REVERSED
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1779 Ex Parte Andersen 12446133 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. ANDERSON, DENISE R
1791 Ex Parte Schmidt et al 12203051 - (D) GARRIS 103 Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery, LLP WATTS, JENNA A
AFFIRMED
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1676 Ex Parte Boyden et al 11807209 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(1)/102/103 112(2)/101/103 41.50 101 Constellation Law Group, PLLC SKOWRONEK, KARLHEINZ R
"Sets of steps occurring only in the mind have not been made subject to patenting because mental processes are but disembodied thoughts, whereas inventions which Congress is constitutionally empowered to make patentable are tangible embodiments of ideas in the useful, or technological, arts." In re Sarkar, 588 F.2d 1330, 1333 (CCPA 1978).
Sarkar, In re, 575 F.2d 870, 197 USPQ 788 (CCPA 1978) 724
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1793 Ex Parte Caballero et al 12325781 - (D) WILSON 103 Carstens & Cahoon, LLP MCCLAIN-COLEMAN, TYNESHA L.
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2824 Ex Parte Pekny et al 12112831 - (D) OGDEN 102/103 FLETCHER YODER (MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.) YANG, HAN
2829 Ex Parte Mahler et al 12195200 - (D) HANLON 103 41.50 103 DICKE, BILLIG & CZAJA MAI, ANH D
