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Friday, August 21, 2009

REVERSED
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Ex Parte Tang et al DANG 103(a) HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY

Ex Parte Millard et al BARRY 102(e)/103(a) Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.P.A.

"[T]he PTO gives claims their 'broadest reasonable interpretation.'" In re Bigio, 381 F.3d 1320, 1324 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (quoting In re Hyatt, 211 F.3d 1367, 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2000)). "The operative word is reasonable: the PTO has no such obligation regarding unreasonable interpretations." Genentech, Inc. v. Wellcome Found. Ltd., 29 F.3d 1555, 1565 n.22 (Fed. Cir. 1994).

2400 Networking, Mulitplexing, Cable, and Security

Ex Parte Lee et al LUCAS 103(a) TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP

2600 Communications
Ex Parte Werner BAUMEISTER 102/112(2) 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b) THE ECLIPSE GROUP LLP

2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Ex Parte Lian et al KRIVAK 103(a) Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
Ex Parte Konstant HORNER 102(b) NIRO, SCAVONE, HALLER & NIRO

Ex Parte Collar et al CRAWFORD 102(e) FLEIT, GIBBONS, GUTMAN, BONGINI & BIANCO P.L

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Han et al LEE 112(1)/103(a) MCKENNA LONG & ALDRIDGE LLP

Ex Parte Kishbaugh et al SONG 103(a) McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Ex Parte Bonutti BARRETT 102(e) PAUL D. BIANCO Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco PL

AFFIRMED-IN-PART

1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
Ex Parte Dealy et al GAUDETTE 102(b)/103(a) CRAIG W. RODDY HALLBURTON ENERGY SERVICES

3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Designs
Ex Parte Balzeau STAICOVICI 102(b)/103(a) LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK

While a general-usage dictionary can be helpful in understanding claim language, a general dictionary “cannot overcome art-specific evidence of the meaning of a claim term.” Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 1318, 1322 (Fed. Cir. 2005)

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