Serial No. 11/386,211 2011-1401 Serial No. 11/386,227 2011-1402 05-21-2012 IN RE W. DANIEL HILLIS, RODERICK A. HYDE, NATHAN P. MYHRVOLD, CLARENCE T. TEGREENE, and LOWELL L. WOOD, JR. MANU J. TEJWANI, Intellectual Ventures, LLC, of Bellevue, Washington, for appellants. Of counsel was ROY P. DIAZ. RAYMOND T. CHEN, Solicitor, United States Patent & Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia, for appellee. With him on the brief were NATHAN K. KELLEY and LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, Associate Solicitors. PER CURIAM
(a) PATENT APPLICANT.-An applicant for a patent, any of whose claims has been twice rejected, may appeal from the decision of the primary examiner to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, having once paid the fee for such appeal. (b) PATENT OWNER.-A patent owner in a reexamination may appeal from the final rejection of any claim by the primary examiner to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, having once paid the fee for such appeal. 35 U.S.C. § 134 July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 801; Pub. L. 98-622
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(a) The word "applicant" when used in this title refers to the inventor or all of the joint inventors, or to the person applying for a patent as provided in §§ 1.43 , 1.45 , or 1.46 . (b) If a person is applying for a patent as provided in § 1.46 , the word "applicant" refers to the assignee, the person to whom the inventor is under an obligation to assign the invention, or the person who otherwise shows sufficient proprietary interest in the matter, who is applying for a patent under § 1.46 and