REVERSED

2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Song et al COURTENAY 103(a) BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Yamamoto et al NAPPI 103(a) HOGAN & HARTSON L.L.P.

"[I]nterpreting what is meant by a word in a claim ‘is not to be confused with adding an extraneous limitation appearing in the specification, which is improper.’" In re Cruciferous Sprout Litigation, 301 F.3d 1343, 1348, (emphasis in original) (citing Intervet Am., Inc. v. Kee-Vet Labs., Inc., 887 F.2d 1050, 1053 (Fed. Cir. 1989)).

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Lonski et al LORIN 102(e)/103(a)/112(2) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) DAY PITNEY LLP

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Steiner et al SILVERBERG 102(b)/103(a) BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL/DSB

Ex Parte Dooley SILVERBERG 102(b)/103(a) BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Van Gompel et al MILLS 102(b)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE