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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2484 Ex Parte Mehra et al 09802021 - (D) BUSCH 103 HEAD, JOHNSON & KACHIGIAN ATALA, JAMIE JO

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3633 Ex Parte Brochu 12315248 - (D) RICE Dissenting CALVE 102/103 ERIC FINCHAM FIGUEROA, ADRIANA

In construing a “second side of said sealing member” as an “opposite end” of the sealing member, the Examiner errs by failing to consider the surrounding claim language. See ACTV, Inc. v. Walt Disney Co., 346 F.3d 1082, 1088 (Fed. Cir. 2003) "While certain terms may be at the center of the claim construction debate, the context of the surrounding words of the claim also must be considered..."

ACTV, Inc. v. The Walt Disney Co., 346 F.3d 1082, 68 USPQ2d 1516 (Fed. Cir. 2003). . . . . . 2111.01

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2835 Ex Parte Kitada et al 11676213 - (D) COURTENAY 103 103 SUGHRUE MION, PLLC CHEN, XIAOLIANG

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3721 Ex Parte Shelton et al 11529935 - (D) CALVE 102/103 102/103 K&L Gates LLP WEEKS, GLORIA R

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1766 Ex Parte Mentink et al 10546606 - (D) DELMENDO 102/103 YOUNG & THOMPSON TOSCANO, ALICIA

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2611 Ex Parte Ki 11305370 - (D) McKEOWN 103 ONELLO & MELLO LLP JOSEPH, JAISON

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2885 Ex Parte Tsukamoto 10894699 - (D) BARRY 103 OSHA LIANG L.L.P. TSIDULKO, MARK

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3725 Ex Parte Castronovo 12252679 - (D) STAICOVICI 102 Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson, PC ROSENBAUM, MARK

3752 Ex Parte Reiter 11662621 - (D) BROWNE 103 KENYON & KENYON LLP CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL

3781 Ex Parte KNAPP 11842362 - (D) BAHR 102/103 ZARLEY LAW FIRM P.L.C. GROSSO, HARRY A

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