According to this post at the Reexam Alert blog, the BPAI decided an issue of first impression related to broadening reissue:
The Board framed the issue as “whether a continuing reissue application can broaden the patented claims beyond the two-year statutory period in a manner unrelated to the broadening aspect that was identified within the two-year period” (emphasis added), and concluded that such a broadening was precluded by § 251, ¶4.
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