IN RE ENHANCED SECURITY RESEARCH, LLC

No. 2013-1114.

739 F.3d 1347 (2014)

In re ENHANCED SECURITY RESEARCH, LLC.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

January 13, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin M. Zoltick and R. Danny Huntingtown , Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C., of Washington, DC, argued for appellant. With them on the brief were Nancy J. Linck , Derek F. Dahlgren and Michael V. Battaglia .

Meredith H. Schoenfeld , Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia, argued for appellee. With her on the brief were Nathan K. Kelley , Deputy Solicitor, and Farheena Y. Rasheed , Associate Solicitor.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge O'MALLEY.


DYK, Circuit Judge.

Enhanced Security Research, LLC ("ESR") appeals from the decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ("Board"), now the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in an ex parte reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 6,119,236 ("the `236 patent"). The Board affirmed the Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") examiner's rejection of claims 1-5 and 7-19 as obvious. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

The `236 patent, as amended, claims a computer...

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