Ex parte Bright et al.

4 Cited authorities

  1. Section 112 - Specification

    35 U.S.C. § 112   Cited 7,275 times   1022 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
  2. Section 171 - Patents for designs

    35 U.S.C. § 171   Cited 329 times   63 Legal Analyses
    Protecting "any new, original and ornamental design for an article of manufacture ...."
  3. Section 1.152 - Design drawings

    37 C.F.R. § 1.152   Cited 30 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Requiring design patent drawings to "contain a sufficient number of views to constitute a complete disclosure of the appearance of the article"
  4. Section 1.136 - Extensions of time

    37 C.F.R. § 1.136   Cited 15 times   28 Legal Analyses

    (a) (1) If an applicant is required to reply within a nonstatutory or shortened statutory time period, applicant may extend the time period for reply up to the earlier of the expiration of any maximum period set by statute or five months after the time period set for reply, if a petition for an extension of time and the fee set in § 1.17(a) are filed, unless: (i) Applicant is notified otherwise in an Office action; (ii) The reply is a reply brief submitted pursuant to § 41.41 of this title; (iii)