Legal Opinion
In Re: Arunachalam
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided May 27, 2016No. 2016-1560PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HUGHES, Circuit Judge.
Dr. Lakshmi Arunaehalam owns U.S. Patent No. 5,778,178, which has been undergoing reexamination since November 2008. In September 2014, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board affirmed the rejection of claims 9-16, but designated a new ground of rejection for claim 16. Dr. Arunaehalam elected to reopen prosecution of the claims, after which the examiner issued a final rejection in June 2015. Rather than appeal the examiner’s final rejection to the Board, Dr. Arunaehalam filed the instant appeal. Because we lack jurisdiction to consider non-final appeals from the Patent…
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