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REVERSED
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte Ludwig et al 13089431 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 41.50 103 HONEYWELL/FOGG KIM, EUNHEE

2161 Ex Parte Gold 12906108 - (D) NAPPI 103 Hewlett Packard Enterprise BIBBEE, JARED M

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2477 Ex Parte Fenart et al 11270319 - (D) EVANS 103 Barnes & Thornburg LLP (CH) PERSAUD, AMARNAUTH G

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2624 Ex Parte Lu 13117887 - (D) MOORE 103 41.50 102 HONEYWELL/LKGlobal LU, WILLIAM

2697 Ex Parte HAUKE et al 12795267 - (D) EVANS 103 Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P,C, PATEL, SANJIV D

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Knipfer et al 12191170 - (D) CRAWFORD 103 Yee & Associates, P.C. SHEIKH, ASFAND M

3629 Ex Parte Petersen 12764148 - (D) HUTCHINGS 112(1)/112(2)/102/103 Concert Technology Corporation SENSENIG, SHAUN D

3646 Ex Parte MacDonald et al 12945828 - (D) BROWNE 103 NXP-LARSON NEWMAN, LLP MCGUE, FRANK J

3687 Ex Parte Bonanni et al 11998103 - (D) WORTH 103 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY REFAI, RAMSEY

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1791 Ex Parte Rivera et al 13221193 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 112(2)/103 FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP LEBLANC, KATHERINE DEGUIRE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3632 Ex Parte Karamuk 11558096 - (D) WORTH 103 103 Pearne & Gordon LLP DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY

Appellant asserts that Brander is a monolithic structure and argues  that this claim limitation requires that the mounting enclosure be formed  from a plurality of pieces (id.). However, we agree with the Examiner that  as a product claim, even as a product-by-process claim, the structure is not limited by the method of manufacture (Ans. 8). See Greenliant Sys., Inc. v.  Xicor LLC, 692 F.3d 1261, 1268 (Fed. Cir. 2012) ("'[i]n determining  validity of a product-by-process claim, the focus is on the product and not the process of making it."). Further, nothing in the claim language, or Specification, limits the meaning of "portions" to pre-assembly portions. 

Greenliant Systems, Inc. v. Xicor LLC, 692 F.3d 1261, 103 USPQ2d 1951 (Fed. Cir. 2012) 1412.02

3693 Ex Parte Bhosle et al 13411113 - (D) MEYERS 103 103 THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP ALLADIN, AMBREEN A

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1712 Ex Parte SHARMA et al 13349029 - (D) KRATZ 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC MELLOTT, JAMES M

1715 Ex Parte Horner et al 12770387 - (D) HEANEY 103 Covidien LP SELLMAN, CACHET I

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2123 Ex Parte Nanson et al 13033708 - (D) BAER 102 Siemens Corporation PIERRE LOUIS, ANDRE

2175 Ex Parte Flynn et al 12608694 - (D) MOORE 103 PAULEY ERICKSON & KOTTIS ORR, HENRY W

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2616 Ex Parte Ludden et al 12770415 - (D) KHAN 103 SYNAPTICS C/O WAGNER BLECHER LLP GE, JIN

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2831 Ex Parte Wanner et al 13138602 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP NGUYEN, VIET P

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3662 Ex Parte Hartl et al 12985575 - (D) CAPP 103 BROOKS KUSHMAN P,CJFG1L KAN, YURI

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3716 Ex Parte Smith et al 13272416 - (D) KERINS 101 41.50 101 Mark A. Litman & Associates, P.A. LIDDLE, JAY TRENT

3735 Ex Parte Ferren et al 12228151 - (D) REIMERS 112(2) 112(1)/103 Constellation Law Group, PLLC WEARE, MEREDITH H

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2649 Ex Parte Hallowell et al 13050622 - (D) DANG 103 Blank Rome LLP JUSTUS, RALPH H

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3623 Ex Parte BURAGOHAIN et al 12838627 - (D) BROWNE 101 Blank Rome LLP Brocade MANSFIELD, THOMAS L