 Patent Law Weblog By Kevin E. Noonan -- A patent applicant dissatisfied by an patent examiner's rejection of that applicant's claims in ex parte prosecution has recourse by appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) under 35 U.S.C. § 134, and to the Federal Circuit thereafter under 35 U.S.C. § 141. While there is no right without a remedy (ubi jus ibi remedium) that remedy can be fleeting, as illustrated by In re BAC IP B.V. (non-precedential) (albeit illuminative). Appellant's appeal was from a decision by the PTAB affirming an Examiner's Final Rejection of claims 77-83 and 85-94 in U.S. Application... 
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