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Ex Parte 6426916 et al

95000166 (B.P.A.I. Jun. 14, 2012)
Ex Parte 6426916 et al

8 Cited authorities

  1. ICU Medical, Inc. v. Alaris Medical Systems, Inc.

    558 F.3d 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2009)   Cited 179 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Finding that importing limitations from the specification into the claims may be proper where the specification "repeatedly and uniformly describes the spike as a pointed instrument for the purpose of piercing a seal inside the valve."

  2. Lizardtech, Inc. v. Earth Resource Mapping

    424 F.3d 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2005)   Cited 156 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[a]fter reading the patent, a person of skill in the art would not understand" the patentee to have invented a generic method where the patent only disclosed one embodiment of it

  3. Rambus Inc. v. Infineon Technologies AG

    318 F.3d 1081 (Fed. Cir. 2003)   Cited 161 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that general statement introducing new limitations does not limit scope of claims not amended to include the new limitations

  4. Hynix Semiconductor Inc. v. Rambus Inc.

    645 F.3d 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2011)   Cited 94 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Affirming denial of JMOL of lack of written description

  5. Crown Packaging Tech. v. Ball Metal Beverage

    635 F.3d 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2011)   Cited 53 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Finding that, "[w]here there is a material dispute as to the credibility and weight that should be afforded to conflicting expert reports, summary judgment is usually inappropriate"

  6. Section 315 - Relation to other proceedings or actions

    35 U.S.C. § 315   Cited 554 times   900 Legal Analyses
    Permitting the Director to consolidate separate IPRs challenging the same patent

  7. Section 134 - Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

    35 U.S.C. § 134   Cited 99 times   30 Legal Analyses

    (a) PATENT APPLICANT.-An applicant for a patent, any of whose claims has been twice rejected, may appeal from the decision of the primary examiner to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, having once paid the fee for such appeal. (b) PATENT OWNER.-A patent owner in a reexamination may appeal from the final rejection of any claim by the primary examiner to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, having once paid the fee for such appeal. 35 U.S.C. § 134 July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 801; Pub. L. 98-622

  8. Section 41.77 - Decisions and other actions by the Board

    37 C.F.R. § 41.77   Cited 16 times   3 Legal Analyses

    (a) The Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in its decision, may affirm or reverse each decision of the examiner on all issues raised on each appealed claim, or remand the reexamination proceeding to the examiner for further consideration. The reversal of the examiner's determination not to make a rejection proposed by the third party requester constitutes a decision adverse to the patentability of the claims which are subject to that proposed rejection which will be set forth in the decision of the Patent