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Ex parte Power

8 Cited authorities

  1. Gillette Co. v. S.C. Johnson Son, Inc.

    919 F.2d 720 (Fed. Cir. 1990)   Cited 51 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Affirming rejection of obviousness defense: "An analysis of obviousness of a claimed combination must include consideration of the results achieved by that combination."

  2. Application of Mattison

    509 F.2d 563 (C.C.P.A. 1975)   Cited 8 times

    Patent Appeal No. 74-568. January 23, 1975. Jesse B. Grove, Jr., Arlington, Va., attorney of record, for appellants; Gene O. Enockson, Minneapolis, Minn., of counsel. Joseph F. Nakamura, Washington, D.C., for the Commissioner of Patents; Fred E. McKelvey, Washington, D.C., of counsel. Appeal from the Patent Office Board of Appeals. Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, BALDWIN, LANE and MILLER, Judges. BALDWIN, Judge. This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals, adhered

  3. Section 112 - Specification

    35 U.S.C. § 112   Cited 7,419 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

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

    35 U.S.C. § 103   Cited 6,172 times   492 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."

  5. Section 101 - Inventions patentable

    35 U.S.C. § 101   Cited 3,546 times   2301 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."

  6. Section 134 - Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

    35 U.S.C. § 134   Cited 99 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

  7. Section 1.75 - Claim(s)

    37 C.F.R. § 1.75   Cited 114 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Setting forth proper drafts for independent and dependent claims

  8. Section 1.116 - Amendments and affidavits or other evidence after final action and prior to appeal

    37 C.F.R. § 1.116   Cited 53 times   36 Legal Analyses

    (a) An amendment after final action must comply with § 1.114 or this section. (b) After a final rejection or other final action (§ 1.113 ) in an application or in an ex parte reexamination filed under § 1.510 , or an action closing prosecution (§ 1.949 ) in an inter partes reexamination filed under § 1.913 , but before or on the same date of filing an appeal (§ 41.31 or § 41.61 of this title): (1) An amendment may be made canceling claims or complying with any requirement of form expressly set forth