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REVERSED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1777 Ex Parte Fick et al 11358478 - (D) DENNETT 103 REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. MELLON, DAVID C

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2433 Ex Parte Beresnevichiene et al 12916277 - (D) DIXON 102/103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise TRUONG, THONG P

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2883 Ex Parte Wang et al 13004016 - (D) DELMENDO 102 Avago Technologies Limited ROJAS, OMAR R

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3667 Ex Parte Tumavitch et al 13348758 - (D) SHAH 102/103 MACMILLAN, SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC - FORD ANTONUCCI, ANNE MARIE

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3745 Ex Parte Ventura et al 12535997 - (D) O'HANLON 102/103 CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS, P.C. BEEBE, JOSHUA R

3763 Ex Parte Grundlehner et al 12988997 - (D) ASTORINO 103 SHOEMAKER AND MATTARE, LTD CARPENTER, WILLIAM R

3768 Ex Parte Shmarak et al 10986567 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC (STJ) PENG, BO JOSEPH

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
3673 Ex Parte Murphy 12505697 - (D) LANEY 102 103 MYERS BIGEL & SIBLEY, P.A. CUOMO, PETER M

As such, if “between” includes an area unbounded by the boundary of the seat and intermediate sections and includes area outside those sections, then it would be a meaningless limitation because folding the legs under the seat section will necessarily cause the legs to fall into such an area. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. v. U.S. Surgical Corp, 93 F.3d 1572, 1578 (Fed. Cir. 1996) (rejecting an interpretation that renders a limitation meaninglessly empty).

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1735 Ex Parte Sidhu et al 13725279 - (D) SNAY 103 BLAKELY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN STONER, KILEY SHAWN

1759 Ex Parte Tillotson et al 13354950 - (D) SQUIRE 103 HONEYWELL/CONLEY ROSE KESSEL, MARIS R

1787 Ex Parte Kollbach et al 13670603 - (D) KENNEDY 103 Henkel Corporation TRAN, THAO T

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2437 Ex Parte Iwamura 11636113 - (D) FRAHM 103 ROGITZ & ASSOCIATES LANIER, BENJAMIN E

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2887 Ex Parte AVS et al 13462675 - (D) KUMAR 103 HONEYWELL/HUSCH MARSHALL, CHRISTLE I

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3629 Ex Parte Heinz et al 12508998 - (D) MEYERS 103 NCR Corporation BAHL, SANGEETA

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3741 Ex Parte Savela 13567178 - (D) SCHOPFER 112(4) 103/double patenting CARLSON, GASKEY & OLDS/PRATT & WHITNEY MEADE, LORNE EDWARD

3742 Ex Parte Burdio Pinilla et al 11921814 - (D) MURPHY 102 BSH Home Appliances Corporation HOANG, MICHAEL G

REEXAMINATION

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2456 MEDTRONIC, INC. v. ROBERT BOSCH HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC. Ex Parte 8140663 et al 11/150,301 95002178 - (D) HOFF 103 103 Robert Bosch Healthcare Systems, Inc. THIRD PARTY REQUESTER: MERCHANT & GOULD PC MENEFEE, JAMES A original SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2854 Ex parte ESKO-GRAPHICS IMAGING GMBH, Appellant and Patent Owner. Ex Parte 6931992 et al 10/821,453 90013280 - (D) McKEOWN dissenting BRANCH 103 103 KINNEY & LANGE, P.A. LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y original EICKHOLT, EUGENE H