Appeal No. 2006-1049 Application No. 09/667,826 Chronological by patent claim Original claim number Claim as re-numbered 51 Cancelled 52 Cancelled 53 Cancelled 54 Cancelled 55 Cancelled 56 Cancelled 57 Cancelled 72. U.S. Patent 5,811,808 issued September 22, 1998, based on the original application and contained claims 1-35, all as shown in Appendix 5 of this opinion. C. Prosecution of reissue application 73. Applicants filed reissue application 09/667,826 on September 21, 2000, seeking to reissue U.S. Patent 5,811,808. 74. Applicants presented amended versions of original patent claims 1-35 along with new reissue application claims 36-39 for consideration. 75. During prosecution the amended versions of original patent claims 1-35 were again amended to place them in their original form as found in the patent, reissue claims 36-39 were cancelled, and reissue claims 40-58 were added. - 26 -Page: Previous 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007