Ex parte Yeo

Overlooked aspects exempt from recapture analysis are not merely incidental features but distinct elements that were never claimed and thus never surrendered; a reissue claim must also meet the original patent requirement of 35 U.S.C. 251 to qualify as an overlooked aspect.

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