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Ex Parte Dorschug et al

08402394 (B.P.A.I. Oct. 29, 2002)
Ex Parte Dorschug et al

6 Cited authorities

  1. In re Jones

    958 F.2d 347 (Fed. Cir. 1992)   Cited 28 times
    Reversing the prima facie obviousness finding because of the "lack of close similarity of structure"

  2. Application of Petering

    301 F.2d 676 (C.C.P.A. 1962)   Cited 76 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding in a case involving twenty compounds that a general chemical formula will anticipate a claimed species covered by the formula when the species can be `at once envisaged' from the formula

  3. Application of Baird

    52 C.C.P.A. 1747 (C.C.P.A. 1965)   Cited 17 times   2 Legal Analyses

    Patent Appeal No. 7445. July 1, 1965. Supplemental Opinion August 20, 1965. Alvin Guttag, Washington, D.C. (C. Edward Parker, Cambridge, Mass., of counsel), for appellants. Clarence W. Moore, Washington, D.C. (Fred W. Sherling, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for Commissioner of Patents. Before WORLEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, MARTIN, SMITH and ALMOND, Judges. RICH, Judge. This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the Patent Office in application serial No. 817,246, filed June 1, 1959

  4. 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."

  5. Section 102 - Conditions for patentability; novelty

    35 U.S.C. § 102   Cited 6,033 times   1028 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting the grant of a patent to one who "did not himself invent the subject matter sought to be patented"

  6. 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