, FREDERICK F

A proper obviousness analysis requires "a searching comparison of the claimed invention-including all its limitations-with the teaching of the prior art." In re Ochiai, 71 F.3d 1565, 1572 (Fed. Cir. 1995). 

Ochiai, In re, 71 F.3d 1565, 37 USPQ2d 1127 (Fed. Cir. 1995)  706.02(n) ,  2116.01 ,  2158

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Ex Parte Harris et al 13392969 - (D) ROSS 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP DEES, NIKKI H

Appellants do not dispute or identify any error in these findings by the Examiner. We therefore adopt these findings as fact. Cf In re Kunzmann, 326 F.2d 424, 425 n.3 (CCPA 1964) (a finding not shown by the Appellant to be erroneous may be accepted as fact). 

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2137 Ex Parte Fiske et al 13455183 - (D) ENGLE 102/103 WALDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. IBM CORP. (WIP) THAMMAVONG, PRASITH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3774 Ex Parte NARDINI et al 13401520 - (D) O’HANLON 102 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP BLANCO, JAVIER G

REHEARING

GRANTED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Bushman 13872001 - (R) ENGLE double patenting Maschoff Brennan HUANG, MIRANDA M