C. R. Bard, Inc. v. Medical Components, Inc.
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Innovention Toys, LLC v. MGA Entertainment, Inc.
637 F.3d 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2011) Cited 84 times 1 Legal AnalysesFinding a reference analogous if it logically would have commended itself to an inventor's attention in considering his problem
In re Bigio
381 F.3d 1320 (Fed. Cir. 2004) Cited 71 times 10 Legal AnalysesAffirming conclusion that toothbrush and small hair brush were in same field of endeavor because "the structural similarities between toothbrushes and small brushes for hair would have led one of ordinary skill in the art working in the specific field of hairbrushes to consider all similar brushes including toothbrushes"
Section 103 - Conditions for patentability; non-obvious subject matter
35 U.S.C. § 103 Cited 6,172 times 492 Legal AnalysesHolding 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."
Section 314 - Institution of inter partes review
35 U.S.C. § 314 Cited 380 times 635 Legal AnalysesDirecting our attention to the Director's decision whether to institute inter partes review "under this chapter" rather than "under this section"
Section 42.100 - Procedure; pendency
37 C.F.R. § 42.100 Cited 192 times 75 Legal AnalysesProviding that the PTAB gives " claim . . . its broadest reasonable construction in light of the specification of the patent in which it appears"
Section 42.108 - Institution of inter partes review
37 C.F.R. § 42.108 Cited 46 times 69 Legal AnalysesPermitting partial institution
Section 42.65 - Expert testimony; tests and data
37 C.F.R. § 42.65 Cited 6 times 19 Legal AnalysesDiscussing "[e]xpert testimony"