Ex Parte Howard et al

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Feb 27, 2018

14284262 (P.T.A.B. Feb. 27, 2018)

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APPLICATION NO. FILING DATE FIRST NAMED INVENTOR ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. CONFIRMATION NO.
14/284,262 05/21/2014 John W. Howard BIKN012C1 2040
34399 7590 03/01/2018
GARLICK & MARKISON
106 E. 6th Street, Suite 900
AUSTIN, TX 78701
EXAMINER
KREMER, MATTHEW
ART UNIT PAPER NUMBER
3736
NOTIFICATION DATE DELIVERY MODE
03/01/2018 ELECTRONIC
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Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
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PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
Ex parte JOHN W. HOWARD and RICHARD CUTLER
Appeal 2017-003191
Application 14/284,262
Technology Center 3700
Before DEMETRA J. MILLS, RICHARD M. LEBOVITZ, and
TIMOTHY G. MAJORS, Administrative Patent Judges.
MILLS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134. The Examiner has rejected
the claims for indefiniteness and obviousness. We have jurisdiction under
35 U.S.C. § 6(b).
We reverse.
Appeal 2017-003191
Application 14/284,262
NATURE OF THE INVENTION
According to the Specification, page 1, the “present invention relates
to wireless communication devices and further to protective headgear.”
In an embodiment of the present invention, power data
can be determined based on a calculation of the mechanical
power corresponding to an impact event. The mechanical
power P(t) represents a rate of force applied through a distance
and over an event window U