REVERSED
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1632 Ex Parte Kinsella 13825542 - (D) MILLS 103 41.50 103 Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CHEN, SHIN LIN
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1756 Ex Parte ZHOU 13310311 - (D) SMITH 103 KOPPEL, PATRICK, HEYBL & PHILPOTT WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S
1791 Ex Parte Johal et al 13370802 - (D) FRANKLIN 103 FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP DICUS, TAMRA
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3688 Ex Parte McElfresh et al 13614947 - (D) CRAWFORD 101/102/103 BGL/Yahoo Holdings STIBLEY, MICHAEL R
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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1711 Ex Parte Bookbinder et al 12346088 - (D) KRATZ 103 112(1) CORNING INCORPORATED MARKOFF, ALEXANDER
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2477 Ex Parte BAILLARGEON 13442196 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 103 Patent Portfolio Builders, PLLC REDDIVALAM, SRINIVASA R
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3654 Ex Parte Thogersen et al 13420444 - (D) PESLAK 103 102/103 MAGINOT, MOORE & BECK, LLP CAMPOS, JR, JUAN J
AFFIRMED
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1744 Ex Parte Praller et al 13328295 - (D) PER CURIAM 112(1)/103 The Linde Group SHAFI, LEITH S
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3627 Ex Parte Sundaresan et al 12398950 - (D) SHAW 101 SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/EBAY BUCHANAN, CHRISTOPHER R
REEXAMINATION
AFFIRMED
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1656 Ex parte BILLION KING INTERNATIONAL LTD., Patent Owner and Appellant Ex Parte 7989593 et al 13/083,639 90013510 - (D) ROBERTSON 103 HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP FOR THIRD-PARTY REQUESTER: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer DIAMOND, ALAN D original DESAI, ANAND U
REHEARING
DENIED
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3683 Ex parte SIGNATURE SYSTEMS LLC, Patent Owner Ex Parte 8600807 et al 13/783,588 96000132 - (R) SIU 101 BARKUME & ASSOCIATES, P.C. WASSUM, LUKE S original MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M
Upon careful consideration of this issue, we agree with the Examiner that “[p]atentability decisions made during previous proceedings before the Office concerning the claims of any given patent have no bearing on patentability decisions made with respect to future proceedings concerning different patents having different claims.” Ans. 5. The Office, including the Board, must decide each case on its own merits, and the similarity of claims found patentable by another Examiner is not material to this proceeding. See In re Wertheim, 541 F.2d 257, 264 (CCPA) (“it is immaterial in ex parte prosecution whether the same or similar claims have been allowed to others”); see also In re Nett Designs, 236 F.3d 1339, 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2001) (“The Board must decide each case on its own merits [and] the PTO’s allowance of prior registrations does not bind the Board or this court”).
Wertheim, In re, 541 F.2d 257, 191 USPQ 90 (CCPA 1976) 706.03(o) , 1302.01 , 2144.05 , 2163 , 2163.03 , 2163.04 , 2163.05
