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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1639 Ex Parte Johnston et al 13624332 - (D) JENKS 112(1)/102/103 WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI BUNKER, AMY M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1798 Ex Parte Ritterbush et al 14341523 - (D) CASHION 102 KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP KWAK, DEAN P

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2483 Ex Parte NGUYEN et al 13930089 - (D) GALLIGAN 103 Grable Martin Fulton (Marconi) AN, SHAWN S

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3668 Ex Parte Garrett et al 14604577 - (D) MEDLOCK 101/102 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP REFAI, RAMSEY

 Cf Research Corp. Techs. v. Microsoft Corp., 627 F.3d 859, 869 (Fed. Cir. 2010) ("[T]his court notes that inventions with specific applications or improvements to technologies in the marketplace are not likely to be so abstract that they override the statutory language and framework of the Patent Act."). Claim 1, in our view, thus, provides a "functional and palpable" application within the field of the invention, cf Research Corp., 627 F.3d. at 868, i.e., a technological improvement in the integration of wireless computing devices with POS computer systems. 

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Branyon et al 13950596 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 Plaster/Greenberg, P.C. POON, ROBERT

3736 Ex Parte Oakes 14242475 - (D) CALVE 103 Georgia-Pacific L STEVENS, ALLAN D

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3752 Ex Parte Stille 14853366 - (D) FITZPATRICK 112(2)/102/103 103 ZARLEY LAW FIRM P.L.C. KIM, CHRISTOPHER S

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Shi 13561999 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. KASSA, TIGABU

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1761 Ex Parte DETERING et al 15022007 - (D) CASHION 102/103 Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (WM) MRUK, BRIAN P

1766 Ex Parte Rogunova et al 12565167 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 Covestro LLC RODD, CHRISTOPHER M

1789 Ex Parte HOMOELLE et al 13298437 - (D) McGEE 103 COLLARD & ROE, P.C. WORRELL, KEVIN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte Wolchok et al 13601666 - (D) CHUNG 101/103 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. JACOBS, EDWARD

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2468 Ex Parte Parsa et al 14541477 - (D) CUTITTA 103 ADELI LLP CAIRNS, THOMAS R

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2618 Ex Parte SPITZER et al 14094291 - (D) McMILLIN 103 NVIDIA C/O MURABITO, HAO & BARNES LLP RICHER, AARON M

2625 Ex Parte Takala et al 11786680 - (D) GALLIGAN 103 PANITCH SCHWARZE BELISARIO & NADEL LLP PARKER, JEFFREY ALAN

2687 Ex Parte Lamb et al 13941519 - (D) DIRBA 103 Greenberg Traurig, LLP KINGSTON, SHAWNAM

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Rau et al 11880598 - (D) HUTCHINGS 112(1) 101 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP/JPMorgan Chase ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E

3626 Ex Parte Yu et al 13665855 - (D) GALLIGAN 101 Patent Law Works/Ricoh TIEDEMAN, JASON S

3663 Ex Parte Bryan et al 14800061 - (D) HOELTER 102/103 41.50 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford NGUYEN, CUONG H

3682 Ex Parte Fieldman et al 12718253 - (D) SILVERMAN 101/103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP BROWN, LUIS A

3687 Ex Parte Ginsberg et al 11830585 - (D) CALVE 101 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. GOYEA, OLUSEGUN

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Navarrete 13788079 - (D) HUTCHINGS 101 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./Gaming Arts, Z4 Poker SKAARUP, JASON M

3715 Ex Parte Clark et al 14584128 - (D) HUTCHINGS 101 IBM Corp - Rochester Drafting Center BULLINGTON, ROBERT P

3745 Ex Parte Suciu et al 14695578 - (D) PLENZLER 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY BEEBE, JOSHUA R

3747 Ex Parte Hagen 13102568 - (D) HOSKINS 103 HENRY M FEIEREISEN, LLC HAMAOUI, DAVIDE

3771 Ex Parte Shiuey 13189337 - (D) CALVE 103 Goldberg Cohen LLP SIMPSON, SARAH A

3793 Ex Parte Gupta et al 14364360 - (D) GUIJT 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS BOR, HELENE CATHERINE

cofer, karlson

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Bock et al 13737268 - (D) SHIANG 101 DINSMORE & SHOHL, LLP RIGGS II, LARRY D

1612 Ex Parte Singer 14955932 - (D) KATZ 103 Nestle Purina Petcare Global Resources, Inc MAEWALL, SNIGDHA

1613 Ex Parte Maruyama et al 13909516 - (D) VALEK 103 ALSTON & BIRD LLP ROSENTHAL, ANDREWS

1654 Ex Parte Dietrich et al 14371161 - (D) PRATS 103 FOLEY & LARDNER LLP REYNOLDS, FRED H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2824 Ex Parte Rajwade et al 14922611 - (D) TIMM 103 Jordan IP Law, LLC TRAN, UYEN B

2858 Ex Parte Fink et al 13816307 - (D) INGLESE 102/103 MCCORMICK, PAULDING & HUBER LLP CURTIS, SEAN M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Chiappe 13189326 - (D) AMUNDSON 101/103 CARSTENS & CAHOON, LLP REYES, REGINALD R

3671 Ex Parte Edholm et al 14122770 - (D) SCHOPPER 112(1)/112(2)/102 Husqvarna FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD

3695 Ex Parte Gorelik et al 11937737 - (D) SHAW 101 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP POLLOCK, GREGORY A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3762 Ex Parte LAMBKIN et al 13680439 - (D) HOELTER 103 Whirlpool Corporation/ McGarry Bair PC HEYAMOTO, AARON H

3792 Ex Parte Masoud et al 11554245 - (D) FINAMORE 101/102/103 Medtronic, Inc. (CVG) D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH

3792 Ex Parte Wechter 14263933 - (D) MAJORS 103 Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. c/o Lowe Graham Jones MARLEN, TAMMIE K

Merely citing a legal principle, without sufficient reasoning or application of such a principle to the facts, is not enough. Cf In re Cofer, 354 F.2d 664, 667 (CCPA 1966) ("[I]t is facts appearing in the record, rather than prior decisions in and of themselves, which must support the legal conclusion of obviousness."). The Examiner cites In re Karlson as though it set forth a per se rule that omission of an element in the prior art is always obvious when the remaining elements perform the same functions. Final Act. 3. It did not, and per se rules are generally inconsistent with the analysis required under § 103. 

Cofer, In re, 354 F.2d 664, 148 USPQ 268 (CCPA 1966) 2144.04

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Mayer 11992823 - (D) HARDMAN 103 103 GlaxoSmithKline Global Patents UP4110 CHONG, YONG SOO

1631 Ex Parte Prodhom et al 13803465 - (D) SHIANG 101 101 DINSMORE & SHOHL, LLP RIGGS II, LARRY D

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1734 Ex Parte Chai 13996243 - (D) GAUDETTE 103 103 Sandvik Intellectual Property JOHNSON, JONATHAN J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3794 Ex Parte Geiselhart 13002359 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 103 Blank Rome LLP HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Popplewell et al 13163320 - (D) VALEK 103 Licata & Tyrrell P.C. PHAN, DOANTHI-THUC

1618 Ex Parte ALLEN 14775032 - (D) LEBOVITZ 103 Brooks Kushman DICKINSON, PAUL W

1622 Ex Parte HENNIGAN 14773399 - (D) KATZ 102 41.50 103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP ADZAMLI, KOFI

1623 Ex Parte Montenegro et al 13392673 - (D) NEW 102 Harris Beach/Syracuse LAU, JONATHAN S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1721 Ex Parte Haag et al 13572964 - (D) OBERMANN 103 Lieberman & Brandsdorfer HORTON, DUJUAN A

1747 Ex Parte Mironov et al 14899742 - (D) CASHION 103 MUETING, RAASCH & GEBHARDT, P.A. NGUYEN, PHU HOANG

1768 Ex Parte HASHIMOTO 15022475 - (D) TIMM 103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R

1794 Ex Parte Carter et al 13666662 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 Meagher Emanuel Laks Goldberg & Liao, LLP MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2118 Ex Parte MALSCH 13529800 - (D) BUSCH 103 Cozen O'Connor FENNEMA, ROBERT E

2144 Ex Parte Rasmussen et al 11786005 - (D) BENNETT 103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION TAPP, AMELIA L

2179 Ex Parte Hanrahan et al 12700160 - (D) DIRBA 103 InTouch Health THERIAULT, STEVENB

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2445 Ex Parte LONG et al 14751356 - (D) DIRBA 103 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. c/o Shuang Liu(Huawei ID 00344817) LEE, BRYAN Y

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2689 Ex Parte Wojcik et al 14038448 - (D) KUMAR 103 STANLEY J. GRADISAR ATTORNEY AT LAW, LLC TERRELL, EMILY C

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3681 Ex Parte Dubey et al 13689296 - (D) CHUNG 101 103 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner/ Linkedln/Microsoft ROBINSON, KYLE G

3681 Ex Parte Vee et al 14031943 - (D) MEYERS OTDP 101 EGL/Excalibur BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD

3684 Ex Parte Goodwin et al 14041707 - (D) MEYERS 101 Amer Sports Americas DUNHAM, JASON B

3684 Ex Parte Kalin 14307265 - (D) CALVE 101 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (AT) CIVAN, ETHAN D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte LITMAN 14789995 - (D) HOELTER 112(2)/101 Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. ZHANG, YINGCHUAN

3715 Ex Parte LITMAN 14805863 - (D) HOELTER 101 Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. WILLIAMS, ROSS A

3723 Ex Parte Newell 12673057 - (D) JESCHKE 103 CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION ROSE, ROBERT A

3724 Ex Parte Ndou et al 12271320 - (D) WOODS 112(2) 103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN

3792 Ex Parte Cohen et al 11952745 - (D) CAPP 103 K&L Gates LLP-Boston SHAY, DAVID M

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Ex Parte Raa et al 14141492 - (D) CHANG 103 CHRISTIAN D. ABEL Onsagers AS YU, HONG

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Ex Parte Hormay et al 14596164 - (D) OWENS 102/103 DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC. c/o Patent Ingenuity, P.C. COX, STEPHANIE A

1792 Ex Parte Terry et al 14395372 - (D) WILSON 103 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP KIM, BRYAN

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2438 Ex Parte Perez et al 14917839 - (D) EVANS 103 HP Inc. JEUDY, JOSNEL

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Munshi 14138967 - (D) POTHIER 103 Apple - Blank Rome c/o Blank Rome LLP LIU, GORDON G

Indeed, the claim's context as a whole provides the proper framework for claim construction. See Abbott Labs. v. Syntron Bioresearch, Inc., 334 F.3d 1343, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2003) (stating "[t]he usage of the disputed claim terms in the context of the claims as a whole also informs the proper construction of the terms.").

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3697 Ex Parte CAGLAYAN et al 13833625 - (D) SHAW 101 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC TRAN, HAI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte Bell 14028762 - (D) REIMERS 103 CLARK & BRODY PALMER, LUCAS EA

3741 Ex Parte Lord et al 14265856 - (D) PLENZLER 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY MALATEK, KATHERYN A

3746 Ex Parte Maier et al 13503414 - (D) HUTCHINGS 103 Jordan IP Law, LLC PEKARSKAYA, LILYA

3761 Ex Parte Belcher 13091477 - (D) REIMERS 103 FisherBroyles, LLP - MAIN CN STAPLETON, ERIC S

3761 Ex Parte Won et al 13571681 - (D) KERINS 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP CHOU, JIMMY

3774 Ex Parte Firstenberg et al 13857998 - (D) MARTIN 112(2)/103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP BARIA, DINAH N

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte Smith et al 13830115 - (D) REPKO 103 103 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (Adobe Inc.) DASGUPTA, SHOURJO

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2458 Ex Parte Lederman et al 13837205 - (D) BEAMER 103 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) RECEK, JASON D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2881 Ex Parte Ray et al 14978120 - (D) RANGE 103 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC SMITH, DAVIDE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Ex Parte Sporn 14254642 - (D) WARNER 103 103 Hanes & Bartels LLC VALENTI, ANDREA M

3689 Ex Parte Schulz 13622994 - (D) MacDONALD 101/103 103 The Culbertson Group, P.C. WEISENFELD, ARYANE

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Mendenhall et al 13804781 - (D) MILLS 103 Intellectual Property Dept/De Witt LLP Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation EBRAHIM, NABILA G

1631 Ex Parte Wilson et al 14049297 - (D) FLAX 101 DOCKET CLERK LIN, JERRY

1649 Ex Parte Gelmont et al 14270192 - (D) TOWNSEND 102 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (SF)(Baxter) FONTAINHAS, AURORAM

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1717 Ex Parte DAMANI et al 14873790 - (D) GUPTA 112(2) 112(1)/112(2)/103 GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C. PADGETT, MARIANNE L

1722 Ex Parte Woehrle et al 13825300 - (D) HASTINGS 103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP RAYMOND, BRITTANY L

1723 Ex Parte COUPAR et al 13693914 - (D) WILSON 112(1) 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL SMITH, JEREMIAH R

1792 Ex Parte Norton et al 13612528 - (D) RANGE 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP LACHICA, ERICSON M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2174 Ex Parte McCoy et al 13077969 - (D) BARRY 103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP CHIUSANO, ANDREW TSUTOMU

2193 Ex Parte FAN et al 13468128 - (D) RAEVSKY 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC WHEATON, BRADFORD F

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2486 Ex Parte Hoyt et al 14261971 - (D) DIXON 103 FOUNTAINHEAD LAW GROUP, PC LIMA, FABIO S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2648 Ex Parte Levy et al 15194095 - (D) BUSCH 103 WELSH FLAXMAN & GITLER LLC SOBUTKA, PHILIP

2684 Ex Parte Johnson 15205751 - (D) McNEILL 103 Kaufhold Dix Patent Law BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED 0

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Ex Parte Chauhan et al 14038650 - (D) NAPPI 101 MasterCard c/o Ballard Spahr LLP ELCHANTI, TAREK

3624 Ex Parte Sgambati et al 10773642 - (D) BENNETT 103 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP VIZVARY, GERALD C

3624 Ex Parte Kelkar et al 13440307 - (D) CHEN 101 OTDP HOLLAND & KNIGHT MISIASZEK, AMBER AL TSCHUL

3626 Ex Parte Tremblay et al 12644919 - (D) CRAIG 101/103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (OC)(BD) PAULS, JOHN A

3626 Ex Parte Siddiqui 13466362 - (D) COURTENAY 101/103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (Cerner Corporation) MORGAN, ROBERT W

3626 Ex Parte Kumar et al 14243498 - (D) DEJMEK 112(1) 101/103 PVF--PARC c/o PARK, VAUGHAN, FLEMING & DOWLER LLP BARR, MARY EV ANGELINE

3628 Ex Parte Mahafzah 13758545 - (D) McKEOWN 101 Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP SINGH, RUPANGINI

3629 Ex Parte Hall et al 14673666 - (D) BUSCH 101 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner/ Linkedln/Microsoft OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P

3633 Ex Parte Grau 14828120 - (D) MARTIN 103 Richards Patent Law P.C. KENNY, DANIEL J

3649 Ex Parte BOLLENBACH 13708633 - (D) PESLAK 103 BIRCH, STEWART, KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP KENNEDY, JOSHUA T

3682 Ex Parte Gonen et al 12200527 - (D) McCARTNEY 112(2)/101/103 Maldjian Law Group LLC HAMILTON, MATTHEW L

3695 Ex Parte Tyson 13875981 - (D) STRAUSS 101/103 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. DONLON, RYAN D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Asher et al 14263221 - (D) SCHOPPER 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. HARPER, TRAMAR YONG

3729 Ex Parte Hashizawa et al 14277438 - (D) HOELTER 103 KENEALY VAIDYA LLP CAZAN, LIVIUS RADU

3745 Ex Parte DELVAUX 14041262 - (D) WARNER 103 McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC LAMBERT, WAYNE A

3754 Ex Parte Gann 15456056 - (D) SONG 103 112(1)/112(2) CENTRAL COAST PATENT AGENCY, INC SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J

3791 Ex Parte Seoane Martinez et al 13061960 - (D) OSINSKI Concurring CAPP 112(1)/103 Melcher Patent Law PLLC TOWA, RENE T

3793 Ex Parte Bosl 13816645 - (D) FITZPATRICK 101 WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. SMITH, RUTH S

McAward, packard

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Ex Parte Piorkowski 14701342 - (D) TIMM 112(2)/103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP DICUS, TAMRA

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Ex Parte Cianfrone 14224939 - (D) McKEOWN 103 Finch & Maloney PLLC LHYMN, SARAH

2625 Ex Parte Puskarich 15091501 - (D) McCARTNEY 103 APPLE INC./BROWNSTEIN c/o Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP HARRIS, DOROTHY H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2882 Ex Parte Ouderkirk et al 14865206 - (D) FRANKLIN 102/103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY LE, BAO-LUAN Q

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3652 Ex Parte Sheedy et al 13513998 - (D) KERINS 103 Atlanta Baker Donelson ROMANO, ASHLEY K

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Perron 14211873 - (D) FITZPATRICK 102/103 GARVEY, SMITH & NEHRBASS, PATENT ATTORNEYS, L.L.C. BAYS, MARIE D

3771 Ex Parte Merz et al 13865532 - (D) KERINS 102/103 KS - Whitmyer IP Group LLC HERBERMANN, ERICH G.

3771 Ex Parte Swaney et al 14208508 - (D) SONG 102/103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. HERBERMANN, ERICH G.

3771 Ex Parte LITSCHER et al 14746094 - (D) STEPINA 102 Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP -- BSC BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE

3794 Ex Parte Jackson 14874372 - (D) PESLAK 102/103 41.50 112(2) SIMPSON & SIMPSON, PLLC EKRAMI, YASAMIN

We also enter additional new grounds of rejection against claims 12 and 25 as indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112(b ). "[W]e apply the approach for assessing indefiniteness approved by the Federal Circuit in Packard, i.e., '[a] claim is indefinite when it contains words or phrases whose meaning is unclear."' Ex parte McAward, No. 2015-006416, 2017 WL 3669566, at *5 (PTAB Aug. 25, 2017) (precedential) (quoting In re Packard, 751 F.3d 1307, 1310, 1314 (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

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 Ex Parte RODGERS et al 14247810 - (D) McKEOWN 103 103 Vista IP Law Group, LLP (Oracle) BAYOU, YONAS A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 Ex Parte Cohen-Solal et al 13981998 - (D) COURTENAY 101 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TIEDEMAN, JASON S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3774 Ex Parte BAYM et al 13858738 - (D) SCHNEIDER 112(2) 112(1) Advent, LLP/INTELLECTUAL VENTURES BAHENA, CHRISTIE L.

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1641 Ex Parte Evers et al 14358512 - (D) VALEK 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS COUNTS, GARY W

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1718 Ex Parte OKIMOTO et al 13749031 - (D) GUPTA dissenting-in-part NAGUMO OTDP 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. BENNETT, CHARLEE

1737 Ex Parte IMAMOTO et al 14698215 - (D) DENNETT 103 Leason Ellis LLP CHEA, THORL

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2111 Ex Parte Baptist et al 15281317 - (D) KUMAR 101 Garlick & Markison (IBM) GANDHI, DIPAKKUMAR B

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 Ex Parte Hesketh et al 13348348 - (D) JURGOVAN 103 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC BLAIR, DOUGLAS B

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Ex Parte Isaacson et al 12887559 - (D) PRAISS 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. DHILLON, JAGDEEP S

2875 Ex Parte Andrews 14195892 - (D) PRAISS 103 Global Intellectual Property Agency, LLC ZIMMERMAN, GLENN D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Ex Parte WEINBERGER et al 14148199 - (D) JURGOVAN 101/103 MasterCard c/o Ballard Spahr LLP SADANANDA, ABHIJIT B

3626 Ex Parte FINDLAY et al 12468563 - (D) FETTING 103 101/103 Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP MORGAN, ROBERT W

3683 Ex Parte Bortolotti et al 12114728 - (D) McCARTNEY 101/103 IBM CORPORATION C/0: Fabian Vancott AUSTIN, JAMIE H

3688 Ex Parte CRANE et al 12884559 - (D) CUTITTA 101 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC) ALVAREZ, RAQUEL

Phillips

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Ex Parte Kodas et al 14285804 - (D) FREDMAN 103/OTDP Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. GREENE, NAN A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1715 Ex Parte Boday et al 14156635 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 Matthew J. Bussan TALBOT, BRIAN K

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2142 Ex Parte Kimball et al 13727440 - (D) PINKERTON 102/103 Keller Jolley Preece/Facebook NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T

2157 Ex Parte Falkenberg et al 12967351 - (D) FRAHM 101/103 IBM CORPORATION C/O: Fabian Vancott MINA, FATIMA P

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2462 Ex Parte SREERAMOJU 14458257 - (D) AHMED 103 Ren-Sheng International (VMW ARE-NICIRA) BANTHRONGSACK, JEFF

2481 Ex Parte Ryer et al 13283100 - (D) BISK 103 ORACLE (Oracle formerly d/b/a Sun Microsystems) TEKLE, DANIEL T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2643 Ex Parte Srinivasan et al 15369695 - (D) HOFF 103 HONEYWELL/FOGG FIGUEROA, MARISOL

The claims, of course, do not stand alone. Rather, they are part of a "fully integrated written instrument" ... consisting principally of a specification that concludes with the claims. For that reason, claims "must be read in view of the specification, of which they are a part." . . . . [T]he specification "is always highly relevant to the claim construction analysis. Usually, it is dispositive; it is the single best guide to the meaning of a disputed term." 

Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 75 USPQ2d 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2005) 2111 , 2111.01 , 2143.01 , 2258

Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 1315 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (citations
omitted).

2643 Ex Parte CHO et al 14879034 - (D) AMUNDSON 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP SHAHEED, KHALID W

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 Ex Parte Willenberg et al 15010061 - (D) RANGE 112(1)/112(2)/103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC AHMAD, SHAHZEB K

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3774 Ex Parte Migliazza et al 13216472 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2112 Ex Parte Mallik et al 14968376 - (D) COURTENAY 101 101 Qualcomm /Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP VALLECILLO, KYLE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2643 Ex Parte Siomina 14062524 - (D) ARPIN 103 103 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson MADANI, FARIDEH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Puranen et al 14003688 - (D) HORNER 103 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier SHAIKH, MERAJ A

3793 Ex Parte Sliwa et al 14214616 - (D) COTTA 103 112(1) DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC (STJ) IP, JASON M

AFFIRMED
1612 Ex Parte Boyd et al 14364918 - (D) FREDMAN 103/OTDP COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY WEBB, WALTERE

1613 Ex Parte Chandrashekhar-Bhat et al 14424233 - (D) NEW 103 HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC ARNOLD, ERNST V

1619 Ex Parte Xavier et al 13633950 - (D) WISZ 103 THE ESTEE LAUDER COS, INC VENKAT, JYOTHSNA A

1628 Ex Parte DeLuca et al 13533018 - (D) PRATS 103/OTDP Andrus Intellectual Property Law, LLP BADIO, BARBARA P

1629 Ex Parte Slomianny 14167676 - (D) FREDMAN 112(1) Brooks Kushman P.C. / BERLINER & ASSOCIATES DRAPER, LESLIE A ROYDS

1633 Ex Parte Yagi et al 13565078 - (D) COTTA 103/OTDP WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. POPA, ILEANA

1634 Ex Parte Sung et al 12646839 - (D) LAVIER 112(1)/103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP POHNERT, STEVEN C

1644 Ex Parte WANG et al 13411733 - (D) CHANG 102/103 OLIVE LAW GROUP, PLLC ROONEY, NORA MAUREEN

1646 Ex Parte Hughes et al 11742350 - (D) NEW 112(1) ALLERGAN, INC. DILLAHUNT, SANDRA E

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ex Parte ZAGHIB et al 13724058 - (D) SNAY 103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC ARCIERO, ADAM A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Rouhana 12655008 - (D) CRAIG 103 EPSTEIN DRANGEL LLP ANDRAMUNO, FRANKLIN S

2431 Ex Parte Bush et al 15092216 - (D) PYONIN 103/OTDP Rockwell Automation, Inc./FY REVAK, CHRISTOPHER A

2439 Ex Parte Sharabi et al 14572443 - (D) HOWARD 103 Cooper Legal Group LLC BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J

2454 Ex Parte Grinalds et al 14746747 - (D) POTHIER 103 DLA PIPER LLP (US ) PATEL, CHIRAG R

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2696 Ex Parte Gill 15006266 - (D) FISHMAN 103 SILICON EDGE LAW GROUP, LLP FLOHRE, JASON A

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3611 Ex Parte ASAKURA et al 14279737 - (D) STEPINA 103 OLIFF PLC WILLIAMS, MAURICE L

3629 Ex Parte Tully et al 13334182 - (D) LENTIVECH 101/103 Thomson Reuters c/o Intellectual Property WHITAKER, ANDREW B

3671 Ex Parte DUDDING 14300210 - (D) CAPP 103 Patent Law of Virginia, PLLC MAYO-PINNOCK, TARA LEIGH

3689 Ex Parte Esselink et al 13948415 - (D) LENTIVECH 101/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM

3692 Ex Parte Walker 12943611 - (D) LENTIVECH 101 Grable Martin Fulton PLLC MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Taylor 14121293 - (D) GREENHUT 101/102/103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. FERNSTROM, KURT

3724 Ex Parte BINDER 13893909 - (D) HOELTER 103 May Patents Ltd. c/o Dorit Shem-Tov NGUYEN, PHONG H

3734 Ex Parte Gold et al 11090808 - (D) PLENZLER 103 REILLY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW FIRM VANTERPOOL, LESTER L

3741 Ex Parte MYHRE et al 13428330 - (D) WOOD 103 Locke Lord LLP MEADE, LORNE EDWARD

3791 Ex Parte Gegner et al 14001679 - (D) GREENHUT 112(1)/103 101 41.50 112(2) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS FERNANDES, PATRICK M

3793 Ex Parte Cai et al 14193574 - (D) STEPINA 103 Boston Scientific Corporation c/o Lowe Graham Jones COOK, CHRISTOPHER L

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3748 Ex parte LESEMEN DAVIS, LLC Appellant, Patent Owner Ex Parte 7707828 et al 90013763 - (D) SONG 103 103 JONES WALKER LLP DOERRLER, WILLIAM CHARLES original TRAN, DIEM T

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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte Wegner et al 14111042 - (D) HOUSEL 103 SERVILLA WHITNEY LLC WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION

1741 Ex Parte Dunwoody et al 14338556 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 CORNING INCORPORATED HOFFMANN, JOHN M

1768 Ex Parte KAMPF 13740732 - (D) SNAY 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. RIOJA, MELISSA A

1781 Ex Parte Tooker et al 14107623 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 Honigman LLP/Magna FIGG, LAURA B

1789 Ex Parte Cannon et al 13424463 - (D) INGLESE 103 Georgia-Pacific LLC SALVATORE, LYNDA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2141 Ex Parte PARK et al 14017051 - (D) HOMERE 103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP CASILLAS, ROLAND J

2144 Ex Parte Grieb et al 13690964 - (D) THOMAS 102/103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION MRABI, HASSAN

2163 Ex Parte Anderson 13677991 - (D) BELISLE 103 OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP GURMU, MULUEMEBET

Moreover, the Examiner does not sufficiently explain how the applied prior art as a whole suggests the desirability of the Marshall-Dean-Floyd combination. See Lindemann Maschinenfabrik GMBH v. Am. Hoist & Derrick Co., 730 F.2d 1452, 1462 (Fed. Cir. 1984) ("The claimed invention must be considered as a whole, and the question is whether there is something in the prior art as a whole to suggest the desirability, and thus the obviousness, of making the combination.")

Lindemann Maschinenfabrik GMBH v. American Hoist & Derrick Co., 730 F.2d 1452, 221 USPQ 481 (Fed. Cir. 1984)   716.03 ,   2164.01 ,   2164.05(a)

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2472 Ex Parte Luo et al 14743211 - (D) CASS 103 Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm SHAND, ROBERTA A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Ex Parte Verma et al 14863853 - (D) CASS 103 Loza & Loza, LLP/Qualcomm LIU, GORDON G

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Aahlad et al 12069986 - (D) JEFFERY 101/103 YOUNG LAW FIRM, P.C. EVANS, KIMBERLY L

3655 Ex Parte Schaefer et al 12296219 - (D) SCHOPPER 103 Brooks Kushman BUTLER, MICHAEL E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Ex Parte Anderle et al 14877810 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 PERKINS COIE LLP - LOS General ARYANPOUR, MITRA

3724 Ex Parte Coakley 13796121 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 Klintworth & Rozenblat IP LLP and Illinois Tool Works Inc. DONG, LIANG

3745 Ex Parte Chouhan et al 14603316 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 Hoffman Warnick LLC DAVIS, JASON GREGORY

3761 Ex Parte DREXLER et al 14134396 - (D) BROWNE 103 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP PAIK, SANG YEOP

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Ex Parte Guo et al 14274363 - (D) CYGAN 103 103 ZILKA-KOTAB, PC- IBM VANG, MENG

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3748 Ex Parte Meisel 13539930 - (D) PLENZLER 103 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP CHANG, CHING

3792 Ex Parte Jayne et al 12372523 - (D) GRIMES 103 103 Physio-Control c/o Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP MARLEN, TAMMIE K

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1618 Ex Parte Jynge et al 12522931 - (D) NEW 103 101 BIRCH STEW ART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP LAMBERSKI, JENNIFER A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1782 Ex Parte Kriegel et al 12210208 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 King & Spalding YAGER, JAMES C

1788 Ex Parte Abe et al 12664722 - (D) HOUSEL 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2436 Ex Parte Marshall et al 13862380 - (D) HAGY 102/103 Thomas I Horstemeyer, LLP (VMW) TRAORE, FATOUMATA

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2825 Ex Parte Chang et al 13494761 - (D) DELMENDO 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise BUl, THA-OH

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Kao et al 11942300 - (D) FETTING 101 YEE AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE

3681 Ex Parte OWEN 13686606 - (D) WHITEHEAD JR. 101/102/103 BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC REFAI, SAM M

3683 Ex Parte Isaacs 12239748 - (D) FETTING 101 ENTIT SOFTWARE LLC MILLER, ALAN S

3683 Ex Parte Koch 13939935 - (D) JEFFERY 103 HONEYWELL/STW HENRY, MATTHEW D

3688 Ex Parte Gandhi 13587602 - (D) ARPIN 101 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. NETZLOFF, ERIC R

3688 Ex Parte Maw et al 13858616 - (D) HOMERE 101/102 MasterCard c/o Ballard Spahr LLP VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA

3691 Ex Parte Herschler et al 11671598 - (D) SILVERMAN 101 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. AKINTOLA, OLABODE

3694 Ex Parte ZHU et al 12748145 - (D) THOMAS 103 112(2)/101 Baker Botts L.L.P./Facebook Inc. CRANFORD, MICHAEL D

3697 Ex Parte Stiff et al 11556396 - (D) SILVERMAN 101 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP FU, HAO

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Lutnick et al 14013586 - (D) HORNER 103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. LEICHLITER, CHASE E

3752 Ex Parte PETERSON 14850335 - (D) WIEDER 103 SHAVER & SWANSON, LLP ZHOU, QINGZHANG

3761 Ex Parte Bertin et al 13809489 - (D) HOFFMANN 112(2)/103 American Air Liquide DODSON, JUSTIN C

3793 Ex Parte McHenry et al 14519891 - (D) STEPINA 112(2)/112(4) 101/103 MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. SMITH, RUTH S