BRCA

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1781 Ex Parte Gansen et al 14410757 - (D) DENNETT 112(1) STAAS & HALSEY LLP VONCH, JEFFREY A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2127 Ex Parte Feigenbaum et al 13691816 - (D) SHIANG 103 LAW OFFICE OF IDO TUCHMAN (AUS) AZAD, MD ABUL K

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2144 Ex Parte Creamer et al 11382315 - (D) McCOLLUM 103 CRGO LAW STORK, KYLE R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2479 Ex Parte Lakkis et al 12483987 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 QUALCOMM INCORPORATFD CEHIC, KENAN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Wain et al 13006816 - (D) WIEKER 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY PAYER, HWEI-SIU C

3731 Ex Parte Elliott 14068509 - (D) FLAX 102/103 KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC YABUT, DIANE D

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1652 Ex Parte Lukyanov et al 11607828 - (D) CHANG 112(1)/101 101 BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP ROBINSON, HOPE A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2868 Ex Parte Wong et al 12972791 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 103 Keysight Technologies, Inc. NATALINI, JEFF WILLIAM

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte Shah et al 13622636 - (D) CHANG 112(2) 103 UNILEVER PATENT GROUP WAX, ROBERT A

1615 Ex Parte Molenda et al 13515440 - (D) CHANG 103 NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, PA AL-AWADI, DANAH J

1644 Ex Parte Robinson et al 12214670 - (D) MAJORS 112(1)/112(2) 101/103 Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing EWOLDT, GERALD R

Given this broad disclosure, even if claim 1 did not foreclose certain combinations of cytokines and autoantibodies at present, the draftsperson may pursue these combinations through future claims, thus expanding the preemptive reach of Appellants’ invention drawn to the natural law.10 Cf. In re BRCA1- and BRCA2-Based Hereditary Cancer Test Patent Litig., 774 F.3d 755, 764 n. 4 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (“The preemptive nature of the claims is not ameliorated even if we accept Myriad’s argument that other methods of comparison exist. If the combination of certain routine steps were patent eligible, so too would different combinations of other routine steps.”)

BRCA1– and BRCA2–Based Hereditary Cancer Test Patent Litigation, In re, 774 F.3d 755, 113 USPQ2d 1241 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2106

1651 Ex Parte Blau et al 13440534 - (D) MILLS 103 Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing VISONE, THOMAS J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Wantling 13692376 - (D) NAGUMO 103 Hexion Inc. SHUKLA, KRUPA

1793 Ex Parte Gan et al 12265559 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP TURNER, FELICIA C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 Ex Parte Abdelhadi et al 12564151 - (D) POTHIER 103 Rolnik Law Firm, P.C. IBM Corp. (AUS/RCR) MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN

2463 Ex Parte Kwon et al 13925365 - (D) JEFFERY 102/103 Slater Matsil, LLP ANWAR, MOHAMMAD S

2466 Ex Parte KIM et al 12349882 - (D) DROESCH 103 THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS

2472 Ex Parte Luo et al 13777618 - (D) BUI 103 BGL/Huawei MUSA, ABDELNABI O

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte MATTILA et al 14157984 - (D) EVANS 101 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. NGUYEN, KIMBINH T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3612 Ex Parte RUSS 14225890 - (D) AMUNDSON, 102 MAIER & MAIER, PLLC PATEL, KIRAN B

3643 Ex Parte HUNG 13729071 - (D) CALVE 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. BURGESS, MARC R

3667 Ex Parte Dwan et al 13558804 - (D) ENGLE 102 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. /FGTL BADII, BEHRANG

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Contiliano et al 13494395 - (D) NEW 103 Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C. OU, JING RUI

3754 Ex Parte Selover 11110262 - (D) OSINSKI 103 41.50 103 Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/Masco Corporation LE, HUYEN D

3771 Ex Parte GUNARATNAM et al 11962621 - (D) HOELTER 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC STANIS, TIMOTHY A

garnero

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2143 Ex Parte Bastide et al 12826938 - (D) PINKERTON 103 Fabian Vancott IBM CORPORATION SUN, LI P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3657 Ex Parte IWAI et al 13405695 - (D) PESLAK 102/103 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP SAHNI, VISHAL R

Appellants first contend that one of ordinary skill in the art would understand that a thermally sprayed layer has a specific implied structure. Appeal Br. 10. Appellants support this contention with a declaration from Appellant Makoto Souwa stating that “one [of] ordinary skill in the art would understand, a thermally sprayed layer would have a structure that closely matches the unevenness and crevices of the underlying layer.” Id. at 11 (citing Souwa Decl. dated April 7, 2014,17). Appellants, relying on In re Garnero, 412 F. 2d 276, 279 (CCPA 1979), then argue that the implied structural characteristics of a thermally sprayed layer should be considered in the patentability analysis of a product by process claim.

Garnero, In re, 412 F.2d 276, 162 USPQ 221 (CCPA 1979) 2113

3675 Ex Parte Cusack et al 13630950 - (D) HOELTER 112(2)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY NEUBAUER, THOMAS L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Zhou et al 12697019 - (D) JESCHKE 102/103 Medtronic, Inc. WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL

3775 Ex Parte Bertram 13635212 - (D) COTTA 102/103 BELZER PC BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT

3779 Ex Parte Buerk et al 13461966 - (D) HOFFMANN 102 Whitmyer IP Group LLC HENDERSON, RYAN N

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3645 Ex Parte Cooke et al 13299680 - (D) PESLAK 103 101 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC HULKA, JAMES R

3685 Ex Parte Weller et al 12419115 - (D) SILVERMAN 102/103 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/VISA HALE, TIM B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Rivera 12960496 - (D) STEPINA 103 112(2) AVERILL & GREEN DUNIVER, DIALLO IGWE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Hemminghaus et al 12568167 - (D) NEW 103 SENNIGER POWERS LLP (MTC) HIRT, ERIN E

1653 Ex Parte Miller et al 13386209 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 K&L Gates LLP/Chicago BOWERS, ERIN M

1656 Ex Parte Bout et al 13002797 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102/103 Mallinckrodt LLC TSAY, MARSHA M

1673 Ex Parte Javanbakht et al 13488802 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 GrayRobinson, P.A. OLSON, ERIC

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2169 Ex Parte Sureshkumar 12180650 - (D) McNEILL 103 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/NOVELL TRUONG, CAM Y T

2182 Ex Parte McAnally et al 13003349 - (D) BARRY 103 THE OLLILA LAW GROUP LLC NGO, CHUONG D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2458 Ex Parte Trabelsi et al 13471078 - (D) DEJMEK dissenting BAIN 101 BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMANN LLP PATEL, RONAK

2495 Ex Parte Bittles et al 14093246 - (D) McNEILL 103 Zehrer Patent Serviees; LEWIS, LISA C

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Thoren et al 12452277 - (D) GARRIS 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC AMRANY, ADI

2844 Ex Parte LE 12054820 - (D) RANGE 112(1) 112(2)/103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC YESILDAG, LAURA G

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Hoedl et al 13594214 - (D) PRATS 103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. COX, THADDEUS B

3762 Ex Parte Zhou et al 11000541 - (D) JESCHKE 112(1)/103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH

american academy, velander

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1759 Ex Parte Diamond et al 12777396 - (D) SMITH 103 Larson & Anderson, LLC KESSEL, MARIS R

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2818 Ex Parte Kozinsky et al 13716076 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP TAYLOR, EARL N

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3738 Ex Parte Sheldon et al 11876666 - (D) GUIJT 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2178 Ex Parte Hamm et al 13076069 - (D) JEFFERY 103 103 MAHAMEDI IP LAW LLP HASTY, NICHOLAS

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1789 Ex Parte Huff et al 13270009 - (D) SMITH 103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP JUSKA, CHERYL ANN

Thus, we discern no reversible error in the Examiner’s assessment of the weight to be given to the submitted evidence. In re Am. Acad, of Sci. Tech Ctr., 367 F.3d 1359, 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (“[T]he Board is entitled to weigh the declarations and conclude that the lack of factual corroboration warrants discounting the opinions expressed in the declarations.”). See also Velander v. Garner, 348 F.3d 1359, 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (“In giving more weight to prior publications than to subsequent conclusory statements by experts, the Board acted well within [its] discretion.”).

Am. Acad. of Sci. Tech. Ctr., In re, 367 F.3d 1359, 70 USPQ2d 1827 (Fed. Cir. 2004) 2111 , 2111.01

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Tseng et al 14025620 - (D) DEJMEK 103/double patenting Facebook/Fenwick LE, JESSICA N

2194 Ex Parte Cardona et al 14566253 - (D) SAADAT 103 WALDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. IBM CORP. (WIP) ONAT, UMUT

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2463 Ex Parte Banerjee et al 14020838 - (D) MOORE 102/103 Suman Banerjee MARCELO, MELVIN C

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2617 Ex Parte Dennis 13317342 - (D) MOORE Dissenting ENGLE 103 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP PATEL, JITESH

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 APPLE, INC., EBAY, INC., FACEBOOK, INC., NETFLIX, INC., OFFICE DEPOT, INC., STAPLES, INC., and YAHOO!, INC. Requesters, Appellants, and Cross-Respondents v. INTERVAL LICENSING LLC Patent Owner, Respondent, and Cross-Appellant Ex Parte 6757682 et al 09/656,638 95001576 - (D) JEFFERY 102 EDELL, SHAPIRO & FINNAN, LLC HUGHES, DEANDRA M original RONES, CHARLES

inphi, wright2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Tang et al 13622123 - (D) SHIANG 103 FAY KAPLUN & MARCIN, LLP TRAN, LOI H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3668 Ex Parte Seiter et al 13177277 - (D) GREENHUT 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP RAMESH, KRISHNAN

3779 Ex Parte Cooper et al 12705439 - (D) FREDMAN 102/103 Patent Dept. - Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. EL ALAMI, RAJAA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1754 Ex Parte DOWBEN 13604927 - (D) HEANEY 103 102/103 The Kelber Law Group HORTON, DUJUAN A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1633 Ex Parte Vogels et al 12460678 - (D) FLAX 112(1) TRASKBRITT, P.C. MARVICH, MARIA

A specification may satisfy the written description requirement when, at a minimum, ‘“the essence of the original disclosure’ conveys the necessary information — ‘regardless of how it’ conveys such information, and regardless of whether the disclosure’s ‘words [a]re open to different interpretation[s].’” Inphi Corp. v. Netlist, Inc., 805 F.3d 1350, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (quoting In re Wright, 866 F.2d 422, 424—25 (Fed.Cir.1989) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

Wright, In re, 866 F.2d 422, 9 USPQ2d 1649 (Fed. Cir. 1989) 2163 , 2163.03

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1744 Ex Parte GERLACH 13371987 - (D) HOUSEL 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY GRUN, ROBERT J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2193 Ex Parte Mockford 11977124 - (D) DANG 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION VU, TUAN A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Munsell et al 11828624 - (D) BENNETT 102/103 AT&T Legal Dept. - [HDP] THOMAS, JASON M

2449 Ex Parte Kuulusa 13935886 - (D) KOHUT 103 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. BUKHARI, SIBTE H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3781 Ex Parte Deflorian et al 12600870 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP MATHEW, FENN C

3782 Ex Parte Koenigkramer 12686075 - (D) HORNER 102/103 McCarter & English LLP ACCOUNT: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. PASCUA, JES F

packard

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Boncha et al 13100461 - (D) STEPHENS 103 41.50 103 Ascenda Law Group, PC HASAN, SYED Y

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Kitabata 12656042 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP STRIMBU, GREGORY J

3647 Ex Parte Chander et al 12543051 - (D) HORNER 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. /FGTL FABULA, MICHAEL A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Pepper et al 13015197 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 MILLER IP GROUP, PLC COTRONEO, STEVEN J

3738 Ex Parte Basamania et al 12408391 - (D) ENGELS 103 MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK, LLP PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D

3754 Ex Parte Rosam et al 14028012 - (D) BROWNE 102/103 Whitmyer IP Group LLC JACYNA, J CASIMER

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 Ex Parte Caspole et al 12849724 - (D) HOMERE 112(2)/103 MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL (AMD) BIRKHIMER, CHRISTOPHER D

“[C]laims are required to be cast in clear—as opposed to ambiguous, vague, indefinite—terms. It is the claims that notify the public of what is within the protections of the patent, and what is not.” In re Packard, 751 F.3d 1307, 1313 (Fed. Cir. 2014).

Packard, In re, 751 F.3d 1307, 110 USPQ2d 1785 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2173.02 , 2173.05(a) , 2173.05(e) , 2173.06

yanush, casey, twomey

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AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3667 Ex Parte McNeill et al 13967085 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 103 ZIOLKOWSKI PATENT SOLUTIONS GROUP, SC (ZPS) WONG, YUEN H

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte MOHR et al 14050954 - (D) CUTITTA 101 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP PATEL, DHAIRYA A

2497 Ex Parte YANG 14046063 - (D) KAISER 103 VMWARE, INC. HO, DAO Q

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2694 Ex Parte VanBlon et al 14258372 - (D) SHAW 102/103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC JAVED, MAHEEN I

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Winburne et al 13894508 - (D) HOFFMANN 102 HP Inc. GOKHALE, PRASAD V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Churchill et al 12432675 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 Vista IP Law Group - Interlace Medical SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN

Appellants do not point to any distinction between the structure set forth in claim 1 and that of Hibner. A recitation with respect to the manner in which a claimed apparatus is intended to be employed, as is the limitation “wherein actuation of the motor drive assembly causes the inner tube to rotate at a speed of at least about 3000 rotations per minute, and to oscillate translationally at a rate of about 1.5 to about 4 cycles per second,” does not differentiate the claimed apparatus from a prior art apparatus satisfying the structural limitations claimed. See, e.g., In re Yanush, 477 F.2d 958, 959 (CCPA 1973) (“Appellant’s use limitation does not impart a structural feature different from those of the prior art. . . . Whether a vibrator is operated gently to settle materials in a mold or more forcefully to ‘hammer’ them is a process limitation which does not limit or define the claimed apparatus.”); In re Casey, 370 F.2d 576, 579—80 (CCPA 1967).

A device claim “cannot properly be allowed unless [it] include[s] structural limitations defining invention over the prior art.” In re Twomey, 218 F.2d 593, 596 (CCPA 1955).

Casey, In re, 370 F.2d 576, 152 USPQ 235 (CCPA 1967) 2115

3735 Ex Parte Henderson et al 12248683 - (D) COTTA 102/103 Covidien LP BERHANU, ETSUB D

3771 Ex Parte Grilliot et al 12427871 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 double patenting HONEYWELL/WOOD PHILLIPS STUART, COLIN W

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3746 Ex Parte Tønnessen 14123075 - (R) HILL 103 Henry Query, P.C. HANSEN, KENNETH J

pilkington

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1652 Ex Parte Ballance et al 13855434 - (D) MAJORS 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP ROBINSON, HOPE A

1652 Ex Parte Ballance et al 11927600 - (D) MAJORS 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP ROBINSON, HOPE A

1653 Ex Parte Mercenier et al 13319964 - (D) SCHNEIDER 101/103 K&L Gates LLP-Chicago PYLA, PAUL D

“[T]he patentability of a claim to a product does not rest merely on a difference in the method by which that product is made. Rather, it is the product itself which must be new and unobvious.” In re Pilkington, 411 F.2d 1345, 1348 (CCPA 1969).

Pilkington, In re, 411 F.2d 1345, 162 USPQ 145 (CCPA 1969) 2173.05(p)

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Dinan 12819887 - (D) BUSCH 103 Sprint Corporation LU, WILLIAM

2645 Ex Parte Choi 12409398 - (D) DROESCH 103 Apple Inc. — FKM MAPA, MICHAEL Y

2649 Ex Parte Teller et al 13470677 - (D) HAMANN 103 McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP/ X Development LLC PAN, YUWEN

2673 Ex Parte HABER et al 13361064 - (D) McNEILL 102/103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise RUDOLPH, VINCENT M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3777 Ex Parte Pelissier et al 12775400 - (D) COTTA 103 DRIGGS, HOGG, DAUGHERTY & DEL ZOPPO CO., L.P.A. PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte Song et al 13602033 - (D) OGDEN 103 103 Lewis Roca Rothberger Christie LLP WANG, EUGENIA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2492 Ex Parte Park et al 12147967 - (D) PINKERTON 101 101 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED DAVIS, ZACHARY A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Vallés Navarro et al 13148509 - (D) DOUGAL 102 102 SHOEMAKER AND MATTARE, LTD c/o DAVIS & BUJOLD, P.L.L.C. WUJCIAK, ALFRED J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3788 Ex Parte Lepage 13702970 - (D) HILL 102 102/103 BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP PERREAULT, ANDREW D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1647 Ex Parte SALFELD et al 13736931 - (D) FLAX double patenting STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. ROMEO, DAVID S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte SAKAMOTO et al 12813141 - (D) SNAY 103 Capitol City TechLaw, PLLC MAYES, MELVIN C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2124 Ex Parte Kabir et al 12620506 - (D) THOMAS 112(1)/103 Mintz Levin/GE FINK, THOMAS ANDREW

2131 Ex Parte Greiner et al 13524468 - (D) STRAUSS 103 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION VILLANUEVA, LEANDRO R

2184 Ex Parte Bathiche et al 13974994 - (D) HAMANN 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION SNYDER, STEVEN G

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2427 Ex Parte Marlow et al 14606183 - (D) EVANS 101 103 LKGlobal (EchoStar) ALATA, YASSIN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Yakovlev et al 13734772 - (D) COURTENAY 103 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP (SV) KASSA, ZEWDU A

2633 Ex Parte FANG 14734745 - (D) EVANS 112(2) double patenting Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd DEPPE, BETSY LEE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Dejong et al 13264447 - (D) DOUGAL 102/103 Silgan Dispensing Systems REIS, RYAN ALEXANDER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Chen et al 12863060 - (D) O’HANLON 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier FURDGE, LARRY L

3765 Ex Parte Urban 13417768 - (D) HOFFMANN 112(1)/112(2) 103 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. MORAN, KATHERINE M

strahilevitz

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1634 Ex Parte Savoy et al 13070077 - (D) MILLS 103 Cooke Law Firm DAUNER, JOSEPH G

1674 Ex Parte Woolf et al 13800845 - (D) NEWMAN 103 LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION MCGARRY, SEAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2474 Ex Parte Luo et al 13910416 - (D) JURGOVAN 102 Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm DUONG, FRANK

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Jackson et al 12946266 - (D) SMEGAL 103 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Pan et al 14111617 - (D) SCHNEIDER double patenting 103 Nestle Purina Petcare Global Resources, Inc BARSKY, JARED

1647 Ex Parte Salfeld et al 13738432 - (D) FLAX double patenting STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. ROMEO, DAVID S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1776 Ex Parte SHINBORI et al 12262839 - (D) GAUDETTE 112(2) 112(1)/103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP POPOVICS, ROBERT J

See In re Strahilevitz, 668 F.2d 1229, 1232 (CCPA 1982) (explaining that once the Examiner advances acceptable reasoning inconsistent with enablement, the burden shifts to Appellants to show that one of ordinary skill in the art could have practiced the claimed invention without undue experimentation).

1781 Ex Parte LEU et al 12628785 - (D) WILSON 103 HAUPTMAN HAM, LLP KHAN, TAHSEEN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2171 Ex Parte Walline et al 12554317 - (D) POTHIER 103 TERRILE, CANNATTI, CHAMBERS & HOLLAND, LLP LU, HUA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2437 Ex Parte Schaad 13598916 - (D) PINKERTON 103 FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C. (SAP) DOAN, HUAN V

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2844 Ex Parte Whitaker 14089872 - (D) PRAISS 103 PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEM COMPANY OF AMERICA RICHARDSON, JANY

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3612 Ex Parte Nascimento et al 13895187 - (D) JESCHKE 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A

synopsys, accenture, content extraction

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2435 Ex Parte Han et al 13802499 - (D) DROESCH 103 Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP APPLE INC. MURPHY, JOSEPH B

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2858 Ex Parte GRANGER-BROWN et al 13468413 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Kevenaar et al 12296587 - (D) PESLAK 103 SHELL OIL COMPANY CRENSHAW, HENRY T

3777 Ex Parte Penney et al 11847652 - (D) ASTORINO 112(2)/103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON IP, JASON M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Ex Parte Yoo et al 12991745 - (D) McMANUS 103 103 KED & ASSOCIATES, LLP TANG, SUIAN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1673 Ex Parte Pietrzkowski 14118865 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 FISH & TSANG LLP MAIER, LEIGH C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Lu et al 13833114 - (D) McGEE 112(1) 112(2)/103 The Whitaker LLC GAMINO, CARLOS J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3684 Ex Parte Mao 14229801 - (D) LORIN 112(4) 101 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. / PayPal ZUKANOVICH, BRANDY A

“The § 101 inquiry must focus on the language of the Asserted Claims themselves.” Synopsys, Inc. v. Mentor Graphics Corp., 839 F.3d 1138, 1149 (Fed. Cir. 2016). See Accenture Global Servs., GmbH v. Guidewire Software, Inc., 728 F.3d 1336, 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2013) (admonishing that “the important inquiry for a § 101 analysis is to look to the claim”); see also Content Extraction & Transmission LLC v. Wells Fargo Bank, Nat 7 Ass ’n, 776 F.3d 1343, 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (“We focus here on whether the claims of the asserted patents fall within the excluded category of abstract ideas.”).

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3732 Ex Parte Fletcher 12693575 - (D) CALVE 103 Tumey LLP SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1652 BUTAMAX™ ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC Requester and Respondent v. GEVO, INC.Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8241878 et al 13/296,944 95002167 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102 E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY THIRD PARTY REQUESTOR: COOLEY, LLP RAILEY, JOHNNY F original ROBINSON, HOPE A

grasselli2

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REVERSED
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1718 Ex Parte Choi et al 12779167 - (D) OWENS 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - - Applied Materials BENNETT, CHARLEE

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2856 Ex Parte Levine 12490414 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 Professional Patent Solutions; RAEVIS, ROBERT R

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3744 Ex Parte Monroe 12757944 - (D) KNIGHT 103 MICHAEL DREW AVILES BOSQUES, ORLANDO E

AFFIRMED
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1712 Ex Parte Buckley et al 13596399 - (D) GUPTA 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY MELLOTT, JAMES M

Moreover, the evidence presented in the Specification is not reasonably commensurate in scope with independent claims 1 and 19. In re Grasselli, 713 F.2d 731, 743 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (concluding that unexpected results “limited to sodium only” were not commensurate in scope with claims to a catalyst having “an alkali metal”).

Grasselli, In re, 713 F.2d 731, 218 USPQ 769 (Fed. Cir. 1983) 716.02(d) , 2112 , 2145

1735 Ex Parte Lu et al 13833114 - (D) McGEE 112(1) 112(2)/103 The Whitaker LLC GAMINO, CARLOS J

1786 Ex Parte Tang et al 11726087 - (D) RANGE 103 WITHERS & KEYS, LLC LOPEZ, RICARDO E.

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2182 Ex Parte Stall et al 12337431 - (D) ENGLE 101/103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION VICARY, KEITH E

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2485 Ex Parte Ide et al 10905719 - (D) POTHIER 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION LEE, Y YOUNG

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3735 Ex Parte Chakravarthy et al 13104167 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(2)/102/103 NeuroWave Systems Inc. TRAN, THO Q

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REVERSED
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2666 Ex Parte Stein et al 12661052 - (D) CHEN 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC HU, FRED H.

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3736 Ex Parte Olson et al 13719687 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN

3744 Ex Parte Stegerwald 13721097 - (D) DOUGAL 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SULLENS, TAVIA L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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1711 Ex Parte Haibara et al 13891236 - (D) NAGUMO 103 112(2) Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) CARRILLO, BIBI SHAREDAN

While the disclosure in Fujiyama on which the Examiner relies might suffice for anticipation of a claim involving the ultrasonic generation of bubbles in a cleaning process, the rejection is for obviousness. It is generally not logical to base obviousness on combinations of teachings that lead to the frustration or inoperability of the teachings of a reference. Cf. In re Gordon, 733 F.2d 900, 902 (Fed. Cir. 1984) (“if the French apparatus were turned upside down, it would be rendered inoperable for its intended purpose. . . In effect, French teaches away from the board’s proposed modification.”)

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

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2668 Ex Parte Hillis et al 10941470 - (D) DEJMEK 103 103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC TSAI, TSUNG YIN

AFFIRMED
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2145 Ex Parte Chen et al 13164626 - (D) WINSOR 103 41.50 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. BARRETT, RYAN S

2184 Ex Parte Toivanen et al 13791619 - (D) HOMERE 103 CHRISTENSEN O'CONNER JOHNSON KINDNESS PLLC BORROMEO, JUANITO C

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2884 Ex Parte Hendriks et al 13522038 - (D) CASHION 112(2) 102 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LEE, SHUN K

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3691 Ex Parte BANK et al 13611469 - (D) SILVERMAN 102 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS

cross med., oetiker

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REVERSED
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3771 Ex Parte FARAM 11748907 - (D) STAICOVICI 102/103 41.50 103 HITCHCOCK EVERT LLP LYDDANE, KATHRYNN M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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2875 Ex Parte VEERASAMY et al 13188897 - (D) DELMENDO 103 103 41.50 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SAWHNEY, HARGOBIND S

AFFIRMED
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1618 Ex Parte Thaning et al 11572679 - (D) SCHNEIDER 101 103 GE Healthcare, IP Department RIDER, LANCE W

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1764 Ex Parte Howland 13263757 - (D) DENNETT 103 HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC BROOKS, KREGGT

Appellant’s argument that the end uses of the products in Cleaver II and Tada are “completely different” is unpersuasive. “One of ordinary skill in the art need not see the identical problem addressed in a prior art reference to be motivated to apply its teachings.” Cross Med. Prods., Inc. v.  Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., 424 F.3d 1293, 1323 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (citing In re Oetiker, 977 F.2d 1443, 1448 (Fed. Cir. 1992). There is no need for Cleaver II to require improved solvent resistance in order for the Examiner to find improved solvent resistance as motivation for the combination.

Cross Med. Prods., Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc., 424 F.3d 1293, 76 USPQ2d 1662 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2144

Oetiker, In re, 977 F.2d 1443, 24 USPQ2d 1443 (Fed. Cir. 1992)  707.07(f) ,   716.01(d) ,   1504.01(a) ,   2107.02 ,   2142 ,   2145 ,   2164.07

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
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2824 INPHI CORPORATION Requester and Appellant v. NETLIST, INC. Patent Owner and Respondent Ex Parte 7636274 et al 12/408,652 95001337 - (D) JEFFERY 103 MASCHOFF BRENNAN THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP PEIKARI, BEHZAD original SOFOCLEOUS, ALEXANDER