In Ex Parte Rodriguez, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“BPAI”) reversed the patent Examiner’s rejection of U.S. Patent Ser. No. 132492 entitled “Automated random verification of complex and structurally-variable systems.” However, using its authority under 37 C.F.R. § 41.50(b), the BPAI entered new grounds for the rejection, specifically a lack of definiteness for failing to provide a structure for performing the functions in the broad claims. Continue Reading