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13 Sep 2012, 5:13 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
The BPAI affirmed an obviousness rejection in Ex parte Law by reference to KSR:[t]he combination of familiar elements according to known methods is likely to be obvious when it does no more than yield predictable results KSR v. [read post]
7 Jun 2013, 6:49 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
From Ex parte WillisWe agree with the Examiner that modifying Istfan to terminate anorder attempt if the individual group member submits a predeterminednumber of consecutive invalid orders, as taught by Kou, is nothing morethan a combination of prior art elements according to their establishedfunctions, and yields a predictable result. [read post]
11 Feb 2013, 7:49 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
From within Ex parte Sage“The combination of familiar elements according to known methods is likely to be obvious when it does no more than yield predictable results. [read post]
3 Mar 2013, 5:25 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
From Ex parte Hosoi Of KSR:“The combination of familiar elements according to known methodsis likely to be obvious when it does no more than yield predictable results. [read post]
4 Jun 2013, 7:38 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
The appellant loses in Ex parte FischerOf law:“From the standpoint of patent law, a compound and all of itsproperties are inseparable; they are one and the same thing. [read post]
12 Feb 2013, 6:06 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
KSR is invoked in Ex parte Keimel :The Supreme Court has emphasized that “the [obviousness] analysis need not seek out precise teachings directed to the specific subject matter of the challenged claim, for a court can take account of the inferences and creative steps that a person of ordinary skill in the art would employ. [read post]
13 Feb 2013, 6:37 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
See Ex parte Belinne, No. 2009-004693, slip op. at 7 – 8 (BPAI Aug. 10, 2009) (informative).And, yes, KSR was cited:Thus, the modification of Oh to apply a window function after skipping frames, as taught or suggested by Chen, merely represents the combination of familiar elements to yield predictable results. [read post]
16 Jan 2013, 3:55 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
KSR is invoked in Ex parte CHALLENER :Notwithstanding Appellants’ arguments (see also Reply Br 2-3), our reviewing court guides that “when a patent ‘simply arranges old elements with each performing the same function it had been known to perform’ and yields no more than one would expect from such an arrangement, the combination is obvious. [read post]
11 Feb 2013, 8:08 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
Within Rx parte Maeng , the Board finds that the combination of familiar elements yields a PREDICTABLE result.KSR is cited. [read post]
6 May 2009, 5:02 am
According to the dissent, the State had alleged the full offense of failure to yield the right of way. [read post]
16 Oct 2013, 6:08 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
KSR is cited in Ex parte Ban“The combination of familiar elements according to known methodsis likely to be obvious when it does no more than yield predictable results. [read post]
15 Jun 2013, 5:51 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
There is a mixed decision in Ex parte Liang.The appellant wins on indefiniteness but loses on obviousness.Of indefiniteness:“The test for definiteness is whether one skilled in the art would understand the bounds of the claim when read in light of the specification. [read post]
25 Jan 2013, 4:01 pm by Lawrence B. Ebert
Within Ex part INGRAMprima facie obviousness is supported by the undisputed facts mentioned earlier and by established legal precedent. [read post]
10 Apr 2008, 3:08 am
In Ex Parte Bilski, an en banc Federal Circuit plans to reconsider the scope of patentable subject matter as it relates to business methods and so called mental methods. [read post]
27 Dec 2012, 7:09 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
The Board cited KSR in Ex parte Lim We also agree with the Examiner’s explicit motivation that combining the references would be obvious since all four references are of an “analogous art” of mobile communication terminals having image processing and multiple displays for displaying thumbnail images and other data (Ans. 8-9). [read post]
18 Jul 2007, 1:05 pm
  The claims "were combinations which only unite old elements with no change in their respective functions and which yield predictable results," and were thus found to be obvious post-KSR.More details of Ex parte Smith after the jump. [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 7:45 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
KSR is cited for its "common sense" text in Ex parte Zuniga-Ortiz . [read post]
17 Jan 2014, 7:55 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
from Ex parte HASHIMOTOThe Examiner finds that the combination of Kanefuji and Kroyerdiscloses many of the elements of claim 1, but does not disclose securing acore to an upper mold. [read post]
4 Feb 2014, 10:02 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
from Ex parte Frisa The Examiner has presented a sound rationale as to why a person of ordinary skill in the art would have modified the 3D ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of Hashimoto with the teachings of Cortinovis to arrive at the claimed method (see, e.g., Ans. 5-6 and 26-35), and thus has provided sufficient evidence to support a prima facie case of obviousness. [read post]
30 Nov 2013, 10:18 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
PTAB cites to KSR and Keller in Ex parte Gontkosky:Appellants’ arguments are not persuasive. [read post]