well, how happy would you be if '108 had a baby?
agree examiner is not IPR,
looks like a possible continuation filing to Plank, IPO
see "gau" definition:
| Group Art Unit |
(may be abbreviated "AU," "GAU" or "Grp Art Unit" on Office correspondence) - a working unit responsible for a cluster of related patent art. Staffed by one supervisory patent examiner (SPE) and a number of patent examiners who determine patentability on applications for a patent. Group Art Units are currently identified by a four digit number, i.e., 1642. |
