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Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2159 Ex Parte WANG 12043017 - (D) JEFFERY 103 PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP/IBM SVL REYES, MARIELA D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3634 Ex Parte Lin 12184287 - (D) ASTORINO 103 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC MITCHELL, KATHERINE W

Notably, the Examiner has construed the claimed phrase “configured to” in the aforementioned recitation of claim 1 to mean “capable of.” See Ans. 10. However, the term “capable of” is broader than the phrase “configured to,” which is more akin to “designed to.” See Aspex Eyewear, Inc. v. Marchon Eyewear, Inc., 672 F.3d 1335, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (citations omitted). In other words, it is possible for a hypothetical structure to be capable of deforming such that the structure has a size and shape sufficient for the structure to pass over a pulley and the structure not be configured to deform such that the structure has a size and shape sufficient for the structure to pass over a pulley.

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Williams 12174523 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 HILLERY, NATHAN

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3742 Ex Parte Koskey 12366868 - (D) KERINS 102/103 112(2)/103 41.50 103 LAW OFFICES OF DALE B. HALLING WARD, THOMAS JOHN

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Podolski 12851417 - (D) McCOLLUM obviousness-type double patenting 103 Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP (CH) KANTAMNENI, SHOBHA

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2112 Ex Parte Ramesh et al 12234067 - (D) HOMERE 102 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP CHAUDRY, MUJTABA M

2141 Ex Parte Montgomery et al 11220267 - (D) HOMERE 112(2) 101/103 PERKINS COIE LLP - SEA General SONG, DAEHO D

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2453 Ex Parte Holt et al 11208704 - (D) HUDALLA 103 DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON & GOWDEY LLP NAJEE-ULLAH, TARIQ S

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2646 Ex Parte Kuhl et al 10856173 - (D) HOMERE 101/103 BLACKBERRY (Finnegan) SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL

2689 Ex Parte Birman et al 12246679 - (D) LENTIVECH 103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. MEHMOOD, JENNIFER

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Wang et al 12053921 - (D) HOFFMANN 103 Cantor Colburn LLP - General Electric SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M

REHEARING

DENIED
4122 Ex Parte Shih 12945400 - (D) FREDMAN 103 ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC ROSEN, ERIC J

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2614 Ex parte HUNTS POINT VENTURES, INC. Ex Parte 7,574,272 B2 et al 09/975,749 90012284 - (D) CURCURI 103 OLYMPIC PATENT WORKS PLLC THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. CABRERA, ZOILA E original SELLERS, DANIEL R