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Ex Parte Greenberg et al

09922240 (B.P.A.I. Jun. 29, 2009)
Ex Parte Greenberg et al

7 Cited authorities

  1. In re Gurley

    27 F.3d 551 (Fed. Cir. 1994)   Cited 102 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Upholding obviousness finding where patent was directed to one of two alternative resins disclosed in prior art reference, even though reference described claimed resin as "inferior."

  2. In re Eble

    14 B.R. 11 (Bankr. W.D.N.Y. 1981)   Cited 4 times

    Bankruptcy No. 79-1292. September 15, 1981. Stanley Gordon, Rochester, N.Y., for debtor. MEMORANDUM AND DECISION EDWARD D. HAYES, Bankruptcy Judge. On May 14, 1979, Burrill B. Eble filed his petition for relief under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Act. On November 9, 1979, the IRS filed its proof of claim in the amount of $3,046.87. Sometime before June, 1980, the IRS seized the debtors 1979 tax return and applied the same in partial satisfaction of its claim. On June 6, 1980, the IRS reduced its claim

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

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,130 times   479 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 6 - Patent Trial and Appeal Board

    35 U.S.C. § 6   Cited 186 times   63 Legal Analyses
    Giving the Director authority to designate "at least 3 members of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board" to review "[e]ach appeal, derivation proceeding, post-grant review, and inter partes review"

  5. 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

  6. Section 103 - Minnesota

    28 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 45 times
    Dividing the District of Minnesota into six divisions

  7. Section 1.136 - Extensions of time

    37 C.F.R. § 1.136   Cited 17 times   30 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)