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Ex Parte Ruster et al

13191719 (P.T.A.B. Nov. 29, 2016)
Ex Parte Ruster et al

8 Cited authorities

  1. Transco Products v. Performance Contracting

    38 F.3d 551 (Fed. Cir. 1994)   Cited 104 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an invention is entitled to the filing date of parent applications if it is supported by the disclosure in the parent applications

  2. New Railhead Mfg. v. Vermeer Mfg. Co.

    298 F.3d 1290 (Fed. Cir. 2002)   Cited 73 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Finding that performance of the claimed method of drilling in rock at a commercial jobsite under public land, hidden from view, constituted public use

  3. Section 112 - Specification

    35 U.S.C. § 112   Cited 7,284 times   1030 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 6,061 times   459 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 119 - Benefit of earlier filing date; right of priority

    35 U.S.C. § 119   Cited 269 times   70 Legal Analyses
    Governing claiming priority to an earlier-filed provisional application

  6. Section 6 - Patent Trial and Appeal Board

    35 U.S.C. § 6   Cited 182 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"

  7. 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

  8. Section 1.78 - Claiming benefit of earlier filing date and cross-references to other applications

    37 C.F.R. § 1.78   Cited 65 times   30 Legal Analyses
    Explaining that an applicant can file a continuation application to adjust claims of the patent