REHEARING DENIED

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Mostafazadeh et al JEFFERY 35 U.S.C. § 251 improper recapture Beyer Law Group LLP

Lastly, Appellants challenge the basis for our declining to follow the precedential Board decision Ex parte Eggert, 67 USPQ2d 1716 (BPAI 2003). Request, at 13-14. Although Appellants contend otherwise, we maintain that Eggert is inconsistent with the rationale expressed in the subsequent Federal Circuit decision, North Am. Container, Inc. v. Plastipak Pkg., Inc. , 415 F.3d 1335, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2005). Decision, at 14 n.5. We therefore decline to follow this conflicting older Board precedent. See Standard Operating Procedure 2, Publication of Opinions and Binding Precedent (“SOP 2”), § VI(D) (BPAI Mar. 23, 2008), at 6 (“All judges, including the Chief Judge, are bound by a published or otherwise disseminated Precedential opinion of the Board unless the decision supported by the opinion is . . . inconsistent with a decision of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit . . . .”) (emphases added).

Eggert, Ex parte, 67 USPQ2d 1716 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 2003) . . . . . . . . . . . 1412.02

North American Container, Inc. v. Plastipak Packaging, Inc. , 415 F.3d 1335, 75 USPQ2d 1545(Fed. Cir. 2005) . . . 1412.02

REVERSED

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Ex Parte Luczak HASTINGS 103(a) BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. (P&W)

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security
Ex Parte Salmi et al BARRY 102(e)/112(2) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) Perman & Green, LLP

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Bao KIMLIN 102(e)/103(a) HITT GAINES, PC ALCATEL-LUCENT

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Koelzer O’NEILL 103(a) ST. ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON & REENS, LLC

Ex Parte Hanson et al HORNER 102(b) GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
Ex Parte Heiman HORNER 103(a) WOOD, HERRON & EVANS, LLP

Ex Parte Nicklas TIERNEY 103(a) Houston Eliseeva

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Jha et al GAUDETTE 102(e)/102(b)/103(a) LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Gehring et al JEFFERY 112(2)/102(e)/103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Nishimura NAGUMO 102(b) Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Peterson HORNER 102(e)/103(a) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY