The Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board sustaining an examining attorney’s rejection of claims of EcoFactor Inc.'s patent that discloses an invention that pertains to the use of a communicating thermostat combined with a computer network to verify that demand reduction has occurred. The court said that the board properly sustained the examiner’s rejection of EcoFactor’s claims for improper enlargement.
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