gottschalk, cochrane

custom search

Reversed 
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2474 BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD. et al. 14217753 HORVATH 103 SCULLY SCOTT MURPHY & PRESSER, PC LOUIS, VINNCELAS

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 14985947 RANGE 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED NGUYEN, DILINH P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Daikin Industries, Ltd. 14228105 O’HANLON 103 GLOBAL IP COUNSELORS, LLP David Tarnoff ZEC, FILIP

Affirmed-in-Part 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1727 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 15492084 HASTINGS 102/103 102/103 41.50 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C./Ford HAN, KWANG S

1783 Zhaohui Zhong et al. 13225135 COLAIANNI 103 102/103 41.50 112(1)/112(2) REISING ETHINGTON P.C. JAMES D. STEVENS MILLER, DANIEL H

Gottschalk v. Benson, 409 U.S. 63, 70 (1972) (“A process is a mode of treatment of certain materials to produce a given result. It is an act, or a series of acts, performed upon the subject-matter to be transformed and reduced to a different state or thing.” (emphasis added) (quoting Cochrane v. Deener, 94 U.S. 780, 788 (1876))).

Cochrane v. Deener, 94 U.S. 780, 24 L.Ed. 139, 1877 Dec. Comm'r Pat. 242 (1876) 2106 , 2106.03

Gottschalk v. Benson, 409 U.S. 63, 175 USPQ 673 (1972) 2103 , 2106 , 2106.03 , 2106.04 , 2106.04(a)(1) , 2106.05(c) ,   2106.05(f)

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2463 TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) 14910166 DROESCH 112(2)/102/103 101 Murphy, Bilak & Homiller/Ericsson CHENG, CHI TANG P

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1617 JINA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 15204826 GRIMES 103 Casimir Jones, S.C. PEEBLES, KATHERINE

1623 Ute Hoch et al. 14354080 KATZ 103 NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS OLSON, ERIC

1641 Warren L. Dinges 13800495 HARDMAN 102/103 COOLEY LLP BELEI, CARMENCITA

1645 HUNT, Terrence J. 13427582 TOWNSEND 102/103 ALLERGAN, INC. LYONS, MARY M

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Gregory Cole 15853740 REN 102/103 Braxton Perrone, PLLC MELLOTT, JAMES M

1733 POSCO 14783221 INGLESE 103 CANTOR COLBURN LLP MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE

1735 Soliden, LLC 14545566 HEANEY 103 KAUFHOLD DIX PATENT LAW YOON, KEVIN E

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 NICE-SYSTEMS LTD. 14267638 MORGAN 101 Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP HOANG, HAU HAI

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2486 Seagate Technology LLC 14029725 BUSCH 103 Holzer Patel Drennan - Seagate Technology LLC HANSELL JR., RICHARD A

2488 KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. 14362113 NAPPI 103 112(1) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS DULEY, JANESE

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2683 Jérôme Laine 14837286 HOMERE 112(2) 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC EUSTAQUIO, CAL J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2812 ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 14535756 PRAISS 101 Kraguljac Law Group/Oracle SEVEN, EVREN

2853 Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated 14578302 SQUIRE 103 Caesar Rivise, PC Attn: Xerox/PARC MARINI, MATTHEW G

2857 Lecocq, Paul 13895179 TIMM 103 101 OLYMPIC PATENT WORKS PLLC CROHN, MARK I

2887 Wayne Fueling Systems LLC 15669109 DENNETT 103 Mintz Levin/Wayne Fueling Systems LLC MAI, THIEN T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 ERICSSON TELEVISION INC. 14255029 CALVE 103 112(2)/101 Clairvolex Inc. MANDEL, MONICA A

3622 Hsiao, Sissie Ling-Ie. et al. 13070038 SAADAT 101 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE

3624 Keith Sholes et al. 13754871 AMUNDSON 101 103 Vista IP Law Group, LLP (Oracle) GOLDBERG, IVAN R

3625 Max Robbertze et al. 14416866 POTHIER 112(1)/112(2) 103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA SMITH, LINDSEY B

3626 Gregg D. Givens et al. 13124280 PINKERTON 101 MYERS BIGEL, P.A. COLEMAN, CHARLES P.

3657 KIC LLC 15400650 HUTCHINGS 103 Miller Nash Graham & Dunn WILLIAMS, THOMAS J

3659 Edgar Pickel 15005240 STEPINA 103 Garcia-Zamor Intellectual Property Law, LLC (on behalf of SKF GmbH) MORRIS, DAVID R.

3683 1B3Y, LLC 13781744 MEYERS 101 MEHRMAN LAW OFFICE, P.C. LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE

3685 Weiming Tang et al. 13890734 BAUMEISTER 112(2)/103 101 Mintz Levin/Wayne Fueling Systems LLC CHOO, JOHANN Y

3687 FAIRSHARE, LLC 14536577 MEYERS 101/103 Richards Patent Law P.C. MASUD, ROKIB

3689 FANNIE MAE 14095112 CUTITTA 103 101 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (DC) GLENNIE, DEBRA L

3689 Value Connect Inc. 15370374 COURTENAY 101/103 KAGAN BINDER, PLLC WHITE, LANCE WILLIAM

3695 Taiyeong Lee et al. 14482726 FETTING 101 Bell & Manning, LLC POLLOCK, GREGORY A

3695 Sarath K. Balachandran 14268357 FETTING 101 STOEL RIVES LLP - SLC SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

3696 William Fitzgerald et al. 14216123 FETTING 102/103 101 INACTIVE - SQUIRE PB (PHX) PHX-IP&T-SPB JACOB, WILLIAM J

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 David Mahon 15716844 GUIJT 101 Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. GARNER, WERNER G

3715 David Mahon 15693746 GUIJT 101 Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. GARNER, WERNER G

3715 CFPH, LLC 14025236 ASTORINO 101/103 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. CLARKE JR, ROBERT T

3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 15021060 BAHR 112(2)/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN

3772 Neurodontics-Stiftung 15334904 CAPP 103 BURR & BROWN, PLLC SPARKS, STEPHEN R

3791 Gordon, Brian Michael. et al. 14716006 HOELTER 103 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC JANG, CHRISTIAN YONGKYUN

3791 Averbuch, Dorian 13286918 LEBOVITZ 103 41.50 103 Covidien LP TRAN, THO Q

Rehearing

Denied
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2422 Starr, Ephraim D. et al. 12895321 PYONIN 103 LENOVO/PANGRLE Pangrle Patent, Brand & Design Law, P.C. SATTI, HUMAM M

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Yehuda Binder 15002425 DIXON 103 May Patents Ltd. c/o Dorit Shem-Tov BUKOWSKI, KENNETH

chudik, wells

custom search

Reversed
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2162 Cray Inc. 15090754 ARPIN 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise LE, UYEN T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2457 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 14596796 RAEVSKY 103 Docket Clerk - SAMS MENDAYE, KIDEST H

2488 Texas Instruments Incorporated 14337669 McCARTNEY 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED DULEY, JANESE

2492 INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 13865362 McCARTNEY 103 Eschweiler & Potashnik, LLC. KANAAN, SIMON P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2814 Texas Instruments Incorporated 15138298 GAUDETTE 102/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED GARCES, NELSON Y

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Shigeru Miyamoto 12216171 SONG 102/103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, P.C. SUHOL, DMITRY

3753 Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd. et al. 14225980 HOELTER 102/103 RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP PRICE, CRAIG JAMES

3792 Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation 15179840 GREENHUT 102/103 Lowe Graham Jones MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE

First, we note that prior art that must be modified to meet the disputed claim limitation does not anticipate the claim. See, e.g., In re Chudik, 851 F.3d 1365, 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (“Prior art that ‘must be distorted from its obvious design’ does not anticipate a new invention.” (quoting In re Wells, 53 F.2d 537, 539 (CCPA 1931))).

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION 14992839 CASHION 112(1)/112(2) 112(1)/112(2) XSENSUS LLP GAMINO, CARLOS J

1741 SCHOTT AG 14926570 GAUDETTE 102/103 112(2) OHLANDT, GREELEY, RUGGIERO & PERLE, LLP HOFFMANN, JOHN M

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3616 FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 15413499 FITZPATRICK 103 103 Ford Global Technologies, LLC/ King & Schickli, PLLC VANAMAN, FRANK BENNETT

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3772 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY 14979014 CAPP 103 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY FOLGMANN, DREW S

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1611 Manuel Pesaro et al. 14772961 FREDMAN 112(2) 112(1)/103 DILWORTH & BARRESE, LLP Dilworth & Barrese, LLP LOVE, TREVOR M

1612 Robinson, Richard Scott. et al. 12866786 FREDMAN 103 COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY MILLIGAN, ADAM C

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1726 KING SAUD UNIVERSITY 15097264 GAUDETTE 103 Richard C. Litman Nath, Goldberg & Meyer GARDNER, SHANNON M

1747 British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited 14505477 CASHION 103 41.50 103 Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A. MAYES, DIONNE WALLS

1749 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 15163075 INGLESE 103 THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP

1783 Yazaki Corporation 15666925 ANKENBRAND 103 KENEALY VAIDYA LLP PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA

1793 Andreas Manfred. Linsenmeier et al. 14025813 TIMM 103 K&L Gates LLP-Nestec S.A. TURNER, FELICIA C

1798 Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. 14503473 SQUIRE 102/103 DINSMORE & SHOHL, LLP KWAK, DEAN P

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2163 Harman International Industries, Incorporated 14620653 THOMAS 103 101 Brooks Kushman P.C./Harman DEWAN, KAMAL K

2174 Chad Benson et al. 13944459 McCARTNEY 103 Goodhue, Coleman & Owens, P.C. FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2432 Pavel Turbin et al. 13199964 HAGY 103 Harrington & Smith, Attorneys At Law, LLC POPHAM, JEFFREY D

2435 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 14852519 ARPIN 103 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC NGUY, CHI D

2442 Cutforth, Craig F. et al. 14152398 RAEVSKY 112(2)/103 Hall Estill - Seagate Technology LLC CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA

2451 InvestCloud Inc 14630577 RAEVSKY 103 PATENT INGENUITY, P.C. CHOUAT, ABDERRAHMEN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Facebook, Inc. 13709741 KUMAR 103 Jordan IP Law, LLC (Facebook) YOON, SAE WON

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3619 ter Haar, Robbert H. et al. 13460989 KENNEDY 112(1) 103 Mars, Inc. c/o Mars Petcare MOORE, WALTER A

3623 International Business Machines Corporation 14264656 NAPPI 101 103 IBM Corp. - Fishkill Drafting Center SVL BOYCE, ANDRE D

3624 Gibson, George Amos. et al. 13435419 CRAWFORD 101 Gibb & Riley, LLC FREDERICK W. GIBB, III SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N

3626 International Business Machines Corporation 14862295 FREDMAN 112(2)/101 IBM CORP. (WIP) c/o WALDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. TIEDEMAN, JASON S

3626 Sands, Jeffrey J. et al. 13397265 WISZ 101/103 Davis Malm & D''Agostine, P.C. SEREBOFF, NEAL

3627 ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 14837584 QUINN 101 Kraguljac Law Group/Oracle WILDER, ANDREW H

3629 Matthew Ocko 12895731 WHITEHEAD JR. 101/103 MPG, LLP and Zynga Inc. EVANS, KIMBERLY L

3651 Stephen Roy et al. 15915031 KERINS 103 Bruce A Lev OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI T

3662 Ford Global Technologies, LLC 14472652 WIEDER 101/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL CASTRO, PAUL A

3681 Visa International Service Association 14314629 MEDLOCK 112(2) 101 The Webb Law Firm / Visa International REFAI, SAM M

3683 MasterCard International Incorporated 14080449 McCARTNEY 101 DANIEL M. FITZGERALD (21652) ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP KARMIS, ALISSA D

3685 Anbalagan, Karthik G. et al. 13075054 MEYERS 101 Lee & Hayes P.C. SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN

3695 Rickey D. Burks et al. 14824478 McNEILL 101 BakerHostetler / USAA SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY

3696 MasterCard International Incorporated 14697988 KHAN 101 Mastercard International Incorporated c/o Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC NGUYEN, LIZ P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3736 CooperVision International Holding Company, LP 14719341 NEW 112(2)/103 Kilyk & Bowersox, P.L.L.C. BUI, LUAN KIM

3771 Mark Cole et al. 13092494 STAICOVICI 103 JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION, INC. DANG, ANH TIEU

3772 ALBEA SERVICES 14908324 HOELTER 103 BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD. STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING

3783 Gayane Voskanyan et al. 13008723 KERINS 103 Gates & Cooper LLP - Minimed PATEL, SHEFALI DILIPael GIROUARD et al.

3791 NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION 14793869 HOELTER 101/103 SUGHRUE-265550 KREMER, MATTHEW

3792 Michael GIROUARD et al. 15073580 GUIJT 103 GARVEY, SMITH & NEHRBASS, PATENT ATTORNEYS, L.L.C. SO, ELIZABETH K

Rehearing

Denied
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Blatt, Thomas et al. 10337661 WISZ 103 Abel Schillinger, LLP KANTAMNENI, SHOBHA

eli lilly3

custom search

Reversed
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3753 Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG 15178916 WIEKER 103 GUDRUN E. HUCKETT DRAUDT MACKAY-SMITH, SETH WENTWORTH

see also In re Eli Lilly & Co., 902 F.2d 943, 947–48 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (explaining that a review of cited precedent “shows the absence of detailed all-purpose criteria for applying the law of obviousness to every factual situation.  No one precedent or rationale can be controlling in all possible areas of human creativity. . . . The obligation of the decision-maker is to apply the law consistently to the evidence for each new invention.  All relevant facts must be considered, while recognizing that it is inappropriate to ‘squeez[e] new factual situations into pre-established pigeonholes.’”).

Eli Lilly, In re, 902 F.2d 943, 14 USPQ2d 1741 (Fed. Cir. 1990) 716.01(d) , 716.02(b) , 716.02(c) , 2142 , 2144 , 2144.08

Affirmed
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2456 May Patents Ltd. 15657163 JEFFERY 103 May Patents Ltd. c/o Dorit Shem-Tov KHAN, HASSAN ABDUR-RAHMAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Mark Butsch et al. 14861000 McCARTNEY 103 WILEY HORTON MUTSCHLER, JOSEPH M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3792 Michael GIROUARD et al. 15073580 GUIJT 103 GARVEY, SMITH & NEHRBASS, PATENT ATTORNEYS, L.L.C. SO, ELIZABETH K

blue calypso, kyocera

custom search

Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1615 Sven Dobler 10986123 PAULRAJ 103 Paul M. Denk AHMED, HASAN SYED

1629 Billstein, Stephen Anthony. et al. 14270931 VALEK 103 41.50 103 Larson & Anderson, LLC BORI, IBRAHIM D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2458 Al Chakra et al. 14496868 McNEILL 101 IBM Corp. (POU) c/o The Law Office of James Baudino, PLLC KIM, DAE Y

2458 Al Chakra et al. 14096300 McNEILL 101 IBM Corp. (POU) c/o The Law Office of James Baudino, PLLC KIM, DAE Y

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2626 John Weldon. Nicholson et al. 14276260 McNEILL 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC KARKI, PARAS D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2858 Ricardo Ehrenpfordt et al. 14135244 DIXON 102/103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3621 Toru Aihara et al. 12948006 CRAWFORD 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC MANDEL, MONICA A

3632 Meola, Ralph M. et al. 15703625 STAICOVICI 102/103 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO GARFT, CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3711 Dean L. Knuth et al. 14660884 SONG 102/103 41.50 112(2) Nicholas J. Aquilino PIERCE, WILLIAM M

3753 Robert Bosch GmbH 15081000 KERINS 102/103 Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP FOX, JOHN C

3786 Sanders, Dr. Brett et al. 14787303 SONG 103 CAROTHERS AND CAROTHERS HICKS, VICTORIA J

3793 COUTURE, Pierre et al. 11688951 KERINS 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP (Zimmer Cas) IP, JASON M

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Kyojiro Kaneko 13510386 COLAIANNI 103 103 PHILIP O. POST INDEL, INC. BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A

1788 Leif Hakman et al. 14336818 TIMM 103 41.50 103 Whitmyer IP Group LLC GOLDEN, CHINESSA T

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2844 Cree, Inc. 15483453 HEANEY 103 103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC CRAWFORD, JASON

2876 Koji Sakahashi et al. 15058106 WILSON 101 OTDP Moradian Law ELLIS, SUEZU Y

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Philip Scott. Lyren 13868108 BAIN 103 101 PHILIP S. LYREN, PC BOYCE, ANDRE D

3641 David K. Roberts 14247763 FRAHM 102/103 102 Pitchford Fugett, PLLC JOHNSON, STEPHEN

A disclosure is public if it was ‘“disseminated or otherwise made available to the extent that persons interested and ordinarily skilled in the subject matter or art exercising reasonable diligence can locate it.’”  Blue Calypso, LLC v. Groupon, Inc., 815 F.3d 1331, 1348 (Fed. Cri. 2016) (citing Kyocera Wireless Corp. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 545 F.3d 1340, 1350 (Fed. Cir. 2008).

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Raghavan Rajagopalan 14499191 SCHNEIDER 103 Raghavan Rajagopalan CRUZ, KATHRIEN ANN

1644 Receptor Logic, Inc. 14053991 VALEK 112(1) CHALKER FLORES, LLP DIBRINO, MARIANNE

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1718 Baranovski, Viatcheslav E. et al. 12729213 McMANUS 103 Viatcheslav E. Baranovski BAREFORD, KATHERINE A

1733 Awadh B. Pandey 14822044 DENNETT 112(2)/103 Bachman & LaPointe, P.C. SU, XIAOWEI

1735 United Technologies Corporation 15677673 FRANKLIN 103/OTDP Bachman & LaPointe, P.C. HA, STEVEN S

1787 Masahiro Aoshima et al. 13624088 HASTINGS 112(1) 103 FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP NELSON, MICHAEL B

1792 SARONG SOCIETA' PER AZIONI 15029877 PRAISS 103 Whitmyer IP Group LLC AXTELL, ASHLEY

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2173 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14022876 RAEVSKY 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC HOPE, DARRIN

2192 VMware, Inc. 14959013 JEFFERY 101 103 VMWare - OPW WEI, ZHENG

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Tribune Broadcasting Company, LLC 14864646 CASS 103 McDonnellBoehnenHulbert&Berghoff LLP/Tribune Media BOYD, ALEXANDER L

2457 Niall Joseph. Dalton et al. 14137921 DIXON 103 BGL TODD, GREGORY G

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2625 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 13965861 DESHPANDE 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC GYAWALI, BIPIN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Mitchell R. Swartz 14545475 KERINS 112(2) 112(1)/101 Dr. Mitchell R. Swartz GARNER, LILY CRABTREE

3684 Colleen M. Kavanagh et al. 14172818 SAADAT 103 Colleen M. Kavanagh Zego LLC SHUI, MING

3692 James J. Zenni 14090650 FETTING 101 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP SHARVIN, DAVID P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14707409 STEPINA 103 Bachman & LaPointe, P.C. LAMBERT, WAYNE A

3793 PROFOUND MEDICAL INC. 14433468 HOELTER 103 Intrinsic Law Corp. ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T

Rehearing

Denied
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2415 Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) 15653975 RAEVSKY 102/103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC NOORISTANY, SULAIMAN

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3626 THESMAN, DEBRA 13712776 RAEVSKY 101 STETINA BRUNDA GARRED & BRUCKER MORGAN, ROBERT W

Reissue

Reversed
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1773 Sysmex Corporation 14991498 8,706,303 ROBERTSON 102/103 BGL JASTRZAB, KRISANNE MARIE original LEVKOVICH, NATALIA A

soni

custom search

Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1612 Markus Krumme et al. 13354714 VALEK 103 ProPat, LLC PARAD, DENNIS J

We agree with Appellant that these results represent an unexpected and substantial improvement over the prior art.  See In re Soni, 54 F.3d 746, 751 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (“[W]hen an applicant demonstrates substantially improved results, as Soni did here, and states that the results are unexpected, this should suffice to establish unexpected results in the absence of evidence to the contrary.”)  

Soni, In re, 54 F.3d 746, 34 USPQ2d 1684 (Fed. Cir. 1995) 707.07(f) , 2145

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1776 Larnholm, Per-Reidar et al. 14346558 FRANKLIN 103 Larson & Anderson, LLC MCKENZIE, THOMAS B

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2426 Azfar Inayatullah et al. 14854173 HUME 102/103 NBCUniversal Media, LLC c/o Fletcher Yoder, P.C. RYAN, PATRICK A

2436 Unify GmbH & Co. KG 15398019 CYGAN 103 Fritzsche Patent c/o Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (SEN) JOHNSON, CARLTON

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Guido Hiertz et al. 10561457 FRAHM 103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS KASRAIAN, ALLAHYAR

2646 Irwin O. Kennedy et al. 14237771 SHAW 103 FAY SHARPE/NOKIA LAM, DUNG LE

2655 Cirrus Logic, Inc. 14467969 BENNETT 102/103 Cirrus Logic c/o Jackson Walker LLP c/o Jackson Walker, L.L.P. LAO, LUNSEE

2674 Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 14745002 EVANS 103 FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC PHAM, THIERRY L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2864 Zhu Wen et al. 13947210 MCGEE 101 Keysight Technologies, Inc. AIELLO, JEFFREY P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3773 Nico Corporation 15070739 GREENHUT 102/103 HONIGMAN LLP PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J

3783 Rontal, Michael 14172393 HOSKINS 103 BELZER PC CARPENTER, WILLIAM R

3783 Wickham, Henry 15432816 STEPINA 103 Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE

3785 Nathan John. Berry Ann et al. 14422012 KERINS 102/103 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS LUARCA, MARGARET M

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2128 Francisco Maturana et al. 13692884 SHAW 102/103 103 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC / SR SAXENA, AKASH

2144 Ramerth, Brent D. et al. 12976849 RAEVSKY 103 103 DENTONS US LLP - Apple JUNG, SEUNG WOON

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3679 Robert E. Smith 14182180 KERINS 102 102/103 Blank Rome LLP - Houston General LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT

3679 Chad Amborn et al. 13860770 BARRETT 102/103 112(2) LAW OFFICE OF LOUIS WOO DRAGICEVICH, ZACHARY T

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Crawford, James Thomas. et al. 15959186 SCHOPFER 103 103 Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. MOSSER, ROBERT E

3783 Vaillancourt, Michael J. et al. 15193681 COURTENAY 103 103 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO MEDWAY, SCOTT J

Affirmed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1641 PREDICTION BIOSCIENCES S.A.S. 14391883 VALEK 112(1)/103 MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. GROSSMAN, ANDREA S

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1792 DMK Deutsches Milchkontor GmbH 14724228 BEST 103/OTDP DILWORTH & BARRESE, LLP Dilworth & Barrese, LLP YOO, HONG THI

1793 Derwin G. Hawley et al. 13985712 SMITH 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP TRAN, LIEN THUY

1798 Kazunori Mototsu 13549953 PRAIS 103 BGL WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2118 Steingart, Robert et al. 13208992 JEFFERY 112(1) 103 3D Systems, Inc. LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L

2143 Apple Inc. 14719163 RAEVSKY 103 DENTONS US LLP - Apple WAN, QI

2152 MACHINES CORPORATION, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 13838731 COURTENAY 103 101 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC HO, BINH VAN

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2621 Yehuda Binder 15002425 DIXON 103 May Patents Ltd. c/o Dorit Shem-Tov BUKOWSKI, KENNETH

2621 Yehuda Binder 15001422 KENNY 102/103 May Patents Ltd. c/o Dorit Shem-Tov BUKOWSKI, KENNETH

2623 Will John. Temple 14539977 SAADAT 102/103 Will Temple BOLOTIN, DMITRIY

2642 Bryan Jerrel. Busropan et al. 13500250 SHAW 112(2)/103 MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP SCHWARTZ, JOSHUA L

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2836 Wolter, James F. 15135688 INGLESE 112(4) 102/103 James Edward Shultz Jr. AMRANY, ADI

2837 Heckenlively, Steven 14463907 TIMM 112(2) 41.50 112(2) Steven D. Heckenlively DONELS, JEFFREY

2842 Ramin Zanbaghi et al. 15336995 ROSS 102/103 OTDP Cirrus Logic c/o Jackson Walker LLP c/o Jackson Walker, L.L.P. GANNON, LEVI

2914 Paul W. Adam 29525529 KERINS 112(1)/112(2) David H. Chervitz DOAN, ANHDAO

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Jorge A. Arroyo et al. 14709181 MURPHY 103 101/103 IBM CORPORATION C/O: Fabian Vancott BOYCE, ANDRE D

3628 Nishida, Norimasa 12737343 KHAN 101 Muramatsu & Associates ZEROUAL, OMAR

3637 University of Dundee 14716585 KERINS 112(1)/112(2)/103 KS - Whitmyer IP Group LLC ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK

3685 MasterCard International Incorporated 13888112 DESHPANDE 103 Budzyn IP Law, LLC WINTER, JOHN M

3691 Lutnick, Howard W. et al. 13620496 PYONIN 101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. KAZIMI, HANI M

3693 Cantor Index, LLC 14179783 CHEN 112(2)/101 CANTOR FITZGERALD, L.P. BARTLEY, KENNETH

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Stephanie Pasko 14942755 HILL 112(2) 112(2)/101/102/103 Burrus Intellectual Property Law Group LLC HADEN, SALLY CLINE

3735 MATTEL, INC. 13682215 PLENZLER 103 Edell, Shapiro & Finnan LLC NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA

3771 FRANCE CHIRURGIE INSTRUMENTATION SAS (FCI) 13935632 BAHR 103 Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber Co., LPA ANDERSON, GREGORY A

3785 Ovard, LLC 14807405 HOELTER 103 CARSTENS & CAHOON, LLP TSAI, MICHAEL JASPER

Rehearing

Denied
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3649 Massimo Pignatelli et al. 13144211 STEPINA 103 Rao DeBoer Osterrieder, PLLC KRUER, KEVIN R

marco

custom search

Reversed
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1636 Tocagen Inc. 14438564 KATZ 102/OTDP 41.50 103 Joseph R. Baker, APC Gavrilovich, Dodd & Lindsey LLP QIAN, CELINE X

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2135 SanDisk Enterprise IP LLC 14323896 AHMED 103 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (PH)(SanDisk) SAIN, GAUTAM

2165 Oracle International Corporation 14171474 AHMED 103 Vista IP Law Group, LLP (Oracle) GIULIANI, GIUSEPPI J

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2455 Edward Livingston et al. 12974041 HAGY 102/103 COOLEY LLP YU, XIANG

2486 Zhang, Wenhao et al. 13996577 MacDONALD 103 Green, Howard, & Mughal LLP DEMOSKY, PATRICK E

2492 Boyer, Stephen Wayne. et al. 13240572 ARPIN 103 41.50 112(1) GOODWIN PROCTER LLP KANAAN, SIMON P

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2632 Jung Hoon Lee et al. 14303482 KUMAR 103 LEE, HONG, DEGERMAN, KANG & WAIMEY BURD, KEVIN MICHAEL

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Mestres, Xavier et al. 13112792 AHMED 103 KANG LIM KASSIM, HAFIZ A

3629 Avaya, Inc. 14243108 FREDMAN 101/103 SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. WHITAKER, ANDREW B

In re Marco Guldenaar Holding B.V. notes that the phrase “methods of organizing human activities”  can be confusing and potentially misused, since, after all, a defined set of steps for combining particular ingredients to create a drug formulation could be categorized as a method of organizing human activity. Here, however, where the Patent Office further articulates a more refined characterization of the abstract idea (e.g., ‘rules for playing games’), there is no error. (In re Marco Guldenaar Holding B.V., 911 F.3d 1157, 1160 (Fed. Cir. 2018).  Here, the Examiner has not persuasively articulated a more refined characterization of the abstract idea of claim 1 that comports with the “methods of organizing human activity” type of abstract idea. 

3691 Prior, Gregory P. et al. 14923485 GUIJT 103 FCA US LLC MALHOTRA, SANJEEV

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 BLACK & DECKER INC. 15045529 BROWN 103 Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. CHOI, STEPHEN

3793 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 14587550 O’HANLON 112(1)/112(2)/103 Jefferson IP Law, LLP REMALY, MARK DONALD

Affirmed-in-Part
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2612 Stefano Corazza et al. 13681120 BUSCH 103 OTDP Keller Jolley Preece / Adobe MAZUMDER, SAPTARSHI

2618 Cheng, Christopher Thomas. et al. 13475830 STRAUSS 103 103 NVIDIA C/O MURABITO, HAO & BARNES LLP VU, KHOA

2653 Nikolaj Hviid 15113437 CUTITTA 103 103 Goodhue, Coleman & Owens, P.C. TRUONG, KENNY H

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2894 Texas Instruments Incorporated 15287561 MacDONALD 102/103 102/103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED KARIMY, TIMOR

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3638 Nicholas R. Voelz et al. 14513309 SCHOPFER 103 103 MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP (Mke) AHMAD, CHARISSA L

3647 Merlin Technology, Inc. 13763582 BAHR 102/103 102/103 PRITZKAU PATENT GROUP, LLC HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3775 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. 14610602 FITZPATRICK 103 103 Mintz Levin/Boston Office WOODALL, NICHOLAS W

Affirmed
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 LG CHEM, LTD. 14776979 SQUIRE 103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P

1722 VlZn Energy Systems, Inc. 14866103 HASTINGS 103 Brooks Kushman JELSMA, JONATHAN G

1792 Anthony Edward. Dzikowicz et al. 14549693 SMITH 112(2)/103 Societe des Produits Nestlé S.A. THAKUR, VIREN A

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 14231472 RAEVSKY 103 HONEYWELL/LKGLOBAL ONAT, ALP

2175 Godewyn, Charles et al. 14693861 PUR CURIAM 103 Shutts & Bowen LLP Steven M. Greenberg, Esq. RODRIGUEZ, DANIEL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2458 Adam J. Overton et al. 15245638 HAMANN 103 103/OTDP THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP NAOREEN, NAZIA

2466 Level 3 Communications, LLC 14877294 CHEN 103 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC TRAN, THINH D

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2862 HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. 13772014 DELMENDO 101 HONEYWELL/LKGLOBAL RASTOVSKI, CATHERINE T

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Haumont, Serge Rene. et al. 12732506 BENNETT 101 Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. TOKARCZYK, CHRISTOPHER B

3623 Adobe Inc, 14167984 KHAN 101 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP/Adobe Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 KASSIM, HAFIZ A

3629 Kochevar, Peter D. et al. 13479920 DIXON 101/103 Blue Filament Law 700 E. Maple Road EVANS, KIMBERLY L

3634 John Evans' Sons, Inc. 15159780 CALVE 103 LAMORTE & ASSOCIATES P.C. MASSAD, ABE L

3641 Olin Corporation 15170546 HUME 103 Harness Dickey (St. Louis) BERGIN, JAMES S

3684 ITAP MENU, LLC 14334355 WHITEHEAD JR. 101/103/OTDP Overhauser Law Offices, LLC ZUKANOVICH, BRANDY A

3686 Sandholm, Tuomas W. 13955966 HUTCHINGS 101 FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP KANAAN, MAROUN P

3689 Nuwan Senaratna et al. 13802405 MEDLOCK 103 101 Mannava & Kang, P. C. SHANKER, JULIE MEYERS

3689 Sachit Kamat 14586598 MEDLOCK 103 101 Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner / LinkedIn/Microsoft GLENNIE, DEBRA L

3691 MasterCard International Incorporated 14496572 DIXON 101 Otterstedt, Wallace & Kammer, LLP KAZIMI, HANI M

3691 CAFFEINATION CREDIT MANAGER (SERIES 1 OF CAFFINATION SERIES,LLC 14186128 NEW 101 Borchers, Hall, Hatfield, Purks & Wall, PLLC LICKTEIG, BLANE A

3693 MasterCard International Incorporated 14980896 BEAMER 103 101 MasterCard Worldwide Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A. CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 14917879 FITZPATRICK 112(2) 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY HASAN, SABBIR

3793 Arie Tzvieli et al. 15832871 SCHOPFER 112(2) 112(1)/101 41.50 101 Active Knowledge Ltd. PEHLKE, CAROLYN A

Rehearing

Denied
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2863 Yasuo Fujishima et al. 14052067 ROBERTSON 101 PEARNE & GORDON LLP LAU, TUNG S