Actifio, Inc. v. Delphix Corp.

33 Cited authorities

  1. Phillips v. AWH Corp.

    415 F.3d 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2005)   Cited 5,828 times   167 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "because extrinsic evidence can help educate the court regarding the field of the invention and can help the court determine what a person of ordinary skill in the art would understand claim terms to mean, it is permissible for the district court in its sound discretion to admit and use such evidence"
  2. Liebel-Flarsheim Company v. Medrad, Inc.

    358 F.3d 898 (Fed. Cir. 2004)   Cited 1,324 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that claim terms are given the full breadth of their ordinary meaning unless a clear disavowal of scope is stated in the specification
  3. Kara Tech. Inc. v. Stamps.com Inc.

    582 F.3d 1341 (Fed. Cir. 2009)   Cited 201 times
    Finding that "extrinsic sources like expert testimony cannot overcome more persuasive intrinsic evidence"
  4. ACTV, Inc. v. Walt Disney Co.

    346 F.3d 1082 (Fed. Cir. 2003)   Cited 216 times
    Rejecting construction of the term "Internet address" as meaning "a particular host on the Internet, specified by a uniformresource locator that is unique to that host" because the district court construed "uniform resource locator" to mean "the complete address of a site on the Internet specifying both a protocol type and a resource location"
  5. Howmedica Osteonics v. Wright Med. Tech

    540 F.3d 1337 (Fed. Cir. 2008)   Cited 145 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a reference to "the condylar element" meant "only one condylar element"
  6. Brookhill-Wilk 1, LLC v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc.

    334 F.3d 1294 (Fed. Cir. 2003)   Cited 159 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the correct meaning of a word or phrase is informed only by considering the surrounding text. . . . [R]esort must always be made to the surrounding text of the claims in question, the other claims, the written description and the prosecution history."
  7. Digital-Vending Services International, LLC v. University of Phoenix, Inc.

    672 F.3d 1270 (Fed. Cir. 2012)   Cited 81 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Finding that term was "presumed to have the same meaning throughout all of the claims in the absence of any reason to believe otherwise"
  8. In re Am. Academy of Science Tech Ctr.

    367 F.3d 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2004)   Cited 88 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that descriptions of deficiencies of using mainframe computers set out in the "Background of the Invention" portion of the specification did not exclude mainframes from the definition of "'user computer'" where the "specification as a whole" did not express a clear disavowal of that subject matter
  9. Trivascular, Inc. v. Samuels

    812 F.3d 1056 (Fed. Cir. 2016)   Cited 60 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Finding no motivation to modify the prior art where doing so "would destroy the basic objective" of the prior art
  10. In re Klopfenstein

    380 F.3d 1345 (Fed. Cir. 2004)   Cited 77 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that whether a reference is publicly accessible is based on the “facts and circumstances surrounding the reference's disclosure to members of the public”
  11. Rule 801 - Definitions That Apply to This Article; Exclusions from Hearsay

    Fed. R. Evid. 801   Cited 19,585 times   77 Legal Analyses
    Holding that such a statement must merely be made by the party and offered against that party
  12. Section 103 - Conditions for patentability; non-obvious subject matter

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,129 times   479 Legal Analyses
    Holding the party seeking invalidity must prove "the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains."
  13. Section 102 - Conditions for patentability; novelty

    35 U.S.C. § 102   Cited 5,995 times   1001 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting the grant of a patent to one who "did not himself invent the subject matter sought to be patented"
  14. Rule 901 - Authenticating or Identifying Evidence

    Fed. R. Evid. 901   Cited 5,324 times   53 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[t]estimony that a matter is what it is claimed to be" is sufficient authentication
  15. Rule 602 - Need for Personal Knowledge

    Fed. R. Evid. 602   Cited 3,617 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Stating that " witness may testify only if evidence is introduced sufficient to support a finding that the witness has personal knowledge of the matter"
  16. Section 311 - Inter partes review

    35 U.S.C. § 311   Cited 404 times   190 Legal Analyses
    Establishing grounds and scope of IPR proceeding
  17. Section 314 - Institution of inter partes review

    35 U.S.C. § 314   Cited 375 times   632 Legal Analyses
    Directing our attention to the Director's decision whether to institute inter partes review "under this chapter" rather than "under this section"
  18. Section 316 - Conduct of inter partes review

    35 U.S.C. § 316   Cited 292 times   311 Legal Analyses
    Stating that "the petitioner shall have the burden of proving a proposition of unpatentability"
  19. Section 6 - Patent Trial and Appeal Board

    35 U.S.C. § 6   Cited 186 times   63 Legal Analyses
    Giving the Director authority to designate "at least 3 members of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board" to review "[e]ach appeal, derivation proceeding, post-grant review, and inter partes review"
  20. Section 318 - Decision of the Board

    35 U.S.C. § 318   Cited 161 times   140 Legal Analyses
    Governing the incorporation of claims added via the operation of § 316(d)
  21. Section 42.100 - Procedure; pendency

    37 C.F.R. § 42.100   Cited 192 times   75 Legal Analyses
    Providing that the PTAB gives " claim . . . its broadest reasonable construction in light of the specification of the patent in which it appears"
  22. Section 42.108 - Institution of inter partes review

    37 C.F.R. § 42.108   Cited 46 times   69 Legal Analyses
    Permitting partial institution
  23. Section 42.23 - Oppositions, replies, and sur-replies

    37 C.F.R. § 42.23   Cited 42 times   39 Legal Analyses
    Taking testimony
  24. Section 42.51 - Discovery

    37 C.F.R. § 42.51   Cited 35 times   62 Legal Analyses
    Authorizing additional discovery when it is "in the interests of justice"
  25. Section 42.73 - Judgment

    37 C.F.R. § 42.73   Cited 18 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Regarding judgments
  26. Section 42.20 - Generally

    37 C.F.R. § 42.20   Cited 16 times   38 Legal Analyses

    (a)Relief. Relief, other than a petition requesting the institution of a trial, must be requested in the form of a motion. (b)Prior authorization. A motion will not be entered without Board authorization. Authorization may be provided in an order of general applicability or during the proceeding. (c)Burden of proof. The moving party has the burden of proof to establish that it is entitled to the requested relief. (d)Briefing. The Board may order briefing on any issue involved in the trial. 37 C.F

  27. Section 42.123 - Filing of supplemental information

    37 C.F.R. § 42.123   Cited 8 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Explaining that the late submission of supplemental information must be in the interests of justice
  28. Section 42.64 - Objection; motion to exclude

    37 C.F.R. § 42.64   Cited 4 times   24 Legal Analyses

    (a)Deposition evidence. An objection to the admissibility of deposition evidence must be made during the deposition. Evidence to cure the objection must be provided during the deposition, unless the parties to the deposition stipulate otherwise on the deposition record. (b)Other evidence. For evidence other than deposition evidence: (1)Objection. Any objection to evidence submitted during a preliminary proceeding must be filed within ten business days of the institution of the trial. Once a trial

  29. Section 90.2 - Notice; service

    37 C.F.R. § 90.2   2 Legal Analyses

    (a)For an appeal under 35 U.S.C. 141 . (1) (i) In all appeals, the notice of appeal required by 35 U.S.C. 142 must be filed with the Director by electronic mail to the email address indicated on the United States Patent and Trademark Office's web page for the Office of the General Counsel. This electronically submitted notice will be accorded a receipt date, which is the date in Eastern Time when the correspondence is received in the Office, regardless of whether that date is a Saturday, Sunday,