REVERSED
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1767 Ex Parte SOUNIK et al 12132722 - (D) GARRIS 103 Covestro LLC GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F
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3649 Ex Parte Moessnang 12383831 - (D) JESCHKE 103 RROOKS KTTSHMAN P C HARMON, CHRISTOPHER R
We construe the limitation at issue to require that the “device” is capable of performing the recited functions—i.e., simultaneously (1) sealing the bag with the sealing bar, (2) venting the chamber, and (3) cutting the bag with the second cutting member to remove the neck of the bag. See Alticor Inc. v. Ultra-Sun Techs., Inc., 106 F. App’x 46, 47-48 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (construing “operable for” as “fit for or capable of’). Contrary to the Examiner’s position (Ans. 10), this language does limit the scope of the claim—namely, to structures capable of performing the recited functions. For the same reasons discussed above, the Examiner has not shown that the relied-upon prior art teaches a device capable of simultaneous cutting and sealing, as set forth among the recited functions.
AFFIRMED
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1633 Ex Parte Caplan et al 10550590 - (D) ADAMS 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO, LLP POPA, ILEANA
1651 Ex Parte Laughlin et al 11658065 - (D) FREDMAN 103 TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO, LLP KIM, TAEYOON
1678 Ex Parte Bergmann et al 10551298 - (D) LEBOVITZ 112/102/103 101/double patenting MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. FOSTER, CHRISTINE E
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1721 Ex Parte WADA et al 13933918 - (D) DERRICK 103 OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. RODEE, CHRISTOPHER D
1786 Ex Parte Datta et al 12192823 - (D) DERRICK 103 EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY CHOI, PETER Y
1799 Ex Parte Cecchi 13066296 - (D) McGEE 103 WILLIAM W. JONES HURST, JONATHAN M
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2157 Ex Parte Sinclair et al 12979526 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 TERADATA US, INC. CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T
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2864 Ex Parte HELLWIG 12171926 - (D) DERRICK 102 Schiff Hardin LLP Infineon Technologies AG RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A
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3622 Ex Parte Tischer 11638273 - (D) ENGLE 101 103 AT&T Legal Department - SZ IOSIF, MARIO CINCINAT
3628 Ex Parte VAKHUTINSKY et al 13235919 - (D) ENGLE 101 MILES & STOCKBRIDGE P.C. Oracle International Corporation ERB, NATHAN
3638 Ex Parte Saxena et al 11945231 - (D) O’HANLON 103 41.50 103 DLA PIPER LLP (US ) JUNGE, KRISTINA N S
3662 Ex Parte Thompson 14013913 - (D) CUTITTA 102/103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C./FGTL ALSOMIRI, MAJDI A
