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REVERSED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1631 Ex Parte Raghavan et al 10/442,989 MILLS 103(a) Don W. Bulson, Esq. RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR EXAMINER NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1716 Ex Parte Sakai et al 10/492,539 OWENS 103(a) OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. EXAMINER KACKAR, RAM N

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2487 Ex Parte Bruls et al 10/498,953 NAPPI 103(a) US Philips Corporation EXAMINER ANYIKIRE, CHIKAODILI E

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3739 Ex Parte Sutter et al 11/378,503 GRIMES 102(b)/103(a) VOLPE AND KOENIG, P.C. EXAMINER HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES

3761 Ex Parte Gallogly et al 11/760,089 PRATS 103(a) WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP EXAMINER HANRAHAN, BENEDICT L

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3733 Ex Parte Schlienger et al 11/299,337 PRATS 102(e) 102(e)/103(a) Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP EXAMINER COTRONEO, STEVEN J

See SanDisk Corp. v. Memorex Products, Inc., 415 F.3d 1278, 1284 (Fed. Cir. 2005) ("As a patent law term of art, "includes" means "comprising." Neither includes, nor comprising, forecloses additional elements that need not satisfy the stated claim limitations.”)

AFFIRMED

1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1613 Ex Parte Chapple et al 11/367,007 FREDMAN 112(2)/103(a) JEANNE E. LONGMUIR EXAMINER LEA, CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1763 Ex Parte Harasin et al 11/300,957 GAUDETTE 103(a) BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE LLC EXAMINER LEONARD, MICHAEL L

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2156 Ex Parte Wu et al 11/137,710 JEFFERY obviousness-type double patenting/103(a) Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky Popeo PC EXAMINER NOFAL, CHRISTOPHER P

2193 Ex Parte Chen et al 10/687,953 Per Curiam 101 TROP, PRUNER & HU, P.C. EXAMINER MALZAHN, DAVID H

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
2436 Ex Parte Suleiman et al 11/243,858 JEFFERY 103(a) SoCAL IP LAW GROUP LLP EXAMINER POGMORE, TRAVIS D

2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Gerritsen et al 10/071,405 BISK 102(b)/103(a)/101/112(1)/112(2) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS EXAMINER TUCKER, WESLEY J

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2838 Ex Parte Miles 10/729,183 PER CURIAM 102(a) OSTROLENK, FABER, GERB & SOFFEN, LLP EXAMINER VU, BAO Q

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3661 Ex Parte Kane et al 11/339,801 BAHR 103(a)/112(2) DLA PIPER LLP (US) EXAMINER KONG, SZE-HON

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3732 Ex Parte Khouri 11/008,805 WALSH 103(a) HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. EXAMINER EIDE, HEIDI MARIE

3777 Ex Parte Donaldson 11/433,952 PRATS 103(a) DEAN D. SMALL THE SMALL PATENT LAW GROUP LLP EXAMINER REARDON, ROCHELLE D

3900 Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
2623 Ex Parte 6,856,698 et al MVTec SOFTWARE GmbH Requester, Respondent v. COGNEX CORPORATION Patent Owner, Appellant 95/001,182 10/273,855 SIU 102(b)/103(a) COGNEX CORPORATION EXAMINER LAROSE, COLIN M original EXAMINER DASTOURI, MEHRDAD

2624 Ex Parte 7,065,262 et al MVTec SOFTWARE GmbH Requester, Respondent v. COGNEX CORPORATION Patent Owner, Appellant 95/001,181 10/705,563 SIU 102(b)/103(a) COGNEX CORPORATION EXAMINER LAROSE, COLIN M original EXAMINER MARIAM, DANIEL G