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 January 6, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Print Table of Contents 1410 OG 1 

OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

January 6, 2015 Volume 1410 Number 1

CONTENTS

 Patent and Trademark Office NoticesPage 
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information1410 OG 2
Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable1410 OG 5
Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee1410 OG 6
Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 12/08/20141410 OG 34
Reissue Applications Filed1410 OG 35
Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed1410 OG 37
Erratum1410 OG 38
Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew1410 OG 39
37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication1410 OG 45
Registration to Practice1410 OG 46
Notice of Suspension1410 OG 48
Notice of Exclusion on Consent1410 OG 49
2014 Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility1410 OG 50
United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)1410 OG 51
Reduction of Fees for Trademark Applications and Renewals1410 OG 54
Disclaimers1410 OG 68
Errata1410 OG 69
Certificates of Correction1410 OG 73
AIA Trial Proceedings Filed before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board1410 OG 75
Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board1410 OG 76

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Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information
                  Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information

   For information concerning PCT member countries, see the notice
appearing in the Official Gazette at 1393 O.G. 58, on August 13, 2013.

   For information on subject matter under Rule 39 that a particular
International Searching Authority will not search, see Annex D of the PCT
Applicants' Guide.

European Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   The European Patent Office (EPO) may act as the International Searching
Authority (ISA) or the International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA)
for an international application filed with the United States Receiving
Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least
one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States
of America. However, the use of the EPO is restricted. The EPO will not act
as an ISA for applications with one or more claims directed to a business
method. For the definition of what the EPO considers to be precluded
subject matter in the field of business methods, see PCT Applicants's
Guide, Annexes D(EP), E(EP) and the Official Notices (PCT Gazette) dated
May 6, 2010, page 94
(http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/official_notices/index.html). The EPO will act
as an IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA.

   The search fee of the European Patent Office was decreased, effective
January 1, 2013, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1385 O.G. 176,
on December 25, 2012.

Korean Intellectual Property Office as Searching and Examining Authority

The Korean Intellectual Property Office may act as the ISA or the IPEA for
an international application filed with the United States Receiving Office
or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least one of
the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of
America. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette at 1302 O.G.
1261 on January 17, 2006.

   The search fee of the Korean Intellectual Property Office was increased,
effective January 1, 2013, and was announced in the Official Gazette at
1385 O.G. 176, on December 25, 2012.

Australian Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   The Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) may act as the ISA or the
IPEA for an international application filed with the United States
Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where
at least one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the
United States of America. The announcement appears in the Offical Gazette
at 1337 O.G. 265, on December 23, 2008. However, the use of IP Australia is
restricted. IP Australia will not act as an ISA for applications with one
or more claims directed to the fields of business methods or mechanical
engineering or analogous fields of technology as defined by specified areas
of the International Patent Classification System, as indicated in the
Official Gazette at 1337 O.G. 261 on December 23, 2008, in Annex A to the
agreement between the USPTO and IP Australia. IP Australia will act as an
IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA.

   The search fee of IP Australia was decreased, effective September 1,
2013, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1393 O.G. 170, on
August 27, 2013.

The Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of
Russia as Searching and Examining Authority

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   The Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of
Russia (Rospatent) may act as the ISA or the IPEA for an international
application filed with the United States Receiving Office or the
International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least one of the
applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of
America. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette at 1378 O.G. 162,
on May 8, 2012.

   The search fee of Rospatent was increased, effective January 1, 2013,
and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1385 O.G. 176, on December 25,
2012.

Fees

   The fee for filing a request for the restoration of the right of
priority was changed, effective March 19, 2013, and was announced in the
Federal Register on January 18, 2013. The transmittal fee for the USPTO
was changed to include a basic portion and a non-electronic filing fee
portion, effective November 15, 2011, and was announced in the Federal
Register on November 15, 2011. Search fees for the USPTO were changed,
effective January 12, 2009, and were announced in the Federal Register on
November 12, 2008.

   International filing fees were increased, effective January 1, 2013,
and were announced in the Official Gazette at 1385 O.G. 176, on December 25,
2012.

   The schedule of PCT fees (in U.S. dollars), as of September 1, 2013, is
as follows:

International Application (PCT Chapter I) fees:

   Transmittal fee

     Basic Portion                                                  $240.00
      Non-electronic filing fee portion for international
       applications (other than plant applications) filed
       on or after 15 November 2011 other than by the
       Office electronic filing system
         - Other than a small or micro entity                       $400.00
         - Small Entity                                             $200.00
         - Micro Entity                                             $200.00

   Search fee

      U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as
      International Searching Authority (ISA)
         - Search fee                                             $2,080.00
         - Supplemental search fee, per additional
            invention (payable only upon invitation)              $2,080.00
      European Patent Office as ISA                               $2,419.00
      Korean Intellectual Property Office as ISA                  $1,167.00
      IP Australia as ISA                                         $2,084.00
      Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents &
         Trademarks of Russia (Rospatent) as ISA                    $217.00

   International fees

      International filing fee                                    $1,419.00
      International filing fee-filed in paper
         with PCT EASY zip file or
         electronically without PCT EASY zip file                 $1,312.00
      International filing fee-filed
         electronically with PCT EASY zip files                   $1,206.00
      Supplemental fee for each page over 30                         $16.00

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   Restoration of Priority

      Filing a request for the restoration of the
      right of priority under § 1.452
         - Other than a small or micro entity                      $1420.00
         - Small Entity                                             $710.00
         - Micro Entity                                             $355.00

   International Application (PCT Chapter II) fees associated
   with filing a Demand for Preliminary Examination:

      Handling fee                                                  $213.00
      Handling fee-90% reduction, if applicants meet criteria
      specified at:
        http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees/fee_reduction.pdf            $21.30
      Preliminary examination fee
         USPTO as International Preliminary
         Examining Authority (IPEA)
            - USPTO was ISA in PCT Chapter I                        $600.00
            - USPTO was not ISA in PCT Chapter I                    $750.00
            - Additional preliminary examination fee,
              per additional invention
              (payable only upon invitation)                        $600.00

   U.S. National Stage fees (for international applications entering
the U.S. national phase under 35 U.S.C. 371) can be found on the USPTO's
Web site (www.uspto.gov).

October 1, 2013                                         ANDREW H. HIRSHFELD
                                                    Deputy Commissioner for
                                                  Patent Examination Policy
                                  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable
                  Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable

   Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 1.362(d) provides
that maintenance fees may be paid without surcharge for the six-month
period beginning 3, 7, and 11 years after the date of issue of patents
based on applications filed on or after Dec. 12, 1980. An additional
six-month grace period is provided by 35 U.S.C. 41(b) and 37 CFR 1.362(e)
for payment of the maintenance fee with the surcharge set forth in 37 CFR
1.20(h), as amended effective Dec. 16, 1991. If the maintenance fee is
not paid in the patent requiring such payment the patent will expire on
the 4th, 8th, or 12th anniversary of the grant.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on December 27, 2011
for which maintenance fees due at 3 years and six months may now be paid
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

        Utility Patents 8,082,594 through 8,087,093
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on December 25, 2007
for which maintenance fees due at 7 years and six months may now be paid
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

        Utility Patents 7,310,824 through 7,313,828
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on December 23, 2003
for which maintenance fees due at 11 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

        Utility Patents 6,665,874 through 6,668,378
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   No maintenance fees are required for design or plant patents.

   Payments of maintenance fees in patents may be submitted electronically
over the Internet at www.uspto.gov. Click on the "Site Index" link at the
top of the homepage (www.uspto.gov), and then scroll down and click on the
"Maintenance Fees" link for more information.

   Payments of maintenance fees in patents not submitted electronically
over the Internet should be mailed to "United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 979070, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000".

   Correspondence related to maintenance fees other than payments of
maintenance fees in patents is not to be mailed to P.O. Box 979070,
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000, but must be mailed to "Mail Stop M
Correspondence, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450".

   Patent owners must establish small entity status according to 37 CFR
1.27 if they have not done so and if they wish to pay the small entity
amount.

   The current amounts of the maintenance fees due at 3 years and six
months, 7 years and six months, and 11 years and six months are set forth
in the most recently amended provisions in 37 CFR 1.20(e)-(g). To obtain
the current maintenance fee amounts, please call the USPTO Contact Center
at (800)-786-9199 or see the current USPTO fee schedule posted on the USPTO
Internet web site. At the top of the USPTO homepage at www.uspto.gov, click
on the "Site Index" link and then scroll down and click on the "Fees,
USPTO" link to find the current USPTO fee schedule.
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Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee
                        Notice of Expiration of Patents
                     Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee

   35 U.S.C. 41 and 37 CFR 1.362(g) provide that if the required
maintenance fee and any applicable surcharge are not paid in a patent
requiring such payment, the patent will expire at the end of the 4th, 8th
or 12th anniversary of the grant of the patent depending on the first
maintenance fee which was not paid.
   According to the records of the Office, the patents listed below have
expired due to failure to pay the required maintenance fee and any
applicable surcharge.

                  PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON November 19, 2014
                    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                           Issue
Number                             Number                              Date

6,481,023                       09/939,364                         11/19/02
6,481,035                       10/006,468                         11/19/02
6,481,038                       09/759,860                         11/19/02
6,481,039                       09/862,338                         11/19/02
6,481,043                       09/878,659                         11/19/02
6,481,044                       09/701,346                         11/19/02
6,481,045                       09/521,346                         11/19/02
6,481,046                       09/535,323                         11/19/02
6,481,048                       09/596,232                         11/19/02
6,481,053                       10/044,528                         11/19/02
6,481,069                       09/690,225                         11/19/02
6,481,074                       09/330,217                         11/19/02
6,481,082                       09/649,098                         11/19/02
6,481,084                       09/801,466                         11/19/02
6,481,085                       09/357,514                         11/19/02
6,481,108                       09/852,539                         11/19/02
6,481,112                       09/946,575                         11/19/02
6,481,117                       09/875,759                         11/19/02
6,481,122                       09/849,954                         11/19/02
6,481,127                       08/980,042                         11/19/02
6,481,134                       09/823,228                         11/19/02
6,481,135                       09/737,436                         11/19/02
6,481,144                       09/637,465                         11/19/02
6,481,146                       09/759,941                         11/19/02
6,481,147                       09/757,016                         11/19/02
6,481,148                       09/580,142                         11/19/02
6,481,149                       08/574,606                         11/19/02
6,481,159                       09/448,939                         11/19/02
6,481,164                       09/670,247                         11/19/02
6,481,170                       09/255,512                         11/19/02
6,481,172                       09/481,893                         11/19/02
6,481,177                       09/698,605                         11/19/02
6,481,178                       09/821,299                         11/19/02
6,481,181                       09/607,578                         11/19/02
6,481,195                       09/673,099                         11/19/02
6,481,196                       09/528,821                         11/19/02
6,481,200                       09/690,392                         11/19/02
6,481,213                       09/973,413                         11/19/02
6,481,216                       09/918,319                         11/19/02
6,481,222                       09/494,054                         11/19/02
6,481,231                       09/950,187                         11/19/02
6,481,243                       09/824,392                         11/19/02
6,481,246                       09/619,100                         11/19/02
6,481,255                       10/041,143                         11/19/02
6,481,256                       09/592,908                         11/19/02
6,481,257                       09/732,319                         11/19/02
6,481,260                       09/821,408                         11/19/02
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6,481,265                       09/707,484                         11/19/02
6,481,268                       09/416,325                         11/19/02
6,481,269                       09/214,936                         11/19/02
6,481,270                       09/651,312                         11/19/02
6,481,278                       09/776,877                         11/19/02
6,481,281                       09/611,381                         11/19/02
6,481,283                       09/542,605                         11/19/02
6,481,298                       09/711,653                         11/19/02
6,481,307                       09/644,625                         11/19/02
6,481,311                       09/722,000                         11/19/02
6,481,317                       09/435,522                         11/19/02
6,481,321                       09/903,490                         11/19/02
6,481,331                       09/762,488                         11/19/02
6,481,333                       09/599,497                         11/19/02
6,481,335                       09/470,733                         11/19/02
6,481,339                       09/694,427                         11/19/02
6,481,344                       09/943,768                         11/19/02
6,481,349                       09/821,289                         11/19/02
6,481,352                       09/730,270                         11/19/02
6,481,356                       09/747,826                         11/19/02
6,481,358                       09/873,677                         11/19/02
6,481,360                       09/779,250                         11/19/02
6,481,361                       09/657,723                         11/19/02
6,481,364                       09/909,184                         11/19/02
6,481,372                       09/901,092                         11/19/02
6,481,376                       09/950,258                         11/19/02
6,481,381                       09/951,942                         11/19/02
6,481,391                       09/987,184                         11/19/02
6,481,392                       09/711,154                         11/19/02
6,481,406                       09/800,243                         11/19/02
6,481,407                       09/540,269                         11/19/02
6,481,408                       09/915,336                         11/19/02
6,481,410                       09/786,346                         11/19/02
6,481,411                       09/470,245                         11/19/02
6,481,426                       09/723,863                         11/19/02
6,481,440                       09/746,021                         11/19/02
6,481,446                       09/901,049                         11/19/02
6,481,451                       09/607,036                         11/19/02
6,481,452                       09/732,232                         11/19/02
6,481,462                       09/798,444                         11/19/02
6,481,464                       10/107,452                         11/19/02
6,481,465                       09/767,274                         11/19/02
6,481,470                       10/190,364                         11/19/02
6,481,472                       09/880,614                         11/19/02
6,481,473                       09/848,455                         11/19/02
6,481,481                       09/861,358                         11/19/02
6,481,483                       09/610,589                         11/19/02
6,481,484                       09/599,881                         11/19/02
6,481,496                       09/593,840                         11/19/02
6,481,508                       09/730,216                         11/19/02
6,481,521                       09/804,605                         11/19/02
6,481,522                       09/605,886                         11/19/02
6,481,523                       09/652,780                         11/19/02
6,481,531                       09/955,995                         11/19/02
6,481,532                       09/958,820                         11/19/02
6,481,536                       09/929,731                         11/19/02
6,481,537                       09/940,118                         11/19/02
6,481,541                       09/770,117                         11/19/02
6,481,549                       09/801,462                         11/19/02
6,481,554                       09/714,460                         11/19/02
6,481,556                       09/744,606                         11/19/02
6,481,557                       09/876,523                         11/19/02
6,481,566                       09/875,824                         11/19/02
6,481,573                       09/950,721                         11/19/02
6,481,576                       08/722,345                         11/19/02
6,481,589                       09/791,078                         11/19/02
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6,481,595                       09/492,432                         11/19/02
6,481,597                       10/074,647                         11/19/02
6,481,600                       09/750,496                         11/19/02
6,481,613                       09/505,118                         11/19/02
6,481,616                       09/978,872                         11/19/02
6,481,619                       09/693,387                         11/19/02
6,481,625                       09/442,718                         11/19/02
6,481,633                       09/605,831                         11/19/02
6,481,635                       09/757,163                         11/19/02
6,481,639                       09/600,869                         11/19/02
6,481,641                       10/024,151                         11/19/02
6,481,646                       09/664,075                         11/19/02
6,481,654                       09/666,360                         11/19/02
6,481,656                       09/859,445                         11/19/02
6,481,665                       09/725,601                         11/19/02
6,481,668                       10/052,036                         11/19/02
6,481,672                       09/761,840                         11/19/02
6,481,675                       09/849,486                         11/19/02
6,481,681                       09/650,540                         11/19/02
6,481,688                       09/650,526                         11/19/02
6,481,689                       09/861,301                         11/19/02
6,481,691                       09/671,165                         11/19/02
6,481,702                       09/665,426                         11/19/02
6,481,714                       09/551,325                         11/19/02
6,481,715                       09/839,392                         11/19/02
6,481,720                       09/642,105                         11/19/02
6,481,734                       09/716,666                         11/19/02
6,481,735                       09/574,964                         11/19/02
6,481,742                       09/729,956                         11/19/02
6,481,743                       09/872,568                         11/19/02
6,481,744                       09/738,381                         11/19/02
6,481,748                       09/606,234                         11/19/02
6,481,754                       09/864,753                         11/19/02
6,481,757                       09/682,539                         11/19/02
6,481,769                       10/035,512                         11/19/02
6,481,775                       09/732,957                         11/19/02
6,481,781                       09/992,693                         11/19/02
6,481,784                       09/783,661                         11/19/02
6,481,785                       09/530,644                         11/19/02
6,481,788                       09/710,869                         11/19/02
6,481,811                       09/650,514                         11/19/02
6,481,815                       09/692,643                         11/19/02
6,481,818                       09/638,225                         11/19/02
6,481,822                       09/793,316                         11/19/02
6,481,823                       09/563,008                         11/19/02
6,481,825                       09/265,817                         11/19/02
6,481,827                       09/773,425                         11/19/02
6,481,830                       09/884,071                         11/19/02
6,481,831                       09/611,810                         11/19/02
6,481,833                       09/635,997                         11/19/02
6,481,835                       09/771,540                         11/19/02
6,481,839                       09/486,237                         11/19/02
6,481,842                       09/740,084                         11/19/02
6,481,845                       09/925,784                         11/19/02
6,481,847                       09/631,517                         11/19/02
6,481,848                       09/746,101                         11/19/02
6,481,852                       09/797,844                         11/19/02
6,481,862                       09/652,297                         11/19/02
6,481,865                       09/468,571                         11/19/02
6,481,868                       09/956,110                         11/19/02
6,481,870                       09/775,390                         11/19/02
6,481,876                       09/775,627                         11/19/02
6,481,878                       10/037,076                         11/19/02
6,481,884                       09/665,877                         11/19/02
6,481,886                       09/513,726                         11/19/02
6,481,897                       10/003,214                         11/19/02
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6,481,900                       09/882,330                         11/19/02
6,481,901                       09/922,323                         11/19/02
6,481,904                       09/797,776                         11/19/02
6,481,905                       09/861,640                         11/19/02
6,481,910                       10/014,866                         11/19/02
6,481,913                       09/826,959                         11/19/02
6,481,928                       09/650,265                         11/19/02
6,481,931                       09/665,023                         11/19/02
6,481,932                       09/713,210                         11/19/02
6,481,933                       09/706,941                         11/19/02
6,481,947                       09/738,339                         11/19/02
6,481,951                       09/398,317                         11/19/02
6,481,952                       10/022,840                         11/19/02
6,481,954                       09/308,450                         11/19/02
6,481,959                       09/844,889                         11/19/02
6,481,963                       09/652,961                         11/19/02
6,481,964                       09/908,736                         11/19/02
6,481,978                       09/752,729                         11/19/02
6,481,988                       09/817,693                         11/19/02
6,481,990                       09/814,677                         11/19/02
6,481,991                       09/811,491                         11/19/02
6,481,992                       09/781,539                         11/19/02
6,481,998                       08/483,441                         11/19/02
6,481,999                       09/804,303                         11/19/02
6,482,000                       09/884,973                         11/19/02
6,482,008                       09/194,810                         11/19/02
6,482,010                       09/107,339                         11/19/02
6,482,014                       09/655,783                         11/19/02
6,482,019                       09/687,016                         11/19/02
6,482,030                       10/025,657                         11/19/02
6,482,032                       10/036,080                         11/19/02
6,482,036                       10/172,330                         11/19/02
6,482,037                       10/033,654                         11/19/02
6,482,040                       09/584,953                         11/19/02
6,482,041                       09/954,545                         11/19/02
6,482,045                       09/530,566                         11/19/02
6,482,046                       09/933,941                         11/19/02
6,482,052                       09/840,662                         11/19/02
6,482,054                       09/871,185                         11/19/02
6,482,057                       09/690,636                         11/19/02
6,482,071                       09/931,567                         11/19/02
6,482,072                       09/698,396                         11/19/02
6,482,076                       09/594,110                         11/19/02
6,482,077                       09/539,854                         11/19/02
6,482,083                       09/857,156                         11/19/02
6,482,085                       09/488,067                         11/19/02
6,482,106                       09/777,926                         11/19/02
6,482,109                       09/726,001                         11/19/02
6,482,110                       09/844,138                         11/19/02
6,482,111                       09/507,589                         11/19/02
6,482,117                       09/673,646                         11/19/02
6,482,128                       09/435,220                         11/19/02
6,482,129                       09/826,376                         11/19/02
6,482,131                       09/757,237                         11/19/02
6,482,133                       09/621,256                         11/19/02
6,482,135                       09/499,253                         11/19/02
6,482,141                       09/912,820                         11/19/02
6,482,144                       09/680,488                         11/19/02
6,482,145                       09/503,483                         11/19/02
6,482,149                       09/568,697                         11/19/02
6,482,150                       09/908,700                         11/19/02
6,482,156                       09/800,220                         11/19/02
6,482,159                       09/515,531                         11/19/02
6,482,165                       09/692,682                         11/19/02
6,482,172                       09/501,416                         11/19/02
6,482,176                       09/555,248                         11/19/02
 January 6, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1410 OG 10 

6,482,177                       09/394,318                         11/19/02
6,482,186                       09/672,103                         11/19/02
6,482,192                       09/971,454                         11/19/02
6,482,195                       09/626,382                         11/19/02
6,482,196                       09/399,739                         11/19/02
6,482,203                       10/004,759                         11/19/02
6,482,204                       08/637,095                         11/19/02
6,482,205                       09/556,606                         11/19/02
6,482,219                       09/686,255                         11/19/02
6,482,220                       09/444,772                         11/19/02
6,482,249                       09/723,330                         11/19/02
6,482,250                       09/513,945                         11/19/02
6,482,251                       09/926,044                         11/19/02
6,482,253                       09/675,848                         11/19/02
6,482,257                       09/787,591                         11/19/02
6,482,263                       09/684,266                         11/19/02
6,482,265                       09/785,378                         11/19/02
6,482,286                       09/402,975                         11/19/02
6,482,295                       09/662,001                         11/19/02
6,482,296                       09/687,888                         11/19/02
6,482,297                       09/744,156                         11/19/02
6,482,298                       09/671,223                         11/19/02
6,482,299                       09/743,366                         11/19/02
6,482,319                       10/141,314                         11/19/02
6,482,333                       09/476,314                         11/19/02
6,482,335                       09/858,969                         11/19/02
6,482,336                       09/731,541                         11/19/02
6,482,337                       09/492,183                         11/19/02
6,482,348                       09/542,080                         11/19/02
6,482,360                       09/850,290                         11/19/02
6,482,361                       09/383,633                         11/19/02
6,482,362                       09/625,227                         11/19/02
6,482,372                       09/747,459                         11/19/02
6,482,378                       09/588,775                         11/19/02
6,482,379                       09/704,894                         11/19/02
6,482,383                       09/674,574                         11/19/02
6,482,385                       09/794,122                         11/19/02
6,482,391                       09/555,743                         11/19/02
6,482,397                       09/551,342                         11/19/02
6,482,412                       09/674,608                         11/19/02
6,482,413                       09/795,979                         11/19/02
6,482,428                       09/928,874                         11/19/02
6,482,431                       09/860,956                         11/19/02
6,482,438                       09/348,948                         11/19/02
6,482,449                       09/770,800                         11/19/02
6,482,450                       09/498,605                         11/19/02
6,482,453                       09/818,484                         11/19/02
6,482,464                       09/807,217                         11/19/02
6,482,469                       09/546,518                         11/19/02
6,482,470                       09/618,378                         11/19/02
6,482,472                       09/413,852                         11/19/02
6,482,480                       09/591,811                         11/19/02
6,482,484                       09/587,886                         11/19/02
6,482,485                       09/373,410                         11/19/02
6,482,491                       09/581,546                         11/19/02
6,482,495                       08/814,921                         11/19/02
6,482,500                       09/438,284                         11/19/02
6,482,502                       09/502,103                         11/19/02
6,482,503                       08/196,676                         11/19/02
6,482,510                       09/635,608                         11/19/02
6,482,512                       09/690,176                         11/19/02
6,482,518                       09/364,207                         11/19/02
6,482,524                       09/036,927                         11/19/02
6,482,529                       09/849,651                         11/19/02
6,482,534                       09/781,285                         11/19/02
6,482,536                       09/673,218                         11/19/02
 January 6, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1410 OG 11 

6,482,538                       09/912,994                         11/19/02
6,482,546                       09/526,375                         11/19/02
6,482,549                       09/797,051                         11/19/02
6,482,550                       09/704,841                         11/19/02
6,482,552                       09/420,336                         11/19/02
6,482,558                       09/782,382                         11/19/02
6,482,568                       09/662,160                         11/19/02
6,482,569                       09/572,203                         11/19/02
6,482,576                       09/634,239                         11/19/02
6,482,577                       09/306,296                         11/19/02
6,482,578                       10/085,823                         11/19/02
6,482,580                       09/971,341                         11/19/02
6,482,581                       09/291,739                         11/19/02
6,482,582                       09/910,924                         11/19/02
6,482,583                       09/632,337                         11/19/02
6,482,585                       08/840,765                         11/19/02
6,482,586                       08/975,953                         11/19/02
6,482,591                       09/054,969                         11/19/02
6,482,592                       09/153,242                         11/19/02
6,482,594                       09/882,246                         11/19/02
6,482,597                       09/480,884                         11/19/02
6,482,608                       09/580,734                         11/19/02
6,482,610                       09/646,335                         11/19/02
6,482,622                       09/645,707                         11/19/02
6,482,631                       09/647,224                         11/19/02
6,482,635                       09/967,376                         11/19/02
6,482,636                       09/373,257                         11/19/02
6,482,640                       09/889,990                         11/19/02
6,482,647                       09/724,067                         11/19/02
6,482,654                       09/500,062                         11/19/02
6,482,655                       08/096,338                         11/19/02
6,482,657                       09/749,563                         11/19/02
6,482,668                       09/260,044                         11/19/02
6,482,670                       09/661,304                         11/19/02
6,482,673                       09/091,291                         11/19/02
6,482,676                       08/886,557                         11/19/02
6,482,677                       09/955,202                         11/19/02
6,482,684                       09/275,423                         11/19/02
6,482,685                       10/037,014                         11/19/02
6,482,686                       09/615,077                         11/19/02
6,482,687                       09/840,229                         11/19/02
6,482,695                       09/676,441                         11/19/02
6,482,711                       09/428,820                         11/19/02
6,482,714                       09/512,320                         11/19/02
6,482,717                       10/016,762                         11/19/02
6,482,725                       09/640,083                         11/19/02
6,482,741                       09/377,717                         11/19/02
6,482,747                       09/218,038                         11/19/02
6,482,751                       09/842,465                         11/19/02
6,482,752                       08/685,788                         11/19/02
6,482,755                       09/880,513                         11/19/02
6,482,757                       09/770,850                         11/19/02
6,482,761                       09/648,812                         11/19/02
6,482,765                       09/284,798                         11/19/02
6,482,766                       09/597,156                         11/19/02
6,482,769                       09/712,424                         11/19/02
6,482,774                       09/673,996                         11/19/02
6,482,779                       09/813,285                         11/19/02
6,482,786                       09/700,555                         11/19/02
6,482,787                       09/743,236                         11/19/02
6,482,789                       09/529,264                         11/19/02
6,482,791                       10/059,253                         11/19/02
6,482,803                       08/523,030                         11/19/02
6,482,804                       09/530,315                         11/19/02
6,482,808                       09/700,871                         11/19/02
6,482,812                       09/835,742                         11/19/02
 January 6, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1410 OG 12 

6,482,817                       09/552,066                         11/19/02
6,482,818                       09/770,536                         11/19/02
6,482,833                       09/484,142                         11/19/02
6,482,834                       09/828,633                         11/19/02
6,482,836                       09/403,393                         11/19/02
6,482,838                       09/947,087                         11/19/02
6,482,846                       09/941,690                         11/19/02
6,482,851                       09/630,636                         11/19/02
6,482,856                       09/348,698                         11/19/02
6,482,860                       08/896,280                         11/19/02
6,482,864                       09/319,023                         11/19/02
6,482,871                       08/464,022                         11/19/02
6,482,873                       09/700,742                         11/19/02
6,482,876                       09/462,942                         11/19/02
6,482,885                       09/628,875                         11/19/02
6,482,888                       09/874,025                         11/19/02
6,482,891                       09/777,067                         11/19/02
6,482,900                       09/509,095                         11/19/02
6,482,901                       09/767,549                         11/19/02
6,482,902                       09/600,313                         11/19/02
6,482,907                       09/496,105                         11/19/02
6,482,909                       09/963,870                         11/19/02
6,482,911                       09/850,699                         11/19/02
6,482,913                       09/499,316                         11/19/02
6,482,919                       09/813,659                         11/19/02
6,482,923                       09/268,311                         11/19/02
6,482,927                       08/708,123                         11/19/02
6,482,941                       09/509,653                         11/19/02
6,482,947                       09/015,642                         11/19/02
6,482,950                       08/479,077                         11/19/02
6,482,951                       10/010,978                         11/19/02
6,482,954                       09/915,797                         11/19/02
6,482,965                       09/813,758                         11/19/02
6,482,966                       09/773,045                         11/19/02
6,482,973                       09/945,912                         11/19/02
6,482,974                       09/946,082                         11/19/02
6,482,982                       09/803,006                         11/19/02
6,482,987                       09/824,371                         11/19/02
6,482,991                       09/974,189                         11/19/02
6,483,005                       09/806,640                         11/19/02
6,483,008                       09/304,603                         11/19/02
6,483,010                       09/606,304                         11/19/02
6,483,012                       09/331,359                         11/19/02
6,483,022                       09/672,183                         11/19/02
6,483,025                       09/506,133                         11/19/02
6,483,035                       09/739,958                         11/19/02
6,483,037                       10/008,422                         11/19/02
6,483,046                       09/559,018                         11/19/02
6,483,068                       09/767,260                         11/19/02
6,483,076                       09/564,360                         11/19/02
6,483,083                       09/877,147                         11/19/02
6,483,089                       09/715,561                         11/19/02
6,483,090                       09/465,964                         11/19/02
6,483,092                       10/114,404                         11/19/02
6,483,095                       09/573,383                         11/19/02
6,483,104                       09/068,969                         11/19/02
6,483,112                       09/353,325                         11/19/02
6,483,114                       09/531,213                         11/19/02
6,483,125                       09/905,319                         11/19/02
6,483,132                       09/825,936                         11/19/02
6,483,137                       09/942,205                         11/19/02
6,483,153                       09/418,316                         11/19/02
6,483,176                       09/740,881                         11/19/02
6,483,181                       09/837,255                         11/19/02
6,483,190                       09/618,726                         11/19/02
6,483,197                       09/388,990                         11/19/02
 January 6, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1410 OG 13 

6,483,199                       09/839,116                         11/19/02
6,483,203                       09/590,565                         11/19/02
6,483,212                       09/678,847                         11/19/02
6,483,214                       09/710,336                         11/19/02
6,483,221                       09/763,551                         11/19/02
6,483,228                       09/927,061                         11/19/02
6,483,235                       09/365,888                         11/19/02
6,483,239                       09/762,301                         11/19/02
6,483,248                       09/870,678                         11/19/02
6,483,250                       09/715,124                         11/19/02
6,483,253                       09/720,823                         11/19/02
6,483,263                       09/492,983                         11/19/02
6,483,264                       09/685,927                         11/19/02
6,483,275                       09/298,804                         11/19/02
6,483,287                       09/924,331                         11/19/02
6,483,292                       09/850,381                         11/19/02
6,483,294                       09/511,755                         11/19/02
6,483,296                       09/589,772                         11/19/02
6,483,300                       09/730,182                         11/19/02
6,483,305                       09/597,527                         11/19/02
6,483,317                       09/699,446                         11/19/02
6,483,324                       09/582,856                         11/19/02
6,483,329                       09/650,161                         11/19/02
6,483,331                       09/823,958                         11/19/02
6,483,337                       09/625,393                         11/19/02
6,483,340                       09/884,757                         11/19/02
6,483,348                       09/696,383                         11/19/02
6,483,353                       09/999,650                         11/19/02
6,483,357                       09/811,578                         11/19/02
6,483,358                       09/833,296                         11/19/02
6,483,362                       09/924,330                         11/19/02
6,483,369                       09/970,365                         11/19/02
6,483,373                       09/670,740                         11/19/02
6,483,392                       09/622,559                         11/19/02
6,483,398                       09/848,368                         11/19/02
6,483,410                       09/872,324                         11/19/02
6,483,411                       09/783,010                         11/19/02
6,483,422                       09/907,126                         11/19/02
6,483,423                       09/427,842                         11/19/02
6,483,432                       09/624,513                         11/19/02
6,483,437                       09/667,860                         11/19/02
6,483,442                       09/905,072                         11/19/02
6,483,444                       09/784,291                         11/19/02
6,483,446                       10/004,188                         11/19/02
6,483,461                       09/645,921                         11/19/02
6,483,467                       09/824,230                         11/19/02
6,483,483                       09/268,376                         11/19/02
6,483,485                       09/550,172                         11/19/02
6,483,496                       09/348,709                         11/19/02
6,483,497                       09/280,266                         11/19/02
6,483,499                       09/553,758                         11/19/02
6,483,511                       09/224,038                         11/19/02
6,483,539                       08/898,258                         11/19/02
6,483,542                       09/112,265                         11/19/02
6,483,546                       09/378,065                         11/19/02
6,483,549                       10/040,199                         11/19/02
6,483,551                       09/039,387                         11/19/02
6,483,552                       09/324,520                         11/19/02
6,483,562                       09/526,278                         11/19/02
6,483,563                       09/973,243                         11/19/02
6,483,571                       09/693,785                         11/19/02
6,483,574                       09/493,413                         11/19/02
6,483,578                       09/592,534                         11/19/02
6,483,581                       09/446,673                         11/19/02
6,483,585                       09/633,036                         11/19/02
6,483,589                       09/611,260                         11/19/02
 January 6, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1410 OG 14 

6,483,593                       09/371,207                         11/19/02
6,483,600                       09/258,837                         11/19/02
6,483,601                       09/332,160                         11/19/02
6,483,603                       09/477,622                         11/19/02
6,483,604                       09/258,993                         11/19/02
6,483,610                       09/391,920                         11/19/02
6,483,613                       09/762,339                         11/19/02
6,483,624                       09/455,562                         11/19/02
6,483,625                       09/998,694                         11/19/02
6,483,630                       09/847,440                         11/19/02
6,483,631                       09/900,137                         11/19/02
6,483,640                       08/847,171                         11/19/02
6,483,642                       09/700,263                         11/19/02
6,483,652                       09/931,975                         11/19/02
6,483,654                       09/948,760                         11/19/02
6,483,655                       09/452,164                         11/19/02
6,483,656                       09/549,843                         11/19/02
6,483,663                       09/354,467                         11/19/02
6,483,664                       09/409,430                         11/19/02
6,483,665                       09/455,319                         11/19/02
6,483,670                       09/614,839                         11/19/02
6,483,673                       09/085,101                         11/19/02
6,483,676                       09/930,240                         11/19/02
6,483,677                       09/931,897                         11/19/02
6,483,681                       09/485,964                         11/19/02
6,483,685                       09/577,837                         11/19/02
6,483,686                       09/717,345                         11/19/02
6,483,695                       08/671,114                         11/19/02
6,483,698                       09/451,199                         11/19/02
6,483,700                       09/932,035                         11/19/02
6,483,703                       09/799,536                         11/19/02
6,483,704                       09/823,625                         11/19/02
6,483,712                       09/528,330                         11/19/02
6,483,714                       09/511,517                         11/19/02
6,483,717                       09/562,792                         11/19/02
6,483,719                       09/531,745                         11/19/02
6,483,727                       09/987,115                         11/19/02
6,483,738                       09/987,739                         11/19/02
6,483,740                       09/883,660                         11/19/02
6,483,745                       09/938,139                         11/19/02
6,483,748                       09/729,415                         11/19/02
6,483,755                       09/903,094                         11/19/02
6,483,758                       09/387,475                         11/19/02
6,483,759                       09/607,788                         11/19/02
6,483,760                       09/834,498                         11/19/02
6,483,765                       09/750,219                         11/19/02
6,483,771                       09/875,001                         11/19/02
6,483,772                       09/951,230                         11/19/02
6,483,774                       09/805,092                         11/19/02
6,483,779                       09/391,588                         11/19/02
6,483,785                       09/685,829                         11/19/02
6,483,793                       09/354,247                         11/19/02
6,483,796                       09/704,560                         11/19/02
6,483,799                       09/490,024                         11/19/02
6,483,808                       09/300,883                         11/19/02
6,483,814                       09/383,105                         11/19/02
6,483,825                       09/236,962                         11/19/02
6,483,830                       09/254,512                         11/19/02
6,483,832                       09/060,292                         11/19/02
6,483,862                       09/209,528                         11/19/02
6,483,869                       09/164,144                         11/19/02
6,483,875                       08/879,308                         11/19/02
6,483,881                       09/203,786                         11/19/02
6,483,902                       09/302,588                         11/19/02
6,483,904                       09/067,134                         11/19/02
6,483,934                       09/842,860                         11/19/02
 January 6, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1410 OG 15 

6,483,952                       09/855,557                         11/19/02
6,483,953                       09/309,444                         11/19/02
6,483,956                       09/637,480                         11/19/02
6,483,959                       09/622,698                         11/19/02
6,483,966                       09/727,845                         11/19/02
6,483,971                       09/810,221                         11/19/02
6,483,982                       09/629,176                         11/19/02
6,483,983                       09/225,555                         11/19/02
6,483,985                       09/190,277                         11/19/02
6,483,990                       09/571,793                         11/19/02
6,483,994                       09/790,658                         11/19/02
6,483,995                       09/781,992                         11/19/02
6,483,996                       09/824,891                         11/19/02
6,483,997                       09/625,056                         11/19/02
6,483,998                       09/878,422                         11/19/02
6,484,002                       09/877,777                         11/19/02
6,484,007                       09/643,423                         11/19/02
6,484,008                       09/746,937                         11/19/02
6,484,011                       09/347,554                         11/19/02
6,484,019                       09/420,446                         11/19/02
6,484,042                       09/382,882                         11/19/02
6,484,052                       09/281,371                         11/19/02
6,484,056                       09/803,271                         11/19/02
6,484,059                       09/799,709                         11/19/02
6,484,076                       09/765,634                         11/19/02
6,484,080                       09/753,186                         11/19/02
6,484,084                       09/763,924                         11/19/02
6,484,090                       09/674,940                         11/19/02
6,484,092                       09/818,993                         11/19/02
6,484,098                       10/138,425                         11/19/02
6,484,099                       09/617,542                         11/19/02
6,484,100                       09/381,191                         11/19/02
6,484,101                       09/640,135                         11/19/02
6,484,111                       09/355,468                         11/19/02
6,484,112                       09/600,649                         11/19/02
6,484,116                       09/574,727                         11/19/02
6,484,117                       09/548,884                         11/19/02
6,484,130                       09/725,742                         11/19/02
6,484,132                       09/520,693                         11/19/02
6,484,133                       09/539,961                         11/19/02
6,484,135                       09/386,012                         11/19/02
6,484,153                       08/923,524                         11/19/02
6,484,157                       09/416,459                         11/19/02
6,484,167                       08/968,472                         11/19/02
6,484,178                       09/475,476                         11/19/02
6,484,189                       08/727,170                         11/19/02
6,484,191                       09/346,599                         11/19/02
6,484,199                       10/104,792                         11/19/02
6,484,213                       09/150,105                         11/19/02
6,484,222                       09/455,048                         11/19/02
6,484,235                       09/391,826                         11/19/02
6,484,236                       09/985,785                         11/19/02
6,484,238                       09/467,352                         11/19/02
6,484,242                       09/809,217                         11/19/02
6,484,249                       09/731,992                         11/19/02
6,484,253                       09/355,024                         11/19/02
6,484,279                       10/057,635                         11/19/02
6,484,284                       09/842,875                         11/19/02
6,484,291                       09/559,324                         11/19/02
6,484,301                       09/865,268                         11/19/02
6,484,303                       09/900,026                         11/19/02
6,484,309                       09/168,592                         11/19/02

                  PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON November 14, 2014
                    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

 January 6, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1410 OG 16 

Patent                          Application                           Issue
Number                             Number                              Date

7,134,147                       11/214,288                         11/14/06
7,134,148                       10/971,103                         11/14/06
7,134,150                       10/721,515                         11/14/06
7,134,158                       11/194,355                         11/14/06
7,134,159                       10/756,613                         11/14/06
7,134,165                       10/895,556                         11/14/06
7,134,174                       11/118,300                         11/14/06
7,134,180                       11/228,679                         11/14/06
7,134,181                       10/513,857                         11/14/06
7,134,182                       10/715,020                         11/14/06
7,134,184                       10/706,838                         11/14/06
7,134,186                       11/036,922                         11/14/06
7,134,197                       10/739,547                         11/14/06
7,134,213                       11/044,823                         11/14/06
7,134,214                       11/131,365                         11/14/06
7,134,218                       11/115,744                         11/14/06
7,134,226                       10/943,312                         11/14/06
7,134,229                       10/759,189                         11/14/06
7,134,232                       11/014,061                         11/14/06
7,134,235                       10/367,637                         11/14/06
7,134,237                       10/631,691                         11/14/06
7,134,243                       10/178,994                         11/14/06
7,134,263                       11/299,093                         11/14/06
7,134,264                       11/076,894                         11/14/06
7,134,268                       11/280,498                         11/14/06
7,134,272                       10/367,954                         11/14/06
7,134,284                       10/931,578                         11/14/06
7,134,295                       10/504,877                         11/14/06
7,134,312                       10/713,168                         11/14/06
7,134,313                       11/027,494                         11/14/06
7,134,323                       11/041,317                         11/14/06
7,134,328                       11/270,620                         11/14/06
7,134,361                       10/185,368                         11/14/06
7,134,363                       11/106,126                         11/14/06
7,134,374                       10/969,608                         11/14/06
7,134,387                       10/088,338                         11/14/06
7,134,388                       10/944,747                         11/14/06
7,134,389                       10/891,071                         11/14/06
7,134,393                       10/889,031                         11/14/06
7,134,394                       11/062,653                         11/14/06
7,134,395                       10/760,904                         11/14/06
7,134,396                       10/728,344                         11/14/06
7,134,400                       11/405,253                         11/14/06
7,134,404                       10/762,631                         11/14/06
7,134,405                       10/479,313                         11/14/06
7,134,408                       10/488,446                         11/14/06
7,134,421                       11/189,128                         11/14/06
7,134,430                       11/010,195                         11/14/06
7,134,437                       10/104,250                         11/14/06
7,134,439                       11/012,488                         11/14/06
7,134,445                       10/531,947                         11/14/06
7,134,450                       11/072,341                         11/14/06
7,134,459                       10/860,113                         11/14/06
7,134,470                       10/868,253                         11/14/06
7,134,473                       10/943,302                         11/14/06
7,134,485                       10/892,222                         11/14/06
7,134,489                       10/489,595                         11/14/06
7,134,491                       10/304,437                         11/14/06
7,134,495                       11/025,328                         11/14/06
7,134,501                       10/776,095                         11/14/06
7,134,503                       11/325,741                         11/14/06
7,134,512                       10/619,364                         11/14/06
7,134,530                       11/298,686                         11/14/06
 January 6, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1410 OG 17 

7,134,546                       10/870,337                         11/14/06
7,134,559                       10/812,899                         11/14/06
7,134,561                       10/991,462                         11/14/06
7,134,564                       10/686,846                         11/14/06
7,134,569                       11/076,076                         11/14/06
7,134,582                       10/478,737                         11/14/06
7,134,584                       10/941,557                         11/14/06
7,134,590                       10/802,065                         11/14/06
7,134,598                       10/853,782                         11/14/06
7,134,601                       10/971,051                         11/14/06
7,134,602                       10/854,234                         11/14/06
7,134,606                       11/074,539                         11/14/06
7,134,608                       11/228,435                         11/14/06
7,134,619                       10/771,336                         11/14/06
7,134,621                       10/483,257                         11/14/06
7,134,624                       10/739,325                         11/14/06
7,134,626                       11/012,221                         11/14/06
7,134,627                       10/970,000                         11/14/06
7,134,632                       11/193,082                         11/14/06
7,134,633                       10/772,909                         11/14/06
7,134,638                       11/041,060                         11/14/06
7,134,645                       10/358,911                         11/14/06
7,134,651                       11/243,070                         11/14/06
7,134,663                       11/129,947                         11/14/06
7,134,672                       10/625,828                         11/14/06
7,134,684                       10/857,823                         11/14/06
7,134,685                       10/758,910                         11/14/06
7,134,687                       10/365,129                         11/14/06
7,134,690                       10/762,709                         11/14/06
7,134,691                       10/150,565                         11/14/06
7,134,692                       10/733,249                         11/14/06
7,134,698                       10/961,363                         11/14/06
7,134,701                       10/748,574                         11/14/06
7,134,710                       10/910,645                         11/14/06
7,134,712                       10/891,409                         11/14/06
7,134,713                       11/125,729                         11/14/06
7,134,720                       11/069,558                         11/14/06
7,134,735                       10/613,288                         11/14/06
7,134,740                       10/962,415                         11/14/06
7,134,743                       10/773,192                         11/14/06
7,134,753                       11/188,069                         11/14/06
7,134,756                       10/838,283                         11/14/06
7,134,772                       11/017,234                         11/14/06
7,134,773                       10/811,602                         11/14/06
7,134,774                       11/058,602                         11/14/06
7,134,778                       10/910,429                         11/14/06
7,134,784                       10/750,511                         11/14/06
7,134,794                       10/895,115                         11/14/06
7,134,795                       10/855,943                         11/14/06
7,134,802                       10/828,604                         11/14/06
7,134,816                       11/109,803                         11/14/06
7,134,821                       10/696,958                         11/14/06
7,134,829                       10/796,619                         11/14/06
7,134,831                       09/896,987                         11/14/06
7,134,835                       10/857,227                         11/14/06
7,134,840                       10/656,080                         11/14/06
7,134,858                       10/786,884                         11/14/06
7,134,860                       10/813,206                         11/14/06
7,134,861                       10/314,752                         11/14/06
7,134,869                       10/902,648                         11/14/06
7,134,871                       10/665,640                         11/14/06
7,134,873                       10/819,301                         11/14/06
7,134,876                       10/812,721                         11/14/06
7,134,877                       10/316,029                         11/14/06
7,134,878                       10/950,320                         11/14/06
7,134,881                       11/393,649                         11/14/06
 January 6, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1410 OG 18 

7,134,885                       11/185,132                         11/14/06
7,134,888                       11/148,128                         11/14/06
7,134,890                       11/145,075                         11/14/06
7,134,892                       11/260,292                         11/14/06
7,134,893                       11/386,723                         11/14/06
7,134,895                       11/218,698                         11/14/06
7,134,896                       11/239,161                         11/14/06
7,134,897                       11/217,325                         11/14/06
7,134,900                       11/401,082                         11/14/06
7,134,905                       11/095,645                         11/14/06
7,134,906                       11/255,503                         11/14/06
7,134,907                       11/173,714                         11/14/06
7,134,916                       11/001,854                         11/14/06
7,134,917                       10/982,523                         11/14/06
7,134,918                       11/148,531                         11/14/06
7,134,920                       11/287,265                         11/14/06
7,134,926                       11/022,506                         11/14/06
7,134,927                       11/198,766                         11/14/06
7,134,932                       10/750,729                         11/14/06
7,134,935                       11/375,904                         11/14/06
7,134,944                       11/101,967                         11/14/06
7,134,948                       11/316,413                         11/14/06
7,134,949                       11/107,869                         11/14/06
7,134,956                       10/618,523                         11/14/06
7,134,966                       10/657,293                         11/14/06
7,134,972                       10/863,147                         11/14/06
7,134,978                       10/629,212                         11/14/06
7,134,980                       11/198,326                         11/14/06
7,134,981                       11/003,672                         11/14/06
7,134,983                       11/007,714                         11/14/06
7,134,986                       10/370,502                         11/14/06
7,134,987                       10/841,043                         11/14/06
7,135,004                       10/930,818                         11/14/06
7,135,005                       10/204,077                         11/14/06
7,135,011                       10/729,757                         11/14/06
7,135,014                       10/277,416                         11/14/06
7,135,022                       10/478,717                         11/14/06
7,135,026                       10/627,589                         11/14/06
7,135,028                       10/316,044                         11/14/06
7,135,032                       10/235,859                         11/14/06
7,135,035                       10/446,399                         11/14/06
7,135,036                       10/849,723                         11/14/06
7,135,041                       10/650,846                         11/14/06
7,135,044                       10/796,168                         11/14/06
7,135,051                       10/861,042                         11/14/06
7,135,057                       10/417,688                         11/14/06
7,135,058                       11/200,365                         11/14/06
7,135,063                       10/945,220                         11/14/06
7,135,065                       11/179,985                         11/14/06
7,135,073                       09/873,041                         11/14/06
7,135,076                       10/633,156                         11/14/06
7,135,079                       10/496,024                         11/14/06
7,135,080                       10/628,612                         11/14/06
7,135,081                       10/730,999                         11/14/06
7,135,087                       10/770,735                         11/14/06
7,135,088                       10/760,306                         11/14/06
7,135,090                       10/691,617                         11/14/06
7,135,092                       10/473,275                         11/14/06
7,135,099                       10/282,220                         11/14/06
7,135,100                       10/019,220                         11/14/06
7,135,110                       11/071,053                         11/14/06
7,135,116                       10/419,848                         11/14/06
7,135,120                       10/453,938                         11/14/06
7,135,121                       10/754,712                         11/14/06
7,135,122                       10/814,885                         11/14/06
7,135,127                       10/149,349                         11/14/06
 January 6, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1410 OG 19 

7,135,129                       10/689,584                         11/14/06
7,135,130                       10/775,862                         11/14/06
7,135,131                       10/689,618                         11/14/06
7,135,133                       09/833,833                         11/14/06
7,135,134                       10/777,783                         11/14/06
7,135,139                       10/759,430                         11/14/06
7,135,146                       10/237,916                         11/14/06
7,135,151                       09/487,043                         11/14/06
7,135,154                       10/006,880                         11/14/06
7,135,158                       10/166,386                         11/14/06
7,135,161                       10/656,717                         11/14/06
7,135,167                       10/290,372                         11/14/06
7,135,173                       10/325,664                         11/14/06
7,135,177                       09/797,544                         11/14/06
7,135,178                       10/176,460                         11/14/06
7,135,179                       11/181,030                         11/14/06
7,135,186                       09/874,140                         11/14/06
7,135,187                       10/355,330                         11/14/06
7,135,191                       09/516,078                         11/14/06
7,135,193                       11/020,462                         11/14/06
7,135,199                       10/967,434                         11/14/06
7,135,204                       10/758,698                         11/14/06
7,135,205                       10/506,412                         11/14/06
7,135,209                       10/478,279                         11/14/06
7,135,213                       10/632,070                         11/14/06
7,135,214                       09/926,109                         11/14/06
7,135,218                       10/293,311                         11/14/06
7,135,223                       10/694,753                         11/14/06
7,135,230                       10/632,861                         11/14/06
7,135,234                       10/851,268                         11/14/06
7,135,241                       10/155,390                         11/14/06
7,135,246                       10/623,530                         11/14/06
7,135,253                       10/287,182                         11/14/06
7,135,260                       10/751,306                         11/14/06
7,135,265                       10/457,020                         11/14/06
7,135,268                       10/440,201                         11/14/06
7,135,271                       10/928,107                         11/14/06
7,135,272                       10/459,593                         11/14/06
7,135,274                       10/704,551                         11/14/06
7,135,276                       10/958,546                         11/14/06
7,135,279                       10/223,103                         11/14/06
7,135,281                       10/008,524                         11/14/06
7,135,282                       10/110,511                         11/14/06
7,135,288                       10/256,549                         11/14/06
7,135,294                       10/658,169                         11/14/06
7,135,295                       09/889,936                         11/14/06
7,135,298                       10/401,058                         11/14/06
7,135,303                       10/220,443                         11/14/06
7,135,310                       10/167,634                         11/14/06
7,135,316                       10/717,381                         11/14/06
7,135,317                       09/809,617                         11/14/06
7,135,318                       10/608,533                         11/14/06
7,135,324                       10/656,868                         11/14/06
7,135,331                       11/048,918                         11/14/06
7,135,345                       10/919,676                         11/14/06
7,135,354                       10/763,858                         11/14/06
7,135,371                       10/747,602                         11/14/06
7,135,374                       10/746,381                         11/14/06
7,135,375                       11/053,721                         11/14/06
7,135,384                       10/787,207                         11/14/06
7,135,386                       10/394,024                         11/14/06
7,135,413                       10/727,962                         11/14/06
7,135,421                       10/163,481                         11/14/06
7,135,423                       10/142,313                         11/14/06
7,135,424                       10/642,005                         11/14/06
7,135,429                       10/155,446                         11/14/06
 January 6, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1410 OG 20 

7,135,431                       10/479,256                         11/14/06
7,135,458                       09/716,356                         11/14/06
7,135,461                       10/048,305                         11/14/06
7,135,475                       10/459,944                         11/14/06
7,135,476                       10/916,583                         11/14/06
7,135,480                       10/733,229                         11/14/06
7,135,481                       11/067,074                         11/14/06
7,135,485                       10/256,437                         11/14/06
7,135,486                       10/110,284                         11/14/06
7,135,487                       10/447,619                         11/14/06
7,135,490                       10/676,118                         11/14/06
7,135,492                       10/282,511                         11/14/06
7,135,497                       09/611,652                         11/14/06
7,135,501                       10/496,592                         11/14/06
7,135,503                       10/130,496                         11/14/06
7,135,508                       10/371,214                         11/14/06
7,135,513                       10/506,656                         11/14/06
7,135,517                       11/025,081                         11/14/06
7,135,523                       10/799,845                         11/14/06
7,135,532                       10/958,272                         11/14/06
7,135,534                       10/625,894                         11/14/06
7,135,537                       10/833,786                         11/14/06
7,135,540                       10/359,600                         11/14/06
7,135,545                       10/835,433                         11/14/06
7,135,546                       10/088,085                         11/14/06
7,135,549                       10/120,901                         11/14/06
7,135,550                       10/234,985                         11/14/06
7,135,551                       10/263,766                         11/14/06
7,135,554                       10/998,861                         11/14/06
7,135,556                       10/736,769                         11/14/06
7,135,560                       11/027,843                         11/14/06
7,135,562                       10/099,663                         11/14/06
7,135,567                       11/083,216                         11/14/06
7,135,568                       10/660,794                         11/14/06
7,135,574                       11/056,406                         11/14/06
7,135,578                       10/798,617                         11/14/06
7,135,597                       10/529,144                         11/14/06
7,135,600                       10/467,733                         11/14/06
7,135,607                       10/009,950                         11/14/06
7,135,609                       10/143,364                         11/14/06
7,135,611                       10/755,594                         11/14/06
7,135,612                       10/934,250                         11/14/06
7,135,619                       10/009,876                         11/14/06
7,135,623                       10/070,666                         11/14/06
7,135,624                       10/221,074                         11/14/06
7,135,626                       11/151,532                         11/14/06
7,135,647                       11/226,239                         11/14/06
7,135,648                       10/523,090                         11/14/06
7,135,653                       10/731,358                         11/14/06
7,135,667                       11/188,243                         11/14/06
7,135,669                       11/090,162                         11/14/06
7,135,672                       11/017,543                         11/14/06
7,135,679                       11/005,671                         11/14/06
7,135,684                       11/116,167                         11/14/06
7,135,688                       10/857,207                         11/14/06
7,135,690                       10/848,360                         11/14/06
7,135,695                       10/652,481                         11/14/06
7,135,707                       09/389,393                         11/14/06
7,135,717                       10/737,261                         11/14/06
7,135,730                       10/759,076                         11/14/06
7,135,735                       10/791,749                         11/14/06
7,135,737                       11/023,426                         11/14/06
7,135,739                       10/998,943                         11/14/06
7,135,745                       10/238,572                         11/14/06
7,135,764                       10/909,767                         11/14/06
7,135,777                       10/430,670                         11/14/06
 January 6, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1410 OG 21 

7,135,782                       10/289,395                         11/14/06
7,135,786                       11/307,533                         11/14/06
7,135,787                       10/774,185                         11/14/06
7,135,792                       11/127,469                         11/14/06
7,135,794                       10/640,695                         11/14/06
7,135,804                       11/334,652                         11/14/06
7,135,805                       10/819,814                         11/14/06
7,135,806                       10/286,071                         11/14/06
7,135,810                       10/921,442                         11/14/06
7,135,823                       10/954,206                         11/14/06
7,135,825                       10/926,084                         11/14/06
7,135,829                       11/200,834                         11/14/06
7,135,838                       10/612,100                         11/14/06
7,135,839                       10/506,295                         11/14/06
7,135,863                       10/955,635                         11/14/06
7,135,865                       11/059,372                         11/14/06
7,135,867                       11/246,518                         11/14/06
7,135,871                       11/304,285                         11/14/06
7,135,873                       10/656,032                         11/14/06
7,135,879                       10/791,130                         11/14/06
7,135,883                       11/311,269                         11/14/06
7,135,892                       11/089,577                         11/14/06
7,135,896                       11/093,032                         11/14/06
7,135,913                       10/964,016                         11/14/06
7,135,922                       11/030,318                         11/14/06
7,135,932                       10/615,725                         11/14/06
7,135,935                       10/841,866                         11/14/06
7,135,937                       10/950,811                         11/14/06
7,135,942                       10/694,952                         11/14/06
7,135,946                       11/049,841                         11/14/06
7,135,953                       10/477,700                         11/14/06
7,135,957                       11/256,349                         11/14/06
7,135,968                       10/371,828                         11/14/06
7,135,971                       10/755,484                         11/14/06
7,135,973                       11/048,336                         11/14/06
7,135,984                       10/959,727                         11/14/06
7,136,013                       10/625,642                         11/14/06
7,136,018                       10/519,361                         11/14/06
7,136,019                       10/722,650                         11/14/06
7,136,024                       11/030,491                         11/14/06
7,136,026                       11/051,450                         11/14/06
7,136,027                       11/127,089                         11/14/06
7,136,032                       10/205,197                         11/14/06
7,136,033                       10/612,943                         11/14/06
7,136,050                       10/458,526                         11/14/06
7,136,051                       10/812,223                         11/14/06
7,136,053                       10/315,739                         11/14/06
7,136,055                       10/453,549                         11/14/06
7,136,064                       10/155,892                         11/14/06
7,136,074                       10/909,570                         11/14/06
7,136,080                       09/653,286                         11/14/06
7,136,083                       09/908,164                         11/14/06
7,136,096                       09/265,070                         11/14/06
7,136,099                       10/007,794                         11/14/06
7,136,102                       09/865,515                         11/14/06
7,136,134                       10/629,185                         11/14/06
7,136,145                       10/630,792                         11/14/06
7,136,146                       10/841,460                         11/14/06
7,136,148                       11/019,522                         11/14/06
7,136,151                       10/901,188                         11/14/06
7,136,155                       10/837,972                         11/14/06
7,136,158                       10/865,651                         11/14/06
7,136,160                       11/044,781                         11/14/06
7,136,166                       10/827,327                         11/14/06
7,136,175                       10/166,967                         11/14/06
7,136,181                       10/107,418                         11/14/06
 January 6, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1410 OG 22 

7,136,183                       10/636,251                         11/14/06
7,136,186                       10/920,230                         11/14/06
7,136,189                       10/040,546                         11/14/06
7,136,191                       10/178,099                         11/14/06
7,136,192                       10/862,230                         11/14/06
7,136,198                       10/659,023                         11/14/06
7,136,199                       10/039,941                         11/14/06
7,136,206                       11/004,319                         11/14/06
7,136,208                       11/258,198                         11/14/06
7,136,209                       10/969,649                         11/14/06
7,136,235                       10/495,626                         11/14/06
7,136,245                       10/897,759                         11/14/06
7,136,246                       10/660,898                         11/14/06
7,136,252                       11/113,199                         11/14/06
7,136,253                       10/858,847                         11/14/06
7,136,281                       11/018,279                         11/14/06
7,136,283                       10/459,172                         11/14/06
7,136,284                       10/500,641                         11/14/06
7,136,286                       11/030,975                         11/14/06
7,136,288                       10/745,167                         11/14/06
7,136,291                       10/848,291                         11/14/06
7,136,306                       10/680,878                         11/14/06
7,136,314                       11/008,273                         11/14/06
7,136,328                       10/419,845                         11/14/06
7,136,329                       10/309,308                         11/14/06
7,136,331                       10/705,009                         11/14/06
7,136,337                       10/830,545                         11/14/06
7,136,340                       10/720,179                         11/14/06
7,136,342                       10/787,592                         11/14/06
7,136,347                       10/803,442                         11/14/06
7,136,351                       09/873,454                         11/14/06
7,136,356                       09/809,215                         11/14/06
7,136,358                       09/894,472                         11/14/06
7,136,360                       09/917,111                         11/14/06
7,136,381                       09/883,213                         11/14/06
7,136,386                       09/907,606                         11/14/06
7,136,400                       10/177,222                         11/14/06
7,136,409                       10/812,317                         11/14/06
7,136,414                       10/941,476                         11/14/06
7,136,418                       09/938,119                         11/14/06
7,136,420                       10/213,500                         11/14/06
7,136,426                       10/020,164                         11/14/06
7,136,427                       10/347,292                         11/14/06
7,136,429                       10/267,438                         11/14/06
7,136,447                       10/366,367                         11/14/06
7,136,455                       10/904,286                         11/14/06
7,136,464                       09/921,952                         11/14/06
7,136,466                       10/159,306                         11/14/06
7,136,468                       10/347,833                         11/14/06
7,136,488                       10/059,217                         11/14/06
7,136,492                       10/193,613                         11/14/06
7,136,493                       09/727,903                         11/14/06
7,136,495                       10/089,884                         11/14/06
7,136,500                       10/634,552                         11/14/06
7,136,502                       11/051,442                         11/14/06
7,136,503                       11/074,520                         11/14/06
7,136,506                       10/376,283                         11/14/06
7,136,508                       09/984,991                         11/14/06
7,136,518                       10/418,902                         11/14/06
7,136,526                       10/020,249                         11/14/06
7,136,527                       10/820,886                         11/14/06
7,136,531                       10/409,154                         11/14/06
7,136,537                       10/144,999                         11/14/06
7,136,542                       10/354,165                         11/14/06
7,136,548                       10/311,398                         11/14/06
7,136,551                       11/069,870                         11/14/06
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7,136,553                       11/166,327                         11/14/06
7,136,560                       10/524,831                         11/14/06
7,136,566                       10/988,792                         11/14/06
7,136,571                       09/686,793                         11/14/06
7,136,579                       10/082,166                         11/14/06
7,136,581                       10/901,734                         11/14/06
7,136,588                       09/746,822                         11/14/06
7,136,599                       10/981,646                         11/14/06
7,136,604                       11/044,062                         11/14/06
7,136,624                       10/358,341                         11/14/06
7,136,630                       09/747,392                         11/14/06
7,136,660                       10/518,598                         11/14/06
7,136,683                       10/806,987                         11/14/06
7,136,686                       10/693,920                         11/14/06
7,136,688                       10/690,405                         11/14/06
7,136,694                       10/815,290                         11/14/06
7,136,696                       10/138,987                         11/14/06
7,136,703                       10/123,944                         11/14/06
7,136,721                       11/086,663                         11/14/06
7,136,722                       10/360,873                         11/14/06
7,136,749                       10/817,951                         11/14/06
7,136,756                       10/979,902                         11/14/06
7,136,759                       10/323,387                         11/14/06
7,136,763                       10/463,110                         11/14/06
7,136,764                       11/159,343                         11/14/06
7,136,780                       10/879,055                         11/14/06
7,136,782                       11/125,810                         11/14/06
7,136,784                       09/765,639                         11/14/06
7,136,805                       10/166,377                         11/14/06
7,136,824                       09/760,730                         11/14/06
7,136,831                       10/126,526                         11/14/06
7,136,849                       10/487,971                         11/14/06
7,136,853                       08/708,981                         11/14/06
7,136,858                       10/211,763                         11/14/06
7,136,876                       10/379,003                         11/14/06
7,136,878                       11/255,040                         11/14/06
7,136,897                       09/643,443                         11/14/06
7,136,899                       09/734,305                         11/14/06
7,136,902                       10/155,303                         11/14/06
7,136,930                       09/435,602                         11/14/06
7,136,947                       09/330,231                         11/14/06
7,136,949                       11/076,867                         11/14/06
7,136,962                       10/693,180                         11/14/06
7,136,970                       10/740,443                         11/14/06
7,136,979                       10/806,695                         11/14/06
7,136,986                       10/727,311                         11/14/06
7,136,989                       10/254,543                         11/14/06
7,137,007                       09/794,074                         11/14/06
7,137,019                       10/427,009                         11/14/06
7,137,029                       10/625,565                         11/14/06
7,137,032                       11/167,688                         11/14/06
7,137,035                       10/449,012                         11/14/06
7,137,036                       10/259,772                         11/14/06
7,137,037                       10/397,299                         11/14/06
7,137,046                       10/638,370                         11/14/06
7,137,050                       10/712,150                         11/14/06
7,137,051                       10/278,685                         11/14/06
7,137,059                       10/335,702                         11/14/06
7,137,064                       10/066,985                         11/14/06
7,137,065                       09/513,058                         11/14/06
7,137,066                       09/827,993                         11/14/06
7,137,068                       09/052,278                         11/14/06
7,137,070                       10/185,117                         11/14/06
7,137,075                       10/949,364                         11/14/06
7,137,080                       10/646,425                         11/14/06
7,137,088                       10/838,905                         11/14/06
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7,137,105                       09/813,522                         11/14/06
7,137,109                       10/321,340                         11/14/06

                  PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON November 16, 2014
                    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                           Issue
Number                             Number                              Date

7,832,026                       11/860,731                         11/16/10
7,832,028                       11/663,740                         11/16/10
7,832,030                       11/840,902                         11/16/10
7,832,043                       12/461,631                         11/16/10
7,832,056                       11/937,189                         11/16/10
7,832,058                       12/118,756                         11/16/10
7,832,069                       11/790,732                         11/16/10
7,832,071                       11/143,365                         11/16/10
7,832,076                       11/999,885                         11/16/10
7,832,081                       12/108,543                         11/16/10
7,832,083                       11/621,677                         11/16/10
7,832,086                       11/441,089                         11/16/10
7,832,090                       12/660,424                         11/16/10
7,832,092                       12/041,457                         11/16/10
7,832,096                       11/774,723                         11/16/10
7,832,102                       11/693,233                         11/16/10
7,832,104                       11/577,826                         11/16/10
7,832,106                       11/614,219                         11/16/10
7,832,107                       12/507,321                         11/16/10
7,832,115                       12/647,441                         11/16/10
7,832,121                       11/715,770                         11/16/10
7,832,124                       11/616,668                         11/16/10
7,832,125                       12/346,359                         11/16/10
7,832,132                       12/117,013                         11/16/10
7,832,136                       12/163,998                         11/16/10
7,832,140                       10/445,584                         11/16/10
7,832,146                       12/134,470                         11/16/10
7,832,149                       11/860,796                         11/16/10
7,832,161                       12/193,061                         11/16/10
7,832,179                       11/312,942                         11/16/10
7,832,183                       12/466,043                         11/16/10
7,832,210                       10/540,373                         11/16/10
7,832,217                       12/387,776                         11/16/10
7,832,225                       11/951,917                         11/16/10
7,832,249                       12/490,629                         11/16/10
7,832,253                       12/397,010                         11/16/10
7,832,255                       12/001,217                         11/16/10
7,832,265                       12/316,936                         11/16/10
7,832,266                       12/287,247                         11/16/10
7,832,291                       12/460,288                         11/16/10
7,832,304                       11/470,050                         11/16/10
7,832,307                       11/920,291                         11/16/10
7,832,309                       12/191,455                         11/16/10
7,832,319                       12/009,804                         11/16/10
7,832,333                       12/407,152                         11/16/10
7,832,334                       11/376,013                         11/16/10
7,832,341                       12/386,756                         11/16/10
7,832,349                       12/126,297                         11/16/10
7,832,358                       12/082,929                         11/16/10
7,832,361                       12/060,729                         11/16/10
7,832,379                       11/576,640                         11/16/10
7,832,390                       12/105,250                         11/16/10
7,832,392                       11/961,238                         11/16/10
7,832,393                       11/825,086                         11/16/10
7,832,394                       11/021,743                         11/16/10
7,832,406                       11/191,056                         11/16/10
7,832,407                       11/295,281                         11/16/10
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7,832,409                       11/875,413                         11/16/10
7,832,411                       10/547,649                         11/16/10
7,832,416                       11/539,936                         11/16/10
7,832,424                       11/909,007                         11/16/10
7,832,435                       12/436,513                         11/16/10
7,832,443                       12/144,564                         11/16/10
7,832,447                       12/182,312                         11/16/10
7,832,450                       12/176,803                         11/16/10
7,832,452                       11/410,089                         11/16/10
7,832,465                       10/702,241                         11/16/10
7,832,467                       11/214,473                         11/16/10
7,832,469                       11/380,687                         11/16/10
7,832,470                       12/072,601                         11/16/10
7,832,474                       11/690,888                         11/16/10
7,832,478                       11/936,384                         11/16/10
7,832,515                       11/795,331                         11/16/10
7,832,517                       12/254,011                         11/16/10
7,832,527                       12/468,890                         11/16/10
7,832,530                       11/988,527                         11/16/10
7,832,532                       10/688,447                         11/16/10
7,832,542                       11/910,954                         11/16/10
7,832,543                       11/630,359                         11/16/10
7,832,544                       12/115,860                         11/16/10
7,832,546                       12/298,039                         11/16/10
7,832,554                       12/021,450                         11/16/10
7,832,564                       12/296,755                         11/16/10
7,832,569                       11/708,969                         11/16/10
7,832,574                       12/710,141                         11/16/10
7,832,581                       10/548,784                         11/16/10
7,832,589                       10/581,272                         11/16/10
7,832,590                       11/791,778                         11/16/10
7,832,592                       11/513,448                         11/16/10
7,832,597                       11/842,640                         11/16/10
7,832,606                       11/879,701                         11/16/10
7,832,607                       11/923,443                         11/16/10
7,832,622                       11/657,990                         11/16/10
7,832,624                       12/094,487                         11/16/10
7,832,626                       10/815,630                         11/16/10
7,832,630                       11/756,625                         11/16/10
7,832,637                       11/825,411                         11/16/10
7,832,639                       11/642,282                         11/16/10
7,832,640                       12/363,778                         11/16/10
7,832,643                       11/980,081                         11/16/10
7,832,650                       11/630,260                         11/16/10
7,832,651                       10/527,791                         11/16/10
7,832,654                       12/207,576                         11/16/10
7,832,660                       10/951,387                         11/16/10
7,832,663                       11/518,086                         11/16/10
7,832,676                       10/581,621                         11/16/10
7,832,677                       11/571,373                         11/16/10
7,832,680                       12/229,806                         11/16/10
7,832,682                       11/922,585                         11/16/10
7,832,690                       12/030,077                         11/16/10
7,832,698                       11/785,852                         11/16/10
7,832,709                       11/773,898                         11/16/10
7,832,712                       12/319,724                         11/16/10
7,832,717                       12/061,058                         11/16/10
7,832,729                       11/466,103                         11/16/10
7,832,733                       12/474,596                         11/16/10
7,832,750                       12/295,846                         11/16/10
7,832,752                       12/012,305                         11/16/10
7,832,755                       11/495,161                         11/16/10
7,832,761                       11/916,953                         11/16/10
7,832,762                       11/421,554                         11/16/10
7,832,763                       12/005,856                         11/16/10
7,832,766                       12/378,071                         11/16/10
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7,832,773                       11/522,607                         11/16/10
7,832,774                       10/460,938                         11/16/10
7,832,779                       12/378,875                         11/16/10
7,832,782                       12/580,801                         11/16/10
7,832,783                       12/315,051                         11/16/10
7,832,785                       10/563,997                         11/16/10
7,832,786                       12/174,952                         11/16/10
7,832,790                       12/264,041                         11/16/10
7,832,794                       12/371,985                         11/16/10
7,832,797                       11/728,997                         11/16/10
7,832,800                       12/119,223                         11/16/10
7,832,806                       11/494,580                         11/16/10
7,832,810                       11/645,487                         11/16/10
7,832,812                       12/331,385                         11/16/10
7,832,816                       11/988,957                         11/16/10
7,832,821                       11/720,803                         11/16/10
7,832,822                       11/951,892                         11/16/10
7,832,826                       11/846,785                         11/16/10
7,832,837                       11/944,451                         11/16/10
7,832,844                       12/246,336                         11/16/10
7,832,855                       12/390,459                         11/16/10
7,832,856                       11/872,305                         11/16/10
7,832,857                       12/229,073                         11/16/10
7,832,861                       12/647,720                         11/16/10
7,832,881                       12/453,093                         11/16/10
7,832,885                       12/026,040                         11/16/10
7,832,887                       12/136,523                         11/16/10
7,832,888                       12/132,446                         11/16/10
7,832,890                       11/863,340                         11/16/10
7,832,892                       12/255,658                         11/16/10
7,832,897                       12/110,344                         11/16/10
7,832,899                       12/195,433                         11/16/10
7,832,900                       12/170,647                         11/16/10
7,832,909                       12/247,357                         11/16/10
7,832,911                       12/110,967                         11/16/10
7,832,915                       12/268,757                         11/16/10
7,832,916                       11/629,514                         11/16/10
7,832,935                       11/735,022                         11/16/10
7,832,951                       11/703,181                         11/16/10
7,832,953                       12/272,762                         11/16/10
7,832,965                       11/640,812                         11/16/10
7,832,969                       11/374,538                         11/16/10
7,832,970                       12/265,874                         11/16/10
7,832,985                       11/775,975                         11/16/10
7,832,999                       11/280,267                         11/16/10
7,833,007                       12/337,738                         11/16/10
7,833,015                       11/691,052                         11/16/10
7,833,032                       12/562,044                         11/16/10
7,833,033                       12/148,088                         11/16/10
7,833,035                       12/228,554                         11/16/10
7,833,040                       12/536,304                         11/16/10
7,833,042                       12/309,833                         11/16/10
7,833,043                       11/989,738                         11/16/10
7,833,046                       12/385,492                         11/16/10
7,833,048                       12/383,512                         11/16/10
7,833,049                       12/542,688                         11/16/10
7,833,052                       12/295,353                         11/16/10
7,833,057                       12/480,035                         11/16/10
7,833,063                       11/992,281                         11/16/10
7,833,067                       12/581,146                         11/16/10
7,833,070                       12/294,204                         11/16/10
7,833,079                       11/937,631                         11/16/10
7,833,083                       12/192,615                         11/16/10
7,833,105                       11/794,863                         11/16/10
7,833,106                       12/010,982                         11/16/10
7,833,107                       12/098,520                         11/16/10
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7,833,117                       12/376,213                         11/16/10
7,833,121                       12/177,616                         11/16/10
7,833,122                       12/177,627                         11/16/10
7,833,124                       11/949,619                         11/16/10
7,833,132                       12/354,611                         11/16/10
7,833,137                       12/389,064                         11/16/10
7,833,141                       12/115,276                         11/16/10
7,833,143                       12/592,610                         11/16/10
7,833,145                       12/608,594                         11/16/10
7,833,161                       11/503,017                         11/16/10
7,833,165                       12/064,002                         11/16/10
7,833,167                       11/725,549                         11/16/10
7,833,170                       10/538,813                         11/16/10
7,833,202                       10/222,910                         11/16/10
7,833,215                       11/551,529                         11/16/10
7,833,232                       11/703,044                         11/16/10
7,833,246                       10/685,139                         11/16/10
7,833,247                       10/560,901                         11/16/10
7,833,258                       11/578,954                         11/16/10
7,833,263                       11/096,686                         11/16/10
7,833,264                       11/368,769                         11/16/10
7,833,266                       11/946,632                         11/16/10
7,833,285                       11/790,418                         11/16/10
7,833,286                       12/287,414                         11/16/10
7,833,293                       12/721,104                         11/16/10
7,833,302                       12/167,197                         11/16/10
7,833,303                       11/890,817                         11/16/10
7,833,321                       11/896,403                         11/16/10
7,833,322                       11/679,606                         11/16/10
7,833,328                       12/555,874                         11/16/10
7,833,340                       11/578,937                         11/16/10
7,833,342                       11/476,257                         11/16/10
7,833,343                       12/513,442                         11/16/10
7,833,351                       11/426,563                         11/16/10
7,833,355                       11/756,076                         11/16/10
7,833,356                       10/543,002                         11/16/10
7,833,364                       12/276,451                         11/16/10
7,833,366                       11/998,982                         11/16/10
7,833,367                       11/907,429                         11/16/10
7,833,378                       11/923,892                         11/16/10
7,833,380                       12/013,851                         11/16/10
7,833,386                       12/029,753                         11/16/10
7,833,394                       12/318,913                         11/16/10
7,833,395                       10/586,668                         11/16/10
7,833,397                       11/498,982                         11/16/10
7,833,403                       11/873,327                         11/16/10
7,833,414                       12/550,169                         11/16/10
7,833,416                       12/833,700                         11/16/10
7,833,417                       12/194,803                         11/16/10
7,833,418                       12/249,387                         11/16/10
7,833,425                       11/843,401                         11/16/10
7,833,431                       11/561,071                         11/16/10
7,833,437                       11/622,523                         11/16/10
7,833,440                       11/597,272                         11/16/10
7,833,445                       11/075,737                         11/16/10
7,833,450                       11/158,650                         11/16/10
7,833,451                       11/656,942                         11/16/10
7,833,454                       12/415,133                         11/16/10
7,833,462                       10/555,685                         11/16/10
7,833,463                       11/457,918                         11/16/10
7,833,468                       10/492,163                         11/16/10
7,833,480                       10/402,596                         11/16/10
7,833,483                       11/777,305                         11/16/10
7,833,486                       11/283,952                         11/16/10
7,833,494                       10/353,639                         11/16/10
7,833,502                       12/402,981                         11/16/10
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7,833,505                       11/404,142                         11/16/10
7,833,515                       10/987,630                         11/16/10
7,833,521                       11/927,628                         11/16/10
7,833,536                       11/994,677                         11/16/10
7,833,543                       10/316,441                         11/16/10
7,833,557                       11/599,558                         11/16/10
7,833,563                       10/509,294                         11/16/10
7,833,585                       12/503,516                         11/16/10
7,833,592                       10/566,049                         11/16/10
7,833,599                       09/831,320                         11/16/10
7,833,604                       11/947,170                         11/16/10
7,833,607                       10/509,269                         11/16/10
7,833,610                       10/399,797                         11/16/10
7,833,616                       11/281,192                         11/16/10
7,833,617                       11/930,320                         11/16/10
7,833,618                       11/930,379                         11/16/10
7,833,622                       12/157,747                         11/16/10
7,833,628                       12/007,063                         11/16/10
7,833,651                       11/879,129                         11/16/10
7,833,656                       10/540,867                         11/16/10
7,833,670                       11/143,684                         11/16/10
7,833,714                       11/566,888                         11/16/10
7,833,717                       11/929,893                         11/16/10
7,833,720                       12/403,719                         11/16/10
7,833,721                       12/403,759                         11/16/10
7,833,722                       11/587,631                         11/16/10
7,833,745                       10/937,223                         11/16/10
7,833,748                       11/866,525                         11/16/10
7,833,750                       10/961,569                         11/16/10
7,833,764                       12/525,417                         11/16/10
7,833,772                       11/524,693                         11/16/10
7,833,779                       10/272,461                         11/16/10
7,833,782                       12/292,190                         11/16/10
7,833,784                       11/564,141                         11/16/10
7,833,801                       11/601,062                         11/16/10
7,833,821                       11/552,503                         11/16/10
7,833,827                       11/708,839                         11/16/10
7,833,830                       11/778,196                         11/16/10
7,833,841                       12/187,601                         11/16/10
7,833,842                       12/630,076                         11/16/10
7,833,844                       11/899,295                         11/16/10
7,833,859                       12/337,866                         11/16/10
7,833,866                       11/943,639                         11/16/10
7,833,885                       12/323,872                         11/16/10
7,833,890                       12/457,366                         11/16/10
7,833,901                       11/591,704                         11/16/10
7,833,905                       12/435,446                         11/16/10
7,833,912                       11/790,722                         11/16/10
7,833,929                       12/509,120                         11/16/10
7,833,955                       11/557,508                         11/16/10
7,833,962                       10/566,806                         11/16/10
7,833,964                       10/923,515                         11/16/10
7,833,966                       11/561,912                         11/16/10
7,833,967                       11/766,178                         11/16/10
7,833,972                       12/371,525                         11/16/10
7,833,980                       12/333,133                         11/16/10
7,833,987                       10/598,700                         11/16/10
7,833,988                       11/083,944                         11/16/10
7,834,001                       11/667,583                         11/16/10
7,834,006                       11/486,213                         11/16/10
7,834,008                       10/568,483                         11/16/10
7,834,013                       10/595,892                         11/16/10
7,834,014                       10/552,304                         11/16/10
7,834,015                       12/227,501                         11/16/10
7,834,027                       11/570,173                         11/16/10
7,834,028                       12/298,369                         11/16/10
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7,834,032                       10/590,912                         11/16/10
7,834,035                       10/578,589                         11/16/10
7,834,040                       11/718,935                         11/16/10
7,834,044                       11/931,246                         11/16/10
7,834,049                       11/097,218                         11/16/10
7,834,050                       11/692,552                         11/16/10
7,834,057                       09/922,233                         11/16/10
7,834,063                       11/576,965                         11/16/10
7,834,095                       12/333,137                         11/16/10
7,834,121                       11/694,031                         11/16/10
7,834,131                       11/707,743                         11/16/10
7,834,140                       11/870,736                         11/16/10
7,834,143                       11/827,396                         11/16/10
7,834,145                       11/886,149                         11/16/10
7,834,149                       11/876,595                         11/16/10
7,834,156                       11/857,405                         11/16/10
7,834,157                       11/981,957                         11/16/10
7,834,159                       11/580,203                         11/16/10
7,834,161                       10/569,677                         11/16/10
7,834,163                       10/560,723                         11/16/10
7,834,166                       11/524,354                         11/16/10
7,834,179                       12/101,206                         11/16/10
7,834,182                       12/381,099                         11/16/10
7,834,187                       11/571,866                         11/16/10
7,834,194                       11/722,101                         11/16/10
7,834,218                       12/162,970                         11/16/10
7,834,221                       11/988,274                         11/16/10
7,834,222                       11/989,885                         11/16/10
7,834,230                       11/465,720                         11/16/10
7,834,244                       11/722,298                         11/16/10
7,834,266                       11/497,353                         11/16/10
7,834,283                       11/567,862                         11/16/10
7,834,284                       11/579,519                         11/16/10
7,834,285                       11/741,901                         11/16/10
7,834,287                       11/590,035                         11/16/10
7,834,295                       12/211,554                         11/16/10
7,834,299                       11/891,212                         11/16/10
7,834,303                       12/135,655                         11/16/10
7,834,306                       12/053,670                         11/16/10
7,834,314                       12/082,149                         11/16/10
7,834,318                       12/104,112                         11/16/10
7,834,319                       11/923,934                         11/16/10
7,834,324                       12/113,317                         11/16/10
7,834,334                       12/092,692                         11/16/10
7,834,335                       12/290,116                         11/16/10
7,834,358                       12/318,739                         11/16/10
7,834,370                       11/667,374                         11/16/10
7,834,372                       12/336,107                         11/16/10
7,834,377                       11/733,351                         11/16/10
7,834,402                       11/798,376                         11/16/10
7,834,408                       12/320,279                         11/16/10
7,834,413                       10/581,081                         11/16/10
7,834,437                       11/777,346                         11/16/10
7,834,439                       11/942,552                         11/16/10
7,834,449                       11/741,804                         11/16/10
7,834,457                       12/039,280                         11/16/10
7,834,465                       12/232,004                         11/16/10
7,834,475                       12/772,217                         11/16/10
7,834,477                       12/371,251                         11/16/10
7,834,478                       12/148,007                         11/16/10
7,834,487                       12/231,926                         11/16/10
7,834,488                       12/100,469                         11/16/10
7,834,500                       12/230,527                         11/16/10
7,834,514                       11/977,301                         11/16/10
7,834,532                       12/402,978                         11/16/10
7,834,533                       12/038,385                         11/16/10
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7,834,534                       11/953,470                         11/16/10
7,834,535                       11/961,691                         11/16/10
7,834,551                       11/555,495                         11/16/10
7,834,556                       12/076,158                         11/16/10
7,834,559                       11/354,838                         11/16/10
7,834,576                       11/748,054                         11/16/10
7,834,584                       11/212,687                         11/16/10
7,834,596                       12/018,211                         11/16/10
7,834,607                       12/090,614                         11/16/10
7,834,638                       12/047,991                         11/16/10
7,834,639                       12/022,162                         11/16/10
7,834,642                       11/852,334                         11/16/10
7,834,643                       12/058,030                         11/16/10
7,834,644                       11/992,425                         11/16/10
7,834,647                       12/502,875                         11/16/10
7,834,649                       12/779,038                         11/16/10
7,834,651                       12/058,767                         11/16/10
7,834,655                       12/551,474                         11/16/10
7,834,660                       12/006,199                         11/16/10
7,834,700                       12/535,309                         11/16/10
7,834,707                       11/314,331                         11/16/10
7,834,719                       12/475,196                         11/16/10
7,834,726                       12/292,943                         11/16/10
7,834,727                       10/562,748                         11/16/10
7,834,737                       11/852,592                         11/16/10
7,834,747                       11/813,945                         11/16/10
7,834,749                       12/120,417                         11/16/10
7,834,754                       11/204,748                         11/16/10
7,834,764                       12/169,748                         11/16/10
7,834,767                       11/712,490                         11/16/10
7,834,778                       11/207,514                         11/16/10
7,834,794                       12/439,444                         11/16/10
7,834,804                       12/469,928                         11/16/10
7,834,816                       10/562,058                         11/16/10
7,834,820                       11/441,024                         11/16/10
7,834,823                       11/826,256                         11/16/10
7,834,852                       12/102,004                         11/16/10
7,834,858                       11/580,950                         11/16/10
7,834,869                       11/180,784                         11/16/10
7,834,870                       11/257,114                         11/16/10
7,834,875                       11/695,487                         11/16/10
7,834,879                       12/112,680                         11/16/10
7,834,885                       11/746,074                         11/16/10
7,834,887                       11/099,710                         11/16/10
7,834,890                       10/964,674                         11/16/10
7,834,898                       12/188,034                         11/16/10
7,834,904                       10/691,129                         11/16/10
7,834,906                       12/143,824                         11/16/10
7,834,913                       11/808,987                         11/16/10
7,834,917                       11/665,037                         11/16/10
7,834,927                       12/221,455                         11/16/10
7,834,931                       11/659,234                         11/16/10
7,834,934                       11/589,153                         11/16/10
7,834,939                       11/447,383                         11/16/10
7,834,944                       12/632,341                         11/16/10
7,834,955                       10/585,418                         11/16/10
7,834,957                       11/797,018                         11/16/10
7,834,963                       10/596,223                         11/16/10
7,834,977                       12/073,126                         11/16/10
7,834,978                       11/447,858                         11/16/10
7,834,985                       11/792,321                         11/16/10
7,834,989                       12/048,052                         11/16/10
7,834,992                       11/695,743                         11/16/10
7,835,006                       11/267,093                         11/16/10
7,835,017                       10/583,985                         11/16/10
7,835,022                       11/422,491                         11/16/10
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7,835,027                       11/424,178                         11/16/10
7,835,029                       12/114,801                         11/16/10
7,835,039                       12/030,947                         11/16/10
7,835,042                       11/528,429                         11/16/10
7,835,049                       11/947,637                         11/16/10
7,835,060                       12/413,662                         11/16/10
7,835,071                       12/076,335                         11/16/10
7,835,072                       12/076,343                         11/16/10
7,835,081                       12/275,154                         11/16/10
7,835,087                       12/286,403                         11/16/10
7,835,090                       12/453,283                         11/16/10
7,835,095                       12/042,602                         11/16/10
7,835,100                       11/933,446                         11/16/10
7,835,108                       11/824,338                         11/16/10
7,835,110                       11/656,692                         11/16/10
7,835,135                       12/040,368                         11/16/10
7,835,142                       11/827,815                         11/16/10
7,835,143                       12/140,357                         11/16/10
7,835,149                       12/341,395                         11/16/10
7,835,159                       11/892,930                         11/16/10
7,835,160                       11/996,999                         11/16/10
7,835,180                       12/347,520                         11/16/10
7,835,198                       11/966,779                         11/16/10
7,835,202                       11/864,285                         11/16/10
7,835,221                       11/456,059                         11/16/10
7,835,227                       11/817,307                         11/16/10
7,835,230                       12/435,943                         11/16/10
7,835,232                       11/426,769                         11/16/10
7,835,236                       11/887,751                         11/16/10
7,835,237                       11/995,746                         11/16/10
7,835,239                       12/357,559                         11/16/10
7,835,240                       11/820,254                         11/16/10
7,835,242                       11/594,211                         11/16/10
7,835,244                       12/019,023                         11/16/10
7,835,247                       11/871,160                         11/16/10
7,835,248                       11/858,656                         11/16/10
7,835,249                       11/779,670                         11/16/10
7,835,250                       11/994,021                         11/16/10
7,835,252                       11/734,535                         11/16/10
7,835,255                       11/458,777                         11/16/10
7,835,259                       11/805,903                         11/16/10
7,835,280                       12/350,682                         11/16/10
7,835,284                       11/539,300                         11/16/10
7,835,290                       11/503,592                         11/16/10
7,835,309                       12/336,233                         11/16/10
7,835,354                       11/611,244                         11/16/10
7,835,359                       11/298,322                         11/16/10
7,835,360                       11/889,984                         11/16/10
7,835,400                       12/480,523                         11/16/10
7,835,407                       12/341,924                         11/16/10
7,835,411                       12/402,573                         11/16/10
7,835,423                       11/780,929                         11/16/10
7,835,436                       10/538,086                         11/16/10
7,835,453                       12/350,120                         11/16/10
7,835,468                       11/374,577                         11/16/10
7,835,473                       11/288,111                         11/16/10
7,835,474                       11/352,827                         11/16/10
7,835,492                       11/998,063                         11/16/10
7,835,498                       11/815,866                         11/16/10
7,835,501                       12/444,749                         11/16/10
7,835,508                       09/505,913                         11/16/10
7,835,519                       12/358,702                         11/16/10
7,835,525                       10/613,125                         11/16/10
7,835,532                       11/491,113                         11/16/10
7,835,533                       11/491,252                         11/16/10
7,835,537                       11/249,572                         11/16/10
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7,835,541                       11/171,277                         11/16/10
7,835,545                       11/230,026                         11/16/10
7,835,551                       11/708,656                         11/16/10
7,835,573                       11/393,710                         11/16/10
7,835,586                       11/832,084                         11/16/10
7,835,588                       11/564,719                         11/16/10
7,835,604                       11/816,552                         11/16/10
7,835,614                       10/559,695                         11/16/10
7,835,615                       11/247,623                         11/16/10
7,835,638                       11/684,121                         11/16/10
7,835,650                       11/776,322                         11/16/10
7,835,685                       11/442,946                         11/16/10
7,835,686                       12/055,759                         11/16/10
7,835,692                       11/895,796                         11/16/10
7,835,705                       11/951,494                         11/16/10
7,835,708                       12/604,844                         11/16/10
7,835,715                       11/975,209                         11/16/10
7,835,716                       11/450,354                         11/16/10
7,835,720                       11/751,538                         11/16/10
7,835,731                       12/329,522                         11/16/10
7,835,735                       10/853,506                         11/16/10
7,835,782                       11/912,460                         11/16/10
7,835,810                       11/707,645                         11/16/10
7,835,811                       11/867,590                         11/16/10
7,835,813                       11/957,415                         11/16/10
7,835,818                       11/830,829                         11/16/10
7,835,836                       11/557,673                         11/16/10
7,835,839                       11/349,349                         11/16/10
7,835,851                       11/908,654                         11/16/10
7,835,870                       11/264,452                         11/16/10
7,835,880                       12/286,448                         11/16/10
7,835,899                       11/744,922                         11/16/10
7,835,922                       11/170,910                         11/16/10
7,835,929                       10/220,134                         11/16/10
7,835,930                       10/570,874                         11/16/10
7,835,933                       10/118,815                         11/16/10
7,835,944                       10/502,553                         11/16/10
7,835,956                       11/973,936                         11/16/10
7,835,969                       12/463,559                         11/16/10
7,835,970                       09/496,389                         11/16/10
7,835,989                       09/289,957                         11/16/10
7,836,022                       11/250,095                         11/16/10
7,836,027                       11/474,052                         11/16/10
7,836,030                       11/939,532                         11/16/10
7,836,039                       11/609,698                         11/16/10
7,836,058                       12/056,302                         11/16/10
7,836,059                       10/974,278                         11/16/10
7,836,061                       11/967,144                         11/16/10
7,836,068                       11/867,151                         11/16/10
7,836,072                       10/529,162                         11/16/10
7,836,076                       10/922,694                         11/16/10
7,836,078                       11/012,906                         11/16/10
7,836,080                       11/615,807                         11/16/10
7,836,082                       12/020,474                         11/16/10
7,836,102                       12/345,641                         11/16/10
7,836,106                       11/774,024                         11/16/10
7,836,112                       11/231,091                         11/16/10
7,836,114                       11/689,547                         11/16/10
7,836,115                       11/257,434                         11/16/10
7,836,129                       11/612,526                         11/16/10
7,836,143                       11/739,948                         11/16/10
7,836,161                       11/459,904                         11/16/10
7,836,166                       10/880,222                         11/16/10
7,836,173                       11/814,573                         11/16/10
7,836,180                       11/677,042                         11/16/10
7,836,187                       12/253,756                         11/16/10
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7,836,198                       12/052,264                         11/16/10
7,836,210                       12/078,037                         11/16/10
7,836,221                       12/049,156                         11/16/10
7,836,237                       12/232,355                         11/16/10
7,836,246                       12/214,952                         11/16/10
7,836,250                       11/182,338                         11/16/10
7,836,257                       11/959,804                         11/16/10
7,836,266                       11/229,954                         11/16/10
7,836,286                       12/013,468                         11/16/10
7,836,287                       12/176,385                         11/16/10
7,836,295                       10/207,695                         11/16/10
7,836,307                       11/720,843                         11/16/10
7,836,311                       10/624,019                         11/16/10
7,836,312                       10/570,298                         11/16/10
7,836,314                       11/506,876                         11/16/10
7,836,326                       11/878,634                         11/16/10
7,836,355                       11/949,132                         11/16/10
7,836,365                       11/132,673                         11/16/10
7,836,377                       11/625,160                         11/16/10
7,836,385                       12/366,189                         11/16/10
7,836,390                       11/275,750                         11/16/10
7,836,394                       11/405,501                         11/16/10
7,836,421                       11/941,748                         11/16/10
7,836,425                       11/301,734                         11/16/10
7,836,437                       11/352,000                         11/16/10
7,836,453                       11/842,510                         11/16/10
7,836,460                       11/531,233                         11/16/10
7,836,489                       11/424,415                         11/16/10
7,836,506                       11/234,531                         11/16/10
7,836,514                       10/921,818                         11/16/10
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Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 12/08/2014
                 Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a
                     Late Maintenance Fee from 12/08/2014

Patent         Application     Filing          Issue           Granted
Number         Number          Date            Date            Date

6,077,422      08/850,922      05/02/1997      06/20/2000      12/10/2014
6,077,872      09/199,694      11/25/1998      06/20/2000      12/08/2014
6,201,478      09/321,672      05/28/1999      03/13/2001      12/12/2014
6,236,975      09/162,825      09/29/1998      05/22/2001      12/09/2014
6,246,460      09/422,741      10/21/1999      06/12/2001      12/11/2014
6,300,315      09/385,238      08/28/1999      10/09/2001      12/09/2014
6,302,379      09/569,365      05/11/2000      10/16/2001      12/09/2014
6,369,571      09/852,569      05/10/2001      04/09/2002      12/12/2014
6,394,712      09/811,300      03/15/2001      05/28/2002      12/12/2014
6,417,166      09/861,113      05/19/2001      07/09/2002      12/09/2014
6,421,675      09/115,802      07/15/1998      07/16/2002      12/11/2014
6,481,341      10/085,252      02/27/2002      11/19/2002      12/11/2014
6,905,707      10/226,646      08/23/2002      06/14/2005      12/10/2014
6,907,741      10/359,834      02/07/2003      06/21/2005      12/08/2014
7,024,993      10/635,085      08/05/2003      04/11/2006      12/09/2014
7,035,598      09/994,521      11/26/2001      04/25/2006      12/10/2014
7,103,758      10/045,101      01/15/2002      09/05/2006      12/11/2014
7,111,445      10/928,122      08/30/2004      09/26/2006      12/09/2014
7,464,446      10/296,041      08/29/2003      12/16/2008      12/11/2014
7,663,153      12/011,304      01/25/2008      02/16/2010      12/10/2014
7,665,616      11/974,791      10/16/2007      02/23/2010      12/12/2014
7,791,740      12/389,890      02/20/2009      09/07/2010      12/12/2014
7,799,164      11/460,519      07/27/2006      09/21/2010      12/08/2014
7,836,428      11/082,204      03/15/2005      11/16/2010      12/11/2014
7,840,486      11/252,009      10/17/2005      11/23/2010      12/08/2014
RE. 43,053     11/843,316      08/22/2007      01/03/2012      12/09/2014
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Reissue Applications Filed
                          Reissue Applications Filed

   Notice under 37 CFR 1.11(b). The reissue applications listed below
are open to public inspection by the general public through the Image
File Wrapper (IFW) system (http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair)
on the USPTO internet web site (www.uspto.gov), and copies may be obtained
by paying the fee therefor (37 CFR 1.19).

   D. 679,819, Re. S.N. 29/510,714, Dec. 02, 2014, Cl. D24/189, MEDICAL
DRESSING, Yannick Louis Peron, Owner of Record: SMITH & NEPHEW PLC.,
Attorney or Agent: Vladislav Z. Tplitskiy, Ex. Gp.: 2914

   D. 679,820, Re. S.N. 29/510,717, Dec. 02, 2014, Cl. D24/189, MEDICAL
DRESSING, Yannick Louis Peron, Owner of Record: SMITH & NEPHEW PLC.,
Attorney or Agent: Vladislav Z. Teplitskiy, Ex. Gp.: 2914

   D. 707,823, Re. S.N. 29/474,585, Oct. 09, 2014, Cl. D24/163, INCUBATOR
HOUSING, Gerald Scherbing, Owner of Record: Miller Manufacturing, Eagan,
MN, Attorney or Agent: Audrey Babcock, Ex. Gp.: 2914

   D. 714,568, Re. S.N. 29/474,604, Nov. 19, 2014, Cl. D06/514, BUSINESS
HANGER, Andreas Lehmann, Owner of Record: PATHWAY IP SARL, Attorney or
Agent: Keith Haupt, Ex. Gp.: 2913

   6,104,802, Re. S.N. 14/565,309, Dec 09, 2014, Cl. 379, IN-BAND SIGNALING
FOR ROUTING, S. Michael Perlmutter, San Francisco, CA, Owner of Record:
Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, Attorney or
Agent: David A. Plumley, Ex. Gp.: 2642

   6,470,080, Re. S.N. 14/565,297, Dec. 09, 2014, Cl. 379, IN-BAND
SIGNALING FOR ROUTING, S. Michael Perlmutter, San Francisco, CA, Owner of
Record: Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc., Palo Alto, CA,
Attorney or Agent: David A. Plumley, Ex. Gp.: 2642

   6,801,520, Re. S.N. 14/566,589, Dec. 10, 2014, Cl./Sub 370/351, QUEUE
PRIORITIZATION BASED ON COMPETITIVE USER INPUT, Laurent Philonenko, Owner
of Record: Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. Daly City, CA,
Attorney or Agent: David A. Plumley, Ex. Gp: 2664

   6,801,928, Re. S.N. 14/565,301, Dec. 09, 2014, Cl. 709, DYNAMIC
TRANSLATION BETWEEN DATA NETWORK-BASED PROTOCOL IN A DATA-PACKET-NETWORK
AND INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE FUNCTIONS OF A TELEPHONY NETWORK, Marcialito
Nuestro, Hayward, CA, Owner of Record: Genesys Telecommunications
Laboratories, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, Attorney or Agent: David A. Plumley,
Ex. Gp.: 2153

   6,859,558, Re. S.N. 14/471,972, Aug. 28, 2014, Cl. 382/236, METHOD FOR
ELIMINATING BLOCKING EFFECT IN COMPRESSED VIDEO SIGNAL, Min-Cheol Hong,
Owner of Record: LG ELECTRONICS INC., Attorney or Agent: Yong S. Choi, Ex.
Gp.: 2625

   7,440,501, Re. S.N. 14/512,067, Nov. 10, 2014, Cl. 375, METHOD AND
APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING LOOP FILTERING OR POST FILTERING IN BLOCK BASED
MOTION COMPENSATIONED VIDEO CODING, Shijin Sun, et al, Owner of Record:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JAPAN, Attorney or Agent: Adam
Schlosser, Ex. Gp.: 2621

   7,831,672, Re. S.N. 14/553,077, Nov. 25, 2014, Cl. 709/206, SYSTEMS AND
METHOD FOR SECURING COMPUTERS, Hungchou Tsai, Owner of Record: RESOLUTE
FOCUS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Attorney or Agent: Jeffrey W. Gluck, Ex.
Gp.: 2457

   7,929,562, Re. S.N. 14/569,598, Dec. 12, 2014, Cl. 370/429, METHOD AND
APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING RESPONSE TIME TO EVENTS IN QUEUE, Yevgeniy
Petrovykh, Owner of Record: GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC.,
 January 6, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1410 OG 36 

Attorney or Agent: Josephine E. Chang, Ex. Gp.: 2614

   8,289,904, Re. S.N. 14/516,243, Oct. 16, 2014, Cl. 370, METHOD FOR
RECEIVING SYSTEM INFORMATION, Jeong Ki Kim, et al, Owner of Record: LG
ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KOREA, Attorney or Agent: Esther H. Chong, Ex.
Gp.: 2467

   8,320,288, Re. S.N. 14/532,652, Nov. 04, 2014, Cl. 370/311,
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND
COMPUTER PROGRAM, Kazuyuki Sakoda, Owner of Record: SONY CORPORATION,
Tokyo, JP, Attorney or Agent: David W. Hill, Ex. Gp.: 2473

   8,320,315, Re. S.N. 14/555,240, Nov. 26, 2014, Cl. 370/329, MOBILE NODE,
ACCESS GATEWAY, LOCATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND MOBILE PACKET COMMUNICATION
SYSTEM, Masafumi Aramoto, Owner of Record: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Attorney
or Agent: Charles Gorenstein, Ex. Gp.: 2473

   8,322,755, Re. S.N. 14/558,104, Dec. 02, 2014, Cl. 285/340, TUBE
COUPLING, William Vernon Kluss et. al., Owner of Record: RELIANCE WORLDWIDE
CORPORATION (AUST,) PTY. LTD., Attorney or Agent: Kenneth M. Bush, Ex. Gp.:
3676

   8,328,803, Re. S.N. 14/561,461, Dec. 05, 2014, Cl. 606/051, POLYP
REMOVAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE, F. Sergio P. Regadas, Owner of Record:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA, Attorney or Agent: Edward C. Meagher, Ex. Gp.:
3739

   8,430,240, Re. S.N. 14/560,899, Dec. 04, 2014, Cl. 206, CASE FOR BAR
TYPE MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, Dae-Young Kim, Seoul, KOREA, Owner of
Record: Spigen Sgp Co., Ltd., Seoul, KOREA, Attorney or Agent:Heedong Chae,
Ex. Gp.: 3788

   8,439,108, Re. S.N. 14/491,727, Sept. 19, 2014, Cl. 166/278, APPLICATION
OF DEGRADABLE POLYMERS IN SAND CONTROL, Claude E. Cooke Jr., Owner of
Record: INVENTOR, Attorney or Agent: Claude E. Cooke Jr., Ex. Gp.: 3676

   8,451,928, Re. S.N. 14/253,579, Apr. 15, 2014, Cl./Sub 375/267,
APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING WEIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH A FIRST SIGNAL AND
APPLYING THE WEIGHTS TO A SIGNAL, Brian G. Agee, et al., Owner of Record:
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, Attorney or Agent:
Jordan N. Bodier, Ex. Gp: 2631

   8,473,807, Re. S.N. 14/534,912, Nov. 06, 2014, Cl. 714, METHOD OF
PROCESSING TRAFFIC INFORMATION AND DIGITAL BROADCAST SYSTEM, Jin Pil Kim,
et al, Owner of Record: LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KOREA, Attorney or
Agent: Yong S. Choi, Ex. Gp.: 2112

   8,602,836, Re. S.N. 14/555,139, Nov. 26, 2014, Cl. 446/397, PRANK
APPARATUS WITH AMUSEMENT EFFECT, Jamie Wirt, Owner of Record: INVENTOR,
Attorney or Agent: Jeffrey S. Dixon, Ex. Gp.: 3711

   8,633,379, Re. S.N. 14/553,120, Nov. 25, 2014, Cl. 136/261, SOLAR CELL,
Kwangsun Ji et. al., Owner of Record: LG ELECTRONICS INC., Attorney or
Agent: Esther H. Chong, Ex. Gp.: 1758

   8,665,539, Re. S.N. 14/559,194, Dec. 03, 2014, Cl. 359/811, DRIVING
CONTROL DEVICE AND OPERATING SYSTEM, Sumio Kawai el. at., Owner of Record:
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORPORATION, Attorney or Agent: Ryan W. O'Donnell, Ex. Gp.:
2872

   8,762,197, Re. S.N. 14/561,124, Dec. 04, 2014, Cl. 705, SOCIAL
ENABLEMENT OF MOBILE CASUAL GAMES ENABLING MOBILE USERS TO CONNECT WITHIN
AND OUTSIDE GAMES WITH OTHER MOBILE USERS, BRANDS, GAME DEVELOPERS, AND
OTHERS ONLINE ON MOBILE DEVICES, AND IN SOCIAL NETWORKS, Jasjit S. Dhillon,
et al, Owner of Record: P4RC, Inc., Culver City, CA, Attorney or Agent: Ted
R. Rittmsater, Ex. Gp.: 3688

   8,797,679, Re. S.N. 14/556,750, Dec. 01, 2014, Cl./Sub 360/099,
MULTIPIECE DECK FOR HARD DISK DRIVE, Wolfgang Rosner, et al., Owner of
Record: Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA, Attorney or Agent: Eric J.
Curtin, Ex. Gp: 2686

   8,830,895, Re. S.N. 14/565,013, Dec. 09, 2014, Cl. 370, METHOD AND
SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING SERVICE LIST AND MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST
SERVICE DATA, Bin Wang, et al, Owner of Record: ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen
City, CHINA, Attorney or Agent: L. Friedman, Ex. Gp.: 2462
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed
                   Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed

   6,445,777, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,382, Requested Date: Nov. 12, 2014, Cl.
379/310, Title: MOBILE TELE-COMPUTER NETWORK, Inventor: Curtis Clark,
Owners of Record: Advanced Media Networks, LLC., Los Angeles, CA, Attorney
or Agent: Meister Seelig & Fein, LLP., New York, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3992,
Requester: Steven C. Sereboff, SoCal, IP., Westlake Village, CA

   5,960,074, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,383, Requested Date: Nov. 12, 2014, Cl.
379/310, Title: MOBILE TELE-COMPUTER NETWORK FOR MOTION PICTURE,
TELEVISION AND TV ADVERTISING PRODUCTION, Inventor: Curtis Clark, Owners of
Record: Advanced Media Networks, LLC., Los Angeles, CA, Attorney or Agent:
Meister Seelig & Fein, LLP, New York, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Steven
C. Sereboff, SoCal, IP., Westlake Village, CA
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Erratum
                                    Erratum

   "All reference to Reexamination Certificate No. C1 6,460,386 (10148th) to
Yoshio Watanuki et al. of Kanagawa-Ken (JP) for ELECTRONIC KEY STRUCTURE,
appearing in the Official Gazette of May 7,2014, should be deleted, since
the reexamination certificate has been vacated."
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Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew
                Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations
                            Due to Failure to Renew

   15 U.S.C. 1059 provides that each trademark registration may be
renewed for periods of ten years from the end of the expiring period
upon payment of the prescribed fee and the filing of an acceptable
application for renewal. This may be done at any time within one year
before the expiration of the period for which the registration was
issued or renewed, or it may be done within six months after such
expiration on payment of an additional fee.
   According to the records of the Office, the trademark registrations
listed below are expired due to failure to renew in accordance with 15
U.S.C. 1059.

                     TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS WHICH EXPIRED
                               December 12, 2014
                            DUE TO FAILURE TO RENEW

Reg. Number                     Serial Number                     Reg. Date

2,839,560                        76/437,874                      05/11/2004
2,841,981                        78/131,575                      05/11/2004
1,276,982                        73/330,826                      05/08/1984
1,277,024                        73/391,678                      05/08/1984
1,276,660                        73/404,291                      05/08/1984
1,835,898                        74/209,122                      05/10/1994
1,835,975                        74/220,760                      05/10/1994
2,840,445                        75/177,442                      05/11/2004
2,840,447                        75/265,360                      05/11/2004
2,840,448                        75/265,361                      05/11/2004
2,840,449                        75/271,225                      05/11/2004
2,840,450                        75/293,355                      05/11/2004
2,839,336                        75/371,937                      05/11/2004
2,839,338                        75/425,616                      05/11/2004
2,840,471                        75/610,933                      05/11/2004
2,839,344                        75/613,923                      05/11/2004
2,840,475                        75/653,027                      05/11/2004
2,840,480                        75/666,451                      05/11/2004
2,840,491                        75/732,651                      05/11/2004
2,840,494                        75/743,069                      05/11/2004
2,840,508                        75/816,249                      05/11/2004
2,840,520                        75/852,275                      05/11/2004
2,840,528                        75/881,472                      05/11/2004
2,840,549                        75/920,973                      05/11/2004
2,840,552                        75/926,317                      05/11/2004
2,839,370                        75/981,535                      05/11/2004
2,839,372                        75/983,397                      05/11/2004
2,840,563                        75/983,442                      05/11/2004
2,840,569                        76/022,899                      05/11/2004
2,840,597                        76/079,159                      05/11/2004
2,840,603                        76/087,760                      05/11/2004
2,840,633                        76/128,108                      05/11/2004
2,840,634                        76/128,363                      05/11/2004
2,840,637                        76/133,534                      05/11/2004
2,840,638                        76/133,618                      05/11/2004
2,840,657                        76/152,854                      05/11/2004
2,840,665                        76/157,002                      05/11/2004
2,840,666                        76/158,272                      05/11/2004
2,839,402                        76/170,687                      05/11/2004
2,840,678                        76/182,175                      05/11/2004
2,840,681                        76/184,441                      05/11/2004
2,840,688                        76/188,184                      05/11/2004
2,840,693                        76/190,407                      05/11/2004
2,840,694                        76/191,734                      05/11/2004
2,841,872                        76/204,395                      05/11/2004
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2,839,418                        76/207,754                      05/11/2004
2,839,420                        76/214,197                      05/11/2004
2,840,717                        76/218,809                      05/11/2004
2,840,733                        76/230,373                      05/11/2004
2,841,875                        76/231,385                      05/11/2004
2,840,738                        76/233,209                      05/11/2004
2,840,739                        76/233,598                      05/11/2004
2,839,424                        76/235,327                      05/11/2004
2,840,749                        76/246,711                      05/11/2004
2,840,755                        76/250,987                      05/11/2004
2,839,434                        76/257,931                      05/11/2004
2,840,766                        76/259,761                      05/11/2004
2,839,436                        76/264,839                      05/11/2004
2,839,437                        76/268,118                      05/11/2004
2,840,778                        76/269,077                      05/11/2004
2,840,779                        76/269,558                      05/11/2004
2,840,781                        76/270,367                      05/11/2004
2,840,790                        76/276,584                      05/11/2004
2,840,797                        76/279,981                      05/11/2004
2,840,823                        76/295,508                      05/11/2004
2,840,828                        76/299,267                      05/11/2004
2,840,840                        76/305,616                      05/11/2004
2,840,848                        76/311,835                      05/11/2004
2,839,453                        76/329,864                      05/11/2004
2,840,881                        76/332,063                      05/11/2004
2,841,883                        76/332,817                      05/11/2004
2,840,890                        76/335,122                      05/11/2004
2,839,457                        76/336,583                      05/11/2004
2,840,898                        76/338,094                      05/11/2004
2,840,901                        76/339,016                      05/11/2004
2,839,465                        76/344,408                      05/11/2004
2,839,471                        76/351,337                      05/11/2004
2,840,923                        76/354,949                      05/11/2004
2,840,926                        76/356,477                      05/11/2004
2,840,934                        76/358,722                      05/11/2004
2,839,476                        76/360,188                      05/11/2004
2,840,944                        76/362,010                      05/11/2004
2,841,889                        76/367,513                      05/11/2004
2,840,958                        76/367,927                      05/11/2004
2,840,959                        76/368,631                      05/11/2004
2,840,972                        76/373,760                      05/11/2004
2,840,975                        76/374,215                      05/11/2004
2,840,979                        76/375,932                      05/11/2004
2,841,005                        76/381,428                      05/11/2004
2,841,007                        76/381,523                      05/11/2004
2,839,497                        76/382,858                      05/11/2004
2,841,014                        76/383,045                      05/11/2004
2,841,015                        76/383,082                      05/11/2004
2,841,019                        76/384,214                      05/11/2004
2,841,021                        76/384,864                      05/11/2004
2,841,024                        76/385,597                      05/11/2004
2,841,031                        76/388,141                      05/11/2004
2,841,032                        76/388,142                      05/11/2004
2,841,897                        76/389,984                      05/11/2004
2,839,501                        76/391,545                      05/11/2004
2,841,042                        76/392,493                      05/11/2004
2,841,043                        76/392,663                      05/11/2004
2,839,504                        76/393,051                      05/11/2004
2,839,511                        76/399,363                      05/11/2004
2,841,064                        76/400,980                      05/11/2004
2,839,515                        76/401,668                      05/11/2004
2,839,518                        76/403,242                      05/11/2004
2,841,083                        76/406,500                      05/11/2004
2,841,899                        76/406,637                      05/11/2004
2,841,086                        76/408,446                      05/11/2004
2,841,088                        76/408,687                      05/11/2004
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2,841,092                        76/410,050                      05/11/2004
2,841,109                        76/416,544                      05/11/2004
2,841,110                        76/416,546                      05/11/2004
2,841,124                        76/420,715                      05/11/2004
2,841,127                        76/421,194                      05/11/2004
2,839,535                        76/422,738                      05/11/2004
2,841,134                        76/424,374                      05/11/2004
2,841,137                        76/425,133                      05/11/2004
2,841,904                        76/426,043                      05/11/2004
2,839,539                        76/426,524                      05/11/2004
2,841,141                        76/426,757                      05/11/2004
2,841,142                        76/427,108                      05/11/2004
2,841,145                        76/427,961                      05/11/2004
2,841,159                        76/433,903                      05/11/2004
2,839,549                        76/434,704                      05/11/2004
2,841,163                        76/435,368                      05/11/2004
2,841,168                        76/436,747                      05/11/2004
2,841,171                        76/437,661                      05/11/2004
2,841,172                        76/437,757                      05/11/2004
2,841,176                        76/438,296                      05/11/2004
2,841,182                        76/440,609                      05/11/2004
2,841,183                        76/440,940                      05/11/2004
2,841,186                        76/441,974                      05/11/2004
2,841,193                        76/443,006                      05/11/2004
2,841,195                        76/443,496                      05/11/2004
2,839,567                        76/445,424                      05/11/2004
2,841,217                        76/447,364                      05/11/2004
2,841,223                        76/448,697                      05/11/2004
2,841,224                        76/449,500                      05/11/2004
2,839,578                        76/450,554                      05/11/2004
2,841,237                        76/451,135                      05/11/2004
2,841,249                        76/453,453                      05/11/2004
2,839,588                        76/454,091                      05/11/2004
2,841,251                        76/454,341                      05/11/2004
2,841,252                        76/454,625                      05/11/2004
2,841,254                        76/454,649                      05/11/2004
2,841,260                        76/456,331                      05/11/2004
2,839,597                        76/457,483                      05/11/2004
2,839,598                        76/459,138                      05/11/2004
2,839,601                        76/459,595                      05/11/2004
2,841,276                        76/461,262                      05/11/2004
2,841,289                        76/464,385                      05/11/2004
2,839,619                        76/465,104                      05/11/2004
2,841,297                        76/465,558                      05/11/2004
2,841,298                        76/466,233                      05/11/2004
2,841,303                        76/467,326                      05/11/2004
2,841,916                        76/470,776                      05/11/2004
2,841,917                        76/471,591                      05/11/2004
2,839,657                        76/473,125                      05/11/2004
2,841,316                        76/473,296                      05/11/2004
2,841,919                        76/473,350                      05/11/2004
2,841,921                        76/473,356                      05/11/2004
2,841,922                        76/473,364                      05/11/2004
2,839,661                        76/474,126                      05/11/2004
2,841,322                        76/474,675                      05/11/2004
2,841,925                        76/474,954                      05/11/2004
2,841,927                        76/474,957                      05/11/2004
2,839,678                        76/477,137                      05/11/2004
2,841,934                        76/480,132                      05/11/2004
2,839,701                        76/481,754                      05/11/2004
2,841,339                        76/482,301                      05/11/2004
2,841,346                        76/484,447                      05/11/2004
2,841,938                        76/484,726                      05/11/2004
2,841,349                        76/485,553                      05/11/2004
2,839,717                        76/486,179                      05/11/2004
2,839,719                        76/486,227                      05/11/2004
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2,841,352                        76/489,197                      05/11/2004
2,841,353                        76/489,580                      05/11/2004
2,839,737                        76/490,116                      05/11/2004
2,841,944                        76/490,616                      05/11/2004
2,841,945                        76/491,470                      05/11/2004
2,839,742                        76/493,311                      05/11/2004
2,839,746                        76/493,915                      05/11/2004
2,839,761                        76/499,613                      05/11/2004
2,839,766                        76/500,175                      05/11/2004
2,841,363                        76/500,501                      05/11/2004
2,839,772                        76/501,876                      05/11/2004
2,839,773                        76/501,946                      05/11/2004
2,839,779                        76/503,800                      05/11/2004
2,839,784                        76/504,370                      05/11/2004
2,839,790                        76/505,287                      05/11/2004
2,839,791                        76/505,289                      05/11/2004
2,839,795                        76/505,922                      05/11/2004
2,839,804                        76/507,075                      05/11/2004
2,841,366                        76/507,151                      05/11/2004
2,841,367                        76/507,155                      05/11/2004
2,839,810                        76/508,287                      05/11/2004
2,839,823                        76/510,728                      05/11/2004
2,839,836                        76/513,672                      05/11/2004
2,839,837                        76/513,718                      05/11/2004
2,839,851                        76/515,576                      05/11/2004
2,839,862                        76/516,217                      05/11/2004
2,839,863                        76/516,349                      05/11/2004
2,839,865                        76/516,612                      05/11/2004
2,839,889                        76/519,762                      05/11/2004
2,839,892                        76/520,047                      05/11/2004
2,839,895                        76/520,448                      05/11/2004
2,839,903                        76/520,733                      05/11/2004
2,839,910                        76/521,286                      05/11/2004
2,839,918                        76/522,174                      05/11/2004
2,839,922                        76/522,395                      05/11/2004
2,839,928                        76/522,940                      05/11/2004
2,839,938                        76/523,814                      05/11/2004
2,839,947                        76/524,789                      05/11/2004
2,839,955                        76/525,897                      05/11/2004
2,839,957                        76/526,286                      05/11/2004
2,839,958                        76/527,352                      05/11/2004
2,839,959                        76/527,625                      05/11/2004
2,839,962                        76/528,277                      05/11/2004
2,839,978                        76/531,239                      05/11/2004
2,841,974                        76/534,981                      05/11/2004
2,839,991                        76/537,892                      05/11/2004
2,839,992                        76/537,956                      05/11/2004
2,841,373                        76/975,906                      05/11/2004
2,841,375                        76/975,994                      05/11/2004
2,839,997                        76/976,390                      05/11/2004
2,841,393                        76/976,399                      05/11/2004
2,841,399                        76/976,446                      05/11/2004
2,841,421                        78/018,529                      05/11/2004
2,839,999                        78/037,042                      05/11/2004
2,840,000                        78/037,060                      05/11/2004
2,841,436                        78/043,816                      05/11/2004
2,841,438                        78/044,050                      05/11/2004
2,841,443                        78/051,108                      05/11/2004
2,841,445                        78/054,049                      05/11/2004
2,840,008                        78/066,595                      05/11/2004
2,841,462                        78/068,994                      05/11/2004
2,841,476                        78/076,901                      05/11/2004
2,841,478                        78/078,378                      05/11/2004
2,841,484                        78/082,870                      05/11/2004
2,841,485                        78/083,807                      05/11/2004
2,841,504                        78/092,578                      05/11/2004
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2,841,508                        78/096,577                      05/11/2004
2,841,522                        78/104,625                      05/11/2004
2,841,530                        78/106,823                      05/11/2004
2,841,531                        78/106,828                      05/11/2004
2,841,532                        78/107,653                      05/11/2004
2,840,018                        78/115,831                      05/11/2004
2,841,548                        78/116,061                      05/11/2004
2,841,557                        78/120,690                      05/11/2004
2,841,560                        78/122,247                      05/11/2004
2,840,021                        78/124,160                      05/11/2004
2,840,022                        78/124,214                      05/11/2004
2,841,566                        78/124,799                      05/11/2004
2,841,572                        78/126,780                      05/11/2004
2,841,980                        78/131,087                      05/11/2004
2,841,599                        78/138,473                      05/11/2004
2,840,046                        78/144,468                      05/11/2004
2,841,621                        78/144,635                      05/11/2004
2,841,983                        78/145,644                      05/11/2004
2,841,629                        78/148,569                      05/11/2004
2,840,052                        78/148,966                      05/11/2004
2,841,631                        78/148,973                      05/11/2004
2,841,633                        78/149,357                      05/11/2004
2,841,636                        78/149,376                      05/11/2004
2,840,055                        78/152,909                      05/11/2004
2,841,658                        78/155,783                      05/11/2004
2,841,666                        78/157,891                      05/11/2004
2,841,681                        78/161,625                      05/11/2004
2,841,682                        78/161,629                      05/11/2004
2,841,697                        78/164,465                      05/11/2004
2,840,071                        78/166,338                      05/11/2004
2,841,703                        78/166,681                      05/11/2004
2,841,713                        78/169,012                      05/11/2004
2,841,717                        78/169,409                      05/11/2004
2,841,718                        78/169,411                      05/11/2004
2,841,719                        78/169,424                      05/11/2004
2,840,079                        78/170,857                      05/11/2004
2,841,730                        78/171,912                      05/11/2004
2,841,734                        78/172,488                      05/11/2004
2,841,735                        78/172,605                      05/11/2004
2,841,737                        78/172,817                      05/11/2004
2,841,992                        78/176,933                      05/11/2004
2,840,096                        78/179,041                      05/11/2004
2,840,097                        78/179,588                      05/11/2004
2,841,752                        78/179,744                      05/11/2004
2,840,101                        78/180,287                      05/11/2004
2,840,102                        78/180,288                      05/11/2004
2,840,103                        78/180,290                      05/11/2004
2,840,106                        78/180,687                      05/11/2004
2,841,758                        78/181,438                      05/11/2004
2,840,112                        78/183,470                      05/11/2004
2,841,772                        78/185,703                      05/11/2004
2,840,127                        78/186,025                      05/11/2004
2,840,130                        78/186,286                      05/11/2004
2,840,140                        78/188,085                      05/11/2004
2,840,142                        78/188,155                      05/11/2004
2,840,146                        78/189,843                      05/11/2004
2,840,147                        78/190,179                      05/11/2004
2,841,783                        78/192,845                      05/11/2004
2,840,153                        78/193,311                      05/11/2004
2,841,785                        78/193,524                      05/11/2004
2,841,998                        78/194,141                      05/11/2004
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2,841,797                        78/198,425                      05/11/2004
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2,840,172                        78/201,534                      05/11/2004
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2,840,184                        78/204,555                      05/11/2004
2,840,185                        78/204,763                      05/11/2004
2,841,810                        78/206,080                      05/11/2004
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2,840,205                        78/212,080                      05/11/2004
2,840,211                        78/214,858                      05/11/2004
2,840,212                        78/215,504                      05/11/2004
2,842,011                        78/215,624                      05/11/2004
2,841,825                        78/216,330                      05/11/2004
2,840,214                        78/217,124                      05/11/2004
2,840,215                        78/217,760                      05/11/2004
2,840,216                        78/217,877                      05/11/2004
2,841,830                        78/217,926                      05/11/2004
2,840,227                        78/221,874                      05/11/2004
2,840,229                        78/222,534                      05/11/2004
2,840,230                        78/222,802                      05/11/2004
2,840,233                        78/223,580                      05/11/2004
2,841,840                        78/228,744                      05/11/2004
2,841,841                        78/228,768                      05/11/2004
2,840,253                        78/228,959                      05/11/2004
2,842,019                        78/230,992                      05/11/2004
2,840,262                        78/231,818                      05/11/2004
2,841,844                        78/232,213                      05/11/2004
2,841,845                        78/233,602                      05/11/2004
2,842,020                        78/233,920                      05/11/2004
2,840,276                        78/236,652                      05/11/2004
2,840,281                        78/238,845                      05/11/2004
2,840,284                        78/240,094                      05/11/2004
2,840,296                        78/244,797                      05/11/2004
2,840,297                        78/244,942                      05/11/2004
2,840,304                        78/246,367                      05/11/2004
2,840,305                        78/246,908                      05/11/2004
2,840,307                        78/247,252                      05/11/2004
2,840,314                        78/248,774                      05/11/2004
2,840,315                        78/248,894                      05/11/2004
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2,840,326                        78/251,495                      05/11/2004
2,840,336                        78/253,223                      05/11/2004
2,840,337                        78/253,239                      05/11/2004
2,840,342                        78/253,822                      05/11/2004
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2,840,400                        78/262,798                      05/11/2004
2,840,415                        78/266,519                      05/11/2004
2,840,416                        78/267,529                      05/11/2004
2,840,427                        78/273,490                      05/11/2004
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2,840,430                        78/274,473                      05/11/2004
2,840,434                        78/276,641                      05/11/2004
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2,841,859                        78/975,306                      05/11/2004
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37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication
                       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application
with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application
without the signature of all of the inventors. The petition has been
granted. A notice has been sent to the last known address of the
non-signing inventor, Michael Smith. The inventor whose signature is
missing may join in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath
or declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application
number is PCT/GB2012/000397 and was filed on 30 April 2012 in the names of
Michael Smith, Sheen Yap, Tim Russell, Kevin Joyce, Ken Johnstone, Nicola
Eger and Alexis Gupta for the invention entitled Application Control in
Electronic Devices. The national stage application is assigned number
14/114,500 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(1), (c)(2) and (c)(4) date of 24
November 2014.

                       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signatures of the inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice has
been sent to the last known addresses of the non-signing inventors. The
inventors whose signatures are missing (Jing WANG) may join in the
application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying
with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/CN2012/076413
and was filed on 03 June 2012 in the name of Pu CHEN, Jing WANG, Yang LIN
for the invention entitled "BATTERY." The national stage application number
is 14/123,430 and has a date of 16 May 2014 under 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(1),
(c)(2), and (c)(4).

                       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application
with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application
without the signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted. A
notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor.
The inventor whose signature is missing (John Robert Howe Wilson) may join
in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration
complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is
PCT/EP2012/000098 and was filed on 11 January 2012 in the name of John
Robert Howe Wilson entitled FUNCTIONALISED MATERIALS, PROCESS FOR THE
PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF. The national stage application is assigned
number 13/979,505 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c) date of 23 October 2014.
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Registration to Practice
                           Registration to Practice

   The following list contains the names of persons seeking for
registration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office. Final approval for registration is subject to establishing to the
satisfaction of the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline
that the person seeking registration is of good moral character and repute.
37 CFR § 11.7 Accordingly, any information tending to affect the
eligibility of any of the following persons on moral ethical or other
grounds should be furnished to the Director of Enrollment and Discipline on
or before January 25, 2015 at the following address: Mail Stop OED United
States Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria VA 22314

Baker, Ronald Darrell, 3548 Ashford-Dunwoody Road, Unit C, Atlanta, GA
30319

Barker, James Phillip, 1221 First Avenue, #2315, Seattle, WA 98101

Caruso, John Anthony, 64 Carrie Circle, Fairfield, CT 06825

Chang, Willis H, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, 1100 New York Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20005

Chencinski, Siegfried Ernest, Starlifter Investment Management, 4925 Waple
Lane, Alexandria, VA 22304

Choi, Won Jun, Lowe Hauptman & Ham, LLP, 2318 Mill Road, Suite 1400,
Alexandria, VA 22314

Close, Christopher Coleman, 1017 Ector Drive NW, Kennesaw, GA 30152

Dang, Phong Nguyen, 5967 Annandale Way, Dublin, CA 94568

Debbih, Meriem, 1089 De Haro Street, San Francisco, CA 94107

Facey, Robert Alexander Ellis, 66 Rockwell Place, Apartment 21D, Brooklyn,
NY 11217

Halajian, Dina, 3 Stepping Stone Crescent, Dix Hills, NY 11746

Hilger, Andrew Michael, Fenwick & West LLP, 801 California Street, Mountain
View, CA 94041

Hines, Jonathan Leslie, Erise IP, 6201 College Blvd, Suite 300, Overland
Park, KS 66211

Hirota, Tomoyuki, Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C., 1950 Roland Clarke Place,
Reston, VA 20191

Ingvldstad, Bennett Allan, Quixey, Inc. 303 Bryant Street, Mountain View,
CA 94041

Kehres, Adam Micheal, 24008 Meadowcreek Circle E, South Lyon, MI 48178

Lim, Lithaw, 20 Tranquil Pond Drive, Frisco, TX 75034

McCahill, Ian William, 607 SE 18th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214

Myint, Albert Yen, 1560 Wilson Avenue, San Marino, CA 91108

Nackerud, Erik Andrew, Voxtel, 15985 Schendel Avenue, #200, Beaverton, OR
97006

Santiesteban, Uriel Joseph, 1874 Viola Lane, Hellertown, PA 18055

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Schnall, Joshua Chaim, 1350 Warner Road, Meadow Brook, PA 19046

Sims, Kirsten Marie, 94 South 1000 East, River Heights, UT 84321

Tyler, Monroe Holmes, 4345-202 New Town Avenue, Williamburg, VA 23188

Yi, Francis Kiwon, Swanson & Bratschun, LLC, 10185 Bluffmont Drive, Lone
Tree, CO 80124

December 11, 2014                                          WILLIAM R. COVEY
                   Deputy General Counsel for Enrollment and Discipline and
                        Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline
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Notice of Suspension
                             Notice of Suspension

   This notice concerns David V. Moss of Poulsbo, Washington, who is
registered to practice in patent matters (Registration Number 56,823)
before the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO" or "Office")
and is licensed as an attorney in Washington and Wisconsin. In a reciprocal
disciplinary proceeding, the Director of the USPTO has ordered that Mr.
Moss be suspended for two years from practice before the USPTO in patent,
trademark, and other non-patent matters for violating 37 C.F.R. § 11.804(h)
predicated upon being suspended from the practice of law by a duly
constituted authority of a State.

   On July 30, 2014, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin entered an order
suspending Mr. Moss from the practice of law for two years in Wisconsin for
violating the following Supreme Court Rules: 20:1.3 (failure to act with
reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client); 20:1.4(a)(3)
and (4) (failure to keep a client reasonably informed about the status of a
matter and failure to promptly comply with reasonable requests for
information); 20:1.5(a) (unreasonable fees); 20:1.5(b)(1) and (2) (failure
to communicate the scope of representation and fees); 20:1.15(d)(1) and (2)
(failure to properly disburse funds received); 20:1.16(d) (failure to
protect a client's interest upon termination of representation); 20:8.4(g)
(misconduct by violating an attorney's oath); and 22.03(2) and 22.03(6),
enforced via 20:8.4(h) (failure to cooperate in a disciplinary
investigation). Mr. Moss engaged in repeated misconduct by taking fees from
clients, failing to perform the work for which he was retained, failing to
communicate with clients regarding the status of their matters, and failing
to return fees and client files upon request.

   This action is the result of a settlement agreement between the
practitioner and the OED Director pursuant to the provisions of 35 U.S.C.
§§2(b)(2)(D) and 32, and 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.20, 11.26, and 11.59. Disciplinary
decisions involving practitioners are posted at the OED's Reading Room,
which is publicly accessible at:
http://e-foia.uspto.gov/Foia/OEDReadingRoom.jsp.

and

   d. Nothing in this Final Order shall prevent the Office from Considering
the record of this disciplinary proceeding, including the Final Order: (1)
when addressing any further complaint or evidence of the same or similar
misconduct brought to the attention of the Office; and/or (2) in any future
disciplinary proceeding against Respondent (i) as an aggravating factor to
be taken into consideration in determining any discipline to be imposed;
and/or (ii) to rebut any statement or representation made by or on
Respondent's behalf; and

   e. The OED Director and Respondent shall each bear their own costs
incurred to date in carrying out the terms of the Agreement and the Final
Order.

December 10, 2014                                            JAMES O. PAYNE
                                     Deputy General Counsel for General Law
                                  United States Patent and Trademark Office

                                                               on behalf of

                                                            MICHELLE K. LEE
                  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
                  Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Notice of Exclusion on Consent
                      Notice of Exclusion on Consent

   This notice concerns David N. Oskin, a registered patent attorney
(Registration No. 58,863). The Director of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office ("USPTO" or "Office") has accepted Mr. Oskin's affidavit
of resignation and ordered his exclusion on consent from practice before
the Office in patent, trademark, and non-patent law.

   Mr. Oskin voluntarily submitted his affidavit at a time when a
disciplinary investigation was pending against him. The investigation
concerned his hiring and supervision of a suspended patent practitioner,
Mr. Christopher Haigh. The Indiana Supreme Court disbarred Mr. Haigh for
contempt in violating its Suspension Order, by, among other things,
engaging in the unauthorized practice of law. The Indiana Supreme Court
considered such contempt to be aggravated by Mr. Haigh maintaining a
presence in the office of Caliber IP, which was owned and operated by Mr.
Oskin. Mr. Oskin acknowledged that the Director of the USPTO's Office of
Enrollment and Discipline ("OED Director") was of the opinion that his
conduct violated 37 C.F.R. §§ 10.23(b)(5) (proscribing conduct that is
prejudicial to the administration of justice) and 10.47(b) (proscribing
aiding a suspended or excluded practitioner in the practice of law before
the Office).

   While Mr. Oskin did not admit to violating any of the Disciplinary Rules
of the USPTO Code of Professional Responsibility as alleged in the pending
investigation, he acknowledged that, if and when he applies for
reinstatement, the OED Director will conclusively presume, for the limited
purpose of determining the application for reinstatement, that (i) the
allegations set forth in the OED investigation against him are true and
(ii) he could not have successfully defended himself against such
allegations.

   This action is taken pursuant to the provisions of 35 U.S.C.
§§ 2(b)(2)(D) and 32, and 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.27 and 11.59. Disciplinary
decisions involving practitioners are posted for public reading at the
Office of Enrollment and Discipline Reading Room, available at:
http://e-foia.uspto.gov/Foia/OEDReadingRoom.jsp.

December 12, 2014                                            JAMES O. PAYNE
                                     Deputy General Counsel for General Law
                                  United States Patent and Trademark Office

                                                               on behalf of

                                                            MICHELLE K. LEE
           Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
           Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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2014 Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

United States Patent and Trademark Office

37 CFR Part 1

[Docket No. PTO-P-2014-0058]

2014 Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Examination guidance; request for comments.


SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) has prepared interim guidance (2014 Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility, called "Interim Eligibility Guidance") for use by USPTO personnel in determining subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. 101 in view of recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court (Supreme Court). This Interim Eligibility Guidance supplements the June 25, 2014, Preliminary Examination Instructions in view of the Supreme Court decision in Alice Corp. (June 2014 Preliminary Instructions) and supersedes the March 4, 2014, Procedure For Subject Matter Eligibility Analysis Of Claims Reciting Or Involving Laws Of Nature/Natural Principles, Natural Phenomena, And/Or Natural Products (March 2014 Procedure) issued in view of the Supreme Court decisions in Myriad and Mayo. The USPTO is seeking public comment on this Interim Eligibility Guidance along with additional suggestions on claim examples for explanatory example sets.

DATES: Effective Date: This Interim Eligibility Guidance is effective on December 16, 2014. This Interim Eligibility Guidance applies to all applications filed before, on or after December 16, 2014.

    Comment Deadline Date: To be ensured of consideration, written comments must be received on or before March 16, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this Interim Eligibility Guidance must be sent by electronic mail message over the Internet addressed to: 2014_interim_guidance@uspto.gov. Electronic comments submitted in plain text are preferred, but also may be submitted in ADOBE[supreg] portable document format or MICROSOFT WORD[supreg] format. The comments will be available for viewing via the Office's Internet Web site (http://www.uspto.gov). Because comments will be made available for public inspection, information that the submitter does not desire to make public, such as an address or phone number, should not be included in the comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Raul Tamayo, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration, by telephone at 571-272-7728, or Michael Cygan, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration, by telephone at 571-272-7700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2106 of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) sets forth guidance for use by USPTO personnel in determining subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. 101. See MPEP 2106 (9th ed. 2014). The USPTO has prepared this Interim Eligibility Guidance for use by USPTO personnel in determining subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. 101 in view of recent decisions by the Supreme Court. The following Interim Eligibility Guidance on patent subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. 101 supplements the June 25, 2014, Preliminary Examination Instructions in view of the Supreme Court Decision in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, et al.1 (June 2014 Preliminary Instructions) and supersedes the March 4, 2014, Procedure For Subject Matter Eligibility Analysis Of Claims Reciting Or Involving Laws Of Nature/Natural Principles, Natural Phenomena, And/Or Natural Products (March 2014 Procedure) 2 issued in view of the Supreme Court decisions in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.3 and Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories Inc.4 Implementation of examination guidance on eligibility will be an iterative process continuing with periodic supplements based on developments in patent subject matter eligibility jurisprudence 5 and public feedback.

    The USPTO is seeking written comments on this guidance, as well as additional suggestions for claim examples to use for examiner training. Further, the USPTO plans to hold a public forum in mid-January 2015 in order to discuss the guidance and next steps and to receive additional oral input. When the date and location are finalized, notice of the forum will be provided on the Office's Internet Web site (http://www.uspto.gov).

    This Interim Eligibility Guidance does not constitute substantive rulemaking and does not have the force and effect of law. This Interim Eligibility Guidance sets out the Office's interpretation of the subject matter eligibility requirements of 35 U.S.C. 101 in view of recent decisions by the Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit), and advises the public and Office personnel on how these court decisions impact the provisions of MPEP 2105, 2106 and 2106.01. This Interim Eligibility Guidance has been developed as a matter of internal Office management and is not intended to create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party against the Office. Rejections will continue to be based upon the substantive law, and it is these rejections that are appealable. Failure of Office personnel to follow this Interim Eligibility Guidance is not, in itself, a proper basis for either an appeal or a petition.

    This Interim Eligibility Guidance offers a comprehensive view of subject matter eligibility in line with Alice Corp, Myriad, Mayo, and the related body of case law, and is responsive to the public comments received pertaining to the March 2014 Procedure and the June 2014 Preliminary Instructions (see the Notice of Forum on the Guidance for Determining Subject Matter Eligibility of Claims Reciting or Involving Laws of Nature, Natural Phenomena, and Natural Products, 79 FR 21736 (Apr. 17, 2014) and the Request for Comments and Extension of Comment Period on Examination Instruction and Guidance Pertaining to Patent- Eligible Subject Matter, 79 FR 36786 (June 30, 2014)). In conjunction with this Interim Eligibility Guidance, a set of explanatory examples relating to nature-based products is being released to replace the prior examples issued with the March 2014 Procedure and the related training. The explanatory examples relating to nature-based products address themes raised in the public comments and adopt many suggestions from the comments. Additional explanatory example sets relating to claims that do and do not amount to significantly more than a judicial exception are being developed and will be issued at a future date, taking into account suggestions already received from the public comments, future public comments, and any further judicial developments.

    The June 2014 Preliminary Instructions superseded MPEP sections 2106(II)(A) and 2106(II)(B). MPEP 2105 is also superseded by this Interim Eligibility Guidance to the extent that it suggests that "mere human intervention" necessarily results in eligible subject matter. MPEP 2106.01 is additionally now superseded with this interim guidance. Examiners should continue to follow the MPEP for all other examination instructions. The following sections pertain to examining for patent subject matter eligibility with details on determining what applicant invented and making a rejection under 35 U.S.C. 101 and should be reviewed closely as they are not duplicated in this Interim Eligibility Guidance:

MPEP 2103: Patent Examination Process
 
2103(I): Determine What Applicant Has Invented and Is Seeking to Patent
2103(II): Conduct a Thorough Search of the Prior Art
2103(III): Determine Whether the Claimed Invention Complies With 35 U.S.C. 101
2103(IV): Evaluate Application for Compliance With 35 U.S.C. 112
2103(V): Determine Whether the Claimed Invention Complies With 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103
2103(VI): Clearly Communicate Findings, Conclusions, and Their Bases
MPEP 2104: Patentable Subject Matter
MPEP 2105: Patentable Subject Matter--Living Subject Matter6
MPEP 2106: Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
 
2106(I): The Four Categories of Statutory Subject Matter
2106(II): Judicial Exceptions to the Four Categories (not subsections (II)(A) and (II)(B))
2106(III): Establish on the Record a Prima Facie Case

    The current version of the MPEP (9th ed., March 2014) incorporates patent subject matter eligibility guidance issued as of November 2013.

    This Interim Eligibility Guidance is divided into the following sections:

  Flowchart: Eligibility Test for Products and Processes;
  Part I: Two-part Analysis for Judicial Exceptions;
  Part II: Complete Examination;
  Part III: Sample Analysis; and
  Part IV: Summaries of Court Decisions Relating to Laws of Nature, Natural Phenomena, and Abstract Ideas.

    The following flowchart illustrates the subject matter eligibility analysis for products and processes to be used during examination for evaluating whether a claim is drawn to patent-eligible subject matter. It is recognized that under the controlling legal precedent there may be variations in the precise contours of the analysis for subject matter eligibility that will still achieve the same end result. The analysis set forth herein promotes examination efficiency and consistency across all technologies.


SUBJECT MATTER ELIGIBILITY TEST FOR PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES

    2014 Interim Eligibility Guidance: In accordance with the existing two-step analysis for patent subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. 101 explained in MPEP 2106, the claimed invention (Step 1) "must be directed to one of the four statutory categories" and (Step 2) "must not be wholly directed to subject matter encompassing a judicially recognized exception." Referring to the attached flowchart titled Subject Matter Eligibility Test for Products and Processes, Step 1 is represented in diamond (1), which is explained in MPEP 2106(I). Step 2 is represented in diamonds (2A) and (2B) and is the subject of this Interim Eligibility Guidance. Step 2 is the two-part analysis from Alice Corp.7 (also called the Mayo test) for claims directed to laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas (the judicially recognized exceptions).

I. Two-Part Analysis for Judicial Exceptions

    A. Flowchart Step 2A (Part 1 Mayo Test)--Determine whether the claim is directed to a law of nature, a natural phenomenon, or an abstract idea (judicial exceptions).

    After determining what applicant has invented by reviewing the entire application disclosure and construing the claims in accordance with their broadest reasonable interpretation (MPEP 2103), determine whether the claim as a whole is directed to a judicial exception. A claim to a process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter (Step 1: YES) that is not directed to any judicial exceptions (Step 2A: NO) is eligible and needs no further eligibility analysis. A claim that is directed to at least one exception (Step 2A: YES) requires further analysis to determine whether the claim recites a patent-eligible application of the exception (Step 2B).

1. Determine What the Claim Is "Directed to"

    A claim is directed to a judicial exception when a law of nature, a natural phenomenon, or an abstract idea is recited (i.e., set forth or described) in the claim. Such a claim requires closer scrutiny for eligibility because of the risk that it will "tie up" 8 the excepted subject matter and pre-empt others from using the law of nature, natural phenomenon, or abstract idea. Courts tread carefully in scrutinizing such claims because at some level all inventions embody, use, reflect, rest upon, or apply a law of nature, natural phenomenon, or abstract idea.9 To properly interpret the claim, it is important to understand what the applicant has invented and is seeking to patent.

    For claims that may recite a judicial exception, but are directed to inventions that clearly do not seek to tie up the judicial exception, see Section I.B.3. regarding a streamlined eligibility analysis.

2. Identify the Judicial Exception Recited in the Claim

    MPEP 2106(II) provides a detailed explanation of the judicial exceptions and their legal bases. It should be noted that there are no bright lines between the types of exceptions because many of these concepts can fall under several exceptions. For example, mathematical formulas are considered to be an exception as they express a scientific truth, but have been labelled by the courts as both abstract ideas and laws of nature. Likewise, "products of nature" are considered to be an exception because they tie up the use of naturally occurring things, but have been labelled as both laws of nature and natural phenomena. Thus, it is sufficient for this analysis to identify that the claimed concept aligns with at least one judicial exception.

    Laws of nature and natural phenomena, as identified by the courts, include naturally occurring principles/substances and substances that do not have markedly different characteristics compared to what occurs in nature. See Section I.A.3. for a discussion of the markedly different characteristics analysis used to determine whether a claim that includes a nature-based product limitation recites an exception. The types of concepts courts have found to be laws of nature and natural phenomena are shown by these cases, which are intended to be illustrative and not limiting:

An isolated DNA (Myriad: see Section III, Example 2);
a correlation that is the consequence of how a certain compound is metabolized by the body (Mayo: see Section III, Example 5);
electromagnetism to transmit signals (Morse: 10 see Section IV.A.1.); and
the chemical principle underlying the union between fatty elements and water (Tilghman: 11 see Section IV.A.2.)

    Abstract ideas have been identified by the courts by way of example, including fundamental economic practices, certain methods of organizing human activities, an idea `of itself,' and mathematical relationships/formulas.12 The types of concepts courts have found to be abstract ideas are shown by these cases, which are intended to be illustrative and not limiting:

Mitigating settlement risk (Alice: see Section III, Example 6);
hedging (Bilski: 13 see Section IV.A.5.);
creating a contractual relationship (buySAFE: 14 see Section IV.C.3.);
using advertising as an exchange or currency (Ultramercial: 15 see Section IV.C.4.);
processing information through a clearinghouse (Dealertrack: 16 see Section IV.B.3.);
comparing new and stored information and using rules to identify options (SmartGene: 17 see Section IV.B.4.);
using categories to organize, store and transmit information (Cyberfone: 18 see Section IV.B.5.);
organizing information through mathematical correlations (Digitech: 19 see Section IV.C.1.);
managing a game of bingo (Planet Bingo: 20 see Section IV.C.2.);
the Arrhenius equation for calculating the cure time of rubber (Diehr: 21 see Section III, Example 3);
a formula for updating alarm limits (Flook: 22 see Section III, Example 4);
a mathematical formula relating to standing wave phenomena (Mackay Radio: 23 see Section IV.A.3.); and
a mathematical procedure for converting one form of numerical representation to another (Benson: 24 see Section IV.A.4.)

3. Nature-Based Products

a. Determine Whether the Markedly Different Characteristics Analysis Is Needed To Evaluate a Nature-Based Product Limitation Recited in a Claim

    Nature-based products, as used herein, include both eligible and ineligible products and merely refer to the types of products subject to the markedly different characteristics analysis used to identify "product of nature" exceptions. Courts have held that naturally occurring products and some man-made products that are essentially no different from a naturally occurring product are "products of nature" 25 that fall under the laws of nature or natural phenomena exception. To determine whether a claim that includes a nature-based product limitation recites a "product of nature" exception, use the markedly different characteristics analysis to evaluate the nature-based product limitation (discussed in section I.A.3.b). A claim that recites a nature-based product limitation that does not exhibit markedly different characteristics from its naturally occurring counterpart in its natural state is directed to a "product of nature" exception (Step 2A: YES).

    Care should be taken not to overly extend the markedly different characteristics analysis to products that when viewed as a whole are not nature-based. For claims that recite a nature-based product limitation (which may or may not be a "product of nature" exception) but are directed to inventions that clearly do not seek to tie up any judicial exception, see Section I.B.3. regarding a streamlined eligibility analysis. In such cases, it would not be necessary to conduct a markedly different characteristics analysis.

    A nature-based product can be claimed by itself (e.g., "a Lactobacillus bacterium") or as one or more limitations of a claim (e.g., "a probiotic composition comprising a mixture of Lactobacillus and milk in a container"). The markedly different characteristics analysis should be applied only to the nature-based product limitations in the claim to determine whether the nature-based products are "product of nature" exceptions. When the nature-based product is produced by combining multiple components, the markedly different characteristics analysis should be applied to the resultant nature- based combination, rather than its component parts. In the example above, the mixture of Lactobacillus and milk should be analyzed for markedly different characteristics, rather than the Lactobacillus separately and the milk separately. The container would not be subject to the markedly different characteristics analysis as it is not a nature-based product, but would be evaluated in Step 2B if it is determined that the mixture of Lactobacillus and milk does not have markedly different characteristics from any naturally occurring counterpart and thus is a "product of nature" exception.

    For a product-by-process claim, the analysis turns on whether the nature-based product in the claim has markedly different characteristics from its naturally occurring counterpart. (See MPEP 2113 for product-by-process claims.)

    A process claim is not subject to the markedly different analysis for nature-based products used in the process, except in the limited situation where a process claim is drafted in such a way 26 that there is no difference in substance from a product claim (e.g., "a method of providing an apple.").

b. Markedly Different Characteristics Analysis: Structure, Function and/or Other Properties 27

    The markedly different characteristics analysis compares the nature-based product limitation to its naturally occurring counterpart in its natural state. When there is no naturally occurring counterpart to the nature-based product, the comparison should be made to the closest naturally occurring counterpart. In the case of a nature-based combination, the closest counterpart may be the individual nature-based components that form the combination, i.e., the characteristics of the claimed nature-based combination are compared to the characteristics of the components in their natural state.

    Markedly different characteristics can be expressed as the product's structure, function, and/or other properties,28 and will be evaluated based on what is recited in the claim on a case-by-case basis. As seen by the examples that are being released in conjunction with this Interim Eligibility Guidance, even a small change can result in markedly different characteristics from the product's naturally occurring counterpart. In accordance with this analysis, a product that is purified or isolated, for example, will be eligible when there is a resultant change in characteristics sufficient to show a marked difference from the product's naturally occurring counterpart. If the claim recites a nature-based product limitation that does not exhibit markedly different characteristics, the claim is directed to a "product of nature" exception (a law of nature or naturally occurring phenomenon), and the claim will require further analysis to determine eligibility based on whether additional elements add significantly more to the exception.

    Non-limiting examples of the types of characteristics considered by the courts when determining whether there is a marked difference include:

Biological or pharmacological functions or activities;29
Chemical and physical properties; 30
Phenotype, including functional and structural characteristics; 31 and
Structure and form, whether chemical, genetic or physical.32

    If the claim includes a nature-based product that has markedly different characteristics, the claim does not recite a "product of nature" exception and is eligible (Step 2A: NO) unless the claim recites another exception (such as a law of nature or abstract idea, or a different natural phenomenon). If the claim includes a product having no markedly different characteristics from the product's naturally occurring counterpart in its natural state, the claim is directed to an exception (Step 2A: YES), and the eligibility analysis must proceed to Step 2B to determine if any additional elements in the claim add significantly more to the exception. For claims that are to a single nature-based product, once a markedly different characteristic in that product is shown, no further analysis would be necessary for eligibility because no "product of nature" exception is recited (i.e., Step 2B is not necessary because the answer to Step 2A is NO). This is a change from prior guidance because the inquiry as to whether the claim amounts to significantly more than a "product of nature" exception is not relevant to claims that do not recite an exception. Thus, a claim can be found eligible based solely on a showing that the nature-based product in the claim has markedly different characteristics and thus is not a "product of nature" exception, when no other exception is recited in the claim.

    If a rejection under 35 U.S.C. 101 is ultimately made, the rejection should identify the exception as it is recited (i.e., set forth or described) in the claim, and explain why it is an exception providing reasons why the product does not have markedly different characteristics from its naturally occurring counterpart in its natural state.

    B. Flowchart Step 2B (Part 2 Mayo test)--Determine whether any element, or combination of elements, in the claim is sufficient to ensure that the claim amounts to significantly more than the judicial exception.

    A claim directed to a judicial exception must be analyzed to determine whether the elements of the claim, considered both individually and as an ordered combination, are sufficient to ensure that the claim as a whole amounts to significantly more than the exception itself--this has been termed a search for an "inventive concept." 33 To be patent-eligible, a claim that is directed to a judicial exception must include additional features to ensure that the claim describes a process or product that applies the exception in a meaningful way, such that it is more than a drafting effort designed to monopolize the exception. It is important to consider the claim as whole. Individual elements viewed on their own may not appear to add significantly more to the claim, but when combined may amount to significantly more than the exception. Every claim must be examined individually, based on the particular elements recited therein, and should not be judged to automatically stand or fall with similar claims in an application.

1. "Significantly More"

    The Supreme Court has identified a number of considerations for determining whether a claim with additional elements amounts to significantly more than the judicial exception itself. The following are examples of these considerations, which are not intended to be exclusive or limiting. Limitations that may be enough to qualify as "significantly more" when recited in a claim with a judicial exception include:

Improvements to another technology or technical field; 34
Improvements to the functioning of the computer itself; 35
Applying the judicial exception with, or by use of, a particular machine; 36
Effecting a transformation or reduction of a particular article to a different state or thing; 37
Adding a specific limitation other than what is well- understood, routine and conventional in the field, or adding unconventional steps that confine the claim to a particular useful application; 38 or
Other meaningful limitations beyond generally linking the use of the judicial exception to a particular technological environment.39

    Limitations that were found not to be enough to qualify as "significantly more" when recited in a claim with a judicial exception include:

Adding the words "apply it" (or an equivalent) with the judicial exception, or mere instructions to implement an abstract idea on a computer; 40
Simply appending well-understood, routine and conventional activities previously known to the industry, specified at a high level of generality, to the judicial exception, e.g., a claim to an abstract idea requiring no more than a generic computer to perform generic computer functions that are well-understood, routine and conventional activities previously known to the industry; 41
Adding insignificant extrasolution activity to the judicial exception, e.g., mere data gathering in conjunction with a law of nature or abstract idea; 42 or
Generally linking the use of the judicial exception to a particular technological environment or field of use.43

    Section III provides examples of claims analyzed under this framework.

    If the claim as a whole does recite significantly more than the exception itself, the claim is eligible (Step 2B: YES), and the eligibility analysis is complete. If there are no meaningful limitations in the claim that transform the exception into a patent- eligible application, such that the claim does not amount to significantly more than the exception itself, the claim is not patent- eligible (Step 2B: NO) and should be rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101. In the rejection, identify the exception by referring to where it is recited (i.e., set forth or described) in the claim and explain why it is considered an exception. Then, if the claim includes additional elements, identify the elements in the rejection and explain why they do not add significantly more to the exception. Also see MPEP 2103(VI) and 2106(III) for instructions on making the rejection.

2. A Claim Reciting a Plurality of Exceptions

    For a claim that is directed to a plurality of exceptions, conduct the eligibility analysis for one of the exceptions. If the claim recites an element or combination of elements that amount to significantly more than that exception, consider whether those additional elements also amount to significantly more for the other claimed exception(s), which ensures that the claim does not have a pre- emptive effect with respect to any of the recited exceptions. Additional elements that satisfy Step 2B for one exception will likely satisfy Step 2B for all exceptions in a claim. On the other hand, if the claim fails under Step 2B for one exception, the claim is ineligible, and no further eligibility analysis is needed.

3. Streamlined Eligibility Analysis

    For purposes of efficiency in examination, a streamlined eligibility analysis can be used for a claim that may or may not recite a judicial exception but, when viewed as a whole, clearly does not seek to tie up any judicial exception such that others cannot practice it. Such claims do not need to proceed through the full analysis herein as their eligibility will be self-evident. However, if there is doubt as to whether the applicant is effectively seeking coverage for a judicial exception itself, the full analysis should be conducted to determine whether the claim recites significantly more than the judicial exception.

    For instance, a claim directed to a complex manufactured industrial product or process that recites meaningful limitations along with a judicial exception may sufficiently limit its practical application so that a full eligibility analysis is not needed. As an example, a robotic arm assembly having a control system that operates using certain mathematical relationships is clearly not an attempt to tie up use of the mathematical relationships and would not require a full analysis to determine eligibility. Also, a claim that recites a nature- based product, but clearly does not attempt to tie up the nature-based product, does not require a markedly different characteristics analysis to identify a "product of nature" exception. As an example, a claim directed to an artificial hip prosthesis coated with a naturally occurring mineral is not an attempt to tie up the mineral. Similarly, claimed products that merely include ancillary nature-based components, such as a claim that is directed to a cellphone with an electrical contact made of gold or a plastic chair with wood trim, would not require analysis of the nature-based component to identify a "product of nature" exception because such claims do not attempt to improperly tie up the nature-based product.

II. Complete Examination

    Regardless of whether a rejection under 35 U.S.C. 101 is made, a complete examination should be made for every claim under each of the other patentability requirements: 35 U.S.C. 102, 103, 112, and 101 (utility, inventorship and double patenting) and non-statutory double patenting. See MPEP 2103 et seq. and 2106(III).

III. Sample Analyses

    The following examples, based upon Supreme Court decisions, use the Interim Eligibility Guidance and flowchart to analyze claims for subject matter eligibility.

Example 1. Diamond v. Chakrabarty 44 (U.S. Patent No. 4,259,444)

    Background: Stable energy-generating plasmids that provide hydrocarbon degradative pathways exist within certain bacteria in nature. Different plasmids provide the ability to degrade different hydrocarbons, e.g., one plasmid provides the ability to degrade camphor, and a different plasmid provides the ability to degrade octane. Pseudomonas bacteria are naturally occurring bacteria. Naturally occurring Pseudomonas bacteria containing one stable energy- generating plasmid and capable of degrading a single type of hydrocarbon are known.

    Representative Claim:

    A bacterium from the genus Pseudomonas containing therein at least two stable energy-generating plasmids, each of said plasmids providing a separate hydrocarbon degradative pathway.

    Analysis: The claim is directed to a statutory category, e.g., a manufacture or composition of matter (Step 1: YES) and recites a nature-based product (a bacterium). To determine whether the claim is directed to a "product of nature" exception, the nature-based product is analyzed using the markedly different characteristics analysis.

    The claimed bacterium has a different functional characteristic from naturally occurring Pseudomonas bacteria, i.e., it is able to degrade at least two different hydrocarbons as compared to naturally occurring Pseudomonas bacteria that can only degrade a single hydrocarbon. The claimed bacterium also has a different structural characteristic, i.e., it was genetically modified to include more plasmids than are found in a single naturally occurring Pseudomonas bacterium. The bacterium is new with markedly different characteristics from any found in nature, due to the additional plasmids and resultant capacity for degrading multiple hydrocarbon components of oil. These different functional and structural characteristics rise to the level of a marked difference, and accordingly the claimed bacterium is not a "product of nature" exception. Thus, the claim is not directed to an exception (Step 2A: NO). The claim is eligible.

Example 2. Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. (U.S. Patent No. 5,747,282)

    Background: A human gene is a naturally occurring segment of DNA that codes for a protein. In nature, human genes are linked together by covalent bonds to form long chains of DNA called chromosomes. The inventors discovered the location and nucleotide sequence of a naturally occurring human gene called BRCA1. The BRCA1 gene encodes a polypeptide called BRCA1, which helps repair damaged DNA and prevent tumor formation. There are many naturally-occurring mutations in the BRCA1 gene. Some mutations are harmless, but others can dramatically increase a person's risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer.

    Knowledge of the location and nucleotide sequence of the BRCA1 gene allows it to be isolated so that it can be studied, manipulated, or used. Isolated genes can be made in two different ways. The first way is to physically remove the gene from its natural location on the human chromosome by breaking two covalent bonds--one on each end of the gene--that connect the gene with the rest of the chromosome in nature. The second way is to synthesize the gene in a laboratory, e.g., by linking together nucleotides to form the naturally occurring sequence of the gene. Both ways result in a gene that is "isolated" from its natural environment, i.e., removed from the chromosome in which it occurs in nature.

    The BRCA1 gene is about 80,000 nucleotides long, including several introns and several exons. In nature, the BRCA1 polypeptide is produced from the BRCA1 gene through an intermediate product called an mRNA. The natural creation of the BRCA1 mRNA in human cells involves splicing (removal) of the introns, and results in an exons-only molecule. The inventors used the mRNA to create an exons-only molecule called a complementary DNA (cDNA), which contains the same protein-encoding information as the BRCA1 gene, but omits the non- coding portions (introns) of the gene. The nucleotide sequence of this cDNA was disclosed as SEQ ID NO:1, and the amino acid sequence of the BRCA1 polypeptide as SEQ ID NO:2.

    Representative Claims:

    Claim 1. An isolated DNA coding for a BRCA1 polypeptide, said polypeptide having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.

    Claim 2. The isolated DNA of claim 1, wherein said DNA has the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1.

    Analysis: The claims are directed to a statutory category, e.g., a composition of matter (Step 1: YES), and recite nature-based products (a DNA). Thus, the markedly different analysis is used to determine if that nature-based product is a "product of nature" exception.

    Claim 1: The claim encompasses isolated DNA that has the same nucleotide sequence as the naturally occurring BRCA1 gene. The isolation of the claimed DNA results in a different structural characteristic than the natural gene, because the natural gene has covalent bonds on the ends that connect the gene to the chromosome which the claimed DNA lacks. However, the claimed DNA is otherwise structurally identical to the natural gene, e.g., it has the same genetic structure and nucleotide sequence as the BRCA1 gene in nature. The claimed DNA has no different functional characteristics, i.e., it encodes the same protein as the natural gene. Under the holding of Myriad, this isolated but otherwise unchanged DNA is not eligible because it is not different enough from what exists in nature to avoid improperly tying up the future use and study of the naturally occurring BRCA1 gene. In other words, the claimed DNA is different, but not markedly different, from its naturally occurring counterpart (BRCA 1 gene), and thus is directed to a "product of nature" exception (Step 2A: YES).

    A claim directed to an exception should be analyzed to determine whether any element, or combination of elements, in the claim is sufficient to ensure that the claim amounts to significantly more than the exception. Claim 1 does not include any additional features that could add significantly more to the exception (Step 2B: NO). The claim is not eligible and should be rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101.

    Claim 2: The claim is limited to a DNA having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. As disclosed in the specification, SEQ ID NO: 1 is an exons-only sequence of a cDNA created by the inventors. The claimed DNA therefore has different structural characteristics than the naturally occurring BRCA1 gene, e.g., in addition to lacking covalent bonds on its ends, it has a different nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1 includes only exons, as compared to the natural sequence containing both exons and introns). The claimed DNA has no different functional characteristics, i.e., it encodes the same protein as the natural gene. Here, the differences in structural characteristics between the claimed DNA and the natural gene are significant, e.g., they are enough to ensure that the claim is not improperly tying up the future use of the BRCA1 gene. Thus, they rise to the level of a marked difference, and the claimed DNA is not a "product of nature" exception. Thus, the claim is not directed to an exception (Step 2A: NO). The claim is eligible.

Example 3. Diamond v. Diehr (U.S. Patent No. 4,344,142)

    Background: The claimed invention is a process for molding raw, uncured synthetic rubber into cured precision products. The process uses a mold for precisely shaping the uncured material under heat and pressure and then curing the synthetic rubber in the mold so that the product will retain its shape and be functionally operative after the molding is completed. Achieving the perfect cure depends upon several factors including the thickness of the article to be molded, the temperature of the molding process, and the amount of time that the article is allowed to remain in the press. It is possible to calculate when to open the press and remove the cured product using well-known time, temperature, and cure relationships by means of the Arrhenius equation. The inventors characterize their invention as the process of constantly measuring the actual temperature inside the mold, and automatically feeding these temperature measurements into a computer that repeatedly recalculates the cure time by use of the Arrhenius equation. When the recalculated time equals the actual time that has elapsed since the press was closed, the computer signals a device to open the press.

    Representative Claim:

    Claim 1. A method of operating a rubber-molding press for precision molded compounds with the aid of a digital computer, comprising:

    providing said computer with a data base for said press including at least, natural logarithm conversion data (ln), the activation energy constant (C) unique to each batch of said compound being molded, and a constant (x) dependent upon the geometry of the particular mold of the press,

    initiating an interval timer in said computer upon the closure of the press for monitoring the elapsed time of said closure,

    constantly determining the temperature (Z) of the mold at a location closely adjacent to the mold cavity in the press during molding,

    constantly providing the computer with the temperature (Z),

    repetitively calculating in the computer, at frequent intervals during each cure, the Arrhenius equation for reaction time during the cure, which is ln v = CZ+x, where v is the total required cure time, repetitively comparing in the computer at said frequent intervals during the cure each said calculation of the total required cure time calculated with the Arrhenius equation and said elapsed time, and

    opening the press automatically when a said comparison indicates equivalence.

    Analysis: The claim is directed to a statutory category, i.e., a process (Step 1: YES). The claim recites the Arrhenius equation, which is the mathematical formula: ln v = CZ+x. The court noted that an algorithm, or mathematical formula, is like a law of nature, which cannot be the subject of a patent. The claimed process when viewed as a whole focuses on the use of the Arrhenius equation to cure synthetic rubber. Thus, the claim is directed to an exception (Step 2A: YES).

    Next, the claim as a whole is analyzed to determine whether any element, or combination of elements, is sufficient to ensure that the claim amounts to significantly more than the exception. The specifically disclosed and claimed constant measurement of temperature at a mold cavity of a rubber-molding press and the claimed repetitive computer recalculation of the appropriate cure time using the constantly updated measurements are additional elements that provide "something more" than mere computer implementation of calculation of the Arrhenius equation. Further, the claimed steps act in concert to transform raw, uncured rubber to cured molded rubber. The combination of steps recited in addition to the mathematical formula show that the claim is not to the formula in isolation, but rather that the steps impose meaningful limits that apply the formula to improve an existing technological process. Thus, the claim amounts to significantly more than the judicial exception (Step 2B: YES). The claim is eligible.

    Note: The Supreme Court has also characterized mathematical formulas as abstract ideas. As noted, all claims that are directed to a judicial exception, regardless of what the exception is called, are subject to the same analysis.

Example 4. Parker v. Flook

    Background: The invention is a method of updating alarm limits using a mathematical formula. An "alarm limit" is a number. During catalytic conversion processes, operating conditions such as temperature, pressure, and flow rates are constantly monitored. When any of these "process variables" exceeds a predetermined alarm limit, an alarm may signal the presence of an abnormal condition indicating either inefficiency or perhaps danger. The formula for updating alarm limits is used in a catalytic conversion processing system; however, there is no disclosure relating to that system, such as the chemical processes at work, the monitoring of process conditions, the determination of variables in the formula from process conditions, or the means of setting off an alarm or adjusting an alarm system.

    Representative Claim:

    Claim 1. A method for updating the value of at least one alarm limit on at least one process variable involved in a process comprising the catalytic chemical conversion of hydrocarbons wherein said alarm limit has a current value of Bo+K wherein Bo is the current alarm base and K is a predetermined alarm offset which comprises:

    (1) Determining the present value of said process variable, said present value being defined as PVL;

    (2) Determining a new alarm base B1, using the following equation: B1=Bo(1.0-F) + PVL(F) where F is a predetermined number greater than zero and less than 1.0;

    (3) Determining an updated alarm limit which is defined as B1+GK; and thereafter;

    (4) Adjusting said alarm limit to said updated alarm limit value.

    Analysis: The claim is directed to a statutory category, i.e., a process (Step 1: YES). The claim recites the mathematical formula "B1=Bo(1.0-F) + PVL(F)". The claimed invention focuses on the calculation of the number representing the alarm limit value using the mathematical formula. Thus, the claim is directed to a mathematical formula, which is like a law of nature that falls within the exceptions to patent-eligible subject matter (Step 2A: YES).

    A process is not unpatentable simply because it contains a law of nature or mathematical algorithm. The claim as a whole must be analyzed to determine what additional elements are recited in the claim. The claimed formula is limited by the steps of gathering the input variables and carrying out the calculation to update the number describing the alarm limit, and by the field of technology for which it is to be used. The determination of chemical process variables, and the use of a generic computer to calculate values, is routine and conventional in the field of chemical processing. Adjusting the alarm limit based on the solution to the mathematical formula is merely post- solution activity that could be attached to almost any formula. Limiting the claim to petrochemical and oil-refining industries, such that the claim does not seek to wholly preempt the mathematical formula, is a field-of-use limitation that does not impose meaningful limits on the mathematical formula. Moreover, when considered as an ordered combination, the claim is nothing more than a purely conventional computerized implementation of applicant's formula. Therefore, the claim as a whole does not provide significantly more than a generic computer upon which the claimed formula is calculated. Thus, the claim does not amount to significantly more than the judicial exception itself (Step 2B: NO). The claim is not eligible and should be rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101.

Example 5. Mayo v. Prometheus (U.S. Patent No. 6,355,623)

    Background: The invention is a method of assisting doctors who use thiopurine drugs to treat patients with autoimmune diseases. The method helps doctors determine whether a given dosage level is too low or too high, based on the relationship between the concentration in the blood of a thiopurine metabolite (6-thioguanine) and the likelihood that the drug dosage will be ineffective or induce harmful side-effects. The relationship is a natural consequence of the ways in which thiopurine compounds are metabolized by the body, even though human action is needed to trigger a manifestation of the relationship.

    Representative Claim:

    Claim 1. A method of optimizing therapeutic efficacy for treatment of an immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder, comprising:

    (a) administering a drug providing 6-thioguanine to a subject having said immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder; and

    (b) determining the level of 6-thioguanine in said subject having said immune-mediated gastrointestinal disorder,

    wherein the level of 6-thioguanine less than about 230 pmol per 8x108 red blood cells indicates a need to increase the amount of said drug subsequently administered to said subject and wherein the level of 6-thioguanine greater than about 400 pmol per 8x108 red blood cells indicates a need to decrease the amount of said drug subsequently administered to said subject.

    Analysis: The claim is directed to a statutory category, i.e., a process (Step 1: YES). The claim sets forth relationships between concentrations of certain metabolites in the blood and the likelihood that a dosage of a thiopurine drug will prove ineffective or cause harm. While it takes a human action (the administration of a thiopurine drug) to trigger a manifestation of this relation in a particular person, the relation itself exists in principle apart from any human action. The claim recites that relation and, thus, is directed towards a natural law (Step 2A: YES).

    Next, the claim as a whole is analyzed to determine whether any element, or combination of elements, is sufficient to ensure that the claim amounts to significantly more than the exception. The "administering" step simply refers to the relevant audience, namely doctors who treat patients with certain diseases with thiopurine drugs. That audience is a pre-existing audience; doctors used thiopurine drugs to treat patients suffering from autoimmune disorders long before anyone asserted these claims. The "wherein" clauses simply tell a doctor about the relevant natural laws, at most adding a suggestion that the doctor should take those laws into account when treating the patient. The "determining" step tells the doctor to determine the level of the relevant metabolites in the blood, through whatever process the doctor or the laboratory wishes to use. The claims inform a relevant audience about certain laws of nature; any additional steps consist of well understood, routine, conventional activity already engaged in by the scientific community; and those steps, when viewed as a whole, add nothing significant beyond the sum of their parts taken separately. Even though the laws of nature at issue are narrow laws that may have limited applications, the claim does not amount to significantly more than the natural law itself (Step 2B: NO). The claim is not eligible and should be rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101.

Example 6. Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank (U.S. Patent Nos. 5,970,479 and 7,725,375)

    Background: The claims at issue relate to a computerized scheme for mitigating "settlement risk"; i.e., the risk that only one party to an agreed-upon financial exchange will satisfy its obligation. In particular, the claims are designed to facilitate the exchange of financial obligations between two parties by using a computer system as a third-party intermediary. The intermediary creates "shadow" credit and debit records (i.e., account ledgers) that mirror the balances in the parties' real-world accounts at "exchange institutions" (e.g., banks). The intermediary updates the shadow records in real time as transactions are entered, allowing only those transactions for which the parties' updated shadow records indicate sufficient resources to satisfy their mutual obligations. At the end of the day, the intermediary instructs the relevant financial institutions to carry out the "permitted" transactions in accordance with the updated shadow records, thus mitigating the risk that only one party will perform the agreed-upon exchange. The invention is claimed in the form of a computer- implemented process, a system enabling that process, and a computer- readable medium enabling that process to be performed by a computer.

Representative Method Claim (U.S. Patent No. 5,970,479)

    Claim 33. A method of exchanging obligations as between parties, each party holding a credit record and a debit record with an exchange institution, the credit records and debit records for exchange of predetermined obligations, the method comprising the steps of:

    (a) creating a shadow credit record and a shadow debit record for each stakeholder party to be held independently by a supervisory institution from the exchange institutions;

    (b) obtaining from each exchange institution a start-of-day balance for each shadow credit record and shadow debit record;

    (c) for every transaction resulting in an exchange obligation, the supervisory institution adjusting each respective party's shadow credit record or shadow debit record, allowing only these transactions that do not result in the value of the shadow debit record being less than the value of the shadow credit record at any time, each said adjustment taking place in chronological order; and

    (d) at the end-of-day, the supervisory institution instructing one of the exchange institutions to exchange credits or debits to the credit record and debit record of the respective parties in accordance with the adjustments of the said permitted transactions, the credits and debits being irrevocable, time invariant obligations placed on the exchange institutions.45

    Analysis: The claim is directed to a statutory category, i.e., a process (Step 1: YES). The claim recites the concept of managing settlement risk through an intermediary, i.e., intermediated settlement. The claimed invention describes the procedures an intermediary should take in managing settlement risk between two parties, i.e., specific details of intermediating settlement. Intermediated settlement, like risk hedging in Bilski, is not a preexisting fundamental truth but rather is a longstanding commercial practice (a method of organizing human activity). The concept of intermediated settlement is a fundamental economic practice long prevalent in our system of commerce, which is in the realm of abstract ideas identified by the Supreme Court. Thus, the claim is directed to the abstract idea of intermediated settlement (Step 2A: YES).

    Next, the claim as a whole is analyzed to determine whether any element, or combination of elements, is sufficient to ensure that the claim amounts to significantly more than the exception. Although a computer acts as the intermediary in the claimed method, the claims do no more than implement the abstract idea of intermediated settlement on a generic computer. Using a computer to create and maintain "shadow" accounts amounts to electronic recordkeeping, which is one of the most basic functions of a computer. The same is true with respect to the use of a computer to obtain data, adjust account balances, and issue automated instructions. All of these computer functions are "well- understood, routine, conventional activit[ies]" previously known to the industry. Each step does no more than require a generic computer to perform generic computer functions. Considered as an ordered combination, the computer components of the method add nothing that is not already present when the steps are considered separately, and thus simply recite the concept of intermediated settlement as performed by a generic computer. The claims do not purport to improve the functioning of the computer itself, or to improve any other technology or technical field. Use of an unspecified, generic computer does not transform an abstract idea into a patent-eligible invention. Thus, the claim does not amount to significantly more than the abstract idea itself (Step 2B: NO). The claim is not eligible and should be rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101.

Representative System Claim (U.S. Patent No. 7,725,375)

    Claim 26. A data processing system to enable the exchange of an obligation between parties, the system comprising:

    a communications controller,

    a first party device, coupled to said communications controller,

    a data storage unit having stored therein

    (a) information about a first account for a first party, independent from a second account maintained by a first exchange institution, and

    (b) information about a third account for a second party, independent from a fourth account maintained by a second exchange institution; and

    a computer, coupled to said data storage unit and said communications controller, that is configured to

    (a) receive a transaction from said first party device via said communications controller;

    (b) electronically adjust said first account and said third account in order to effect an exchange obligation arising from said transaction between said first party and said second party after ensuring that said first party and/or said second party have adequate value in said first account and/or said third account, respectively; and

    (c) generate an instruction to said first exchange institution and/or said second exchange institution to adjust said second account and/or said fourth account in accordance with the adjustment of said first account and/or third account, wherein said instruction being an irrevocable, time invariant obligation placed on said first exchange institution and/or said second exchange institution.

    Analysis: The claim is directed to a statutory category, i.e., a machine (Step 1: YES). As discussed for the method claim, the claim recites the concept of intermediated settlement and is directed to an abstract idea (Step 2A: YES).

    Looking again to see what additional features are recited in the claim, the system includes a communications controller, a first party device, a data storage device, and a computer. The claimed hardware is generic hardware that nearly every computer will include. None of the hardware offers a meaningful limitation beyond generally linking the system to a particular technological environment, that is, implementation via computers. Put another way, the system claims are no different from the method claims in substance; the method claims recite the abstract idea implemented on a generic computer, while the system claims recite a handful of generic computer components configured to implement the same idea. The claim does not amount to significantly more than the underlying abstract idea (Step 2B: NO). The claim is not eligible and should be rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101.

IV. Summaries of Court Decisions Relating to Laws of Nature, Natural Phenomena, and Abstract Ideas

    The following brief summaries are taken from decisions from the Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit in which claims were analyzed with respect to judicial exceptions to determine subject matter eligibility. Along with the examples in section III, these decisions demonstrate the various terms used by the courts to describe the exceptions and are provided simply to illustrate some of the different types of concepts found to fall within the exceptions. It should be noted that the courts' analyses in these decisions do not necessarily follow the eligibility framework explained in this Interim Eligibility Guidance as most of the cases were decided prior to Alice Corp. Therefore, instead of applying the eligibility analysis set forth in this Interim Eligibility Guidance to the facts of the decisions, a short description of the court's decision is provided for background purposes only. When considering these decisions, it is important to remember that the mere presence of an exception does not necessarily render a claim ineligible.

    Part A presents several decisions from the Supreme Court, Part B presents several decisions from the Federal Circuit from 2010--2014 that dealt with abstract ideas, and Part C presents decisions from the Federal Circuit relating to abstract ideas since the Alice Corp. decision. Although the very small set of decisions from the Federal Circuit since Alice Corp. have resulted in findings of ineligibility, it should be recognized that the Supreme Court did not create a per se excluded category of subject matter, such as software or business methods, nor did it impose any special requirements for eligibility of software or business methods.

A. Supreme Court Decisions

1. O'Reilly v. Morse (U.S. Reissue Patent No. RE 117)

    Claim 6. The claim was interpreted by the Supreme Court as a system of signs (signals) by closing a galvanic circuit rapidly for telegraphing, combined with machinery to record the signs.

    Claim 8. I do not propose to limit myself to the specific machinery, or parts of machinery, . . . the essence of my invention being the use of the motive power of the electric or galvanic current, which I call electro-magnetism, however developed, for making or printing intelligible characters, signs, or letters, at any distances, being a new application of that power. . .

    The claims are to the process of using electromagnetism to produce distinguishable signs for telegraphy, and in particular to print intelligible characters at any distance. While the format of the claims is outdated, it can be seen that claim 6 recites the system of signs in combination with the machinery for recording, which was found eligible. In contrast, claim 8 recites the use of electromagnetism without limits on the machinery for recording, which was found ineligible. The discovery of electromagnetism, which is a natural phenomenon, is not patentable by itself.

2. Tilghman v. Proctor (U.S. Patent No. 11,766)

    The claim was interpreted by the Supreme Court as the process of subjecting to a high degree of heat a mixture continually kept up, of nearly equal quantities of fat and water in a convenient vessel strong enough to resist the effort of the mixture to convert itself into steam.

    The claim is founded upon the chemical principle or scientific fact that the elements of neutral fat require that they be severally united with an atomic equivalent of water in order to separate from each other and become free. Although the claim recites the chemical union between the fatty elements and water, it is not directed to the mere principle. The claim is directed instead to a particular mode of bringing about the desired chemical union, i.e., by heating the water under such pressure that the water does not become steam, and accordingly was found eligible.

3. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. v. Radio Corp. of America (U.S. Patent No. 1,974,387)

    Claim 15. An antenna comprising a pair of relatively long conductors disposed with respect to each other at an angle substantially equal to twice 50.9(l/ϣ)-0.513 degrees, l being the length of the wire and ϣ the operating wave length in like units, and means in circuit with said antenna for exciting the conductors in phase opposition whereby standing waves of opposite instantaneous polarity are formed on the conductors throughout their length.

    The claim is to an antenna system utilizing standing wave phenomena. To obtain the best directional radio propagation by a V type antenna, a mathematical formula is used to arrange the angle of the wires, their length, and the length of the wave propagated. The claim practically applies the mathematical formula to configure a particular antenna and thus was found eligible.

4. Gottschalk v. Benson

    Claim 8. The method of converting signals from binary coded decimal form into binary which comprises the steps of:

    (1) storing the binary coded decimal signals in a reentrant shift register,

    (2) shifting the signals to the right by at least three places, until there is a binary `1' in the second position of said register,

    (3) masking out said binary `1' in said second position of said register,

    (4) adding a binary `1' to the first position of said register,

    (5) shifting the signals to the left by two positions,

    (6) adding a `1' to said first position, and

    (7) shifting the signals to the right by at least three positions in preparation for a succeeding binary `1' in the second position of said register.

    The claim recites a process for converting binary-coded-decimal (BCD) numerals into pure binary numerals. The procedures set forth in the claim are a generalized formulation for programs to solve mathematical problems of converting one form of numerical representation to another. The mathematical procedures can be carried out in existing computers long in use or can be performed without a computer. The end use is unlimited. The process claim was found to be so abstract and sweeping that it covered both known and unknown uses of the BCD to pure binary conversion. The mathematical formula in the claim has no substantial practical application except in connection with a digital computer, and thus the court found the claim ineligible as it would in effect be a patent on the algorithm itself.

5. Bilski v. Kappos

    Claim 1. A method for managing the consumption risk costs of a commodity sold by a commodity provider at a fixed price comprising the steps of:

    (a) initiating a series of transactions between said commodity provider and consumers of said commodity wherein said consumers purchase said commodity at a fixed rate based upon historical averages, said fixed rate corresponding to a risk position of said consumer;

    (b) identifying market participants for said commodity having a counter-risk position to said consumers; and

    (c) initiating a series of transactions between said commodity provider and said market participants at a second fixed rate such that said series of market participant transactions balances the risk position of said series of consumer transactions.

    The claim explains the basic concept of hedging, or protecting against risk. The court found that the concept of hedging is an unpatentable abstract idea, just like the algorithms at issue in Benson and Flook. A dependent claim that narrows the concept to a mathematical formula was similarly found to be an abstract idea. The other dependent claims are broad examples of how hedging can be used in commodities and energy markets. Limiting an abstract idea to one field of use or adding token postsolution components does not make the concept patentable. The claims were found ineligible.

B. Abstract Idea Decisions From the Federal Circuit Prior to Alice Corp. (2010-2014)

1. SiRF Technology v. ITC 46 (U.S. Patent No. 6,417,801)

    Claim 1. A method for calculating an absolute position of a GPS receiver and an absolute time of reception of satellite signals comprising:

    providing pseudoranges that estimate the range of the GPS receiver to a plurality of GPS satellites;

    providing an estimate of an absolute time of reception of a plurality of satellite signals;

    providing an estimate of a position of the GPS receiver;

    providing satellite ephemeris data;

    computing absolute position and absolute time using said pseudoranges by updating said estimate of an absolute time and the estimate of position of the GPS receiver.

    GPS is a satellite navigation system comprising satellites orbiting the Earth that permits a GPS-enabled receiver to detect signals from at least four satellites and use that information to calculate its distance from each satellite and thus its precise position on Earth through trilateration. The claim sets forth the steps of calculating the absolute position, which is a mathematical concept. The court interpreted the claim such that the method could not be performed without a GPS receiver, noting that the preamble expressly states "calculating an absolute position of a GPS receiver" and that a GPS receiver is required to generate pseudoranges and to determine its position. With this interpretation, the presence of the GPS receiver in the claim places a meaningful limit on the scope of the claim. It is essential to the operation of the claimed method and plays a significant part in permitting the claimed method to be performed. As such, although performance of the claim requires calculations, the claim was found eligible.

2. Research Corp. Tech. v. Microsoft Corp.47 (U.S. Patent No. 5,111,310)

    Claim 1. A method for the halftoning of gray scale images by utilizing a pixel-by-pixel comparison of the image against a blue noise mask in which the blue noise mask is comprised of a random non-deterministic, non-white noise single valued function which is designed to produce visually pleasing dot profiles when thresholded at any level of said gray scale images.

    The claim is to digital image halftoning. Halftoning techniques allow computers to present many shades and color tones with a limited number of pixels, which allows computer displays and printers to render an approximation of an image by using fewer colors or shades of gray than the original image. One method of generating a digital halftoned image is called "thresholding" that uses a two-dimensional array called a "mask." The claimed method incorporates algorithms and formulas that control the masks and halftoning, but apply them in a technique that improves the generated digital halftoned image. The invention presents functional and palpable applications in the field of computer technology with specific applications or improvements to technologies in the marketplace. So, although the claimed method uses algorithms and formulas, the claim was found eligible.

3. Dealertrack Inc. v. Huber (U.S. Patent No. 7,181,427)

    Claim 1. A computer aided method of managing a credit application, the method comprising the steps of:

    [A] receiving credit application data from a remote application entry and display device;

    [B] selectively forwarding the credit application data to remote funding source terminal devices;

    [C] forwarding funding decision data from at least one of the remote funding source terminal devices to the remote application entry and display device;

    [D] wherein the selectively forwarding the credit application data step further comprises:

    [D1] sending at least a portion of a credit application to more than one of said remote funding sources substantially at the same time;

    [D2] sending at least a portion of a credit application to more than one of said remote funding sources sequentially until a finding source returns a positive funding decision;

    [D3] sending at least a portion of a credit application to a first one of said remote funding sources, and then, after a predetermined time, sending to at least one other remote funding source, until one of the finding sources returns a positive funding decision or until all funding sources have been exhausted; or,

    [D4] sending the credit application from a first remote funding source to a second remote finding source if the first funding source declines to approve the credit application.

    The court reduced the claim to its most basic concept which was characterized as receiving data from one source (step A), selectively forwarding the data (step B, performed according to step D), and forwarding reply data to the first source (step C). This basic concept of processing information through a clearinghouse was found to be an abstract idea, similar to Bilski's basic concept of hedging. The court held that simply adding a "computer-aided" limitation to a claim covering an abstract concept, without more, does not sufficiently limit the claim. The claim was found ineligible.

4. SmartGene, Inc. v. Advanced Biological Laboratories, SA (U.S. Patent No. 6,081,786)

    Claim 1. A method for guiding the selection of a therapeutic treatment regimen for a patient with a known disease or medical condition, said method comprising:

    (a) providing patient information to a computing device comprising:

    a first knowledge base comprising a plurality of different therapeutic treatment regimens for said disease or medical condition;

    a second knowledge base comprising a plurality of expert rules for evaluating and selecting a therapeutic treatment regimen for said disease or medical condition;

    a third knowledge base comprising advisory information useful for the treatment of a patient with different constituents of said different therapeutic treatment regimens; and

    (b) generating in said computing device a ranked listing of available therapeutic treatment regimens for said patient; and

    (c) generating in said computing device advisory information for one or more therapeutic treatment regimens in said ranked listing based on said patient information and said expert rules.

    The claims set forth the steps of comparing new and stored information and using rules to identify medical options. Claim 1 does no more than call on a "computing device" with basic functionality for comparing stored and input data and rules, to do what doctors do routinely. The court concluded that these are familiar mental steps performed by or with a computer, and as such the claim was found ineligible.

5. Cyberfone Systems v. CNN Interactive Group (U.S. Patent No. 8,019,060)

    Claim 1. A method, comprising:

    obtaining data transaction information entered on a telephone from a single transmission from said telephone;

    forming a plurality of different exploded data transactions for the single transmission, said plurality of different exploded data transaction indicative of a single data transaction, each of said exploded data transactions having different data that is intended for a different destination that is included as part of the exploded data transactions, and each of said exploded data transactions formed based on said data transaction information from said single transmission, so that different data from the single data transmission is separated and sent to different destinations; and

    sending said different exploded data transactions over a channel to said different destinations, all based on said data transaction information entered in said single transmission.

    Using categories to organize, store, and transmit information is well-established. Here, the well-known concept of categorical data storage, i.e., the idea of collecting information in classified form, then separating and transmitting that information according to its classification, is an abstract idea. The claim was found ineligible.

C. Abstract Idea Decisions From the Federal Circuit Since Alice Corp.

1. Digitech Image Tech., LLC v. Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (U.S. Patent No. 6,128,415)

    Claim 10. A method of generating a device profile that describes properties of a device in a digital image reproduction system for capturing, transforming or rendering an image, said method comprising:

    generating first data for describing a device dependent transformation of color information content of the image to a device independent color space through use of measured chromatic stimuli and device response characteristic functions;

    generating second data for describing a device dependent transformation of spatial information content of the image in said device independent color space through use of spatial stimuli and device response characteristic functions;

    and combining said first and second data into the device profile.

    The court found the claim to be an abstract idea because it describes a process of organizing information through mathematical correlations and is not tied to a specific structure or machine. The claim recites the process of taking two data sets and combining them into a single data set, the device profile. The two data sets are generated by taking existing information--i.e., measured chromatic stimuli, spatial stimuli, and device response characteristic functions--and organizing this information into a new form. The claim language does not expressly tie the method to an image processor. It generically recites a process of combining two data sets into the device profile; it does not claim the processor's use of that profile in the capturing, transforming, or rendering of a digital image. Without additional limitations, a process that employs mathematical algorithms to manipulate existing information to generate additional information is not patent eligible. All of the claims were found ineligible.

2. Planet Bingo, LLC v. VKGS LLC (U.S. Patent No. 6,398,646)

    Claim 1. A system for managing a game of Bingo which comprises:

    (a) a computer with a central processing unit (CPU) and with a memory and with a printer connected to the CPU;

    (b) an input and output terminal connected to the CPU and memory of the computer; and

    (c) a program in the computer enabling:

    (i) input of at least two sets of Bingo numbers which are preselected by a player to be played in at least one selected game of Bingo in a future period of time;

    (ii) storage of the sets of Bingo numbers which are preselected by the player as a group in the memory of the computer;

    (iii) assignment by the computer of a player identifier unique to the player for the group having the sets of Bingo numbers which are preselected by the player wherein the player identifier is assigned to the group for multiple sessions of Bingo;

    (iv) retrieval of the group using the player identifier;

    (v) selection from the group by the player of at least one of the sets of Bingo numbers preselected by the player and stored in the memory of the computer as the group for play in a selected game of Bingo in a specific session of Bingo wherein a number of sets of Bingo numbers selected for play in the selected game of Bingo is less than a total number of sets of Bingo numbers in the group;

    (vi) addition by the computer of a control number for each set of Bingo numbers selected for play in the selected game of Bingo;

    (vii) output of a receipt with the control number, the set of Bingo numbers which is preselected and selected by the player, a price for the set of Bingo numbers which is preselected, a date of the game of Bingo and optionally a computer identification number; and

    (viii) output for verification of a winning set of Bingo numbers by means of the control number which is input into the computer by a manager of the game of Bingo.

    The court found the claims to be directed to the abstract idea of solving a tampering problem and also minimizing other security risks during bingo ticket purchases. The claims relate to managing a bingo game while allowing a player to repeatedly play the same sets of numbers in multiple sessions. Managing the game of bingo consists solely of mental steps which can be carried out by a human using pen and paper. The claims do not impose any requirements that would make the invention impossible to carry out manually. Although not drawn to the same subject matter at issue in Bilski and Alice Corp., the court found managing a game of bingo to be similar to the kind of organizing human activity at issue in Alice Corp. The claims recite a generic computer implementation of the abstract idea and a program that is used for the generic functions of storing, retrieving, and verifying a chosen set of bingo numbers against a winning set of bingo numbers. There is no inventive concept sufficient to transform the claimed subject matter into a patent-eligible application. The court found no meaningful distinction between the method and system claims. All of the claims were found ineligible.

3. buySAFE, Inc. v. Google, Inc. (U.S. Patent No. 7,644,019)

    Claim 1. A method, comprising:

    receiving, by at least one computer application program running on a computer of a safe transaction service provider, a request from a first party for obtaining a transaction performance guaranty service with respect to an online commercial transaction following closing of the online commercial transaction;

    processing, by at least one computer application program running on the safe transaction service provider computer, the request by underwriting the first party in order to provide the transaction performance guaranty service to the first party,

    wherein the computer of the safe transaction service provider offers, via a computer network, the transaction performance guaranty service that binds a transaction performance guaranty to the online commercial transaction involving the first party to guarantee the performance of the first party following closing of the online commercial transaction.

    Claim 14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transaction performance guaranty is provided in one form of: a surety bond; a specialized bank guaranty; a specialized insurance policy; and a safe transaction guaranty provided by the safe transaction service provider.

    Relying on Bilski in which an abstract idea was found in certain arrangements involving contractual relations, the court found the claims to be squarely about creating a contractual relationship--a "transaction performance guaranty"--that is beyond question of ancient lineage. The claims' invocation of computers adds no inventive concept, with the computer functionality being generic. The transactions being performed online, at best, limits the use of the abstract guaranty idea to a particular technological environment. Although, dependent claim 14 narrows the abstract idea to particular types of relationships, that does not change the analysis because it does not make the idea non-abstract. The claims to the computer readable medium encoded with instructions to carry out the method were treated in the same way. All of the claims were found ineligible.

4. Ultramercial, LLC v. Hulu, LLC and WildTangent (U.S. Patent No. 7,346,545)

    Claim 1: A method for distribution of products over the Internet via a facilitator, said method comprising the steps of:

    a first step of receiving, from a content provider, media products that are covered by intellectual-property rights protection and are available for purchase, wherein each said media product being comprised of at least one of text data, music data, and video data;

    a second step of selecting a sponsor message to be associated with the media product, said sponsor message being selected from a plurality of sponsor messages, said second step including accessing an activity log to verify that the total number of times which the sponsor message has been previously presented is less than the number of transaction cycles contracted by the sponsor of the sponsor message;

    a third step of providing the media product for sale at an Internet Web site;

    a fourth step of restricting general public access to said media product;

    a fifth step of offering to a consumer access to the media product without charge to the consumer on the precondition that the consumer views the sponsor message;

    a sixth step of receiving from the consumer a request to view the sponsor message, wherein the consumer submits said request in response to being offered access to the media product;

    a seventh step of, in response to receiving the request from the consumer, facilitating the display of a sponsor message to the consumer;

    an eighth step of, if the sponsor message is not an interactive message, allowing said consumer access to said media product after said step of facilitating the display of said sponsor message;

    a ninth step of, if the sponsor message is an interactive message, presenting at least one query to the consumer and allowing said consumer access to said media product after receiving a response to said at least one query;

    a tenth step of recording the transaction event to the activity log, said tenth step including updating the total number of times the sponsor message has been presented; and

    an eleventh step of receiving payment from the sponsor of the sponsor message displayed.

    Using the Alice Corp. framework, the court first determined whether the claims at issue are directed to a patent-ineligible concept. The court found that the ordered combination of the eleven steps recites "an abstraction--an idea, having no particular concrete or tangible form" noting that the majority of limitations describe only the abstract idea of showing an advertisement before delivering content. The court then turned to the next step of the analysis to determine whether the claims do significantly more than simply describe the abstract method. The court explained that consulting and updating an activity log represent insignificant "data-gathering steps," restricting public access represents only insignificant "[pre]- solution activity," and narrowing the idea to the Internet is an attempt to limit the use of the abstract idea "to a particular technological environment." Viewed both individually and as an ordered combination, the claimed steps were found insufficient to supply an inventive concept because the steps are conventional and specified at a high level of generality. The court concluded that the claim limitations do not transform the abstract idea that they recite into patent-eligible subject matter because "the claims simply instruct the practitioner to implement the abstract idea with routine, conventional activity." All of the claims were found ineligible.

5. DDR Holdings, LLC v. Hotels.com, L.P. (U.S. Patent No. 7,818,399)

    Claim 19: A system useful in an outsource provider serving Web pages offering commercial opportunities, the system comprising:

    (a) a computer store containing data, for each of a plurality of first Web pages, defining a plurality of visually perceptible elements, which visually perceptible elements correspond to the plurality of first Web pages;

    (i) wherein each of the first Web pages belongs to one of a plurality of Web page owners;

    (ii) wherein each of the first Web pages displays at least one active link associated with a commerce object associated with a buying opportunity of a selected one of a plurality of merchants; and

    (iii) wherein the selected merchant, the outsource provider, and the owner of the first Web page displaying the associated link are each third parties with respect to one other;

    (b) a computer server at the outsource provider, which computer server is coupled to the computer store and programmed to:

    (i) receive from the web browser of a computer user a signal indicating activation of one of the links displayed by one of the first Web pages;

    (ii) automatically identify as the source page the one of the first Web pages on which the link has been activated;

    (iii) in response to identification of the source page, automatically retrieve the stored data corresponding to the source

page; and

    (iv) using the data retrieved, automatically generate and transmit to the web browser a second Web page that displays: (A) Information associated with the commerce object associated with the link that has been activated, and (B) the plurality of visually perceptible elements visually corresponding to the source page.

    The court found the claim patent eligible under the Alice Corp. framework. First, the court noted that, while in some instances abstract ideas are plainly identifiable and divisible from generic computer limitations recited by the remainder of a claim, in this case, identifying the precise nature of the abstract idea is not as straightforward. The court considered several proposed characterizations of the abstract idea, including "`making two Web pages look the same,' `syndicated commerce on the computer using the Internet' and `making two e-commerce Web pages look alike by using licensed trademarks, logos, color schemes and layouts,"' and "that an online merchant's sales can be increased if two Web pages have the same `look and feel."' The court did not clearly indicate whether the claim was directed to one or more of these proposed abstract ideas, but stated that "under any of these characterizations of the abstract idea, the `399 patent's claims satisfy Mayo/Alice step two."

    The court then explained its analysis of the second Mayo/Alice step, where it determined that the claim amounted to an inventive concept and thus was patent eligible. In particular, the claim addresses the problem of retaining Web site visitors from being diverted from a host's Web site to an advertiser's Web site, for which "the claimed solution is necessarily rooted in computer technology in order to overcome a problem specifically arising in the realm of computer networks." The claim includes additional elements including "1) stor[ing] `visually perceptible elements' corresponding to numerous host Web sites in a database, with each of the host Web sites displaying at least one link associated with a product or service of a third-party merchant, 2) on activation of this link by a Web site visitor, automatically identif[ying] the host, and 3) instruct[ing] an Internet web server of an `outsource provider' to construct and serve to the visitor a new, hybrid Web page that merges content associated with the products of the third-party merchant with the stored `visually perceptible elements' from the identified host Web site." The court held that, unlike in Ultramercial, the claim does not generically recite "use the Internet" to perform a business practice, but instead recites a specific way to automate the creation of a composite Web page by an outsource provider that incorporates elements from multiple sources in order to solve a problem faced by Web sites on the Internet. Therefore, the court held that the claim is patent eligible.

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December 10, 2014 MICHELLE K. LEE
  Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy
  Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
   
1Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int'l, 573 U.S. ___, 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014).
2This analysis differs from the March 2014 Procedure in certain respects. Note, for example, the test for determining whether a claim is directed to a "product of nature" exception is separated from the analysis of whether the claim includes significantly more than the exception. Also, the application of the overall analysis is based on claims directed to judicial exceptions (defined as claims reciting the exception, i.e., set forth or described), rather than claims merely "involving" an exception. For instance, process claims that merely use a nature-based product are not necessarily subject to an analysis for markedly different characteristics. Additionally, the markedly different analysis focuses on characteristics that can include a product's structure, function, and/or other properties as compared to its naturally occurring counterpart in its natural state.
3Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., 569 U.S. ___, 133 S. Ct. 2107 (2013).
4Mayo Collaborative Serv. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 566 U.S. ___, 132 S. Ct. 1289 (2012).
5The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has a number of pending appeals that could result in further refinements to the eligibility guidance, including for example, University of Utah Research Foundation v. Ambry Genetics Corp. (In re BRCA1- & BRCA2- Based Hereditary Cancer Test Patent Litigation), No. 14-1361 (Fed. Cir. filed Mar. 18, 2014), and Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc., No. 14-1139 (Fed. Cir. filed Dec. 4, 2013).
6To the extent that MPEP 2105 suggests that mere "human intervention" necessarily results in eligible subject matter, it is superseded by this Interim Eligibility Guidance. As explained herein, if human intervention has failed to confer markedly different characteristics on a product derived from nature, that product is a judicial exception (a product of nature exception). See generally Myriad; In re Roslin Inst. (Edinburgh), 750 F.3d. 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2014).
7Alice Corp., 134 S. Ct. at 2355.
8Mayo, 132 S. Ct. at 1301 ("[E]ven though rewarding with patents those who discover new laws of nature and the like might well encourage their discovery, those laws and principles, considered generally, are `the basic tools of scientific and technological work.' And so there is a danger that the grant of patents that tie up their use will inhibit future innovation premised upon them, a danger that becomes acute when a patented process amounts to no more than an instruction to `apply the natural law,' or otherwise forecloses more future invention than the underlying discovery could reasonably justify" (quoting Gottschalk v. Benson, 409 U.S. 63, 67 (1972)).
9An invention is not rendered ineligible for patent simply because it involves an abstract concept. Applications of such concepts "to a new and useful end," remain eligible for patent protection. Alice Corp., 134 S.Ct. at 2354 (quoting Benson, 409 U.S. at 67).
10O'Reilly v. Morse, 56 U.S. 62 (1853).
11Tilghman v. Proctor, 102 U.S. 707 (1881).
12Alice Corp., 134 S. Ct. at 2355-56.
13Bilski v. Kappos, 561 U.S. 593 (2010).
14buySAFE, Inc. v. Google, Inc., ____ F.3d ____, 112 USPQ2d 1093 (Fed. Cir. 2014).
15Ultramercial, LLC v. Hulu, LLC and WildTangent, ____ F.3d ____, 112 USPQ2d 1750 (Fed. Cir. 2014).
16Dealertrack Inc. v. Huber, 674 F.3d 1315 (Fed. Cir. 2012).
17SmartGene, Inc. v. Advanced Biological Labs., SA, 555 Fed. Appx. 950 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (nonprecedential).
18Cyberfone Sys. v. CNN Interactive Grp., 558 Fed. Appx. 988 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (nonprecedential).
19Digitech Image Tech., LLC v. Electronics for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344 (Fed. Cir. 2014).
20Planet Bingo, LLC v. VKGS LLC, ____ Fed. Appx. ____ (Fed. Cir. 2014) (nonprecedential).
21Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U.S. 175 (1981).
22Parker v. Flook, 437 U.S. 584 (1978).
23Mackay Radio & Tel. Co. v. Radio Corp. of Am., 306 U.S. 86 (1939).
24Benson, 409 U.S. at 63.
25Myriad, 133 S. Ct. at 2111.
26Alice Corp., 134 S. Ct. at 2360.
27This revised analysis represents a change from prior guidance, because now changes in functional characteristics and other non-structural properties can evidence markedly different characteristics, whereas in the March 2014 Procedure only structural changes were sufficient to show a marked difference.
28To show a marked difference, a characteristic must be changed as compared to nature, and cannot be an inherent or innate characteristic of the naturally occurring counterpart. Funk Bros. Seed Co. v. Kalo Inoculant Co., 333 U.S. 127, 130 (1948) ("[The inventor did] not create a state of inhibition or of non-inhibition in the bacteria. Their qualities are the work of nature. Those qualities are of course not patentable."); In re Marden, 47 F.2d 958 (CCPA 1931) (eligibility of a claim to ductile vanadium held ineligible, because the "ductility or malleability of vanadium is . . . one of its inherent characteristics and not a characteristic given to it by virtue of a new combination with other materials or which characteristic is brought about by some chemical reaction or agency which changes its inherent characteristics"). Further, a difference in a characteristic that came about or was produced independently of any effort or influence by applicant cannot show a marked difference. Roslin, 750 F.3d at 1338 (Because "any phenotypic differences came about or were produced `quite independently of any effort of the patentee' " and were "uninfluenced by Roslin's efforts", they "do not confer eligibility on their claimed subject matter" (quoting Funk Bros.)).
29See, e.g., Funk Bros., 333 U.S. at 130-31 (properties and functions of bacteria such as a state of inhibition or non- inhibition and the ability to infect leguminous plants); Diamond v. Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. 303, 310 (1980) (genetically modified bacterium's ability to degrade hydrocarbons); In re King, 107 F.2d 618 (CCPA 1939) (the ability of vitamin C to prevent and treat scurvy); Myriad, 133 S. Ct. at 2111, 2116-17 (the protein-encoding information of a nucleic acid).
30See, e.g., Parke-Davis & Co. v. H.K. Mulford Co., 189 F. 95, 103-04 (S.D.N.Y. 1911) (the alkalinity of a chemical compound); Marden, 47 F.2d at 958 (the ductility or malleability of metals); Funk Bros., 333 U.S. at 130 ("The qualities of these bacteria, like the heat of the sun, electricity, or the qualities of metals, are part of the store-house of knowledge of all men. They are manifestations of laws of nature, free to all men and reserved exclusively to none.").
31See, e.g., Roslin, 750 F.3d at 1338 (phenotype, including functional and structural characteristics, e.g., the shape, size, color, and behavior of an organism).
32See, e.g., Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. at 305 and n.1 (the physical presence of plasmids in a bacterial cell); Parke-Davis, 189 F. at 100, 103 (claimed chemical was a "nonsalt" and a "crystalline substance"); Myriad, 133 S. Ct. at 2116, 2119 (nucleotide sequence of DNA); Roslin, 750 F.3d at 1338-39 (the genetic makeup (genotype) of a cell or organism).
33Alice Corp., 134 S. Ct. at 2357.
34Alice Corp., 134 S. Ct. at 2359 (citing Diehr, 450 U.S. at 177-78) (a mathematical formula applied in a specific rubber molding process).
35Id., at 2359.
36Bilski, 130 S. Ct. at 3227 ("The Court's precedents establish that the machine-or-transformation test is a useful and important clue, an investigative tool, for determining whether some claimed inventions are processes under § 101.").
37Diehr, 450 U.S. at 184 ("That respondents' claims [to a specific rubber molding process] involve the transformation of an article, in this case raw, uncured synthetic rubber, into a different state or thing cannot be disputed."). See also Benson, 409 U.S. at 70 ("Transformation and reduction of an article `to a different state or thing' is the clue to the patentability of a process claim that does not include particular machines. So it is that a patent in the process of `manufacturing fat acids and glycerine from fatty bodies by the action of water at a high temperature and pressure' was sustained in Tilghman, 102 U.S. at 721").
38Mayo, 132 S. Ct. at 1299, 1302 (claim ineligible because the recited "instructions add nothing specific to the laws of nature other than what is well-understood, routine, conventional activity, previously engaged in by those in the field," which was "[u]nlike, say, a typical patent on a new drug or a new way of using an existing drug").
39Alice Corp., 134 S. Ct. at 2360 (noting that none of the hardware recited "offers a meaningful limitation beyond generally linking `the use of the [method] to a particular technological environment,' that is, implementation via computers" (citing Bilski, 561 U.S. at 610, 611)).
40Id. at 2358 (simply implementing a mathematical principle on a physical machine, namely a computer (citing Mayo, 132 S. Ct. at 1301)).
41Id. at 2359 (using a computer to obtain data, adjust account balances, and issue automated instructions); Mayo, 132 S. Ct. at 1300 (telling a doctor to measure metabolite levels in the blood using any known process).
42Mayo, 132 S. Ct. at 1297-98 (measuring metabolites of a drug administered to a patient); Flook, 437 U.S. at 589-90 (1978) (adjusting an alarm limit variable to a figure computed according to a mathematical formula).
43Mayo, 132 S. Ct. at 1300-01 (citing Bilski, 130 S. Ct. 3223-24) (limiting hedging to use in commodities and energy markets); Flook, 437 U.S. at 589-90.
44Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. at 303.
45In Alice Corp., the parties stipulated that the method was performed by a computer, despite the lack of a computer recitation in the representative method claim.
46SiRF Tech. v. ITC, 601 F.3d 1319 (Fed. Cir. 2010).
47Research Corp. Tech. v. Microsoft Corp., 627 F.3d 859 (Fed. Cir. 2010).
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United States Postal Service Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)
                       United States Postal Service
             Interruption and Emergency under 35 U.S.C. 21(a)

   The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is designating the
interruption in service of the United States Postal Service (USPS) in the
areas affected by the winter storm in New York, on Wednesday, November 19,
2014, as a postal service interruption and emergency within the meaning of
35 U.S.C. § 21(a) and 37 CFR 1.10(i) and 2.195(e).

   Postal services in New York have been impacted by the winter storm in
varying degrees beginning on November 19, 2014. To determine whether a post
office has been closed or reopened, or postal services have been suspended
or resumed in a particular area due to the winter storm in New York,
contact the post office directly or visit the USPS's Web site at:
http://www.usps.gov. More specific information should be available at
http://about.usps.com/news/service-alerts/welcome.htm.

   Once the USPS, through its Internet Web site, has notified the public
that this interruption in the service of the USPS has ended, the
designation of this interruption and emergency within the meaning of 35
U.S.C. § 21(a) and 37 CFR 1.10(i) and 2.195(e) will terminate without
further notice from the USPTO.

Patent-Related Correspondence

   37 CFR 1.10(i) addresses interruptions or emergencies in USPS Priority
Mail Express® Post Office to Addressee service that are designated by the
Director for patent-related correspondence. Correspondence covered by 37
CFR 1.10 that would have been filed with the USPTO under 37 CFR 1.10 during
this USPS service interruption, but which was not filed due to the USPS
service interruption, should be filed promptly after the termination of the
USPS service interruption with a petition in accordance with 37 CFR 1.10(i)
using Priority Mail Express® service in accordance with 37 CFR 1.10.

   The provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 21(a) and 37 CFR 1.10(i) apply only to
postal interruptions and emergencies. The provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 21(a)
and 37 CFR 1.10(i) do not provide for the granting of a filing date to
correspondence as of the date on which it would have been filed but for
other exigencies, such as the unavailability of an office or building other
than a USPS facility. These provisions apply only if the post office was
closed or Priority Mail Express® service suspended in the affected areas
on the specified date due to the winter storm. If the provisions set forth
in this notice do not apply, relief may be available on petition to the
Office. The specific type of petition would depend on the facts of the
situation and the relief sought.

   37 CFR 1.10(i) provides that any person attempting to file
correspondence by Priority Mail Express® Post Office to Addressee service
that was unable to be deposited with the USPS due to an interruption or
emergency in Priority Mail Express® service which has been so designated
by the Director may petition the Director to consider such correspondence
as filed on a particular date in the Office. 37 CFR 1.10(i) specifically
provides that:

   Any person attempting to file correspondence under this section that was
unable to be deposited with the USPS due to an interruption or emergency in
Priority Mail Express® service, which has been so designated by the
Director, may petition the Director to consider such correspondence as
filed on a particular date in the Office, provided that:

      (1) The petition is filed in a manner designated by the Director
      promptly after the person becomes aware of the designated
      interruption or emergency in Priority Mail Express® service;

      (2) The petition includes the original correspondence or a copy of
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      the original correspondence; and

      (3) The petition includes a statement which establishes, to the
      satisfaction of the Director, that the correspondence would have been
      deposited with the USPS but for the designated interruption or
      emergency in Priority Mail Express® service, and that the
      correspondence or copy of the correspondence is the original
      correspondence or a true copy of the correspondence originally
      attempted to be deposited with the USPS on the requested filing date.

   Patent-related inquiries concerning this notice may be directed to
Eugenia A. Jones, Senior Legal Advisor in the Office of Patent Legal
Administration, at (571) 272-7727 or at PatentPractice@uspto.gov.

Trademark-Related Correspondence

   37 CFR 2.195(e) addresses interruptions or emergencies in USPS Priority
Mail Express® Post Office to Addressee service that are designated by the
Director for trademark-related correspondence. Correspondence covered by 37
CFR 2.198 that would have been filed with the USPTO using the Priority Mail
Express® Post Office to Addressee service, but which was not filed due to
the interruption, should be filed promptly after the termination of the
USPS service interruption with a petition in accordance with 37 CFR 2.146
and 2.195(e).

   The provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 21(a) and 37 CFR 2.195(e) apply only to
postal interruptions and emergencies. These provisions do not provide for
the granting of a filing date to correspondence as of the date on which it
would have been filed but for other exigencies, such as the unavailability
of an office or building other than a USPS facility. These provisions apply
only if the post office was closed or Priority Mail Express® service
suspended in the affected areas on the specified date due to the winter
storm.

   Under 37 CFR 2.195(e), any person attempting to file correspondence by
Priority Mail Express® Post Office to Addressee service that was unable
to be deposited with the USPS due to the interruption or emergency in
Priority Mail Express® service in the areas designated in this notice may
petition the Director to consider such correspondence as filed on a
particular date in the Office.

The petition must:

   (1) Be filed promptly after the ending of the designated interruption or
   emergency in Priority Mail Express® service;

   (2) Include the original correspondence or a copy of the original
   correspondence; and

   (3) Include a statement which establishes, to the satisfaction of the
   Director, that (a) the correspondence would have been deposited with the
   USPS but for the designated interruption or emergency in Priority Mail
   Express® service, and (b) the correspondence or copy of the
   correspondence is the original correspondence or a true copy of the
   correspondence originally attempted to be deposited with the USPS on the
   requested filing date.

   Please note that under 37 CFR 2.101(b)(2), 2.102(a)(2), 2.198(a)(1) and
7.4(b)(2), the Priority Mail Express® procedures cannot be used for the
following types of correspondence: applications for registration of marks;
amendments to allege use under 15 U.S.C.§ 1051(c); statements of use under
15 U.S.C. § 1051(d); requests for extension of time to file a statement of
use under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(d); affidavits of continued use under 15 U.S.C.
§ 1058; renewal applications under 15 U.S.C. § 1059; requests to change or
correct addresses; combined filings under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1058 and 1059;
combined affidavits or declarations under 15 U.S.C. § 1058 and 1065;
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responses to notices of irregularity under 37 CFR 7.14; requests for
transformation under 37 CFR 7.31; notices of opposition to applications
based on 15 U.S.C. § 1141f(a); and requests for extensions of time to
oppose applications based on 15 U.S.C. § 1141f(a). Therefore, it would be
inappropriate to file a petition seeking a filing date as of the date of
deposit of these types of correspondence as Priority Mail Express®.

   The provisions of 37 CFR 2.195(e) on postal service interruptions or
emergencies apply only to Priority Mail Express® Post Office to Addressee
correspondence, and do not apply to correspondence with a certificate of
mailing pursuant to 37 CFR 2.197. Therefore, the petition procedure set
forth in this notice is not appropriate for correspondence with a
certificate of mailing. However, petitions concerning such correspondence
or other requests for rule waivers may be considered under 37 CFR 2.146
with the requisite showing of an extraordinary situation, that justice
requires relief, and that no other party would be injured thereby.

   Trademark-related inquiries concerning this notice may be directed to
Catherine Cain, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination
Policy, at (571) 272-8946.

December 12, 2014                                           MICHELLE K. LEE
           Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
           Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Reduction of Fees for Trademark Applications and Renewals
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                United States Patent and Trademark Office
                              37 CFR Part 2
                       [Docket No. PTO-T-2014-0011]
                              RIN 0651-AC94

        Reduction of Fees for Trademark Applications and Renewals

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTIONS: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("Office" or
"USPTO") is amending its regualtions to reduce certain trademark fees, as
authorized by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act ("AIA"). The reductions
will reduce total trademark fee collections and promote efficiency for the
USPTO and customers. The reductions also will further USPTO strategic
objectives to increase the end-to-end electronic processing of trademark
applications by offering additional electronic application processing.

DATES: The changes in this final rule are effective on January 17, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia C. Lynch, Office of the Deputy
Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy, by e-mail at
TMPolicy@uspto.gov, or by telephone at (571) 272-8742.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

   Executive Summary: Purpose: Section 10 of the AIA authorizes the
Director of the USPTO ("Director") to set or adjust by rule any fee
established, authorized, or charged under the Trademark Act of 1946 (15
U.S.C. 1051 et seq.) for any services performed by, or materials furnished
by, the Office. See Section 10 of the AIA, Public Law 112-29, 125 Stat. at
316-17.

   Section 10(c) of the AIA authorizes the Director to consult with the
Trademark Public Advisory Committee ("TPAC") on the advisability of
reducing trademark fees and, following the required consultation, to reduce
such fees. See Section 10(c) of the AIA, Public Law 112-29, 125 Stat. at
317. The Director consulted with the TPAC and thereafter determined that,
in order to both improve the alignment of Office costs with revenues and
incentivize electronic communications, it was advisable to propose
reductions in the filing fees for: (1) trademark, certification mark,
collective membership mark, and collective trademark applications for
registration on the Principal or Supplemental Register that are filed using
the Trademark Electronic Application System ("TEAS"), if applicants
authorize e-mail communication and file specified documents electronically
throughout the application process; (2) TEAS Plus applications for
registration; and (3) TEAS applications for renewal of a registration. In
addition, the reduction would also apply to TEAS requests for
transformation of an extension of protection to the United States into a
U.S. application, filed pursuant to 37 CFR 7.31.

   Thereafter, a proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on May
9, 2014, at 79 FR 26664, and in the Official Gazette on June 3, 2014. The
USPTO received comments from three intellectual property organizations and
three attorneys and/or law firms. These comments are posted on the USPTO's
website at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/notices/TEAS_RF_comments.jsp and
are addressed below.

   Prior to consulting with the TPAC, the USPTO also published a notice of
inquiry to provide the public, including user groups, with an opportunity
to comment on possible adjustments to trademark application fees (77 FR
49426 (Aug. 16, 2012)). The public comments overwhelmingly favored a fee
reduction, and many expressed a desire for a lower-cost electronic filing
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option without any restrictions on the nature of the identification of
goods and services, as is required under TEAS Plus.

   The reduced fees will help to: (1) continue with an appropriate and
sustainable funding model; (2) support strategic objectives relating to
online filing, electronic file management, and workflow; and (3) improve
efficiency for USPTO operations and customers. The reductions will benefit
the public by lowering the costs of seeking and renewing federal
registration, including advantages to individual and pro se filers, who
make greater use of lower-cost filing options. In addition, the rule
includes an additional filing option for meeting applicants' needs and
preferences.

General Comments

   Comment: All commenters expressed support of the USPTO's efforts to
increase the volume of end-to-end electronic processing of trademark
applications and agreed that the proposed fee reductions will make filing
for individuals and smaller entities more accessible and promote greater
efficiency through electronic filing and communication.

   Response: The USPTO appreciates the commenters' support of the general
objectives of the rule changes.

   Comment: One commenter suggested that the USPTO take additional steps to
both further the USPTO's strategic objective and reduce burdens on small
businesses. In particular, the commenter recommended that the USPTO collect
and track the filing and renewal information related to small businesses
and provide reduced filing fees to small entities and applicants that are
part of business incubators and other such organizations. In addition, the
commenter opined that providing small entities with reduced fees for
renewals and maintenance would help incentivize registrants to maintain and
renew their marks.

   Response: The USPTO appreciates the commenter's suggestions and will
consider them in the future, but notes that they are outside the scope of
the current rulemaking. Moreover, the USPTO has considered whether and how
it is appropriate to reduce any burden on small businesses through
increased flexibility. The final rules provide streamlined and simplified
procedures for all small entities (and others), given the ease of filing
electronically through TEAS and communicating by e-mail. In addition, the
fee reductions promote greater efficiency from electronic filing and
communication, as the procedures are simpler and not burdensome.

   Comment: One commenter noted that although the data that becomes the
equivalent of an application under Section 66(a) of the Trademark Act is
not submitted by applicants directly, the Office's goals of increasing
efficiency through electronic correspondence can be achieved with such
applications by requiring that the applicant use TEAS to respond to
provisional refusals and for subsequent prosecution.

   Response: The USPTO notes that the reduced-fee option of filing using
TEAS Plus is not currently available for requests for an extension of
protection to the United States, i.e., a Section 66(a) application, 15
U.S.C. 1141f(a), nor will the TEAS RF option be available for these
applications. The USPTO has not required electronic communication by any
filers who have not voluntarily agreed to do so, and therefore the USPTO
would not be inclined to impose such a requirement on Section 66(a)
applicants.

   Summary of Major Provisions: After reviewing the comments received in
response to the notice of proposed rulemaking, the USPTO reduces by $50 the
fee for an application filed using the regular TEAS application form, and a
TEAS request for transformation of an extension of protection to the United
States into a U.S. application pursuant to § 7.31, from $325 to $275 per
class if the applicant authorizes e-mail communication and agrees to file
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all responses and other specified documents electronically during the
prosecution of the application. This option will be known as a TEAS Reduced
Fee ("TEAS RF") application. The USPTO also reduces by $50 the fee for a
TEAS Plus application from $275 to $225 per class and reduces by $100 the
fee for a TEAS application for renewal of a registration from $400 to $300
per class. As has been the case since the inception of TEAS Plus, TEAS Plus
applicants who fail to fulfill the filing and examination requirements set
out in the rules will be subject to a processing fee of $50 per class, and
similarly, TEAS RF applicants who fail to fulfill the requirements under
the rules will be subject to the existing processing fee of $50 per class.

   Costs and Benefits: This rulemaking is not economically significant
under Executive Order 12866 (Sept. 30, 1993).

   References below to "the Act," "the Trademark Act," or "the statute"
refer to the Trademark Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq., as amended.
References to "TMEP" or "Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure" refer to
the October 2014 edition.

Discussion of Rules Changes

   The USPTO amends §§ 2.6, 2.22, and 2.23.

   First, the USPTO amends § 2.6(a)(1) to enumerate the revised application
filing fee options. Section 2.6(a)(1)(iii) sets out the new, reduced fee of
$275 for filing a TEAS Reduced Fee (i.e., TEAS RF) application under
revised § 2.23. Revised § 2.6(a)(i)(iv) for TEAS Plus is the same as the
currently existing § 2.6(a)(1)(iii) except that the TEAS Plus fee is
reduced from $275 to $225 per class and there is minor rewording for
consistency with existing § 2.6(a)(1)(ii) and revised § 2.6(a)(1)(iii). The
§ 2.6(a)(l)(v) processing fee is the same as the currently existing
§ 2.6(a)(1)(iv) except for amended citations to revised §§ 2.22(c) and
2.23(c). The USPTO revises § 2.6(a)(5) to enumerate the revised fees for
renewal of a registration. The new § 2.6(a)(5)(i) maintains the current fee
of $400 as the fee for an application for renewal of a registration filed
on paper and the new § 2.6(a)(5)(ii) sets out the reduced fee of $300 per
class for a TEAS renewal of a registration.

   Comment: Two commenters stated that they support efforts to reduce fees
where appropriate and consistent with a sustainable funding model and as
long as the current and future efficacy and efficiency of the USPTO will
not be compromised.

   Response: The USPTO appreciates the commenters' concerns. As one
commenter noted, the Office has assured stakeholders that the reduction is
possible due to efficiencies that have allowed the USPTO to create an
operating reserve and that the revised fee structure maintains a reserve
sufficient to manage operations and address long-term investments. Also,
the Office regularly reviews fees, and may make adjustments in the future
as needed.

   Comment: All commenters were in favor of the fee reductions. One noted
that in addition to reducing trademark application fees, which should lead
to more applications being filed, result in a more accurate Federal
Register, and thereby increase efficiency and value for everyone, the USPTO
should provide filing-fee discounts when an applicant files companion
applications together that feature overlapping information, so as to
incentivize businesses to file trademark applications that they may
otherwise not invest in and that would otherwise never become part of the
pending application database or the Register. Similarly, the commenter
suggested that when there are multiple classes in the same application, the
filing fees for subsequent classes be reduced by $100, to encourage
applicants to be comprehensive in listing the goods and services with which
they use or intend to use their marks, making for a more accurate and
complete Register. The commenter opined further that a discounted filing
fee for new businesses might increase the percentage of trademarks that are
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filed with the USPTO. Lastly, the commenter noted that the 10-year renewal
fee, even at a TEAS reduced rate, appears out of line with the initial
application filing fees and the 6-year Section 8 filing fees, since the
processing of the renewal by the USPTO is not nearly as substantial or
complex as the handling of initial applications.

   Response: The USPTO appreciates the commenter's suggestions for possible
mechanisms by which to increase application filings and further reduce
fees. To the extent that the Office finds additional opportunities for fee
reductions in the future, these suggestions will be considered. They would
require further exploration and review by the Office.

   Comment: Two commenters provided comments regarding the filing fee for
paper applications. One commenter suggested that increasing the filing fee
for paper applications may provide a more direct incentive for paper filers
to switch to filing electronically. A second commenter agreed with the
USPTO's decision to retain the existing filing fee for paper applications
and encouraged the USPTO to continue outreach efforts to identify and
address the reasons why applicants continue to file paper applications and
to develop an electronic solution to address those circumstances.

   Response: At this time, the USPTO has no plan to increase any filing
fee, and prefers to rely on other mechanisms to encourage electronic
communication. It is anticipated that the TEAS RF reduced-fee option is a
mechanism that will encourage such applicants to switch from paper to
electronic filing.

   Comment: One commenter sought to confirm that there was no intent to
decrease the fees for filing an application under Section 66 of the
Trademark Act and encouraged the Office to consider how the fee reduction
could alter the incentives of foreign applicants to seek U.S. registration
via national applications versus through the Madrid System.

   Response: The USPTO confirms that no change is being made to the fee for
a request for an extension of protection under Section 66(a), 15 U.S.C.
1141f(a). The USPTO notes that if the only country in which a foreign
applicant sought extension of protection of a foreign registration was the
United States, it might make it more cost effective to file directly with
the U.S. using TEAS RF. However, as the vast majority of Madrid users
designate more than one country, they may determine that the benefits of
the Madrid System outweigh the $50 per-class savings available through the
TEAS RF option.

   Second, the USPTO makes the following format revisions to § 2.22
concerning TEAS Plus applications: revise the rule title; in § 2.22(a),
cite to § 2.6(a)(1)(iv) instead of § 2.6(a)(l)(iii); in § 2.22(b), set
forth the additional examination requirements for a TEAS Plus application
that are currently set forth in existing § 2.23(a); in § 2.22(c), set forth
the current text in existing §§ 2.22(b) and 2.23(b), and cite to
§ 2.6(a)(l)(v) instead of to § 2.6(a)(l)(iv); and, in § 2.22(d), set forth
the text currently in existing § 2.22(c).

   Comment: Three commenters expressed concerns regarding the TEAS Plus
requirements. Two commenters noted that the fee reduction for TEAS Plus
applications is not likely to cause applicants to switch from TEAS to TEAS
Plus since a majority of those who do not use TEAS Plus choose not to use
it because of the issues surrounding the identification of goods and
services and/or the accounting and other difficulties that may ensue if
TEAS Plus status is lost during the application process. For example,
applicants may need to submit identifications not found in the U.S.
Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual (ID Manual) to
accurately identify their goods and services. Revisions to the ID Manual to
include all classes and types of goods and services, update recitations of
goods and services, and make it more easily navigable to help address these
concerns were suggested. The requirement to search for and select all
relevant goods and/or services and separately assign a basis to each, and
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where applicable, attach a separate specimen, was thought to make the TEAS
Plus application more time-consuming and cumbersome than regular TEAS
applications. The commenters encouraged the USPTO to investigate and
address the restrictions of TEAS Plus that currently lead some applicants
to file by TEAS and to provide other options, such as lifting the
identification requirement or providing expedited processing.

   Response: The new TEAS RF option addresses these concerns. In response
to public input on potential adjustments to trademark application fees, the
comments overwhelmingly favored a fee reduction, and many expressed a
desire for a lower-cost electronic filing option without any restrictions
on the nature of the identification of goods and services, as is required
under TEAS Plus. Accordingly, the USPTO proposed the introduction of the
TEAS RF filing option. The filing fee for TEAS RF is the same as the
current TEAS Plus fee, but the application does not require that applicants
choose an identification of goods or services from the ID Manual. Nor are
applicants required to comply with any of the other TEAS Plus requirements
except the requirements to authorize e-mail communication and file
specified documents electronically throughout the application process.

   In addition, the USPTO is implementing improvements to the ID Manual,
such as basic and advanced search options, highlighting of search terms in
results, inclusion of Notes in results table, and displaying initial
results according to a "relevance" priority rather than by Class number.

   The USPTO notes that the additional requirements of TEAS Plus cited by
the commenter, i.e., to search for and select all relevant goods and
services, assign a basis to each, and, if applicable, attach a separate
specimen for each class, merit the lower fee of TEAS Plus because they
lower the cost of examination and reduce pendency in large part because
most such applications are complete when filed, and will therefore,
typically result in the issuance of fewer Office actions.

   Third, the USPTO revises current § 2.23 to establish a TEAS RF option in
the amount of $275. Existing § 2.23 lists the additional examination
requirements for a TEAS Plus application. As noted above, the provisions in
previous § 2.23 are consolidated into revised § 2.22. Filers using either
the TEAS Plus or the new TEAS RF option are required to authorize e-mail
communication from the USPTO and submit specified documents electronically
using TEAS during the prosecution of the application. However, filers using
the new TEAS RF option are not required to comply with the additional TEAS
Plus requirements.

   Comment: One commenter also noted that the new TEAS RF application
addresses many concerns applicants have with the TEAS Plus application and
presents an option that its clients, many of which are small businesses,
will likely use and benefit from.

   Response: The USPTO appreciates the commenter's statement that the TEAS
RF option will benefit applicants.

   Comment: One commenter recommended that the Office confirm that informal
communications with the examining attorney, including telephone and e-mail
communications, would not violate the requirement of an "electronic
communication" for purposes of retaining TEAS RF status.


   Response: The USPTO confirms that informal communications by telephone
or e-mail with an examining attorney would not violate the requirement that
the applicant submit documents via TEAS during the prosecution of the
application. Informal communications are not substitutes for formal
responses to Office actions, but rather are conducted only if they serve to
develop and clarify specific issues and lead to a mutual understanding
between the examining attorney and the applicant regarding a particular
application. See TMEP section 709.05. Therefore, such an informal
communication need not be filed through TEAS to comply with the final rule.
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Notably, § 2.23 lists all the specific communications that TEAS RF
applicants must file through TEAS or be subject to the processing fee of
$50 per class.

Rulemaking Considerations

   Administrative Procedure Act: This rulemaking reduces fees under Section
10(c) of the AIA. See also 15 U.S.C. 1113, 15 U.S.C. 1123, 35 U.S.C. 2. The
other changes in this rulemaking establish procedures for applicants
seeking these reduced fees. The procedural changes in this rulemaking
involve rules of agency practice and procedure, and/or interpretive rules.
See Nat'l Org. of Veterans' Advocates v. Sec'y of Veterans Affairs, 260
F.3d 1365, 1375 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (stating that a rule that clarifies
interpretation of a statute is interpretive); Bachow Commc'ns Inc. v. FCC,
237 F.3d 683, 690 (D.C. Cir. 2001) (stating that rules governing an
application process are procedural under the Administrative Procedure Act);
Inova Alexandria Hosp. v. Shalala, 244 F.3d 342, 350 (4th Cir. 2001)
(stating that rules for handling appeals were procedural where they did not
change the substantive standard for reviewing claims).

   Accordingly, prior notice and opportunity for public comment for the
procedural changes are not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b) or (c)
(or any other law). See Cooper Techs. Co. v. Dudas, 536 F.3d 1330, 1336-37
(Fed. Cir. 2008) (stating that 5 U.S.C. 553, and thus 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2)(B),
does not require notice and comment rulemaking for "interpretative rules,
general statements of policy, or rules of agency organization, procedure,
or practice" (quoting 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(A))). The Office, however,
published these changes for comment as it sought the benefit of the
public's views. The Office has also undertaken a Final Regulatory
Flexibility Act Analysis of the final rule.

   Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis:

1. Description of the reasons that action by the USPTO is being undertaken:

   The USPTO is reducing certain trademark fees as authorized by Section
10(c) of the AIA. The reductions will reduce total trademark fee
collections and promote efficiency for the USPTO and customers through
increased electronic communication. Specifically, the USPTO amends its
rules to reduce application filing fees for certain applications for
registration on the Principal or Supplemental Register under Section 1
and/or Section 44 of the Trademark Act, and for TEAS requests for
transformation of an extension of protection to the United States into a
U.S. application filed pursuant to § 7.31, and to reduce the fee for
renewal of a trademark registration that is filed through TEAS.

2. Succinct statement of the objectives of, and legal basis for, the final
rulemaking:

   The objectives of the final rulemaking are to reduce total trademark
filing and renewal fees and fee collections, improve the alignment of
Office costs with revenues, and promote efficiency for the USPTO and
customers through electronic communication. Filing through TEAS and
authorizing e-mail communication expedites processing, shortens pendency,
minimizes manual processing and the potential for data entry errors, and
is more efficient for both the filer and the USPTO. TEAS-filed documents
are automatically uploaded into the USPTO database. They require no manual
scanning or creation of a paper file wrapper, and they often reduce or
eliminate the need for manual data entry of amendments to the filings.
Authorizing e-mail communication provides similar benefits, by reducing the
need for mailing and the creation of, or addition to, a file wrapper. Paper
filings, on the other hand, necessitate: (1) manual scanning and uploading
of the documents into the USPTO database; (2) manual data entry of
information; and (3) the creation of paper file wrappers in which to store
the originals of the paper filings. Thus, the final rulemaking facilitates
efficiency in numerous ways. As to the legal basis for the revisions,
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Section 10(c) of the AIA provides the authority for the Director to reduce
trademark fees after consultation with the TPAC. See also Section 31 of the
Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1113. Both 15 U.S.C. 1123 and 35 U.S.C. 2 provide
the authority for the Director to establish regulations for the conduct of
trademark proceedings at the USPTO.

3. Description of and, where feasible, estimate of the number of affected
small entities:

   The USPTO does not collect or maintain statistics in trademark cases on
small-versus large-entity applicants, and this information would be
required in order to determine the number of small entities that would be
affected by the final rulemaking. However, the USPTO will provide projected
estimates of each type of filing affected by the final rulemaking. The
overall impact of the lower fees on applicants and registrants will be
overwhelmingly positive, as they will be afforded the opportunity to obtain
a trademark registration for a reduced fee.

   The final rulemaking could apply to any entity filing a trademark
application, except those filing under Section 66(a), 15 U.S.C. 1141f(a).
The USPTO estimates that during the first year under the final rulemaking,
the USPTO would receive 103,633 classes of TEAS RF applications that,
absent the rule change, likely would have been filed as regular TEAS
applications, as well as 204,682 classes of TEAS Plus applications. Thus,
the estimated financial impact of the reduced fees will be: (1) a
$10,234,100 reduction in fees for TEAS Plus applicants; and (2) a
$5,181,650 reduction in fees for TEAS RF applicants, or $5,065,100, when
the estimated 2,331 classes of TEAS RF applicants who likely will be
required to pay the $50 processing fee are taken into consideration.
Turning to the renewal fee, the USPTO estimates that during the first year
under the final rulemaking, the USPTO would receive 62,315 classes of
renewals, 61,193 of which will be filed through TEAS, such that the
financial impact will be a $6,119,300 reduction in fees for trademark
owners. The USPTO does not collect or maintain statistics in trademark
cases on small- versus large-entity applicants to determine what subset of
applicants would be small entities impacted by the final rule.

4. Description of the reporting, recordkeeping, and other compliance
requirements of the final rulemaking, including an estimate of the classes
of small entities that will be subject to the requirement and the type of
professional skills necessary for preparation of the report or record:

   The final rules impose no new reporting or recordkeeping requirements.

   The final rules reduce fees for applications, requests for
transformation of an extension of protection to the United States into a
U.S. application, and renewals of trademark registrations.  The USPTO does
not anticipate that the final rulemaking will have a disproportionate
impact upon any particular class of small or large entities. Any entity
that applies for or renews a registered trademark may choose to benefit
from the final rules. The final rulemaking merely offers lower fees based
on electronic filing of the renewal or application and other documents, and
authorization for e-mail communication from the USPTO. Because the fees for
filing a paper application, a regular TEAS application, a paper request for
transformation of an extension of protection to the United States into a
U.S. application, and a paper application for renewal of a registration
remain unchanged under the final rules, and applicants may continue to file
on paper or via the regular TEAS application form, the filer may choose
whether to undertake the requirements for the reduced-fee options in the
final rules. Procedures for TEAS Plus filers remain the same, as the final
rules merely reduce fees and consolidate the TEAS Plus procedures within
one rule, without imposing any change in practice. Filers using the new
TEAS RF option must submit specified documents electronically using TEAS
during the prosecution of the application and must authorize e-mail
communication from the USPTO.

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   The USPTO estimates that filing electronically likely will take less
time than filing the same type of document on paper and will not take any
more time. The USPTO further estimates that communicating by e-mail will
not take any more time than receiving and reviewing a USPTO communication
sent by regular mail and is likely to take less time.

5. Description of any significant alternatives to the final rulemaking
which accomplish the stated objectives of applicable statutes and which
minimize any significant economic impact of the rules on small entities:

   The USPTO has considered whether and how it is appropriate to reduce any
burden on small businesses through increased flexibility. The following
options have been considered, but rejected, by the USPTO, since they are
less protective of small businesses.

   The alternative of not offering the identified reduced fees, or not
offering them to small entities, would retain the status quo for small
entities and therefore produce no economic impact on them, but that
alternative has been rejected because the economic effect of the final
rules will be favorable to small businesses, rather than burdensome. In
addition, the alternative of not reducing fees would fail to accomplish the
stated objectives of reducing overall trademark fee collections and
increasing efficiency for the USPTO and filers.

   The final rulemaking provides streamlined and simplified procedures for
all small entities, as well as others, given the ease of filing
electronically through TEAS and communicating by e-mail. Thus, compliance
will be streamlined and simplified for all affected entities. The fee
reductions promote greater efficiency from electronic filing and
communication, as the procedures are simpler and not burdensome.

   Use of performance rather than design standards is not applicable to the
final rulemaking because the USPTO is not issuing any sort of standard.
Rather, the final rulemaking offers reduced fees to applicants and
registrants who file and communicate electronically with the USPTO.

6. Identification, to the extent practicable, of all relevant Federal rules
which may duplicate, overlap, or conflict with the final rules:

   The final rules do not duplicate, overlap, or conflict with any other
Federal rules.

   Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review): This rulemaking
has been determined to be not significant for purposes of Executive Order
12866 (Sept. 30, 1993).

   Executive Order 13563 (Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review): The
USPTO has complied with Executive Order 13563 (Jan. 18, 2011).
Specifically, the USPTO has, to the extent feasible and applicable: (1)
made a reasoned determination that the benefits justify the costs of the
rules; (2) tailored the rules to impose the least burden on society
consistent with obtaining the regulatory objectives; (3) selected a
regulatory approach that maximizes net benefits; (4) specified performance
objectives; (5) identified and assessed available alternatives; (6)
provided the public with a meaningful opportunity to participate in the
regulatory process, including soliciting the views of those likely affected
prior to issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking, and provided online
access to the rulemaking docket; (7) attempted to promote coordination,
simplification, and harmonization across government agencies and identified
goals designed to promote innovation; (8) considered approaches that reduce
burdens and maintain flexibility and freedom of choice for the public; and
(9) ensured the objectivity of scientific and technological information and
processes, to the extent applicable.

   Executive Order 13132 (Federalism): This rule does not contain policies
with federalism implications sufficient to warrant preparation of a
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Federalism Assessment under Executive Order 13132 (Aug. 4, 1999).

   Congressional Review Act: Under the Congressional Review Act provisions
of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C.
801 et seq.), prior to issuing this final rule, the USPTO submitted a
report containing the final rule and other required information to the
United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and the
Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office. The changes in
this final rule are not expected to result in an annual effect on the
economy of 100 million dollars or more, a major increase in costs or
prices, or significant adverse effects on competition, employment,
investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of United States-based
enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises indomestic and export
markets. Therefore, this is not a "major rule" as defined in 5 U.S.C.
804(2).

   Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995: The changes set forth in this
rulemaking do not involve a Federal intergovernmental mandate that will
result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the
aggregate, of 100 million dollars (as adjusted) or more in any one year, or
a Federal private sector mandate that will result in the expenditure by the
private sector of 100 million dollars (as adjusted) or more in any one
year, and will not significantly or uniquely affect small governments.
Therefore, no actions are necessary under the provisions of the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995. See 2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.

   Paperwork Reduction Act: This rule involves information collection
requirements which are subject to review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.). An information collection request was submitted to OMB under control
numbers 0651-0009 and 0651-0055 at the time of the Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking, and a pre-approval was given. Since that time no substantive
changes to the burden have been made. Additionally, the agency will follow
up with a change worksheet submission to reconcile any burden estimate
adjustments, especially as regards OMB Control Number 0651-0051.

I. Summary: The USPTO is reducing certain trademark fees, as authorized by
the AIA. The reductions will reduce total trademark fee collections and
promote efficiency for the USPTO and customers through electronic
communication and will further the USPTO's strategic objective to increase
the end-to-end electronic processing of trademark applications including
online filing, electronic file management, and workflow. Specifically, the
USPTO amends its rules to permit a trademark applicant using the regular
TEAS application form to file an application for registration on the
Principal or Supplemental Register under Section 1 and/or Section 44 of the
Trademark Act, and an applicant who files a TEAS request for transformation
of an extension of protection to the United States into a U.S. application,
to pay a reduced fee under certain circumstances. The reduced fee is
available to a TEAS applicant if the applicant agrees to receive
communications concerning the application by e-mail and to file all
responses and other documents through TEAS during the prosecution of the
application. The reduced-fee option does not apply to applications filed
pursuant to Section 66(a) of the Act because they cannot be filed through
TEAS. The USPTO also amends its rules to reduce the filing fees for an
application filed using the TEAS Plus form and a TEAS application for
renewal of a registration.

II. Data

   Needs and Uses: The public uses the various applications to apply
for the registration of trademarks/service marks, collective trademarks/
service marks, collective membership marks, and certification marks that
identify goods and services classified in single or multiple classes. The
public also uses applications under Section 44 to apply for a priority
filing date and/or for registration based upon foreign registration of a
mark. The USPTO uses information from the public to receive and process
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applications for registration of trademarks/service marks, collective
trademarks/service marks, collective membership marks, and certification
marks. The USPTO uses information from the public in response to Section 44
applications to process applications for registration of a mark based upon
earlier-filed foreign applications or a foreign registration. In addition,
the USPTO also uses the application information to determine whether the
marks may be registered. The public uses the application for renewal to
apply for the renewal of a registration. The USPTO uses information from
the public to receive and process applications for renewal of a
registration.

Title of Collection: Applications for Trademark Registration.

OMB Control Number: 0651-0009.

Form Number(s): PTO Forms 1478, 1480, 1481, 1482.

Type of Review: Revised Collection.

Method of Collection: By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or electronically
to the Office.

Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.

Estimated Number of Responses: 359,560.

Estimated Time per Response: The Office estimates that the responses in
this collection will take the public approximately 18 to 30 minutes (0.3 to
0.5 hours).

Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 125,373 hours per year.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $48,770,097 per year.

Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden: $97,548,226 per
year.

Title of Collection: Post Registration (Trademark Processing).

OMB Control Number: 0651-0055.

Form Number(s): PTO Form 1963.

Type of Review: Revised Collection.

Method of Collection: By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or electronically
to the Office.

Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.

Estimated Number of Responses: 51,929.

Estimated Time per Response: The Office estimates that the responses in
this collection will take the public approximately 12 to 14 minutes (0.20
to 0.23 hours).

Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 10,414 hours per year.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $4,050,988 per year.

Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden: $20,865,550 per
year.

Title of Collection: Madrid Protocol.
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OMB Control Number: 0651-0051.

Form Number(s): PTO Global Form.

Type of Review: Revised Collection.

Method of Collection: By mail, facsimile, hand delivery, or electronically
to the Office.

Affected Public: Individuals or households; businesses or other
for-profits; and not-for-profit institutions.

Estimated Number of Responses: 6,623.

Estimated Time per Response: The Office estimates that the responses in
this collection will take the public approximately 15 minutes to one hour
and 15 minutes (0.25 to 1.25 hours).

Estimated Total Annual Respondent Burden Hours: 1,711 hours per year.

Estimated Total Annual Respondent Cost Burden: $634,781 per year.

Estimated Total Annual Non-hour Respondent Cost Burden: $743,875 per year.

III. Solicitation

   Comments were solicited to: (1) evaluate whether the information
requirement is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2)
evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden; (3) enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(4) minimize the burden of collecting the information on those who are to
respond, including by using appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical,
or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.

   Regarding whether the collection of information enhances the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, the USPTO received
two comments.

   Comment: The commenters noted that the proposed changes will result in
more accurate and carefully tailored trademark applications by allowing
applicants to submit the most accurate and comprehensive designation of
goods and services since they will not have to choose designations from the
ID Manual, which the commenter contends results in inefficiencies not only
for the companies seeking to register a mark, but also for the USPTO and
other companies conducting trademark searches. The commenter also asserts
that the proposed changes would help applicants receive the maximum
benefits of the USPTO system. One commenter noted that requests for
extensions of protection encounter a number of inefficiencies arising from
the data transfer from WIPO to the Office and recommended that these
inefficiencies be addressed by the Office as part of the rule or in a
separate request for comment.

   Response: The USPTO agrees with the commenters regarding the benefits of
providing a reduced-fee option while permitting applicants to submit their
own identifications of goods and services.

   The USPTO appreciates the suggestions regarding requests for extension
of protection but notes that the Office is unaware of the alleged
inefficiencies of using an entry from the ID Manual and notes that these
requests are not part of the information collection impacted by this final
rulemaking. Any more detailed comments about this subject outside the scope
of this final rulemaking may be submitted to the USPTO through
TMFeedback@USPTO.gov.
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   As to whether changes minimize the burden of collecting the information
on those who are to respond, including by using appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, the USPTO received no comments.

   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required to
respond to nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply
with a collection of information subject to the requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of information displays a
currently valid OMB control number.

List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 2

   Administrative practice and procedure, Trademarks.

   For the reasons stated in the preamble and under the authority contained
in Section 10(c) of the AIA, 15 U.S.C. 1113, 15 U.S.C. 1123, and 35 U.S.C.
2, as amended, the USPTO amends part 2 of title 37 as follows:

PART 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES

   1. The authority citation for part 2 is revised to read as follows:

      Authority:15 U.S.C. 1113, 15 U.S.C. 1123, 35 U.S.C. 2, Section 10(c)
      of Pub. L. 112-29, unless otherwise noted.

   2. Amend § 2.6 by revising paragraphs (a)(1)(iii) and (iv), adding
   paragraph (a)(1)(v), and revising paragraph (a)(5) to read as follows:

   § 2.6  Trademark fees.

   *  *  *  *  *

      (a) * * *

      (1) * * *

      (iii) For filing a TEAS Reduced Fee (RF) application through TEAS
      under § 2.23, per class-$275

      (iv) For filing a TEAS Plus application through TEAS under § 2.22,
      per class-$225.00

      (v) Additional processing fee under §§ 2.22(c) or 2.23(c), per
      class-$50.00

      * * * * *

      (5) Application for renewal of a registration fees.

      (i) For filing an application for renewal of a registration on paper,
      per class-$400.00

      (ii) For filing an application for renewal of a registration through
      TEAS, per class-$300.00

      * * * * *

   3. Amend § 2.22 by revising the section heading, paragraph (a)
introductory text, and paragraphs (b) and (c) and adding paragraph (d) to
read as follows:

§ 2.22 Requirements for a TEAS Plus application.

   (a) A trademark/service mark application for registration on the
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Principal Register under section 1 and/or section 44 of the Act will be
entitled to a reduced filing fee under § 2.6(a)(1)(iv) if it is filed
through TEAS and includes:

   * * * * *

   (b) In addition to the filing requirements under paragraph (a) of this
section, the applicant must:

   (1) File the following communications through TEAS:

   (i) Responses to Office actions (except notices of appeal under section
   20 of the Trademark Act);

   (ii) Requests to change the correspondence address and owner's address;

   (iii) Appointments and/or revocations of power of attorney;

   (iv) Appointments and/or revocations of domestic representative;

   (v) Voluntary amendments;

   (vi) Amendments to allege use under section 1(c) of the Act or
   statements of use under section 1(d) of the Act;

   (vii) Requests for extensions of time to file a statement of use under
   section 1(d) of the Act; and

   (viii) Requests to delete a section 1(b) basis.

   (2) Maintain a valid e-mail correspondence address and continue to
   receive communications from the Office by e-mail.

   (c) If an application does not fulfill the requirements of paragraphs
   (a) and (b) of this section, the applicant must pay the processing fee
   required by § 2.6(a)(1)(v). The application will retain its original
   filing date, provided that when filed, the application met the filing
   date requirements of § 2.21.

   (d) The following types of applications cannot be filed as TEAS Plus
   applications:

   (1) Applications for certification marks (see § 2.45);

   (2) Applications for collective trademarks and service marks
   (see § 2.44);

   (3) Applications for collective membership marks (see § 2.44); and

   (4) Applications for registration on the Supplemental Register
   (see § 2.47).

4. Revise § 2.23 to read as follows:

§ 2.23 Requirements for a TEAS RF application.

   (a) A trademark, service mark, certification mark, collective membership
   mark, or collective trademark application for registration on the
   Principal or Supplemental Register under section 1 and/or section 44 of
   the Act will be entitled to a reduced filing fee under § 2.6(a)(1)(iii)
   if it is filed through TEAS and includes:

   (1) An e-mail address for correspondence; and

   (2) An authorization for the Office to send correspondence concerning
   the application to the applicant or applicant's attorney by e-mail.
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   (b) In addition to the filing requirements under paragraph (a) of this
   section, the applicant must:

   (1) File the following communications through TEAS:

   (i) Responses to Office actions (except notices of appeal under section
   20 of the Trademark Act);

   (ii) Requests to change the correspondence address and owner's address;

   (iii) Appointments and/or revocations of power of attorney;

   (iv) Appointments and/or revocations of domestic representative;

   (v) Voluntary amendments;

   (vi) Amendments to allege use under section 1(c) of the Act or
   statements of use under section 1(d) of the Act;

   (vii) Requests for extensions of time to file a statement of use under
   section 1(d) of the Act; and

   (viii) Requests to delete a section 1(b) basis.

   (2) Maintain a valid e-mail correspondence address, and continue to
   receive communications from the Office by e-mail.

   (c) If an application does not meet the requirements of paragraphs (a)
   and (b) of this section, the applicant must pay the processing fee
   required by § 2.6(a)(1)(v). The application will retain its original
   filing date, provided that when filed, the application met the filing
   date requirements of § 2.21.

December 10, 2014                                           MICHELLE K. LEE
                                     Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for
                                  Intellectual Property and Deputy Director
                                  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Disclaimers
                               Disclaimers

   7,265,792 B2 - Pierre Favrat, Milpitas, CA (US); Alain-Serge Porret,
Sunnyvale, CA (US); Dominique Python, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Friederich
Mombers, San Jose, CA (US); Richard P. Perring, San Jose, CA (US); Philippe
Duc, Santa Clara, CA (US); Benito Carnero, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Didier
Margairaz, San Jose, CA (US). TELEVISION RECEIVER FOR DIGITAL AND ANALOG
TELEVISION SIGNALS. Patent dated September 4, 2007. Disclaimer filed
October 1, 2014, by the assignee, Cresta Technology Corporation.

   Hereby disclaims the term of this patent and shall not extend beyond the
expiration date of patent no. 7,075,585.

   6,339,666 B2 - David M. Szum, Elmhurst, IL (US); Chander P. Chawla,
Batavia, IL (US); James R. Petisce, West Dundee, IL (US); John T.
Vandeberg, Barrington, IL (US); George Paternack, Riverwoods, IL (US);
Timothy E. Bishop, Algonquin, IL (US); Paul E. Snowwhite, Elgin, IL (US);
Edward P. Zahora, Naperville, IL (US); and Stephen C. Lapin, Waterford, WI
(US). RADIATION-CURABLE OPTICAL GLASS FIBER COATING COMPOSITIONS, COATED
OPTICAL GLASS FIBERS, AND OPTICAL GLASS FIBER ASSEMBLIES. Patent dated
January 15, 2002. Disclaimer filed October 15, 2014, by the assignee, DSM
IP Assets B. V.

   Hereby disclaims complete claims 1-3, 8, 10-12, and 16-18 of said
patent.
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Errata
                                 Errata

   "All references to Patent No. D. 718,946 to PERSSON, SVEN-OLOF et al of
MOLNLYCKE, SWEDEN for SEAT appearing in the Official Gazette of December
09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. D. 718,947 to PERSSON, SVEN-OLOF et al. of
MOLNLYCKE, SWEDEN for SEAT appearing in the Official Gazette of December
09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. D. 718,948 to PERSSON, SVEN-OLOF et al. of
MOLNLYCKE, SWEDEN for SEAT ASSEMBLY appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,904,637 to RONALD BUNKER of Waterford,
NY for COMPONENTS WITH COOLING CHANNELS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE
appearing in the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,904,826 to TOMOHIRO ISHIHARA of
Yokohama-shi, JP for MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR GLASS BASE MATERIAL appearing
in the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,904,979 to KOICHIRO MATSUMOTO of
Nagoya-city, JP for LINEAR SOLENOID appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,905,137 to MI ZHANG of , for SHALE GAS
OPERATION METHOD appearing in the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,905,485 to ATSUTAKA MITSUHASHI of
Miyoshi-shi, JP for SEAT BACK FRAME appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,905,530 to NOZAWA, IZUMI of
MATSUMOTO-SHI, JAPAN for COVER AND LIQUID CONTAINER appearing in the
Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,905,776 to MICAH SMITH of Warren, MI for
HIGH VOLTAGE SAFETY LOCK SENSING - SINGLE SENSOR LINEAR ACTUATOR appearing
in the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,905,976 to ERNEST DION of Danvers, MA
for DISPOSABLE PUMPING SYSTEM AND COUPLER appearing in the Official Gazette
of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,906,078 to BERNARD PRANDI of Rennes, FR
for SCREW FOR OSTEOSYNTHESIS AND ARTHRODESIS appearing in the Official
Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,906,136 to RYAN HUIZING of Vancouver, CA
for SELECTIVE WATER VAPOUR TRANSPORT MEMBRANES COMPRISING A NANOFIBROUS
LAYER AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,906,408 to AHMET AYDINOGLU of Ankara, TR
for OCTENIDINE COMPOSITION appearing in the Official Gazette of December
09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,906,536 to YO-HAN KWON of Daejeon, KR
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for CABLE-TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,906,550 to WILLIAM WILKENING of Tucson,
AZ for ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS COMPRISING POROUS STRUCTURES COMPRISING SULFUR
appearing in the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,906,841 to WASOW, GUNTHER of BERLIN,
GERMANY for METHOD FOR MINIMIZING THE DIAMETER OF A UREA SOLUTION, UREA
SOLUTION AND USE OF A SURFACTANT IN UREA SOLUTION appearing in the Official
Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,906,985 to NORIYUKI NAKAZAWA of Osaka,
JP for METHOD FOR PREPARING EMULSION RESIN COMPOSITION FOR CATIONIC
ELECTRODEPOSITION PAINT appearing in the Official Gazette of December 09,
2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,907,044 to MASASHI YOKOGI of Fukuoka, JP
for POLYCARBONATE RESIN AND TRANSPARENT FILM COMPRISING THE SAME appearing
in the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,907,219 to HEINZ-WERNER NEUMULLER of
Uttenreuth, DE for MULTIFILAMENT CONDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME
appearing in the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,907,401 to HIGASHITANI, MASAAKI of
CUPERTINO, CA for 3D NON-VOLATILE MEMORY WITH METAL SILICIDE INTERCONNECT
appearing in the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,907,474 to LEE, KI HONG et al of
SUWON-SI, REPUBLIC OF KOREA for THREE DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
INCLUDING PADS appearing in the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,907,565 to TAKASHI KANBARA of Ikeda-shi,
JP for POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, LAMP FITTING, AND VEHICLE appearing in the
Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,907,746 to WINFRIED BAKALSKI of Munich,
DE for CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT WITH AN ANTENNA SWITCH AND A BANDSTOP FILTER AND
CORRESPONDING METHOD appearing in the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,907,824 to MITSUHIRO WASHIRO of
Musashino-shi, JP for FIELDBUS ADAPTER AND METHOD OF USING FIELDBUS ADAPTER
appearing in the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,224 to TOMOHIKO HASEGAWA of
Okazaki-shi, JP for CONTROLLING DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,240 to YASUO YAMASAKI of Nagoya-shi,
JP for IMAGE READING DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of December
09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,256 to MASAOKI YAMAGATA of
Kawasaki-shi, JP for OPTICAL PROBE appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

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   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,392 to SAMPAT SHEKHAWAT of Jaipur,
IN for INVERTER AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF appearing in the Official
Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,440 to MANNING, TROY A. of MERIDIAN
IDAHO for APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING LOGICAL OPERATIONS USING
SENSING CIRCUITRY appearing in the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,442 to XIYING COSTA of San Jose, CA
for GROUP WORD LINE ERASE AND ERASE-VERIFY METHODS FOR 3D NON-VOLATILE
MEMORY appearing in the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,488 to KENSAKU TAKAHASHI of
Kanagawa, JP for OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM appearing in the Official Gazette
of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,576 to DONGYUN LEE of San Jose, CA
for BI-DIRECTIONAL DIGITAL INTERFACE FOR VIDEO AND AUDIO (DIVA) appearing
in the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,588 to HAKOLA, SAMI-JUKKA of
KEMPELE, FINLAND for LOCAL SELECTION OF RETRANSMITTING DEVICE IN
COOPERATIVE CLUSTER TO ENHANCE CELLULAR MULTICAST appearing in the Official
Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,594 to ZONGQUAN TANG of Shenzhen, CN
for METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR BEARING CIRCUIT SWITCHED DOMAIN
SERVICE DATA OVER RADIO BEARER appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,599 to MITSURU MOCHIZUKI of Tokyo,
JP for MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,663 to MASAHIKO NAITO of Tokyo, JP
for WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS
COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,694 to KOBAYASHI, NORIAKI of TOKYO,
JAPAN for NETWORK SYSTEM AND FRAME COMMUNICATION METHOD appearing in the
Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,703 to CHANDRA BONTU of Kanata, CA
for INTER-DEVICE COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS appearing
in the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,800 to KENJI SUDA of Kawasaki, JP
for RADIO COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD appearing in
the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,844 to YONGJIN KIM of Seoul, KR for
TERMINAL EQUIPMENT FOR PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL CALL PROCESSING SERVICE, AND
METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of December 09,
2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,908,885 to JOHN JOYCE of Canton, MA for
ORIENTATION-RESPONSIVE ACOUSTIC DRIVER SELECTION appearing in the Official
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Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,909,117 to NAOKI IWAYA of Tokyo, JP for
FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME appearing in
the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,909,177 to KOHJI MOTOYAMA of Osaka, JP
for LOW NOISE CONVERTER OF SATELLITE BROADCASTING RECEIVER appearing in the
Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,909,233 to HARIS ZISIMOPOULOS of London,
GB for HANDOVER appearing in the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,909,262 to SEUNG-PYO KUK of Seoul, KR
for SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING APPLICATION AND MANAGEMENT SERVICE AND MODIFYING
USER INTERFACE AND METHOD THEREOF appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,909,280 to KIM, SOENG-HUN et al. of
SUWON-SI KOREA, REPUBLIC OF for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK
TRANSMISSION POWER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM appearing in the
Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,909,407 to HIDEAKI OTSUBO of
Miyoshi-shi, JP for CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE appearing in the
Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,909,520 to FUWEI MA of Shenzhen, CN for
PULSE ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD AND PULSE CODEC appearing in the
Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,909,723 to ADAM LOWRY of Portland, OR
for PUSH NOTIFICATION DELIVERY SYSTEM appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,909,830 to MICHAEL ELIZAROV of Waterloo,
CA for HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TEXT DISAMBIGUATION ALLOWING DYNAMIC
EXPANSION OF INPUT KEY ASSOCIATIONS appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,910,040 to VADIM FUX of Waterloo, CA for
HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SPELL CHECKING DURING
TEXT ENTRY AND FOR PROVIDING A SPELL-CHECK LEARNING FEATURE appearing in
the Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 8,910,194 to MARK FARRELL of Pleasant
Valley, NY for WARNING TRACK INTERRUPTION FACILITY appearing in the
Official Gazette of December 09, 2014 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."
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Certificates of Correction
                        Certificates of Correction
                          for December 16, 2014

6,359,981            8,415,302            8,704,227            8,802,702
6,434,231            8,415,489            8,704,255            8,802,705
6,611,510            8,416,014            8,704,568            8,802,718
6,743,285            8,417,137            8,709,329            8,802,837
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6,832,074            8,417,386            8,709,540            8,803,814
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7,002,936            8,419,683            8,710,505            8,804,423
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7,046,647            8,420,083            8,713,559            8,804,884
7,075,910            8,420,600            8,713,776            8,804,906
7,169,548            8,424,923            8,714,889            8,805,179
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7,375,284            8,425,515            8,718,334            8,806,582
7,460,759            8,425,591            8,718,393            8,806,674
7,477,824            8,425,957            8,719,740            8,806,910
7,489,843            8,425,974            8,719,811            8,807,573
7,498,414            8,426,034            8,720,035            8,808,372
7,510,594            8,426,293            8,720,332            8,808,649
7,516,404            8,427,704            8,722,674            8,808,816
7,586,583            8,427,965            8,726,469            8,809,279
7,606,602            8,428,253            8,726,694            8,809,568
7,794,727            8,428,499            8,727,445            8,809,580
7,798,158            8,428,961            8,727,728            8,809,588
7,799,267            8,428,997            8,729,310            8,809,665
7,939,728            8,429,043            8,733,164            8,809,766
7,949,587            8,429,634            8,734,508            8,810,134
7,964,592            8,432,396            8,735,840            8,812,717
7,985,874            8,432,800            8,735,899            8,812,957
8,005,548            8,432,879            8,736,820            8,813,184
8,028,462            8,433,111            8,737,199            8,813,959
8,067,553            8,433,999            8,739,019            8,814,099
8,069,476            8,435,281            8,739,801            8,814,778
8,083,984            8,438,186            8,743,002            8,815,739
8,100,887            8,438,328            8,743,213            8,816,576
8,109,029            8,438,812            8,743,860            8,816,871
8,110,594            8,439,655            8,744,360            8,818,119
8,114,876            8,440,801            8,744,546            8,818,974
8,114,927            8,441,123            8,745,030            8,819,087
8,116,911            8,442,149            8,745,132            8,820,333
8,117,666            8,442,236            8,746,420            8,821,421
8,120,839            8,442,321            8,747,018            8,821,944
8,143,235            8,442,965            8,747,315            8,821,961
8,162,996            8,443,132            8,747,948            8,822,315
8,182,617            8,443,191            8,748,450            8,822,526
8,186,977            8,444,279            8,750,005            8,823,344
8,207,755            8,444,465            8,750,350            8,823,918
8,234,083            8,445,222            8,750,867            8,824,102
8,236,626            8,445,458            8,752,040            8,824,235
8,261,137            8,447,646            8,752,838            8,824,275
8,275,717            8,447,760            8,753,014            8,825,468
8,287,332            8,447,941            8,756,597            8,825,488
8,322,835            8,448,159            8,758,086            8,825,743
8,323,897            8,449,363            8,758,458            8,826,723
8,326,826            8,449,380            8,759,829            8,827,467
8,326,858            8,450,247            8,761,023            8,827,512
8,327,005            8,450,336            8,761,128            8,828,166
8,327,145            8,450,986            8,765,913            8,828,846
8,327,658            8,452,526            8,767,403            8,829,683
8,331,996            8,452,795            8,772,172            8,829,882
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8,337,420            8,455,392            8,774,904            8,830,473
8,337,815            8,456,851            8,775,433            8,830,548
8,338,209            8,460,432            8,778,302            8,830,573
8,338,366            8,460,595            8,778,846            8,832,000
8,338,477            8,464,800            8,778,870            8,832,136
8,339,435            8,470,815            8,779,105            8,832,841
8,339,941            8,471,822            8,779,142            8,834,858
8,343,536            8,471,860            8,779,415            8,835,495
8,352,180            8,475,718            8,779,696            8,835,780
8,352,450            8,476,643            8,783,276            8,836,200
8,353,936            8,479,122            8,783,760            8,836,366
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8,358,612            8,486,931            8,785,157            8,837,957
8,360,703            8,500,181            8,785,919            8,838,082
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8,361,049            8,517,824            8,790,179            8,838,941
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8,367,333            8,534,598            8,790,625            8,839,678
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8,402,347            8,697,420            8,801,328            8,865,767
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8,407,292            8,700,465            8,802,070            D. 693,736
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8,412,100            8,703,184            8,802,518            D. 713,002
8,414,494            8,703,905            8,802,618            D. 713.212
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AIA Trial Proceedings Filed before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

AIA Trial Proceedings Filed before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Covered Business Methods
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7,334,720CBM2015-0002811/24/2014Apple, Inc.Smartflash
7,334,720CBM2015-0002911/24/2014Apple, Inc.Smartflash
6,321,201CBM2015-0003011/25/2014Epicor Software CorporationProtegrity Corp.
8,336,772CBM2015-0003111/25/2014Apple, Inc.Smartflash
8,336,772CBM2015-0003211/25/2014Apple, Inc.Smartflash
8,336,772CBM2015-0003311/25/2014Apple, Inc.Smartflash


Inter Partes Review
Patent No. Trial Number Requested Date Petitioner Patent Owner
6,502,030IPR2015-0016610/28/2014Synovia Solutions, LLCZonar Systems, Inc.
8,765,167IPR2015-0016710/28/2014BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc.MonoSol Rx, LLC
8,765,167IPR2015-0016910/28/2014BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc.MonoSol Rx, LLC
8,076,507IPR2015-0017110/28/2014Daicel CorporationCELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
7,921,211IPR2015-0018510/30/2014Apple, Inc.VirnetX Inc.
7,921,211IPR2015-0018610/30/2014Apple, Inc.VirnetX Inc.
6,604,610IPR2015-0019910/31/2014Shinn Fu Company of America, Inc.The Tire Hanger Corporation
6,037,937IPR2015-0020410/31/2014Google, Inc.MobileStar Technologies LLC,
Rockstar Consortium US LP, &
Rockstar Consortium LLC.
6,037,937IPR2015-0020510/31/2014Google, Inc.MobileStar Technologies LLC,
Rockstar Consortium US LP, &
Rockstar Consortium LLC.
6,681,897IPR2015-0020810/31/2014Shinn Fu Company of America, Inc. &
Shinn Fu Corporation
The Tire Hanger Corporation
5,929,443IPR2015-0021310/31/2014Christie Medical Holdings, Inc. &
Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.
Research Foundation
6,765,591IPR2015-0021510/31/2014Google, Inc.MobileStar Technologies LLC,
Rockstar Consortium US LP, &
Rockstar Consortium LLC.
7,099,849IPR2015-0019011/3/2014Shutterstock, Inc.,
Fotolia LLC &
Alamy Limited
Uniloc USA, Inc. and
Uniloc Luxembourg S.A.
8,532,231IPR2015-0020311/3/2014Huawei Device USA, Inc., &
ZTE (USA)
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
8,065,352IPR2015-0021911/3/2014CoreLogic, Inc.Boundary Solutions Inc.
8,565,346IPR2015-0022111/3/2014Huawei Device USA, Inc., &
ZTE (USA)
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
8,065,352IPR2015-0022211/3/2014CoreLogic, Inc.Boundary Solutions Inc.
6,852,689IPR2015-0022311/3/2014Fresenius-Kabi USA, LLCCubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
6,259,381IPR2015-0022411/3/2014Factual, Inc.Locata LBS LLC
8,065,352IPR2015-0022511/3/2014CoreLogic, Inc.Boundary Solutions Inc.
7,499,946IPR2015-0022611/3/2014CoreLogic, Inc.Boundary Solutions Inc.
6,468,967IPR2015-0022711/3/2014Fresenius-Kabi USA, LLCCubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
7,092,957IPR2015-0022811/3/2014CoreLogic, Inc.Boundary Solutions Inc.
6,128,298IPR2015-0019711/4/2014Google, Inc.Rockstar Consortium US LP,
Rockstar Consortium LLC, and
MobileStar Technologies LLC
6,128,298IPR2015-0020211/4/2014Google, Inc.Rockstar Consortium US LP,
Rockstar Consortium LLC, and
MobileStar Technologies LLC
7,702,781IPR2015-0023211/5/2014Unified Patents, Inc.III Holdings 1, LLC
5,830,336IPR2015-0024411/6/2014View, Inc.Sage Electrochromics, Inc.
8,373,559IPR2015-0024611/6/2014Lord CorporationJoseph McCain
8,713,646IPR2015-0024811/6/2014Good Technology Software, Inc. &
Good Technology Corporation
Airwatch LLC
7,471,721IPR2015-0023911/7/20142Wire, Inc.TQ Delta, LLC
8,090,008IPR2015-0024011/7/20142Wire, Inc.TQ Delta, LLC
8,073,041IPR2015-0024111/7/20142Wire, Inc.TQ Delta, LLC
8,218,610IPR2015-0024211/7/20142Wire, Inc.TQ Delta, LLC
8,355,427IPR2015-0024311/7/20142Wire, Inc.TQ Delta, LLC
7,193,763IPR2015-0024511/7/2014View, Inc.SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.
7,292,627IPR2015-0024711/7/20142Wire, Inc.TQ Delta, LLC
6,481,468IPR2015-0024911/7/2014Nestle USA, Inc.,
Nestle HealthCare Nutrition, Inc., &
Nestec S.A.
Steuben Foods, Inc.
8,543,330IPR2015-0025011/7/2014Valeo North America, Inc.,
Valeo S.A., Valeo GmbH,
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren Gmb &
Connaught Electronics Ltd.
Megna Electronics, Inc.
8,676,491IPR2015-0025111/7/2014Valeo North America, Inc.,
Valeo S.A., Valeo GmbH,
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren Gmb &
Connaught Electronics Ltd.
Megna Electronics, Inc.
8,643,724IPR2015-0025211/7/2014Valeo North America, Inc.,
Valeo S.A., Valeo GmbH,
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren Gmb &
Connaught Electronics Ltd.
Megna Electronics, Inc.
8,643,724IPR2015-0025311/7/2014Valeo North America, Inc.,
Valeo S.A., Valeo GmbH,
Valeo Schalter und Sensoren Gmb &
Connaught Electronics Ltd.
Megna Electronics, Inc.
7,667,692IPR2015-0022911/10/2014Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLCAplix IP Holdings Corporation
7,463,245IPR2015-0023011/10/2014Sony Computer Entertainment America, LLCAplix IP Holdings Corporation
6,517,843IPR2015-0025411/10/2014Biomune Company &
Ceva Sante Animale S.A.
Merial S.A.S.
5,643,723IPR2015-0025511/10/2014CepheidRoche Molecular Systems, Inc. and
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
7,323,980IPR2015-0025611/11/2014Stealth Monitoring, Inc.Discovery Patents, LLC
8,135,706IPR2015-0025711/11/2014Searchmetrics, Inc. &
Searchmetrics GmbH
Brightedge Technologies, Inc.
5,463,750IPR2015-0019111/12/2014Apple, Inc.Vantage Point Technology, Inc.
5,463,750IPR2015-0019211/12/2014Apple, Inc.Vantage Point Technology, Inc.
5,944,786IPR2015-0025811/12/2014Microsoft CorporationMessage Notification Technologies LLC
7,191,233IPR2015-0025911/12/2014Spotify USA, Inc.,
Hulu, LLC &
Netflix, Inc.
CRFD Research
6,423,268IPR2015-0026311/13/2014Terumo Cardiovascular Systems CorporationSHEILAH D. KING and
ALLEN PAIGE KING
6,316,023IPR2015-0026511/13/2014Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
Mylan, Inc. &
Mylan Technologies, Inc.
Novartis AG &
LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
8,646,935IPR2015-0026611/13/2014Product Miniature, Inc.POP Displays USA, LLC
6,335,031IPR2015-0026811/13/2014Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
Mylan, Inc. &
Mylan Technologies, Inc.
Novartis AG &
LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
8,275,863IPR2015-0026911/14/2014ClientConnect Ltd.,
ClientConnect, Inc.,
Conduit Ltd &
Perion Network Ltd.
Mymail, Ltd.
6,772,057IPR2015-0026111/17/2014Toyota Motor CorporationAmerican Vehicular Sciences LLC
5,845,000IPR2015-0026211/17/2014Toyota Motor CorporationAmerican Vehicular Sciences LLC
6,337,758IPR2015-0027511/19/2014View, Inc.SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.
7,962,361IPR2015-0027711/19/2014shopkick, Inc.Novitaz, Inc.
7,962,361IPR2015-0027811/19/2014shopkick, Inc.Novitaz, Inc.
8,229,787IPR2015-0027911/19/2014shopkick, Inc.Novitaz, Inc.
6,823,269IPR2015-0028011/20/2014Zetec, Inc.Westinghouse Electric Co, LLC
6,038,295IPR2015-0028311/20/2014Google, Inc.TLI Communications, LLC
5,954,781IPR2015-0027611/21/2014Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.Velocity Patent, LLC
5,866,058IPR2015-0028411/21/2014Microboards Technology, LLC,
Delta Micro Factory Corp &
Beijing Tiertime Technology Co., Ltd.
Stratasys Inc.
8,764,612IPR2015-0028611/21/2014Artsana USA, Inc.Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc.
6,004,124IPR2015-0028711/21/2014Microboards Technology, LLC,
Delta Micro Factory Corp &
Beijing Tiertime Technology Co., Ltd.
Stratasys Inc.
8,349,239IPR2015-0028811/21/2014Microboards Technology, LLCStratasys Inc.
8,801,807IPR2015-0028911/21/2014R.R. Street & Co., Inc.Chemische Fabrik Kreussler & Co., GmbH
5,954,781IPR2015-0029011/21/2014Mercedes-Benz USA, LLCVelocity Patent, LLC
8,550,271IPR2015-0029611/24/2014World Bottling Cap, LLCCrown Packaging Technology, Inc.
8,500,554IPR2015-0029511/25/2014Aruze Gaming America, Inc.MGT Gaming, Inc.
8,586,849IPR2015-0029811/25/2014Ubisoft, Inc. &
Ubisoft Entertainment SA
Guitar Apprentice, Inc.
6,721,178IPR2015-0030011/25/2014Enovate Medical, LLCIntermetro Industries
6,493,220IPR2015-0030111/25/2014Enovate Medical, LLCIntermetro Industries
6,819,271IPR2015-0030211/25/2014International Business Machines CorporationIntellectual Ventures I
6,819,271IPR2015-0030311/25/2014International Business Machines CorporationIntellectual Ventures I
6,819,271IPR2015-0030411/25/2014International Business Machines CorporationIntellectual Ventures I
6,819,271IPR2015-0030511/25/2014International Business Machines CorporationIntellectual Ventures I
D677,423IPR2015-0030611/25/2014Lowe's Home Centers, LLCMaureen Reddy
7,269,247IPR2015-0030711/26/2014Cisco Systems, Inc.AIP Acquisition LLC
6,586,890IPR2015-0030811/25/2014JST Performance, Inc. d/b/a/ Rigid IndustriesKoninklijke Philips N.V.
6,906,981IPR2015-0030911/26/2014WesternGeco LLCPGS Geophysical AS
6,906,981IPR2015-0031011/26/2014WesternGeco LLCPGS Geophysical AS
6,906,981IPR2015-0031111/26/2014WesternGeco LLCPGS Geophysical AS
8,578,081IPR2015-0031211/26/2014Magnadyne Corporation &
SSV Works, Inc.
Aquatic AV, Inc.
6,026,059IPR2015-0031311/26/2014WesternGeco LLCPGS Geophysical AS
7,477,624IPR2015-0031411/26/2014Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.,
MediaTek Inc. &
MediaTek USA, Inc.
Bandspeed, Inc.
7,477,624IPR2015-0031511/26/2014Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.,
MediaTek Inc. &
MediaTek USA, Inc.
Bandspeed, Inc.
7,477,624IPR2015-0031611/26/2014Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.,
MediaTek Inc. &
MediaTek USA, Inc.
Bandspeed, Inc.
6,925,386IPR2015-0031711/26/2014WesternGeco LLCPGS Geophysical AS
7,454,212IPR2015-0031811/26/2014Kyocera Corporation &
Kyocera Communications, Inc.
Adaptix, Inc.
6,947,748IPR2015-0031911/26/2014Kyocera Corporation &
Kyocera Communications, Inc.
Adaptix, Inc.
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Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

SUMMARY OF FINAL DECISIONS ISSUED BY THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
December 1, 2014 - December 5, 2014
 

Date Issued Type of Case(1) Proceeding or Appn. Number Party or Parties TTAB Panel (2) Issue(s) TTAB Decision Opposer’s or Petitioner’s mark and goods or services Applicant’s or Respondent’s mark and goods or services Mark and goods or services cited by Examining Attorney Issued as Precedent of TTAB
12-1 OPP
(MD)
91212231 Dragon Bleu (SARL)
v.
VENM, LLC
Mermelstein
Bergsman
Kuczma
[Opinion "By the Board"
(Winter)]
 
2(d); counter-claim for cancellation on grounds of fraud, nonuse, and abandonment Counterclaim on fraud ground as to Registration Nos. 3896673, 3927787, 4017907 is Dismissed; Counterclaim on nonuse and abandonment grounds as to Registration Nos. 3896673 and 3927787 is Dismissed; Leave granted to replead abandonment counterclaim VENUM (and design) Registration No. 3927787 [martial arts and boxing clothes, namely, martial arts uniforms, shorts, kimonos; Sport shoes, especially for the practice of martial arts] Registration No. 4017907 [protective equipment for sports, namely, boxing gloves and gloves for randori, shin guards, elbow guards, knee guards; protective padding for engaging in combat sports and martial arts] Registration No. 3896673 [fabrics, namely fabrics made of cotton, microfiber, polyamide, acrylic; fabrics for textile use; velvet; bed linen; household linen; table linen not of paper; bath linen, except clothing]
Registration No. 4574014 [protective helmets for combat sports]
VENM [dance costumes]   Yes
12-1 EX 85798182 Clearsounds Communications Bucher
Cataldo
Ritchie*
2(e)(1) Refusal Affirmed   HEARING NEWS NETWORK [development, operation and administration of digital signage systems and digital advertising systems for others, namely,
providing advertising space by electronic means and global computer
information networks]
  No
12-1 CANC 92052896 The Independent Feature Project, Inc.
v.
Gotham City Networking, Inc.
Bucher
Zervas*
Bergsman
2(d) and priority; fraud; nonuse Petition to Cancel Granted on 2(d) and priority ground Multiple marks incorporating the words "GOTHAM", "FILM", and "AWARDS" [presentation of an award to demonstrate excellence in the independent film industry] GOTHAM FILM FESTIVAL ("FILM FESTIVAL" disclaimed) [entertainment
services, namely, planning and conducting a series of film screenings and film
festivals]
  No
12-2 EX 85746099 Duro-Last, Inc. Taylor
Shaw*
Gorowitz
2(d) Refusal
Affirmed
  DURO-LIGHT [metal skylights] [non-metal skylights] DURULITE [non-metal doors] No
12-2 CANC 92055813 Birdwell Cleaning Products, Inc.
v.
Rick Russell
Seeherman
Cataldo*
Adlin
2(d) and priority; laches defense Petition to Cancel Dismissed on priority RING AWAY [an abrasive scouring screen] RING AWAY ("RING" disclaimed) [toilet ring cleaner]   No
12-2 EX 85769368 Sweet Dreamzzz, Inc. Quinn*
Wolfson
Masiello
2(e)(1) Refusal Affirmed   R.E.M. [educational services, namely, providing courses of instruction and training in the field of sleep]   No
12-2 OPP 91206811 Allergan, Inc.
v.
ATA Medical International Inc.
Quinn*
Kuhlke
Masiello
2(d) Opposition Sustained JUVEDERM [pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of glabellar lines, facial wrinkles, asymmetries and defects and conditions of the human skin, all to be sold and marketed to licensed physicians, surgeons, and healthcare professionals] JEUNE DERM ("DERM" disclaimed) [wide variety of facial, body and skin care products, including, wrinkle removing skin care preparations]   No
12-3 EX 85561003 Anthony Joseph Perry Quinn
Ritchie*
Lykos
2(d)
 
 
Refusal Affirmed   THE BONEYARD (and design) [clothing, namely, t-shirts, shirts, dresses, jackets, skirts, pants, shorts, sweaters, sweatshirts, one piece garments for infants
and toddlers, sweatpants, robes, undergarments, scarves, gloves, socks, hats,
caps, visors, sleepwear; footwear, swimwear]
BONEYARDS [belts; footwear; headwear; pants; shirts; shorts; t-shirts]
 
 
No
12-3 EX 85618114 John Paul Merkel Taylor
Shaw
Hightower*
2(d) Refusal Affirmed   D.T.F. DOWN TO FIGHT (and design) [clothing, namely, shirts, t-shirts, sweat shirts, jackets, shorts, pants, caps, and hats;
footwear, namely, boxing, wrestling, and mixed martial arts shoes]
D T F [clothing, namely, shirts,
t shirts, caps, visors, jackets]
No
12-3 EX 78811559 Seacret Spa International LTD Bucher
Taylor*
Masiello
2(d) Refusal Affirmed on basis of Registration Nos. 3094293 and 0645874   SEACRET (and design) [products containing ingredients from the Dead Sea, namely, non-medicated skin care preparations, namely, moisturizers, facial cleansers, facial peels, masks, lotions, creams, scrubs, soaps, nail care preparations, hand creams, cuticle oils; after shave] SECRET Registration No. 3094293 [body spray]
SECRET (stylized) Registration No. 0645874 [personal deodorant]
SECRET (stylized) Registration Nos. 2855103 and 2855101 [personal deodorant/anti-perspirant]
No
12-4 OPP 91196016 Carlos Ramirez
v.
Frederick James Staves
Taylor
Lykos*
Shaw
2(d) and priority
 
 
Opposition Sustained MAJESTICS (and design) [car accessories, namely, car plaques] MAJESTICS CAR CLUB (stylized) ("CAR CLUB" disclaimed) [customized printing of company names and logos for promotional and advertising purposes on the goods of others]   No
12-4 EX 85813275 Daniel Cohen Quinn
Bucher*
Wolfson
23(c) (generic) Refusal Affirmed   STEAM CAR WASH [online retail store services featuring car cleaning and vacuuming
equipment]
  No
12-5 EX 85755706 MS Electronics LLC Bucher
Wellington
Wolfson*
2(d) Refusal Affirmed   KORD [audio equipment, namely, speakers, woofers, sub-woofers, tweeters, mid-range driver in the nature of electrical transducers for speakers, amplifiers, wireless transmitters, wireless receivers, digital to analog converters, and cross-overs in the nature of electrical devices for dividing audio signals into separate frequency
bands, and operating manuals and descriptive manuals issued in connection therewith]
KORDZ [cable connectors; home theater products, namely, LCD; electronic interconnectors for audio and video signals] No

(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (MD)=Motion to Dismiss; (R)=Request for Reconsideration; (REM)=Decision on Remand (2) *=Opinion Writer; (D)=Dissenting Panel Member
 
 
 



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Mail Stop Sequence      Submission of the computer readable form (CRF) for
                        applications with sequence listings, when the CRF
                        is not being filed with the patent application.

Mail Stop Supplemental  (Effective September 16, 2012). Requests for
 Examination            Supplemental Examination, including original
                        request papers and any other correspondence, other
                        than correspondence to the Office of the
                        Solicitor (see 37 CFR Secs. 1.1(a)(3) AND 1.302(c)).
                        This mail stop is limited to original request papers
                        and any other papers that are to be filed in a
                        supplemental examination proceeding. For any papers
                        to be filed in an ex parte reexamination proceeding
                        ordered as a result of a supplemental examination
                        proceeding, use "Mail Stop Ex Parte Reexam".

Information for addressing patent-related correspondence may also be found
on the USPTO's web site at http://www.uspto.gov/patents/mail.jsp.


            MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRADEMARKS

   Please address trademark-related correspondence to be delivered by the
United States Postal Service (USPS), except documents sent to the Assignment
Services Division for recordation, requests for copies of trademark
documents, and documents directed to the Madrid Processing Unit, as follows:

        Commissioner for Trademarks
        P.O. Box 1451
        Alexandria, VA 22313-1451

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Madrid Processing Unit,
must be mailed to:

        Madrid Processing Unit
        600 Dulany Street
        MDE-7B87
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5796

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Deputy Commissioner for
Trademark Policy regarding Letters of Protest must be mailed to:

        Letter of Protest
        ATTN: Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Policy
        600 Dulany Street
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5796

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Director regarding the Fastener
Quality Act (FQA) must be mailed to:

        Director, USPTO
        ATTN: FQA
        600 Dulany Street, MDE-10A71
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5793

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Commissioner regarding the
recordal of a Native American Tribal Insignia (NATI) must be mailed to:

        Native American Tribal Insignia
        ATTN: Commissioner for Trademarks
        600 Dulany Street
        MDE-10A71
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5793

Do NOT send any of the following via USPS certified mail or with a
"signature required" option: submissions to the Madrid Processing Unit,
Letters of Protest, applications for recordal of insignia under the
Fastener Quality Act, notifications of Native American Tribal Insignia.

   Trademark-related mail to be delivered by hand or other private courier
or delivery service (e.g., UPS, Federal Express) to the Trademark Operation,
the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or the Office's Madrid Processing Unit,
must be delivered to:

        Trademark Assistance Center
        Madison East, Concourse Level Room C 55
        600 Dulany Street
        Alexandria, VA 22314

Information for addressing trademark-related correspondence may also be found
on the USPTO's web site at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/mail.jsp.


           MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
                          PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

   Please address correspondence to be directed to a mail stop identified
below to be delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as follows
(unless otherwise instructed):

        Mail Stop _____
        Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
        P.O. Box 1450
        Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Mail Stop
Designations            Explanation

Mail Stop 3             Mail for the Office of Personnel from NFC.

Mail Stop 6             Mail for the Office of Procurement.

Mail Stop 8             All papers for the Office of the Solicitor except
                        communications relating to pending litigation and
                        disciplinary proceedings; papers relating to pending
                        litigation in court cases shall be mailed only to
                        Office of the Solicitor, P.O. Box 15667, Arlington,
                        VA 22215 and papers related to pending disciplinary
                        proceedings before the Administrative Law Judge or
                        the Director shall be mailed only to the Office of
                        the Solicitor, P.O. Box 16116, Arlington, VA 22215.

Mail Stop 11            Mail for the Electronic Ordering Service (EOS).

Mail Stop 13            Mail for the Employee and Labor Relations Division.

Mail Stop 16            Mail related to refund requests, other than
                        requests for refund of a patent application
                        publication fee. Such requests should be directed
                        to Mail Stop PGPub.

Mail Stop 17            Invoices directed to the Office of Finance.

Mail Stop 24            Mail for the Inventor's Assistance Program,
                        including complaints about Invention Promoters.

Mail Stop 171           Vacancy Announcement Applications.

Mail Stop Assignment    All assignment documents, security interests,
 Recordation Services   and other documents to be recorded in the
                        Assignment records. Note that documents with
                        cover sheets that are faxed to 571-273-0140 or
                        submitted electronically (http://epas.uspto.gov)
                        are processed much more quickly than those
                        submitted by mail.

Mail Stop Document      All requests for certified or uncertified
 Services               copies of patent or trademark documents.

Mail Stop EEO           Mail for the Office of Civil Rights.

Mail Stop External      Mail for the Office of External Affairs.
 Affairs

Mail Stop Interference  Communications relating to interferences and
                        applications and patents involved in interference.

Mail Stop M             Mail to designate or change a fee
 Correspondence         address, or other correspondence related to
                        maintenance fees, except payments of
                        maintenance fees in patents. See below for
                        the address for maintenance fee payments.

Mail Stop OED           Mail for the Office of Enrollment and Discipline.


                           Maintenance Fee Payments

   Unless submitted electronically over the Internet at www.uspto.gov,
payments of maintenance fees in patents should be mailed through the
United States Postal Service to:

        United States Patent and Trademark Office
        P.O. Box 979070
        St. Louis, MO 63197-9000

   Alternatively, payment of maintenance fees in patents (Attn: Maintenance
Fee) using hand-delivery and delivery by private courier may be made to:

        Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
        Attn: Maintenance Fee
        2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
        Alexandria, Virginia 22314


                        Deposit Account Replenishments

   To send payment to replenish deposit accounts, send the payments through
the United States Postal Service to:

        United States Patent and Trademark Office
        P.O. Box 979065
        St. Louis, MO 63197-9000

   Alternatively, deposit account replenishments (Attn: Deposit Accounts)
using hand-delivery and delivery by private courier (e.g., FedEx, UPS, etc.)
may be delivered to:

        Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
        Attn: Deposit Accounts
        2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
        Alexandria, VA 22314

   Information abount deposit account replenishments may also be found on
the USPTO's web site at
http://www.uspto.gov/about/offices/cfo/finance/Deposit_Account_
Replenishments.jsp
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Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Resource Centers
             Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for
             Public Use in Patent and Trademark Resource Centers

The following libraries, designated as Patent and Trademark Resource Centers
(PTRCs), provide public access to patent and trademark information received
from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This
information includes all issued patents, all registered trademarks, the
Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, search tools such
as the Cassis CD-ROM suite of products and supplemental information in a
variety of formats including online, optical disc, microfilm and paper.
Each PTRC also offers access to USPTO resources on the Internet and to
PubWEST (Web based examiner search tool), a system used by patent examiners
that is not available on the Internet.

Staff assistance and training is provided in the use of this information.
All information is available free of charge. However, there may be charges
associated with the use of photocopying and related services. Hours of
service to the public vary, and anyone contemplating use of these
collections at a particular library is urged to contact that library in
advance about its services and hours to avoid inconvenience.

State                   Name of Library                  Telephone Contact

Alabama                 Auburn University Libraries         (334) 844-1737
                        Birmingham Public Library           (205) 226-3620
Alaska                  Fairbanks: Keith B. Mather Library,
                        Geophysical Institute,
                        University of Alaska, Fairbanks     (907) 474-2636
Arizona                 Phoenix, Arizona
                        State Library of Arizona
                        Arizona State Library Archives
                        and Public Records                  (602) 926-3870
Arkansas                Little Rock: Arkansas State
                        Library                             (501) 682-2053
California              Los Angeles Public Library          (213) 228-7220
                        Riverside: University of
                        California, Riverside, Orbach
                        Science Library                     (951) 827-3316
                        Sacramento: California State
                        Library                             (916) 654-0261
                        San Diego Public Library            (619) 236-5800
                        San Francisco Public Library        (415) 557-4400
                        Sunnyvale Public Library            (408) 730-7300
Colorado                Denver Public Library               (720) 865-1711
Connecticut             Fairfield: Ryan-Matura Library
                        Sacred Heart University             (203) 371-7726
Delaware                Newark: University of Delaware
                        Library                             (302) 831-2965
Dist. of Columbia       Washington: Howard University
                        Libraries                           (202) 806-7252
Florida                 Fort Lauderdale: Broward County
                        Main Library                        (954) 357-7444
                        Miami-Dade Public Library           (305) 375-2665
                        Orlando: University of Central
                        Florida Libraries                   (407) 823-2562
Georgia                 Atlanta: Library and Information
                        Center, Georgia Institute of
                        Technology                          (404) 385-7185
Hawaii                  Honolulu: Hawaii State Library      (808) 586-3477
Illinois                Chicago Public Library              (312) 747-4450
                        Macomb:  Western Illinois
                        University Libraries                (309) 298-2722
Indiana                 Indianapolis-Marion County Public
                        Library                             (317) 269-1741
                        West Lafayette Siegesmund
                        Engineering Library,
                        Purdue University                   (765) 494-2872
Iowa                    Davenport: Davenport Public Library (563) 326-7832
Kansas                  Wichita: Ablah Library, Wichita
                        State University                  1 (800) 572-8368
Kentucky                Louisville Free Public Library      (502) 574-1611
                        W. Frank Steely Library
                        Northern Kentucky University
                        Highland Heights, Kentucky          (859) 572-5457
Louisiana               Baton Rouge: Troy H. Middleton
                        Library, Louisiana State University (225) 388-8875
Maine                   Orono: Raymond H. Fogler Library,
                        University of Maine                 (207) 581-1678
Maryland                Baltimore: University of Baltimore
                        Law Library                         (410) 837-4554
                        College Park: Engineering and
                        Physical Sciences Library,
                        University of Maryland              (301) 405-9157
Massachusetts           Amherst: Physical Sciences Library,
                        University of Massachusetts         (413) 545-2765
                        Boston Public Library               (617) 536-5400
                                                                 Ext. 4256
Michigan                Ann Arbor: Art, Architecture &
                        Engineering Library,
                        University of Michigan              (734) 647-5735
                        Big Rapids: Ferris Library for
                        Information, Technology &
                        Education, Ferris State
                        University                          (231) 592-3602
                        Detroit: Public Library             (313) 481-1391
                        Michigan Technological
                        University, Van Pelt and
                        Opie Library, Houghton              (906) 487-2500
Minnesota               Hennepin County Library
                        Minneapolis Central Library         (612) 543-8000
Mississippi             Jackson: Mississippi Library
                        Commission                          (601) 961-4111
Missouri                Kansas City: Linda Hall Library     (816) 363-4600
                                                                  Ext. 724
                        St. Louis Public Library            (314) 352-2900
Montana                 Butte: Montana Tech Library of
                        the University of Montana           (406) 496-4281
Nebraska                Lincoln: Engineering Library,
                        University of Nebraska-Lincoln      (402) 472-3411
New Hampshire           Concord: University of New
                        Hampshire School of Law             (603) 513-5130
Nevada                  Reno: University of Nevada, Reno,
                        Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center      (775) 784-6500
                                                                  Ext. 257
New Jersey              Newark Public Library               (973) 733-7779
                        Piscataway: Library of Science and
                        Medicine, Rutgers University        (732) 445-2895
New York                Albany: New York State Library      (518) 474-5355
                        Buffalo and Erie County Public
                        Library                             (716) 858-7101
                        Rochester Public Library            (716) 428-8110
                        New York: New York Public Library,
                        Science Industry & Business Library (212) 592-7000
North Carolina          J. Murrey Atkins Library, University
                        of North Carolina at Charlotte      (704) 687-0494
North Dakota            Grand Forks: Chester Fritz Library,
                        University of North Dakota          (701) 777-4888
Ohio                    Akron - Summit County Public        (330) 643-9075
                        Library
                        Cincinnati and Hamilton County,
                        Public Library of                   (513) 369-6932
                        Cleveland Public Library            (216) 623-2870
                        Dayton: Paul Laurence Dunbar
                        Library, Wright State University    (937) 775-3521
                        Toledo/Lucas County Public Library  (419) 259-5209
Oklahoma                Stillwater: Oklahoma State
                        University Edmon Low Library        (405) 744-6546
Pennsylvania            Philadelphia, The Free Library of   (215) 686-5394
                        Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of     (412) 622-3138
                        University Park: PAMS Library,
                        Pennsylvania State University       (814) 865-7617
Puerto Rico             Bayamon: Learning Resources Center,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 993-0000
                                                                 Ext. 3222
                        Mayaquez General Library,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 832-4040
                                                                 Ext. 2023
                        Bayamon, Learning Resources Center,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 786-5225
Rhode Island            Providence Public Library           (401) 455-8027
South Carolina          Clemson University Libraries        (864) 656-3024
South Dakota            Rapid City: Devereaux Library,
                        South Dakota School of Mines and
                        Technology                          (605) 394-1275
Tennessee               Nashville: Stevenson Science and
                        Engineering Library, Vanderbilt
                        University                          (615) 322-2717
Texas                   Austin: McKinney Engineering
                        Library, University of Texas at
                        Austin                              (512) 495-4511
                        College Station: West Campus
                        Library, Texas A & M University     (979) 845-2111
                        Dallas Public Library               (214) 670-1468
                        Houston: The Fondren Library, Rice
                        University                          (713) 348-5483
                        Lubbock: Texas Tech University      (806) 742-2282
                        San Antonio Public Library          (210) 207-2500
Utah                    Salt Lake City: Marriott Library,
                        University of Utah                  (801) 581-8394
Vermont                 Burlington: Bailey/Howe Library,
                        University of Vermont               (802) 656-2542
Washington              Seattle: Engineering Library,
                        University of Washington            (206) 543-0740
West Virginia           Morgantown: Evansdale Library,
                        West Virginia University            (304) 293-4695
Wisconsin               Wendt Commons Library,
                        University of Wisconsin-Madison     (608) 262-0696
                        Milwaukee Public Library            (414) 286-3051
Wyoming                 Cheyenne: Wyoming State Library     (307) 777-7281
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Patent Technology Centers
PATENT TECHNOLOGY CENTERS
AVERAGE FILING DATE OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVING A FIRST OFFICE ACTION IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS1
Technology
Center
GAU Avg Filing Date
1600 BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  1610 09/21/2013
  1620 12/15/2013
  1630 06/06/2013
  1640 08/15/2013
  1650 08/12/2013
  1660 04/28/2013
  1670 09/30/2013
  TOTAL 09/11/2013
     
1700 CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND DESIGNS
  1710 03/10/2013
  1720 04/15/2013
  1730 05/25/2013
  1740 05/04/2013
  1750 02/23/2013
  1760 07/10/2013
  1770 03/28/2013
  1780 03/25/2013
  TOTAL 04/28/2013
     
2100 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND SOFTWARE
  2110 04/03/2013
  2120 11/30/2012
  2130 03/19/2013
  2140 01/02/2013
  2150 05/31/2013
  2160 05/19/2013
  2170 12/12/2012
  2180 07/22/2013
  2190 04/25/2013
  TOTAL 03/19/2013
     
2400 NETWORKING, MULTIPLEXING, CABLE AND SECURITY
  2410 04/21/2013
  2420 09/18/2013
  2430 07/25/2013
  2440 03/13/2013
  2450 02/23/2013
  2460 05/16/2013
  2470 05/28/2013
  2480 11/17/2012
  2490 07/10/2013
  TOTAL 05/01/2013
     
2600 COMMUNICATIONS
  2610 02/07/2013
  2620 04/18/2013
  2630 10/09/2013
  2640 05/28/2013
  2650 04/28/2013
  2660 06/21/2013
  2670 01/17/2014
  2680 07/28/2013
  2690 04/25/2013
  TOTAL 06/24/2013
     
2800   SEMICONDUCTORS/MEMORY, CIRCUITS/MEASURING AND TESTING, OPTICS/PHOTOCOPYING
  2810 10/27/2013
  2820 10/03/2013
  2830 04/06/2013
  2840 07/31/2013
  2850 06/30/2013
  2860 10/06/2012
  2870 05/13/2013
  2880 06/18/2013
  2890 11/20/2013
  TOTAL 06/30/2013
     
2900    
  2910 11/11/2013
  2920 09/08/2013
  TOTAL 11/08/2013
     
3600     TRANSPORTATION, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, NATIONAL SECURITY AND LICENSE AND REVIEW
  3610 10/30/2013
  3620 03/19/2013
  3630 11/08/2013
  3640 03/28/2013
  3650 07/16/2013
  3660 08/09/2013
  3670 06/03/2013
  3680 03/22/2013
  3690 10/21/2013
  TOTAL 07/10/2013
     
3700   MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS
  3710 07/25/2013
  3720 01/11/2013
  3730 03/31/2013
  3740 10/30/2012
  3750 02/11/2013
  3760 05/01/2013
  3770 03/25/2013
  3780 09/18/2013
  TOTAL 03/01/2013
     
  1 Report last updated on 11-30-2014.
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