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Ex Parte 6315921 et al

90011596 - (D) (P.T.A.B. Jun. 30, 2014)
Ex Parte 6315921 et al

26 Cited authorities

  1. KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.

    550 U.S. 398 (2007)   Cited 1,522 times   180 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, in an obviousness analysis, "[r]igid preventative rules that deny factfinders recourse to common sense, however, are neither necessary under our case law nor consistent with it"

  2. Graham v. John Deere Co.

    383 U.S. 1 (1966)   Cited 3,157 times   62 Legal Analyses
    Holding commercial success is a "secondary consideration" suggesting nonobviousness

  3. Advanced Display Systems, Inc. v. Kent State University

    212 F.3d 1272 (Fed. Cir. 2000)   Cited 374 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the objective evidence supported an obviousness finding where others had “tried for a long time” to develop the claimed invention but found it “very hard” and “were all not successful”

  4. Midwest Industries, v. Karavan Trailers

    175 F.3d 1356 (Fed. Cir. 1999)   Cited 274 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding en banc that Federal Circuit law governs question of whether patent law conflicts with trade dress action under § 43 of the Lanham Act or preempts such an action under state law

  5. Iron Grip Barbell Co. v. USA Sports, Inc.

    392 F.3d 1317 (Fed. Cir. 2004)   Cited 132 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Noting that licenses "may constitute evidence of nonobviousness; however, only little weight can be attributed to such evidence if the patentee does not demonstrate a nexus between the merits of the invention and the licenses of record" (quoting In re GPAC Inc. , 57 F.3d 1573, 1580 (Fed. Cir. 1995) )

  6. Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. v. Maersk Drilling USA, Inc.

    699 F.3d 1340 (Fed. Cir. 2012)   Cited 99 times
    Finding "sufficient evidence of both commercial success and nexus to the features of the claimed invention" as presented through contracts and an employee's testimony

  7. Brown Williamson Tobacco v. Philip Morris

    229 F.3d 1120 (Fed. Cir. 2000)   Cited 132 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding commercial success attributed to feature not present in the invention

  8. Leo Pharm. Prods., Ltd. v. Rea

    726 F.3d 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2013)   Cited 72 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding no reason to improve upon the prior art when it was not "recognized or disclosed" in the prior art

  9. Tec Air, Inc. v. Denso Manufacturing Michigan Inc.

    192 F.3d 1353 (Fed. Cir. 1999)   Cited 108 times
    Holding that regardless of whether defendant had shown a motivation to combine the prior art, the showing could be rebutted by evidence of commercial success

  10. Cable Elec. Products, Inc. v. Genmark, Inc.

    770 F.2d 1015 (Fed. Cir. 1985)   Cited 135 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding on summary judgment that even though commercial success could be deduced, it deserved no weight because a nexus was not established

  11. Section 103 - Conditions for patentability; non-obvious subject matter

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,061 times   459 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."

  12. Section 102 - Conditions for patentability; novelty

    35 U.S.C. § 102   Cited 5,942 times   958 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting the grant of a patent to one who "did not himself invent the subject matter sought to be patented"

  13. Section 6 - Patent Trial and Appeal Board

    35 U.S.C. § 6   Cited 182 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"

  14. Section 312 - Petitions

    35 U.S.C. § 312   Cited 127 times   116 Legal Analyses
    Governing inter partes reexamination

  15. Section 303 - Determination of issue by Director

    35 U.S.C. § 303   Cited 122 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Governing ex parte reexamination

  16. Section 41.50 - Decisions and other actions by the Board

    37 C.F.R. § 41.50   Cited 34 times   30 Legal Analyses
    Requiring petitioners to raise the Board's failure to designate a new ground of rejection in a timely request for rehearing

  17. Section 1.550 - Conduct of ex parte reexamination proceedings

    37 C.F.R. § 1.550   Cited 32 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Discussing limited involvement of requester and third parties in re-examination proceedings

  18. Section 1.510 - Request for ex parte reexamination

    37 C.F.R. § 1.510   Cited 29 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Providing that where ex parte reexamination request does not meet requirements, requester is "generally...given an opportunity to complete the request within a specified time"

  19. Section 1.913 - Persons eligible to file, and time for filing, a request for inter partes reexamination

    37 C.F.R. § 1.913   Cited 4 times
    Discussing process for filing a request for inter partes reexamination