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Conditional Limitation
PTAB: BRI of Method Claim Requires Conditional Limitation
Thirty-five PTAB decisions cite Ex parte Schulhauser since that case was designated precedential in October 2016. Of those thirty-five decisions, all except for one held that the broadest reasonable interpretation of a method claim does not require conditional limitations. The one exception is Ex parte Hehenberger, Appeal No. 2015-007421 (Jan. 31, 2016). By way of background, Ex parte Schulhauser held...