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Ex Parte Barrett et al

11613859 (P.T.A.B. May. 7, 2013)
Ex Parte Barrett et al

12 Cited authorities

  1. Exxon Research and Engineering Co. v. U.S.

    265 F.3d 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2001)   Cited 465 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim limitation that average particle diameter be greater than 5 was not indefinite where no upper limit on particle size was given

  2. Ethicon, Inc. v. Quigg

    849 F.2d 1422 (Fed. Cir. 1988)   Cited 660 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding the Board may not indefinitely stay an ex parte reexamination in light of parallel district court litigation via the "special dispatch" standard

  3. Bancorp Serv., L.L.C. v. Hartford Life Ins. Co.

    359 F.3d 1367 (Fed. Cir. 2004)   Cited 189 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim will not be held invalid if the "meaning of the claim is discernible, even though the task may be formidable and the conclusion may be one over which reasonable persons will disagree"

  4. All Dental Prodx v. Advantage Dental Products

    309 F.3d 774 (Fed. Cir. 2002)   Cited 160 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Finding disclaimer of shape where applicant distinguished over prior art by explaining that shape found in prior art was not shape in the claimed invention

  5. S3 Inc. v. nVIDIA Corp.

    259 F.3d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2001)   Cited 103 times
    Holding that the specification's reference to a "selector" sufficed as one skilled in the art would have understood the term

  6. In re Fritch

    972 F.2d 1260 (Fed. Cir. 1992)   Cited 30 times
    Stating "dependent claims are nonobvious if the independent claims from which they depend are nonobvious"

  7. Section 112 - Specification

    35 U.S.C. § 112   Cited 7,341 times   1040 Legal Analyses
    Requiring patent applications to include a "specification" that provides, among other information, a written description of the invention and of the manner and process of making and using it

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

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,116 times   472 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."

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

    35 U.S.C. § 134   Cited 98 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

  10. Section 3 - Officers and employees

    35 U.S.C. § 3   Cited 50 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Providing that “[t]he Director shall ... appoint such officers ... as the Director considers necessary, ... and delegate to them such of the powers vested in the Office as the Director may determine”

  11. Section 6 - Time and occasions for display

    4 U.S.C. § 6   Cited 1 times

    (a) It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open. However, when a patriotic effect is desired, the flag may be displayed 24 hours a day if properly illuminated during the hours of darkness. (b) The flag should be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously. (c) The flag should not be displayed on days when the weather is inclement, except when an all weather flag is displayed. (d) The flag should be displayed on all

  12. Section 41.33 - Amendments and affidavits or other Evidence after appeal

    37 C.F.R. § 41.33   Cited 2 times   1 Legal Analyses

    (a) Amendments filed after the date of filing an appeal pursuant to § 41.31(a)(1) through (a)(3) and prior to the date a brief is filed pursuant to § 41.37 may be admitted as provided in § 1.116 of this title. (b) Amendments filed on or after the date of filing a brief pursuant to § 41.37 may be admitted: (1) To cancel claims, where such cancellation does not affect the scope of any other pending claim in the proceeding, or (2) To rewrite dependent claims into independent form. (c) All other amendments