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1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
Ex Parte Bennett et al MOORE 103(a) BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP
10-31-2003
method for assembling polymerase chain reaction (“PCR”) fragments of DNA
Elledge 5,851,808 Dec. 22, 1998

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Meirovitz et al MARTIN 103(a) MG-IP Law, PLLC
string matching and in particular to searching for a plurality of patterns on-line
10-11-2002

2600 Communications
Ex Parte De With et al NAPPI 103(a) PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS
encoding circuitused to transform a picture signal
02-07-2003
Borgers US 4,849,812 Jul. 18, 1989
Lee US 5,107,345 Apr. 21, 1992

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Fong HOFF 102(b)/103(a) TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
decoder based repair cache system
09-20-2005
Bosshart US 6,055,204 Apr. 25, 2000
Keeth US 6,807,114 B2 Oct. 19, 2004
Miyakawa US 2005/0232035 A1 Oct. 20, 2005

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Noguchi et al BAHR 102(e) MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
method of manufacturing a light emitting apparatus
03-05-2003
Yamagata (US 6,528,824 B2, issued Mar. 4, 2003)


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1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Bowles et al OWENS 102(b)/103(a) NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC
a pouch battery and a method for making it
02-26-2004
Aamodt 2003/0194604 A1 Oct. 16, 2003

Ex Parte Zebuhr GAUDETTE 103(a) FOLEY HOAG, LLP
an improvement in the type of distillation system that uses a counterflow heat exchanger
01-20-2005
Wilson 3,637,465 Jan. 25, 1972
Saari 4,348,261 Sep. 07, 1982

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Ferguson et al GRIMES 102(b) 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
microreplicated surface with outwardly projecting elastomeric elements
11-09-2001
Scholz et al., US 2002/0114920 A1, Aug. 22, 2002