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Ex Parte Griffin

14 Cited authorities

  1. Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Eli Lilly & Co.

    598 F.3d 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2010)   Cited 586 times   76 Legal Analyses
    Holding that our written description requirement requires that a specification “reasonably convey to those skilled in the art” that the inventor “actually invented” and “had possession of the claimed subject matter as of the filing date [of the invention]”

  2. Gentry Gallery Inc. v. the Berkline Corp.

    134 F.3d 1473 (Fed. Cir. 1998)   Cited 209 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim “may be no broader than the supporting disclosure”

  3. Ethicon Endo-Surgery v. U.S. Surgical Corp.

    93 F.3d 1572 (Fed. Cir. 1996)   Cited 143 times
    Holding that the "plain meaning" of the claim at issue in that case would "not bear a reading" under which two different claim terms were construed as describing a single element

  4. In re Robertson

    169 F.3d 743 (Fed. Cir. 1999)   Cited 65 times
    Holding that inherent anticipation requires more than mere probability or possibility that the missing descriptive materials are present in the prior art

  5. Lantech, Inc. v. Keip Machine Co.

    32 F.3d 542 (Fed. Cir. 1994)   Cited 67 times
    In Lantech, the district court found that a device with one conveyor literally infringed a claim with the term "comprising at least two conveyor means."

  6. Scriptpro, LLC v. Innovation Associates, Inc.

    762 F.3d 1355 (Fed. Cir. 2014)   Cited 14 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Stating that compliance with the written description requirement, while a question of fact, may be decided on summary judgment if no reasonable fact finder could return a verdict for the nonmovant

  7. In re Vickers

    141 F.2d 522 (C.C.P.A. 1944)   Cited 15 times

    Patent Appeal No. 4836. March 6, 1944. Appeal from the Board of Patent Appeals, Serial No. 281,926. Proceeding in the matter of the application of Harry F. Vickers and another for a patent relating to improvements in oil well pumping apparatus. From a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the Primary Examiner rejecting certain claims of their application, applicants appeal. Decision reversed. Barnes, Kisselle, Laughlin Raisch, of Detroit, Mich

  8. Section 112 - Specification

    35 U.S.C. § 112   Cited 7,283 times   1029 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

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

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,061 times   459 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."

  10. Section 102 - Conditions for patentability; novelty

    35 U.S.C. § 102   Cited 5,941 times   958 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting the grant of a patent to one who "did not himself invent the subject matter sought to be patented"

  11. Section 6 - Patent Trial and Appeal Board

    35 U.S.C. § 6   Cited 182 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"

  12. 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

  13. Section 41.50 - Decisions and other actions by the Board

    37 C.F.R. § 41.50   Cited 34 times   30 Legal Analyses
    Requiring petitioners to raise the Board's failure to designate a new ground of rejection in a timely request for rehearing

  14. 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)