heck, lemelson

custom search

Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Juha Rouru et al. 14504925 ADAMS 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP SOROUSH, LAYLA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Bessieres, Marshall et al. 11866248 MacDONALD 101/103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP/Adobe Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 MINCEY, JERMAINE A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2443 Shing Franky. Sze et al. 15010106 THOMAS 103 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. COONEY, ADAM A

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2864 Kun Jiao et al. 14292487 DENNETT 101 WesternGeco L.L.C. BLOSS, STEPHANIE E

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3692 BGC PARTNERS, INC. 13898657 CURCURI Dissenting Baumeister 101/103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Dominik Zaeuner et al. 12975714 HILL 101 SIEMENS CORPORATION GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Blatt, Thomas et al. 10337661 WISZ 102 102/103 41.50 103 Abel Schillinger, LLP KANTAMNENI, SHOBHA

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1776 Berend Jan Reinders et al. 14916084 McMANUS 103 103 N.V. Nederlandsch Octrooibureau MCKENZIE, THOMAS B

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2132 Robert B. Basham et al. 14793706 RAEVSKY 112(1)/101 103 ZILKA-KOTAB, PC- IBM MERCADO, RAMON A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Antti Johannes. Eronen et al. 15030457 McNEILL 101/103 103 Nokia Corporation and Alston & Bird LLP c/o Alston & Bird LLP PATEL, SANJIV D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 EATON CORPORATION 15140539 HASTINGS 102 102/103 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC EATON CORPORATION FIGUEROA, FELIX O

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3637 BSH Home Appliances Corporation et al. 15423617 BAHR 103 103 BSH Home Appliances Corporation HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 PERINI, Fabio 14143428 KERINS 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 103 MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC ALIE, GHASSEM

3794 INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. 14070184 HOELTER 103 103 Jones Robb, PLLC (w/ Intuitive Surgical) OUYANG, BO

"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

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Katja Berg et al. 14639043 KATZ 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC LIU, SUE XU

1653 Masayoshi Shigyo et al. 14236152 LAVIER 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC MOSS, NATALIE M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1787 Bridgestone Corporation 14363230 RANGE 103 BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS, INC. NELSON, MICHAEL B

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 TERADATA US, INC. 14094190 BARRY 101 102 TERADATA US, INC. ALMANI, MOHSEN

2166 Jorn Lyseggen 14794610 FRAHM 101/103 HOUSTON OFFICE OF POLSINELLI PC MCQUITERY, DIEDRA M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2466 Sathish Kumar. Gnanasekaran et al. 15144541 BARRY 103 Xsensus/Broadcom LINDENBAUM, ALAN LOUIS

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2859 Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation 14755523 ABRAHAM 103 MICHAEL, BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (MT) HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 TEZUKA, Shinji 12888709 SHAH 101 SUGHRUE-265550 PAULS, JOHN A

3626 Albert, Benjamin 13075399 BARRY 101 Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC KOPPIKAR, VIVEK D

3626 Liotta, Lance A. et al. 13026346 CRAWFORD 103 101/103 FAY SHARPE LLP SOREY, ROBERT A

3683 Patrick J. O'Sullivan et al. 11566718 CRAWFORD 103 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC YOUNG, ASHLEY YA-SHEH

3691 Marcia Keld 13955019 BEAMER 101 JPMorgan Chase / Greenblum & Bernstein CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS

3695 Intuit Inc. 14607586 CALVE 101 Paradice and Li LLP/Intuit POLLOCK, GREGORY A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Joshua R&D Technologies, LLC 15163920 CAPP 103 KLEMCHUK LLP TRIEU, TIMOTHY K

3733 Gelinas, Mariel 15058952 BAYAT 103 KAUFHOLD DIX PATENT LAW CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER

Rehearing

Denied
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Satish Gudiboina et al. 15172755 MacDONALD 103 Rimon PC KHOSHNOODI, FARIBORZ

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2643 Hernan A. Cunico et al. 15483474 MacDONALD 101 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC ZEWDU, MELESS NMN

alza2

custom search

Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 Pathologica LLC 15583697 ADAMS 103 GLOBAL PATENT GROUP - PATH VANHORN, ABIGAIL LOUISE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2193 CA, Inc. 15262516 FRAHM Dissenting BUSCH 101/102/103 Foley & Lardner LLP/ Broadcom Corporation BODDEN, EVRAL E

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 Reinhard P. Klemm et al. 13928532 McNEILL 103 STEVENS & SHOWALTER, LLP Box AVAYA Inc. FAN, JOHN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2618 Shawn C. Wright et al. 13186666 McNEILL 103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC) PATEL, SHIVANG I

2633 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 15369970 NAPPI 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TIEU, JANICE N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2842 Park, Junhyun et al. 15006000 COLAIANNI 103 Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP LAM, TUAN THIEU

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 Greenwood, George et al. 12407204 MEDLOCK 102/103 MAURICE M KLEE FRISBY, KEITH J

3679 Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc. et al. 14966207 BAHR 112(1)/103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP CHOI, WILLIAM SOON

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH 14650357 SCHOPFER 112(2)/102/103 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP WILLIAMS, PATRICK C

3792 Walker, Robert G. et al. 13272960 SCHOPFER 112(1)/103 41.50 112(2) BakerHostetler PORTER, JR, GARY A

3794 Northwestern University 13954265 FITZPATRICK 103 WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI OUYANG, BO

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2136 Ren Wang et al. 14583389 MacDONALD 103 102 Law Office of R. Alan Burnett, PS c/o CPA Global VERDERAMO III, RALPH A

2137 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 13939380 MORGAN 103 103 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. c/o Davidson Sheehan LLP PARIKH, KALPIT

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2859 Douglas Raymond. Martin et al. 14268000 DENNETT 103 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL BERHANU, SAMUEL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3746 BEHR GMBH & CO. KG 14416715 HOFFMANN 103 103 41.50 112(2) Strain & Strain PLLC TRIEU, THAI BA

3792 Michael W. Newman 13587368 SILVERMAN 103 103 Medtronic, Inc. (CVG) D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH

3793 C. R. Bard, Inc. 13918707 GREENHUT 103 103 BD/Rutan & Tucker, LLP SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M

We agree with Appellant’s argument.  First, the Examiner’s position that the first image is already generated but not displayed is, at best, speculative. “[L]egal determinations of obviousness, as with such determinations generally, should be based on evidence rather than on mere speculation or conjecture.” Alza Corp. v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc., 464 F. 3d 1286, 1290 (Fed. Cir. 2006). 

Alza Corp. v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc., 464 F.3d 1286, 80 USPQ2d 1001 (Fed. Cir. 2006) 2143.01

3794 Mulholland, R. Stephen 12573923 GUIJT 103 103 ALLEN, DYER, DOPPELT, MILBRATH & GILCHRIST, P.A. GOOD, SAMANTHA M

Affirmed
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1789 Erling Lennart. Hansen et al. 13884758 HOUSEL 112(2)/102 112(2)/103 GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2127 TOTAL SA 14420208 BUI 101 PATTERSON THUENTE PEDERSEN, P.A. KIM, EUNHEE

2145 HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. 14759704 BUSCH 102/103/OTDP MICRO FOCUS LLC ELL, MATTHEW

2195 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC 14327506 SAADAT 103 Ray Quinney & Nebeker - Microsoft AN, MENG AI T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2677 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14741605 STRAUSS 101/103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC LELAND III, EDWIN S

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Pierre Degott et al. 13825621 DIXON 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. HINZE, LEO T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3682 Meijer, Inc. 14884726 HUME 101 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (IN) DAGNEW, SABA

3683 Tischhauser, Paul David. et al. 13916949 FRAHM 101/103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE

3688 Debashis Ghosh et al. 14471135 CUTITTA 101/102 OHLANDT, GREELEY, RUGGIERO & PERLE, LLP FRUNZI, VICTORIA E.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3754 APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH 15102415 CAPP 103 FLYNN THIEL, P.C. MELARAGNO, MICHAEL

3775 Jianguo Cheng 14564309 DOUGAL 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J

innova

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Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1616 CHIESI FARMACEUTICI S.p.A. 14791553 TOWNSEND 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA

1618 David J. Yang et al. 13562879 GRIMES 103 Parker Highlander PLLC SCHLIENTZ, LEAH H

1644 THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 14671322 FREDMAN 101 KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP DIBRINO, MARIANNE

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2175 Fei Su et al. 14618303 COURTENAY 102/103 MICROSOFT CORPORATION SHREWSBURY, NATHAN K

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2477 Hack, Heiko et al. 13299102 PYONIN 103 COZEN O'CONNOR SMITH, JOSHUA Y

We are persuaded of Examiner error, because the Examiner has not properly identified a teaching in the cited references for both the claimed backplane and the claimed switching node base unit.  See Innova/Pure Water, Inc. v. Safari Water Filtration Sys., Inc., 381 F.3d 1111, 1119 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (“[W]hen an applicant uses different terms in a claim it is permissible to infer that [the] different terms [] reflect a differentiation in the meaning of those terms.”).  

Innova/Pure Water Inc. v. Safari Water Filtration Sys. Inc., 381 F.3d 1111, 72 USPQ2d 1001 (Fed. Cir. 2004)  2173.05(g)

2487 MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD. 14180548 BAUMEISTER 103 FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2613 Intel Corporation 15398042 RAEVSKY 101/103 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. COBB, MICHAEL J

2619 DANISEVSKIS, Janis 14653858 BAIN 103 Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (Frankfurt office) MEROUAN, ABDERRAHIM

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3643 Marcus D. Rust et al. 14530801 OSINSKI 103 ICE MILLER LLP PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS

3673 Marcus L. Murphy 14692218 PESLAK 102/103 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 HBN SHOE, LLC 15905482 MOHANTY 103 HAYES SOLOWAY P.C. CARTER, CAMERON A

3735 Wijbe Dijkstra 15213948 FINAMORE 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN

3747 John Robert. Van Wiemeersch et al. 13670525 HOFFMANN 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL MANLEY, SHERMAN D

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1792 NESTEC S.A. 15508289 HEANEY 103 103 K&L Gates LLP-Chicago NESTEC S.A. LACHICA, ERICSON M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2176 Andrew James. Whalley 14417578 THOMAS 103 103 Howard L. Speight EL-BKAILY, AHMAD M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 YOUR CITY SAMPLER, LLC 13843015 HUME 102/103 103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON LLP MPAMUGO, CHINYERE

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 King, Joseph A. et al. 12592700 ADAMS 112(2) 103/OTDP Carl L. Johnson Jacobson and Johnson BROWE, DAVID

1617 Antoine Coutant et al. 14443255 GRIMES 103 POLSINELLI PC (DE OFFICE) ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S

1619 EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH 15117719 WISZ 103 LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL A. SANZO, LLC NGUYEN, JOHN P

1631 CosmosID Inc. 13836139 TOWNSEND 101 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP ZEMAN, MARY K

1632 Tillman, Bryan et al. 12356982 PRATS 103 NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP CHEN, SHIN LIN

1655 ABOCA S.P.A. SOCIETÀ AGRICOLA 14396202 TOWNSEND 101 103 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. FIEBIG, RUSSELL G

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1745 James W. Comb et al. 13790382 CASHION 103 PAULY, DEVRIES SMITH & DEFFNER, L.L.C. TOLIN, MICHAEL A

1777 Darryl W. Brousmiche et al. 14401340 KENNEDY 103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP / Waters PEO, KARA M

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC 14294028 NAPPI 101 112(1)/101/102/103 Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC HOANG, HAU HAI

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2439 Scott Wentao. Li et al. 14568621 HUME 112(1)/103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC ROWN, CHRISTOPHER J

2461 Chandra, Arty et al. 13957534 BAIN 103/OTDP VOLPE AND KOENIG, P.C. SHAO, HONG

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2647 Valentin Alexandru. Gheorghiu et al. 13753213 KUMAR 103 Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P. Qualcomm SHERIF, FATUMA G

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Philip J. Kaufman et al. 13843283 THOMAS 103 Rockwell Automation, Inc./FY GUILIANO, CHARLES A

3627 MasterCard International Incorporated 14090854 FREDMAN 101/103 DANIEL M. FITZGERALD (21652) ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP SHEIKH, ASFAND M

3649 Berliner Seilfabrik GmbH & Co. 14818489 GREENHUT 103 LONDA, BRUCE S. NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN, P.A. KENNEDY, JOSHUA T

3649 Bhagat, Urvashi 13877847 DELMENDO 112(1) 112(2)/112(4)/103 Cermak Nakajima & McGowan LLP BHAT, NINA NMN

3685 Ziv, Aran et al. 11434818 BUSCH 112(2)/103 112(1) BGL/ NILFOROUSH, MOHAMMAD A

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3726 The Boeing Company 14918899 BAHR 103 Evans & Dixon, LLC TRAVERS, MATTHEW P

3726 THE BOEING COMPANY 14459234 BAHR 103 Evans & Dixon, LLC TRAVERS, MATTHEW P

3731 WACKER CHEMIE AG 14771421 HOELTER 103 Brooks Kushman HIBBERT-COPELAND, MARY CATHERINE

4111 Roberto Puch-Solis et al. 13583754 LAVIER 101/OTDP MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. RIGGS II, LARRY D

nuvasive

custom search

Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 Janet C. Blanks et al. 14861009 FREDMAN 103 CHS Pharma, Inc FAY, ZOHREH A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Noordam, Bertus et al. 14119737 DELMENDO 102/103 McBee Moore & Vanik, IP, LLC BADR, HAMID R

 See also In re Nuvasive, Inc., 842 F.3d 1376, 1383 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (explaining that although the court will uphold a PTO “decision of less than ideal clarity,” the PTO’s path to its decision must be such that it “may reasonably be discerned.”).

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2157 Ozonat, Mehmet Kivanc. et al. 12409561 SHAW 103 MICRO FOCUS LLC MUELLER, KURT A

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2685 Tsutomu WAKABAYASHI et at. 13034862 CYGAN 103 SUGHRUE-265550 TANG, SON M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Covidien LP 14941714 STAICOVICI 102/103 Covidien LP LABRANCHE, BROOKE N

3793 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. 14749804 LEE 103 Dunlap Codding, P.C. Synthes DUNLAP CODDING, P.C. TURCHEN, ROCHELLE DEANNA

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Fashchik, Ran et al. 12164446 MEDLOCK 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 101 ZILKA-KOTAB, PC- IBM ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E

Affirmed
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1732 De Graaf, Elbert Arjan. et al. 12532317 GAUDETTE 103 Albemarle Netherlands B.V. SLIFKA, COLIN W

1742 Rohr, Inc. 14836712 INGLESE 103 O''''Shea Getz P.C. MELENDEZ, ARMAND

1743 R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY 14537181 DENNETT 102/103 WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP DARNELL, BAILEIGH K

1749 Michiels, Dany et al. 14580325 KENNEDY 103 Legal Department (M-495) FISCHER, JUSTIN R

1749 Paul Harry. Sandstrom et al. 14855414 McMANUS 112(1) THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY MAKI, STEVEN D

1764 EVONIK CORPORATION 14246451 HASTINGS 103 Evonik Corporation BOYLE, ROBERT C

1784 ALANTUM EUROPE GMBH 15038958 HASTINGS 103 DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC OMORI, MARY I

1791 Kortschack, Fritz et al. 14350733 HASTINGS 112(2)/103 BODNER & O''ROURKE, LLP DICUS, TAMRA

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2491 Azeem Feroz et al. 14320582 KUMAR 103 ADELI LLP CAREY, FORREST L

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Curtis Ling et al. 13723897 CUTITTA 103 103 MB - MAXLINEAR, INC. TRINH, SONNY

2674 Volodya Grancharov et al. 14994561 JEFFERY 101 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson PHAM, THIERRY L

2689 James Jacob. Free 12657256 DEJMEK 112(2) James Jacob Free LAU, HOI CHING

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2865 Christopher A. Oberhauser 13490315 DENNETT 101 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED DINH, LYNDA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 International Business Machines Corporation 14831418 MEDLOCK 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC GOLDBERG, IVAN R

3626 THESMAN, DEBRA 13712776 RAEVSKY 101 STETINA BRUNDA GARRED & BRUCKER MORGAN, ROBERT W

3626 Sumit Shrestha et al. 14196001 FETTING 101 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (CERNER CORPORATION) REYES, REGINALD R

3649 Sarada Mohapatra 14270644 DOUGAL 103 112(2)/101 Sarada Mohapatra KENNEDY, JOSHUA T

3654 OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 14893227 BAHR 102 Cantor Colburn LLP - Otis Elevator TRAN, DIEM M

3683 MasterCard International Incorporated 14458726 PYONIN 103 101 MASTERCARD C/O Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC KARMIS, ALISSA D

3691 BEADLE, Alastair J.D. et al. 13244994 FRAHM 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. AKINTOLA, OLABODE

3694 Frank Pak-Ho. Siu et al. 14519991 COURTENAY 101 Hultquist IP SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z

3696 Xiangyang Li et al. 14122525 FRAHM 101/103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA CHANG, EDWARD

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Young, Sheena 14712132 FINAMORE 103 Sheena Young GRACZ, KATHARINE

3732 STRATEGIC SPORTS LIMITED 14374226 CALVE 103 WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP SUTTON, ANDREW W

3781 Jonathan Paul. Jaeb et al. 14157738 MOHANTY 103 KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC. c/o Harness Dickey & Pierce TOWNSEND, GUY K

3791 Jens Mühlsteff et al. 13703704 ASTORINO 101 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS MESSERSMITH, ERIC J

3793 CLEARSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 14383754 HOELTER 103 C. R. Bard, Inc./ClearStream/K&S KING & SCHICKLI, PLLC NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC

Rehearing

Granted
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Vincent Beraudier et al. 14227794 HUME 112(1) 101/103 41.50 101 IBM Corporation - Endicott Drafting Center KASSIM, HAFIZ A

3623 Vincent Beraudier et al. 13861483 HUME 112(1) 101/103/OTDP 41.50 101 IBM Corporation - Endicott Drafting Center KASSIM, HAFIZ A

moore

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Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 ADARE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 13911961 NEW 103 Cooley LLP / Eurand WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 AVIGILON FORTRESS CORPORATION 14252661 LEE 103 Muir Patent Law, PLLC WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2618 Kazumasa Arakita et al. 13552002 HOMERE 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. PATEL, SHIVANG I

2669 Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 15050539 CURCURI 103 MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. C/O KEATING & BENNETT, LLP LU, ZHIYU

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Calendar Research LLC 13831758 MEYERS 103 Foley & Lardner LLP BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE

3629 Gendloff, Elie 14145972 MOHANTY 101/102/103 Elie Gendloff PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT

3637 BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH 15363026 BAYAT 102 LERNER GREENBERG STEMER LLP HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE

3664 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 14845882 HOELTER 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL HOLLOWAY, JASON R

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Markus Holubarsch et al. 14270908 O’HANLON 103 Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC DESAI, HEMANT

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2425 Dish Technologies L.L.C. 14717190 CURCURI 103 103 Perkins Coie LLP - DISH Network EKPO, NNENNA NGOZI

2435 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 14948268 RAEVSKY 103 103 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC DADA, BEEMNET W

2448 Laurence R. Lipstone et al. 13715466 BRANCH 102 102 Level 3 Communications, LLC VU, VIET D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2825 Gong, Haiyan et al. 14160706 CASHION 103 112(2) PARKER JUSTISS, P.C./Nvidia BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO

Thus, the test for determining the question of indefiniteness may be formulated as whether the claims “set out and circumscribe a particular area with a reasonable degree of precision and particularity.”  In re Moore, 439 F.2d 1232, 1235 (CCPA 1971). 

Moore, In re, 439 F.2d 1232, 169 USPQ 236 (CCPA 1971) 1504.04 , 2161.01 , 2164.08 , 2172

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3677 Daniel Williams et al. 15149668 OSINSKI 102 102 Telekta Law, P.S. DO, ROWLAND

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Jeffery F. Perlak et al. 14789036 HILL 103 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY MCGLYNN, JAMES P

3792 COCHLEAR LIMITED 14832950 HOELTER 103 102 Merchant & Gould Cochlear BERTRAM, ERIC D

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1619 Otto O. Yang et al. 14131159 LAVIER 103/OTDP GATES & COOPER LLP (General) GOTFREDSON, GAREN

1629 PLEDPHARMA AB 14439471 VALEK OTDP 103/OTDP PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR, LLP DRAPER, LESLIE A ROYDS

1634 McDonald Cassidy, Pamela 15052825 GRIMES 112(1)/112(2) 101/103 PERKINS COIE LLP - PAO General POHNERT, STEVEN C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1749 Jacob John et al. 14997146 McMANUS 103 Continental Intellectual Property FISCHER, JUSTIN R

1787 SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V. 14938023 RANGE 112(1)/112(2)/103 112(2)/103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP - SABIC EXATEC STACHEL, KENNETH J

1791 Zihua Ao et al. 13775202 CASHION 103 TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2121 Harish Kumar. Lingappa 14061627 HOMERE 101 Klarquist Sparkman, LLP (SAP) PELLETT, DANIEL T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2436 William Deweese et al. 15220331 HOMERE 102/103 Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP (VMW) CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA

2476 De Schepper, Koen et al. 14653162 SHAW 103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA SLOMS, NICHOLAS

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2622 Bussat, Jean-Marie et al. 14335553 ARPIN 103 APPLE INC./BROWNSTEIN c/o Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP TESHOME, KEBEDE T

2649 Michael J. Lombardi et al. 14737990 HOWARD 103 Motorola/ McKinney Phillips LLC CHEN, JUNPENG

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2864 Ernst, Larry et al. 13042857 REN 103 InfoPrint Solutions/ Blakely MORGAN, JEFFREY CHAD

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Conduent Business Services, LLC 14560293 SAADAT 101 FAY SHARPE LLP / CONDUENT DICKERSON, TIPHANY B

3627 WONG, Kevin Nelson. et al. 13462178 COURTENAY 101 PERRY + CURRIER INC. BUCHANAN, CHRISTOPHER R

3643 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology 14868422 CALVE 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC LARSEN, JEFFREY R

3649 BROWNMED, INC. 14464762 MOHANTY 112(1)/103 MCKEE, VOORHEES & SEASE, P.L.C. DOUGLAS, STEVEN O

3651 GPCP IP Holdings LLC 14595694 CAPP 103 41.50 103 GP-Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP KUMAR, RAKESH

3681 DynamicLogic, LLC 14244491 HUME 103 101 LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD BRADY, MARIE P.

3683 Knowmadics, Inc. 14620491 CUTITTA 101 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC WAESCO, JOSEPH M

3684 Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC 14522435 FENICK 101 GREENBERG TRAURIG (NJ) ZUKANOVICH, BRANDY A

3686 Elwha LLC 14252098 CALVE 103 Advent, LLP/INTELLECTUAL VENTURES REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH

3688 Adobe Systems Incorporated 14635811 MEDLOCK 101 Adobe / Finch & Maloney PLLC STROUD, CHRISTOPHER

3689 Dianna Serio et al. 14169921 HUME 101/103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. CoreLogic113027 SEOH, MINNAH L

3691 KUDELSKI, Henri 12572804 SHAH 101 OBLON/KUDELSKI KANERVO, VIRPI H

3692 Keefer, Alan Harrison. 12566452 SAADAT 101 103 VAN PELT, YI & JAMES LLP ANDERSON, JOHN A

3694 Wei-Yeh Lee 13135240 FENICK 103 Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/HERE SIGMOND, BENNETT M

3694 CFPH, LLC 14028751 PRATS 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. ANDERSON, MICHAEL W

3694 U.S. Payments, LLC 14863280 ARPIN 101 MOORE & VAN ALLEN PLLC RANKINS, WILLIAM E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Oracle International Corporation 14539858 CAPP 103 Vista IP Law Group, LLP (Oracle) THAI, XUAN MARIAN

3715 IGT 14169869 HORNER 101 Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP (IGT) COBURN, CORBETT B

3791 Timmerman, Robert David. 12620202 FITZPATRICK 103 Harness Dickey (Roche) JANG, CHRISTIAN YONGKYUN

Rehearing

Denied
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3791 Kidmose, Preben et al. 13335896 FITZPATRICK 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC BERHANU, ETSUB D

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Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Karlsson, Jan-Olof et al. 13379468 VALEK 103 PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR, LLP RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1783 Scott E. Solberg 14010076 GAUDETTE 102/103 Miller Nash Graham & Dunn - PARC UTT, ETHAN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2145 O'Sullivan, Patrick J. et al. 12015270 COURTENAY 103 IBM Corp. - Fishkill Drafting Center ELL, MATTHEW

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2442 American Megatrends, Inc. 14450855 ARPIN 102 Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC HARRELL, ROBERT B

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Facebook, Inc. 14542460 LEBOVITZ 103 Facebook/Fenwick KYEREME-TUAH, AKOSUA P

3664 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 14811388 HOELTER 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL HOLLOWAY, JASON R

3676 Todd Anthony. Stair et al. 14913944 SCHOPFER 102/103 McAfee & Taft QUAIM, LAMIA

Affirmed-in-Part 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Philippe Perovitch et al. 12441762 FREDMAN 103 112(4) YOUNG & THOMPSON PARAD, DENNIS J

Instead, we find the instant situation with a five-fold increase in water concentration to be more like Stepan, which found that “[a]bsent some additional reasoning, the Board’s finding that a skilled artisan would have arrived at the claimed invention through routine optimization is insufficient to support a conclusion of obviousness.”  In re Stepan Co., 868 F.3d 1342, 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2017). 

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1782 H.B. Fuller Company 14934789 INGLESE 102/103 102/103 41.50 103 H.B. FULLER COMPANY HOCK, ELLEN SUZANNE

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2454 WANG, JU et al. 13366039 STRAUSS 103 103 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. (MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC) LEE, PHILIP C

2625 Jeffrey Eid et al. 11226893 HOWARD 103 103 MILES & STOCKBRIDGE P.C. Immersion Corporation SIMPSON, LIXI CHOW

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Smith, Allen Garrett. et al. 15662474 SCHOPFER 102 102 ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT LLC MARSH, STEVEN M

Affirmed 
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1628 Professional Compounding Centers of America(PCCA) 13900323 KATZ 103 41.50 103 GableGotwals BARSKY, JARED

1628 TECHFIELDS PHARMA CO., LTD. 14542486 GRIMES 103/improper markush Techfields Pharma Co., Ltd. RODRIGUEZ, RAYNA B

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 John E. Fannon et al. 13917902 TIMM 112(1) GLOBAL PATENT GROUP - ABI GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A

2159 Yext, Inc. 14793327 NAPPI 101 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP SINGH, AMRESH

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2448 Laurence R. Lipstone et al. 13715590 BRANCH 102/103 Level 3 Communications, LLC VU, VIET D

2449 David Skiba et al. 14513362 KHAN 103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. CELANI, NICHOLAS P

2449 Fariborz Derakhshan et al. 14410338 DEJMEK 112(2)/101 112(2)/103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA KHAN, ATTA

2626 Kazunori Okumoto 14315373 KUMAR 103 Studebaker & Brackett PC KETEMA, BENYAM

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2855 Drasnin, Sharon et al. 13471393 REN 101 103 Barta, Jones & Foley, P.C. (Patent Group - Microsoft Corporation) TRAN, TRAN M.

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3624 Yodle Web.com, Inc. 14191802 BENNETT 103 101 THOMAS | HORSTEMEYER, LLP GOLDBERG, IVAN R

3624 ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 13886719 MEDLOCK 101 Potomac Law Group, PLLC (Oracle International) KNOX, TYLER W

3625 eBay Inc. 14563828 BRANCH 101 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (eBay Inc.) GARG, YOGESH C

3625 Neil O'Connor et al. 14103972 FETTING 112(2) 112(1)/101 STEVENS & SHOWALTER, LLP Box AVAYA Inc. SMITH, LINDSEY B

3651 Franklin, Linda R. 13930014 CALVE 103 PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR, LL KUMAR, RAKESH

3666 Hendrikus Johannes. Van Der Meijden et al. 14247572 O’HANLON 103 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP JOS, BASIL T

3681 Schoen, Kent 13043424 MEDLOCK 101 Facebook/Fenwick SCHMUCKER, MICHAEL W

3682 Kamar, Semiha Ece. et al. 12492861 FETTING 112(1)/112(2) 101 MERCHANT & GOULD (MICROSOFT) OSMAN BILAL AHME, AFAF

3683 eBay Inc. 14056762 FISHMAN 112(2)/101 102 Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (eBay Inc.) STAMBER, ERIC W

3683 Acxiom Corporation 14617584 MEDLOCK 101 Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP - Acxiom WAESCO, JOSEPH M

3688 Robert S. Jewell JR. 12549732 BAYAT 102/103 101 WEBAMG HOLDINGS LIMITED ALVAREZ, RAQUEL

3693 George A. Castineiras et al. 12268296 McNEILL 103 101 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA

3694 MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED 13794206 LEBOVITZ 101 103 DANIEL M. FITZGERALD (21652) ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP ANDERSON, SCOTT C

3697 Gopinathan, Krisha et al. 13278072 FRAHM 101 DLA PIPER LLP (US ) OYEBISI, OJO O

3697 Benjamin Scott. Boding et al. 13926785 CHUNG 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP/VISA BRINDLEY, BENJAMIN S

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3771 Dennis A. Peiffer et al. 13939383 OSINSKI 103 SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP HIGHLAND, RACHEL S

Rehearing

Denied
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1718 Brian T. Hazel et al. 14993582 DENNETT 103 Bachman & LaPointe, P.C. BAREFORD, KATHERINE A