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Functional Limitations vs. Intended Use

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Functional Limitations vs. Intended Use

July 17, 2020by Matthew Barnet1

On July 10, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) reversed the Examiner’s anticipation and obviousness rejections in Ex parte Loveless. The rejections were based on the Examiner’s construction of certain claim limitations as relating to an intended use, rather than being structural or functional limitations.



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