In Re Lavaughn F. Watts, Jr

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• holding that remand was not required to the Board where harmful error is not demonstrated
• holding patent holder waived new argument on the scope of the prior art never raised to the PTAB
• stating that “a new ground of rejection . . . cannot be substituted on appeal for the ground relied upon by the Board”
• holding patent holder waived new argument on the scope of the prior art never raised to the PTAB
• explaining that we have “frequently declined to hear argu- ments that the applicant failed to present to the Board”
• explaining that arguments “not raised before the [PTAB]” are waived on appeal

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