Ex Parte Cannata et al - Page 26



           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.        



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