Ex Parte Lu et al

5 Cited authorities

  1. In re Fracalossi

    681 F.2d 792 (C.C.P.A. 1982)   Cited 21 times
    Addressing whether specific anticipation rejection was sufficient evidentiary support for obviousness rejection
  2. In re Opprecht

    868 F.2d 1264 (Fed. Cir. 1989)   Cited 2 times

    No. 89-1137. February 27, 1989. J. Georg Seka, Townsend Townsend, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant. John Martin, Office of the Sol., Arlington, Va., for appellee. Appeal from the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences of Patent and Trademark Office. Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, RICH, and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges. PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge. ORDER Fael, S.A. moves for reconsideration of the court's January 13, 1989 unpublished order denying Fael's motion for leave to intervene or to file a brief

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

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,159 times   489 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 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 1.136 - [Effective until 1/19/2025] 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)