2013-1372 01-27-2014 IN RE NAREN CHAGANTI NAREN CHAGANTI, of Town & Country, Missouri, pro se. NATHAN K. KELLEY, Deputy Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, of Alexandria, Virginia. With him on the brief were JOSEPH MATAL and ROBERT J. MCMANUS, Associate Solicitors. PER CURIAM NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Serial No. 09/634,725. NAREN CHAGANTI, of Town & Country, Missouri, pro
(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
(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