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REVERSED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1642 Ex Parte Shi et al 10901481 - (D) FREDMAN 103 BGL AKHOON, KAUSER M

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3731 Ex Parte GERBER et al 13011106 - (D) CAPP 103 MEDTRONIC, INC. (NEURO/MRG) HOUSTON, ELIZABETH

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2184 Ex Parte Conti 11557298 - (D) JEFFERY 103 103 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED PARK, ILWOO

In reaching this conclusion, we acknowledge that claim 1 recites conditional limitations. That is, not only does claim 1 recite that if the component requests a DMA channel, the DMA subsystem determines whether the request is a public or secure access, both “wherein” clauses of claim 1 also contain conditional limitations, namely allowing particular DMA channel configurations if the request is a secure access and public access, respectively. Notably, these conditions need not be satisfied to meet a method claim reciting these conditions. See Ex parte Schulhauser, No. 2013-007847, slip op. at 9-10 (PTAB Apr. 28, 2016) (precedential). But here, these limitations are recited as part of system claim 1 and, as such, the claim requires structure for performing the functions should the conditions occur. Id. at 14—15. As explained previously, the Examiner fails to show this structure and, therefore, the rejection is deficient for that reason alone.

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1627 Ex Parte Vennerstrom et al 13069697 - (D) COTTA double patenting 103/double patenting DANN, DORFMAN, HERRELL & SKILLMAN CHONG, YONG SOO

1637 Ex Parte Petrovykh et al 11457713 - (D) POLLOCK 103 NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY PRIEST, AARON A

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1788 Ex Parte Mushock et al 13849009 - (D) HOUSEL 112(1) 103 DILWORTH & BARRESE, LLP PATEL, RONAK C

1791 Ex Parte Klijnstra et al 13119543 - (D) DENNETT 103 Hoffmann & Baron LLP STULII, VERA

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2685 Ex Parte Kirst et al 12457663 - (D) HAAPALA 103 BACON & THOMAS, PLLC BALSECA, FRANKLIN D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3724 Ex Parte Jessemey et al 13006888 - (D) CAPP 102/103 THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY NGUYEN, PHONG H

3744 Ex Parte Yoshida et al 12293469 - (D) CAPP 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC FLANIGAN, ALLEN J