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REVERSED 
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2164 Ex Parte Marti et al 11831244 - (D) ZECHER 102 TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP HOLLAND, SHERYL L

2167 Ex Parte Skow 10627492 - (D) CLEMENTS 103 HONEYWELL/IFL WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL

2178 Ex Parte Hefetz et al 10628959 - (D) FRANKLIN 102 SAP Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. PATEL, MANGLESH M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2444 Ex Parte Appelman et al 11015476 - (D) DROESCH 103 BOOKOFF McAndrews, PLLC PAPPAS, PETER

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2672 Ex Parte Woods et al 11200798 - (D) SNEDDEN 103 SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. MCCOMMAS, BRENDAN N

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Escamilla et al 12024214 - (D) TIMM 103 TERRILE, CANNATTI, CHAMBERS & HOLLAND, LLP EDWARDS, ANTHONY Q

2884 Ex Parte Scherer et al 11836483 - (D) NAGUMO 103 Houston & Associates LLP LEE, SHUN K

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3663 Ex Parte Skarman 12003307 - (D) KAUFFMAN 103 VENABLE LLP KHATIB, RAMI

3689 Ex Parte Gross 10770742 - (D) LORIN 103 PATENTBEST RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM

3695 Ex Parte Allen et al 09929886 - (D) CRAWFORD 101/103 MILBANK, TWEED, HADLEY & MCCLOY CHENCINSKI, SIEGFRIED E

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3744 Ex Parte Ihle et al 11918458 - (D) STAICOVICI 103 BSH HOME APPLIANCES CORPORATION ROGERS, LAKIYA G

3777 Ex Parte Lloyd 11599958 - (D) GREEN 103 MCANDREWS HELD & MALLOY, LTD REARDON, ROCHELLE D

AFFIRMED-IN-PART 
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1773 Ex Parte Eisenhardt et al 12638347 - (D) GARRIS 112(2)/103 103 KRIEG DEVAULT/ROCHE ALEXANDER, LYLE

It appears that Appellants consider claim 18 to be a dependent claim which depends from claim 1 (id.). This is not correct.

Claim 18 is directed to "[a] data storage unit for a system according to claim 1" wherein the recitation "for a system according to claim 1" merely describes the intended use of the claimed data storage unit. This intended use recitation does not cause claim 18 to be a dependent claim which includes all the claim 1 limitations and further limits claim 1 in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 1.75(c). See also Ex parte Gillis, No. 2011-007483, 2013 WL 860588 at *2-*4 (PTAB March 4, 2013) ("[C]laims that refer to other claims are not necessarily dependent claims. . . . [T] the statute does not say that a dependent claim is one that contains a reference to another claim, merely that a dependent claim shall have a reference to another claim."). The only subject matter defined and required by claim 18 is the data storage unit by itself which on this record is indisputably taught by each of the applied references.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3723 Ex Parte Lombardo et al 10457316 - (D) MORRISON 103 103 PRAXAIR, INC. MCDONALD, SHANTESE L

3778 Ex Parte Van Gompel et al 10095425 - (D) TARTAL 103 103 DORITY & MANNING, P.A. ANDERSON, CATHARINE L

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1621 Ex Parte Li et al 12009212 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 LyondellBasell Industries KEYS, ROSALYND ANN

1629 Ex Parte Klose et al 11009938 - (D) GRIMES 103 Jason D. Voight HUI, SAN MING R

1638 Ex Parte Frohberg et al 10371078 - (D) NEW 103 BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP PAGE, BRENT T

1653 Ex Parte Bott et al 11676660 - (D) FREDMAN 103 DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1789 Ex Parte Knoff et al 11506022 - (D) HOUSEL 103 E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY MATZEK, MATTHEW D

1793 Ex Parte Bries et al 11609727 - (D) COLAIANNI 103 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY MOORE, WALTER A

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2424 Ex Parte Stahl et al 09950863 - (D) HOFF 102/103 THOMSON MULTIMEDIA LICENSING INC. HICKS, CHARLES N

2461 Ex Parte Yoakum et al 10742196 - (D) WINSOR 102/103/obviousness-type double patenting WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. LEVITAN, DMITRY

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Chinthakindi et al 11624712 - (D) FRAHM 102/103 LAW OFFICE OF CHARLES W. PETERSON, JR. BURLINGTON DOAN, NGA

2833 Ex Parte Potempa et al 11558617 - (D) METZ 103 James Ray Wood FISHMAN, MARINA

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3658 Ex Parte Rastegar et al 10932580 - (D) OSINSKI 103 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) 103 Thomas Spinelli, Esq. KRAUSE, JUSTIN MITCHELL

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3754 Ex Parte Garrett 11490817 - (D) HOELTER 103 KLAUS J. BACH SHEARER, DANIEL R