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Ex Parte Maass

2 Cited authorities

  1. Matter of Application of Meyer

    599 F.2d 1026 (C.C.P.A. 1979)   Cited 2 times
    Holding that rejection under § 102 was new ground following previous rejection under § 103, despite maxim that "anticipation is the epitome of obviousness"

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

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,174 times   493 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."