gershon, smartgene

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1763 Ex Parte Rukavina et al 11652751 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 PPG Industries, Inc. LEONARD, MICHAEL L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2666 Ex Parte Serlie 13880858 - (D) JIVANI 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS DELANEY, MOLLY K

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2451 Ex Parte Sanders et al 10973146 - (D) BUSCH 103 103 41.50 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Cisco Systems CHOU, ALAN S

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1644 Ex Parte Best et al 13773395 - (D) COTTA 103 Prismatic Law Group, PLLC ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN

See, In re Gershon, 372 F.2d 535, 538 (CCPA 1967) (“Since the alleged problem in this case was first recognized by appellants, and others apparently have not yet become aware of its existence, it goes without saying that there could not possibly be any evidence of either a long-felt need in the . . . art for a solution to a problem of dubious existence or failure of others skilled in the art who unsuccessfully attempted to solve a problem of which they were not aware.”).

Gershon, In re, 372 F.2d 535, 152 USPQ 602 (CCPA 1967) 716.02(c) , 716.04

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte GODFROID et al 13924042 - (D) HASTINGS 112(b) 102/103 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Teinila et al 12164617 - (D) DIXON 102/103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. OBERLY, VAN HONG

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2436 Ex Parte Chinen et al 13465805 - (D) CUTITTA 103 Kunzler Law Group/RSW REZA, MOHAMMAD W

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2658 Ex Parte Dymetman 13572817 - (D) MacDONALD 101 FAY SHARPE / XEROX - ROCHESTER LE, THUYKHANH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Clarke et al 12571984 - (D) STEPHENS 103 Caterpillar/ Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP BELLINGER, JASON R

3654 Ex Parte Fargo et al 12377202 - (D) WARNER 103 CARLSON GASKEY & OLDS RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A

3665 Ex Parte Arnold et al 13411389 - (D) LORIN 103 101 YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. SHAAWAT, MUSSA A

Nevertheless, as the Examiner points out, the claimed scheme is similar in character to the ranking of available therapeutic treatment regimens to guide the selection of a therapeutic treatment regimen covered by the claims at issue in SmartGene, Inc. v. Advanced Biological Labs., SA, 555 F. App'x 950 (Fed. Cir.), cert, denied, 135 S. Ct. 58, 190 L. Ed. 2d 32 (2014). There the court found “the mental steps of comparing new and stored information and using rules to identify medical options” to be an abstract idea.

microsoft2, merck3

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1657 Ex Parte Aftab et al 12377556 - (D) COTTA 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC SINGH, SATYENDRA K

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Ex Parte SMITH 11761031 - (D) McGRAW 103 Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC WATTS, JENNA A

We agree with Appellant. The broadest reasonable interpretation does not mean the broadest possible interpretation. See Microsoft Corp. v. Proxyconn, Inc., 789 F.3d 1292, 1298 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (stating that although claim terms must be given their broadest reasonable interpretation, the interpretation must still be reasonable). The claims do not recite “maintaining” a given throwback distance; rather the claim recites “adjustably maintaining” the throwback distance. The Examiner’s construction of “adjustably maintaining the throwback distance substantially constant” that covers a method where the throwback distance cannot be adjusted during printing would render the term “adjustably” superfluous and is unreasonable. See Merck & Co. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., 395 F.3d 1364, 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (rejecting a proposed claim construction that would render claim terms superfluous).

Merck & Co., Inc., v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., 395 F.3d 1364, 73 USPQ2d 1641 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2111.01

1799 Ex Parte Hofstadler 13255064 - (D) DENNETT 103 Casimir Jones, S.C. BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Erl 11879820 - (D) SILVERMAN 102/103 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP ALHIJA, SAIF A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2677 Ex Parte Whitmarsh et al 13459657 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 HP Inc. HARRIS, KEARAS

2696 Ex Parte OH 13761022 - (D) EVANS 112(1)/103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP LUBIT, RYAN A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3672 Ex Parte Bittar 12526552 - (D) BROWNE 103 Iselin Law PLLC (HAL) BEMKO, TARAS P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Schramm et al 12617672 - (D) HOFFMANN 112(1)/103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN LLP APPLE INC./BSTZ HILLERY, NATHAN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Leng 13637116 - (D) HOWARD 103 102/103 LEE & HAYES, PLLC ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M

2167 Ex Parte Moroney et al 13754287 - (D) CUTITTA 102 102 41.50 112(2) HP Inc. PHAM, MICHAEL

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte WOO et al 13006644 - (D) MILLS 112(2)/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KARPINSKI, LUKE E

1662 Ex Parte Tissot-Lecuelle et al 11992113 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 ARENT FOX LLP KUBELIK, ANNE R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 Ex Parte Wilt et al 13355721 - (D) HAGY 103 HONEYWELL/LKGlobal AHMED, ZUBAIR

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2468 Ex Parte Majd et al 13335108 - (D) DIXON 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. / Vonage KASSIM, KHALED M

2489 Ex Parte Bertin et al 13466391 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY KIR, ALBERT

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Ex Parte Reeves et al 12262357 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. HICKS, CHARLES V

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Tuchman et al 13213002 - (D) FETTING 101/112(2)/103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN YOUNG, ASHLEY YA-SHEH

3682 Ex Parte Prus et al 12582412 - (D) WORTH 103 WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP SITTNER, MATTHEW T

3683 Ex Parte ETCHEGOYEN 13707840 - (D) DIXON 103 41.50 101 Uniloc USA Inc. GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Kang et al 12744730 - (D) WORTH 112(1)/103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) LEO, LEONARD R

3764 Ex Parte Leier et al 13341987 - (D) KORNICZKY 112(2)/103 OLYMPIC PATENT WORKS PLLC JALALZADEH ABYAN, SHILA

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2657 Ex Parte Lakshmanan et al 13021470 - (R) MCCARTNEY 102 CRGO LAW NEWAY, SAMUEL G

engel2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2468 Ex Parte Magnus et al 13050282 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. HARLEY, JASON A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte Pinguet et al 12241961 - (D) HANLON 103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD HAGAN, SEAN P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte Ogura et al 10474590 - (D) LEE 102/103 FAY SHARPE LLP NGUYEN, XUAN LAN T

3669 Ex Parte Drake et al 12371692 - (D) BROWNE 103 CATERPILLAR/FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, L.L.P. KISWANTO, NICHOLAS

3687 Ex Parte Reasoner 12257440 - (D) FETTING 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise REFAI, RAMSEY

3689 Ex Parte Adar et al 10509373 - (D) FETTING 101/102/103 SOROKER AGMON NORDMAN ADVOCATES AND PATENT ATTORNEYS ARAQUE JR, GERARDO

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Madson et al 12976109 - (D) DOUGAL 103 ACUSHNET COMPANY SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT

3715 Ex Parte BLACKBURN 12361183 - (D) BROWNE 103 THOMPSON HINE L.L.P. GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A

3721 Ex Parte Groer et al 13158799 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C

3721 Ex Parte Sauer et al 12321339 - (D) McSHANE 103 ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB WEEKS, GLORIA R

3743 Ex Parte Mitchell 13340186 - (D) HORNER 102/103 41.50 112(2) Davis & Kuelthau LAU, JASON

3753 Ex Parte Burnard et al 12510937 - (D) BAYAT 102/103 KLEIN, O'NEILL & SINGH, LLP ROST, ANDREW J

3765 Ex Parte Carcich et al 13332981 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H

3765 Ex Parte Hasko et al 13547410 - (D) DOUGAL 103 CARLSON, GASKNEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H

3777 Ex Parte Gubbini et al 13256447 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 DRIGGS, HOGG, DAUGHERTY & DEL ZOPPO CO., L.P.A. KINNARD, LISA M

 As such, because each of claims 1 and 21 recites that the claimed probe is configured for communication with an ultrasound console, the probe and the ultrasound console constitute separate elements and, therefore, the Examiner’s interpretation of Bartlett’s DPU 1 and probe 2 as constituting together the claimed “probe” is unreasonable. See Engel Indus., Inc. v. Lockformer Co., 96 F.3d 1398, 1404—05 (Fed. Cir. 1996) (construing separate claim terms as reciting separate structures).

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Burnett et al 13310047 - (D) FISCHETTI 103 103 41.50 101 YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. KONERU, SUJAY

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Ex Parte Luo 11135149 - (D) SMITH 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP LOVE, TREVOR M

1616 Ex Parte Ogawa et al 12507498 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 BEEM PATENT LAW FIRM SCHLIENTZ, NATHAN W

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1743 Ex Parte Pauzauskie et al 12958224 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL/Zilka-Kotab SANDERS, JAMES M

1744 Ex Parte Mortensen 13254484 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 NATH, GOLDBERG & MEYER GRUN, ROBERT J

1787 Ex Parte Takamiya et al 13499107 - (D) GUEST 112(2)/103 HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C. NELSON, MICHAEL B

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Fang et al 13596990 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Kunzler Law Group/ARC YEN, SYLING

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2433 Ex Parte Brik et al 12555369 - (D) CURCURI 103 BOYLE FREDRICKSON S.C WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION POLTORAK, PIOTR

2441 Ex Parte Kim 13141518 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KOEHLER, P.A. DUONG, OANH

2457 Ex Parte Zuckerberg et al 13092443 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 Backer Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. OSMAN, RAMY M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2631 Ex Parte Amtmann et al 14299992 - (D) BUI 102/103 NXP B.V. ODOM, CURTIS B

2694 Ex Parte Addy et al 13864560 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 HONEYWELL/WOOD PHILLIPS HORNER, JONATHAN R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3641 Ex Parte Gamache et al 13506376 - (D) GREENHUT 103 NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER LEE, BENJAMIN P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Turner et al 12903298 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier CRENSHAW, HENRY T

3769 Ex Parte PRYOR et al 12133789 - (D) STEPINA 103 BWT PROPERTY, INC. JACKSON, GARY

microsoft, internet patents, digitech, cybersource

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2487 Ex Parte Liu et al 13156552 - (D) BEAMER 103 McClure Qualey & Rodack LLP BECK, LERON

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Zinn et al 11696888 - (D) WORTH 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 DURAN, ARTHUR D

3654 Ex Parte Suchecki 12902917 - (D) WORTH 112(2)/103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP TRUONG, MINH D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Santos et al 12444000 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 ALCON LEE, WENG WAH

3788 Ex Parte Tang et al 12909999 - (D) HOELTER 103 ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte SCHIER 12776110 - (D) WILSON 103 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Lam) PHAM, THOMAS T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2691 Ex Parte Moore et al 13435140 - (D) KHAN 103 103 HP Inc. PARK, SANGHYUK

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Hoffmann et al 12452955 - (D) McMANUS 103 103 Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC KING, SUN MI KIM

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1644 Ex Parte Chang et al 13483761 - (D) KATZ 103 IMMUNOMEDICS, INC. HUYNH, PHUONG N

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Lindfors 12154879 - (D) PRAISS 103 ZIEGLER IP LAW GROUP, LLC. BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A

1768 Ex Parte DES JARLAIS et al 13434698 - (D) INGLESE 103 Svendsen Legal, LLC CHANG, JOSEPHINE L

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 Ex Parte Dewall et al 13326928 - (D) WINSOR 103 Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. RAYYAN, SUSAN F

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 Ex Parte Mahendrakar et al 14246991 - (D) BUI 101 NEAL, GERBER, & EISENBERG SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B

Nevertheless, information as such is intangible. See Microsoft Corp. v. AT & T Corp., 550 U.S. 437, 451 n.12 (2007). Information collection and analysis, including when limited to particular content, is within the realm of abstract ideas. See, e.g., Internet Patents Corp. v. Active Network, Inc., 790 F.3d 1343, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2015); Digitech Image Techs., LLC v. Elecs. for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2014); and CyberSource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc., 654 F.3d 1366, 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2011).

Digitech Image Tech., LLC v. Electronics for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344, 111 USPQ2d 1717 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2106

Cybersource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc., 654 F.3d 1366, 99 USPQ2d 1690 (Fed. Cir. 2011) 2106

2445 Ex Parte Saunders et al 13831593 - (D) BUI 103 MPG, LLP and Zynga Inc. JAKOVAC, RYAN J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2653 Ex Parte Champion 13137552 - (D) SHAW 103 HAVERSTOCK & OWENS, LLP SIEGEL, DAVID F

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Troesken et al 12735160 - (D) HORNER 103 COLLARD & ROE, P.C. NGUYEN, CHUONG P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Kotlyar et al 12420764 - (D) OSINSKI 103 HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP - Colorado Springs FRISBY, KESHA

3735 Ex Parte Cohen et al 12592630 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 WILLIAM W. JONES KUHLMAN, CATHERINE BURK

3762 Ex Parte Kampa et al 12912563 - (D) MURPHY 103 PACESETTER, INC. FLORY, CHRISTOPHER A

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte HARPUR et al 13270422 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC LIN, SHERMAN L

williamson

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Gross et al 13399131 - (D) McGEE 102/103 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. SAAD, ERIN BARRY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Ex Parte Xie et al 13649079 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 HAMILTON DESANCTIS & CHA LLP KU, SHIUH-HUEI P

2161 Ex Parte Taylor 11948732 - (D) SHIANG 103 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP DAYE, CHELCIE L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Narroschke et al 12160418 - (D) BAUMEISTER 102/103 SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP MAHMUD, FARHAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Ex Parte FINET 13433761 - (D) SILVERMAN 103 HONEYWELL/WOOD PHILLIPS ALAM, MIRZA F

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte Suchecki 12902917 - (D) WORTH 112(2)/103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP TRUONG, MINH D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Bernardi 13757823 - (D) HORNER 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP TECCO, ANDREW M

3766 Ex Parte Chapman et al 13791491 - (D) MURPHY 102/103 Lane Powell PC MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE

3775 Ex Parte FRIGG 13221577 - (D) HORNER 103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP KU, SI MING

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3769 Ex Parte Addison et al 13243619 - (D) HORNER 102 102 Covidien LP JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Gage 11654553 - (D) SCHNEIDER 112(2) 103 MENDELSOHN DUNLEAVY, P.C. HIRIYANNA, KELAGINAMANE T

1674 Ex Parte Roesch et al 13388583 - (D) GRIMES 103 LICATA & TYRRELL P.C. ZARA, JANE J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Bochiechio et al 12940080 - (D) INGLESE 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY YUEN, JACKY

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2473 Ex Parte RIBEIRO et al 13691078 - (D) SMITH 102 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Nokia Technologies Oy CHOWDHURY, HARUN UR R

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2657 Ex Parte LEE et al 12831607 - (D) STRAUSS 112(6) 103 GREER, BURNS & CRAIN, LTD SPOONER, LAMONT M

Claim 1 recites three “unit[s]”, the name of each unit (e.g., “a vernacular pronunciation extracting unit”) corresponding to a function to be performed by the “unit” (e.g., “to extract a vernacular pronunciation in response to receipt of a Hanja character string”). These limitations do not include the word “means,” thus, a rebuttable presumption exists these limitations are not means-plus-function limitations. Williamson v. Citrix Online, LLC, 792 F.3d 1339, 1348 (Fed. Cir. 2015). This presumption can be overcome if the limitation “fails to recite sufficiently definite structure or else recites function without reciting sufficient structure for performing that function.” Id. at 1349 (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). Contrary to Appellants argument (Br. 6), the presumption is not a “strong” one.1 As used herein, the term “means for” is replaced by the “nonce  word”2 “unit” thereby connoting one or more generic “black boxes” for performing all of the intended functions recited in claim 1. 

1 Since the filing of Appellants’ Brief, the Federal Circuit has overruled the strong presumption that a limitation lacking the word “means” is not subject to § 112, ¶ 6. Williamson, 792 F.3d at 1349. 

2 Although termed a “nonce word”, we recognize this characterization is somewhat inaccurate, the common meaning being “a word invented and used for a particular occasion.” Morris, W., The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 892. Houghton Mifflin Company (1981). However, the word “unit” does have a generally accepted meaning including “an entire apparatus or the equipment that performs a specific function.” Id. at 1400. Thus, while not a made-up word, on the present facts the word “unit” at most restricts the preceding functional language to an apparatus but not to a particular structure (cf. “a window-mounted air conditioning unit”). Instead, the word “unit” is merely a transition between a shortened description of a function to be performed (e.g., vernacular pronunciation extracting) and the corresponding full description of that function (e.g., apparatus “to extract a vernacular pronunciation in response to receipt of a Hanja character string”). Thus, as used in claim 1, the term “unit” is a “non-structural generic placeholder” that is tantamount to the term “means” because it fails to connote sufficiently definite structure (i.e., a “nonce word”). Cf. Williamson 792 F.3d at 1350.

Williamson v. Citrix Online, 792 F.3d 1339, 115 USPQ2d 1105 (Fed. Cir. 2015) 2144.05 , 2181

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Reinhardt et al 13970483 - (D) STEPINA 103 Bachman & LaPointe, P.C. PRAGER, JESSE M

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Ex Parte Swartz 12932058 - (D) MEDLOCK 101/112(1) Mitchell R. Swartz MONDT, JOHANNES P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Swartz 09748691 - (D) MEDLOCK 101/112(1)/102/103 Mitchell R. Swartz, ScD, MD, EE KEITH, JACK W

harris, gershon, newell, cavanagh

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte NISHIGUCHI et al 12978825 - (D) FREDMAN 103 41.50 103 WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. ZHANG, YANZHI

Therefore, not only was no comparison performed with other surfactants, but the evidence is not
commensurate in scope with the ranges of claim 1. Harris found that “showing of unexpected results is not commensurate in scope with the degree of protection sought by the claimed subject matter because ... the record does not show that the improved performance would result if the weight-percentages were varied within the claimed ranges.” In re Harris, 409 F.3d 1339, 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2005).

Harris, In re, 409 F.3d 1339, 74 USPQ2d 1951 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2144.05

1673 Ex Parte CLOYD et al 14051938 - (D) MAJORS 103 WILMERHALE/NEW YORK JIANG, SHAOJIA A

To establish a long-felt and unmet need, the following elements must be proven: First, the need must have been persistent and recognized by skilled artisans. In re Gershon, 312 F.2d 535, 538 (CCPA 1967). Second, the long-felt need must not have been satisfied by another before Appellants’ invention. See Newell Companies, Inc. v. Kenney Mfg. Co., 864 F.2d 757, 768 (Fed. Cir. 1988) (“[O]nce another supplied the key element, there was no long-felt need or, indeed, a problem to be solved.”). And third, Appellants’ invention must satisfy the need. In re Cavanagh, 436 F.2d 491, 496 (CCPA 1971).

Gershon, In re, 372 F.2d 535, 152 USPQ 602 (CCPA 1967) 716.02(c) , 716.04

Newell Cos. v. Kenney Mfg. Co., 864 F.2d 757, 9 USPQ2d 1417 (Fed. Cir. 1988) 716.01(d) , 716.04

Cavanagh, In re, 436 F.2d 491, 168 USPQ 466 (CCPA 1971) 716.04

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1731 Ex Parte HASHIMOTO et al 12392960 - (D) DERRICK 103 Strategic Innovation IP Law Offices, P.C. CHRISTIE, ROSS J

1767 Ex Parte Hadba et al 11883993 - (D) SMITH 103 Covidien LP KARST, DAVID THOMAS

1783 Ex Parte Bushey et al 13032932 - (D) ROSS 103 BOYLE FREDRICKSON S.C. VAN SELL, NATHAN L

1793 Ex Parte Van Haesendonck et al 12305627 - (D) DERRICK 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP TURNER, FELICIA C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte STOBBS et al 13346280 - (D) POTHIER 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. CORRIELUS, JEAN M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2458 Ex Parte Akers 13027288 - (D) KHAN 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise RAHMAN, SM AZIZUR

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte DAVIES et al 13479962 - (D) WIEKER 103 DASCENZO Intellectual Property Law, P.C. POON, ROBERT

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Sickels 14012334 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 103 FLETCHER YODER (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.) DANG, KET D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Bell et al 12674727 - (D) FREDMAN 103 41.50 103 Syngenta Corp Protection, Inc. HIRT, ERIN E

1627 Ex Parte Assmann et al 12699246 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103 MMWV IP, LLC SOROUSH, LAYLA

1674 Ex Parte BELJANSKI et al 13941980 - (D) FREDMAN 103 SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL, LLP SHIN, DANA H

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1763 Ex Parte Brien 13803316 - (D) CASHION 103 Montague Law PLLC USELDING, JOHN E

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2121 Ex Parte Sarver et al 13449789 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C. PAN, YUHUI R

2164 Ex Parte HAO et al 12730765 - (D) MORGAN 103 VERIZON OHBA, MELLISSA M

2166 Ex Parte Heman et al 12719825 - (D) DEJMEK 102 DLA PIPER LLP (US ) YEN, SYLING

2199 Ex Parte DAY 12891493 - (D) SHAW 102/103 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. (SAP) MITCHELL, JASON D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Hamelink 14062086 - (D) SMITH 103 Fletcher Yoder PC Johnson Controls, Inc. HARRIS, DOROTHY H

2694 Ex Parte Zadesky et al 11882004 - (D) PINKERTON 103 APPLE c/o MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP NOVA AMADIZ, RODNEY

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2811 Ex Parte LECLAIR et al 12844857 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 Broadcom Limited NADAV, ORI

myriad

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 Ex Parte Burbank et al 11813472 - (D) McMANUS 103 Potomac Law Group, PLLC MENON, KRISHNAN S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 Ex Parte Kannan et al 13755664 - (D) ENGLE 102/103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise PHAM, MICHAEL

2194 Ex Parte Lee et al 12813635 - (D) STRAUSS 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise MUDRICK, TIMOTHY A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2433 Ex Parte CANNING et al 14092252 - (D) McNEILL 103 AMY PATTILLO IBM CORP (AP) ANDERSON, MICHAEL D

2461 Ex Parte Nosley 12308719 - (D) ANDERSON 103 Kunzler Law Group - Lenovo BEDNASH, JOSEPH A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Ahluwalia et al 13339022 - (D) BUSCH 103 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL

2691 Ex Parte SAKAI 12466408 - (D) McCARTNEY 102 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. YANG, KWANG-SU

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Ex Parte Deng 12842821 - (D) STEPINA 103 MIDDLETON & REUTLINGER CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1651 Ex Parte Bayer et al 13865321 - (D) POLLOCK 102/103 102/103 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO ARIANI, KADE

1675 Ex Parte CANNON et al 12913174 - (D) GRIMES 112(2)/112(4)/102 101 MCTAVISH PATENT FIRM HA, JULIE

We agree with the Examiner that claim 1 is not patent-eligible subject matter. Claim 1 is directed to a peptide that is made up of a fragment of the naturally occurring matriptase protein. Thus, the Supreme Court opinion in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., 133 S.Ct. 2107 (2013), is controlling. In Myriad, the Court considered claims directed to isolated DNA encoding the BRCA1 polypeptide and fragments of at least 15 nucleotides of that DNA. Id. at 2113.

The Court held that “Myriad did not create anything. To be sure, it found an important and useful gene, but separating that gene from its surrounding genetic material is not an act of invention.” Id. at 2117. “Myriad found the location of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, but that discovery, by itself, does not render the BRCA genes ‘new . . . composition[s] of matter,’ § 101, that are patent eligible.” Id. “Nor are Myriad’s claims saved by the fact that isolating DNA from the human genome severs chemical bonds and thereby creates a nonnaturally occurring molecule.” Id. at 2118.

Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., 569 U.S. _, 133 S. Ct. 2107, 106 USPQ2d 1972 (2013) 2103 , 2106

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2696 Ex Parte Jiang 13726523 - (D) DEJMEK 103 103 PEIGEN JIANG JANSEN II, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte Broadway et al 12923838 - (D) MOORE 102 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC MADONNA, JEFFREY E

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Eloy et al 14006745 - (D) FLAX 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V

1629 Ex Parte BENATAR et al 13442213 - (D) MILLS 103 THE FIRM OF HUESCHEN AND SAGE FINN, MEGHAN R

1651 Ex Parte Walker 13399960 - (D) FLAX 102 103 Foley & Lardner LLP Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. FAN, LYNN Y

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 Ex Parte Schimmele et al 13318523 - (D) GUEST 103 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) CONLEY, OI K

2169 Ex Parte Lipson et al 12975192 - (D) MOORE 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP KIM, PAUL

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Ex Parte Taylor 12350857 - (D) MOORE 103 MORRISS OBRYANT COMPAGNI, P.C. OKEBATO, SAHLU

2694 Ex Parte Rogoza 12193314 - (D) ENGELS 103 DALY, CROWLEY, MOFFORD & DURKEE, LLP RAYTHEON COMPANY HUGHES, EBONIN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2883 Ex Parte Bradea et al 13206157 - (D) KENNEDY 102 CORNING INCORPORATED ROJAS, OMAR R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3777 Ex Parte Henning et al 13486188 - (D) BAHR 103 SCHIFF HARDIN, LLP BRUTUS, JOEL F

roslin

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3635 Ex Parte Nieminski 13841225 - (D) SCHOPFER 103 GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP CANFIELD, ROBERT

3685 Ex Parte Schnell et al 11734694 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 LEE & HAYES, PLLC HALE, TIM B

3693 Ex Parte Noviello 12763849 - (D) LORIN 103 41.50 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P KHATTAR, RAJESH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3778 Ex Parte Brambilla et al 12134801 - (D) WIEDER 112(2)/102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC PHILIPS, BRADLEY H

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte AMAITIS et al 12836863 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 103 41.50 103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. LEE, WEI

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1632 Ex Parte Marquez et al 12726158 - (D) CHANG 102/103 101/112(a)/102/103 LOUIS VENTRE, JR WILSON, MICHAEL C

Natural phenomena, including naturally occurring organisms, are not patentable. In re Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), 750 F.3d 1333, 1335—1336 (Fed. Cir. 2014).

Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), In re, 750 F.3d 1333, 110 USPQ2d 1668 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2104 , 2106

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2196 Ex Parte Shafiee et al 12971093 - (D) HOFF 103 VERIZON MILLS, PAUL V

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Badawiyeh et al 14112611 - (D) SHIANG 102/103 THOMSON Licensing LLC SALTARELLI, DOMINIC D

2494 Ex Parte Browne 11805041 - (D) KAISER 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise KHOSHNOODI, NADIA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2872 Ex Parte MATSUOKA 12891712 - (D) HEANEY 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - Prysm KAKALEC, KIMBERLY N

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3689 Ex Parte Lee 13618979 - (D) JEFFERY 112(1) 103 POSZ LAW GROUP, PLC MOONEYHAM, JANICE A

3689 Ex Parte Lee 13619486 - (D) JEFFERY 103 POSZ LAW GROUP, PLC MOONEYHAM, JANICE A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3754 Ex Parte Rudick et al 11276549 - (D) McCARTHY 103 Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP JACYNA, J CASIMER