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In Re Staats
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 5, 2012No. 2010-1443; Serial 11/503,541PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge DYK. Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge O’MALLEY.
DYK, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Erik P. Staats and Robin D. Lash (collectively “Staats”) appeal a decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“Board”). The Board rejected claims 12-32 of Staats’s reissue application as being broadened by a reissue application outside of the two-year time limit imposed by 35 U.S.C. § 251. See Ex parte Staats (“Board Decision”), No. 2009-007162, 2010 WL 1725728 (B.P.A.I. Apr. 26, 2010). We reverse and remand.
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