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Ex Parte DENK et al

08929108 (B.P.A.I. Jan. 13, 2003)
Ex Parte DENK et al

5 Cited authorities

  1. In re Piasecki

    745 F.2d 1468 (Fed. Cir. 1984)   Cited 73 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Finding nonobviousness where the evidence demonstrated a failure of others to provide a feasible solution to a longstanding problem

  2. In re Korpi

    160 F.2d 564 (C.C.P.A. 1947)   Cited 4 times

    Patent Appeal No. 5261. March 25, 1947. Appeal from Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office, Serial No. 148,978. Proceeding in the matter of the application of Karl Korpi and Arthur R. Goldsby for a patent relating to new and useful improvements in the alkylation of hydrocarbons. From a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming that of the primary examiner rejecting claim 65, the applicants appeal. Affirmed. W.P. Epperson, of New York City (Daniel Stryker

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

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,172 times   492 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."

  4. 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

  5. Section 103 - Use of appropriated funds

    6 U.S.C. § 103

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any report, notification, or consultation addressing directly or indirectly the use of appropriated funds and stipulated by this chapter to be submitted to, or held with, the Congress or any Congressional committee shall also be submitted to, or held with, the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives under the same conditions and with the same restrictions as stipulated by this chapter. 6 U.S.C. § 103 Pub. L.