TARANTO, Circuit Judge.
Mark Dinsmore and David Caruso ("applicants"), who are the inventors named in U.S. Patent No. 7,236,568, applied to reissue the '568 patent under 35 U.S.C. § 251. During the patent's prosecution, they had recorded a terminal disclaimer in response to rejections for obviousness-type double patenting. The terminal disclaimer declares that the '568 patent "shall be enforceable only for and during such period" as it is commonly owned with...
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