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Ex Parte Kudoh et al

12076188 (P.T.A.B. Jan. 28, 2013)
Ex Parte Kudoh et al

5 Cited authorities

  1. Bilski v. Kappos

    561 U.S. 593 (2010)   Cited 834 times   160 Legal Analyses
    Holding claims directed to hedging risk ineligible

  2. Research Corp. Tech. v. Microsoft Corp.

    627 F.3d 859 (Fed. Cir. 2010)   Cited 110 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a process is patent eligible subject matter when it “presents functional and palpable application in the field of computer technology.”

  3. Section 101 - Inventions patentable

    35 U.S.C. § 101   Cited 3,540 times   2297 Legal Analyses
    Defining patentable subject matter as "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof."

  4. Section 6 - Patent Trial and Appeal Board

    35 U.S.C. § 6   Cited 188 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