2016-2673 08-25-2017 IN RE: STEVEN C. CHUDIK, Appellant ERIC RYAN WALTMIRE, Erickson Law Group, PC, Wheaton, IL, argued for appellant. Also represented by GREGORY B. BEGGS, Law Offices of Gregory B. Beggs, Downers Grove, IL. MEREDITH HOPE SCHOENFELD, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for appellee Joseph Matal. Also represented by NATHAN K. KELLEY, AMY J. NELSON, THOMAS W. KRAUSE. HUGHES, Circuit Judge. NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential
(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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