ex parte appeal

Ex Parte Jung De-Designated as Informative by PTAB

A previous post discussed Ex parte Jung, which was designated as Informative by the PTAB on July 10, 2018.  In a bulletin posted on August 7, 2018, the PTAB states that: It has come to PTAB’s attention that the decision has… Read More

“At Least One of” Ex Parte Opinion Designated as Informative by PTAB

The PTAB interpreted claim language in the form of “at least one of A and B” to mean at least one of A and at least one of B in Ex parte Dong-Shin Jung et al. (Appeal No. 2016/008290, designated Informative on July 10, 2018).… Read More

Reversal of Parts Not Obvious in the Absence of Supporting Evidence

The ex parte Appellant successfully argued that the Examiner had not established a prima facie case of obviousness by failing to adequately explain why one skilled in the art would have made the proposed modification in Ex parte T… Read More

Coffin Patent Lives on after IPR

The Federal Circuit agreed with the Patent Trial & Appeal Board that the claim language “form a casket body” was a structural limitation, not an intended use, and affirmed the final written decision of PTAB finding that th… Read More

Examiner’s Redundancy Rationale was Insufficient to Support Obviousness Rejection

The ex parte Appellant successfully argued that, since the primary reference already taught fastening an element with screws, the Examiner failed to adequately show that one would have also fastened the element with a spring eleme… Read More

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