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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2194 Ex Parte Gschwind et al 14576710 - (D) HUGHES 103 MARTIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC CHEN, ZHAN

2842 Ex Parte SHERWIN et al 13803385 - (D) KENNEDY 103 41.50 102 Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation WONG, ALAN

In other cases, however, "[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 the appellant's specification, to make the necessary changes in the reference 
device." E.g., Ex parte Chicago Rawhide Manuf Co., 223 USPQ 351,353, 1984 WL 63568, at *3 (BPAI 1984); 

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3661 Ex Parte Yang et al 14525358 - (D) HOFFMANN 102 41.50 101 Bejin Bieneman PLC Ford Global Technologies, LLC HUYNH,LUATT

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Piferi 13781049 - (D) FITZPATRICK 103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. HOFFMAN, JOANNE M

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2686 Ex Parte Alameh et al 14595258 - (D) HOFF 103 103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group SHERWIN, RYAN W

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1677 Ex Parte Hiller et al 10398266 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR, LLP MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN

1677 Ex Parte Hiller et al 11929498 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR, LLP MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Kolowrot et al 13121875 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY ZHAO, XIAO SI

1717 Ex Parte Lee et al 12362131 - (D) KENNEDY 103 Rabin & Berdo, PC PADGETT, MARIANNE L

1721 Ex Parte Hakuma et al 12993232 - (D) KENNEDY 103 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP DAM, DUSTIN Q

1731 Ex Parte Qian et al 14261893 - (D) PRAISS 103 ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CMP HOLDINGS, INC. c/o E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company CHRISTIE, ROSS J

1734 Ex Parte Naito et al 14351057 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 103/OTDP 41.50 OTDP SUGHRUE MION, PLLC WANG, NICHOLAS A

1771 Ex Parte Smyrniotis et al 12501590 - (D) CASHION 103 Law Offices of Thaddius Carvis PO, MING CHEUNG

1771 Ex Parte Blizzard 13967854 - (D) DENNETT 103 MCKELLAR IP LAW, PLLC MCAVOY, ELLEN M

1782 Ex Parte Pisacreta 13492321 - (D) HANLON 112(2)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY PATTERSON, MARC A

1791 Ex Parte Weber et al 12672913 - (D) REN 103 Nestec S.A. STIJLII, VERA

1794 Ex Parte Botte 13802919 - (D) OBERMANN 103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP WILKINS III, HARRY D

1799 Ex Parte ZHU et al 14866691 - (D) PRAISS 103 DUANE MORRIS LLP - San Diego BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2185 Ex Parte Pawlowski 12350136 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 FLETCHER YODER (MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.) VO,TIMT

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Ex Parte SOHN 13783000 - (D) HUME 103 Lowenstein Sandler LLP MEKONEN, TESFU N

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2641 Ex Parte Luo et al 13371407 - (D) PETTIGREW 103 Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm SABO URI, MAZDA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2865 Ex Parte Hutcheon et al 14501710 - (D) BEST 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP-IBM POUGHKEEPSIE QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Macbeath et al 13756193 - (D) AMUNDSON 112(2)/101/103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise GOLDBERG, IVAN R

3626 Ex Parte Charlson et al 11695374 - (D) HAGY 101 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (Cerner Corporation) PAULS, JOHN A

3626 Ex Parte SMITH 13354219 - (D) JEFFERY 101 Rocky Mountain Patent LLC TIEDEMAN, JASON S

3627 Ex Parte Brendell et al 13215145 - (D) SILVERMAN 112(1)/101 102/103 Ascenda Law Group, PC REFAI, RAMSEY

3681 Ex Parte Levy et al 11822144 - (D) SILVERMAN 101/103 Jones Day IOSIF, MARIO CINCINAT

3691 Ex Parte Cormack et al 14685255 - (D) WIEDER 101 IP GROUP OF DLA PIPER LLP (US) KAZIMI, HAN! M

3692 Ex Parte Lundberg et al 10424997 - (D) KIM 101 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC SHARVIN, DAVID P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Tol 13320614 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KUHLMAN, CATHERINE BURK

3754 Ex Parte AGASSI et al 14589596 - (D) BAYAT 103 OTDP M&B IP Analysts, LLC CARROLL, JEREMY W

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Mateu et al 13144900 - (D) COTTA 103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner/ Coty GOTFREDSON, GAREN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2628 Ex Parte SHEPELEV et al 14581683 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 103 Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - Synaptics NGUYEN, KEVIN M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte Shah et al 12641896 - (D) NAPPI 101/103 41.50 112(1)/112(2)/101 AT & T Legal Department - FKM SWARTZ, STEPHEN S

3646 Ex Parte Hamill et al 12887933 - (D) WIEDER 103 SIEMENS CORPORATION BURKE, SEAN P

3679 Ex Parte Strutt 13632188 - (D) HUTCHINGS 102/103 WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, LLC HEWITT, JAMES M

3681 Ex Parte Griffith et al 12435926 - (D) JEFFERY 101/102 Wood Herron & Evans LLP SORKOWITZ, DANIEL M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte Lu et al 14211884 - (D) ADAMS 101/102/103 Medtronic, Inc. (CRDM) HOLMES, REX R

See Berkheimer v. HP Inc., 881 F.3d 1360, 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2018) ("[w]hether something is well-understood, routine, and conventional to a skilled artisan at the time of the patent is a factual determination"). 

3782 Ex Parte SEPTIEN ROJAS et al 13973312 - (D) HOFFMANN 102/103 McCarter & English LLP ACCOUNT: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. HELVEY, PETER N.

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Ex Parte ZHOU et al 14573918 - (D) COTTA 112(4)/103 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. HELM, CARALYNNE E

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte Pacetti et al 14053000 - (D) KENNEDY 112(1)/112(2)/103 103 SQUIRE PB (Abbott) EDWARDS, LAURA ESTELLE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Ex Parte Henry et al 12998262 - (D) MacDONALD 103 THOMSON Licensing LLC WU, TSUNG YIN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Negron 12567315 - (D) KHAN 102 101 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (United Parcel Service, Inc.) REFAI, RAMSEY

3628 Ex Parte Wronski et al 12332101 - (D) BAIN 101/103 PITNEY BOWES INC. ERB, NATHAN

3683 Ex Parte Vakhutinsky 13101539 - (D) FINAMORE 101 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) AUSTIN, JAMIE H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3714 Ex Parte DAVIS 14269923 - (D) PLENZLER 101 MUNCK WILSON MANDALA L.L.P CHAN, ALLEN

3753 Ex Parte Adler et al 13696327 - (D) SCHOPPER 102/103 The Linde Group PAQUETTE, IAN G

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Gore et al 14104663 - (D) FREDMAN 103/OTDP LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK SONG, JIANFENG

1619 Ex Parte Samain et al 13378569 - (D) TOWNSEND 103 JONES ROBB, PLLC (w/Nony & Partners) PROSSER, ALISSA J

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1798 Ex Parte Mott et al 14824635 - (D) ROBERTSON 102/103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY KWAK, DEAN P

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte Tzur et al 13828226 - (D) FRAHM 103 Paradice and Li LLP/Qualcomm REN, ZHUBING

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2667 Ex Parte Zaitsev et al 14461216 - (D) CHUNG 102/103 LENOVO-JVL C/0 LESLIE A. VAN LEEUWEN YANG, WEI WEN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte Das et al 13835342 - (D) HOUSEL 102/103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. MARUF, SHEIKH

A central issue in this appeal is the proper construction of the limitation "a dopant concentration of at least 2.0 x 1019 cm-3 to a depth of 3000 A" as recited in claim 1. See Amazon.com, Inc. v. Barnesandnoble.com, Inc., 239 F.3d 1343, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2001) ("Only when a claim is properly understood can a determination be made ... whether the prior art anticipates and/or renders obvious the claimed invention."). The Examiner takes the position that the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation is that the doping regions have a dopant concentration of at least 2.0 x 1019 cm-3 and the doping regions are doped to a depth of 3000 A (see Final 3; Ans. 5). On the other hand, Appellant's position is that this limitation should be interpreted such that the doping regions have a dopant concentration profile of at least 2.0 x 1019 cm-3 all the way to a depth of 3000 A (see Appeal Br. 6-7; Reply Br. 2). 
...
This limitation, as recited in claim 1, uses the operative term, "to," which according to Appellant functions to indicate a limit or extent (Reply Br. 2). We find that the definition of "to" is that it is a function word that can serve a variety of different purposes including as an indication of movement, direction, contact, limit, extent, relative position, purpose, intention, tendency, result, proportion, etc. We first note that, though "to" is a function word that has a variety of different purposes, none of those purposes is as a coordinating conjunction as the Examiner's position requires. In addition, we find that one of ordinary skill in the art would have understood, in light of Appellant's Specification, that "to" as used in the limitation in question in claim 1 is a function word indicating a limit or extent. Thus, the broadest reasonable construction of the limitation in question is, as Appellant contends, the doping regions have a dopant concentration profile of at least 2.0 x 1019 cm-3 all the way to a depth of 3000 A.

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3679 Ex Parte Bellin et al 13510880 - (D) KERINS 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. LAMBE, PATRICK F

3679 Ex Parte SHAFER et al 14325589 - (D) GUIJT 102/103 ConocoPhillips Company WOOD, DOUGLAS S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3775 Ex Parte Asnis et al 14146347 - (D) GRIMES 102/103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2466 Ex Parte Oksman et al 11732968 - (D) SAADAT 103 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC CRUTCHFIELD, CHRISTOPHER M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Ex Parte Pal 14032115 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 112(2)/103 103 Seed IP Law Group/DISH Technologies (290110) TERRELL, EMILY C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Ex Parte Keggenhoff et al 12544267 - (D) MURPHY 102/103 102/103 41.50 112(4) Covestro LLC REIS, RYAN ALEXANDER

3671 Ex Parte FOSTER et al 13711653 - (D) HOELTER 103 112(2) CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC MISA, JOAN D

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Ex Parte Dumousseaux 11100566 - (D) FREDMAN 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. CHUI, MEI PING

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1733 Ex Parte Baker et al 14823441 - (D) HANLON 103 Burris Law, PLLC ROE, JESSEE RANDALL

1782 Ex Parte Finley et al 13847072 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 Sealed Air Corporation PATTERSON, MARC A

1787 Ex Parte Toyama et al 13910605 - (D) CASHION 103 WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP SHUKLA, KRUPA

1789 Ex Parte Sugiura et al 13377289 - (D) INGLESE 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. WORRELL, KEVIN

2155 Ex Parte Bardwil 14489913 - (D) BEAMER 101 103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. C/O FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP HOFFLER, RAHEEM

2166 Ex Parte Bagley et al 11314984 - (D) WINSOR 103 CRGO LAW LIN, SHEW FEN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Ackley et al 13590116 - (D) BUSCH 103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC. C/0 FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP CHOWDHURY, NIGAR

2498 Ex Parte AMULOTHU et al 14525339 - (D) DIXON 103 IBM END IPLA W (GLF) c/o Garg Law Firm, PLLC KING, JOHN B

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2645 Ex Parte Huque et al 13583157 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 112(2)/103 Seed IP Law Group LLP/ST (EP ORIGINATING) DU, HUNG K

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2825 Ex Parte Sridhara 14679644 - (D) BEST 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN CORPORA TED BUl,THA-OH

2857 Ex Parte POOLE 13398060 - (D) CASHION 101/103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC SCHECHTER, ANDREW M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3678 Ex Parte Emborg 14356509 - (D) GUIJT 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Osorio 13333235 - (D) FITZPATRICK 101/103 Stephen Eisenmann CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY

3737 Ex Parte Barthe et al 13863249 - (D) ADAMS 112(2) 103 Quarles & Brady LLP/Guided Therapy Systems, LLC MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP

3739 Ex Parte Cao et al 12893707 - (D) PRATS 103 Wiley Rein LLP GOOD, SAMANTHA M

3762 Ex Parte INUI et al 12570213 - (D) PESLAK 112(1) SUGHRUE-265550 BERTRAM, ERIC D

3763 Ex Parte Horvath et al 13138305 - (D) HOELTER 103 Dickinson Wright - BD CARPENTER, WILLIAM R

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1781 Ex Parte Anderson et al 14059040 - (D) OWENS 103 41.50 112(2) 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY VONCH, JEFFREY A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2449 Ex Parte Anantharaju 14231823 - (D) DEJMEK 103 MHKKG (CA Technologies) NGUYEN, TRUONG

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Blechman 14588304 - (D) COURTENAY 101 HolzerIPLaw, PC dba Holzer Patel Drennan BURGESS, JOSEPH D

The patent eligibility inquiry may contain underlying issues of fact. Mortg. Grader, Inc. v. First Choice Loan Servs. Inc., 811 F.3d 1314, 1325 (Fed. Cir. 2016). In particular, "[t]he question of whether a claim element or combination of elements is well-understood, routine and conventional to a skilled artisan in the relevant field is a question of fact." Berkheimer v. HP Inc., 881 F.3d 1360, 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2018). 
...
As additional support for their argument, Appellant (Reply Br. 5) also cites to the new examination procedure published online by the USPTO on April 19, 2018, entitled "Changes in Examination Procedure Pertaining to Subject Matter Eligibility, Recent Subject Matter Eligibility Decision (Berkheimer v. HP, Inc.)" (hereinafter "USPTO Memorandum").

Mortgage Grader, Inc. v. First Choice Loan Servs., 811 F.3d. 1314, 117 USPQ2d 1693 (Fed. Cir. 2015) 2106.04(a)(2)

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2423 Ex Parte Stallings et al 11500208 - (D) CHUNG 103 103 VERIZON LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2633 Ex Parte Henry et al 14695092 - (D) BENNETT 103 103 AT&T Legal Department - G&G FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1741 Ex Parte Kim et al 13629641 - (D) HASTINGS 103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY SNELTING, ERIN LYNN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Berg et al 14448863 - (D) MacDONALD 103 Google Technology Holdings LLC (32367) SEYEDVOSOGHI, FARID

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Forman et al 12623221 - (D) POTHIER 103 101 HP Inc. KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE

3627 Ex Parte Fox 11139875 - (D) CRAWFORD 101 Garlick & Markison (IH) REFAI, RAMSEY

3681 Ex Parte Moshfeghi 13484259 - (D) BAUMEISTER 101 Makoui Law, PC REFAI, SAM M

3683 Ex Parte Amento et al 13751722 - (D) CHUNG 101 AT & T LEGAL DEPARTMENT-Toler MILLER, ALAN S

3686 Ex Parte Mun et al 14016650 - (D) WIEDER 101 James M Smedley LLC TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL

3692 Ex Parte Thomas et al 12917396 - (D) CLEMENTS 101 Vista IP Law Group LLP / Intuit Inc. MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3774 Ex Parte AMOS 13559229 - (D) GRIMES 103 KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC IWAMAYE, ANDREW MICHAEL

may

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Newton et al 12670834 - (D) FREDMAN 103/OTDP MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP GREENE, NAN A

The presumption of obviousness based on a reference disclosing structurally similar compounds may be overcome where there is evidence showing there is no reasonable expectation of similar properties in structurally similar compounds. In re May, 574 F.2d 1082, (CCPA 1978) ( appellant produced sufficient evidence to establish a substantial degree of unpredictability in the pertinent art area, and thereby rebutted the presumption that structurally similar compounds have similar properties). 

May, In re, 574 F.2d 1082, 197 USPQ 601 (CCPA 1978) 716.02(c) , 1207.03(a) , 2112.02 , 2144.08 , 2144.09

1653 Ex Parte Du et al 14005038 - (D) FLAX 103 HAUG PARTNERS LLP CHONG, STEPHEN M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1763 Ex Parte van de Wetering et al 14313112 - (D) RANGE 103 Cantor Colburn - SABIC General USELDING, JOHN E

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Ex Parte Ryynanen et al 11409517 - (D) HOFF 102/103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP c/o Alston & Bird LLP JOSEPH, DENNIS P

2632 Ex Parte Ling et al 14918793 - (D) FRAHM 103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD CADEAU, WEDNEL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3695 Ex Parte ODOM et al 13007475 - (D) KIM 101 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - Seattle SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3765 Ex Parte Catlett 13774957 - (D) STAICOVICI 102/103 Parsons Behle & Latimer HERACKLIS, JAMES OMER

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte Vitek et al 14004189 - (D) SMITH 103 103 FAURECIA c/o Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C. MCCLAIN, WILLIAM E

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1722 Ex Parte REIFFENRATH et al 14660172 - (D) HASTINGS 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. MALLOY, ANNA E

1777 Ex Parte Liang et al 13894018 - (D) SNAY 103 LEYDIG VOIT & MA YER, LTD HUANG, RYAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Ex Parte Kolar et al 14633428 - (D) HORNER 102/103 Ford Global Technologies, LLC/ King & Schickli, PLLC WILHELM, TIMOTHY

3627 Ex Parte Zoldi et al 13367344 - (D) HOFF 101 Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. REFAI, RAMSEY

3628 Ex Parte Wu et al 13298949 - (D) FRAHM 101 Conduent/Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC EPSTEIN, BRIAN M

3631 Ex Parte ANTICUAR et al 14924798 - (D) CAPP 112(2) 103 HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. GUAN, GUANG H

3654 Ex Parte Hubbard et al 14351349 - (D) STAICOVICI 112(2)/103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Otis Elevator MANSEN, MICHAEL R

3696 Ex Parte Sagalow et al 12390895 - (D) SILVERMAN 101 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD NIQUETTE, ROBERT R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Green et al 12895737 - (D) BAUMEISTER 101 PERKINS COIE LLP - SEA General BULLINGTON, ROBERT P

3744 Ex Parte HEIL et al 12512669 - (D) O'HANLON 103 CROWELL & MORING LLP RUPPERT, ERIC S

3775 Ex Parte FELDER 14023400 - (D) MILLS 103 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP GIBSON, ERIC SHANE

heck, lemelson, intercontinental

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Yoshihara et al 14314728 - (D) BEST 103 HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C. BURKHART, ELIZABETH A

1727 Ex Parte Birke et al 12597377 - (D) BEST 103 41.50 103 RATNERPRESTIA LAIOS, MARIA J

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2139 Ex Parte BLAKE et al 14692959 - (D) DEJMEK 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. HO, AARON D

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2691 Ex Parte Simmons 14448472 - (D) PETTIGREW 103 Baker Botts L.L.P./ Atmel Corporation YANG, KWANG-SU

2689 Ex Parte Brodersen et al 12401350 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & G (Apple) HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Rothman et al 11282644 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 41.50 112(2)/101 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP/JPMorgan Chase DURAN, ARTHUR D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3737 Ex Parte Robinson 13126466 - (D) JENKS 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KINNARD, LISA M

3744 Ex Parte Patel et al 13091705 - (D) HORNER 103 Kinney & Lange, P.A. COMINGS, DANIEL C

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2421 Ex Parte KITAZATO 14626216 - (D) AMUNDSON 102/103 OTDP OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. MARANDI, JAMES R

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2619 Ex Parte Ritter 14703607 - (D) DEJMEK 103 103 Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP LE, SARAH

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2822 Ex Parte LIN 14466412 - (D) HASTINGS 103 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. WALL, VINCENT

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Ex Parte Burdick et al 13139537 - (D) JENKS 102/103 BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP FALKOWITZ, ANNA R

"The use of patents as references is not limited to what the patentees describe as their own inventions or to the problems with which they are concerned. They are part of the literature of the art, relevant for all they contain." In re Heck, 699 F.2d 1331, 1332-33 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (quoting In re Lemelson, 397 F.2d 1006, 1009 (CCPA 1968).

Heck, In re, 699 F.2d 1331, 216 USPQ 1038 (Fed. Cir. 1983) 2123

Lemelson, In re, 397 F.2d 1006, 158 USPQ 275 (CCPA 1968) 2123

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1747 Ex Parte Coleman et al 12191751 - (D) HASTINGS 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP FELTON, MICHAEL J

In addition, we emphasize that, although secondary considerations such as unexpected results must be taken into account, they do not necessarily control the obviousness conclusion. Intercontinental Great Brands (Kraft) v. Kellogg, 869 F.3d 1336, 1345--46 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (there are some prima facie obviousness cases so strong that they are impossible to overcome even with the best possible secondary indicia of nonobviousness)

1766 Ex Parte Scherzer et al 13588446 - (D) GARRIS 103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) KAHN, RACHEL

1781 Ex Parte Shigeta 13639036 - (D) GARRIS 103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC SAWDON, ALICIA JANE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2173 Ex Parte Wilson 12913203 - (D) SHAW 103 Baker Botts LLP/CA Technologies BASOM, BLAINE T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2467 Ex Parte Wager et al 14381492 - (D) NAPPI 103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. WEI, SIREN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Ex Parte Susitaival et al 14793884 - (D) NAPPI 112(2)/103/OTDP BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. MIAH, LITON

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2828 Ex Parte OMULLAN et al 14704044 - (D) HANLON 102/103 Timothy M. Honeycutt HAGAN, SEAN P

2886 Ex Parte Hillis et al 13623041 - (D) REN 103 Elwha LLC c/o Polsinelli PC AMARA, MOHAMED K

2892 Ex Parte Castro et al 14838729 - (D) DELMENDO 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED ZHU, SHENG-BAI

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte Jacob Sushil et al 13554049 - (D) BAUMEISTER 101 RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP YESILDAG, MEHMET

3629 Ex Parte Cloran 14136003 - (D) FETTING 101/103 103 FENWICK & WEST LLP MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A

3629 Ex Parte GIL et al 13326336 - (D) FETTING 103 101 Facebook/Fenwick FLEISCHER, MARK A

3629 Ex Parte Lutnick 11616756 - (D) JEFFERY 112(1)/101 103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A

3688 Ex Parte Prehofer et al 12329499 - (D) FETTING 103 101 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. REAGAN, JAMES A

3693 Ex Parte HAMOR 13958961 - (D) FETTING 101 Charles A. Rattner KHATTAR, RAJESH

3693 Ex Parte Priebatsch 14107677 - (D) WIEDER 101 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP (BO) KHATTAR, RAJESH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Garbers et al 14461798 - (D) SAWERT Dissenting-in-Part ADAMS 112(2) 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY GILL, JENNIFER FRANCES

3762 Ex Parte McNamara et al 12425361 - (D) NEW 103 BRAEMAR MANUFACTURING, LLC WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Prencipe et al 12866766 - (D) FREDMAN 112(2)/103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY MILLIGAN, ADAM C

[The indefiniteness] requirement is not a demand for unreasonable precision. The requirement, applied to the real world of modem technology, does not contemplate in every case a verbal precision of the kind found in mathematics. Nor could it do so in a patent system that actually works, in practice, to provide effective protection for modem-day inventions. Rather, how much clarity is required necessarily invokes some standard of reasonable precision in the use of language in the context of the circumstances. 

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

1618 Ex Parte Prater et al 11603766 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. VU, JAKE MINH

1634 Ex Parte GELFAND et al 12421188 - (D) NEW 112(1)/101 ROCHE / KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP SISSON, BRADLEY L

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ex Parte Desai et al 13905429 - (D) OWENS 112(1)/103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. WALES, CHRISTINA H

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3739 Ex Parte Daw et al 13362773 - (D) SHAH 103 C. R. Bard, Inc./BBS DELLA,JAYMI E

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 Ex Parte Puttaswamy Naga et al 13448661 - (D) MANTIS MERCADER 102/103 112(2) FAY SHARPE/NOKIA MOORAD, IMRAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Montgomery 13242489 - (D) BAHR 103 103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. VENNE, DANIEL V

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte MURAMOTO et al 14327822 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 MOLEX, LLC LIU, TRACY

1618 Ex Parte Ashmore et al 14369088 - (D) FLAX 103 ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY c/o The Dow Chemical Company CABRAL, ROBERTS

1625 Ex Parte BRANDENBURG et al 14694155 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION DESAI, RITA J

1631 Ex Parte Lea et al 11632746 - (D) FREDMAN 103 TRASKBRITT, P.C. HARWARD, SOREN T

1633 Ex Parte Kinsella et al 13825543 - (D) PRATS 103 Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP LEA VITT, MARIA GOMEZ

1675 Ex Parte Riggs-Sauthier et al 14122384 - (D) PRATS 103 NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS COFFA, SERGIO

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1771 Ex Parte Smythe 14267950 - (D) BEST 102 41.50 103 INFINEUM USA L.P. VASISTH, VISHAL V

1797 Ex Parte Gentle et al 12382979 - (D) HOUSEL 112(1)/102 103 Botos Churchill IP Law LLP GAKH, YELENA G

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2194 Ex Parte Daum et al 13972991 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 GE GPO- Transportation- The Small Patent Law Group CHEN, ZHAN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2844 Ex Parte SEGERS 14532908 - (D) HASTINGS 103 CONLEY ROSE, P.C. CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG

2855 Ex Parte Beer et al 13809413 - (D) REN 102/103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) DEVITO, ALEX T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3617 Ex Parte Gibbs 12674895 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 FULWIDER PATTON LLP VENNE, DANIEL V

3683 Ex Parte AGARWAL et al 13099504 - (D) AMUNDSON 112(1)/112(2) 101/103 Law Office of Jim Boice AUSTIN, JAMIE H

3696 Ex Parte Herr 12157734 - (D) CUTITTA 101/103 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. c/o Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP TROTTER, SCOTTS

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Kosa et al 14568216 - (D) NEW 103 Covidien LP TYSON, MELANIE RUANO

3782 Ex Parte HANNA 14267426 - (D) PLENZLER 103 FLYNN THIEL BOUTELL & TANIS, P.C. NEWHOUSE, NATHAN JEFFREY

REEXAMINATION

REVERSED
3752 AIRBUS S.A.S. Requester, Cross-appellant and Respondent v. FIREPASS CORPORATION Patent Owner, Appellant and Respondent Ex Parte 7,207,392 et al 11199770 95001553 - (D) SONG 102 41.77 103 The Law Office of Roger S. Thompson THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP GRAHAM, MATTHEW C original GANEY, STEVEN J

REHEARING

DENIED
1618 BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC. Requester v. ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC. Patent Owner Ex Parte 6521831 et al 95000196 - (R) FLAX 103 ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY c/o The Dow Chemical Company CABRAL, ROBERTS