samiran

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1785 Ex Parte Thiagarajan et al 13268232 - (D) SNAY 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte BLACKWELL et al 11833078 - (D) SHAW 112(1)/101/103 Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon P.C. LIN, SHEW FEN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2462 Ex Parte SLOAN et al 14321190 - (D) PINKERTON 112(2)/103 Squire PB (NVA/DC Office) ELMEJJARMI, ABDELILLAH

2893 Ex Parte Yang et al 13799955 - (D) OWENS 103 41.50 103 W&T/Qualcomm BODNAR, JOHN A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte YOON et al 13081981 - (D) PESLAK 103 41.50 112(2) STEIN IP, LLC CARLSON, MARC

3782 Ex Parte Wiley et al 13623738 - (D) LANEY 103 QUINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, P.C. HELVEY, PETER N.

Nor do we find appropriate the Examiner’s reliance on the use of “comprising” in claims 1, 14, and 21 to interpret these claims so broadly they encompass holes in a rigid portion of the pouch. In re Samiran, 86 F.2d 756, 758 (CCPA 1936) (“the meaning of the word ‘comprising’ cannot be construed to extend so far as to eliminate the expressed limitations which the appellant has placed within his claims”). 

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Brown et al 11454819 - (D) KIM 103 103 TUTUNJIAN & BITETTO, P.C. TUTUNJIAN & BITETTO, P.C.

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Nastacio 11954733 - (D) WIEDER 112(1) 112(1) 41.50 112(1) Kunzler, PC./RSW COPPOLA, JACOB C

3695 Ex Parte Lin et al 12286488 - (D) KIM 101 101 DENTONS US LLP - Apple SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte Shirvanian et al 12495839 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL PARK, LISA S

1734 Ex Parte Gazarian 13497295 - (D) McGEE 103 FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA

1767 Ex Parte Farrugia et al 15143099 - (D) SNAY 103 PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN, LLP (Xerox) KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2181 Ex Parte Cheng et al 13168666 - (D) STRAUSS 103 VLP Law Group LLP TAYLOR, BROOKE JAZMOND

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Holden et al 13775956 - (D) NAPPI 101 BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD MENDOZA, JUNIOR O

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Hiroshima et al 12668230 - (D) CAPP 103 BGL/Ann Arbor PHAM, THANH T

3686 Ex Parte Cohen-Solal et al 13580387 - (D) SILVERMAN 102 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS WILLIAMS, TERESA S

3687 Ex Parte Tamari et al 14106494 - (D) KIM 101 41.50 101 Wick Phillips Gould & Martin, LLP Blackhawk Network, Inc. CRAWLEY, TALIA F

3691 Ex Parte Nguyen 10119995 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC KAZIMI, HANI M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte O’CONNOR 13696922 - (D) NEW 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS JANG, CHRISTIAN YONGKYUN

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex Parte Han et al 13572438 - (D) JEFFERY 103 DOCKET CLERK HAIDER, SYED

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3618 Ex Parte Gündogan 13887479 - (D) BAIN 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. EVANS, BRYAN A

plantronics

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Ranade et al 12747430 - (D) GRIMES 103 Avon Products, Inc. BROWE, DAVID

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte Jenkins et al 13570536 - (D) FRAHM 103 Kunzler, PC./RSW ALLEN, NICHOLAS E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2485 Ex Parte LEE et al 13350293 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 HONEYWELL/WOOD PHILLIPS CARTER, RICHARD BRUCE

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2899 Ex Parte Yan et al 13074888 - (D) OWENS 103 SLATER MATSIL, LLP/Infineon LEE, JAE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Miocinovic et al 12409315 - (D) MEYERS 102 The Marbury Law Group/Qualcomm AMSDELL, DANA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Genn 11632821 - (D) KNIGHT 102/103 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP SCRUGGS, ROBERT J

3731 Ex Parte Dugan et al 11173713 - (D) FREDMAN 103 SQUIRE PB (Abbott) OU, JING RUI

3747 Ex Parte KUHN et al 13591764 - (D) KNIGHT 112(1)/112(2)/103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP SCHARPF, SUSAN E

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2172 Ex Parte Schwartz et al 13812600 - (D) PINKERTON 103 102/103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise YI, RINNA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3675 Ex Parte Gadomski et al 13577501 - (D) ASTORINO 103 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC NEUBAUER, THOMAS L

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3782 Ex Parte Tate 13793146 - (D) HOSKINS 112(2)/102/103 102/103 Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C. (San Francisco) THEIS, MATTHEW T

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Filipcsei et al 13378640 - (D) KATZ 112(2)/103 Jason D. Voight BROWE, DAVID

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 Ex Parte Lundberg 14628941 - (D) WINSOR 101 41.50 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. HOANG, HAU HAI

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2469 Ex Parte Bontu et al 13627647 - (D) HOMERE 103 Fish & Richardson P.C. (Blackberry) MCCALLUM, LATRESA A

2485 Ex Parte Kumar et al 12964778 - (D) CRAIG 102/103 HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP LEE, Y YOUNG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 Ex Parte Hou et al 13589958 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. HOANG, PETER

2657 Ex Parte Brun 13600329 - (D) BEAMER 101 FAY SHARPE / XEROX - ROCHESTER JACKSON, JAKIEDA R

2676 Ex Parte Liguori et al 14720910 - (D) KUMAR 103 William Propp, Esq. CHEN, HUO LONG

2697 Ex Parte LEE et al 13015998 - (D) HOWARD 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP YANG, NAN-YING

The requirement for a reason to combine the reference acts as a check on the potential for the improper use of hindsight. See Plantronics, Inc. v. Aliph, Inc., 724 F.3d 1343, 1354 (Fed. Cir. 2013 (holding that an articulated reasoning “is especially important to guard against the dangers of hindsight bias”)

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3689 Ex Parte Khan K et al 13575126 - (D) MEYERS 102/103 101/102/103 FIALA & WEAVER P.L.L.C. WEISENFELD, ARYAN E

3691 Ex Parte Coleman 13709422 - (D) SHAH 101 DENTONS US LLP (CITI CUSTOMER NUMBER) AKINTOLA, OLABODE

3696 Ex Parte Priyadarshan et al 12854811 - (D) WIEDER 101 Polsinelli PC Polsinelli — Apple Inc. BOVEJA, NAMRATA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3782 Ex Parte Petkovsek 14208261 - (D) O’HANLON 103 MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. BATTISTI, DEREK J

fairwarningIP, bancorp

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2126 Ex Parte Imes et al 14508152 - (D) EVANS 103 STAAS & HALSEY LLP LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2491 Ex Parte Meng et al 14095846 - (D) PYONIN 103 LEE & HAYES, PLLC FAROOQUI, QUAZI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Chrabascz et al 13559976 - (D) ASTORINO 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. YOUNGER, SEAN JERRARD

3747 Ex Parte Feuchter et al 13381544 - (D) SMEGAL 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP STAUBACH, CARL C

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3676 Ex Parte Wassermann et al 12170573 - (D) OSINSKI 102 101 CANTOR COLBURN LLP- BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED BOMAR, THOMAS S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Johnson et al 13394844 - (D) COTTA 103 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY MAI, HAO D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Lakso et al 13514864 - (D) DERRICK 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP FORREST, MICHAEL

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2166 Ex Parte Woods et al 13964168 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 EIP US LLP AHN, SANGWOO

2179 Ex Parte Toney et al 13104241 - (D) HUME 103 Alston & Bird LLP Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP DUCKWORTH, JIANMEI F

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Burns et al 13647669 - (D) KRIVAK 103 Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - QUAL KHAN, MEHMOOD B

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2834 Ex Parte Grosskopf et al 12955340 - (D) SQUIRE 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. TRUONG, THOMAS

2848 Ex Parte Hyde et al 12460445 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 Foley & Lardner LLP GONZALEZ, HIRAM E

2854 Ex Parte Rizika 11747355 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP SIMMONS, JENNIFER E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3661 Ex Parte Baumann et al 11578424 - (D) BUI 112(1)/112(2)/103 CROWELL & MORING LLP LI, CE LI

3684 Ex Parte Hesselink 12853239 - (D) FISCHETTI 101 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP CIVAN, ETHAN D

3691 Ex Parte Hammad et al 12563586 - (D) COURTENAY 103 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/VISA PRESTON, JOHN O

3696 Ex Parte Ashburn et al 13707060 - (D) FISCHETTI 101 Flachsbart & Greenspoon CHANG, EDWARD

We are also not persuaded by Appellants’ argument that, the claims recite a process “previously done by a time consuming, laborious process involving multiple disparate applications” (Appeal Br. 35), because “the fact that the required calculations could be performed more efficiently via a computer does not materially alter the patent eligibility of the claimed subject matter.” FairWarning IP, LLC v. Iatric Systems, Inc., 839 F.3d 1089, 1098 (Fed. Cir. 2016), citing Bancorp Servs., LLC v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Can. (U.S.), 687 F.3d 1266 (Fed. Cir. 2012). at 1278.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte Felice 13530702 - (D) SCHOPFER 101 DAVID A. FELICE COBURN, CORBETT B

3715 Ex Parte Nibe et al 12429818 - (D) BROWN 101 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - MINNEAPOLIS PAGE, EVAN RANDALL

3754 Ex Parte Hoover 12287911 - (D) KORNICZKY 112(1) 112(4)/102/103 Andrus Intellectual Property Law, LLP JACYNA, J CASIMER

3762 Ex Parte Crow et al 13299932 - (D) SAWERT 103 KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Walker et al 11958571 - (R) REPKO 101 ALSTON & BIRD LLP VAN BRAMER, JOHN W

Hartness

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1648 Ex Parte Patterson 13294101 - (D) CHANG 103 41.50 101 BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP ZOU, NIANXIANG

Hartness Int’l, Inc. v. Simplimatic  Eng’g Co., 819 F.2d 1100, 1108 (Fed. Cir. 1987) (holding dependent claim  to be a fortiori non-obvious where independent claim was non-obvious).

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1793 Ex Parte Graham et al 13033402 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Chi) WONG, LESLIE A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2412 Ex Parte Jorgensen et al 14492839 - (D) DEJMEK 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED PHUNKULH, BOB A

2426 Ex Parte Barrett 13997404 - (D) POTHIER 103 PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./Nvidia ALATA, YASSIN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3722 Ex Parte Schenk et al 14208750 - (D) ASTORINO 103 KF ROSS PC SINGH, SUNIL K

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Ex Parte Fujil 14429330 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 103 DOCKET CLERK BURD, KEVIN MICHAEL

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Ex Parte Han et al 11913729 - (D) ADAMS 103 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1724 Ex Parte Widhalm 13353746 - (D) DERRICK 112(2) 112(2)/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL LYLES-IRVING, CARMEN V

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2154 Ex Parte Frydman et al 13739067 - (D) McNEILL 102 Professional Patent Solutions; ALLEN, NICHOLAS E

2176 Ex Parte Morales 13584785 - (D) HUGHES 101/112(1)/12(2) 103 ORTIZ & LOPEZ, PLLC Xerox Corporation DYER, ANDREW R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2412 Ex Parte Mcqueen et al 13600567 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP BUTT, WALLI Z

2493 Ex Parte Prestenback et al 12238335 - (D) DANG 101/112(1)/103 Patent Ingenuity, P.C. DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC. ZAIDI, SYED A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3688 Ex Parte Mason 11370679 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 101/103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. RETTA, YEHDEGA

3693 Ex Parte Hirka et al 12982396 - (D) FISCHETTI 101 JPMorgan Chase / Goodwin Procter BARTLEY, KENNETH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Taras 13061616 - (D) KERINS 112(2) 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. CRENSHAW, HENRY T

McRO

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AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3661 Ex Parte Hager et al 11104822 - (D) OSINSKI 112(1)/103 101 Gard & Kaslow LLP LI, CE LI

The question becomes whether the claims as a whole “focus on a specific means or method that improves the relevant technology” or are “directed to a result or effect that itself is the abstract idea and merely invoke[s] generic processes and machinery.”  McRO, Inc. v. Bandai Namco Games Am. Inc., 837 F.3d 1299, 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2016).

3695 Ex Parte Singhal 12928712 - (D) FISCHETTI 101 101 Tara Chand Sighal OYEBISI, OJO O

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Martinez et al 13640712 - (D) HOSKINS 102/103 112(2) Hemingway & Hansen, LLP LYNCH, MEGAN E

3765 Ex Parte Woods 13632757 - (D) KERINS 102/103 112(1)/112(2)/103 RYLANDER & ASSOCIATES PC CARTER, CAMERON A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1786 Ex Parte Jalowka et al 13661354 - (D) GUPTA 103 Bachman & LaPointe, P.C. TATESURE, VINCENT

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte Trotta et al 13036655 - (D) SHAW 103 HAVERSTOCK & OWENS, LLP FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1632 UNISENSE FERTILITECH A/S Respondent and Requester v. Patent of THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7963906 et al 12/982,341 95001785 - (D) LEBOVITZ 102/103 41.77 102/103 Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: THOMPSON COBURN LLP PONNALURI, PADMASHRI original BERTOGLIO, VALARIE E

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1636 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OF THE COMMOMWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Patent Owner and Appellant) v. CELLERIX (Requester and Cross-Appellant) Ex Parte 6,777,231 et al 09/936,665 95001592 - (R) LEBOVITZ 112(1)/102 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP PONNALURI, PADMASHRI original KETTER, JAMES S

cortright, wiggins

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REVERSED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Yu 13792203 - (D) MEYERS 103 41.50 102 STEVEN YU GILBERT, WILLIAM V

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte Kurtz et al 13438740 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP LAGUARDA, GONZALO

3781 Ex Parte Lagler 14213362 - (D) STAICOVICI 112(2)/103 PAULEY ERICKSON & KOTTIS KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS

Furthermore, “[p]rior art references may be ‘indicative of what all those skilled in the art generally believe a certain term means . . . [and] can often help to demonstrate how a disputed term is used by those skilled in the art.’”  In re Cortright, 165 F.3d 1353, 1358 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (citation omitted). 

Cortright, In re, 165 F.3d 1353, 49 USPQ2d 1464 (Fed. Cir. 1999) 2111 , 2164.04

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Walter et al 14294672 - (D) SQUIRE 103 Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, PA QIAN, YUN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2848 Ex Parte Kako et al 14307421 - (D) GARRIS 112(1)/102/103 MCGINN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, PLLC SINCLAIR, DAVID M

2886 Ex Parte Smith 13766598 - (D) DELMENDO 102 Silicon Valley Patent Group LLP AKANBI, ISIAKA O

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3651 Ex Parte Miller et al 12759189 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP COLLINS, MICHAEL

3673 Ex Parte Huang et al 12176337 - (D) GUIJT 102 102/103 YUMING HUANG GALL, LLOYD A

The Examiner’s rejection is pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 102(b), and evidence of secondary considerations, such as unexpected results, is not relevant to a rejection under § 102(b).  See In re Wiggins, 488 F.2d 538, 543 (CCPA 1973).

Wiggins, In re, 488 F.2d 538, 179 USPQ 421 (CCPA 1973) 2121.02 , 2131.04 , 2173.02 , 2173.05(b)

REEXAMINATION

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2465 REG SYNTHETIC FUELS, LLC Requester v. Patent of NESTE OIL OYJ Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 8,187,344 B2 et al 12/354,654 95002084 - (R) ROBERTSON 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: FOLEY & LARDNER LLP XU, LING X original WYLLIE, CHRISTOPHER T

eli lilly4

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Lindberg et al 13654976 - (D) CURCURI 102 Thomson Reuters c/o Intellectual Property KERZHNER, ALEKSANDR

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Ex Parte Kalliske et al 13981764 - (D) McCARTHY 103 103 L.C. BEGIN & ASSOCIATES, PLLC FRISBY, KEITH J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3754 Ex Parte Meressa 13657806 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 102/103 YBIRHAN G. MERESSA KLOTZ, WILLIAM R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1678 Ex Parte Feldstein et al 13696109 - (D) FREDMAN 101/103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2133 Ex Parte Zettler et al 13472569 - (D) CUTITTA 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC CHERY, MARDOCHEE

2167 Ex Parte Lundberg 14608520 - (D) WINSOR 101 41.50 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. HOANG, HAU HAI

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Karaoguz et al 10675458 - (D) DIXON 102 GARLICK & MARKISON (BRCM) LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N

2688 Ex Parte TAJIMA et al 14743133 - (D) PYONIN double patenting KEATING & BENNETT, LLP SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA BUTCHER, BRIAN M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3766 Ex Parte Rashidi 13209110 - (D) LEE 102/103/double patenting Wiley Rein LLP SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY

As the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit explained, for anticipation, the dispositive question is “whether one skilled in the art would reasonably understand or infer from a prior art reference that every claim element is disclosed in that reference.” Eli Lilly and Co. v. Los Angeles Biomedical Res. Inst, at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 849 F.3d 1073, 1074-1075 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (citation omitted).

merck3

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2853 Ex Parte Buskirk et al 14272622 - (D) HEANEY 102/103 THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C. VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3659 Ex Parte GOLESKI et al 14057325 - (D) SILVERMAN 102 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL HLAVKA, DAVID J

The rejection relies upon a construction of the expression “supported for rotation” that would render superfluous the words “for rotation.” “A claim construction that gives meaning to all the terms of the claim is preferred over one that does not do so.” Merck & Co. v. Teva Pharms. USA, Inc., 395 F.3d 1364, 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2005). Ascribing meaning to the phrase “for rotation” here requires that the identified element be capable of rotation. An element that is fixed to another structure, such that it cannot rotate, is not “supported for rotation,” per claim 17.

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

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3654 Ex Parte Schultze et al 13508541 - (D) JURGOVAN 102 112(2) Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP MANSEN, MICHAEL R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 Ex Parte Peregrine et al 13586339 - (D) CASHION 103 BGL/Ann Arbor BRUNSMAN, DAVID M

1736 Ex Parte Böhringer et al 12595728 - (D) ROSS 103 41.50 103 Brannon Sowers & Cracraft PC HENDRICKSON, STUART L

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2113 Ex Parte Schade et al 13988176 - (D) SHIANG 102 BGL/Ann Arbor MEHRMANESH, ELMIRA

2126 Ex Parte Schindele et al 13392877 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP MIA, MD N

2157 Ex Parte BYRNE et al 13037187 - (D) KHAN 112(1) 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP/IBM SVL SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA

2166 Ex Parte Bakre et al 14318460 - (D) SAADAT 103 Gilliam IP PLLC (NetApp) MCQUITERY, DIEDRA M

2168 Ex Parte Pickelsimer 13187878 - (D) CUTITTA 101/103 Culhane Meadows PLLC OWYANG, MICHELLE N

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Ex Parte Inayatullah et al 14502749 - (D) CUTITTA 103 Fletcher Yoder, P.C. NBCUniversal Media, LLC ALAM, MUSHFIKH I

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2656 Ex Parte Salfati et al 14090505 - (D) HUME 103 MOSER TABOADA / VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP. ZENATI, AMAL S

2668 Ex Parte Branch et al 13944747 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 The Law Office of James Baudino, PLLC CHEN, XUEMEI G

2688 Ex Parte Sapozhnikov et al 14167575 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 112(1) HolzerlPLaw, P.C. dba Holzer Patel Drennan EVANS, JEFFERSON A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2855 Ex Parte NAMISAKI et al 14478291 - (D) SNAY 102/103 BIRCH, STEWART, KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP ROYSTON, JOHN M

2875 Ex Parte Provitola 14980398 - (D) BEST 103 41.50 102/103 ANTHONY I. PROVITOLA SONG, ZHENG B

2893 Ex Parte KANG et al 13175133 - (D) HEANEY 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP SCHOENHOLTZ, JOSEPH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3638 Ex Parte Gompper 14467514 - (D) JURGOVAN 102 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO SADLON, JOSEPH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3747 Ex Parte Horsting 13218543 - (D) SMEGAL 103 Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. STAUBACH, CARL C

3762 Ex Parte Ball 13550730 - (D) HILL 103/double patenting Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP LEVICKY, WILLIAM J

morse

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Ohrn et al 13822231 - (D) NEW 101 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (SF) BORIN, MICHAEL L

The abstract idea exception prevents patenting a result where “it matters not by what process or machinery the result is accomplished.” O’Reilly v. Morse, 56 U.S. 62, 113 (1853). 

O’Reilly v. Morse, 56 U.S. (15 How.) 62 (1854) 706.03(a) , 2106

1639 Ex Parte Kronick et al 13116998 - (D) PRATS 103 Agilent Technologies, Inc. GROSS, CHRISTOPHER M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Ex Parte Lu et al 12970011 - (D) ROSS 103 Armstrong World Industries, Inc. HUANG, CHENG YUAN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2153 Ex Parte Zhu et al 13306820 - (D) WINSOR 103 HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM/ORACLE VO, CECILE H

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2674 Ex Parte YAMAGUCHI 14730411 - (D) McNEILL 103 KEATING & BENNETT, LLP SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA DEMETER, HILINA K

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Burbank et al 14143738 - (D) HOELTER 103 103 C. R. Bard, Inc./BBS EISEMAN, ADAM JARED

3766 Ex Parte Phillips et al 11693328 - (D) SCHEINER 103 103 MEDTRONIC, INC. (NEURO/MRG) LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI

3786 Ex Parte Van Stevendaal et al 13575828 - (D) WARNER 101/103 112(2) 41.50 112(2) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KINNARD, LISA M

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2474 Ex Parte Chen et al 13455025 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Qualcomm /Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP NOWLIN, ERIC

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex Parte Nuutinen et al 13148722 - (D) NAPPI 103 Keysight Technologies, Inc. C/O CPA Global FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS

2653 Ex Parte Gamble 12658000 - (D) BENNETT 102/103 Oliver W. Gamble PHAN, JOSEPH T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Harrison 13398981 - (D) McGEE 103 MOSER TABOADA AMRANY, ADI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3653 Ex Parte Mack 14777478 - (D) HORNER 103 THE LAW OFFICE OF JAMES E. RULAND, PLC SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3726 Ex Parte Gale et al 13112960 - (D) PESLAK 103 SQUIRE PB (Abbott) KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M

3742 Ex Parte Casner 12895984 - (D) PESLAK 102/103 CORRIGAN LAW OFFICE LAFLAME JR, MICHAEL A

3763 Ex Parte BOURGEOIS et al 13354029 - (D) O’HANLON 103 POLSINELLI PC LEE, WENG WAH

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1636 Ex Parte Lubys 12167527 - (D) FREDMAN 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP AULT, ADDISON D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Zenor 12964481 - (D) HOMERE 101 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Nielsen) CASTRO, ALFONSO

Rather, we agree with Appellant’s argument that the Examiner has too broadly characterized the claims. See Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corp., 822 F.3d 1327, 1337 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (“describing the claims at such a high level of abstraction and untethered from the language of the claims all but ensures that the exceptions to § 101 swallow the rule.”) 

2449 Ex Parte Srivastava et al 13368107 - (D) MacDONALD 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION CELANI, NICHOLAS P

2458 Ex Parte Keskitalo 13578510 - (D) MacDONALD 102 Alston & Bird LLP Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP SCOTT, MARK A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Reyes et al 13425776 - (D) CAPP 112(2)/102/103 Schwabe Williamson &Wyatt/SFC/NuScale O'CONNOR, MARSHALL P

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 Ex Parte Gutierrez et al 13819427 - (D) WARNER 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EISEMAN, ADAM JARED

3745 Ex Parte Azad et al 12985571 - (D) KINDER 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION PETERS, BRIAN O

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Ex Parte Board et al 14197597 - (D) Per Curiam 103 FGTL/Burgess Law Office, PLLC CONDRA, DARLENE P

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2618 FRONT ROW TECHNOLOGIES Patent Owner and Appellant v. MLB ADVANCED MEDIA, L.P. Requester and Respondent Ex Parte 7149549 et al 09/708,776 95001565 - (D) JEFFERY 112(1) Foster Pepper PLLC Third Party Requester: Foley & Lardner, LLP NASSER, ROBERT L