Ex Parte JACH

16 Cited authorities

  1. In re Kaslow

    707 F.2d 1366 (Fed. Cir. 1983)   Cited 75 times
    Holding that prior demonstration of computerized supermarket UPC code system was prior use under meaning of Section 102(b)
  2. Application of Wertheim

    541 F.2d 257 (C.C.P.A. 1976)   Cited 81 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[i]t is immaterial in ex parte prosecution whether the same or similar claims have been allowed to others"
  3. Doyle v. Commissioner of Patents

    416 U.S. 935 (1974)   Cited 20 times

    No. 73-833. April 15, 1974. C. C. P. A. (Pat.) Certiorari denied. Reported below: 482 F. 2d 1385.

  4. In re Wilder

    736 F.2d 1516 (Fed. Cir. 1984)   Cited 48 times
    Finding reissue declaration's assertion of attorney error sufficient
  5. Application of Gay

    309 F.2d 769 (C.C.P.A. 1962)   Cited 95 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that with respect to the best mode requirement, "an inventor is in compliance therewith if he does not conceal what he feels is a preferred embodiment of his invention"
  6. Application of Smythe

    480 F.2d 1376 (C.C.P.A. 1973)   Cited 46 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Discussing circumstances in which a species may be representative of and therefore descriptive of genus claims
  7. Application of Angstadt

    537 F.2d 498 (C.C.P.A. 1976)   Cited 33 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that patent applicants are not required to enable every species encompassed by their claims
  8. Application of Armbruster

    512 F.2d 676 (C.C.P.A. 1975)   Cited 18 times

    Patent Appeal No. 75-514. March 27, 1975. Keith V. Rockey, Chicago, Ill., Albert P. Halluin, attys. of record, for appellant. Frank E. Robbins, CPC International Inc., Englewood, Cliffs, New Jersey, of counsel. Joseph F. Nakamura, Washington, D.C., for the Commissioner of Patents, Gerald H. Bjorge, Washington, D.C., of counsel. Appeal from the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals. Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, BALDWIN, LANE and MILLER, Associate Judges. MILLER, Judge. This appeal

  9. In re Strahilevitz

    668 F.2d 1229 (C.C.P.A. 1982)   Cited 9 times

    Appeal No. 81-563. January 15, 1982. J. Philip Polster, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant. Joseph F. Nakamura, Sol., and Fred W. Sherling, Washington, D.C., for Patent and Trademark Office. Appeal from the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals. Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, BALDWIN, MILLER and NIES, Judges. MILLER, Judge. The decision of the Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") Board of Appeals ("board") sustaining the rejection of claims 36-48 as unsupported by an adequate disclosure required

  10. Application of Ghiron

    442 F.2d 985 (C.C.P.A. 1971)   Cited 18 times
    Stating that "if such a selection would be `well within the skill of persons skilled in the art', such functional-type block diagrams may be acceptable and, in fact, preferable if they serve in conjunction with the rest of the specification to enable a person skilled in the art to make such a selection and practice the claimed invention with only a reasonable degree of routine experimentation"
  11. Section 112 - Specification

    35 U.S.C. § 112   Cited 7,418 times   1068 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