REVERSED
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3624 Ex Parte Hamilton et al 12133466 - (D) LORIN 101 HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N
3674 Ex Parte Lumsden 13631798 - (D) BROWNE 103/OTDP PAUL AND PAUL SUE-AKO, ANDREW B.
3682 Ex Parte Coker et al 12332823 - (D) MEDLOCK 112(1)/101/103 M&B IP Analysts, LLC DAGNEW, SABA
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
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1645 Ex Parte Costantino 10543455 - (D) NEW 103 103/OTDP GlaxoSmithKline DEVI, SARY AMANGALA J N
Moreover, we do not agree with Appellant's contention that the Specification may be used by the Examiner only as a dictionary for the exclusive purpose of defining claim terms per se. The predecessor to our reviewing court has held that the Specification may also be used as required to answer the question of whether Appellant's claims on appeal define merely an obvious variation of an invention disclosed and claimed in the reference (i.e., the '152) patent. In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 441--42 (C.C.P.A. 1970). The court in Vogel noted that, in general, the Specification: "sets forth at least one tangible embodiment within the claim, and it is less difficult and more meaningful to judge whether that thing has been modified in an obvious manner." Vogel, 422 F.2d at 442. The court further stated that: "use of the [Specification] is not in contravention of the cases forbidding its use as prior art, nor is it applying the patent as a reference under 35 U.S.C. § 103, since only the disclosure of the invention claimed in the patent may be examined." Id.
Vogel, In re, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970) 804 , 804.01 , 804.02 , 1504.06
3791 Ex Parte Vaillancourt 13535060 - (D) ADAMS 102 102 CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO ABOUELELA, MAY A
AFFIRMED
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1612 Ex Parte Langer et al 13994242 - (D) FLAX 103 CURATOLO SIDOTI CO., LPA GULLEDGE, BRIAN M
1619 Ex Parte Ressler et al 14197399 - (D) PRATS Dissenting GRIMES 102 Emory University - Office of Tech Transfer NGUYEN, JOHN P
1656 Ex Parte Gilljam et al 13638234 - (D) FLAX 103 VENABLE LLP TSAY,MARSHAM
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1791 Ex Parte Frye 12976527 - (D) CASHION 103 UNILEVER PATENT GROUP BEKKER, KELLY JO
1791 Ex Parte Marriott 12280508 - (D) REN 102 102/103 CESARI AND MCKENNA, LLP STIJLII, VERA
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3623 Ex Parte Dawson et al 12342344 - (D) LORIN 103 101 Keohane & D'Alessandro SWARTZ, STEPHENS
3629 Ex Parte Angell et al 12335521 - (D) MEDLOCK 112(1) 101 Law Office of Jim Boice MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A
3691 Ex Parte Neofytides et al 10046654 - (D) MEDLOCK 101 KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTONLLP AKINTOLA, OLABODE
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3774 Ex Parte Vassallo et al 13085131 - (D) ADAMS 102/103 112(1)/102 MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. IWAMAYE, ANDREW MICHAEL
3792 Ex Parte Ikeya et al 14133629 - (D) ADAMS 103 PEARNE & GORDON LLP PIATESKI, ERIN M
