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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2432 Ex Parte Tadayon et al 11584590 - (D) MOHANTY 101/102 Reed Smith LLP LANIER, BENJAMIN E

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 Ex Parte Bolls et al 12022278 - (D) MEDLOCK 103 Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.P.A. WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2432 Ex Parte Rits 11787707 - (D) COURTENAY 103 SCHWEGMAN, LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/SAP KANAAN, SIMON P

2453 Ex Parte Reynolds 12164453 - (D) KIM 101/103 Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C. CHOUDHURY, AZIZUL Q

2493 Ex Parte Graves et al 12081684 - (D) CURCURI 103 DOWELL & DOWELL P.C. SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2833 Ex Parte Bet-Shliemoun 12366208 - (D) TORCZON 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C. /Oracle America/ SUN / STK NGUYEN, TRUC T

HTC Corp. v. IPCom GmbH & Co., 667 F.3d 1270, 1274-75 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (modifiers are presumed to modify the antecedent noun), citing Wm. Strunk, Jr. & E.B. White, The Elements of Style 30 (4th ed. 2000); In re Hyatt, 708 F.2d 712, 714 (Fed. Cir. 1983) (requiring that claims be read in accordance with the precepts of English grammar). If Oracle had wanted the "between" clause to modify the interconnect portions, it could have used a conjunction or a comma before "between", although it is not clear whether the specification would have provided support for such an amendment.