turlay

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Tani et al 12747644 - (D) FLAX 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP BERRIOS, JENNIFER A

1653 Ex Parte Matthiesen et al 14001714 - (D) JENKS 103 Agilent Technologies, Inc. BARRON, SEAN C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Kostrzewa et al 13904199 - (D) FRANKLIN, BEVERLY A. 103 BENOIT & COTE THOMAS, BINU

1779 Ex Parte Broeker 13864682 - (D) OGDEN 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 RATNERPRESTIA PEO, JONATHAN M

1799 Ex Parte Clairaz et al 12088506 - (D) TIMM 103 Brawdy and Neimark, PLLC HURST, JONATHAN M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2139 Ex Parte Ross et al 14019410 - (D) MORGAN 112(1)/112(2)/103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C./QUALCOMM VO, THANH DUC

2131 Ex Parte Almasi et al 13917240 - (D) REPKO 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC VILLANUEVA, LEANDRO R

2131 Ex Parte Almasi et al 13917906 - (D) REPKO 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC VILLANUEVA, LEANDRO R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2412 Ex Parte RAMKUMAR et al 14504569 - (D) BAIN 103 Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm BUTT, WALLI Z

2491 Ex Parte Esselink et al 13189722 - (D) MORGAN 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FG1L EDWARDS, LINGLAN E

2438 Ex Parte Cordella et al 13536653 - (D) SAADAT 103 HONEYWELL/S&S PLECHA, THADDEUS J

2438 Ex Parte Gentry et al 14588505 - (D) HUME 101 HARRINGTON & SMITH JEUDY, JOSNEL

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 Ex Parte Kallio et al 13298051 - (D) BAIN 103 Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A. GE, JIN

2626 Ex Parte Forin et al 13869960 - (D) LENTIVECH 102 MICROSOFT CORPORATION TAYLOR JR, DUANE N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2819 Ex Parte OPINIANO 14157817 - (D) SQUIRE 103 ZILKA-KOTAB, PC-NVID NGO, NGAN V

2842 Ex Parte Schulze-Icking-Konert et al 14098647 - (D) SQUIRE 102 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Bosch) O'TOOLE, COLLEEN J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3647 Ex Parte Sahasrabudhe et al 13396769 - (D) JESCHKE 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Johnson et al 13270701 - (D) SCHEINER 102/103 Frost Brown Todd LLC Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. NGUYEN, VI X

3741 Ex Parte Bangerter et al 13644634 - (D) STAICOVICI 102/103 O'Shea Getz P.C. WALTHOUR, SCOTT J

3744 Ex Parte Johnsen et al 13249311 - (D) STEPHENS 103 CARTER, DELUCA, FARRELL & SCHMIDT, LLP HWU, DAVIS D

3745 Ex Parte Ollivau 13546135 - (D) STAICOVICI 102/103 General Electric Company EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT

It is well settled that an anticipation rejection cannot be predicated on an ambiguous reference. Rather, disclosures in a reference relied on to prove anticipation must be so clear and explicit that those skilled in the art will have no difficulty in ascertaining their meaning. In re Turlay, 304 F.2d 893, 899, (CCPA 1962).

3772 Ex Parte Singer et al 13465558 - (D) MURPHY 103 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP PATEL, TARLA R

3777 Ex Parte Golijanin 11515419 - (D) BROWN 103 Morrison & Foerster LLP Novadaq Technologies ULC NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC

3782 Ex Parte Shaw 13104627 - (D) BARRETT 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP ATTEL, NINA KAY

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Tomita et al 13577032 - (D) WORTH 103 103 LACKENBACH SIEGEL, LLP PROSSER, ALISSA J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Ex Parte PARSANA et al 13437443 - (D) MORGAN 102/103 103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC JAMI, HARES

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2481 Ex Parte XHAFA et al 14254535 - (D) McNEILL 103 102/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED TOPGYAL, GELEK W

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Caprario 13234338 - (D) MURPHY 103 112(1)/112(2) CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY WHITE, DWAYNE J

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Ansley et al 13866377 - (D) NEW 103 TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP PEEBLES, KATHERINE

1646 Ex Parte Klotz et al 13239493 - (D) SCHNEIDER 103/OTDP DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH (DC) HISSONG, BRUCE D

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte Qian et al 14314355 - (D) HANLON 112(2) 103 ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CMP HOLDINGS, INC. The Dow Chemical Company PHAM, THOMAS T

1718 Ex Parte Lee 14208205 - (D) BEST 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P.A. MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D

1734 Ex Parte STRYBOS 14753892 - (D) GUPTA 103 American Air Liquide, Inc. YEE, DEBORAH

1741 Ex Parte Feng et al 13666321 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 CORNING INCORPORATED SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA

1747 Ex Parte FUISZ et al 13715028 - (D) SQUIRE 103 FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP MAYES, DIONNE WALLS

1756 Ex Parte Rudigier et al 13130050 - (D) BEST 103 Setter Roche LLP MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN

1787 Ex Parte Boday et al 12718213 - (D) GUPTA 103 IBM CORPORATION STACHEL, KENNETH J

1791 Ex Parte Sibakov et al 13880453 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC BADR, HAMID R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte Garcia et al 13096541 - (D) BAIN 112(1)/103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP- BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED CHAD, ANISS

2144 Ex Parte Wetmore 12180807 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Fox Entertainment Group STORK, KYLER

2144 Ex Parte Merrifield 12927642 - (D) McNEILL 103 FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. SMITH, BENJAMIN J

2162 Ex Parte Gardner 13782549 - (D) HUGHES 101/102/103 Maschoff Brennan SULTANA, NARGIS

2166 Ex Parte Lutnick et al 13936757 - (D) HUGHES 101/102/103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. OBERLY, VAN HONG

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 Ex Parte PALUMBO et al 14496032 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 Harrington & Smith, Attorneys At Law, LLC HAILU, TESHOME

2435 Ex Parte Shuster 13752149 - (D) BENNETT 102 OTDP Coleman & Horowitt, LLP DADA, BEEMNET W

2444 Ex Parte Nix et al 13570495 - (D) BAIN 101/103 TERRILE, CANNATTI, CHAMBERS & HOLLAND, LLP DO, LAM T

2449 Ex Parte IRELAND 12641775 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. NGUYEN, TRUONG

2454 Ex Parte Aleksovski et al 13944070 - (D) PINKERTON 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS COBY, FRANTZ

2454 Ex Parte MAEGAWA et al 14010967 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 103 Paratus Law Group, PLLC MEKONEN, TESFU N

2459 Ex Parte Partridge et al 13813468 - (D) PINKERTON 101/103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC TN, BACKHEAN

2467 Ex Parte VAN EWIJK et al 11923540 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. CATTUNGAL, AJAY P

2482 Ex Parte Pettersson et al 13521172 - (D) BUI 103 Sage Patent Group!felefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ZHOU, ZHIHAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte YAMANE 14620592 - (D) BENNETT 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. WU,YANNA

2623 Ex Parte Mistry et al 14015926 - (D) BARRY 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Samsung PATEL, PREMAL R

2625 Ex Parte Worfolk et al 12948455 - (D) MORGAN 103 FBFK/Synaptics BODDIE, WILLIAM

2633 Ex Parte Ko et al 12809907 - (D) KOHUT 103 Dentons US LLP FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS

2652 Ex Parte Apfel et al 13708719 - (D) WINSOR 112(1)/103 41.50 103 PERKINS COIE LLP - SEA General FALEY, KATHERINE A

2665 Ex Parte MOSTAFAVI 13926912 - (D) PETTIGREW 103 Vista IP Law Group, LLP (Varian) YOUSSEF, MENATOALLAH M

2683 Ex Parte Denison 13182891 - (D) McNEILL 112(2)/103 Miller, Matthias & Hull KHAN, OMER S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2818 Ex Parte Riva 12863355 - (D) SQUIRE 103 SOLVAY USA INC. NGUYEN, CUONG B

2844 Ex Parte Boswinkel et al 14722972 - (D) PRAISS 102/103 NXP B.V. Intellectual Property and Licensing LUONG, HENRY T

2847 Ex Parte LIPTAK et al 13804245 - (D) HANLON 103 Delphi Technologies LLC PAGHADAL, PARESH H

2868 Ex Parte Acar et al 13600460 - (D) SQUIRE 103 SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON & WYATT, P.C. LE, SON T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Behrendt et al 11421804 - (D) CRAWFORD 101 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-IBM POUGHKEEPSIE BOYCE, ANDRE D

3624 Ex Parte Doherty et al 13692614 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 101/103 MAIER & MAIER, PLLC MISIASZEK, AMBER AL TSCHUL

3624 Ex Parte Luff 12263079 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 101/103 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Nielsen) CHOY, PANG

3625 Ex Parte Mitzlaff 12019128 - (D) MORGAN 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY ROSEN, NICHOLAS D

3662 Ex Parte Scalf et al 12406595 - (D) SAADAT 112(1) 101 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL EDWARDS, JERRAH

3682 Ex Parte Anderson et al 12268773 - (D) NAPPI 101 Hunton & Williams LLP/JPMorgan Chase BROWN, ALVIN L

3683 Ex Parte HOWE 13969839 - (D) PYONIN 112(1)/112(2)/103 101 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC HENRY, MATTHEW D

3686 Ex Parte Pinsonneault et al 12650759 - (D) KIM 101 Alston & Bird LLP McKesson Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP HOLCOMB, MARK

3689 Ex Parte Dick et al 13422949 - (D) BUI 103 101 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI

3692 Ex Parte Harrison 12233491 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 101 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP ANDERSON, JOHN A

3693 Ex Parte Ng 13746662 - (D) MEYERS 101/103 MALHOTRA LAW FIRM, PLLC ALLADIN, AMBREEN A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Schneider 14298223 - (D) HOELTER 103 MICHAEL, BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (MT) LEE, LAURA MICHELLE

3724 Ex Parte Steinmann 13986643 - (D) HORNER 112(2)/103 Richard P. Fennelly LEE, LAURA MICHELLE

3744 Ex Parte Bradford et al 12724036 - (D) BARRETT 103 BARLOW, JOSEPHS & HOLMES, LTD. VAZQUEZ, ANA M

3744 Ex Parte Smith et al 13275360 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL CRENSHAW, HENRY T

3745 Ex Parte Geisner 13698317 - (D) BROWN 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RY AN

3747 Ex Parte Shieh et al 13352437 - (D) SCANLON 101/103 112(2) DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP CAMPBELL, JOSHUA A

3753 Ex Parte Schutz 12460894 - (D) KERINS 103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE

3753 Ex Parte Vorosmarti et al 14474668 - (D) MARSCHALL 103 PAUL AND PAUL CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE

3754 Ex Parte QIAN et al 13779026 - (D) PESLAK 112(1)/103 112(2) GLOBAL IP SERVICES CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY

3772 Ex Parte Olson et al 13622637 - (D) SMEGAL dissenting MCCARTHY 102/103 MOSS & BARNETT HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA

sensonics, interconnect

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Lee et al 13637235 - (D) SQUIRE 103 BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. TALBOT, BRIAN K

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2863 Ex Parte Rodriguez et al 14440271 - (D) KRIVAK 101 ABB - Whitmyer IP Group LLC SUN, XIUQIN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3772 Ex Parte Singer et al 13465558 - (D) MURPHY 103 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP PATEL, TARLA R

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1729 Ex Parte Hosoya et al 10821323 - (D) DENNETT 103 103 Sheridan Ross P.C. EGGERDING, ALIX ECHET .MEYER

However, because Johnson does not teach Li4Ti5O12, the skilled artisan would not have been motivated to employ the other teachings of Johnson and also would have no motivation to look to the disclosure of Spider, absent impermissible hindsight. “The invention must be viewed not after the blueprint has been drawn by the inventor, but as it would have been perceived in the state of the art that existed at the time the invention was made.” Sensonics Inc. v. Aerosonic Corp., 81 F.3d 1566, 1570 (Fed. Cir. 1996) (citing Interconnect Planning Corp. v. Feil, 774 F.2d 1132, 1138 (Fed. Cir. 1985)).

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2165 Ex Parte Calder et al 12479195 - (D) COURTENAY 103 103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC) SYED, FARHAN M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2651 Ex Parte Chan et al 12621156 - (D) BARRY concurring MOORE 103 112(2)/103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton/Qualcomm MONIKANG, GEORGE C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Brown 14555549 - (D) CAPP 102/103 112(2) Devlin Law Firm LLC CARTER, CAMERON A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1798 Ex Parte Verkoeijen et al 12812772 - (D) FRANKLIN concurring NAGUMO 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC WARDEN, JILL ALICE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ex Parte Apthorp 13816149 - (D) HUGHES 103 International IP Law Group PARK, GRACE A

2161 Ex Parte Brooks et al 13855572 - (D) DANG 103 Fabian Vancott IBM CORPORATION DAYE, CHELCIE L

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2461 Ex Parte Chen et al 13793587 - (D) HUGHES 103 Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm MIAN, OMER S

2468 Ex Parte Li et al 14000684 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 FAY SHARPE/LUCENT PATEL, PARTHKUMAR

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3682 Ex Parte Green 12645662 - (D) HUTCHINGS 112(1)/103 101 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 DAGNEW, SABA

3682 Ex Parte MacNeille et al 13671987 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 101/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL JOHNSON, ROBERT C

3688 Ex Parte Banerjee et al 12770947 - (D) HUGHES 101 Moore and Van Allen, PLLC CAO, VINCENT M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte WIIK et al 13531651 - (D) LANEY 112(1) 112(2) Charles E. Leahy STINSON, CHELSEA E.

3763 Ex Parte Nie 13784721 - (D) KORNICZKY 103 Dickinson Wright - BD CARPENTER, WILLIAM R

3788 Ex Parte de Thé et al 14078052 - (D) LANEY 103 OTDP CANTOR COLBURN LLP PERREAULT, ANDREW D

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2887 Ex Parte PARK et al 14065475 - (R) CASHION 103 HONEYWELL/WICK PHILLIPS MAI, THIEN T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3691 Ex Parte Jones et al 10676297 - (R) BAYAT 101 Docket Clerk-GOLD VYAS, ABHISHEK

REEXAMINATION

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex parte INFINITY HEADWEAR & APPAREL, LLC Ex Parte 8864544 et al 13096466 90013508 - (R) MARTIN 102 KIRTON MCCONKIE ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN original NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R

borkowski2

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1767 Ex Parte Capanema et al 14213680 - (D) SMITH 103 Ballard Spahr LLP Renmatix HEINCER, LIAM J

1786 Ex Parte Amla et al 14512815 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP THOMPSON, CAMIE S

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 Ex Parte Eckert et al 14012475 - (D) REPKO 103 Park, Vaughan, Fleming & Dowler LLP RANKIN, CANDICE A

2176 Ex Parte Kumar et al 13841148 - (D) FRAHM 103 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP CHU, JENQ-KANG

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Ex Parte VENKATA NAGA RAVI 14053287 - (D) HOMERE 102/103 Vista IP Law Group, LLP (Oracle) BELANI, KISHIN G

2485 Ex Parte Burgett et al 13399058 - (D) EVANS 112(1)/103 Brooks Kushman P.C./Harman CARTER, RICHARD BRUCE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2655 Ex Parte Shen 14270296 - (D) HOWARD 102/103 Jackson Walker, L.L.P. Cirrus Logic c/o Jackson Walker LLP PAUL, DISLER

2672 Ex Parte Fukushima et al 14456918 - (D) HOMERE 103 KEATING & BENNETT, LLP SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA PACHOL, NICHOLAS C

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3748 Ex Parte Kohlenberg et al 13486596 - (D) BAHR 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BRADLEY, AUDREY KLASTERKA

3764 Ex Parte Smith 13624258 - (D) SHAH 103 DERGOSITS & NOAH LLP LEE, JOSHUA S

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2875 Ex Parte GALBAS et al 13591395 - (D) FRANKLIN 112(1)/112(2)/103 103 GRAMLING, SEAN P GRAMLING, SEAN P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Leichner 12091100 - (D) CRAWFORD 101 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS PAULS, JOHN A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Galley et al 13593557 - (D) WORTH 101 Harness Dickey & Pierce (Roche) RIGGS II, LARRY D

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Bonnefois et al 13386141 - (D) McMANUS 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S

1754 Ex Parte England 13247769 - (D) SMITH 103 Wells St. John P.S. CHUNG, HO-SUNG

1761 Ex Parte Abbas et al 13122890 - (D) HOUSEL 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC HARDEE, JOHN R

1767 Ex Parte Muller-Frischinger 12305039 - (D) OWENS 103/OTDP HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC KARST, DAVID THOMAS

1787 Ex Parte Benkoski et al 13593047 - (D) COLAIANNI 112(2)/103 THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LAB. NELSON, MICHAEL B

1789 Ex Parte Smith et al 11748941 - (D) GARRIS 103 SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P.A. PIZIALI, ANDREW T

1789 Ex Parte Crown et al 13817262 - (D) SMITH 103 Duane Morris LLP (Braskem) PIERCE, JEREMY R

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte Michel 11880677 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 112(2) 112(1)/103 FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. SALCE, JASON P

Appellant argues that "[i]f a description or the enabling disclosure of a specification is not commensurate in scope with the subject matter encompassed by a claim," then "that fact alone" does not render the claim indefinite. App. Br. 11, citing In re Borkowski, 422 F.2d 904, 909 (CCPA 1970). We agree with Appellant, as here the language of the claim is not indefinite. The Examiner identifies a problem in what the Specification teaches, which is separate from whether the claim is indefinite.

Borkowski, In re, 422 F.2d 904, 164 USPQ 642 (CCPA 1970) 707.07(l) , 2164.02 , 2174

2421 Ex Parte Wirick et al 13857519 - (D) CURCURI 103 ARRIS Enterprises, LLC MONTOYA, OSCHTA I

2423 Ex Parte Badros et al 13689355 - (D) GALLIGAN 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. HANCE, ROBERT J

2426 Ex Parte Riley et al 11782579 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 103 AT&T Legal Dept. - [HDP] TELAN, MICHAEL R

2434 Ex Parte Thibadeau et al 14330986 - (D) GALLIGAN 103/OTDP WT & Antique Books, Inc POWERS, WILLIAMS

2449 Ex Parte ANDERSON et al 14066150 - (D) BRANCH 103 Kennedy Lenart Spraggins LLP IBM (END-KLS) CELANI, NICHOLAS P

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte Peterson et al 14936986 - (D) ENGELS 102/103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (ImgTec) BROOME, SAID A

2649 Ex Parte Michaelis 13490702 - (D) BAIN 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. TRAN, PABLO N

2657 Ex Parte Ivanov et al 13955186 - (D) BUI 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. NGUYEN, TIMOTHY

2663 Ex Parte Timm et al 13696197 - (D) BENNETT 102/103 Maschoff Brennan/Hexagon TEJANO, DWIGHT ALEX C

2674 Ex Parte D' ANNUNZIO et al 13985610 - (D) KHAN 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. ZHANG, FAN

2696 Ex Parte Hillis 14207201 - (D) EV ANS 112(1)/112(2) OTDP Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C./QUALCOMM NGUYEN, JIMMY H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2847 Ex Parte ADACHI et al 14247780 - (D) McMANUS 103 SUGHRUE-265550 EGOAVIL, GUILLERMO J

2872 Ex Parte Sanghera et al 13629648 - (D) McMANUS 103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY MADONNA, JEFFREY E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3673 Ex Parte HEEKE et al 14163497 - (D) MURPHY 103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON LLP KURILLA, ERIC J

3683 Ex Parte Braun et al 11763547 - (D) WORTH 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC WALKER III, GEORGE H

3686 Ex Parte Brown 10818879 - (D) MEDLOCK 102/103 101 Robert Bosch LLC SEOH, MINNAH L

3688 Ex Parte Straus 12222785 - (D) DEJMEK 101/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC ALVAREZ, RAQUEL

3689 Ex Parte Lappin et al 12125005 - (D) HUTCHINGS 101 BGL/ Ann Arbor MCATEE, PATRICK

3689 Ex Parte Savage et al 11771215 - (D) PETRAVICK 112(1) 112(1)/112(2)/101/103 TERRILE, CANNATTI, CHAMBERS & HOLLAND, LLP RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM

3693 Ex Parte Rakhamimov et al 12210980 - (D) SHIANG 101 Hickman Palermo Becker Bingham I Palantir KHATTAR, RAJESH

3696 Ex Parte Pradeep et al 13730550 - (D) THOMAS 101 Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC (Nielsen) TROTTER, SCOTTS

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Li et al 14318283 - (D) PRATS 103 BROOKS, CAMERON & HUEBSCH , PLLC EIDE, HEIDI MARIE

3786 Ex Parte Vitek et al 13222086 - (D) SAWERT 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 112(2) MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (BO) KINNARD, LISA M

dunn, freeman

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1656 Ex Parte CRINE et al 12638527 - (R) ADAMS 103 Clark+Elbing LLP/Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. DESAI, ANAND U

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2182 Ex Parte Jackson 14798841 - (D) EVANS 112(1)/112(2)/103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (ImgTec) VICARY, KEITH E

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte Kawato 12445187 - (D) HASTINGS 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC OSENBAUGH-STEWAR, ELIZA W

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3636 Ex Parte Walther et al 13961631 - (D) ASTORINO 102/103 102/103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC YIP, WINNIE S

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1673 Ex Parte Gödl et al 12442288 - (D) SMITH 103 CHALKER FLORES, LLP OLSON, ERIC

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1742 Ex Parte Bloembergen et al 12630526 - (D) ROSS 102 103 BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LLP STEWART, KIMBERLY ANN

1767 Ex Parte Jakubek et al 13409074 - (D) WILSON 103 HP Inc. KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C

1776 Ex Parte FUKUDA et al 14672257 - (D) RANGE 103 YOUNG & THOMPSON SHUMATE, ANTHONY R

See In re Dunn, 349 F.2d 433, 439 (CCPA 1965) (“The cause and effect sought to be proven is lost here in the welter of unfixed variables.”). 

See In re Freeman, 474 F.2d 1318, 1324 (CCPA 1973) (in order for a showing of unexpected results to be probative evidence of nonobviousness, an applicant must establish (1) that there is a difference between the results obtained through the claimed invention and the prior art and (2) that the results obtained would not have been expected by one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention).

Dunn, In re, 349 F.2d 433, 146 USPQ 479 (CCPA 1965) 804.02

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2127 Ex Parte Anderson 13963590 - (D) CUTITTA 103 Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (Emerson) KABIR, SAAD M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte CHOI et al 14169740 - (D) EVANS 103 OTDP THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C. BRITTINGHAM, NATHANIEL P

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3649 Ex Parte Hjelmvik 12377749 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 101/103 YOUNG & THOMPSON BORISSOV, IGORN

3681 Ex Parte KNORR 14134294 - (D) EVANS 101 OLIFF PLC LI, SUN M

chicago, japikse, perfect surgical

custom search

REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1784 Ex Parte Ghesquiere 13737463 - (D) CASHION dissenting NAGUMO 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2184 Ex Parte SAIDI et al 13681801 - (D) NAPPI 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. SNYDER, STEVEN G

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2426 Ex Parte Sue et al 11782554 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102 AT&T Legal Dept. - [HDP] RABOVIANSKI, JIVKA A

2487 Ex Parte Vojtisek et al 13895646 - (D) PINKERTON 103 MACMILLAN, SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC - FORD JOISIL, BERTEAU

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2672 Ex Parte Hiebert 11412258 - (D) POTHIER 103 41.50 103 HP Inc. DICKERSON, CHAD S
REVERSED 2695 Ex Parte AURONGZEB et al 15078676 - (D) HUME 102/103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. CHOW, VAN NGUYEN

2696 Ex Parte Unruh et al 13830674 - (D) CURCURI 103 ONELLO & MELLO LLP KETEMA, BENY AM

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3654 Ex Parte Hubbard et al 13201673 - (D) GREENHUT 103 CARLSON GASKEY & OLDS MANSEN, MICHAEL R

3669 Ex Parte Bailey et al 13898507 - (D) PYONIN 103 OSTRAGER CHONG FLAHERTY & BROITMAN, P.C. WORDEN, THOMAS E

3695 Ex Parte Dahiwadkar 12589755 - (D) SILVERMAN 101 Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver DONLON, RYAN D

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3721 Ex Parte Cerf 13972078 - (D) GREENHUT 102/103 SAM SILVERBERG TAWFIK, SAMEH

3744 Ex Parte Senf et al 13511800 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier FURDGE, LARRY L

3772 Ex Parte Nace 14748610 - (D) STEPINA 103 LARSON AND LARSON NELSON, KERI JESSICA

3781 Ex Parte BOYKIN 14043400 - (D) OSINSKI 102/103 41.50 112(2) The Carver Law Firm MAI, TRIM

3782 Ex Parte DAVIS et al 12043442 - (D) GREENHUT 103 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP HELVEY, PETER N.

In Japikse the court summarized the Patent Office position regarding shifting a switch having no effect on the operation of the claimed devices, and stated, without further discussion, "[w]e find no error in the holding." Although MPEP § 2144.04(IV)(C) cites Japikse as an example of using legal rationale as the basis for concluding that a rearrangement of parts was obvious, that same section of the MPEP also cautions (citing Ex parte Chicago Rawhide Mfg. Co., 223 USPQ 351, 353 (BPAI 1984)): 

[t]he mere fact that a worker in the art could rearrange the parts of the reference device to meet the terms of the claims on appeal is not by itself sufficient to support a finding of obviousness. The prior art must provide a motivation or reason for the worker in the art, without the benefit of appellant's specification, to make the necessary changes in the reference device. 

Japikse, In re, 181 F.2d 1019, 86 USPQ 70 (CCPA 1950) 2144.04

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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1717 Ex Parte Hanzlicek et al 13089763 - (D) DENNETT 103 103 SWIMC,LLC WALTERS JR, ROBERTS

1786 Ex Parte Kismir et al 12601450 - (D) SNAY 112(1)/103 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Autoliv) CHOI, PETER Y

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2199 Ex Parte CROCKETT 13486806 - (D) CURCURI 102/103 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC AQUINO, WYNUEL S

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2443 Ex Parte Poggesi et al 12607928 - (D) PINKERTON 102/103 102 Zilka-Kotab-Poughkeepsie BELANI, KISHIN G

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2628 Ex Parte Robinson 14276020 - (D) ENGLE 103 103 Pangrle Patent, Brand & Design Law, P.C. LENOVO/P ANGRLE MISHLER, ROBIN J

2667 Ex Parte Chen et al 13683166 - (D) DEJMEK 103 OTDP Wolfe-SBMC BALI, VIKKRAM

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3662 Ex Parte Wagner et al 14361800 - (D) GREENHUT 102 102/103 41.50 102/103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP ALSOMIRI, MAID! A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3749 Ex Parte Persson 13248177 - (D) JESCHKE 103 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) BARGERO, JOHN E

3782 Ex Parte Miller 13163675 - (D) JESCHKE 103 103 Taylor English Duma LLP DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Bell et al 12674741 - (D) FREDMAN 103 41.50 103 Syngenta Corp Protection, LLC HIRT, ERIN E

1619 Ex Parte INOUE 14168741 - (D) NEWMAN 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL

1631 Ex Parte Bernini et al 13593575 - (D) WORTH 101 Harness Dickey & Pierce (Roche) RIGGS II, LARRY D

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1712 Ex Parte Collins et al 13536141 - (D) GUPTA 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY HORNING, JOEL G

1765 Ex Parte Bleys et al 12279903 - (D) OWENS 103/112(2)/1112(4) HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC SERGENT, RABON A

1777 Ex Parte Aoki et al 13496785 - (D) WILSON 103 KANESAKA BERNER AND PARTNERS LLP ROYCE, LIAM A

1781 Ex Parte LEONHARD et al 14272329 - (D) CASHION 103 POLSINELLI PC FIGG, LAURA B

1787 Ex Parte Bhaatia et al 14046023 - (D) McMANUS 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY LOWREY, DANIEL D

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2133 Ex Parte Nochimowski et al 14317950 - (D) SHIANG 103 BGL/ CHERY, MARDOCHEE

2136 Ex Parte Lichmanov 13332260 - (D) SZPONDOWSKI 112(2)/103 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. c/o Davidson Sheehan LLP DOAN, HAN V

2142 Ex Parte Hyde et al 13905839 - (D) COURTENAY OTDP/112(1)/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE

2156 Ex Parte Kostamaa et al 11608278 - (D) THOMAS 103 TERADATA US, INC. LU, KUEN S

2174 Ex Parte KITAYAMA 12850726 - (D) HAGY 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J

2178 Ex Parte Gearhart et al 12913475 - (D) KUMAR 103 CRGO LAW BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D

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2438 Ex Parte Armitage 14286676 - (D) KUMAR 112(2)/101/103 HolzerIPLaw, PC dba Holzer Patel Drennan LYNCH, SHARON S

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2641 Ex Parte HOWARD 12959434 - (D) SHIANG 112(1)/103 Jordan IP Law, LLC LAI, DANIEL

2652 Ex Parte ENAMITO et al 13973767 - (D) BEAMER 103 AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP HOQUE, NAFIZ E

2658 Ex Parte Hwang et al 13809835 - (D) KUMAR 101/103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (SV) SAINT CYR, LEONARD

2663 Ex Parte INABA 12965683 - (D) DIXON 103 FATTIBENE & FATTIBENE TREHAN, AKSHAY

2686 Ex Parte Escobosa et al 14736761 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP BROWN, VERNAL U

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2824 Ex Parte Lombard et al 13622513 - (D) HEANEY 103 Pearne & Gordon LLP KING, DOUGLAS

2852 Ex Parte Bauer et al 14368611 - (D) INGLESE 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC SCHMITT, BENJAMIN R

2854 Ex Parte Gresty et al 14484749 - (D) SNAY 103 Blank Rome LLP Nanoco TANKERSLEY, BLAKE A

2854 Ex Parte Stowe et al 13095757 - (D) WILSON 103 BEVER, HOFFMAN & HARMS, LLP Xerox-PARC ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D

2863 Ex Parte Cohen et al 13454572 - (D) CASHION 101 Hewlett Packard Enterprise DINH, LYNDA

2886 Ex Parte Yuan et al 14161796 - (D) DELMENDO 112(1)/103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP AMARA, MOHAMED K

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3629 Ex Parte Moss et al 11553671 - (D) SHAW 101/103 CRGO LAW BAHL, SANGEETA

3632 Ex Parte Nostrant 14941894 - (D) SCHOPPER 112(1) 103 Ruttler Mills PLLC MILLNER, MONICA E

3644 Ex Parte Biser et al 13669212 - (D) OSINSKI 102/103 Lightfoot & Alford PLLC (BHTI) SANDERSON, JOSEPH W

3668 Ex Parte Wirola et al 13981748 - (D) GREENHUT 112(1)/103 41.50 112(1)/103 Locke Lord LLP INGRAM, THOMAS P

3683 Ex Parte BINSWANGER et al 12192664 - (D) HUTCHINGS 101 YEE AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. PADOT, TIMOTHY

3689 Ex Parte Hamilton, et al 12039215 - (D) ENGLE 101/103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC ARAQUE JR, GERARDO

"Pre-AIA section 102(g) allows a patent owner to antedate a reference by proving earlier conception and reasonable diligence in reducing to practice." Perfect Surgical Techniques, Inc. v. Olympus Am., Inc., 841 F.3d 1004, 1007 (Fed. Cir. 2016). "Reasonable diligence must be shown throughout the entire critical period, which begins just prior to the competing reference's effective date and ends on the date of the invention's reduction to practice." Id. 

"An attorney's work in preparing a patent application is evidence of an inventor's diligence." Perfect Surgical, 841 F.3d at 1010. Thus, we are "required to weigh this evidence [of activity of preparing and filing the application] by application of a rule of reason over the course of the entire critical period." Id. at 1010-11. 

3691 Ex Parte Li et al 13348511 - (D) BARRY 101/103 Maschoff Brennan/ PayPal KANERVO, VIRPI H

3693 Ex Parte OLSSON et al 14322049 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC LEMIEUX, JESSICA

3694 Ex Parte Malhotra 12177479 - (D) HAMANN 103 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. CRANFORD, MICHAEL D

3696 Ex Parte Burton 12597717 - (D) COURTENAY 101 Mintz Levin/San Diego Office DEGA, MURALI K

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3711 Ex Parte Zartman 14317466 - (D) PESLAK 102/103 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - MINNEAPOLIS NGUYEN, KIEN T

3745 Ex Parte Thrue et al 13283884 - (D) KNIGHT 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION VERDIER, CHRISTOPHER M

3777 Ex Parte Deladi et al 14233897 - (D) FREDMAN 103 112(2) 41.50 112(2) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TURCHEN, ROCHELLE DEANNA

3782 Ex Parte Cobler 13688369 - (D) CAPP 103 Poly-America, L.P. BATTISTI, DEREK J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex parte WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC. Appellant, Patent Owner Ex Parte 5860973 et al 08741301 90013464 - (D) SONG 102/103 MARTIN & FERRARO, LLP FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL original TRUONG, KEVIN THAO